Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Action, Crime, Thriller • 1h 29m
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas, Dan Frazer, Bill McKinney, Stafford Morgan, Michael Warren, Albert Popwell, Caro Kenyatta, Esther Rolle, Keith Hamilton, Jay Montgomery, Arnold Dover, Angela Elayne Gibbs, John Alderman, Eugene Jackson, Lee Weaver, George Reynolds, Kanes J. Crawford, Edward Crawford, Don Cornelius, Frankie Crocker, Paul Koslo, John Garwood, Hedley Mattingly, Teddy Wilson, Christopher Joy, Jeannie Bell, Joe Tornatore, Stack Pierce, Gene LeBell, James S. Appleby, William Bonner, Pattie Brooks, Maggie Calhoun, Albert Carrier, Stanley Bennett Clay, Robert Cole, Daniel Cook, Rudy Diaz, Beach Dickerson, Denise Dillaway, Nick Dimitri, Lisa Farringer, Earl Finn, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Leon Frederick, Linda Guber, Bob Harks, Francesca Hilton, Patrice Holloway, George Holmes, Doug Johnson, Urrea C. Jones, Eddie Kendrix, Walter Kightly, Esther Ying Lee, David Lewis, Deborah Lindsay, Dave Morick, Leo G. Morrell, Sirri Murad, John Orchard, Thomas Ormenyi, Tom Pittman, Benito Prezia, N. Royce Richardson, Lou Robb, Clark Ross, Cosmo Sardo, Harv Selsby, Clay Tanner, Arch Whiting
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
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
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
More Action on Blu-ray
Director: Tony Scott
The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Director: Anthony Mann
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Olive Blu-ray
Barebones Olive BD of a Paramount HD master. Visually it's solid overall with some moments of great clarity, primarily in the big outdoor and aviation sequences. Otherwise it shows its age.
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
review: Disk Kino
better encoding, some shots are better on Shout! Factory, others on Arrow
Shout! Factory/Arrow 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: Michael Mann
Director: Guillermo del Toro
WB 4K Blu-ray teased by Guillermo Del Toro
CA Alliance Blu-ray or dutch Blu-ray are the same masters but have additional sharpening.
The original DVD has an isolated score and a exclusive easter egg
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