Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Comedy, Crime • 1h 41m
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn, Fred Williamson, Juliette Lewis, Jason Bateman, Amy Smart, Carmen Electra, George Cheung, Chris Penn, Brande Roderick, Molly Sims, Matt Walsh, G.T. Holme, Jeffrey Lorenzo, Har Mar Superstar, Patton Oswalt, Brigette Romanek, Paul Michael Glaser, David Soul, Dan Finnerty, Jernard Burks, Omar J. Dorsey, Pramod Kumar, Rod Tate, Richard Edson, Raymond Ma, Terry Crews, Richie Nathanson, Scott L. Schwartz, Judah Friedlander, Akerin Suksawat Premwattana, Amber Mead, Bishop Don Magic Juan, Darlena Tejeiro, Harry O'Reilly, Tangie Ambrose, Sara Swain, Delores Gilbeaux, Kimberly Brickland, Minnie Lagrimas, Rachael Harris, David Burton, Larry Chang, Ton Suckhasem, Henry T. Yamada, Charles Edward Townsend, Nanci Anderson, Jason Yribar, Tyce Diorio, Katie Pantenburg, Timothy Anderson, Kimberly Wyatt, Kristyn Abbadini, Kevin Alexander Stea, Adrian Armas, Gabriel Paige, Tara Wilson, Brittany Perry-Russell, Tanee McCall, Nadine Ellis, Chad Azadan, Jason Beitel, Brandon Henschel, Mark Meismer, Matt Sergott, Lisa Joann Thompson, Christian Vincent, Natalie Willes, Stacey Harper, Gelsey Weiss, Tasha Tae, Becca Sweitzer, Jennifer Hamilton, Vanessa Tarazona, Janina Garraway, Kadee Sweeney, Melanie Lewis, Megan Stephens, Michon Suyama, Tomasina Parrott, Will Ferrell, Kathleen LaGue, Monique Cooper
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Director: Todd Phillips
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a poor new master with digital anomalies like smearing, flattening etc.
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Robinson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.
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