Without Reservations (1946)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 47m
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore, Anne Triola, Thurston Hall, Frank Puglia, Dona Drake, Fernando Alvarado, Charles Arnt, Louella Parsons, Lela Bliss, Harry Hayden, Charles Evans, Raymond Burr, Sam McDaniel, Frank Wilcox, Erskine Sanford, Marvin Miller, William Benedict, Esther Howard, Ian Wolfe, Cy Kendall, Joel Fluellen, Cary Grant, Dolores Moran, Jack Benny, Eric Alden, Fred Aldrich, Ernest Anderson, Robert Anderson, Lois Austin, Griff Barnett, Lee Bennett, John Bleifer, Marilyn Buferd, William Challee, Tom Chatterton, Fred Coby, James Conaty, John Crawford, Roger Creed, Frank Dae, Sid Davis, Dick Dickerson, Dudley Dickerson, Tay Dunn, Harry Evans, Jon Gilbreath, June Glory, Lisa Golm, Jesse Graves, Paul Gustine, Thelma Gyrath, Charlie Hall, Grayce Hampton, Henry Hastings, Joe Haworth, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Harry Holman, Ralph Hubbard, Tom Hubbard, J. Louis Johnson, Toshikazu Kase, John Kellogg, Kenner G. Kemp, Colin Kenny, Jeanne Koehler, Bruce Lester, Rose Mary Lopez, George Magrill, Leona Maricle, Junius Matthews, Peter Michael, Chef Milani, Art Miles, Henry Mirelez, Charles R. Moore, Barry Norton, William O'Leary, Oscar O'Shea, Jack Parker, Bob Pepper, Lorin Raker, Verne Richards, Ruth Roman, Al Rosen, Jeffrey Sayre, Wallace Scott, Bill Shannon, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Robin Short, Warren Smith, Bert Stevens, Houseley Stevenson, Harry Strang, Bill Udell, Minerva Urecal, Nanette Vallon, Blanca Vischer, Henry Vroom, Lee 'Lasses' White, Russ Whiteman, Charles Williams, Jean Wong, Will Wright, Jane Wiley
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 8 months ago
Overview
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (includes Extended Cut on regular Blu-ray)
Original theatrical 6.1 mix: 2009 Warner Bros Blu-ray Ultimate Edition (Theatrical Cut only)
Extended Cut 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS:X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
The film is titled Sorcerer's Stone in the US, India, and the Philippines.
Wizard's/Hogwarts Collection has all the bonus features for all the 8 films.
The lossless version of the original 6.1 mix is only available on the ultimate edition blu-ray not to be confused with the ultimate collectors edition blu-ray.
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, work done to un-Nolan the 4K master, the first ever appearance of the 35mm mono track on physical media and a new restoration/remastering of the 70mm 6-track mix.
(early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, new restoration/remastering of the mono mix which should be better than the 1999 WB DVD, revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1987 and for the first time ever on physical media, the film will be in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, new restoration of mono mix which should be better than what was on the WB 4K Blu-ray and 1999 DVD and revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1971.
WB 4K 5.1: a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: 4K Blu-ray/1999 DVD
Director: Stanley Kubrick
US Cut: WB 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: Old 2007 Europe Blu-ray
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, both the US and the International Cut, new restoration/remastering of the mono mix which should be better than the 1999 WB DVD, revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1980 and for the first time ever on physical media, the film will be in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
No Blu-ray or DVD release has presented the movie in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 for the US cut or 1.66:1 for the International cut.
The packaging on the back of the 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray.
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TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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
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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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