The Women (1939)
Comedy, Drama • 2h 13m
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Weidler, Marjorie Main, Virginia Grey, Ruth Hussey, Muriel Hutchison, Hedda Hopper, Florence Nash, Cora Witherspoon, Ann Morriss, Dennie Moore, Mary Cecil, Mary Beth Hughes, Dorothy Adams, Ruth Alder, Mariska Aldrich, Meeka Aldrich, Barbara Jo Allen, Judith Allen, Maude Allen, Effie Anderson, Mary Anderson, Dorothy Appleby, Diana Arden, Gertrude Astor, Bunny Beatty, May Beatty, Wilda Bennett, Joan Blair, Gladys Blake, Marie Blake, Betty Blythe, May Boley, Lilian Bond, Frederika Brown, Veda Buckland, Aileen Carlyle, Lucia Carroll, Shirley Chambers, Lita Chevret, Dora Clement, Mabel Colcord, Beatrice Cole, Mildred Coles, Nell Craig, Esther Dale, Mary Dees, Eva Dennison, Estelle Etterre, Dot Farley, Nance Lee Ferrar, Flora Finch, Ruth Findlay, Agnes Fraser, June Gittelson, Grace Goodall, Rita Gould, Grayce Hampton, Sibyl Harris, Theresa Harris, Winifred Harris, Grace Hayle, Brenda Henderson, Jany Hope, Joey Hope, Virginia Howell, Carol Hughes, Jane Isbell, Suzanne Kaaren, Alice Keating, Carole Lee Kilbry, Carole Lee Kirby, Lenita Lane, Priscilla Lawson, Leni Lynn, Leila McIntyre, Janet McLeay, Butterfly McQueen, Greta Meyer, Helene Millard, Sue Moore, Natalie Moorhead, Gertrude Needham, Hattie Noel, Florence O'Brien, Mimi Olivera, Blanche Payson, Edith Penn, Barbara Pepper, Virginia Pine, Hilda Plowright, Aileen Pringle, Catherine Proctor, Isabel Randolph, Renie Riano, Ruth Rickaby, Jo Ann Sayers, Dorothy Sebastian, Peggy Shannon, Mildred Shay, Clarice Sherry, Florence Shirley, Irene Shirley, Gertrude Simpson, Amzie Strickland, Ann Teeman, Terry, Charlotte Treadway, Dorothy Tuttle, Beryl Wallace, Josephine Whittell, Marjorie Wood, Charlotte Wynters, Mary Young
About the film
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
> UK MoC 4K Blu-ray > Australia Imprint > US Kino Lorber better encoding
The MoC, Criterion and Imprint UHDs were encoded by FiM making all 3 very close. The higher bitrate helped in deciding and some luck; however Criterion is the most consistent one of all 3. Imprint has some scenes with more splotchy grain while MoC is quite close to Criterion but has some more blocking in dark scenes (e.g.: comp #27). With Criterion’s superior audio, it ensures complete consistency.
From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"
Both Imprint (included in their set) and Capelight (on its own/individually) offer remastered BDs. All other BDs, including the one included in The Complete Kubrick, are sourced from the same older master from around 2010.
Director: John Boorman
Director: John Schlesinger
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
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: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
US Twilight Time Blu-ray or UK Signal One Blu-ray are basically the same see cap
Director: David Lean
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
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