Caged (1950)
Crime, Drama • 1h 36m
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson, Betty Garde, Jan Sterling, Lee Patrick, Olive Deering, Jane Darwell, Gertrude Michael, Sheila MacRae, Gertrude Astor, George Baxter, Guy Beach, Don Beddoe, Gail Bonney, Lovyss Bradley, Ralph Brooks, Jean Calhoun, Claudia Cauldwell, Pauline Creasman, Marjorie Crossland, Jane Crowley, Evelyn Dockson, Pauline Drake, Marlo Dwyer, Helen Eby-Rock, Virginia Engels, Barbara Esback, Edith Evanson, Helen Gereghty, Grayce Hampton, Grace Hayes, Frances Henderson, Gertrude Hoffmann, Taylor Holmes, Esther Howard, Bill Hunter, Hazel Keener, Doris Kemper, Ann Kunde, Margaret Lambert, Gracille LaVinder, Marie Melesh, Tina Menard, Charles Meredith, Joan Miller, Frances Morris, Helen Mowery, Zon Murray, Eva Nelson, Joyce Newhard, Rosemary O'Neil, Ezelle Poule, Yvonne Rob, Naomi Robison, Carole Shannon, Lynn Sherman, Queenie Smith, Helen Spring, Eileen Stevens, Amzie Strickland, Sheila Stuart, Nita Talbot, Wanda Tynan, Ann Tyrrell, Gladys Varden, Glen Walters, Harlan Warde, June Whipple, Doris Whitney, Marjorie Wood, Peggy Wynne
About the film
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
- Alternative Titles
- Caged
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Director: David Lean
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
More Crime on Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
The 4K discs in both Criterion and Imprint sets are low-passed even though encoded by FiM and has better contrast and highlights compared to Kino Lorber.
MGM DVD/Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray mono
Director: Brian De Palma
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda
UK Third Window Blu-ray and US Error 4444 Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Director: Arthur Penn
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.
5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)
Director: Michael Mann
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · thedigitalbits.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and is better than Criterion, see caps https://slow.pics/c/Z2RRQAAT
Criterion 4K Blu-ray vs Blu-ray: caps colors are more different and nuanced than anticipated even in the SDR-converted caps and the usual gain in highlight detail is also apparent. Encode looks excellent except for the brightest areas as usual.
5.1/5.0 mix (essentially a 4-track mix in 5.1 and 5.0 containers respectively)-Arrow/Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Only imperceptible differences in bit-depth: 20 vs 24.
2.0 mix- Arrow 4K Blu-ray (original stereo)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
US Magnolia BD
UK Entertainment One release contains directors commentary track
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Both come from a 4K scan of a 35mm film out which was made from the original 2K DI but the Lionsgate release has visible dust and damage marks while the Universal release is cleaned up more thoroughly. Both releases suffer from DNR which seems to have been baked into the DI. The colour grade is basically the same for both releases but the Lionsgate has Dolby Vision whereas the Universal is HDR10 only. The compression on the Lionsgate UHD base layer is apparently fine so the FEL doesn't make much of a difference.
The Lionsgate UHD has Dolby Atmos whereas the Universal UHD has DTS:X. Kick-ass was originally released with a 5.1 track which may be on the Universal Blu-ray.
The Lionsgate UHD is on a BD-100, the Universal UHD is on a BD-66.
The Universal UHD has no extras.
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
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