The Hospital (1971)
Comedy, Drama, Mystery • 1h 43m
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Donald Harron, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, Roberts Blossom, Lenny Baker, Richard Hamilton, Arthur Junaluska, Kate Harrington, Katherine Helmond, David Hooks, Frances Sternhagen, Robert Walden, William Perlow, Bette Henritze, Rehn Scofield, Dora Weissman, Carolyn Krigbaum, Paddy Chayefsky, Robert Anthony, Leigh Beery, Cynthia Belgrave, Norman Berns, Jacqueline Brookes, Lonnie Burr, Stockard Channing, Alex Colon, Matthew Cowles, Reid Cruickshanks, Anita Dangler, Jean David, Lorrie Davis, Dawn Powell Dell, Dennis Dugan, Milton Earl Forrest, Julie Garfield, Richard Goode, Nat Grant, Sarina C. Grant, Christopher Guest, Nat Horne, Bette Howard, Tresa Hughes, Bruce Kornbluth, Bill Lazarus, Paul Mace, Nancy MacKay, Tony Major, Shawn McAllister, Joy Nicholson, Bob O'Connell, Angie Ortega, Janet Paul, Lou Polan, Paul B. Price, Janet Sarno, Sab Shimono, Marilyn Sokol, Tom Spratley, John Tremaine, Tracey Walter, Gena Wheeler, Lydia Wilen
Best English-friendly & video release
Sandpiper Pictures Blu-ray is likely the same as previous Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray
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About the film
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
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Year of Induction: 1995
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: Ralph Bakshi
Sandpiper Pictures Blu-ray includes theatrical trailer
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