Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Comedy, Drama, Family • 1h 36m
Overview
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Philip Tonge, Porter Hall, Alvin Greenman, Harry Antrim, James Seay, Jerome Cowan, Gene Lockhart, William Frawley, Lela Bliss, Jack Albertson, Sam Bagley, Arline Bletcher, Walden Boyle, Dorothy Christy, Dick Cogan, Jeff Corey, Mike Donovan, Teddy Driver, Mary Field, William Forrest, Curt Furberg, Jack Gargan, Robert Gist, Jane Green, Alvin Hammer, Theresa Harris, Percy Helton, Herbert Heyes, William Hoehne Jr., Clark Howat, Robert Hyatt, Richard Irving, Robert Karnes, Fran Lee, King Lockwood, Marlene Lyden, Robert Lynn, William Marion, Mae Marsh, Ida McGuire, Joseph McInerney, Clyde McLeod, Charles Meakin, Richard Neill, Jean O'Donnell, Anne O'Neal, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Thelma Ritter, Stephen Roberts, John Roy, Jeffrey Sayre, Irene Shirley, Patty Smith, Ray Spiker, Ann Staunton, Brick Sullivan, Anthony Sydes, Guy Thomajan, Arthur Tovey, Basil Walker
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: George Seaton
Director: George Seaton
Director: George Seaton
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, brand new HD master by Paramount Pictures – from a 6K Scan of the 35mm VistaVision Original Camera Negative
Director: George Seaton
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, brand new HD master by Paramount Pictures – from a 6K Scan of the 35mm VistaVision Original Camera Negative
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Director: Martin Scorsese
Director: Martin Scorsese
Director: David Fincher
Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version
Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer
Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.
Cinema DTS - all Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.
Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray
A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/
Director: David Fincher
Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version
Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer
Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.
Cinema DTS - all Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.
Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray
A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/
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