Norma Rae (1979)
Drama • 1h 50m
Overview
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland, Morgan Paull, Robert Broyles, John Calvin, Booth Colman, Lee de Broux, James Luisi, Vernon Weddle, Gilbert Green, Bob Minor, Grace Zabriskie, Stuart Culpepper, Mary Munday, Jack Stryker, Gregory Walcott, Noble Willingham, Lonny Chapman, Bert Freed, Bob Hannah, Edith Ivey, Scott Lawton, Frank McRae, Gerry Okuneff, Gina Kaye Pounders, Henry Slate, Melissa Ann Wait, Joe Dorsey, Sherry Velvet Foster, Weona T. Brown, Carolyn Danforth, James W. Harris, Charlie Briggs, Billie Joyce Buck, Fred Covington, J. Don Ferguson, Sandra Dorsey, Harold E. Finch, Clayton Landey, Bill Pannell, George R. Robertson, Thomas D. Samford III, Roy Tatum, Paul Ellen, Jerry Michael Ray, Martin Ritt
Director: Sidney Lumet
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
Criterion Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Sidney Lumet
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
Criterion Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: David Fincher
Director: David Fincher
Director: John G. Avildsen
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
Original Mono: Ultimate Knockout Collection/Knockout Collection replacement disc> Knockout collection original.
The Mono mix on the initial release of the Knockout Collection is a fold-down of the 5.1, the replacement disc and the ultimate knockout version fixed the error.
The Steelbook and UK standard edition is the same disc as the 2023 knockout collection.
Director: John G. Avildsen
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
Original Mono: Ultimate Knockout Collection/Knockout Collection replacement disc> Knockout collection original.
The Mono mix on the initial release of the Knockout Collection is a fold-down of the 5.1, the replacement disc and the ultimate knockout version fixed the error.
The Steelbook and UK standard edition is the same disc as the 2023 knockout collection.
Grapevine DVD Rip Van 1921 extras or OOP Image Entertainment DVD
Grapevine DVD Rip Van 1921 extras or OOP Image Entertainment DVD
Grapevine DVD Rip Van 1921 extras or OOP Image Entertainment DVD
Grapevine DVD Rip Van 1921 extras or OOP Image Entertainment DVD
Wicked Vision Germany 4K Blu-ray or US Criterion 4K Blu-ray?
Wicked Vision Germany 4K Blu-ray (LSP encode) or US Criterion 4K Blu-ray?
Wicked Vision Germany 4K Blu-ray or US Criterion 4K Blu-ray?
Wicked Vision Germany 4K Blu-ray (LSP encode) or US Criterion 4K Blu-ray?
Directors: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
Directors: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
Director: Roman Polanski
Paramount disappointing 4K Blu-ray
Paramount disappointing 4K Blu-ray
Director: Roman Polanski
Paramount disappointing 4K Blu-ray
Paramount disappointing 4K Blu-ray
Director: William Wyler
Italy Plaion 4K Blu-ray > Paramount 4K Blu-ray (marginally)
Director: William Wyler
Italy Plaion 4K Blu-ray > Paramount 4K Blu-ray (marginally)
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Martin Ritt
Director: Martin Ritt
Director: Martin Ritt
Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Martin Ritt
Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Tim Burton
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Fox/Disney 4K Blu-ray, the compression is poor, but it still beats the previous Blu-ray. (Luminance plot)
The 4K Blu-ray only has Atmos which is possibly the original mix, but the previous Blu-ray’s 4.0 sounds good too.
Director: Tim Burton
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Fox/Disney 4K Blu-ray, the compression is poor, but it still beats the previous Blu-ray. (Luminance plot)
The 4K Blu-ray only has Atmos which is possibly the original mix, but the previous Blu-ray’s 4.0 sounds good too.
Director: Chris Nahon
Director: Chris Nahon
Director: Chris Columbus
4K Streaming master
Old Fox Blu-ray master is stretched and sharpened
Disney 4K Blu-ray announced for September 29, 2026
4K Streaming master
Old Fox Blu-ray master is stretched and sharpened
Director: Chris Columbus
4K Streaming master
Old Fox Blu-ray master is stretched and sharpened
Disney 4K Blu-ray announced for September 29, 2026
4K Streaming master
Old Fox Blu-ray master is stretched and sharpened
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Directors: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman
Directors: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman
Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
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