Sergeant York (1941)
War, Drama • 2h 14m
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly, Ward Bond, Noah Beery Jr., June Lockhart, Dickie Moore, Clem Bevans, Howard Da Silva, Charles Trowbridge, Harvey Stephens, Carl Esmond, Joe Sawyer, Pat Flaherty, Robert Porterfield, Erville Alderson, Murray Alper, Frank Faylen, James Anderson, Arthur Aylesworth, Eugene Beday, James Bush, Victor Zimmerman, Sonny Bupp, Sammy McKim, Nat Carr, John Dilson, Eddie Graham, Al Lloyd, Frank Mayo, Jack Mower, Lucia Carroll, Rita La Roy, Kay Sutton, Lane Chandler, Jack Pennick, Elisha Cook Jr., Clyde Cook, Will Stanton, Ray Cooke, Paul Phillips, Roger Creed, Jean Del Val, Donald Douglas, Charles Drake, Steve Pendleton, Roland Drew, William Forrest, Arno Frey, Rolf Lindau, Sigfrid Tor, William Yetter Sr., Frederick Giermann, Jody Gilbert, Joseph W. Girard, Russell Hicks, Selmer Jackson, Kit Guard, Ted Mapes, William Haade, Creighton Hale, Henry Hall, Frank McGlynn Sr., Charles Middleton, Herbert Heywood, Si Jenks, Robert Milasch, Eddy Waller, George Irving, Jane Isbell, Edward Keane, Victor Kilian, Joe King, Frank Marlowe, Tully Marshall, Patrick McVey, Wallace Scott, Frank Orth, William Phillips, Harry Strang, Pat West, Frank Wilcox, Walter Sande, Mickey Rentschler, Dick Simmons, Ray Teal, Gig Young, Edwin Stanley, Theodore von Eltz, Lee 'Lasses' White, Guy Wilkerson, Tom Wilson, Douglas Wood
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About the film
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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Year of Induction: 2008
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- Sergeant York
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
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: Sidney Lumet
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1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Dennis Hopper
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Flicker Alley 4K confirmed for 2027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24404584&postcount=1
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
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Criterion, 4k transfer
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)
Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc
But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.
From cbc:
I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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