Does any one know what titles are included? I presume they will be all existing releases and no new title.
3/20/08 at 5:06pm
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James Stewart: Columbia Screen Legends Collection
3/20/08 at 5:10pm
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It would be nice if you had a link to this rumored release because this is the first I've heard of it.Crawdaddy
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3/20/08 at 5:40pm
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Amazon and a few others list it for May. 20thApparently it will contain:
The Man from Laramie (1955)
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
but if it contains 4 discs, presumably there should be
at least one more.
3/20/08 at 6:20pm
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I might be wrong, but the fourth disc is probably, "MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON".
3/20/08 at 7:56pm
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I guess you could do a Power Search on the IMDB for "James Stewart" and "Columbia" and see what comes up.
3/20/08 at 9:36pm
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TWO RODE TOGETHER has yet to have a domestic R1 DVD release. I hope its part of the set.Ken
3/21/08 at 8:12am
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FOOL'S PARADE (1971) is a terrific--and virtually unrecognized--performance by James Stewart. Based on a novel by Davis Grubb ("The Night of the Hunter"), the film co-stars Anne Baxter, Kurt Russell, and George Kennedy. TCM is showing it on......April 1, of course. These so-called "collections" are merely recession recycles, but I have to admit that Columbia did a terrific job with THE STANLEY KRAMER COLLECTION. FOOL'S PARADE and another JS title have never been on HomeVideo.Charles Hoyt
3/21/08 at 9:43am
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This sounds like a set Costco had in their stores last year, and it contained the three films Bill mentioned. There were also sets for Humphrey Bogart, Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth. It will be interesting to learn if this is the same collection.
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3/24/08 at 12:45pm
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The title of the set at Costco is the same, Columbia Screen Legends. Barnes and Noble lists the set at three DVDs, which suggests the set is the same, but Amazon lists it as four. Neither lists the individual titles. Nor does it show at the Sony web site.
3/24/08 at 2:27pm
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If there's a fourth disc let's hope it's FOOL'S PARADE. That film shows a side of James Stewart most people never knew was there.
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5/27/08 at 5:32pm
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Just found "James Stewart Collection" at Best Buy. The outer box states that "Anatomy of a Murder" is !.85 and anamorphic./ "Man From Laramie" is 2.35 and anamorphic. Once I took out the individual DVD's, I found they were the old full frame (Anatomy) and non anamorphic. "Man" was 2.35 and not anamorphic. Buyer beware!!! False advertising! Once again, shame on you Columbia!!!!Ken
5/27/08 at 10:23pm
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Originally Posted by Ken Koc
Just found "James Stewart Collection" at Best Buy. The outer box states that "Anatomy of a Murder" is !.85 and anamorphic./ "Man From Laramie" is 2.35 and anamorphic. Once I took out the individual DVD's, I found they were the old full frame (Anatomy) and non anamorphic. "Man" was 2.35 and not anamorphic. Buyer beware!!! False advertising! Once again, shame on you Columbia!!!!
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Wasn't the original DVD of Laramie anamorphic? I could have sworn it was - I'll have to check. That is really not good about Anatomy of a Murder. Luckily, it did come out anamorphic and 1:85 in England.
5/28/08 at 5:57pm
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My 2005 version of Man from Laramie after Sony took over is anamorphic and has the best picture quality of any of the Universial, WB and Fox Anthony Mann/Stewart westerns.
5/29/08 at 4:03am
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So is this set worth picking up if The Man From Laramie is anamorphic? Will we ever see an OAR Anatomy Of Murder sometime soon in this current format? The Columbia Classics singles are ridiculously overpriced so I wouldn't touch any of those with a ten foot stick... While not ideal, is this worth the cost?
5/29/08 at 6:29am
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Its very frustrating to look at the $29.95 boxed set advertising "Anatomy of a Murder" in 1.85 anamorphic and when you open the box the disc says fullframe!!!!Ken
5/29/08 at 6:33am
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Its very frustrating to look at the $29.95 boxed set advertising "Anatomy of a Murder" in 1.85 anamorphic and when you open the box the disc says fullframe!!!!
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5/29/08 at 9:00am
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I did that at Best Buy.....and it was full frame....so they gave me full refund for false advertising.Ken
5/29/08 at 12:05pm
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I still can't believe Two Rode Together isn't on DVD yet- easily the most emotionally devastating Western this side of The Searchers.....
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5/31/08 at 4:19am
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I still can't believe Two Rode Together isn't on DVD yet- easily the most emotionally devastating Western this side of The Searchers.....
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That's quite a comparison, which I have to say, I completely disagree with. By the time Ford made "Two Rode Together", he had definitely lost his touch with movie making. The film is mostly a sloppy mess, with tedious run-on dialog, uninventive camera set-ups, scenes that could have used more than one take, and a script that didn't know whether to play out a drama or a comedy.
With the exception of 'Liberty Valance', Ford was pretty much on cruise control, at this point in his career
5/31/08 at 5:06am
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That's quite a comparison, which I have to say, I completely disagree with. By the time Ford made "Two Rode Together", he had definitely lost his touch with movie making. The film is mostly a sloppy mess, with tedious run-on dialog, uninventive camera set-ups, scenes that could have used more than one take, and a script that didn't know whether to play out a drama or a comedy.
With the exception of 'Liberty Valance', Ford was pretty much on cruise control, at this point in his career |
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- Donovan's Reef (Guilty Pleasure due to Lee Marvin)
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5/31/08 at 6:02am
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There is no question that Ford was in the twilight of his career, but to say he was on cruise control is a bit extreme to me. I found Ford during this time to be quite bold in regards to some of the film topics his films touched on during this portion of his career. The following Ford films made during that time period are some of my favorite films in my over 4000 title collection. Maybe, my opinion is skewed some because as a young boy I actually watched some of these titles in a movie theater during their initial theatrical run, but I still love them today 45 odd years later. I won't mentioned "The Searchers" or "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" because their reputations are well-earned and are little questioned today. However, I consider "Two Rode Together" among the films below that I really liked and still appreciate today.
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Watching movies like 'Two Rode Together' and 'Sergeant Rutledge' today, it would almost seem like someone besides Ford directed it. Gone are the inventive camera angles used in films like 'Wagonmaster' (the closeup on the faces of the Mormons, when the Cleggs enter the camp) and 'The Searchers' (Ethan's expression when he see's his brother's house burning). Where Ford knew how to interact comedy and drama in the 40s and 50s (think of shaving scene in My Darling Clementine, where Ford has Earp take out the drunken Indian...and then the tense final showdown at the OK Corral), by the 60s he had lost his touch on how to do that properly. Reading numerous books on Ford, it had been said that he became quite bitter and disillusioned by this point...and it seems to be reflected in his films of the time.
However, I do agree with you about Donovan's Reef. Certainly no masterpiece by any stretch, it does have fun interaction between all the principal actors, and it's also enjoyable to watch around Christmas time.
5/31/08 at 6:20am
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Originally Posted by jim_falconer
Watching movies like 'Two Rode Together' and 'Sergeant Rutledge' today, it would almost seem like someone besides Ford directed it. Gone are the inventive camera angles used in films like 'Wagonmaster' (the closeup on the faces of the Mormons, when the Cleggs enter the camp) and 'The Searchers' (Ethan's expression when he see's his brother's house burning). Where Ford knew how to interact comedy and drama in the 40s and 50s (think of shaving scene in My Darling Clementine, where Ford has Earp take out the drunken Indian...and then the tense final showdown at the OK Corral), by the 60s he had lost his touch on how to do that properly. Reading numerous books on Ford, it had been said that he became quite bitter and disillusioned by this point...and it seems to be reflected in his films of the time.
However, I do agree with you about Donovan's Reef. Certainly no masterpiece by any stretch, it does have fun interaction between all the principal actors, and it's also enjoyable to watch around Christmas time. |
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5/31/08 at 7:17am
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I'm embarrassed. I've never seen any of those movies, except Donovan's Reef once, and I somehow forgot all about that one as well.My opinion, for what it's worth, BTW, is that Ford never really "lost his touch". Perhaps some of his appetite.
But I have to admit that I never saw those 4 movies (among a few others), so I may have to adjust my opinion on that. Thanks for bringing these up! (And I'm still busy rewatching the movies of the 'Ford at Fox' set.)
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5/31/08 at 7:34am
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Like I said previously in another thread, film appreciation is subjective so we have to agree to disagree because those films still had enough of John Ford in them for me to appreciate as Ford films. Furthermore, don't ignore the point that a filmmaker that changes over time due to age, bitterness, disillusionment or whatever could mean his visions change somewhat and maybe for the better. The film "Cheyenne Autumn" is a good example of that.
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Very true. It's always enjoyable to read about other's point of view.
After all this talk of Ford, think I'll go fire up Wagonmaster in the DVD right now...seeing as it's pouring out now, what better time.
