Your Twilight Time/MGM wishlist? (1 Viewer)

[BRAD1963]

 

[Brad Fackler]

My two MGM requests are Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid" and Ernest Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner." I believe Warners has the right to both of them. I'd be thrilled with releases by them.

 

[Camps]

 

[skylark68]

I've been wanting to have the Jerusalem File for awhile. That would be a good one. Daria Halprin was gorgeous.

 

[PMF]

Edited by PMF
I deleted a title suggestion, as I had not realized the thread was exclusive to MGM titles.

 

[Camps]

I've been wanting to have the Jerusalem File for awhile. That would be a good one. Daria Halprin was gorgeous.

The thing is, this is one of those rare mainstream titles that has never seen the light of day Stateside in any form of homevid release (or recent TV airdate). Presumably there must be some stubborn rights entanglement(s).

Anyway, I always opt to push a rarity like this to the top of my want-list ahead of a title I'd like to see on blu ray but which I already can get on a perfectly good DVD.

 

[Richard V]

The Best Man is a superb film that deserves to be better known and more widely celebrated!

How does The Best Man compare to Advise and Consent, which Henry Fonda also starred in.

 

[Robin9]

How does The Best Man compare to Advise and Consent, which Henry Fonda also starred in.

Although both films are about politics and in particular about who is going to get an important position, the two films are very different. It's not easy to compare them. I like both a lot. The biggest difference for me is that The Best Man is faster paced. The second biggest difference is the way The President is presented. In Advise And Consent the presentation is conventional: The President is a great man: wise, conscientious and concerned. He's had his ups and downs but he's hanging in there, determined to serve his country well. In The Best Man The President is a hard, ruthless political operator with no sympathy for weaklings or losers. In both films The President is played superbly by an actor on top form: Franchot Tone and Lee Tracy. Both films and both performances are excellent.

 

[JPCinema]

I love this film.

A true unseen gem. The Georges Delerue score is magnificent.

 

[Richard V]

Although both films are about politics and in particular about who is going to get an important position, the two films are very different. It's not easy to compare them. I like both a lot. The biggest difference for me is that The Best Man is faster paced. The second biggest difference is the way The President is presented. In Advise And Consent the presentation is conventional: The President is a great man: wise, conscientious and concerned. He's had his ups and downs but he's hanging in there, determined to serve his country well. In The Best Man The President is a hard, ruthless political operator with no sympathy for weaklings or losers. In both films The President is played superbly by an actor on top form: Franchot Tone and Lee Tracy. Both films and both performances are excellent.

Thanks, that helps me decide, looks like I might want to get this film

 

[RolandL]

...My Dream titles are Hallelujah Trail in 2:76 ratio and Alamo Roadshow cut but I know that Hallelujah and Alamo have yet to be restored sadly.

Hallelujah Trail has only been released on DVD in 2.35. Alamo shorter version is shown on MGM HD and looks better than the DVD. The restored is on TCM HD but has a soft looking picture.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Any widescreen historical or religious classic epics left that MGM still controls that haven't had a blu-ray release yet?

 

[Robin9]

Had hoped and dreamed of a Barabbas Christmas. Ever the optimist.

Keep dreaming. I do.

 

[aPhil]

How does one keep track of what is MGM and what is MGM under Warner Brothers or . . . ?

 

[John Hermes]

How does one keep track of what is MGM and what is MGM under Warner Brothers or . . . ?

I believe Warner owns all the MGM product up to about May 1986.

 

[Robin9]

Thanks, that helps me decide, looks like I might want to get this film

I watched The Best Man again last night, on an MGM MOD which comes with a warning about best available source material. I'd forgotten that in The Best Man, as in Advise And Consent. the President is in very poor health and is about to die which, of course, he is keeping secret. I'd also forgotten that The Best Man comes from a play by Gore Vidal.

 

[BRAD1963]

I watched The Best Man again last night, on an MGM MOD which comes with a warning about best available source material. I'd forgotten that in The Best Man, as in Advise And Consent. the President is in very poor health and is about to die which, of course, he is keeping secret. I'd also forgotten that The Best Man comes from a play by Gore Vidal.

I guess that explains why it has not had a Blu-ray release yet. It sounds like it is in dire need of a restoration

 

[topanga]

If it isn't owned by Warner Brothers, I sure would like to see Twilight Time release:

 

[Matt Hough]

This would seem to be a Warner property now.

 

[JPCinema]

THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL would be wonderful! A guilty pleasure of mine with a super Elmer Bernstein score.