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Re: Speculation for Warner Bros. 85th Anniversary Celebration
I wonder if WB is going to use this 85th Anniversary marketing angle, in Q3 or Q4, to upgrade one of its biggest hits, which is also having its 35th Anniversary this year: THE EXORCIST (1973).
From what I can see, nothing more has been done, transfer-wise, since the R1 DVD releases of the film (the original cut, and "The Version You've Never Seen") in 1999 & 2000 --anything released since then has been re-packagings of the old discs, and the title isn't available on Blu-Ray yet.
I'd love to see an EXORCIST: 35th ANNIVERSARY SE released (both in SD and Blu-Ray) that offers both versions of the original film (minus the sequels), with a much-improved transfer of the original theatrical version (which is hard to get these days anyway, unless you spring for the 6-film Anthology Set, originally released in 2006), and all the old supplements carried over.
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SANDS OF THE KALAHARI (1965) / MURDER, HE SAYS (1945) / UNEARTHLY STRANGER (1963) / CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965) / ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933)
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Yes I can't wait for the Natalie Wood boxset. I hope Gypsy and Splendor in the Grass are BD releases! I recently saw Sex and the Single Girl in HD on cable...looks great!!!
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Hopefully they can finally reinstate the cut numbers they found into the film of Gypsy. From what I heard (never having bought the old DVD), the print they found was in such bad shape they couldn't, but that was 10 years ago. Perhaps digital technology can bring it up to "good enough."
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Re: Speculation for Warner Bros. 85th Anniversary Celebration
Corey,
You're falling behind updating your listing. Here's another boxset from Warner which is Volume 4 of Warner Gangsters.
DVD Times - WB Gangsters Collection Vol. 4 (R1) in September
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Re: Lets see how many classics we've gotten so far from WB
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1. All This, And Heaven, Too
2. Watch on the Rhine
3. The Old Maid
4. Deception
5. In This Our Life
6. The Great Lie
7. Sadie McKee
8. Strange Cargo
9. A Woman's Face
10. Flamingo Road
11. Torch Song
12. The Divorcee
13. A Free Soul
14. Three On A Match
15. Night Nurse
16. Female
17. Bonnie & Clyde SE
18. Pete Kelly's Blues
19. Hit the Deck
20. Two Weeks With Love
21. Nancy Goes to Rio
22. Broadway Melody of 1936
23. Broadway Melody of 1938
24. Kismet
25. Deep In My Heart
26. Born to Dance
27. Lady Be Good
28. The Mayor of Hell
29. Picture Snatcher
30. Smart Money
31. Brother Orchid
32. Black Legion
33. Lady Killer
34. Blues in the Night
35. Some Came Running
36. It Happened in Brooklyn
37. The Kissing Bandit
38. The Tender Trap
39. Higher and Higher
40. Step Lively
41. Double Dynamite
42. Marriage on the Rocks
43. A Date With Judy
44. Merrill's Marauders
45. The Man With the Golden Arm SE
46. Sergeants 3
47. How the West Was Won SE
48. Montana
49. Virginia City
50. Rocky Mountain
51. San Antonio
52. Escape From Fort Bravo
53. The Law and Jake Wade
54. Many Rivers to Cross
55. Cimarron
56. Saddle the Wind
57. The Stalking Moon
58. Hollywood Hotel
59. Gold Diggers of 1937
60. Varsity Show
61. Gold Diggers in Paris
62. Kid Galahad
63. Larceny Inc.
64. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
65. Invisible Stripes
66. The Little Giant
67. Cool Hand Luke SE
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Updated with Gangsters Vol 4 and Busby Berkeley 2.
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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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Re: Speculation for Warner Bros. 85th Anniversary Celebration
I sure would like for Warner to do a prison themed set with:
-Paid
-The Big House
-20,000 Years in Sing Sing
-Ladies They Talk About
-Hell's Highway
-Laughter in Hell
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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Ok, because I have time on my hands, I have just gone through the chat transcript, and this is what looks to be remaining. Bear in mind, everything is suject to change and not gospel. - The Magnificent Ambersons
- Journey into Fear
- John Garfield box set (6 films)
- The Prize 1963
- Lana Turner box set (maybe)
- Natalie Wood (Splendor in The Grass, Inside Daisy Clover, Sex and the Single Girl etc….)
- Home Front Collection (Thank Your Lucky Stars, Hollywood Canteen etc...)
- Goodbye Mr Chips 1969 – maybe (my nan wants this one)
- Both Dark Shadows Movies
- Bettlejuice SE – (perhaps in time for Halloween?)
- Falling Down SE
- More classic Horror
- A Christmas Story UE
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and the Glenn Ford, Spencer Tracy sets, and more Greer Garson.
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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Ok, because I have time on my hands, I have just gone through the chat transcript, and this is what looks to be remaining. Bear in mind, everything is suject to change and not gospel. - The Magnificent Ambersons
- Journey into Fear
- John Garfield box set (6 films)
- The Prize 1963
- Lana Turner box set (maybe)
- Natalie Wood (Splendor in The Grass, Inside Daisy Clover, Sex and the Single Girl etc….)
- Home Front Collection (Thank Your Lucky Stars, Hollywood Canteen etc...)
- Goodbye Mr Chips 1969 – maybe (my nan wants this one)
- Both Dark Shadows Movies
- Bettlejuice SE – (perhaps in time for Halloween?)
- Falling Down SE
- More classic Horror
- A Christmas Story UE
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Beetlejuice is coming out in September in SD DVD and BRD.
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Re: Speculation for Warner Bros. 85th Anniversary Celebration
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and the Glenn Ford, Spencer Tracy sets, and more Greer Garson.
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Just to clarify some issues that were discussed in the 2007 Warner chat. I can't find any reference to a Glenn Ford boxset. Also, Warner stated that
no date is set with the Spencer Tracy boxset. Warner also mentioned that Mr. Chips 1969
may be released in 2008 and more Lana Turner
maybe 2008 which means there is a chance that it doesn't happen in 2008.
Like everybody else I have to be patient as I've requested a John Garfield boxset for years and still haven't seen it. Hopefully, before the end of this year it will happen as well as some other requests by various members.
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Re: Speculation for Warner Bros. 85th Anniversary Celebration
What ever happened to Rachel, Rachel?
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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Any thoughts for a James Cagney Vol 2 set??
-Jimmy the Gent
-Blonde Crazy
-Taxi
-The Oklahoma Kid
-Devi Dogs of the Air
-The Strawberry Blonde
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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The DorisDayTribute website (my favorite Web resource about her) mentions the following on its news page:
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This is SO wonderful!!!
Sing your worries away, smile, be kind and accentuate the positive!
DVD wish list: The Accused (48), Margie (46), I'll Get By (50), The Constant Nymph (43), The Voice of the Turtle (47), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (34), Her Twelve Men (54), The Lost Moment (47), I Walk Alone (48), The Glass...
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Any thoughts for a James Cagney Vol 2 set??
-Jimmy the Gent
-Blonde Crazy
-Taxi
-The Oklahoma Kid
-Devi Dogs of the Air
-The Strawberry Blonde
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I'd buy it.
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The DorisDayTribute website (my favorite Web resource about her) mentions the following on its news page:
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Great. There's only 6 remaining films of hers in their catalog:
-It's A Great Feeling
-April In Paris
-Tea For Two
-Julie
-The Tunnel of Love
-Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?
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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Looks like "The Picture Of Dorian Gray " is going to be released on Oct 7 with extras & an Angela Lansbury commentary. This is the best news I heard in a long while
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As part of a set or is it a single release?
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