The Wrecking Crew (2008)
Music, Documentary • 1h 41m
Director: Denny Tedesco
Cast: Lou Adler, Herb Alpert, Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Cher, Dick Clark, Micky Dolenz, Snuff Garrett, Bones Howe, Al Jardine, Plas Johnson, Carol Kaye, Larry Knechtel, Lew McCreary, Joe Osborn, Bill Pittman, Don Randi, Nancy Sinatra, Carmie Tedesco, Tommy Tedesco, Peter Tork, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Frank Zappa, Larry Levine, Sam Cooke, Adam West, Tommy Sands, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Nelson, Graham Nash, Dean Martin, Jody McCrea, Mike Love, Tommy Kirk, Bruce Johnston, Eva Gabor, Annette Funicello, Sammy Davis Jr., Sonny Bono, Jan Berry, Frankie Avalon, Carl Wilson
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About the film
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.
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Year of Induction: 2025
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
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.
Director: Sidney Lumet
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1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Dennis Hopper
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Flicker Alley 4K confirmed for 2027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24404584&postcount=1
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
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An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
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US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray > UK > Netherlands Blu-ray, not sure about the rest https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=1387
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Spain: Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray
English: Magnolia Pictures NTSC DVD
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or UK Thunderbird Blu-ray
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More Music on Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: George Pal
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
"Sing-Along Edition" not included on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray, only available on Netflix Streaming
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Director: Damien Chazelle
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray re-release announced with Dolby Vision, a new exclusive bonus, and the previously retailer pre-order bonus-exclusive/Hong Kong-exclusive bonus interviews in HD
Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix
Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else and only included as retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus DVDs with the US Blu-ray
Directors: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
UK StudioCanal UHD
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Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
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