The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Drama, Family • 2h 8m
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel, Virginia Gilmore, Bill Dickey, Ernie Adams, Pierre Watkin, Harry Harvey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, Bill Stern, Addison Richards, Hardie Albright, Edward Fielding, George Lessey, Edgar Barrier, Douglas Croft, Gene Collins, David Holt, Veloz, Yolanda, Ed Agresti, Ernie Alexander, Hooper Atchley, Edwin August, Bettye Avery, Becky Bohanon, Lynton Brent, Roy Brent, Betty Brewer, Don Brodie, Charles Cane, Jack Carr, Burr Caruth, Eddy Chandler, Lane Chandler, Bill Chaney, Jack Chapin, Janet Chapman, Spencer Charters, Porter Chase, Dane Clark, Heinie Conklin, Hal Cooke, Clancy Cooper, John Daheim, Eva Dennison, Lester Dorr, Peter Du Rey, Lorna Dunn, Jim Farley, Frank Faylen, Walter Fenner, Pat Flaherty, Rosina Galli, Vaughan Glaser, Mary Gordon, Herschel Graham, George Guhl, Eddie Hall, Harry Hayden, Vinton Hayworth, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, John Hiestand, Earle Hodgins, Fay Holderness, John Ince, Mitchell Ingraham, Charles Irwin, Jack Irwin, Sheldon Jett, Payne B. Johnson, John Kellogg, Colin Kenny, Donald Kerr, Richard Kipling, Pat Lane, Larry Lawson, Rex Lease, Theodore Lorch, Frank Lyman, Wilbur Mack, Dave Manley, Maurice Marks, Francisco Marán, John C. McCallum, Ralph McCullough, George McDonald, Matt McHugh, James McNamara, Wilmuth Merkyl, Howard M. Mitchell, Irving Mitchell, Pat Moriarity, Tom Neal, Ray Noble, Patsy O'Byrne, George Offerman, Jr., John B. Old, Garry Owen, Sarah Padden, Emory Parnell, Edward Peil Sr., Tom Quinn, Cyril Ring, Henry Roquemore, Art Rowlands, William Roy, Rip Russell, Francis Sayles, Anita Sharp-Bolster, C. Montague Shaw, Jack Shea, John Sheehan, Jack Stewart, Brick Sullivan, Ben Taggart, Walter Tetley, Jimmy Valentine, Gohr Van Vleck, Dorothy Vaughan, Dorothy Vernon, Malcolm Waite, James Westerfield, Guy Wilkerson, Max Willenz, Buddy Williams, Charles Williams, Robert Winkler, Allen Wood, Mike Donovan, Dick Gordon, Charles Flynn, Jack Gardner, Anthony Walters
About the film
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
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Director: John Boorman
Director: John Schlesinger
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2027 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Included Imprint Blu-Ray also has markedly better image compression than the Criterion Blu-Ray, though do note the Imprint has some adjusted color grading within roughly the first five minutes of the film
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Director: Arthur Penn
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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: Stanley Kubrick
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored for US Cut; both US and International Cuts are 4K.
US Cut: 1999 WB DVD/Criterion 4K Blu-ray
No Blu-ray or DVD release until the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has presented the US in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The International Cut has never been presented in it's OAR of 1.66:1 in any home video releases.
The packaging on the back of the WB 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Sony release without the filtering; Comparison between Sony and Criterion.
Mono: 1994 LaserDisc (marginally, unfiltered) or Criterion 4K Blu-ray (filtered)
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.
5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering; WB 4K early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed. Comparison between Criterion and WB.
6-Track 70mm mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set), 1997 MGM LaserDisc, 1998 MGM DVD
35mm Mono Mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Matrixed Stereo Remix: MGM Japan LaserDisc (1985) [G158F5509]
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Steve James
Director: Victor Fleming
3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro
Director: Sam Wood
Probably Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
While no comparison is available, this is indeed a new 4K restoration. However it has its problem like not scanned from best surviving prints due to some issues, or technicolor out of alignment but seems to be still better than older releases
Director: Sam Wood
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray releasing January 2027
France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray
France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray has the least DNR (UK Artificial Eye might be similar? Both better than Universal 4K Blu-ray)
Criterion even though doesn’t have 4K, it has the B&W version and a lot of extras.
Director: Claire Denis
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
FiM encode; BFI shows noticeable macroblocking
Director: David Fincher
Digipack release includes an Amazing Amy book the standard edition doesn’t have.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray and 2011/2013 Optimum Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Cineverse 4K Blu-ray announced with a new 4K restoration from the original negatives
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray and 2011/2013 Optimum Blu-ray both have issues, up to preference. UK Optimum/Japan Amuse Soft Blu-ray is better, Criterion is worse
Japan Amuse Soft Blu-ray is better encoded than the Optimum, is in the original 1.85 ratio, and has the original colors
Director: Barry Jenkins
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Lionsgate 4k
Criterion 4K Blu-ray announced by director Barry Jenkins
Director: Brian De Palma
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda
UK Third Window Blu-ray and US Error 4444 Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
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Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · filmalert101.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
FiM encode and none of the low-pass filtering present on the Criterion 4K, resulting in more detail and better handling of highlights on Imprint
Review, comparisons
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
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