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The great guys from Sony updated their Blog at Columbia Classics and they're writing about an upcoming Hammer set in 2010:
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/columbiaclassics/blog/2009/08/icons-and-icons.html
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Next year, look for another Icons release when we gear up for the Icons of Suspense, the third in our effort to bring forward the great Hammer films in the Columbia library. The titles in this next set will include such masterpieces as Stop Me Before I Kill, Cash on Demand, Never Take Candy from a Stranger, Maniac, The Snorkel, and the great Joseph Losey-directed These Are the Damned. As with the previous Hammer releases, we are dedicated to providing the longest, most original restored versions of these films possible.
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Excellent news. Never thought I would ever see a major release of many of these films but am so happy to see them. This will put me alot closer to finally seeing all the post 1954 Hammer films. Thank You Very much Sony! Hopefully this means we will get a 4th set after this. I guess it would be an adventure set with:
1.) Camp on Blood Island
2.) Brigand of Kandahar
3.) The Crimsom Blade
4.) Sword of Sherwood Forest
5.) Creatures the World Forgot
6.) Yesterdays Enemy
With this set Sony would be pretty complete and will have done Hammer fans a great service.
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NEVER TAKE CANDY... is an excellent drama that really has an impact even in present days. I'm amazed and exceedingly pleased that it's getting a proper release. Sony has really gone from being a rubbish studio to one of the very best.
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The only one of these I haven't seen is THE SNORKEL, but the others are all first-rate British filmmaking. Very underrated material that gets pushed aside in favor of Hammer's horror output (and which frankly hasn't held up as well).
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Very cool set!
Never Take Candy from a Stranger, Maniac, The Snorkel, and
These Are the Damned range from very good to excellent in my book. I'm especially overjoyed that
These are the Damned is in this Hammer set rather than a Joseph Losey collection (no offense to the Losey diehards here).
and I'm really looking forward to finally seeing
Cash on Demand for the first time.
Now if only Sony could gain control of the Warner, Universal, Paramount, Fox and MGM catalogs all would be right in the world. ;)
There is small chance that Sony will again gain control of the MGM catalogs. Sony still owns part of MGM and with MGM's ongoing cash flow problems, the owners of MGM might have to re-take control. The sad part is that would be the end of MGM and United Artists. It is also laughable in that when Sony first gained control everyone cried foul in that Sony was not releasing catalog titles and MGM was then one of the best. Strange what three or four years can do.
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