The Frisco Kid (1979)
Adventure, Comedy, Western, Drama • 1h 59m
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George DiCenzo, Leo Fuchs, Penny Peyser, William Smith, Jack Somack, Beege Barkette, Shay Duffin, Walter Janovitz, Joe Kapp, Clyde Kusatsu, Clifford A. Pellow, Allan Rich, Henry Rowland, Vincent Schiavelli, John Steadman, Ian Wolfe, Steffen Zacharias, Eda Reiss Merin, Kenny Selko, Warren Selko, John Bleifer, Ben Kahlon, Michael Elias, Rolfe Sedan, Rusty Blitz, Sam Nudell, Gabriel Curtiz, Larry Gelman, Zachary Berger, Martin Garner, Herbert Mitchel, David Bradley, Richard Dunham, Bret Briggs, Brad Briggs, Chip Frye, June Constable, Jacques Hampton, Roy Kaye, Catherine Chase, Linda Stearns, Heidi Stearns, Howard Gudmundson, Marty White, George Barrows, Gloria Hayes, Alex Romero, Robert Padilla, Frank De Vol, Alvin Greenman, Joe Massengale, Richard Kennedy, Allen Keller, Tom Lillard, Karl Lukas, Young Jue, Christine Glazier, Hank Robinson, Angelyne
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About the film
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
- Alternative Titles
- The Frisco Kid
Director: Robert Aldrich
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HD transfer slightly better than Carlotta
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 Adventure on Blu-ray
Director: Dennis Hopper
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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
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
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An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Director: John Huston
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Eureka Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Older DVD or LaserDisc probably even better
All blu-ray releases so far is from the 2010 scan.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper
Director: George Lucas
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
OG: "4K77" or "D+77" on high seas.
Special Edition: "4K97_IV" or "D+97_IV" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Director: David Lean
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The 5.1 on Sony 4K Blu-ray is from the 1989 70mm mix. The original is 4-track. not on the disc.
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
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