Money Talks (1997)
Comedy, Action, Crime, Thriller • 1h 37m
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear, Elise Neal, Paul Gleason, David Warner, Gérard Ismaël, Michael Wright, Paul Sorvino, Larry Hankin, Daniel Roebuck, Damian Chapa, Faizon Love, Veronica Cartwright, Buddy Joe Hooker, Nathan Anderson, Frank Bruynbroek, David Lee McLain, Vic Ferreira, Gary Briggs, Richard Noyce, Ralph W. Odum, Doug Llewelyn, Paul Guyot, Jeff Brockton, Gary Price, Tycho Thal, Marty Levy, Robertson Dean, Mark Benninghoffen, Jon Chardiet, Tommy J. Huff, Andre Rosey Brown, Kevin Lowe, Tawny Little, Viveca Paulin, Rance Howard
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Director: Brett Ratner
Missing extras on the old Blu-ray trilogy box set
Director: Brett Ratner
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
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
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Robinson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.
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