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12/29/05 at 1:35am
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I was aware that Peter Gimbel's Blue Water, White Death was a Cinema Center Films, but I assumed that it was a forgotten documentary. It's still the best shark documentary ever made so it is pretty frustrating that is isn't on DVD and never had a LD release. With Ron and Valerie Taylor and Stan Waterman still with us, it would be wise of CBS/Paramount to get their thoughts on the film for a DVD release in the near future.

I had forgotten that Figures in a Landscape had been re-titled "Hunted" and that there was a pre-cert VHS in the UK. I have great admiration of Joseph Losey and that film is one of many films of his that have been very hard to see over the years, many not recieving VHS or Laser releases.

Stuart Rosenberg's, The April Fools would be welcomed by most, although I find Deneuve's english-speaking roles tedious, but Lemmon is worth watching. I haven't seen it - is it good?

I'd love to see Monte Walsh again - this time in it's original 2.35:1 Panavision ratio. It's a beautiful Western.
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10/28/06 at 2:37am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

*Julius Caesar (1953) - trailer only on laserdisc.
*Quo vadis (1951) - Chinese dvd available, but trailer only on laserdisc.
*Life of python (1989!) only on laserdisc (the DVD of the same name contains completely different material made in 1999.)
*criterion Satyricon - information on Petronius' satyricon
*El cid criterion edition - a whole bunch of extras


Come to think about Julius Caesar and Quo Vadis. I have both on DVD. I don't suppose someone could capture these trailers for me from LD? I would like to see the trailers for these movies to give a bit of historical perspective. Any help would be much appreciated.
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1/17/07 at 2:43pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

With regard to special features that were never released on DVD, the widely unnoticed special edition laserdisc of Mrs Doubtfire has a bunch of supplemental material, none of which showed up on the DVD. Also, the Toy Story box set has a ton of stuff (including an exclusive audio commentary track) never seen on any of the DVD releases. Since this thread is three years old, this stuff probably won't be updated on the first post, but thought I'd mention it for those who are still interested.
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1/17/07 at 6:17pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Actually, the DVD of MRS DOUBTFIRE had TONS of bonus material from the Laserdisc: Deleted scenes, animation, etc.
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1/17/07 at 10:12pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Sorry; I guess I stand corrected. I was going by the fact that Amazon's page for the Mrs Doubtfire DVD doesn't mention any special features and the fact that it's only one disc. Are you sure that all of the Laserdisc features were seen on the DVD?
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1/18/07 at 11:57am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

The Kane CAV laser dosn't have much,compared with the wonderful Ambersons SE, The price was more,and what you got was a fair still file
a trailor and some other extras,I still have it
Peter
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1/18/07 at 12:42pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Ken Russell's THE MUSIC LOVERS had a nice widescreen laserdisc release, but still no DVD in sight. Still my most wanted film on DVD.
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1/18/07 at 12:46pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Silence of the North with Ellen Burstyn.

I've got my own Toto

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1/18/07 at 1:02pm
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Let It Be
Electric Dreams
Night Of The Creeps

Check out - CONFESSION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NqK1tzPbQ
Coming Soon to the Dare To Direct CHILLERTV contest!

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5/10/07 at 2:19pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

The Pioneer Special Edition of Basic Instinct has an exclusive commentary w/ various other features.
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5/11/07 at 1:18pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Also, the Boxing Helena Signature Box set has a bunch of exclusive features including: commentary, unrated cut, video conversation w/ actors + director, shooting script, shooting schedule and production stills. I'd like this set as well.
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1/26/09 at 7:17am
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Very interesting read. It would be nice to have a copy of the final report for the collection.
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1/27/09 at 1:25am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Regarding Raging Bull Criterion SE Laserdisc - can anyone tell me if the audio commentary by Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker was ported over to the DVD? Are they the same?

Plus the Criterion laserdisc lists -
• The shooting script and original storyboards
• Publicity and production photographs

Which both don't appear to be on any of the DVD's
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1/27/09 at 3:56am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Hi Dave
Asda are doing this DVD for a little over £4 and as far as I can make out only the trailer as an extra. Hope this info helps..
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1/27/09 at 7:58pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

I did a forum search and didn't see anything, but Criterion's CAV disc of "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" has a bunch of cool extras like the short "Winston" and the entire screenplay in still-frame format. Interspersed with the screenplay is a video interview with a very young Steven Soderbergh talking about the evolution of the film. One of my first LD's and one of my favorites.
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1/29/09 at 1:12am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam_S
For work study this year I got on at USC's cinema-library.

Thanks very much in advance, any information contribution will be greatly appreciated and shared with many others.

Adam


SO...MIGHT WE GET TO SEE THE INFO NOW AS IT WOULD BE OF GREAT HELP.
HOPE SO.
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1/29/09 at 6:32am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

I have hung onto my LD of The Big Country for its bonus features. For a start, the dust jacket included an interview with Saul Bass about how he designed the film's famous opening credits sequence. The most distinctive thing about The Big Country IMO is the great Jerome Moross score, which may be the greatest western score of all time. The LD has the entire score on an isolated track (alas, in mono), and one of the tracks features an in depth audio study of the score by a musicologist.

There are a few interview audio tracks featuring Charlton Heston and Burl Ives, and a little humorous behind-the scenes period promo featurette narrated by Jean Simmons about her experiences on the film, and there are various TV spots that promoted the film on its TV showings. On the DVD, there are no extra features, except maybe the trailer.

Another difference in LD and DVD presentation is in the famous title sequence. In the shots of the straining heads of the galloping horses, they are sepia toned on the LD. On the DVD, those shots are in B/W. I do not know which is correct, but the B/W seems jarring in that the rest of the shots are in color, so I prefer the sepia.

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1/29/09 at 7:16am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

There were loads of extras on the following laser discs which do not appear on DVD:

AFRICA SCREAMS
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
THE BELLBOY
THE ERRAND BOY
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1/29/09 at 7:17am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Two frames w/naked woman in window in "The Rescuers." (I know it wasn't shown that way in the theaters, but it's still on the LD) Japanese/Hong Kong "Song of the South" and the uncut "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."

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1/29/09 at 7:20am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

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Originally Posted by Bob Furmanek
There were loads of extras on the following laser discs which do not appear on DVD:

AFRICA SCREAMS
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
THE BELLBOY
THE ERRAND BOY

Of course, everyone wants to thank you for all the hard work you did for assembling all those extras and the film itself in:

Africa Screams
Jack and the Beanstalk

Great work Bob!!!!!

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1/29/09 at 11:14am
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You're welcome John, it was a pleasure!

Bob
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1/31/09 at 4:06am
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OH NO!!! Not 2 more discs to add to the wants list... It keeps on growing.
Love Lou so will have to keep an eye out for Africa and Beanstalk.

All very interesting and thanks for the news.
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2/4/09 at 4:41am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

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Originally Posted by Laserdisc Archive
Hi Dave
Asda are doing this DVD for a little over £4 and as far as I can make out only the trailer as an extra. Hope this info helps..

DVD Compare has a good comparison of the various Raging Bull editions on DVD... Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Raging Bull (1980)

I got the Region 2 Definitive Edition edition the other day for just £5 from play.com Heres the specs...

R2 UE United Kingdom - (MGM)
Extrasisc 1
*The Film
Audio Commentary by Director Martin Scorsese and Editor Thelma Schoonmaker
Audio Commentary by Cast & Crew Members Irwin Winkler, Robbie Robertson, Robert Chartoff, Theresa Saldana, John Turturro, Frank Warner, Michael Chapman and Cis Corman
Audio Commentary by Storytellers Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader, Jason Lustig and Jake La Motta

Disc 2
"Raging Bull: Before The Fight" featurette (24:56)
"Raging Bull: Inside The Ring" featurette (14:08)
"Raging Bull: Outside The Ring" featurette (26:16)
"Raging Bull: After The Fight" featurette (14:44)
"The Bronx Bull: an Introduction to Raging Bull" documentary (26:44)
"De Niro Vs. La Motta" Shot-by-Shot Comparison (3:35)
"La Motta Defends Title" Newsreel Footage (0:56)
"Jake's Jokes" collection of La Motta's jokes (6:20)
Theatrical Trailer (2:05)
Subtitles:English HoH, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Romanian and Swedish
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English DTS 5.1
Polish Dolby Digital 5.1
Case type:2-Disc Digi-Pack
Notes:Comes with 16-page booklet. Discs encoded R2/R4.
Special thanks to Rewind user Robert Sharp for providing these specifications.

It's specifically the Scorsese and Schoonmaker commentary that Im interested in - is it a port from the Criterion laser or a brand new recording for the DVD?
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3/6/09 at 4:27am
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

Hi.
We watched quite a few Laserdiscs last night and here is a picture of the setup.



Good viewing one and all...
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3/8/09 at 3:49pm
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Re: Exclusive to Laserdisc - help compiling a comprehensive list!

That is a great list at the beginning of the discussion. But it is quite old. Any updates as of now, what with blu-ray, triple dips, and such?
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3/9/09 at 9:36am
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I don't think it's been mentioned but GI Jane has a laser only audio commentary from Sir Ridley Scott that doesn't appear to have been ported over to any DVD release.
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7/20/09 at 2:59am
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Well if you want to add animation to this list i know of a few.
I own the entire first season of sailor moon on LD. And each disk has extras that were not released on the R2 DVDs. Interviews with the cast, how the dubbing process works,
The Sailor Moon movies have the text less opening and ending animation for each movie. This was not released for the region 1 DVDs, and printed in limited quantities region 2.

And the movie cats don't dance, was only released in wide screen on LD, the DVDs, and VHS are all cropped.

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7/26/09 at 10:56pm
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Hi all

I just found your site and wanted to be helpful if possible. I work at Image Entertainment and have been the editor of many of the laserdiscs you're discussing, such as the Star Wars Trilogy, Hoffa, The Sound of Music, Toy Story, etc. Although these are Disney, Fox, MGM titles etc, they were all edited and released by us. I'm happy to offer any info of our releases, especially ones I worked on personally. Also includes tv titles, such as Twilight Zone, Dick Van Dyke, etc.

Please feel free to ask as I'm now compiling my own list of titles as I've been so busy working on these great programs I've neglected to make my own list, just working from memory.

Some to get you started, looking forward to talking with you all:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Alien
Total Recall
Robocop (Criterion)
Aliens
Brazil (Criterion)
Great Expectations (Criterion)
Diehard

The King and I
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
Oklahoma
Carousel
State Fair


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