G.D. Spradlin

4 G.D. Spradlin films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Apocalypse Now.

Apocalypse Now(1979)

dir. Francis Ford Coppola

S-Tier 4K. The 6-disc set with the Final Cut, Redux, and theatrical versions is the best home video release of this film. It was a Best Buy exclusive that went out of stock and has been trading at a premium on eBay. The Eagle Pictures Italian release is also well regarded.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

The Godfather Part II(1974)

8.6/10

dir. Francis Ford Coppola

S-Tier

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

North Dallas Forty(1979)

6.6/10

dir. Ted Kotcheff

B-Tier

B-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Ted Kotcheff's football film with Nick Nolte. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

The Lords of Discipline(1983)

6.6/10

dir. Franc Roddam

Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.