Married to the Mob (1988)
Comedy, Crime, Romance • 1h 44m
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Trey Wilson, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Paul Lazar, 'Sister' Carol East, Ellen Foley, Chris Isaak, O-Lan Jones, Nancy Travis, Frank Gio, David Johansen, Gary Klar, Warren Miller, Anthony J. Nici, Steve Vignari, Obba Babatundé, Maria Karnilova, Al Lewis, Charles Napier, Tracey Walter, Captain Haggerty, Marlene Willoughby, Frank Aquilino, Jason Allen, Diane Puccerella, Suzanne Puccerella, Tara Duckworth, Max the Dog, Frank Ferrara Sr., Gary Goetzman, Carlos Giovanni, James Reno, Daniel Dassin, Colin Quinn, Dorothy Demme, Gene Borkan, Wilma Dore, True Image, Mr. Spoons, Lezli Jae, Alison Gordy, Pe De Boi, Buzz Killman, Kenneth Utt, Tony Fitzpatrick, Tim O'Connell, Dee Dee Friedman, D. Stanton Miranda, Luis García, Janet Howard, Ralph Corsel, William Carter, George 'Red' Schwartz, Ellie Cornell, Ray Blount Jr., Todd Solondz, Roma Maffia, Joe Spinell, Patrick Phipps, Carlos Anthony Ocasio, Blondell Cooper, Adam Corrigan, Jonathan Demme, Mark Forest, Mizan Kirby, Arthur Pierce, Vincent Russo, D.J. Sharp
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About the film
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
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1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Director: Jonathan Demme
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
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FiM are mistakenly credited, one of the four known instances of this for a Cinématographe title (the other three being Thieves Like Us, Who Killed Teddy Bear?, and The Gambler). 4K encode was done by Vital Passenger. https://vitalpassenger.com/our-work
Director: Robert Altman
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Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Elaine May
Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:
The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.
Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.
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Cinematographe is an FiM encode
Director: Karel Reisz
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Cinematographe is mis-credited to be an FiM encode. It isn't. Neither the encode nor the color grading are entirely satisfactory.
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Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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Director: Jack Conway
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Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
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