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post #31 of 138
8/19/04 at 4:21am
Universals "STREETS OF FIRE" directed by Walter Hill and starring Diane Lane.

Another vote for the above mentioned titles also.
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post #32 of 138
8/19/04 at 5:18am
Films I would like to see get SEs, and real ones at that:

All of Me (OAR)
Annie (OAR with real extras)
Grumpy Old Men (OAR)
The Happiest Millionaire (16x9)
How the West Was Won (16x9)
The Jerk (needs to be OAR)
The King and I (16x9, with LD extras; Fox has just restored this film)
The Man With Two Brains (OAR)
Matilda (OAR)
Oklahoma (16x9 2-disc set of both Todd-AO and Cinemascope versions) (edit: COMING in November)!
Oliver!

I second remastered 3 Stooges box sets, B&W only.
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post #33 of 138
8/19/04 at 5:26am
Also, when will we see a release for... SKI SCHOOL?!
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post #34 of 138
8/19/04 at 6:03am
I second Annie Hall. Add on Hannah and Her Sisters and Manhattan, with, as Matthew stated, real extras. The current versions of these films look like (are?) shoddy video transfers. I suppose one could make this complaint about most of Allen's oeuvre on DVD.

I know this goes without saying, but who wouldn't but a two disc SE of King Kong? I'm sure something like this will happen in conjunction with Jackson's remake, but I haven't heard anything definite.
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post #35 of 138
8/19/04 at 8:36am
Braindead (Dead Alive)
Meet the Feebles
Street Trash
The Three Amigos (OAR)
Ice Pirates

I second "The Jerk" and "The Man With Two Brains" for OAR.
I second most of the flicks on these lists...
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post #36 of 138
8/19/04 at 10:31am
Meet the Feebles


Wasn't Anchor Bay working on this at one point? I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Saw a 35mm print at a movie marathon in Cleveland two years ago, half of the crowd walked out within 15 minutes, the other half shook their head in disbelief and laughed their asses off.
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post #37 of 138
8/20/04 at 3:18pm
Thread Starter 
Time to update my list... (Adding all the titles from my previous posts in this new one plus several new ones.)

The 13th Warrior (I'd love to see the Michael Crichton extended cut/reshoots via seamless branching for this film.)
1492: The Conquest of Paradise - The Director's Cut
Awakenings
Bachelor Party
BACKDRAFT - Collector's Edition
BEETLEJUICE
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey (I'd definitely enjoy a full-blown/tilt Special Edition features loaded version. The piece of cake would be a commentary track from Keanu, Alex and George as themselves and a seperate commentary track with Keanu and Alex in character giving a commentary.)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Criterion?)
BULLITT
CASINO
Dead Poet's Society (Maybe a release like the Collector's/Special Edition from R2?)
FACE/OFF (Special Collector's Edition...)
The Fisher King
A Fistfull of Dollars
First Knight
Flash Gordon
For a Few Dollars More
The Frighteners - Director's Cut (A direct port of the extras from the Signature Collection Director's Cut with the obvious use of updated transfers plus anamorphic widescreen would be excellent.)
The Game (Criterion?)
GHOSTBUSTERS II
HEAT (Since this has already been confirmed as a Two-Disc Special Edition from Warners', I'll just list it anyway.)
HOOK
Jewel of the Nile
Judge Dredd
Ladyhawke
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
The Man Who Would Be King
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
MAVERICK
Mission: Impossible
The Neverending Story (This MUST get a Two-Disc Special Edition treatment from Warners'. Disc Once, both the American and German Cuts via seamless branching, Director Wolfgang Petersen commentary. Disc Two, from book to screen, filming of The Neverending Story, recaps, featurettes.)
No Escape
OUTLAND
Raging Bull
Ransom (Why the hell isn't there an Anamorphic version of this yet?!)
Rising Sun (I'd love to see a full blown 2-Disc Collector's Edition from Fox. That's how much I have high regards for the Michael Crichton book and the movie.)
The Rocketeer (I have all of The Rocketeer comic books so I guess you could say I'm a fan. A commentary track from the Director and creator Dave Stevens. Another commentary track from the Director and Bill Campbell. Documentaries and behind-the-scenes feauturettes would be excellent.)
Romancing the Stone
The Shadow (ALOT can be done to this film to warrant an immediate purchase from me. Anamorphic, high definition transfer for starters. 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio, from radio to comic and pulp to film, a history of the various incarnations of The Shadow throughout the decades, Director Russell Mulcahy commentary, Alec Baldwin commentary, isolated score and alot of other features which would give this film it's much needed DVD "update".)
StarMan
SUPERMAN II
TRUE LIES
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post #38 of 138
5/11/05 at 8:30pm
Thread Starter 
[size=2.5]Here's the completely revised, ultimate list mark one and continuing from the previous posting. (titles only, and not including already released now from prior listing.))

2001: A Space Odyssey
2010
A Clockwork Orange
Backdraft
YOUNG GUNS II
BLACK RAIN (Ridley Scott)
FACE/OFF (Quite sure the S.E. is coming in June...)
BEETLEJUICE
The Frighteners (The Director's Cut: Ultimate Edition 2-Disc)
Enemy of the State
Crimson Tide
DUNE (I'm still gonna buy the Extended Version as soon as it goes back on the release schedule)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting
Monster Squad
The 13th Warrior
Event Horizon
Dick Tracy (Vista Series would be nice.)
THE ROCKETEER (Vista Series would be nice and I have all the comics too! )
HAMLET (Kenneth Branagh's 4+ hr. version would be icing.)
The Game (Criterion would be nice)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Criterion would be farking sweet.)
The NeverEnding Story
The Fisher King
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Arachnophobia
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (i'm buying it anyway just to own it until an anamorphic/better transfer even more features version is out.)
Forbidden Planet
Three Amigos
Fletch
Fletch Lives
Funny Farm
Spies Like Us
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
Twins
The Witches of Eastwick
The Shining (Kubrick's)
Wolf
Rising Sun (A definite must own...)
Blown Away
Big
Romancing The Stone
Jewel of the Nile
The Mosquito Coast
Dead Poets Society
The Truman Show
Outbreak
Death Becomes Her
The Deer Hunter
PSYCHO (1960) (Needs much needed re-release)
Days of Thunder
48 Hours
Another 48 Hours
Coming to America
THUNDERHEART
Amos & Andrew
RANSOM (Special Edition, yes. But anamorphic and a new-transfer? NOOOOOOOO. It deserves one, fragnabbit.)
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
Quiz Show
The Hudsucker Proxy
John Carpenter's STARMAN
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Man Who Would Be King
HERO (Dustin Hoffman)
Runaway Train
Midnight Express
The Paper
Awakenings
Four Rooms
Encino Man
Memphis Belle
Raising Cain
Flatliners
The Edge
Hard Target
Michael
Mad City
Always
Nixon
Turner & Hooch
Escape From L.A.[/size]
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post #39 of 138
5/12/05 at 8:26am
As a Liam Neeson fan (and of part Irish heritage) I'm going to add:

Michael Collins

Current release is non-anamorphic and has few extras aside from an interesting interview with Neil Jordan.
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post #40 of 138
5/12/05 at 3:23pm
Quote:
I suppose one could make this complaint about most of Allen's oeuvre on DVD.


My understanding is that Woody Allen is not a fan of extra features. At least he insists on releasing his DVDs in OAR!

I second the request for Streets of Fire, and I'd like to see an SE of Velvet Goldmine as well.
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post #41 of 138
5/12/05 at 4:55pm
The ones that I'm most anxious to see are:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Big Lebowski
Adaptation
Face/Off
Broken Arrow

At least the first four on that list have been rumoured to be getting special edition releases this year.
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post #42 of 138
5/13/05 at 9:02am
When Adaptation came out as a Superbit-only title, I was *sure* that it'd have an SE soon. Still waiting! (What a fantastic film -- come on, Sony!)
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post #43 of 138
5/14/05 at 6:35am
Evita - with an anamorphic transfer, DTS soundtrack from the DTS laserdisc, Alan Parker commentary and extras from the Criterion laserdisc set.

All preferably released via Criterion Collection. Given that Evita is a BV title, and Armageddon and the Wes Anderson films have got the CC treatment, I can still hold out hope....

Ah well!

Brendon
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post #44 of 138
5/14/05 at 6:41am
My two tops right now...


- The Graduate: 2-disc S.E.

- Midnight Cowboy: 2-disc S.E.



Both anamorphic remasters with restored audio tracks, commentary tracks and ample features. I'm surprised that two of the most significant films of the 70's are still not available in a fitting form. These need to be released immediately!!
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post #45 of 138
5/14/05 at 8:55am
Wuthering Heights (1939) SE by MGM/Sony!!!
Bonnie and Clyde 2-Disc SE
Stagecoach 2-Disc SE
The Wild Bunch 2-Disc SE
The Searchers 2-Disc SE
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post #46 of 138
6/11/05 at 1:36am
Thread Starter 
I can proudly say I can hereby retire from the/my list (also the ones from my memory) these films:

The Deer Hunter
The Sting

Witness
The Truman Show
JAWS
Casino
The Fly (1986)
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post #47 of 138
6/11/05 at 8:43am
The Lawnmower Man needs to be revisited with the director's cut that re-inserts the deleted scenes back into the movie.
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post #48 of 138
6/12/05 at 4:05am
Thread Starter 
And here are some others I forget to mention from my long listing.

Awakenings
BLADE RUNNER
Broadcast News
Darkman
Days of Thunder
Excalibur
Fierce Creatures
A Fish Called Wanda
Good Morning Vietnam
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Lawnmower Man (Good call, Brian. )
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Rob Roy
The Shadow
True Lies
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post #49 of 138
6/12/05 at 1:47pm
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Annie Hall
Double Indemnity
A Streetcar Named Desire
Network
An American in Paris
The Big Sleep
Touch of Evil
Blade Runner
Cabaret (Keepcase)
To Have and Have Not (Keepcase)
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post #50 of 138
6/14/05 at 3:22am
Thread Starter 
Broadcast News
The Chinese Connection
Cool Hand Luke
Erik the Viking
Fierce Creatures
A Fish Called Wanda
Fists of Fury
Game of Death
The Hudsucker Proxy
Return of the Dragon
Strange Days
Virtuosity


List will be updated even more later.
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post #51 of 138
6/14/05 at 4:23am
Equilibrium

I was sure that with Batman Begins coming out they'd jump on the chance to tie in with this Christian Bale movie.
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post #52 of 138
6/14/05 at 10:37am
Child's Play - the only thing keeping me from buying the entire Chucky series is that the first one is only in full-screen!

Scream - this needs to be released as the director's cut and anamorphic

Just going through my collection, these movies need to be re-released with a 16x9 transfer:

2 Days in the Valley
The Abyss
Armageddon
Backdraft
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Uncut
A Better Place - Director's Cut
The Black Cauldron
Blood In, Blood Out:Bound By Honor Director's Cut
A Clockwork Orange
The Color of Money
Coming to America
The Doors
Enemy of the State
Escape from LA
Four Rooms
From Dusk Till Dawn
Mortal Kombat
Natural Born Killers Director's Cut
Phantasm
Pi
The Poseidon Adventure
Ransom
Rollercoaster
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Towering Inferno
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post #53 of 138
6/16/05 at 1:14am
Thread Starter 
Brian,
I believe that Child's Play is open matte Full Frame. Also, I recall that there's insufficient film elements to make a widescreen version of the film now. I'm also sure there're threads which issue this predicament.
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post #54 of 138
6/16/05 at 1:10pm
Ray, that is interesting to hear, and frustrating if true. I'll have to find more information about that.
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post #55 of 138
6/16/05 at 2:01pm
Well, I looked and couldn't find any information about a widescreen version not possible. In fact, there is a widescreen version in Region 2. So, MGM needs to get off their ass and make a Child's Play SE!
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post #56 of 138
7/4/05 at 2:25pm
I just finished watching stripes for the first time, and it reminded me how much I love the movie Spies Like Us. I know that is available in a barebones full frame version, but I would love to see it come special edition widescreen.
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post #57 of 138
7/5/05 at 7:26am
Ray,
I think you can retire Starman from your list as well, that's one of the titles Sony is holding hostage until we upgrade to a hi-def dvd or blu ray player.

I'm also in the camp of people who don't own any of the Child's Play films because of the original's lack of OAR on dvd.

A few of my faves that need updating...

Pumpkinhead

Twins

Backdraft

Child's Play

Three O'Clock High

Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2 (what the hell is taking these very high profile films so long!?)

Remo Williams The Adventure Begins

Honeymoon in Vegas

Grumpy Old Men

I'm so glad that Titanic is no longer on this type of list, it's finally coming!
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post #58 of 138
7/5/05 at 2:46pm
Thread Starter 
That's because Titanic I don't think was ever on my list in the first place. Also, I don't feel like updating as much anymore.
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post #59 of 138
7/5/05 at 3:14pm
Well, obviously what I meant was, Titanic thankfully won't be on ANYONE'S upgrade list now, since it's finally on it's way.
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post #60 of 138
7/5/05 at 3:20pm
Thread Starter 
Damn right!
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