Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State SEs due 5/4 (but POSTPONED) (1 Viewer)

[Qui-Gon John]

Paul, I heard about DEEP IMPACT, I'm excited for it. Just wish ARMAGEDDON would follow.

 

[Paul.S]

Yeah--how 'bout Criterion re-releasing their Armageddon anamorphic.

And just when you thought you could stop grousing about Mouschwitz: news today of a DVD re-release of . . . Bridget Jones's Diary. Yeah yeah yeah, its global b.o. cume is higher than CT and EOtS . . . but still . . .!

-p

 

[JoshB]

On the subject of Bruckheimer, they are rumored to be releasing a 3-Disc set of Pirates of the Caribbean. What was wrong with the 2-Disc set from last year?

 

[Qui-Gon John]

Paul, mega-dittos on ARMAGEDDON. And where are CRIMSON TIDE and ENEMY OF THE STATE already. Why does BVHE drag their feet (or other body parts) so much!

 

[JoshB]

I would have expected a Sept. street date at the very least since Tony Scott and Denzel just had a pretty good box office it with Man on Fire. But it seems that there is no Sept. date. Perhaps it is to coincide with the DVD release of King Arthur, a Bruckheimer film which did not fair well with critics or box office receipts. Either way I see no excuse for this since neither release will be the special edition we would coem to expect from these two films. Waiting all this time just for bare bones basic releases is what we have come to expect from studios, so why should we be suprised.

Armageddon is in dire need of a new anamorphic transfer. I jsut watched this the other night, and have always enjoyed it for what it is. Even if it wasn't Criterion that did it, a new edition would be welcome. I think this is one of those titles that many agree would benefit from a re-release, give nthe film isnt popular with everyone, it warrants a new edition more than some other titles (Underworld has had 3 releases in less than a year, for example).

But it seems likely that they will now coincide with the long awaited release of Scott's biggest film, Top Gun, set to arrive on Nov. 16. All and all though, it seems to be a good year for Tony Scott fans, getting three much anticipated titles and his latest film all around the same time. Lets just hope Tide and EoTS pan out.

By the way, where is the Con Air: SE?

 

[Brent M]

Count me as another wanting Special Editions(w/ anamorphic transfers of course) of Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Con Air and Armageddon. I'm sure they will all come out at some point in time.

 

[Haden]

Armageddon already got a really nice Criterion Edition. Really funny commentary track on it too... loved Affleck's amusing remarks. Aside from an anamorphic transfer, a new release would be hard to top the extras on the Criterion version.

 

[Paul.S]

If U can do anamorphic re-releases of The Thing and Born On the Fourth Of July that contain largely the same supps as the original non-anamorphs, then Criterion of all peeps can do a re-release of 'Armaged' that is substantially similar if not identical supp-wise but just adds anamorph. Esp. given the price point of that release.

I always thought it unconscionable that a company as film-savvy as Crit released this non-anamorph in the first place and has yet to go back and do it right since.

-p

 

[Qui-Gon John]

I agree, if the CC were Anamorphic, I'd have snapped it up years ago!

 

[Dave H]

While Armageddon looks good, I think a new transfer could make it even better for today's standards ---- in addition to being anamorphic. I'm sure Disney is likely to release such a version one day.

 

[Paul.S]

Color me skeptical, but I'm starting to question whether these are going to get re-announced for re-release this fall. Di$ney has announced an unrated (woo hoo!) King Arthur for 12/21. Seems like if Mouse House was going to announce this release for synergy with the other Tony Scott DVDs this fall, they would have already.

But having said that, the announcement of Pirates Of the Caribbean: The Lost Disc is for a street date just 2 months away (11/2). What's the shortest time before street ya'll have heard of a major studio making the release announcement?

-p

 

[Chris Rein]

If they bring an Unrated King Arthur...

Their Mickey Mouse Ass better bring the unaltered version of Scream in full 16x9 glory.

 

[Paul.S]

Man On Fire has streeted.

Par just moved Top Gun out of November into possibly December.

And still no new news.

Okay, maybe Mouschwitz is waiting to Fox to announce their Man On Fire SE street date . . .

Sigh.

-p

 

[Scotty_McW]

Well, if Duel could eventually get released, maybe these will too. It's been a long time since I saw Crimson Tide and I just sold my Enemy of the State. Hopefully they'll come out sooner rather than later!

 

[Paul.S]

Scotty, it is so already "later" . . . -p

 

[Scotty_McW]

Good point.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

I'm waiting like patience on a monument for these friggin releases.

 

[ThomasC]

My roommate is watching Hidalgo, which stars Viggo Mortensen, and I started thinking about Crimson Tide, also starring Viggo...what's going on, Disney?!?!?!

 

[Kenneth English]

While we're on the subject of Tony Scott films, anyone think we'll ever see a Special Edition of THE FAN? Not one of Scott's best, but a pretty good flick none the less. I got the current bare-bones DVD at Circuit City last week for $5.99. Wouldn't mind double-dipping when that's all I had to pay...

 

[Paul.S]

Kenneth,

Re possibilities for a The Fan SE. It's interesting to me that, although the The Fan DVD is from an earlier (1997) Columbia Tristar output era that saw them re-release SEs of a lot of their early titles that had those static, unattractive, blue background menus because of the studio's embarrassment over those releases (per a couple of different early chats with Col/Tri reps back in the day), we've not seen a new Fan. (Col/Tri even re-released an SE of The Craft, ya'll.) Personally, methinks if we haven't seen one by now, we won't. Unless of course Tony directs a new film for Sony Pictures that makes major bank . . .

What I wish had happened in this regard is for Charlie de Lauzirika to have been given the opportunity to get as involved in Tony's (even just catalog) DVD production as he's been involved on bro Ridley's . . .

-p