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post #151 of 171
2/12/12 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by AdrianTurner View Post

Great to see these posters even if . . . well, where I live in the UK my broadband speed enables me to watch Cleopatra (twice) in the time this thread now takes to spool up.

Sorry about that. I trimmed about 25 posters to make it easier for some of you to upload. One should always exercise restraint in one's uploads.

Nothing sells a movie to the public and to the studio's home video division quite like an original movie poster.
Edited by Richard--W - 2/13/12 at 2:00am
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post #152 of 171
2/14/12 at 9:15am
I'll reiterate a trio of Hugh Grant films:
Sirens
Lair of the White Worm
The Englishman who went up a Hill but came down a Mountain

Also:
The Swimmer
Why Shoot the Teacher
Local Hero
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Wicker Man (original restored)
Fahrenheit 451
Zardoz
New Waterford Girl
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post #153 of 171
2/17/12 at 2:27am
Jane Eyre needs to be rescued from public domain hell.

700
700

from 1970. The first 35mm version to be shot in color and on locations in Yorkshire, England which was the setting of the novel. Released theatrically in Europe to unanimous acclaim and then sold to American television where it received unanimous acclaim. A popular 16mm rental in public schools throughout the 1970s. A printed guide for students went with it. A short-hand version of the novel, but Susannah York and George C. Scott take their characters to places the bigger and better-known versions fear to tread. It is a tone poem of a film, pure Gothic, lit for mood and exquisitely photographed by Paul Beeson. It will look spectacular on Blu-ray. A sweeping score by John Williams merits an isolated track.

Jane Eyre proliferates in cheap and murky public domain editions, all open matte with lots of headroom, but I understand a quality transfer is available.
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post #154 of 171
2/17/12 at 5:16am

Who could claim the rights to this now? MGM? Warners? Universal?

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post #155 of 171
2/17/12 at 5:58am
The American President. I think it deserves at least the same kind of Special Edition treatment Stand By Me got. There was a panel discussion with the director Rob Reiner and cast at the Billy Wilder in Westwood a couple years ago. hard to find even in its correct OAR. Success of this movie led to the series The West Wing.
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post #156 of 171
2/17/12 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by NY2LA View Post

The American President. I think it deserves at least the same kind of Special Edition treatment Stand By Me got. There was a panel discussion with the director Rob Reiner and cast at the Billy Wilder in Westwood a couple years ago. hard to find even in its correct OAR. Success of this movie led to the series The West Wing.



I still have my laserdisc. I don't think I bought the DVD. It is one of the great underrated films.

 

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post #157 of 171
2/17/12 at 9:59am
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Originally Posted by NY2LA View Post

The American President. I think it deserves at least the same kind of Special Edition treatment Stand By Me got. There was a panel discussion with the director Rob Reiner and cast at the Billy Wilder in Westwood a couple years ago. hard to find even in its correct OAR. Success of this movie led to the series The West Wing.

Has there in fact been a domestic Standard DVD release in the correct OAR?

Thanks.
Edited by Dave B Ferris - 2/17/12 at 11:24am
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post #158 of 171
2/17/12 at 10:31am
Right now the one film I desperately want to see in hi-def is THE ABYSS. I really wish Cameron would set aside his obsession with Titanic for a minute and work to finally release this thing on the format it was meant to be seen in. Look at it this way: once the film has been re-released, you won't have to put up with the hordes of people asking for it anymore.
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post #159 of 171
2/17/12 at 12:14pm
THE ABYSS, seconded (throw in TRUE LIES for good measure).
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post #160 of 171
2/17/12 at 12:33pm
PORGY AND BESS is at the top of my list now that we know that the original elements survive and that the Gershwin family no longer objects.
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post #161 of 171
2/17/12 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by Bob Cashill View Post

THE ABYSS, seconded (throw in TRUE LIES for good measure).

Call me an optimistic fool but I think Fox is going to be begging Cameron to finally OK new transfers so they can tie them into Titanic's Blu-ray release.
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post #162 of 171
2/17/12 at 2:57pm
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Originally Posted by Dave B Ferris View Post

Has there in fact been a domestic Standard DVD release in the correct OAR?
Thanks.

I had the early dvd in the clipcase sold it off months ago when I realized it was non-anamorphic. I seem to think it was no more than 16x9 - the latest cable version starts 2.35 then cuts to 16x9 after the credits. It has since been remarketed more than one way, coupled with "Dave" and by itself, in standard DVD keepcases. From the stats on Amazon (which are notoriously unreliable) I don't think it's on DVD in anamorphic OAR. I think the streaming netflix version was even worse, 1.33 via starz.
Edited by NY2LA - 2/17/12 at 3:23pm
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post #163 of 171
2/17/12 at 6:09pm

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I'll add another I'd love to see upgraded to HD..

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post #164 of 171
2/17/12 at 6:37pm
Love these posters. Thanks.
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post #165 of 171
2/17/12 at 8:09pm
Regarding Jane Eyre with York and Scott --
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Originally Posted by MattH. View Post

Who could claim the rights to this now? MGM? Warners? Universal?

British Lion distributed it theatrically in the U.K. and in Europe, so far as I know.
NBC broadcast it in the USA, initially as part of the Hallmark of Fame, and later apart from Hallmark.
In other words, I have no idea who controls it know.
But if John Ford had filmed Jane Eyre the way he did Mary of Scotland or The Informer, this is how it would look and play out.
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post #166 of 171
2/17/12 at 9:38pm

Jane Eyre. 1970 George C. Scott/Susannah Yorke. Omnibus Productions UK. 

 

Part of the Public Domain. For that reason, a number of low quality DVD editions have been released on the market throughout the years. Furthermore, most transfered copies offer a cut-down 99 minute version. 

 

Not to good it seems.

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post #167 of 171
2/17/12 at 11:20pm
My Blu-ray wants are few and easily satisfied:


Niagara (Fox, 1953)
571

Carmen Jones (Fox, 1954)
700

23 Paces to Baker Street (Fox, 1956)
700

Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1959)
700

Exodus (UA, 1960)
700

Two Rode Together (Columbia, 1961)
477
700

55 Days At Peking (Allied Artists, 1963)
472
454

Circus World (1965)
700

The Ipcress File (Universal, 1965)
700

Funeral In Berlin (Paramount, 1966)
700

Night of the Living Dead (Continental, 1968)
700

Shock Troops (UA, 1968)
700

War and Peace (Continental, 1968)
419
700

The Confession (Paramount, 1970)
700

End of the Road (Allied Artists, 1970)
700

Figures In a Landscape (1970)
700

Waterloo (Paramount, 1970)
700

The Go-Between (Columbia, 1971)
700

Kidnapped (AIP, 1971)
700

They Might Be Giants (Universal, 1971)
700

The Assassination of Trotsky (Cinerama Releasing, 1972)
700

The Emigrants (WB, 1972)
700

The Man (Paramount, 1972)
700

State of Siege (Cinema5, 1972-73)
400

The New Land (WB, 1973)
700

Oklahoma Crude (Columbia, 1973)
700

Law and Disorder (Columbia, 1974)
700

The Savage Is Loose (1974)
700

The Super Cops (MGM, 1974)
700

Zandy's Bride (WB, 1974)
700

The Fortune (Columbia, 1975)
700

The Human Factor (Bryanston, 1975)
447

The Romantic Englishwoman (New World, 1975)
700

Rosebud (UA, 1975)
700

Mr. Klein (Quartet Films, 1976)
700

Ode to Billy Joe (WB, 1976)
700

W.C. Fields and Me (Universal, 1976)
700

Welcome to L.A. (UA, 1976)
700

Remember My Name (Columbia, 1978)
700

Last Embrace (UA, 1979)
700

Luna (Fox, 1979)
700

Windows (UA, 1980)
700

The Trout (Columbia, 1982)
700

HannaK (Universal, 1983)
700

Steaming (New World, 1986)
700
Edited by Richard--W - 2/18/12 at 1:31am
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post #168 of 171
2/18/12 at 6:05am
THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN is out via Kino Lorber. Nice disc: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/49199/romantic-englishwoman-the/

THE SUPER COPS is available on MOD disc via the Warner Archive, which is where it's likely to reside. WELCOME TO L.A. is an MGM MOD disc.

THE IPCRESS FILE is or was out in a decent region-free BD edition but its price has gone up. THE GO-BETWEEN received a handsome Region B transfer. Check Amazon UK.

I'm afraid you're going to remain unsatisfied with a few of these, but I think you know that...smile.gif
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post #169 of 171
2/21/12 at 1:40pm
I want to see They Might Be Giants (1971) again, a proper transfer on Blu-ray:

700


From 1973:

700

700

700

700


See? My Blu-ray wants are few and easily satisfied.
Edited by Richard--W - 2/21/12 at 3:45pm
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post #170 of 171
2/21/12 at 3:43pm
I wonder if the Weinsteins will finally release their Miriam titles on BD, including 55 DAYS AT PEKING and CIRCUS WORLD as well as improved transfers of EL CID and FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Seems odd that we're still waiting for the latter two in the States. By the way, great list Richard. I'd buy all of the above and several PORGY AND BESS BDs for gifts.
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post #171 of 171
2/21/12 at 4:00pm
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Originally Posted by Ed Lachmann View Post

I wonder if the Weinsteins will finally release their Miriam titles on BD, including 55 DAYS AT PEKING and CIRCUS WORLD as well as improved transfers of EL CID and FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Seems odd that we're still waiting for the latter two in the States. By the way, great list Richard. I'd buy all of the above and several PORGY AND BESS BDs for gifts.

My question would be ...do the Weinstein's still have the 'rights' to the Bronston epics? Are they owed by The Weinstein Co or the Co they sold to Disney?
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