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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

Crime, Drama • 1h 18m

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-friendly & video release

Video notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Updated 4 months ago


About the film

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

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Director: Ernst Lubitsch

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Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Marion Gering

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Universal Blu-ray

Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal DVD

Upcoming Release:

Universal Blu-ray Nov 10th

Directors: Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK MoC Blu-ray

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Best Audio:

MoC Blu-ray offers both restored and an unrestored tracks

Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration

Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements

Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ

Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

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Director: Frank Capra

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Sony Frank Capra Boxset Blu-ray

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Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1984 Fox Hi-Fi VHS

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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Audio Notes:

(caveat: has a slight error)

Directors: William Keighley & Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2008 WB Blu-ray (from a 2003 transfer)

Best Audio:

1988 Criterion LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

(Still not great)

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives

Director: Richard Brooks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Vincent Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: George Pal

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Compton Bennett

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from original technicolor negatives

Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Director: George B. Seitz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

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