I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
Crime, Thriller • 1h 49m
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Howard St. John, Olive Carey, Ralph Moody, James Millican, Bill Kennedy, Nick Adams, Chris Alcaide, Fay Baker, Larry J. Blake, Nesdon Booth, Paul Brinegar, Joe Brooks, Mushy Callahan, Mae Clarke, Tom Coleman, John Daheim, Steve Darrell, Don Dillaway, Darren Dublin, Myrna Fahey, Ed Fury, Howard Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Shep Houghton, Larry Hudson, Carol Kelly, Carey Leverette, Peggy Maley, Philo McCullough, John McKee, David McMahon, Dennis Moore, Howard Negley, Wendell Niles, Monty O'Grady, Gil Perkins, John Pickard, Paul Power, Richard Reeves, Hugh Sanders, Jeffrey Sayre, James Seay, Mickey Simpson, John Stephenson, Dub Taylor, Herb Vigran, Max Wagner, Charles Watts, Robert B. Williams
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
Director: Stuart Heisler
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 Crime on Blu-ray
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
review: Disk Kino
Both have better encoding than Disk Kino, some shots are better on Shout! Factory, others on Arrow
Shout Factory still has the best video while Arrow did a questionable regrade. Arrow definitely has less grain in most shots, has a worse encode and is cm v2.9 compared to Shout’s cm v4.0.
Shout! Factory/Arrow 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Alan Clarke
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
The 88 Films 4K Blu-ray is disappointing. Indicator Blu-ray > 88 Films Blu-ray. From nicolas:
Fine master, solid HDR but very poorly encoded with strong blocking artifacts in normal areas and clipped highlights that bring Criterion’s Walkabout to mind. Their Blu-ray is slightly better overall but then again still not as good as FiM’s encode for Indicator.
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.
Director: Michael Mann
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