Centennial Collection : El Dorado & The Man who shot Liberty Valance (1 Viewer)

[oscar_merkx]

DVD Times - El Dorado & The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Centennial Collection) in May


This is awesome news.

Another JF picture getting the deluxe treatment

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Interesting news. I'll definitely check out El Dorado - I reviewed the original disc, so I always review re-issues. Never saw Valance - this seems like a good reason to do so!

 

[John Hodson]

I've promised myself no double-dips until Paramount ante-up with the BDs on their Centennial Collection releases, but these will be almost impossible to resist.

Hawks and Ford; there's a couple of aces for ya...

 

[Bradley-E]

Common Paramount, How about releasing these on Blu ray also?

 

[mdnitoil]

Woah, actual bonus features for these two? Automatic double-dip for me.

 

[oscar_merkx]

Valance is actually pretty good especially when you consider that B&W pictures were not really made at that time.

Wayne & Ford at their peak

 

[Dave B Ferris]

If I remember correctly, Bogdanovich created a documentary film about John Ford that was broadcast on Turner Classic Movies a year or so ago (maybe a little longer).

Seems like this new release of 'Liberty Valance' would be a good opportunity to include the documentary as a supplementary feature.

 

[oscar_merkx]

There is a documentary called The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth.

Is this what you are referring to ?

 

[Dave B Ferris]

No, the documentary is called 'Directed by John Ford', apparently a 2006 update of a doc Bogdanovich originally created in 1971.

 

[genomovie]

No Blu Ray, no buy.:frowning:

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm going to hold out because there is little doubt these two titles will make it to Blu-ray in the future.





Crawdaddy

 

[John Hodson]

Dave, someone over at the Criterion forum posted a quote from Bogdanovich recently about the doco: "... I re-did the film in 2006 and that it was shown on TCM that year... And will be available on DVD in May through Warner Home video... I feel that the new version is infinitely better than the original and I hope you get a chance to see it!"

 

[Robert Crawford]

I read a direct quote from Bogdanovich that a dvd is coming this year. Perhaps we can nut that down when we talk with Warner is the not so distant future.





Crawdaddy

 

[Bruce Morrison]

What?! Valance was released in 1962. There were still plenty of films being made in B&W at that time and for another few years afterwards. In 1962 alone, other classic B&W films included 'The Manchurian Candidate', 'Lolita', 'Days Of Wine And Roses', 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'The Miracle Worker'.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Nah, are any of those B&W films really good and do they stand the test of time like LOA.





Crawdaddy

 

[Dave B Ferris]

John,

Thanks for the update. Ultimately, I'll be happy to have this doc on DVD, whether it appears as a supplement on a Paramount release or a Warner Brothers release, as you mentioned.

 

[Jrf2]

I'm just wondering if anybody's picked up The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance yet. Other than extras, is there a significant upgrade PQ-wise over the 2001 disc?

 

[Colin McGuigan]

Gary's comparison at the Beaver site is here. And the DVD Times review is here.

 

[Jrf2]

Excellent! Thanks.

 

[oscar_merkx]

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