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ClickyAccording to information released on a German DVD forum, Warner Europe has announced the DVD release of several new titles for R2. It's possible these are soon to be announced by the studio for R1 release as well. Here's the list (thanks to Bits reader Christian L. for the tip).
3/18 - My Fair Lady: Special Edition
TBA - Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Ziegfeld, Gaslight, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Grand Hotel, Mrs. Miniver, Tom & Jerry: The Classic Collection, Volumes 1 & 2 and Kung Fu: Season One.
Not done yet... we also have a list of upcoming Paramount catalog titles for early 2004. No street dates yet, but these are reportedly all in the works: Top Gun: Collector's Edition, We're No Angels (1989), Permanent Record, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, The Ten Commandments: Collector's Edition, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Little Prince, Half a Sixpence, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Molly Maguires and My Side of the Mountain.
Stay tuned...
Personally, I'm excited about
The Great Ziegfeld.
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I wonder which Mutiny on the Bounty it will be.
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those are some great classics, personally I am looking forward to The Greatest Show on Earth
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I am praying like crazy that they are mistaken about We're No Angels. Please let it be the 1955 version.
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Same here, George.
I believe that Mutiny on the Bounty will be the 1935 version. ( I seem to recall reading a rumor that the 1935 and 1962 versions would both receive releases, but I could be mistaken. )
Googling around on the web I found this interview over at Barnes & Noble
George Feltenstein: We’ll be releasing some Best Picture winners such as Mutiny on the Bounty and Grand Hotel. Also things like the Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller, the Thin Man series, Warner Bros. gangster movies starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn swashbucklers, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals, and even some silent movies with Lon Chaney Sr. In fact, we’ve got three Chaneys coming out later this year.
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Kung Fu Season 1 is guaranteed for 2004 in R1...we posted about that at TVShowsOnDVD months ago. Unfortunately it will be cropped top and bottom for a fake widescreen appearance, according to what we were told. I hope Warner can be convinced not to do this.
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Dave,
I remember reading about Kung Fu at the TVshowsondvd website and being psyched. I find it funny that we can't get MOVIES in their OAR. But, a fullscreen tv show, they are making it WS.
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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I think George Feltenstein reads this forum.
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| 3/18 - My Fair Lady: Special Edition |
At last! I waited this one out and it finally paid off. I'd like to make Audrey Hepburn the object of my preposition if you know what I'm sayin...
I'm gonna Netflix this one. I had never heard about it until a little flick entitled Kill Bill came along. I researched up on Bill and had always wanted to see this show. Regardless of if I like it or not, it will be interesting to see.
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Great stuff man! As far as I'm concerned, they could release nothing but classics like those (apart from a precious few recent ones) that were mentioned, and I would be as happy as a clam.
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My Fair Lady needs to be sourced from 65mm to capture the unique look of large format -- the current disc sources from reduction, and while it's good for reduction, it is, unquestionably to my eye, reduction. I'll repurchase for an edition sourced from large format, but nothing less. I've been challenged on that view in earlier threads, but I stand by it, and point to the many large format sourced transfers for evidence -- there's good reason studios pony up the additional money when they can; it makes an important difference. Robert Harris has said that telecine tech has now still further improved what can be done with large format masters (over and above the fine work I saw in the late 90's on lasers such as Oklahoma! and Vertigo), and so ... while it's been this way for years, all the more so today: when the elements survive in or have been restored to useable condition, it's large format or bust.
And so I naturally trust that Paramount will be remastering The Ten Commandments from eight perforation 35mm VistaVision (original large format) or LF restoration elements (I'm unfamiliar with the film's restoration history).
This is the first I've heard of Grand Hotel! Very exciting news. The Barrymore team-ups are too few, and if we could get the picture all three (John, Lionel, and Ethel) made together, Rasputin and the Empress, that would be a grand day indeed (and it would make a fine companion release to Roan's existing, serviceable edition of Svengali, where John plays a role similar to that played by his brother in the former).
Incidentally, am I the only one who thinks WB should get Drew into a recording studio for at least an interview, and perhaps a commentary, to accompany Grand Hotel and explore the Barrymore mythos (if they miss the chance here, I hope they pursue it for Rasputin and the Empress)? I'd love that. Also, I stumbled across a wonderful multi-part television program hosted by Gary Sinise on the Barrymore family not long ago, tracing its acting roots back to the 19th century -- I missed some of that program, but what I caught was excellent, and I'd love to see it included on a release of one of the Barrymore films (most appropriately Rasputin and the Empress, of course), should the rights prove attainable.
Oh yes, and Mutiny on the Bounty -- outstanding! I've run across reports that this was planned for 2004 going back several months now, and couldn't be happier -- it's one of my favorites. More 30's Clark Gable is always a good thing -- now if we could only get a few of his glorious team-ups with Jean Harlow, and, for the purported scandals of its history, his work with Loretta Young in The Call of the Wild (1935 -- they reteamed fifteen years later for Key to the City). All three of these stars are terribly under-represented on the format; one step at a time, I know, I know ... patience is its own reward ....
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BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON
-a forgotten cult classic.
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