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Considering how haphazard Warners has treated this film in the past, I must say that I am pleasantly surprised.  I believe this will be the first anamorphic release.  As bad as this film can be at times (just the ending is enough), it is a fun film and all John Wayne.  It will see it's way into my home.
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 It's quite unbelievable to me that this is the film Warners chose from their back catalogue, rather than, you know, A Star Is Born, or Mr. Roberts, or about five hundred other titles that are better than this quite awful Wayne film.  I am, as always, amazed and astounded at these decisions.  
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With the "good" classic titles not selling very well, do they really think the "bad" classics will do any better?

I'm really scratching my head over this being selected for BD treatment over a Wayne classic more universally respected such as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.


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Do John Waynes characters ever die in any of his movies? If so, can someone send me a PM as to what they are?
Warner Brothers has far too many of John Waynes movies on Blu-ray anyway. Why not another Humphrey Bogart? Yes, yes, John Wayne is the greatest actor EVER in the multi-verse...
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This is strange. I saw some of this film on TV in the late 70s. It seemed racist, although maybe I missed something. Anyway, racist or not it just seemed like a bad movie. With all of film history to choose from, why this. There are many other better Wayne films (like She Wore A Yellow Ribbon), but I agree with BillyFeldman and RayR that A Star is Born, or really any Judy Garland movie or Bogart movie would be more worthy of the blu treatment.
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 I have never seen this film and seem to be discovering Waynes films with BD releases... I will blind buy. WB did do some decent cover art on this release. 
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The only good thing about this film is Miklos Rozsa's music score, which I suppose will sound good in 5.1 Dolby True HD, but it's still a mono film - unless they have completely remixed the soundtrack.
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I'll say it again, I'm not much of a fan of John Wayne and I'm highly disappointed that ANOTHER Wayne film is out on Blu-ray instead of Warners older catalog titles. And they also released Catwoman.
Why not Singin' in the Rain, The Maltese Falcon, Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Thin Man, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby, Driving Miss Daisy, The Right Stuff, Empire of the Sun, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan - Lord of the Apes and various others.
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Warner Brothers has far too many of John Waynes movies on Blu-ray anyway.

Warner only released 3 John Wayne movies on BD. I for one am very happy with this release. I will pass on Gone With The Wind and Singin' In The Rain but not The Green Berets . Thank you Warner.
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Frankly, I like these odd catalog decisions. 

I can understand why people want their favorites released before this admittedly lesser film, but it's sort of an obscure and odd movie to bring to Blu-ray at this stage in the game.

Universal, please release Streets of Fire on Blu-ray.

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Simply put, John Wayne movies sell on home video.
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 Better than nothing, but how about THE GREAT RACE and AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS on Blu?
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Simply put, John Wayne movies sell on home video.
 

Yes, they do and I'll be buying it, despite it not being one of Duke's best.  I remembered going to see this in a theater with a bunch of buddies back in the day and though the quality of the film isn't very good, it is still one of my guilty pleasures from my youth.




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I recently purchased my first BD player and look forward to this release.  Wayne films are usually a lot of fun and this one should be available for a reasonable price at some point.  The Searchers is currently available for under $10 at Amazon and the 2 disc "How...West..Won" is about $15.  In this era of dwindling classics available on legit DVD from WHV it is always good to get a high quality classic for a decent price.

For those wanting other titles...it will be the success of these more salable titles that will ultimately fund the release of the Bogies and other MIA titles.
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Frankly, I like these odd catalog decisions. 

I can understand why people want their favorites released before this admittedly lesser film, but it's sort of an obscure and odd movie to bring to Blu-ray at this stage in the game.
 
I believe that The Green Berets was the biggest box office hit of 1968 starring arguably the biggest box office star of all time. Not what I would call obscure.

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Considering how haphazard Warners has treated this film in the past, I must say that I am pleasantly surprised.  I believe this will be the first anamorphic release.  As bad as this film can be at times (just the ending is enough), it is a fun film and all John Wayne.  It will see it's way into my home.
Blu-ray isn't anamorphic.

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Really?  Biggest box office hit of 1968?  Hmmm.  There seem to be ten other pictures that outgrossed it that year - 2001: A Space Odyssey, Funny Girl, The Odd Couple, Planet Of The Apes, Bullitt, Rosemary's Baby, Oliver, Romeo and Juliet to name eight - you know, little hits like those?

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I believe that The Green Berets was the biggest box office hit of 1968 starring arguably the biggest box office star of all time. Not what I would call obscure.

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Really?  Biggest box office hit of 1968?  Hmmm.  There seem to be ten other pictures that outgrossed it that year - 2001: A Space Odyssey, Funny Girl, The Odd Couple, Planet Of The Apes, Bullitt, Rosemary's Baby, Oliver, Romeo and Juliet to name eight - you know, little hits like those?

 



 

Depending on which source you use which in my case is Reel Facts and how they total the box office receipts (calendar year vs. accumulated total), "The Green Berets" was number 10 in 1968, while Funny Girl, Bullitt, Romeo and Juliet and Oliver were in the top ten for 1969, probably due to those films being released in the Fall of 1968.  Also, "2001" was number 11 in 1968, but I understand your point as the top box office draw for that year "The Graduate" which actually was released in December, 1967 has been released on BRD along with a couple of others that outgrossed "The Green Berets".  However, he did use the word "believe" which indicated he wasn't exactly sure about that comment.
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Blu-ray isn't anamorphic.

 

I was really refering to the three SD releaes that were not anamorphic, however it will be presented in widescreen (16x9 2.4:1).  It will be good to see the film fill the screen without having to zoom.
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Yeah, but he used "believed" as if he believed it  

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Depending on which source you use which in my case is Reel Facts and how they total the box office receipts (calendar year vs. accumulated total), "The Green Berets" was number 10 in 1968, while Funny Girl, Bullitt, Romeo and Juliet and Oliver were in the top ten for 1969, probably due to those films being released in the Fall of 1968.  Also, "2001" was number 11 in 1968, but I understand your point as the top box office draw for that year "The Graduate" which actually was released in December, 1967 has been released on BRD along with a couple of others that outgrossed "The Green Berets".  However, he did use the word "believe" which indicated he wasn't exactly sure about that comment.


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If the film has John Wayne in it I'm all for it, bring it on.
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Come on guys, at least we're getting "ONE" catalog title from WB next year
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Yeah, but he used "believed" as if he believed it  
 


 

Well I wasn't totally sure, but I thought it was number 1 or close to it. I knew that for the time it was a big money maker, having made around 10 million, comparable to Planet of the Apes box office. However it surely wasn't a bomb or obscure.

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Well, it wasn't a very good movie, but it did have a couple of scenes that I still remember, even though I haven't seen it in years. The camp being overrun and "Spooky"; although I can't remember if it was referred to as "Spooky" or "Puff" in the film. I vaguely remember it as "Spooky".

I can understand them releasing it. War films will sell well in general and John Wayne as the lead can't help but boost sales. Also, this film must have sold fairly well on DVD in order for WB to decide to release it on Blu.

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It was "Puff the Magic Dragon" (like the song) in the movie, a C-47 "Spooky" gunship.
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