Did Olive Films license a number of titles from Paramount? - Page 9  

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Originally Posted by Peter M Fitzgerald 

 

If you don't already have it or know about it, and own a multi-region DVD player, the R2 DVD of HELL DRIVERS is a keeper (nice extras on it, too)!

 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews30/hell_drivers.htm 

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hell-Drivers-DVD/dp/B000MM0XYE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304026446&sr=1-1 
 

--unless, of course, if a Blu release is somehow in the cards.

Thanks very much - I did not know about this release.
 

You're welcome, Wade. I own the DVD, and can vouch for it. And thank YOU for the info about The Film Foundation restoring TRY AND GET ME / THE SOUND OF FURY, which I didn't know about.

Hooray! THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK (1958) has been announced for an August 16th release!

http://www.classicflix.com/olive-colossus-york-a-971.html 

This doesn't seem to be in the original list of Paramount films licensed to Olive, so I'm guessing that another batch has been acquired? I'm hoping this means the other remaining unreleased-on-DVD 1950s Paramount sci-fi flick, THE SPACE CHILDREN (1958), might also be on the way, along with other MIA Paramount faves like THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM, UNMAN WITTERING & ZIGO, FRAULEIN DOKTOR, BLOOD & ROSES, GUNN,etc. I guess time will tell...

Gosh, I will probably buy this and find in a couple of months it will be released with THE SPACE CHILDREN on Blu Ray for the price of this standard DVD. I know they probably gauge these sales on what and what not to put on Blu, but I wish they would release both versions at the same time. This has happened now with HOUDINI, JAUNTY JALOPIES, THE SKULL, MAN WHO CHEATED DEATH and CRACK IN THE WORLD. 
 

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Originally Posted by Peter M Fitzgerald 

Hooray! THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK (1958) has been announced for an August 16th release!

 

http://www.classicflix.com/olive-colossus-york-a-971.html 

 

This doesn't seem to be in the original list of Paramount films licensed to Olive, so I'm guessing that another batch has been acquired? I'm hoping this means the other remaining unreleased-on-DVD 1950s Paramount sci-fi flick, THE SPACE CHILDREN (1958), might also be on the way, along with other MIA Paramount faves like THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM, UNMAN WITTERING & ZIGO, FRAULEIN DOKTOR, BLOOD & ROSES, GUNN,etc. I guess time will tell...

MR. MUSIC, LITTLE BOY LOST, FOREVER FEMALE, MY SON JOHN, BEAU JAMES, SOMEBODY LOVES ME, THE BUCCANEER (x 2), THUNDER IN THE EAST, PAID IN FULL, SEPTEMBER AFFAIR, THAT CERTAIN FEELING, LET'S DANCE, THE RAT RACE, PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, BOTANY BAY, RED MOUNTAI, HELL'S ISLAND, THE LAWLESS, HERE COME THE GIRLS, THE TURNING POINT, SUBMARINE COMMAND, CAREER, RUN FOR COVER, SHORT CUT TO HELL, WHO'S GOT THE ACTION?, THE PROUD AND PROFANE, SECRET OF THE INCAS, HONG KONG, SANGAREE, THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE, SAMSON AND DELILAH, STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, I WALK ALONE, NO MAN OF HER OWN, THE FILE ON THELMA JORDAN, JAMAICA RUN, TELL ME YOU LOVE ME, JUNIE MOON, THREE RING CIRCUS, AARON SLICK FROM PUMPKIN CREEK, LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSEY, SITUATION SERIOUS BUT NOT HOPELESS, FLIGHT TO TANGIERS, DARLING, HOW COULD YOU?....

........and oh, yes!  Now that Warner Archive is releasing THE HONEYMOON MACHINE,  what was the name of that little Steve MacQueen film that he made back in the sixties that is still MIA????

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Originally Posted by Charles H 

BEAU JAMES, THE BUCCANEER (x 2), THAT CERTAIN FEELING, SECRET OF THE INCAS,

 I would like these plus THE MATING SEASON (a top TCM pick for DVD release), and maybe Waterloo.

Where is "LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER" with Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen?

Olive's releases of UNION STATION, DARK CITY, and APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER has only whetted my appetite for Paramount noir. Here's hoping they follow up with I WALK ALONE (1949), THE TURNING POINT (1952), NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950), HELL'S ISLAND (1955), SHORT CUT TO HELL (1957), THE TRAP (1959), and THE SCARLET HOUR (1956).

DVD-Drive-In confirms COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK (yay I can finally dump that horrible offair VHS) plus THE ATOMIC CITY (1952)

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Originally Posted by MLamarre 

Olive's releases of UNION STATION and DARK CITY has only whetted my appetite for Paramount noir. Here's hoping they follow up with....APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (1951)....

Olive has already released that one last year .   Here's hoping for some more, though.

Olive or Lionsgate(hell,even Image,which released the original Paramount print of "The First Nudie Musical" on DVD instead of the World Northal reissue)should definitely put "Bugsy Malone" on DVD/Bluray since Paramount decided not to do it in 2005,even though they gave it a VHS release in the '80s. It's an excellent movie and one i remember fondly from my childhood.

Please someone make this happen.

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Originally Posted by Richjr41 

Olive or Lionsgate(hell,even Image,which released the original Paramount print of "The First Nudie Musical" on DVD instead of the World Northal reissue)should definitely put "Bugsy Malone" on DVD/Bluray since Paramount decided not to do it in 2005,even though they gave it a VHS release in the '80s. It's an excellent movie and one i remember fondly from my childhood.

 

Please someone make this happen.

Paramount sold the distribution rights to THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL after it only played New York and Los Angles.  They wanted to rid themselves of the film due to Cindy Williams starring in the hit TV show Laverne & Shirley.  ABC had a lot of influence over that decision.  World Northal ended up with the film and completed the national distribution.  It was not a reissue.  They did not even cut the Paramount logo off the front of the film to save money, which is why the logo can still be seen.  I would have thought that Paramount would have insisted that the logo be cut, but my World Northal film salesman was always joking he was now working for Paramount whenever I booked the film for the drive-ins lower half of the bill.  It actually would do very good in the drive-in's and was a great second feature with FLESH GORDON and even better with ALICE IN WONDERLAND (X).  Nothing like musical porn to sell out the back rows of a drive-in.

I know there are a lot of fans for BUGSY MALONE and for ya'lls sake, I hope a Blu-ray comes out, but this film is not in my favorites list.
 

A region-free Blu of BUGSY MALONE has been available for years. Extras are in PAL, though: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34121/bugsy-malone/

I'd love to see some more Noirish titles from the Paramount vault released through Olive, too.

I would certainly like to see NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950) released by Olive.  I missed it on TCM once years ago, and to my knowledge it hasn't aired since.

Breaking Glass Announced. DVD & BD (August 16)

If you need your appetite for this whetted immediately, it is streaming on Netflix.
 

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Originally Posted by Jobla 

I would certainly like to see NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950) released by Olive.  I missed it on TCM once years ago, and to my knowledge it hasn't aired since.

The question remains: which cut will Olive release?  The truncated U.S. version or the U.K. version with extended ending / epilogue?
 

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Breaking Glass Announced. DVD & BD (August 16)

 

Very pleased to read this about Breaking Glass. After hearing some of the tracks from the film (sung by Hazel O'Connor) it was a film I wanted to see.

I just want to complement Olive Films on a really good job they have done with the Paramount titles.  I have many of the releases and enjoyed HURRY SUNDOWN in all its camp glory last night and next up is SUCH GOOD FRIENDS.  Two Preminger titles that have eluded me over the years,  From CRACK IN THE WORLD and UNION STATION to the present two transfers have been good, especially THE MOUNTAIN.  My only grip is I wish there were trailers with them, but trust me, this is not a deal breaker.  Thank you Olive Films for your attention to creating a good product and releasing titles that are on a lot of people's want list from Paramount.  With the new announcements, I look forward to many more good titles.

Both DVD Beaver and DVD Savant have reviews up for Olive Films' DVD release of Such Good Friends.

COMING SOON FROM OLIVE FILMS - MOST OF THESE WILL BE REMASTERED IN HD - SOME WILL BE RELEASED ON DVD & BD - ALL ON DVD

- Twilight’s Last Gleaming (NEWLY RESTORED IN HD) (1977) Directed by Robert Aldrich – Starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Joseph Cotten, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Burt Young, Paul Winfield

- Fedora (1978) (NEWLY RESTORED IN HD) Directed by Billy Wilder – Starring William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Michael York

- Visions of Eight (1973) Documentary About the 1972 Olympics – Directed by Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Arthur Penn, John Schlesinger and three others

- The Hellstrom Chronicles (1971) Academy Award Winning Documentary – Directed by Walon Green, Ed Spiegel

- Casablance (1983 TV Series) (Complete 5 Episodes) Starring David Soul, Hector Elizondo, Ray Liotta and Scatman Crothers

- The Atomic City (1952) Directed by Jerry Hopper – Starring Gene Barry and Lee Aaker

- Man on the Roof (1977) Directed by Bo Widerberg – Martin Beck crime drama

- The Adalen Riots (1969) Directed by Bo Widerberg – Oscar Nominee For Best Foreign Film

- Elvira Madigan (1967) Directed by Bo Widerberg

- Raven’s End (1963) Directed by Bo Widerberg

- The Brain (Le Cerveau) (1969) Directed by Gérard Oury – Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, David Niven, Eli Wallach and Bouvril

- Greed in the Sun (100,000 dollars au soleil) (1965) Directed by Henri Verneuil – Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier and Gert Frobe

- Taxi For Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk) (1961) Directed by Denys de La Patellière – Starring Lino Ventura, Hardy Kruger and Charles Aznavour

- Crooks in Clover (Les tontons flingueurs AKA Monsieur Gangster) (1963) Directed by Georges Lautner – Starring Lino Ventura and Bernard Blier

- The Great Spy Chase (Les barbouzes) (1964) Directed by Georges Lautner – Starring Lino Ventura and Bernard Blier

- Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1973) (Restored) Directed by Samuel Fuller

- The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (Les plus belles escroqueries du monde) (1963) Directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Roman Polanski, Hiromichi Horikawa, Ugo Gregoretti Starring Catherine Deneuve, Michele Marcier, Anna Karina, Jean Seberg

- Police (1985) Directed by Maurice Pialat – Starring Gerard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau

- History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinema) (2000) 8 Part Documentary by Jean-Luc Godard

- Four Later Films by Jean-Luc Godard (Comment ça va, Ici et ailleurs, Numéro deux and Keep Your Right Up! “Soigne ta droite”)

- Ophelia (1962) Directed by Claude Chabrol – Starring Alida Valli

- Carmen (1984) Directed by Francesco Rosi – Starring Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes

- Don Giovanni (1979) Directed by Joseph Losey

- The Devil Probably (1977) Directed by Robert Bresson

- J’Accuse (1938) Directed by Abel Gance

- The Stationmaster’s Wife (Uncut Version) (RESTORED) (1977) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

- Late Bloomers (2011) Directed by Julia Gavras – Starring William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini and Joanna Lumley

- Nothing Personal (2009) Directed by Urszula Antoniak – Starring Stephen Rea and Lotte Verbeek

- Mammuth (2010) Directed by Gustave de Kervern and Benoit Delepine - Starring Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani

- Love Exposure (2008) Directed by Shion Sono

- Womb (2010) Directed by Benedek Fliegauf – Starring Eva Green, Matt Smith, Lesley Manville

- The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008) Directed by Stephan Komandarev

- Amer (2009) Gialo Horror Film Directed by Helene Catter and Bruno Forzani 

Finally, TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING and FEDORA!

The Widerberg films are also welcome, although I already have the Swedish release of MAN ON THE ROOF.

Well, I was really hoping for more 1950s Paramounts.  I hope there is still some possibility of getting those.

The Man on the Roof (1976), Casablanca (1983), Fedora (1978) and Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) all sound good. Couldn't find Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street on the IMDb though.

Ingmar Bergman's FACE TO FACE on DVD (August 30) $29.95

That is stunning DVD artwork. Reminds me of the movie poster artwork for The Mothman Prophecies and Eyes of the Mothman. Face to Face (1976) sounds like another good film.

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Couldn't find Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street on the IMDb though.

It's not a feature. It's an episode of a German police series called Tatort.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069349/combined

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It's not a feature. It's an episode of a German police series called Tatort.

When I looked at Samuel Fuller's IMDb filmography as a director I did see Tatort, but never considered that it Dead at Beethoven Street was the name of an episode of a TV show. Thanks for clarifying my query.

Interested in Tatort as well.