New York, New York (1977)
Romance, Drama, Music • 2h 35m
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Barry Primus, Mary Kay Place, George Memmoli, Dick Miller, Murray Moston, Leonard Gaines, Clarence Clemons, Georgie Auld, Kathi McGinnis, Norman Palmer, Adam David Winkler, Dimitri Logothetis, Frank Sivero, Diahnne Abbott, Margo Winkler, Steven Prince, Don Calfa, Bernie Kuby, Selma Archerd, Bill Baldwin, Mary Lindsay, Jon Cutler, Nicky Blair, Casey Kasem, Jay Salerno, William Tole, Sydney Guilaroff, Peter Savage, Gene Castle, Louis Guss, Shera Danese, Bill McMillan, Harry Northup, Marty Zagon, Timothy Blake, Betty Cole, DeForest Covan, Phil Gray, Roosevelt Smith, Bruce L. Lucoff, Bill Phillips Murry, Clint Arnold, Richard A. Berk, Jack R. Clinton, Wilfred R. Middlebrooks, Jake Vernon Porter, Nat Pierce, Manuel Escobosa, Susan Kay Hunt, Teryn Jenkins, Mardik Martin, Leslie Summers, Brock Michaels, Washington Rucker, Booty Reed, Robert Buckingham, Eddie Garrett, Nico Stevens, Peter Fain, Angelo Lamonea, Charles A. Tamburro, Wally McCleskey, Ronald Prince, Robert Petersen, Richard Raymond, Hank Robinson, Harold Ross, Eddie Smith, Jack Haley, Larry Kert
Best English-friendly & video release
MVD 4K Blu-ray see caps but it has the encoding error with the dropped frames
Updated 2 months ago
UHD tiers
Good 4K but has the encoding error with the dropped frames
About the film
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
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- 2026: #7672025: #7452024: #7312023: #7182022: #718
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Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray > Paramount US and Capelight DE, same black crush on all three but the Arrow is encoded by FiM and has very good new supplements, the Capelight looks slightly low-passed, but in motion it probably looks about the same as the Paramount, see caps comparison for all three.
Arrow and Paramount basically sound the same, the Arrow has a slightly higher bitrate. Capelight is probably the same too but for now it's TBA.
Paramount US 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision
Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray and Capelight DE 4K Blu-ray have MEL Dolby Vision
Director: Martin Scorsese
Other releases have horrendous DNR
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
(same as all tracks since the DVD)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps
Phenomenal disc, and perhaps the single greatest testament to NexSpec's positive 180 this year. Highlights are beautifully handled and grain structure is fully intact in areas where NexSpec's (and Pixelogic's) encodes would frequently fall apart in 2025 and before then. Criterion BD encode also looks to be robust from linked caps, save for this one frame: https://slow.pics/c/cMjMefmi
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
Sources: blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot seen on the previous Columbia Classics release and has better encoding
Original mono mix: 1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1991 Columbia LaserDisc
The 4K Blu-ray mono is only minimally worse (see blah-ray).
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has slightly better compression than Criterion 4K Blu-ray.
The master in DV looks all but identical to the Criterion’s HDR grade. Detail-wise, FiM’s encode looks like it uncovered a tiny bit of extra high-frequency information that got filtered on the Criterion. See nicolas review
1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1993 MGM LaserDisc/2002 R2 MGM DVD are the best. See blah-ray https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2018/01/raging-bull-1980.html
Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has better audio than Criterion 4K Blu-ray, from nicolas:
I believe that what’s on Imprint’s 4K is one of the good mixes MGM and Criterion released during the LaserDisc days. Music is powerful and detailed, dialogues have excellent fidelity and ambient sounds have perceptible depth. I compared the "new" 2.0 with the anemic 5.1 as well as the Criterion 4K mix and could clearly hear the improvements.
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Director: Martin Scorsese
But Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray is very similar.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
MVD 4K Blu-ray beautiful remaster but with frame rate skips (encoding error)
Director: Robert De Niro
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Director: Tsui Hark
More Romance on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
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Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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