Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Drama, Romance • 2h 4m
Overview
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra Lampert, Fred Stewart, John McGovern, Jan Norris, Martine Bartlett, Gary Lockwood, Sandy Dennis, Joanna Roos, Crystal Field, Marla Adams, Lynn Loring, Phyllis Diller, Sean Garrison, Martin Abrahams, Jim Antonio, Lou Antonio, Godfrey Cambridge, Ivor Francis, William Inge, Phoebe Mackay, Kermit Murdock, Charles Robinson, Eugene Roche, Mark Slade, Iris Whitney
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Criterion Blu-ray
Director: Elia Kazan
Criterion Blu-ray
Eureka MoC Blu-ray
Eureka MoC Blu-ray
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: James W. Horne
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from nitrate protection elements
Director: James W. Horne
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from nitrate protection elements
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Norman Taurog
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: Norman Taurog
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: William A. Wellman
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: William A. Wellman
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: Michael Curtiz
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Michael Curtiz
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from technicolor negatives
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from technicolor negatives
Director: André de Toth
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: André de Toth
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Frank Urson
Lobster Films DVD > Flicker Alley Blu-ray (Flicker Alley Blu-ray/DVD has every 25th PAL frame deleted)
2026 4K restoration at proper speed is available to watch on YouTube for free
Director: Frank Urson
Lobster Films DVD > Flicker Alley Blu-ray (Flicker Alley Blu-ray/DVD has every 25th PAL frame deleted)
2026 4K restoration at proper speed is available to watch on YouTube for free
Director: Shane Meadows
2026 Second Sight Blu-ray
2026 Second Sight Blu-ray
Director: Shane Meadows
2026 Second Sight Blu-ray
2026 Second Sight Blu-ray
Director: Adrian Lyne
Italy Paramount/Plaion 4K Blu-ray, better compression than other 4K Blu-rays
Director: Adrian Lyne
Italy Paramount/Plaion 4K Blu-ray, better compression than other 4K Blu-rays
Director: Orson Welles
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal: Although Criterion is low-pass filtered, StudioCanal exhibits very clear and distracting macroblocking.
Director: Orson Welles
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal: Although Criterion is low-pass filtered, StudioCanal exhibits very clear and distracting macroblocking.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Criterion 4K Blu-ray/2020 remastered StudioCanal Blu-ray (preference)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The HDR grading has messed up highlights, so some may prefer the 2020 remastered StudioCanal Blu-ray
Criterion's subtitles seem to be better than StudioCanal's which omits too much IMO.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Criterion 4K Blu-ray/2020 remastered StudioCanal Blu-ray (preference)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The HDR grading has messed up highlights, so some may prefer the 2020 remastered StudioCanal Blu-ray
Criterion's subtitles seem to be better than StudioCanal's which omits too much IMO.
Director: Antoine Fuqua
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray (similar encoding) - caps
Director: Antoine Fuqua
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray (similar encoding) - caps
Japan "4K Remastered" Disney Blu-ray has the original 6.1 mix
Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the DTS:X remix
Funimation US Blu-ray for the Bandai dub
Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub
Italy Dynit Blu-ray has the best picture quality but has no English subtitles or original theatrical 6.1 mix.
All "4K Remastered" and 4K Blu-ray releases (including from Disney) are taken from a 35mm filmout rather than the original digital source, and then heavily DNR'd, destroying original detail and making lines smearier than before. The Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray is the least bad presentation of the 4K remaster, being encoded with a very healthy bitrate and HDR10+ metadata, with the original 6.1 mix included on the pack-in "4K Remastered" Blu-ray.
The film has multiple English subtitle translations, and the Disney subtitles done by Linda Hoaglund and Judith Aley with Aura are often seen as the best translation, with these subtitles present on the Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray.
Japan "4K Remastered" Disney Blu-ray has the original 6.1 mix
Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the DTS:X remix
Funimation US Blu-ray for the Bandai dub
Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub
Italy Dynit Blu-ray has the best picture quality but has no English subtitles or original theatrical 6.1 mix.
All "4K Remastered" and 4K Blu-ray releases (including from Disney) are taken from a 35mm filmout rather than the original digital source, and then heavily DNR'd, destroying original detail and making lines smearier than before. The Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray is the least bad presentation of the 4K remaster, being encoded with a very healthy bitrate and HDR10+ metadata, with the original 6.1 mix included on the pack-in "4K Remastered" Blu-ray.
The film has multiple English subtitle translations, and the Disney subtitles done by Linda Hoaglund and Judith Aley with Aura are often seen as the best translation, with these subtitles present on the Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray.
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