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Will we ever get China Beach on DVD?

post #1 of 34
11/10/04 at 3:30pm
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Great show. Great cast. Anyone know the status of this title?
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post #2 of 34
11/10/04 at 3:49pm
No word yet. It's probably a music rights issue, but with Miami Vice coming out with its original music, you have reason to hope.

My question, why isn't Dana Delaney a superstar? (Probably because of that stupid Anne Rice movie).
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post #3 of 34
11/11/04 at 11:17am
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I ask that question all the time Larry. Same with Marg Hellgenburger. These actresses were amazing on the show and should be up on the big screen by now.
Do hope to see this show eventually but considering we are the only two people that have posted, maybe there isnt interest enough.
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post #4 of 34
11/11/04 at 4:36pm
we had a small China Beach discussion a few months ago. there's a few of us that are interested. in my opinion, season four was some of the best stuff ever done on TV.

i've got them all on video but unfortunately, many are from when the show was syndicared on Lifetime. i'm waiting for this and Thirtysomething.
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post #5 of 34
3/9/06 at 7:38pm
i think i lost hope for this show ever being released.

what i wouldn't give to have the entire series ...

but since this is the first thread that actually came up that had China Beach in the title, i guess not many people even care or even know about this amazing show.

and with all the music rights thing...

so yeah, i think i lost my last bit of hope.
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post #6 of 34
3/10/06 at 3:45am
I'd buy China Beach in a minute, but the problem is the music. It used a great deal of "classic" popular music.
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post #7 of 34
3/17/11 at 10:40am
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Any updates on this?

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post #8 of 34
3/21/11 at 5:47pm

There is no series (IMHO) more deserving of a release than China Beach. Along with it's depiction of the Vietnam War I really can't think of a series that accurately depicts the "60's" better. I think I get a real since of the era from the stories told from this remote locale than if the story took place in the US. The music, for better or worse, HAS to be included because it is a complete character in the series, as much a part as the stories and the human characters.

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post #9 of 34
3/21/11 at 9:05pm

I really enjoyed China Beach during it's original run. I don't recall it being popular for syndication, which may have something to do with the fact there were only 62 episodes across a 4 year run. And as has been stated many times, this one needs the original music intact which obviously is part of the issue.  This appears to be a Warner title. As such it is one I would pay the extra for if it ever managed to come out in its MOD program. They could probably do it in 4 release volumes.

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post #10 of 34
3/22/11 at 9:07am

The show has another problem besides the music issues. It's owned by Fox. Enough said.

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post #11 of 34
3/23/11 at 1:05pm

 

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The show has another problem besides the music issues. It's owned by Fox. Enough said.

 

 

Warner's logo ends each episode. How do you know that Fox owns it now? Just curious.

 

Thanks

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post #12 of 34
3/24/11 at 6:01pm

You could always get the best part of this show on optical disc.

 

Buy a Supremes music CD with Reflections on it. :)

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post #13 of 34
3/25/11 at 2:20pm

The music rights issues aside, it would have been good to see China Beach released on DVD this year, what with Dana Delany's new series Body of Proof starting in the US on ABC soon.

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post #14 of 34
3/31/11 at 3:40pm

Count me in for CHINA BEACH, one of the better "newer" TV shows. Maybe if the powers that be would stop being so greedy and realize that by granting access to those old classic 60's songs in the soundtrack, it would only improve sales overall (Could turn a whole new younger generation onto Motown and 60's rock, as well as history). Dana Delaney and Marg Helgenberger are better than most of today's movie actresses.

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post #15 of 34
3/31/11 at 4:26pm
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Warner's logo ends each episode. How do you know that Fox owns it now? Just curious.

 

Thanks


     Oops, sorry, my mistake.

 

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post #16 of 34
4/1/11 at 10:16am

Even if some of the music was subsitituted, would China Beach be a good suggestion for a Warner Archive release?

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post #17 of 34
4/3/11 at 6:50pm

Ironically, some of the very music that's probably holding up any release of CHINA BEACH on DVD was released as a soundtrack album in support of the series.

 

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1. Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes
2. Theme From 'China Beach' - The China Beach Orchestra/ Tommy Moragan
3. Dialogue - Spoken
4. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Katrina & The Waves
5. !! - Sound Effects
6. Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin With Big Brother & The Holding Co..
7. Time Of The Season - Wendy Wall
8. !! - Sound Effects
9. Lonely to Long - The Rascals
10. Dialogue - Dr. John Whitley
11. Stand by Me - John Lennon
12. A Reason To Believe - Wilson Phillips
13. Wheelchair Ballet - Greg Goggins And Scott Emmerman
14. Dialogue - Bill 'Ziggy' Siegesmund
15. You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye With Tami Terrell
16. Dialogue - Kathy Ruhl
17. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
18. Far From Home - Dana Delany
19. !! - Sound Effects
20. Dialogue/ With A Little Help From My Fiends - Betsy Jackson/China Beach Orch.

21. !! - Sound Effects

 

I bought the CD years ago and still have it.

 

Harry

 

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post #18 of 34
4/9/11 at 11:14am

Is this China Beach CD soundtrack still available to buy Harry?

 

Love Hang on Sloopy by The McCoys.

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post #19 of 34
4/9/11 at 11:47am
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Is this China Beach CD soundtrack still available to buy Harry?

 

Love Hang on Sloopy by The McCoys.


It's surely out of print, but there are used copies easily obtainable.  Check the usual sources.

 

Harry
 

 

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post #20 of 34
4/9/11 at 1:27pm


 

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It's surely out of print, but there are used copies easily obtainable.  Check the usual sources.

 

Harry
 

 




I thought the album had been re-released a few years ago, but that may have been when the CD version was available. Checked Amazon.com and it says on the CD soundtack's listing page it was released in 1990. There are used copies available on Amazon.com Marketplace.

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post #21 of 34
6/25/11 at 5:15pm
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I wish there was word on this.

Please release this!

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post #22 of 34
8/6/11 at 3:50pm

With the first season of Tour of Duty being released by Fabulous Films in the UK later this year, I was wondering whether China Beach could be released by them.

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post #23 of 34
1/13/12 at 6:05pm
You're not the only two. Am waiting as well. What the hell? They'd better produce a hell of a lot of DVDs...
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post #24 of 34
1/18/12 at 10:19pm
I love this show too and really want to see it on dvd too
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post #25 of 34
1/20/12 at 5:15pm
This show made such an impact on me when it was first shown in the UK on the pioneering British Satellite Broadcasting TV service that I have been searching ever since for a DVD release. My kids have grown up listening to me ranting about how good the show was and how mad it is that no DVD has been released. How about an online petition to demonstrate the level of interest?
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post #26 of 34
1/30/12 at 11:53am
Well here's another fan of China Beach. I taped it years ago from USA or Life or.....but stupidly taped it slp and now living in Europe, it doesn't play - if I had taped it EP it would have. It was my all time favorite show until West Wing and is still my favorite cast of all time. I don't understand why it's not available online as a DVD - if they can do the pilot, after all.
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post #27 of 34
1/31/12 at 12:43pm
Dana Delaney has been acting in TV and movies for years. She was on Desperate Housewives and is now on Body of Proof. She has never done a ton of movies (Tombstone is the best!), but she mostly does TV. Marg Helgenberger was until recently on CSI, as one of the main characters. She did an arc on ER and has been in several TV shows and movies, as well. Neither one, in my opinion, were ever going to be top tier, but to say that they are not stars is selling them short. In any respect, both were fantastic in China Beach.
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post #28 of 34
2/3/12 at 11:44am
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I remember reading somewhere that Warner's still wanted to release it but not sure where they are with it.
It is listed on Amzon as one of the biggest shows that people want released.
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post #29 of 34
2/5/12 at 2:37am
well, Dana Delaney was in a great indie movie a while back with Willem Defoe and Susan Sarandon (I think) - she had a large supporting role of an addict who couldn't shake the habit, can't remember the name of the movie but she was fine. She needs good direction and writing as she isn't a "star" so much as a serious actress. Marg H was the wife in a superb thriller with Kevin Costner, Mr Brown, I think is the name of it.....
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post #30 of 34
2/18/12 at 4:33am
WE WANT CHINA BEACH, WE WANT CHINA BEACH, WE WANT CHINA BEACH...!!!
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