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post #31 of 97
12/11/06 at 8:57am

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I always place El Cid (1961) at the top of any such list.
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post #32 of 97
12/11/06 at 9:29am

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FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, THE GREY FOX, ROLLING THUNDER, THE GRAVY TRAIN aka THE DION BROTHERS, CRIME WAVE DE TOTH, THE TALL T , LET IT BE, BREWSTER MCCLOUD, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT,THE OUTFIT.
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post #33 of 97
12/11/06 at 9:35am

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What about Delbert Mann's "The Outsider" (1961), starring Tony Curtis as Pima Indian soldier Ira Hayes? I've seen this movie in the early sixties and never since. It seems to be almost forgotten.
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post #34 of 97
12/11/06 at 11:24am

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Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons.
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post #35 of 97
12/11/06 at 2:12pm

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Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049010/ ) featuring James Mason's greatest performance outside of Lolita has yet to be released in Region 1 although it appears there is an import.

EDIT: To underscore the rarity of this film, I believe it has never been released on VHS either.
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post #36 of 97
12/11/06 at 5:20pm

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Originally Posted by Rob Gardiner
Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049010/ ) featuring James Mason's greatest performance outside of Lolita has yet to be released in Region 1 although it appears there is an import.

EDIT: To underscore the rarity of this film, I believe it has never been released on VHS either.

It's available from France (pal R2) with the title "Derrière le miroir" anamorphic, removable French subtitles.
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post #37 of 97
12/11/06 at 6:31pm

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Robinson Crusoe on Mars & Crack In The World would be nice to have on DVD.
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post #38 of 97
12/12/06 at 1:29pm

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Anyone know what date the article will appear?
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post #39 of 97
12/12/06 at 1:38pm

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My most wanted is: Robinson Crusoe On Mars

For my wife: Little Darlings

EDIT: Well since RCOM is finally coming out, I guess my next most wanted would be Zapped!
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post #40 of 97
12/12/06 at 2:49pm

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- The charge of the Light Brigade (1936 - Michael Curtiz)
- Le gendarme de Saint Tropez (1964 - Jean Girault)
- Le gendarme a New York (1965 - Jean Girault)
- Roman candles (1966 - John Waters)
- Eat your makeup (1968 - John Waters)
- Le Gendarme se marie (1968 - Jean Girault)
- Mondo Trasho (1969 - John Waters)
- Multiple maniacs (1970 - John Waters)
- The Diane Linkletter story (1970 - John Waters)
- Le Gendarme en balade (1970 - Jean Girault)
- The Ritz (1976 - Richard Lester)
- The 36th chamber of Shaolin (1978 - Chia-Liang Liu)
- Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979 - Jean Girault)
- Il minestrone (1981 - Sergio Citti)
- Le Gendarme et les gendarmettes (1982 - Tony Aboyantz & Jean Girault)
- Tu mi turbi (1983 - Roberto Benigni)
- Non ci resta che piangere (1985 - Roberto Benigni)
- Pirates (1986 - Roman Polanski)
- Tougher than leather (1988 - Rick Rubin)
- Leningrad Cowboys go America (1989 - Aki Kaurismaki)
- I hired a contract killer (1990 - Aki Kaurismaki)
- Treasure Island (1990 - Fraser Clarke Heston)
- Loser (1991 - Erik Burke)
- The last days of disco (1994 - Whit Stillman)
- Panther (1995 - Mario Van Peebles)
- Suburbia (1996 - Richard Linklater)

... and Giorgio Moroder's 1984 colored version of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS

... and a decent edition of MAD MAX TRILOGY (original language + original artwork)
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post #41 of 97
12/12/06 at 4:22pm

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The Panic in Needle Park (1971, Jerry Schatzberg) Fox keeps delaying its release date--will it ever get released?
Poor Cow (1967, Ken Loach)
Zabriskie Point (1970, Michelangelo Antonioni)
Red Desert (1964, Michelangelo Antonioni)
M. Butterfly (1993, David Cronenberg)
Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch)
The Hit (1984, Stephen Frears) OAR
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975, J. Lee Thompson)
Suburbanators (1995, Gary Burns)
Twin Town (1997, Kevin Allen)
Alligator (1980, Lewis Teague)
Trust (1991, Hal Hartley)
Flirt (1996, Hal Hartley)
Cul-de-sac (1966, Roman Polanski)
Night of the Comet (1984, Thom Eberhardt)
Zentropa (1991, Lars von Trier)
Joe's so Mean to Josephine (1996, Peter Wellington)
Turning Paige (2001, Robert Cuffley)
Night of the Creeps (1986, Fred Dekker)
Black Belt Jones (1974, Robert Clouse)
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975, Charles Bail)
The Anderson Tapes (1971, Sidney Lumet)
How I Won the War (1967, Richard Lester)
Thieves Like Us (1974, Robert Altman)
52 Pick-Up (1986, John Frankenheimer)
Cruising (1980, William Friedkin)
Bobby Deerfield (1977, Sydney Pollack)
Sorcerer (1977, William Friedkin)
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post #42 of 97
12/12/06 at 6:56pm

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"Charge of the Light Brigade" was just announced yesterday coming in the Errol Flynn collection.
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post #43 of 97
12/13/06 at 7:47am

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Originally Posted by Greg_M
"Charge of the Light Brigade" was just announced yesterday coming in the Errol Flynn collection.

"Forward, the Movie Brigade
Charge for the DVD's" he said
Into the valley of Film
Rode the six hundred
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post #44 of 97
12/13/06 at 8:50am

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There are plenty of no-show films I'd like to see on DVD that are not out yet, well-known or not.

Fox:
Sitting Pretty (1948, and two sequels)
With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Warner:
Where's Charley (1952)
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978, and it aired on INHD yesterday!)

Unknown:
The African Queen (1951)
Porgy and Bess (1959)

Disney/Buena Vista:
Song of the South (1946)
So Dear to My Heart (1949)
The Sword and the Rose (1952)
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
El Cid (1961)
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
The Wild Country (1971)
Scandalous John (1971)
Take Down (1979)
Amy (1981)
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post #45 of 97
12/13/06 at 10:40am

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Originally Posted by eric tengren
FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, THE GREY FOX, ROLLING THUNDER, THE GRAVY TRAIN aka THE DION BROTHERS, CRIME WAVE DE TOTH, THE TALL T , LET IT BE, BREWSTER MCCLOUD, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT,THE OUTFIT.

"Crime Wave" and "They Live By Night" are being released by WB in July as part of the next Film Noir Box.
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post #46 of 97
12/13/06 at 11:08am

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Cheyenne Autumn.
Becket
Porgy and Bess
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post #47 of 97
12/13/06 at 12:25pm

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For as prolific an actress as she was in the 30s-40s, it's surprising that so few of Ann Sothern's starring vehicles have been released on DVD. Actually, considering the "B" nature of most of her films, maybe it's not so surprising. But I've always had a soft spot for Ms Sothern and would like to see more of her work. A Maisie collection would be quite welcome.
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post #48 of 97
12/13/06 at 12:36pm

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The Woman Chaser, a delightful black comedy, shot in gorgeous B&W, starring Patrick Warburton in his greatest role, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford, has yet to be released on any home video format anywhere in the world, to my knowledge. This is an example of "true" pulp fiction, not the 1990s post-modern re-imagined version of the genre. I had the pleasure of seeing it twice around the turn of the millennium.

My Breakfast With Blassie, starring Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie (the recording artist most famous for "Pencil Neck Geek") enjoying breakfast in a diner. Available on VHS, but not on shiny metal disc.
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post #49 of 97
12/13/06 at 1:06pm

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It appears USA Today tried to publish the article but failed... there is a headline on USAToday titled "Dec. 12: Many movies haven't made it to DVD" but when you click it --

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...VD-watch_x.htm

-- it is an unrelated article about some pre-code movies. The main DVD page at USA Today is:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/new-dvd-archive.htm
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post #50 of 97
12/13/06 at 1:52pm

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It's there It's call "Movies Lost in the DVD desert" - here is the link

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...ost-DVDs_x.htm

I'm even mentioned!
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post #51 of 97
12/13/06 at 2:01pm

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Some more titles are on the way:

Besides "Charge of the Light Brigade"

There was an announcement a few days ago stating "El Cid' "Fall of the Roman Empire" and some of the other Bronson films would be release this coming year (It said something to the effect that Disney no longer holds the rights)

"Cheyenne Autumn" is available as part of the John Ford collection, but not individually.
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post #52 of 97
12/13/06 at 2:03pm

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much shorted than i had anticipated
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post #53 of 97
12/13/06 at 2:30pm

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Originally Posted by Rob Gardiner
My Breakfast With Blassie, starring Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie (the recording artist most famous for "Pencil Neck Geek") enjoying breakfast in a diner. Available on VHS, but not on shiny metal disc.

This is available on DVD, on a disc called Andy Kaufman - I'm From Hollywood.
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post #54 of 97
12/14/06 at 12:31am

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I think that Heavy Metal petition the USA Today article mentions predates the DVD format by a couple years. And the movie has been out on DVD since 1999.
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post #55 of 97
12/14/06 at 1:15pm

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Thanks, Julian, for that info!
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post #56 of 97
12/14/06 at 9:46pm

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BECKET, which is getting a repertory re-release in early 07, is likely to turn up, finally, next year.

The HD channels are repositories for the DVD MIA. Just yesterday I DVR-ed THE NELSON AFFAIR and the delightful WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE?, which may come out in 08 if a proposed Vegas-set remake gets off the ground.
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post #57 of 97
12/15/06 at 3:15am

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much shorted than i had anticipated

And a bit superficial, if you ask me. The article just skims the surface.

In the case of FALSTAFF, a/k/a CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, Miramax in the '90's did intend to reissue the film, it was on their upcoming list for a couple years. Then it disappeared. No one has ever commented, but good money suggests Beatrice Welles interfered. So it's not just foreign ownership or a lack of perceived profit return that keeps DVDs from release.
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post #58 of 97
12/15/06 at 4:28am

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Don't forget the cheese we love:

Humongous (1981) A slasher b-movie with great atmosphere and no reason whatsoever why it shouldn't already be on our shelves. Some guy did put this on youtube in 12 parts.

TerrorVision (1986) Weird scifi/comedy.

I'd love to see Rich Little's A Christmas Carol from HBO make it. Our tape of it is getting old. Old TV stuff like this is a blast from the past when they suddenly appear on the shelves.

Oh, no region 1 for The Stepfather.

No region 1 widescreen for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland from 1972 or The Gate from the mid-1980s.
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post #59 of 97
12/15/06 at 5:18am

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Here goes again.....
"That Man From Rio"
"Woman Of Straw"
"Blood And Roses"
"Magnificent Obsession"
"BACK STREET" Both versions
"Mame"
"Madame X"-1966
"Solomon and Sheba"
"The Egyptian"
"Love Has Many Faces"
"Portrait In Black"
"Tarnished Angels"
"She Devil"-1957
"Two Women"-Not the domain versions (legit release)
"Last Days Of Pompeii"-1959
"Portrait In Black"
"Harriet Craig"
"Midnight Lace"
"Daisy Kenyon"
"Burn Witch Burn"
"African Queen"
"Samson And Delilah"
"Esther and The King"
"Sodom And Gomorrah"
"I Was A Teen Age Werewolf"
"House Of Women"
"Caged"
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post #60 of 97
12/15/06 at 5:22am

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From Paramount: "if..."
From Warner: "O Lucky Man"
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