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  1. Rick Z.

    Less than 500 copies remaining of Twilight Time´s THE BIG HEAT

    They announced it on their FB page today. 267 copies to be exact (according to the shopping cart quantity restriction).
  2. Rick Z.

    VCI to release The Bird with the Crystal Plumage on Blu-ray

    However, it may not include the original italian soundtrack, Take a look, http://www.vcientertainment.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=825
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    Sidney Sheldon´s Bloodline (1979) w/ Audrey Hepburn (such an oddball film...)

    Yesterday I saw this film and it amazes me how bad it is in spite of having so much talent involved.   For starters it has a very talented all-star international cast: Omar Sharif, Ben Gazzara, Irene Papas, Michelle Phillips, Maurice Ronet, Claudia Mori, Beatrice Straight, James Mason, Romy...
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    Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

    It's always been among my favorite Tennessee Williams film adaptations. It keeps you hooked till the very end. I cannot help but wish Sony would revisit this title since the DVD currently available (issued in 2000) has all kinds of problems from the early days of DVD. Typical of many of the...
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    Regarding the restoration of 'A Star is Born' (1954)

    I was reading an article yesterday which chronicles the restoration of A Star is Born , which was conducted by Ronald Haver in 1983. I found it quite interesting and I'd like to hear some opinions from those in the know. I also would like to have one thing clear... much of the deleted scenes...
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    The Premiere Frank Capra Collection

    I checked the amazon.com dowloadable interview with Frank Capra Jr. discussing this upcoming set and while most of it is pure fluff (he even talks about what he thinks of remakes (!))there are some nice things like learning that these upcoming transfers will be high def sourced this time...
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    Jekyll and Hyde 1932/1941 DVD with a glitch on the 1941 version?

    I was watching the 1941 version of the film last night and came across a strange jump cut, at the 1:31:05 mark when Jekyll is about to kill Ivy it suddenly cuts to the people outside her room hearing her screaming, (see the DVD and you'll understand) and it then cuts again to Jekyll, but this...
  8. Rick Z.

    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION) coming October 31 from Paramount!

    Many e-tailers including amazon are already listing this release for october 31st, however,there's still no cover art or any mention of the special features. Has anyone heard anything?
  9. Rick Z.

    Criterion's JULES AND JIM faulty, with accidentally reversed shots!

    Criterion´s Jules and Jim is flawed with accidentally reversed shots when compared to the Fox DVD: from DVDBeaver: "I want to call your attention to a huge blunder on Criterion’s “Jules and Jim". There is a sequence in which, incredibly, left and right are reversed. The reversal does not...
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    Spartacus: Foreign SE (by Universal) same bonus features and transfer as Criterion

    I bought yesterday a Spartacus Special Edition that is seemingly available outside the US. It has the same Special features as the criterion (the only one not ported over is the restoration demonstration I think), the transfer is anamorphic and is almost identical too... and it has a DTS track...
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    It's a Wonderful Life (Artisan)

    After watching a few Artisan releases like the horrendous looking The Quiet Man and High Noon, I bought It's a Wonderful Life, and to my surprise I found it to be rather good. Quite frankly it seemed to me that it looks much better than a lot of major studio B/W releases out there (there are...
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    Criterion editions of Spellbound and The Lady Vanishes are missing some footage

    A while ago I found in some other website that two criterion releases of the Hitchcock films The Lady Vanishes and Spellbound are missing some footage. The Lady Vanishes: When the two men who are always hanging around together enter their room in the hotel, a moment later a maid comes in...
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    Gone with the wind: Original Look vs. Collector's edition DVD

    Around the time the 4 disc Collector's edition DVD came out, Robert Harris stated that the restoration was "utterly and undeniably perfect" (and it does look gorgeous indeed). He also says that it was "a beautiful representation of the original intent restored to perfection". However it's...
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