The Unreleased on DVD list - The 1970's (suggestions welcome) (1 Viewer)

[Scott Weinberg]

OK, I thought of two! That was quick.
Snoopy Come Home
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!
Sue me. I dig the Peanuts.
Mind if I start an 80's list?

 

[Rex Bachmann]

You seemed to have covered the bases, but I didn't see

Larry Cohen's "It's Alive!" or "It Lives Again!".

 

[Jeff_A]

Mind if I start an 80's list?

I love it when someone else does all of the work, Scott - go for it!

 

[Richard Fernandez]

The Legend of Boggy Creek

 

[Tyler T]

My list:
More
La Vallee
Pink Floyd:Live at Pompeii
OK I like Pink Floyd....
Just want those on DVD bad!
IMO, they are perfect Criterion's

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ("Sally...Sally...")
Spectre
UFO Incident

Fair enough, Jay, except you might want to reconsider SPECTRE. I notice that the TV-movie DUEL made the list, surely because it became an extended theatrical cut for play in European cinemas. Something similar must've happened with SPECTRE, because it contains some female nudity (also some mild profanity, if I recall correctly) in the print that has been repeatedly shown on Fox Movie Channel, definitely not the sort of material that would've made it onto American broadcast network TV in the 1970s.
Either it was originally intended for theatrical play, and cut down into a milder TV-movie version for American audiences, or else it was intended as a TV-movie/series pilot, but with some spicier stuff shot for theatrical play in Europe.

 

[Jeff Swindoll]

SPECTRE, because it contains some female nudity (also some mild profanity, if I recall correctly) in the print that has been repeatedly shown on Fox Movie Channel, definitely not the sort of material that would've made it onto American broadcast network TV in the 1970s.

I copied off of FXM and can confirm that it must be a European theatrical cut. I HIGHLY doubt the nudity would've made it onto TV in the 70s . Dont recall about the profanity though. Cheers.

 

[george kaplan]

Some I'd like:

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Prisoner of 2nd Avenue

What's Up Doc?

Foul Play

Oh God!

The In-Laws

Silver Streak

Fun With Dick & Jane

High Anxiety

The Parallax View

Duel

The Concert for Bangladesh

Soylent Green

The Rescuers

 

[Bob Graham]

Great list! I wholeheartedly agree that the 70's was the last great era of American movies.

I can think of only two additions: "Royal Flash" and "What?" (Polanski)

 

[Randy_M]

Last of Sheila and Paper Chase (on the original list) are films I've been waiting ages for.
Bring 'em on!

 

[Dick]

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE; NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS; TREE OF THE WOODEN CLOGS; FORBIDDEN GAMES; Re-masters of JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON DE SOURCE; many many more foreign language titles...

 

[Walter Kittel]

George - The Parallax View was released in June of 1999.
( Go buy a copy now. )
- Walter.

 

[Rex Bachmann]

Here's an obscure one:

"Honky" (1971), starring Brenda Sykes and John Neilsen.

Not on most film fans' lists, that's for sure.

 

[Greg_M]

How about 1972:

"1776"

"Man of La Mancha" (This film is unfairly under rated)

"Young Winston" (a roadshow release from Columbia Pictures)

1978:

"Almost Summer"

 

[James_M]

How could you forget BLACK BELT JONES??!!

Bruce Lee, The Man, The Myth.

The Peanuts specials or Race for your life, Charlie Brown and Snoopy, come home if TV doesn't count.

How about some Donald Duck shorts too?

Disney's The Small One.

I also wish they would rerelease Charlotte's web and the Warriors as Special editions.

 

[george kaplan]

George - The Parallax View was released in June of 1999.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Gabe D]

I would love nothing more than a widescreen DVD of The Jerk.

 

[Greg Z]

OK guys, help me out...Hot Lips from Mash tv, and Peter Fonda,"Run with the Devil", or was it "Race with the Devil"?

 

[Jay E]

Greg - It's Race With the Devil.
It's on my list already. My parents took me to see that in the theater as a double bill with The Omen. Both films scared the crap out of me.

 

[Jay E]

I've updated the list.
everyone - I just wanted to say that if you can check the list before you suggest films, I would really appreciate it as some of the movies mentioned were already listed. Thanks.
Peter- I've added Spectre since it was released theatricaly in Europe. Thanks & I bow my head to the king of lists.
Tyler - More is from 1969.
Scott- 80's list sounds good to me, I myself do'nt plan on doing a list for that period. Actually, I'm working on a 60's list right now.
Again, thanks everyone for their feedback & suggestions.