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04-13-2003, 06:06 PM
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David Cronenberg's Fast Company
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04-13-2003, 06:14 PM
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Two rival versions of Alice In Wonderland were apparently supressed for decades by Disney, and are very unlikely to get a DVD release.
Paramount's star-studded 1933 adaptation of Alice in Wonderland has recently resurfaced (it was shown as part of a W.C. Fields season by one of the US film channels), so might conceivably turn up on DVD, but I'm not holding my breath...
Another version of Carroll's story, made a year before Disney's version by Lou Bunin Productions, has been released on VHS, so a DVD isn't completely out of the question. The best version I've seen was in pretty poor shape, though, so it'll probably crumble into dust before anyone bothers to preserve it on DVD.
The lavish 1972 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland isn't likely to get released, either. It was briefly available on VHS in the UK a couple of years ago, but there are doubts about the legality of this release.
Another literary casualty is the 1956 version of George Orwell's 1984, which I don't think has had a legitimate public airing on either side of the Atlantic in decades.
A friend of mine has been trying to get hold of the 1962 Rat Pack movie Sergeants 3 for more than a decade. You'd think that it would have had a legitimate release - or TV screening - at some point (to coincide with the Ocean's Eleven remake, perhaps), but it remains elusive (unless anyone can tell me otherwise!)
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04-13-2003, 06:40 PM
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boy, i could have sworn i saw a announcement for Since You Went Away over a year ago, but it was from Anchor Bay.
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No, you are remembering correctly,
It was a few years ago,
but ANCHOR BAY only released it on VHS....which i bought,
just to tide me over.
OK transfer, and they even included an overture
made of the original background score.
Still waiting for the DVD of one
of my favorite films.
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04-13-2003, 06:53 PM
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In Cold Blood has been restored and a hi-def transfer has been made (the print restoration I saw back in the fall of 2000 is beautiful), but Sony is probably sitting on this until the controversy dies down
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So Sony is scared of being un-PC. Too bad.
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04-13-2003, 06:53 PM
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Alice In Wonderland (1933) is one of countless Paramount films made between 1929 and 1948 that Universal has never released to video.
Universal rarely touches these films (Most of their releases are of Bing Crosby and/or Bob Hope films) which is sad.
What is scary is that there are few DVDs of catalog films that didn't have a VHS release.
Here's a few more titles of concern:
Holy Matrimony (1943) - Stars Monty Wooley and Una O'Connor. Script nominated for Oscar... yet has never been on video before. Fox owns the film and may not even know they do!
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04-13-2003, 07:26 PM
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SERGEANT'S THREE is owned by Frank Sinatra's estate.
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04-13-2003, 07:30 PM
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I have a copy of Sergeants 3, and while I love the Rat Pack, this is by far their weakest effort. I'm glad I own it, but it's actually kind of painful to sit through. I'd much rather watch Gunga Din again than this (S3 was a remake of Gunga Din).
Movies that I fear may not be released on DVD are the following:
Song of the South
The rest of the Thin Man movies
Most of Lon Chaney's films
Harold Lloyd's films
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04-13-2003, 08:01 PM
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Song of the South will definately come to DVD, just not in the US
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04-13-2003, 08:07 PM
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And Now My Love - aka "Toute une vie", Claude Lelouch (of A Man and a Woman), 1974.
Boyfriend - Ken Russel, Sandy Wilson musical with Tommy Tune and Twiggy.
Dreamchild - Alice (In Wonderland) Hargreaves and Rev Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carrol).
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04-13-2003, 08:07 PM
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Song of the South will definately come to DVD
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Do you know this as a solid fact or is it an insider's educated prediction?
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04-13-2003, 08:14 PM
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Patrick J. McCart
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Song of the South will probably come to DVD since Leonard Maltin appears to be pressuring Disney to release it.
Disney could also consider Criterion (they're interested in doing some animation) or MGM. Heck, they probably spent a good deal of money restoring the film, so they are obligated to find a way of making profit from it.
Plus, they know that people will import like crazy if it's released only in other regions.
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