Top 10 Favourite 70s films that haven't been released in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[atfree]

Just to be accurate, Angie wasn't in Body Double. I think you may mean Dressed to Kill.

You are correct...I had body double on the brain.

 

[ljgranberry]

It would probably be a rights issue nightmare, but I'd love to see a complete set of the ABC Movie of the Week films released.

 

[t1g3r5fan]

For this one, I'm going on a year by year basis and based on what I have already in my collection and eager to see the Blu treatment given.

1970
Catch-22
Darling Lili (both theatrical & director's cut)
The Out-of-Towners
Ryan's Daughter
Zabriskie Point

1971
The Andromeda Strain
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Murphy's War
The Red Tent (both Russian & International versions)

1972
Bad Company
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Ruling Class
Ulzana's Raid

1973
Bang the Drum Slowly
Charlotte's Web
The Day of the Jackal
Don't Look Now
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Last of Shiela
The Long Goodbye
Paper Moon
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (all three versions)
Save the Tiger
Sisters

1974
Juggernaut
The Longest Yard
Murder on the Orient Express
The Parallax View
Phase IV (with the recently discovered last reel restored)
The White Dawn

1975
The Day of the Locust
The Eiger Sanction
The Hindenburg

1976
Obsession
The Shootist
Swashbuckler
The Tenant
Two Minute Warning

1977
Black Sunday
The Car
Islands in the Stream
The Other Side of Midnight
Rollercoaster
The Sentinel
Suspiria

1978
Heaven Can Wait
Pretty Baby
Up in Smoke
Who'll Stop the Rain

1979
Cuba
Dracula
The Legacy
Meteor
1941
Phantasm
Prophecy
Real Life
Wise Blood

 

[Aunt Peg]

Too many from 70 for me and sticking to English language films only:

Promises in the Dark
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Andy Warhol's Bad
The Devils (I know it's never going to happen but one can dream)
Savage Messiah
The Music Lovers
Full Circle
The Onion Field
Pretty Baby
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Stevie
Nasty Habits
Providence
Julia
The Boy Friend
Zabriskie Point
Health
A Wedding
Inserts

And though they are available in the U.S. and Region B locked I hope for Region B releases of Badlands, Days of Heaven & 3 Women.

 

[AFILMDUDE]

Paper Moon
Charley Varrick
Wild Rovers
Foul Play
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Return of the Pink Panther
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Heaven Can Wait
The Champ
Big Wednesday
Dillinger
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

 

[John Maher_289910]

North American Releases of:

AIRPORT 77
KANSAS CITY BOMBER
DARLING LILI
ROLLERCOASTER
THE TAMARIND SEED
BLACK SUNDAY
ORCA
SISTERS
THE HINDENBURG
RICH MAN POOR MAN (mini-series)

I also want BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.

 

[jauritt]

Carnal Knowledge - 1971
Godspell - 1973
North Dallas Forty - 1979
The Gambler - 1974
The Last Detail - 1973
The Heartbreak Kid - 1972
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - 1974
Blue Collar - 1978
Cinderella Liberty - 1973
Coming Home - 1978
The Last of Sheila - 1973
The Paper Chase - 1973
Paper Moon - 1973
Pretty Baby - 1978
Shampoo - 1975
The Silent Partner - 1978
An Unmarried Woman - 1978

 

[Alan Tully]

Start The Revolution Without Me
The Last Valley
The Last Of Shiela - who cares who did it, it's James Coburn being cool & waspish.
Ulzana's Raid
The Devils
The Boy Friend
The Day Of The Jackle
The Life & Times Of Judge Roy Bean
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
The Cheap Detective

 

[donidarko]

Airport 1975Looking for Mr. GoodbarInteriorsRollercoasterDemon SeedAirport '77FMTwo-Minute WarningLipstickBurnt Offerings

 

[Jeffrey:K]

Soldier Blue (1970)
Road to Salina (1971)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
The Nightcomers (1972)
Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
Visit to a Chief's Son (1974)
Beyond the Door (1974)
Homebodies (1974)
Hustle (1975)
Peur sur la ville (1975)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
The Next Man (1976)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
Phantasm (1979)

 

[AnthonyClarke]

How good to see THE LAST OF SHEILA given a couple of mentions. The DVD is almost unviewable, yet we've persevered as it's so witty .. the best comic thriller, up there with Sleuth.

Others I want are

The Wild Child and Bed and Board (both 1970, so they should be in the 60s list but it's worth cheating for that one)
Pocket Money
Day for Night
Love on the Run
Pretty Baby
Atlantic City (1980, so technically the last year of the 70s)
The Boy Friend (c'mon Warner Archives)
The Phantom of Liberty
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

 

[Matt Hough]

I haven't watched The Last of Sheila in some time, but I don't remember the transfer being particularly bad. Can you refresh my memory?

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

This decade is my favorite in terms of film and so my list is gigantic. Not sure I should even dip into this thread.

 

[Vic Pardo]

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (all three versions)

Bingo! I once had the TV cut of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID on VHS taped off a local broadcast station and taped over it, thinking I was getting a more complete version from TNT, only to find that TNT was running the original theatrical cut. So I Iost my copy of the TV cut, which has scenes missing from both other versions. (I do have the director's cut on DVD.)

 

[Alan Tully]

Bingo! I once had the TV cut of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID on VHS taped off a local broadcast station and taped over it, thinking I was getting a more complete version from TNT, only to find that TNT was running the original theatrical cut. So I Iost my copy of the TV cut, which has scenes missing from both other versions. (I do have the director's cut on DVD.)

I don't like the '05 cut at all, it's the Turner cut for me. I have the DVD box with both cuts, & I did put in the latest cut by mistake, & thought it was awful, I suppose I'm used to the earlier cut. I suppose if Warner ever gets around to releasing this (not a given!), they'll have to do both versions.

 

[FoxyMulder]

Bingo! I once had the TV cut of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID on VHS taped off a local broadcast station and taped over it, thinking I was getting a more complete version from TNT, only to find that TNT was running the original theatrical cut. So I Iost my copy of the TV cut, which has scenes missing from both other versions. (I do have the director's cut on DVD.)

I just cannot watch that film, knowing the pain inflicted on the chickens at the start of the movie and how they achieved it really puts me off, it's just as bad as those Italian cannibal movies which also inflicted real cruelty on animals, i just hate it for that reason alone, doing that for a film and it is just a film, well it doesn't seem right to me.

 

[AnthonyClarke]

I haven't watched The Last of Sheila in some time, but I don't remember the transfer being particularly bad. Can you refresh my memory?

Last time I looked, the DVD looked like a barely adequate video presentation. But worse feature was a very muffled soundtrack, with us struggling to undersand much of the witty dialogue - and these were good actors, who did not mumble.

 

[Matt Hough]

Last time I looked, the DVD looked like a barely adequate video presentation. But worse feature was a very muffled soundtrack, with us struggling to undersand much of the witty dialogue - and these were good actors, who did not mumble.

Thanks. If I have time today, I'll pluck it off the shelf and watch the film again. I haven't seen it in a few years, and I have always enjoyed its very complex but satisfying mystery.

 

[brioni]

So glad that Get Carter has made it.
My picks:The Great Train Robbery (1978)Black Sunday (1977)Star Wars (Theatrical)The YakuzaThe Black Windmill (1974)When Eight Bells Toll (1971)The Eiger Sanction (1975)The Pink Panther Strikes AgainReturn of the Pink PantherRevenge of the Pink Panther
and would desperately love The Day of the Jackal (1973)

 

[LeoA]

I'm not a big fan of films from this decade, but I'd absolutely love to see the animated Christmas movie 'Santa and the Three Bears' be remastered and released. These poor quality and heavily cut down public domain DVD releases for this one barely suffice.

Off the top of my head , I'd also like to see the following.,,
-Snoopy, Come Home!
-A Boy Named Charlie Brown
-Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown
-Escape to Witch Mountain
-The Apple Dumpling Gang
-The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
-No Deposit, No Return

I'm sure there's more if I started digging.

Pretty Baby - 1978

Is this a remake? I love a movie with the same title starring Betsy Drake.