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12-06-2007, 09:55 AM
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MGM (UA) SPECTACLES
DVD Empire and Movies Unlimited are listing a release date of March 25 for the dvd debuts of TARAS BULBA, SOLOMON AND SHEBA, and KINGS OF THE SUN.
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12-06-2007, 01:16 PM
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That's really terrific!!!
I see MGM/UA is also releasing a 50th Anniversary Edition of 12 Angry Men on March 4th and a Billy Wilder giftset (Apartment SE, Some Like it Hot SE, Kiss Me Stupid, The Fortune Cookie) on the same day.
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12-06-2007, 01:51 PM
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Re: MGM (UA) SPECTACLES
I'll be watching carefully for news of the transfers, but a cautious thumbs up here, particularly for the SE of 12 Angry Men - in the past, MGM has treated the UA back catalogue shamefully at times.
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12-06-2007, 02:04 PM
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KING OF THE SUN is a fun adventure film, with Yul Brynner in top form, and a amusing miscast George Chakiris! TCM been running a beautiful widescreen print of this, so hopefully this will be used for the DVD.
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12-06-2007, 04:20 PM
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Both Taras Bulba and Solomon and Sheba re stereo films, but the specs for Kings of the Sun show it to be released in stereo !!! I never knew this to be a stereo film. I hope its not a mistake !!
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12-06-2007, 05:20 PM
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Can't wait for details on the 12 Angry Men S.E. - I'm hoping they go all out for this film!!
And I'm ecstatic re. the possibility of new improved transfers of the MGM Billy Wilder films... but what about Witness for the Prosecution, Irma La Douce, One, Two, Three, Avanti! and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes though??
Do you think they will eventually follow-up with another box set or are the current transfers/editions as good as we're gonna get?
Also, do we really need another edition of Some Like It Hot??
That's the one BW film in MGM's library that's actually well represented on DVD with the recent 2-disc Collector's Edition... will this just be repackaged along with the rest of the films in the set?
It sounds like Kiss Me Stupid and The Fortune Cookie might just be repackagings, and the branding of Some Like It Hot as a S.E. rather the recent 2-disc C.E. is also bothersome. Though of course specs are unlikely to be absolutely precise and accurate at this point...
I can't wait for more details on this release... if done right, it might just be the gift set of '08 but I'm still approaching with caution given the track record!
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12-06-2007, 05:43 PM
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I'm very suspicious of "Anniversary editions" and even "Special Editions" that are not 2 discs. Sidney Lumet and Jack Klugman are the only survivors of 12 ANGRY MEN, but it would be great if they could find a kinescope of the original "Studio One" production (Robert Cummings, Edward Arnold, Franchot Tone).
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12-06-2007, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Charles H
DVD Empire and Movies Unlimited are listing a release date of March 25 for the dvd debuts of TARAS BULBA, SOLOMON AND SHEBA, and KINGS OF THE SUN.
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I'll get Kings of the Sun and Taras Bulba for sure! I'm a big fan of J. Lee Thompson's film North West Frontier (AKA Flame Over India), so I'm keen to see any other epics / adventure / action films that he made soon after. Both of the films were shot by Joseph McDonald a great Fox stalwart, and with scores by Elmer Bernstein and Franz Waxman respectively, so they should at the very least look and sound good.
Solomon and Sheba has been out in regions 2 and 4 for a few years, so it is interesting that it is finally going to get a R1 release.
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12-06-2007, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Charles H
I'm very suspicious of "Anniversary editions" and even "Special Editions" that are not 2 discs. Sidney Lumet and Jack Klugman are the only survivors of 12 ANGRY MEN, but it would be great if they could find a kinescope of the original "Studio One" production (Robert Cummings, Edward Arnold, Franchot Tone).
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That wont be an issue. One was found about five years ago.
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12-07-2007, 04:51 AM
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