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STREETS OF FIRE Universal Ultimate Edition?

post #1 of 31
6/12/03 at 8:37am
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Anyone know of any info yet on the new "Streets of Fire" supplements?

I'd love to see the following:

Audio commentaries (Walter Hill, Diane Lane, Michael Pare etc etc).

Original promo documentaries (like the "Inside Streets Of Fire" documentary).

Retrospective documentaries (with new interviews with cast and crew).

Featurettes on the film and it's enduring 'cult'appeal.

Deleted scenes (in anamorphic video and good quality sound).

Music videos (I Can Dream About You, Sorcerer, Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young, Nowhere Fast, Deeper and Deeper).

ALL of the films Trailers, TV spots etc.

Photo galleries (cast portraits, crew, behind the scenes, artwork etc).

Animated gallery of Stephen Vaughan's great stills.

Up-to-date cast and crew illustrated filmographies and biographies.

Illustrated Production notes.

Storyboards etc.

The film itself in great quality anamorphic video.

Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS audio.

By the way - the petition is upto nearly 1060 signatures now. Please keep those signatures and ideas coming.

http://www.petitiononline.com/sf01/petition.html

What would others like to see on the disc(s) when/if they arrive?

Great news about "Scarface" and "Animal House"!!!!
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post #2 of 31
6/12/03 at 12:05pm
Is this actually in the works or is this just an internet dream release that'll probably never see daylight?
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post #3 of 31
6/12/03 at 2:28pm
I'd like to see a nice transfer of the film with a good DTS track and nothing else.

I want to press "play" and watch the movie. Extras only get in the way.

Charlie
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post #4 of 31
6/13/03 at 4:27am
Thread Starter 
A loaded Special Edition is in the works I believe, BUT there has not been anything official so I can't say more than that really. If there are extras that you want, by all means add them to the petition (in the comments section).

Thank you!
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post #5 of 31
6/13/03 at 6:03am
I don't know what else anyone could want,but I know what I don't want and that is some crappy new cover from Universal.I hope they keep the original poster art,The one used on the current dvd.
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post #6 of 31
6/14/03 at 1:59am
Well I requested this long ago, but was thinking more of a two pack of The Warriors and Streets of Fire (and yes I know they are from two different studios).

For "The Warriors":

5.1 Sound

Commentary by Walter Hill, David Shaber, and Sol Yurick.

A reading of both the Sol Yurick novel it was "inspired" by and Xenophon's "Anabasis."

Commentary with James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lynne Thigpen (the DJ, and the mayor from Carmen, San Diego)

"Can You Dig It?" A retrospective documentary that cover the making of and other issues, such as the controversy surrounding the violence that the film may or may not have inspired.

Interactive storyboards including the ability to create a comic book from them.

An interview with costume designers Bobbie Mannix and Mary Ellen Winston featuring skecthes and storyboards.

A comparison NYC subway map from 1979 and now, including showing The Warriors' route.

A can of spray paint.


For "Streets of Fire"

A new print.

Commentary with Walter Hill and Joel Silver

Commentary with Ry Cooder and Jim Steinman

Commentary with Michael Pare, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Robert Townsend

Alternate Score

"LoafTar" an Interview with Walter Hill and Jim Steinman about making the equivalent of the longest Pat Benetar video ever made, scored with Meatloaf music.

Interviews with Production Designer John Vallone, Art Director James Allen, and Set Decorator Richard C. Goddard.

"Torchie's Flame," an interview with Marine Jahan who plays the androgenyous dancer in Torchie's), Amy Madigan, Walter Hill, and Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (who made the documentary about homosexual content in film, "The Celluloid Closet") about the unacknowledged homoerotic undertones of "Streets of Fire."

Storyboards with the ability to turn them into a comic book.

Outtakes of Diane Lane's lip synching.

An interview with costume designer Marilyn Vance about Willem Dafoe's black leather costume.

A comparison of the alternate universes created by both "The Warriors" and "Streets of Fire"

A selection of music videos that inspired "Streets of Fire," and some videos that were inspired by it.

And of course, the soundtrack.
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post #7 of 31
6/14/03 at 12:35pm
I will second the previous poster

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post #8 of 31
6/14/03 at 12:54pm
I would be astonished if Universal revisited this title before releasing any of their other grade-A catalogue titles.

It's a good film, don't get me wrong, but I just can't see it happening.


Gordy
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post #9 of 31
6/14/03 at 1:33pm
why is that Gordy ?
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post #10 of 31
6/14/03 at 2:33pm
Why would I be astonished? Because Universal fails to pull off lavish Special Editions of even their biggest selling, most-popular films, never mind a half-decent edition of a cult film like Streets Of Fire.

I'm all for a SE of Streets Of Fire, but somehow, I doubt it will happen. But weirder shit has happened at sea!

Universal has hundreds, if not thousands of truly great films in their vast vaults, but has so far has concentrated on masterpieces like Sgt. Pepper and whatnot. Take a leaf from Warner's book and start steamin' through your vaults and create high-qulity DVDs of films loved by millions the World over, Uinveral!
And if you must re-do a SE DVD, do it for films that need it, ie. The Thing, Jaws etc, not Animal House, which was just fine the second time around.

I'm not mental or anything.

Cheers.


Gordy
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post #11 of 31
6/16/03 at 8:09am
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I have heard it's in the works but I can't say anymore until it's made official. I am sure that we will see a "Streets Of Fire" Collector's Edition, but I was hoping we could influence Universal through this thread and petition with regard to the extras we would like to see.

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sf01/petition.html
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post #12 of 31
1/23/04 at 7:25pm
Is there any new news of this SE?
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post #13 of 31
1/26/04 at 6:02am
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Quote:
Is there any new news of this SE?

Sadly not. I'd love to see this come out!
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post #14 of 31
4/11/04 at 9:07am
Please sign the STREETS OF FIRE petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/sf01/petition-sign.html?

Thanks!
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post #15 of 31
4/11/04 at 12:38pm
I would love to see a Special edition for this one.
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post #16 of 31
4/11/04 at 12:51pm
Considering Universal consistently irritates film fans with needless multiple releases, ignoring catalogue titles, rampant tech. problems with discs, I would be very surprised to see a special edition of Streets of Fire. I own the current disc and enjoy it, but the only way I'd buy a new edition is if the A/V was improved.
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post #17 of 31
4/12/04 at 3:36am
This is and only has been a fanboy dream.

Uni has never worked on, nor ever had plans to revisit this title.

Sorry to drop the news...

Dugger
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post #18 of 31
4/13/04 at 1:47am
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Quote:
This is and only has been a fanboy dream.


Sorry, but how do you know this?

I know people who have been in touch with Universal and I have seen the emails that say that they ARE considering it.

Thanks.
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post #19 of 31
4/13/04 at 4:32am
Sales of the original disc were hardly a blip.

Insiders at Uni Home Video currently claim that if this were on the slate, there isn't budget moneys available to allocated for this title until 2007.

As much as I would like an SE of this, there are currently no plans for it.

Dugger
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post #20 of 31
4/14/04 at 2:29am
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Quote:
As much as I would like an SE of this, there are currently no plans for it.


Well now I'm REALLY confused. I had heard from Universal that the film had sold pretty well on DVD and that and it's cult popularity was what prompted them to consider re-releasing the title as an S.E. Very confusing
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post #21 of 31
4/14/04 at 7:21am
I would love to see the Special Edition of this with all the features listed in the first post (not just because Pare is my ex brother in law either).

The movie is actually good and the music/soundtrack are amazingly good. I think the sales figures would have been much higher for this title if it had been Anamorphic Widescreen and not merely Widescreen.

Universal has many titles that I am waiting for them to redo, but it seems that they are not going to bother correcting past errors..........The Getaway (great film..the worst picture I have ever seen) etc.
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post #22 of 31
4/14/04 at 7:29am
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I agree! Michael Pare was your brother in law?! Wow - tell me more?
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post #23 of 31
4/14/04 at 10:40am
As a classical scholar in school, I loved seeing a double feature of The Warriors and Streets of Fire, Walter Hill's take on The Odyssey and Iliad of Homer.

Diane Lane is a mighty fine Helen of Troy, and I frankly wish the Odyssey had The Baseball Furies and The Lizzies!

Come on, Paramount! Give us a proper SE of Warriors! If you can revisit Untouchables, it means you do give some reconsideration for your catalog classics, doesn't it? God, I hope so!

"Waaaaariorrrrs! Come out to plaaaaaayyyyy!" -klink- klink-

CS

P.S. I hope if they do ever release such a thing, it includes a memorial for Lynne Thigpen, the ubiquitous DJ calling out to all the rollers that night.
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post #24 of 31
4/15/04 at 4:55am
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I love both "THE WARRIORS" and "STREETS OF FIRE", you can tell that they are both Hill films.
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post #25 of 31
5/21/04 at 8:47pm
February 9th of this year was the 25th Anniversary of this film, it would have been nice if Paramount celebrated it.
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post #26 of 31
5/24/04 at 12:48am
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I believe it's a Universal film not Paramount. But yeah, it would have been nice if they'd celebrated it's anniversary.
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post #27 of 31
5/24/04 at 9:11am
Sorry Martin, I should have been more clear, I was talking about The Warriors.

This June 1st will be Streets of Fire's 20th Anniversary, seems like a good time for an SE.
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post #28 of 31
8/26/04 at 2:26pm
a little good news for Martin and others who dont visit the Regional Forum regularly...

http://www.koreandvds.com./dvddetail.html?id=19885
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post #29 of 31
8/27/04 at 12:23am
Mark, it really doesn't list any special features at all.
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post #30 of 31
7/10/07 at 3:09am

Re: STREETS OF FIRE Universal Ultimate Edition?

Not even close to an Ultimate Edition, but at least a new release:
Streets Of Fire - HD-DVD - 1985 / 94 Minutes / Rated PG Street Date: July 24, 2007
Technical Specs:
HD DVD
HD-15 Single-Layer Disc
Video Resolution/Codec:
1080p/VC-1
Aspect Ratio(s):
1.78:1
Audio Formats:
English Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround (1.5mbps)
English Dolby Digital-Plus 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles/Captions:
English SDH
French Subtitles
Supplements:
Theatrical Trailer
Exclusive HD Content:
None
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