Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Drama, War • 2h 17m
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Peter Mark Richman, Walter Catlett, Richard Hale, Joel Fluellen, Theodore Newton, John Smith, Edna Skinner, Marjorie Durant, Frances Farwell, Marjorie Main, Edward Andrews, Robert Fuller, Norman Leavitt, Nelson Leigh, Tom London, Doug McClure, William Schallert, Joe Turkel, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Ivan Rasputin, Russell Simpson, Jean Inness, James Anderson, Irvin Ashkenazy, Walter Bacon, Benjie Bancroft, John Barton, Phil Bloom, Chet Brandenburg, Tex Brodus, Mary Carr, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Edmund Cobb, Bud Cokes, Cecil Combs, John Compton, Chuck Courtney, John Craven, Billy Curtis, Russell Custer, Charles Delaney, John Dierkes, James Dobson, Richard Elmore, Billy Engle, Duke Fishman, Bob Folkerson, Ralph Gamble, Richard Garland, Slim Gaut, Everett Glass, James Gonzalez, Jim Goodwin, Herman Hack, Frank Hagney, Charles Halton, Ron Hargrave, Harry Hines, Earle Hodgins, George Huggins, Tom Irish, Jack Isbell, Mary Jackson, Michael Jeffers, Frank Jenks, Diane Jergens, Leroy Johnson, Dick Johnstone, Chester Jones, King Karlo, Don Kennedy, Donald Kerr, Wright King, Helen Kleeb, Paul Kruger, Clarence M. Landry, Jack Macy, Hank Mann, William McCarter, Tipp McClure, Tyler McVey, Dennis Moore, Ralph Moratz, Charles Morton, Ron Nyman, James O'Hara, Murray Parker, Jack Perrin, Jack Perry, John Pickard, Gene Roth, Henry Rowland, Ralph Sanford, Scott Seaton, James Seay, Lucile Sewall, Leslie Sketchley, Cap Somers, Jack Sterling, Frank Sully, William Tannen, William Vedder, Sailor Vincent, Glen Walters, Steve Warren, Hart Wayne, Wally West
About the film
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
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Director: Bong Joon Ho
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray releasing January 2027
France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray
France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray has the least DNR (UK Artificial Eye might be similar? Both better than Universal 4K Blu-ray)
Criterion even though doesn’t have 4K, it has the B&W version and a lot of extras.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
> BFI 4K Blu-ray. caps Criterion presents the master as originally graded in SDR whereas FiM added HDR / Dolby Vision for the BFI.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray's audio mix has more detail than BFI’s and same applies to the subtitles, covering both English and France spoken word
Director: Luis Buñuel
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Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
For Blu-ray Criterion Demy Set > StudioCanal
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Gaumont Blu-ray but no English subtitles: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Deux-sous-de-violettes-Blu-ray/288976/
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Caps for France vs Germany vs UK vs Turkish release https://slow.pics/c/jYBS2CWE not sure what the correct grading is but Germany release looks too dark
Director: Carol Reed
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray
StudioCanal/LG UHDs
StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source
StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
Sources: blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot seen on the previous Columbia Classics release and has better encoding
Original mono mix: 1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1991 Columbia LaserDisc
The 4K Blu-ray mono is only minimally worse (see blah-ray).
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: David Lynch
Censored US version: Shout! Factory or Twilight Time Blu-ray
Uncensored version: old DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray, confirmed to be uncut
Director: William Wyler
> Paramount 4K Blu-ray (marginally)
Director: William Wyler
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a brand new 4K restoration from William Wyler’s personal 35mm print
Director: William Wyler
The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.
The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.
1991 LaserDisc is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the Blu-ray. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LaserDisc 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LaserDisc PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.
Director: William Wyler
Kino Lorber Blu-ray/Final Cut Blu-ray
The Kino BD has additional extras but the Laserdisc still has exclusive extras and commentary not included on the Kino release. AVOID the MGM Blu-ray for the stretched aspect ratio error that was only finally corrected for the Kino Lorber reissue after much fan outcry.
Director: William Wyler
Also available in Kino Lorber The Cold Blue Blu-ray as HD extras, or available on streaming
Director: William Wyler
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BFI Blu-ray encoding is better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps
Director: William Wyler
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: David Lean
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
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