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3/9/08 at 9:10pm
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

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I'm beginning to wonder who holds the rights to the original, since Anchor Bay has typically licenced titles from the original rights holder in the past. IMDb indicates Fox, but that may have only been for theatrical release, with the rights reverting back to Palomar Productions. The upcoming Paramount release in the UK is an interesting development, since Paramount released The Stepford Wives, another Palomar title that was previously released by AB. Can anyone shed light on this?

Palomar Pictures initially started as a unit of ABC Motion Pictures before producer Edgar J. Scherick took it independent. Most of those productions, which include SLEUTH, THE STEPFORD WIVES, THE HEARTBREAK KID, and a few others, were fully financed by the Bristol-Myers-Squibb pharamceutical company, and as such they own the copyrights.
From where I can fathom, Paramount got the remake rights (and the original's DVD rights) to THE STEPFORD WIVES from Scherick before he died, and Paramount subsidiary DreamWorks with THE HEARTBREAK KID probably did the same. The fact that Paramount has released the original SLEUTH in the UK on DVD, and released the remake there as well, makes me wonder if they just bought the entire Palomar library from Bristol-Myers; it makes sense, since a big pharma company doesn't likely want to bother with movies anymore, and Viacom long held the TV rights to those films.

Right now, I think the best college try is to petition Paramount for the original SLEUTH.

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3/9/08 at 9:41pm
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

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Right now, I think the best college try is to petition Paramount for the original SLEUTH.

Thanks for all that info Mark!

Unfortunately, the sense I get from people-in-the-know here at the HTF is that Paramount is pretty unapproachable about "suggestions" like that.

But, since they saw fit to release it R2...why not have hope that maybe they'll consider an R1 release?

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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

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Thanks for all that info Mark!

Unfortunately, the sense I get from people-in-the-know here at the HTF is that Paramount is pretty unapproachable about "suggestions" like that.

But, since they saw fit to release it R2...why not have hope that maybe they'll consider an R1 release?
You could always consider going Region Free with a multi-region DVD player and just importing it. I recommend an Oppo player. (In my collection are only two R2 UK PAL DVD's. I was considering purchasing some R2 Japanese NTSC ones but they're damn expensive. Need to find more sites for the latter or just use Amazon.co.jp
To keep the thread on track, I first saw this film a couple months back DVR'd from TCM. I loved it and immediately looked for its availability online only to be crushed it's out of print. I'd love to have it in my ever expanding collection. Might as well look on DVDCompare.net. Hopefully a re-release will keep the 1.66:1 OAR in anamorphic enhancement and with of course extras to boot.
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1/30/09 at 10:46am
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????



Still waiting on this title. And waiting.

I always think it's weird when something goes out of print and cannot be found anywhere.

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2/1/09 at 7:58pm
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Yeah, I was just thinking about this one the other day.
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2/1/09 at 9:11pm
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

Whenever I go into a stores which carries used titles I check for this. Whenever I go into a store I don't frequent, I check the new sections for this...just in case.

I'm still amazed that there wasn't a re-print, at least, of this title when the remake was released a couple of years ago.

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4/14/09 at 6:31am
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Man. There are guys on ebay with "Buy It Now" prices for this of $125!



This is the kind of title I would be all over on a program like Warner's "Manufactured on Demand" service. If, for some reason, the rights holder doesn't think it would be profitable to release a pressed version...at least make it available "on demand" to those who would like a copy.

Sigh.

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4/14/09 at 6:53am
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

How ironic that the tepid remake is readily available on DVD AND Blu-ray while this masterful version of the film remains out of print!

Sometimes there simply IS no justice in the world. I guess I'll hold on to my nonanamorphic letterboxed version with a tight grip!
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4/14/09 at 6:55am
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Paramount could do worse than to produce a region free BD in the UK (they did shout about how the film had been 'fully restored' for SD); think of the worldwide sales...
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4/14/09 at 9:04am
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

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Paramount could do worse than to produce a region free BD in the UK (they did shout about how the film had been 'fully restored' for SD); think of the worldwide sales...


I like a guy who thinks big. Here I am thinking of a piddlin' SD release...


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4/14/09 at 9:08am
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Re: SLEUTH on DVD?????

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I like a guy who thinks big. Here I am thinking of a piddlin' SD release...

Well, if I mention the R2 SD release again, you're just going to yell 'PAL speed-up' at me...
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4/14/09 at 9:15am
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I've never yelled "Pal speed-up" at anyone.

At least not while awake.

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4/14/09 at 10:43am
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"You're a jumped up pantry boy who doesn't know his place!"

Love Sleuth, the original 1972 version (piss on the remake). I've got the R2 dvd but if I remember the picture quality was a little on the shite side, the sound wasn't much better either. Next time I buy it will be in hi-def, assuming it gets a better release and I get into that other format by the time it does.

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4/14/09 at 10:45am
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Which R2 Steve, Anchor Bay or Paramount?
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4/14/09 at 10:51am
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er let's see - here we are - Sleuth - it's... Anchor Bay, any extras - 23min featurette and photo gallery. Dolby stereo my arse, was it stereo?

So was the Paramount better than John, did I buy the wrong one?

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I unloaded my AB disc when I heard a new one was coming, but I haven't dipped again in the vain hope of a BD release. However, Paramount claim the latest (barebones) disc is "presented in a sparkling new widescreen transfer created from original vault materials."
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4/14/09 at 11:18am
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I see. Well it's only a fiver at Play.com, might be worth a double dip.

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I may join you...
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Sigh.





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Sigh.

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Well, I finally bit the bullet and rented, this weekend, the copy of Sleuth which has been taunting me on the shelf of my local rental place for years.

It has been years since I had seen it (probably 25+).  Loved it.  My wife (who saw it with me ages ago) and even my 19-year old son loved it...only complaining slightly about the early 70s cinematic techniques. 

Would I still like to own a copy?  You betcha. 

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