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MGM Catalog releases - 5/12/09 (Western, War)

post #1 of 36
2/26/09 at 4:58am
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DVD Empire has the following titles up for pre-order for 5/12/09 at $14.98 retail price:

King And Four Queens, The
Doc
Time Limit
North West Frontier
Young Billy Young
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post #2 of 36
2/26/09 at 1:04pm

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Finally! I've been waiting for The King And Four Queens for years! And it's great to see North West Frontier rescued from pan and scan public domain Hell (using the U.S. title Flame Over India).
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post #3 of 36
2/26/09 at 4:00pm

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Yay! North West Frontier, any fan of adventure films shouldn't be without it. I'll be able to replace my non-anamorphic Australian version.
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post #4 of 36
2/26/09 at 6:20pm

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Well this is exciting news. I did not think we would get any westerns or war in May. Not bad choices. Maybe Fox will add a few titles to the May 12th date. Hopefully MGM will give us some Horror in the fall.
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post #5 of 36
2/26/09 at 6:42pm

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Brilliant! Been waiting for North West Frontier for some time now.
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post #6 of 36
2/26/09 at 10:29pm

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Not a motherload of titles, but at least we get some. Maybe there's still hope for MGM.
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post #7 of 36
2/27/09 at 4:27pm

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Hooray!! NORTH WEST FRONTIER!!!

At last, my appeal worked! And it only took seven years!!

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...-1959-dvd.html
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post #8 of 36
3/20/09 at 3:55pm

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I noticed the artwork is up here
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post #9 of 36
3/20/09 at 7:05pm

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Hmmm ..... since the themes of the releases seem to be war and westerns, looking at the art work it seems that they're trying to disguise Northwest Frontier as a western (the title sounds like a western) and you'd never guess from the cover that it takes place in India. Of course, there is a revolution going on so maybe it's considered a war film.

The jacket of King And Four Queens is puzzling. Which one is Eleanor Parker? I can recognize Sara Shane, Jean Willes but neither of the blondes look like either Parker or Barbara Nichols.
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post #10 of 36
3/21/09 at 7:14am

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What ghastly cover art.

It looks as if someone's gave their in-law the job.
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post #11 of 36
3/21/09 at 7:23am

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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
Yay! North West Frontier, any fan of adventure films shouldn't be without it. I'll be able to replace my non-anamorphic Australian version.

I'm told there is a very nice looking anamorphic DVD on R2, the trouble is it's part of a Kenneth More box set, you can't buy it on it's own.
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post #12 of 36
3/21/09 at 5:08pm

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Originally Posted by Billy Batson
I'm told there is a very nice looking anamorphic DVD on R2, the trouble is it's part of a Kenneth More box set, you can't buy it on it's own.
Is that the French version? I believe the version I have is the same as the U.K. version, unless it was reissued in an anamorphic version.

At any rate, I'm really looking forward to the R1.
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post #13 of 36
3/21/09 at 6:32pm

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Great news and I'm especially looking forward to TIME LIMIT!

What the hell happened to Bob Mitchum's face on the cover of Young Billy Young... ack!!
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post #14 of 36
3/21/09 at 9:06pm

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No cover art for Frank Perry's Doc yet? I'm quite an admirer of Perry's work and of Pete Hamill's journalism, but I find this western perturbing. On one hand it is a superior character drama and perhaps a superior western, Perry style, and shot by the great Gerald Hirshfeld. On the other hand, it is not just historically wrong, it is biographically offensive. The very mention of this film makes Wyatt Earp's mild-mannered descendants (he does have descendants) turn red and reach for their six-guns.

Hamill offers no explanation in his paperback as to how he arrived at this idea of Wyatt and Doc.

Frank Perry's best films remain unreleased on DVD, unfortunately.
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post #15 of 36
3/22/09 at 7:09am

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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
Is that the French version? I believe the version I have is the same as the U.K. version, unless it was reissued in an anamorphic version.

At any rate, I'm really looking forward to the R1.

The single disc (non-anamorphic) is from Carlton. The Box Set is from ITV, I've yet to buy it (not interested in any of the other films in the set), but have been told on a couple of sites that it's a very nice anamorphic transfer. The box is now quite expensive, except from Amazon, where it's £18.
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post #16 of 36
5/13/09 at 12:30am

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The Beaver on Time Limit; oh dear...
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post #17 of 36
5/13/09 at 3:22am

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Terrible... the one title I was most anticipating of this series and if the aspect ratio is compromised, I'll pass!

PQ sounds like it belongs in the Warner Archives!
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post #18 of 36
5/13/09 at 3:43am

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A crap. I hope North West Frontier and King and 4 Queens are new transfers.
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post #19 of 36
5/13/09 at 7:54am

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Was the inclusion of Doc in the initial post a mistake, or did MGM change it's mind? I don't see the film listed for sale anywhere.
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post #20 of 36
5/13/09 at 9:22am

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I ordered Doc from Deep Discount for $9 and change.
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post #21 of 36
5/13/09 at 12:24pm

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Thanks, I'll go to DeepDiscount then.
Odd that neither amazon nor classicflix have it.
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post #22 of 36
5/13/09 at 12:44pm

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Originally Posted by Richard--W
Thanks, I'll go to DeepDiscount then.
Odd that neither amazon nor classicflix have it.
Amazon.com: Doc: Penelope Allen, John Bottoms, Denver John Collins, Gene Collins, Faye Dunaway, Marshall Erwin Efron, Bruce M. Fischer, Mart Hulswit, Dan van Husen, Stacy Keach, Antonia Rey, John Scanlon, Philip Shafer, Hedy Sontag, Mike Witney, Harr
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post #23 of 36
5/13/09 at 1:09pm

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It's also part of a 50% off sale Barnes and Noble is having right now on Fox/MGM titles. Base sale price is $7.50--$6.74 if you're a BN Club member.
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post #24 of 36
5/13/09 at 2:32pm

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Thanks for the link. Odd that Doc didn't show up on amazon when I typed it into the search mode this morning. The listing says the DVD is full screen. Could the listing be wrong? The film was shot for 1:85 and that's how it appears on the Spanish DVD I bought a few years ago.

I vaguely remember Faye Dunaway and Stacey Keach's appearances on talk shows to promote the film in 1971. They had a lot of interesting things to say about this controversial film, and it's too bad their appearances could not be included as a supplement.

Pete Hamill's screenplay was published at the time in a paperback, which can still be found here:

Amazon.com: doc by pete hamill: Books

He offers no explanation as to how he arrived at this utterly misguided interpretation of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. It is, however, an intelligent western with a layered story and emotionally motivated characters. The paperback is item 200 in my Wyatt Earp / Tombstone / Cochise County bookcase.

What's holding up the home video release of Frank Perry's other films? The Last Summer, Diary of a Mad Housewife, and Man On a Swing were important films in their time, and much better films than Doc.
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post #25 of 36
5/14/09 at 8:13am

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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
I hope North West Frontier and King and 4 Queens are new transfers.


I looked for revews and did not find any, has anyone received these films yet to confirm the transfers? Thanks.
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post #26 of 36
5/14/09 at 8:55am

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Originally Posted by Richard M S
I looked for revews and did not find any, has anyone received these films yet to confirm the transfers? Thanks.
I MAY have my copy of The King and Four Queens by tomorrow, if not, I'll probably have it by Monday.
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post #27 of 36
5/14/09 at 9:58am

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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
A crap. I hope North West Frontier and King and 4 Queens are new transfers.
I do too - if worse comes to worst, I still have the R2 non-anamorphic DVD of NWF.
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post #28 of 36
5/14/09 at 6:44pm

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Just to add something to the DVD Beaver review of Time Limit - it is unfortunately non anamorphic but I simply used the picture zoom ( Theater 1 )which actually stretches on my Toshiba Regza lcd (42" 1080), it filled the screen nicely without any obvious stretching. Can't comment on the OAR but the framing looked good. Dvd player is a Oppo 981. I thought the image looked very decent and the sound was fine. No issues there. Not sure what was happening with the image on DVD Beaver as the screen shots did not look very promising either. I had just purchased this title but after watching it on my setup I found it quite enjoyable. I have seen much worse -detail and sharpness were above average in my case. I will be watching Young Billy Young tonight.
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post #29 of 36
5/14/09 at 10:15pm

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Anyone know if DOC is the PG cut or the original R rated cut? (or was it re-rated for PG?)
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post #30 of 36
5/14/09 at 10:41pm

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Originally Posted by Mike*HTF
I do too - if worse comes to worst, I still have the R2 non-anamorphic DVD of NWF.
Yeah, but it is such a good film that it deserves a pristine R1 transfer.
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