Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Comedy • 1h 38m
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, Sam McMurray, Mindy Sterling, Brittany Murphy, Amy Adams, Laurie A. Sinclair, Shannon Nelson, Tara Redepenning, Sarah Stewart, Alexandra Holden, Brooke Elise Bushman, Matt Malloy, Michael McShane, Will Sasso, Lona Williams, Nora Dunn, Adam West, Seiko Matsuda, Thomas Lennon, Richard Narita, Patti Yasutake, Richard Ooms, Amanda Detmer, Claudia Wilkens, Casey Garven, Jacy King, Mo Gaffney, Mary Gillis, Dale Dunham, Terry Hempleman, Chris Carlson, James Cada, Kristin Rudrüd, John T. Olson, Ashley Dylan Bullard, Allyson Kearns, Tom Gilshannon, Eric D. Howell, Matthew G. Park, Luke Ingles, Nick Ingles, Jimmie D. Wright, Peter Aitchinson, Mary Rehbein, Jeany Park, Robert-Bruce Brake, Bruce Linser, Tiffany Engen, Jennifer Baldwin Peden, Annalise Nelson, Samantha Harris, Kari Ann Shiff, Mark Dahlen, Jeff Tatum, Paul Cram, Kregg Janke, Kayla Laursen, Amy Lithander, Larissa Lowthorp, Josh Minnie, Jamie Olsen, Don Patterson, Robb Ross, Darla Rothman, Joel Thingvall, David William Watts, Lisa Woods
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About the film
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
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4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: George Pal
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Elaine May
Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:
The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.
Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.
Director: Buster Keaton
Kino Lorber new Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray?
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027
Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?) > Cohen/Eureka https://slow.pics/c/3KWXoMyR The new Kino Lorber's Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. might be using the same restoration as Lobster Films
Director: Billy Wilder
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)
Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.
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