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post #1 of 44
5/31/09 at 1:58pm
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Amazon.com: The Sam Fuller Film Collection: Movies & TV

I noticed this set at amazon and am wondering what films it might include. The set is being offered by Sony. Does Sony own the rights to China Gate which is a Sam fuller war movie?
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post #2 of 44
5/31/09 at 2:59pm

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China Gate is Republic Pictures, which would be Lions Gate.
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post #3 of 44
5/31/09 at 4:10pm

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According to a post on another board, the only titles announced are THE CRIMSON KIMONO, UNDERWORLD USA and the Fuller scripted SCANDAL SHEET. It will also include the excellent doc THE TYPEWRITER, THE RIFLE, AND THE MOVIE CAMERA.

Speculation is the other titles are going to be the Fuller scripted IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD, ADVENTURES IN SAHARA, POWER OF THE PRESS and SHOCKPROOF as they are the only other Columbia titles he worked on.

Since the set is said to include seven films, that makes sense.
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post #4 of 44
5/31/09 at 4:51pm

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As far as I know, Verboten !(1959) is also a Columbia film directed by Sam Fuller. With the addition of this title we would have a box set with 7 films and the documentary as a special feature. Well, we will have to wait for an official announcement to find out.
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post #5 of 44
6/5/09 at 1:10pm

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Movies unlimited has now the line-up fo this set:

As the silent film era draws to a close, a Western star (Richard Dix) finds his career in dire straits while his leading lady (Fay Wray) thrives, in "It Happened in Hollywood" (1937). It's an "Adventure in Sahara" (1938) when a band of mutinous legionnaires banishes their despotic commander to the harsh desert. C. Henry Gordon, Paul Kelly star. A dedicated newsman must stop his unscrupulous publisher from using their paper for his own political purposes, in "Power of the Press" (1943). Otto Kruger, Lee Tracy star. A beautiful ex-con (Patricia Knight) is torn between her straight-arrow parole officer (Cornel Wilde) and her shady gambler lover (John Baragrey), in "Shockproof" (1949). The editor of a "Scandal Sheet" (1952) kills his wife and puts suspicion off himself by assigning a reporter to find the killer. Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed star. While investigating the murder of a stripper, two detectives fall for the same woman--who also happens to be their star witness, in "The Crimson Kimono" (1959). Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta star. Cliff Robertson stars as a man seeking revenge against the crooks who killed his father, in "Underworld U.S.A." (1961).


I can not wait for this set to e released!
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post #6 of 44
6/5/09 at 1:31pm

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Great news!
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post #7 of 44
6/5/09 at 2:45pm

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Not complaining, but what happened to VERBOTEN?
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post #8 of 44
6/5/09 at 3:14pm

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Wow -- fantastic news!

Who has the rights to RUN OF THE ARROW? Universal?
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post #9 of 44
6/5/09 at 3:57pm

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WB has the rights to RUN OF THE ARROW.
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post #10 of 44
6/5/09 at 6:25pm

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Originally Posted by Charles H
WB has the rights to RUN OF THE ARROW.

Which means (sigh) the Archive Collection...
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post #11 of 44
6/5/09 at 7:54pm

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For anyone interested, the UPC for this collection is: 043396323186

I've added it to the DVD profiler online database.
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post #12 of 44
6/6/09 at 11:50am

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Originally Posted by Bob Cashill
Not complaining, but what happened to VERBOTEN?

It was an RKO picture released by Columbia after the company folded. Warners owns it now.

Mike S.
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post #13 of 44
6/6/09 at 3:30pm

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Ah. A fab set this is, though, and a great year for Sony. Much movie love here.
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post #14 of 44
6/6/09 at 3:42pm

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thank you Mike! definitely will be getting this, along with the noir sets, the screwball comedies, the Hayworth...in fact the majority of my DVD spending this year will be going to Sony....

Cheers!
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post #15 of 44
6/6/09 at 4:36pm

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Does anyone know if these titles will be available separately? Underworld USA and Scandal Sheet are excellent and must-buys, the Crimson Kimono is good but not something I'd buy, and the others I haven't seen but sound like good rentals, but Fuller only wrote the story or contributed to the screenplay for those. Basically, there are really only two out of the seven titles I'm willing to slap down the greenbacks for.

Thanks in advance for any info.
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post #16 of 44
6/6/09 at 7:47pm

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I'm looking foward to the whole set.
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post #17 of 44
6/7/09 at 6:16am

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Since I have not seen any of the films this is a must-buy for me.
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post #18 of 44
6/7/09 at 7:44am

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Originally Posted by BrianRi
Does anyone know if these titles will be available separately? Underworld USA and Scandal Sheet are excellent and must-buys, the Crimson Kimono is good but not something I'd buy, and the others I haven't seen but sound like good rentals, but Fuller only wrote the story or contributed to the screenplay for those. Basically, there are really only two out of the seven titles I'm willing to slap down the greenbacks for.

Thanks in advance for any info.

Shockproof is a minor Film Noir/Crime Drama starring Cornel Wilde and directed by Douglas Sirk who's really more at home directing soapy melodramas. I haven't seen It Happened in Hollywood, Adventure in Sahara, or Power of the Press so I have no opinion on those.

If the price is right I'll get the set just for Scandal Sheet, The Crimson Kimono and Underworld U.S.A.

I really doubt any of these films will be available individually based on recent Sony sets (Budd Boetticher, Hammer Horror, Icons of Adventure, etc)
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post #19 of 44
6/7/09 at 9:37am

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This is great news, I completely love sams collection
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post #20 of 44
6/7/09 at 2:03pm

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Anything that has Sam Fuller involved is a must buy. I will be all over it.
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post #21 of 44
6/9/09 at 4:37pm

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Is there a scheduled release date?
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post #22 of 44
6/9/09 at 4:58pm

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09/29/09 according to DVD Aficionado and several online shops.
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post #23 of 44
6/9/09 at 5:03pm

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Originally Posted by Dave B Ferris
Is there a scheduled release date?

No announcement of a street date yet.
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post #24 of 44
6/9/09 at 11:28pm

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Originally Posted by juda
This is great news, I completely love sams collection

Same here...
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post #25 of 44
10/20/09 at 5:22am
The Beaver has a review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews47/samuel_fuller_collection.htm
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post #26 of 44
10/20/09 at 6:13am
This looks to be a fabulous collection.
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post #27 of 44
10/21/09 at 8:14am
I have trouble reading DVD Beaver (the white on black text is next to impossible to read) but is it true that THE TYPEWRITER, THE RIFLE, AND THE MOVIE CAMERA is not included in the set?  In briefly skimming the review (and my eyes are still messed up from reading it) I didn't see it.
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post #28 of 44
10/21/09 at 9:27am


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Originally Posted by Jon Martin View Post

I have trouble reading DVD Beaver (the white on black text is next to impossible to read) but is it true that THE TYPEWRITER, THE RIFLE, AND THE MOVIE CAMERA is not included in the set?  In briefly skimming the review (and my eyes are still messed up from reading it) I didn't see it.
 

It is not included.  Since the rights belong to BFI, Sony might not have been able to grab them.  Too bad.

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post #29 of 44
10/22/09 at 6:03am
My copy shipped from DVDPacific yesterday, I'm really looking forward to this!
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post #30 of 44
10/27/09 at 8:12am
Another review from DVD Savant: http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3041full.html

My copy shipped from Amazon today. Unfortunately, it's one of my christmas gifts. Have to wait till December and you know: the waiting is the hardest part. :D
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