Peter O'Toole movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. David Lean
The post calling this disc a personal benchmark for the format stayed one of the week's biggest threads. The replies are a collective argument for 70mm on 4K, with Suspiria, Vertigo, Ben-Hur, Blade Runner, and The Sound of Music all named. Shot on film, all of them, with restorations that match the source. If you don't own this one yet, the community is running out of patience.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Anthony Harvey
StudioCanal S-Tier 4K. O'Toole and Hepburn chewing scenery in medieval England. The announcement caught people off guard because nobody expected this one to get the 4K treatment, and the transfer delivered.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Richard Rush
S-Tier from Radiance's Transmission sublabel, new 4K scan of the original camera negative with Dolby Vision. A massive upgrade over the old Severin Blu-ray, which had gone out of print and was fetching inflated prices on eBay for years. People who held off on the Severin are feeling vindicated. Peter O'Toole is completely unhinged in this and the production history behind the film is almost as wild as the movie itself. Region-free UHD disc, region B locked Blu-ray. Includes the original mono track and Severin's 5.1 remix, plus two commentary tracks.
Transmission Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Douglas Hickox
Severin Films announced a Collector's Edition 4K with three SKUs, including a deluxe limited edition and a UHD + 2xBD combi pack. The blu-ray.com thread was enthusiastic across the board, with multiple people calling it a must-buy and comparing it favourably to the original Zulu.
Severin Films · 4K Ultra HD
