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  1. Richard Gallagher

    Press Release BVHE Press Release: Nightmare Alley (4k UHD Combo)

    It's also airing on regular HBO on 2/17 and 2/23.
  2. Richard Gallagher

    RIP Peter Bogdanovich

    I met him at the Chiller Theatre expo in New Jersey a number of years ago. He chatted with me for several minutes and signed one of his books for me. At the time he was upset that he was having trouble getting distribution for his film She's Funny That Way (which was then titled Squirrels to the...
  3. Richard Gallagher

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The HD to Blu-ray upgrade saga: Part 3 - The Untouchables – in Blu-ray

    Your education in film is incomplete if you haven't seen Battleship Potemkin! Available on Blu-ray from Kino.
  4. Richard Gallagher

    Press Release PHE Press Release: The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

    It reminds of a joke about an inventor who developed a new kind of widget. FRIEND: Nice widget. What will the retail price be? INVENTOR: $100,000. FRIEND: Seriously? That's a lot to charge for a widget. INVENTOR: Yes, but I only have to sell one.
  5. Richard Gallagher

    Press Release PHE Press Release: The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

    It isn't necessarily the fault of the studios. Sometimes the holder of the rights makes outrageous demands to clear the rights. There is an obscure biker film, The Savage Seven, which opens with a Cream tune playing. When it was put out on VHS whoever owned the rights demanded so much for...
  6. Richard Gallagher

    Press Release PHE Press Release: The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

    That's because there was no home video when those shows were produced, so the contracts limited the rights to television broadcasts since that was the only way the shows could be seen at that time.
  7. Richard Gallagher

    Pre-Order Magnum P.I. The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Have you seen the Fabulous Films set? Amazon UK is charging (including shipping) about $16 more than the current price of the Mill Creek release. Amazon UK has no info on whether the Fabulous Films set is region locked.
  8. Richard Gallagher

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    I just finished watching the complete series of Have Gun - Will Travel. My impression is that the final season episodes had less violence than previous seasons. I'm trying to remember if there was an anti-violence-on-TV campaign during that season. Regardless, HGWT is my favorite series from the...
  9. Richard Gallagher

    Press Release Edge of Darkness (Warner Archive Collection) (1943) (Blu-ray)

    From Leonard Maltin: "Intense, compelling drama of underground movement in Norway during Nazi takeover in WW2. Eye-popping camerawork complements the performances." I couldn't have said it better.
  10. Richard Gallagher

    Blu-ray Review The Abbott and Costello Show: Season 1 Blu-ray Review

    Good to hear from you, Lou. I hope you've been having a great Christmas!
  11. Richard Gallagher

    Blu-ray Review The Abbott and Costello Show: Season 1 Blu-ray Review

    Loul, I have my copy and am very pleased with what I've seen so far. I'm looking forward to hearing your commentary!
  12. Richard Gallagher

    Blu-ray Review The Abbott and Costello Show: Season 1 Blu-ray Review

    Back in the 1970s (and possibly later) WPIX aired an A&C movie every Sunday morning.
  13. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Crowther wrote that Bonnie and Clyde was a "garish, grotesque" film.
  14. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Thanks for that information. Here's the Ferrante & Teicher recording of Tonight.
  15. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Yes, 54 weeks at #1 and 144 weeks in the Top 40. It actually entered the Top 40 on 11/20/61. The 2004 CD released by Sony includes the Overture, Intermission music, Finale and End Credits, which were omitted from the LP. Incidentally, the piano duo Ferrante & Teicher released an album in...
  16. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    You're missing my point. The similarity is that WSS was a project that Spielberg was keenly interested in, just as Belfast clearly was a labor of love for Branagh. Both films were made with that in mind. It isn't the content of the two films that I was referring to. It is the similarity of the...
  17. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Agreed. People my age (73) are far less likely than teenagers and 20-somethings to go to a movie theater while a new variant of COVID is spreading throughout the country. And let's not forget that six states were devastated by tornadoes this past Friday. How many people in Kentucky or Tennessee...
  18. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    My point is that not all films are aimed at the youth market. Belfast proves my point.
  19. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    I never said that, nor did I suggest it. My point is that not all films are aimed at the youth market. It remains to be seen how much money the WSS remake will take in. Besides the domestic box office there is the overseas box office, probably HBO or Showtime, home video, etc. You're writing...
  20. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Actually I haven't seen it yet. I have listened to the soundtrack, though. When I referred to naysayers I was primarily addressing those who made up their minds before the film was released. I have never criticized Natale Wood's performance and I love the 1961 film. But that doesn't prevent...
  21. Richard Gallagher

    2021-2022 NFL Season

    Fair enough. He is listed at 6-1 or 6-0, depending upon where you look, but we know how that can go. We won't know for sure until he is measured at the combine. His stats are impressive. 3,339 passing yards, 68.4 % completions, 20 TDs and only 4 INTs. And 597 rushing yards, so he is mobile...
  22. Richard Gallagher

    2021-2022 NFL Season

    You don't believe that Matt Corral is worthy of being drafted in the first round?
  23. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Do you believe that Belfast is aimed at the youth? I can't imagine that there are many 18-year-olds who are clamoring to see it. Yet it got made.
  24. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Rotten Tomatoes reports that it was a lackluster weekend for all films, so it would seem that those who claim that West Side Story is a box office bomb are being premature...
  25. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Some of the naysayers had made it clear before it opened that they didn't like the new West Side Story.
  26. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Agreed,. To criticize him for being a lesser singer than others in the cast doesn't make him a bad singer. I hear worse singers than Elgort on nearly every episode of SNL.
  27. Richard Gallagher

    UHD Review A Few Words About While we wait for a few words about...™ West Side Story (2021) -- in 4k UHD

    Seriously? I just listened to him sing Maria on the soundtrack album and I didn't hear a single false note.
  28. Richard Gallagher

    West Side Story – Spielberg remake

    Rita Moreno has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning twice (for The Rockford Files and The Muppet Show). She also won a Tony and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, so I believe that she is well-known for more than just the Oscar that she won for the original film of...
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