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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
I woke up this morning and have two emails from DVDPacific saying that my pre-orders have been automatically canceled because the items are discontinued.
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Originally Posted by John Hodson
According to the DVD Talk forum OOP list, lots of Warners titles have just gone out of print including:
An American In Paris Beetlejuice Gigi High Society How The West Was Won |
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Originally Posted by John Hodson
According to the DVD Talk forum OOP list, lots of Warners titles have just gone out of print including:
An American In Paris Beetlejuice Gigi High Society How The West Was Won |
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Originally Posted by oscar_merkx
Are all of these titles worth finding ?
Or just wait until they are re released with new special features ? |
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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
Wait for the SEs of An American in Paris and How the West Was Won. The new versions should offer much improved quality. Paris is being scanned ultra resolution, and How the West from 65mm, rather than the current version which is from 35mm.
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Originally Posted by Ken Koc
Since GYPSY and SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS was mention as getting Special Editions. Have they gone out of print as well?
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Originally Posted by John Hodson
There are a few titles in that OOP list that say 'old version' (including 'High Sierra'); I'm assuming that means a snapper version, and doesn't necessarily mean a shiny new SE on the way?
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Originally Posted by oscar_merkx
have you got a link for these releases ?
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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
Wait for the SEs of An American in Paris and How the West Was Won. The new versions should offer much improved quality. Paris is being scanned ultra resolution, and How the West from 65mm, rather than the current version which is from 35mm.
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\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
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Originally Posted by Stephen_J_H
I would rather that they scan HTWWW from Cinerama elements, with the notable exception of any insert shots that were derived from Camera 65/Ultra Panavision elements, but that's just me. I'd also love to see Warner Smilebox HTWWW.
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Originally Posted by Dan1
Maybe it came up earlier in this huge thread but I wonder if The Magnificent Ambersons will make it to DVD in 2008. During the 2007 Warner Chat it was stated that "good elements" had been located for Ambersons and that it would be released sometime in 2008. Some speculate that "good elements" means that the long lost footage has been found, which is unlikely after 66 years.
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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
I thought they said they were still looking for good elements, so they didn't put a date on when it would be released.
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| [PeterNichols] All's well that ends Welles... My subject is Orson Welles. When will WB release The Magnificent Ambersons and/or Journey Into Fear? Or heck, any other Orson Welles related stuff? Including HD. [WARNER] We have finally found good elements on AMBERSONS, and plan to release both AMBERSONS and JOURNEY in 2008. |
Corey's most wanted R1 dvds:
Little Darlings (1980), My Cousin Rachel (1952), The Deep Blue Sea (1955), The White Cliffs of Dover (1944), Born to Be Bad (1950), Ivy (1947), Reckless (1935), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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Originally Posted by Corey
Warners is a tad bit disappointing right now. Their schedule has been very bleak and still no news about the Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy sets.
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"I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me."
My 25 most wanted DVDs: Chilly Scenes Of Winter (1979); The Dead (1987); The African Queen (1951); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Sterile Cuckoo (1969); The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Rain People (196...
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Originally Posted by ted:r
Well, yes, if you don't count the Bette Davis box set, the Joan Crawford box set, the Gangsters box set, the Forbidden Hollywood box set, the upcoming musicals box set and I'm probably forgetting something. But you're right, since they're not putting out a new box set every hour, they are definitely snoozing at the WB...
We all want the classics as fast as possible, and we all wish the companies were putting them out as fast as possible but sometimes one should look at what one has been given (oh, OK, given the opportunity to buy to enrich a company's coffers) along with what one wishes one had. |
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Originally Posted by John Hodson
Whenever Warners is mentioned these days, the discussion takes a distinct turn into deja vu territory doesn't it (not least in the course of this thread)?
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Corey's most wanted R1 dvds:
Little Darlings (1980), My Cousin Rachel (1952), The Deep Blue Sea (1955), The White Cliffs of Dover (1944), Born to Be Bad (1950), Ivy (1947), Reckless (1935), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), The Barretts of Wimpole Street
"You don't understand, sir. You do not have...daughters."
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Originally Posted by rich_d
Agreed and well said. But to be fair, this is the Warner 85th Anniversary Celebration thread and all of those box sets you mentioned have nothing to do with that, other than just the continuation of their classic release plan.
Agreed. We seem to be doing 'Two for the Seesaw'. Robert, I think the points have been made and remade. Isn't it time to close this thread? |
Corey's most wanted R1 dvds:
Little Darlings (1980), My Cousin Rachel (1952), The Deep Blue Sea (1955), The White Cliffs of Dover (1944), Born to Be Bad (1950), Ivy (1947), Reckless (1935), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), The Barretts of Wimpole Street
