Martin Balsam movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Alan J. Pakula
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The 70s paranoia thriller alongside Three Days of the Condor and The Parallax View. It wasn't on the leaked WB release list so it caught people off guard.
Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Sidney Lumet
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Lumet's 1974 Agatha Christie all-star mystery, with Kino Lorber handling the US release. The 4K scores a 4.5 overall, and people were excited about more Lumet on the format. The US version was out of print and going for inflated prices before the new release.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K with a perfect 5.0 specs score. Every scene is a close-up of a sweating face in a jury room, and the 4K grain and detail make you feel the claustrophobia. The Kino disc also includes In the Heat of the Night as a bonus feature, which the Criterion edition doesn't have.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joseph Sargent
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Menahem Golan
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition
