Blood Simple - Aug. 3rd 2010

This is some of the best news!  :)

Has the August 3 release date for the Blu-Ray been delayed? Amazon did not ship and this title seems to have been removed from other sales sites.

Fox/MGM released a press notice about a month ago saying this Blu-ray had been postponed indefinitely. They gave no reason.

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Originally Posted by Roger Mathus 

Has the August 3 release date for the Blu-Ray been delayed? Amazon did not ship and this title seems to have been removed from other sales sites.

Roger,

Yes, the title has been delayed as you indicated from not shipping at Amazon or being available at other sites.

Crawdaddy

Same it was postponed.  We need more Coen bros films on Blu ray.

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Originally Posted by Henry Gale 

Blood Simple on BD!

 

One of my favorite films.

 

Look at these awards!

 

Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1986	Nominated	Edgar	Best Motion Picture Joel Coen  Ethan Coen
Fantasporto
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1986	Won	Audience Jury Award	Joel Coen
	Nominated	International Fantasy Film Award	Best Film Joel Coen
Independent Spirit Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1986	Won	Independent Spirit Award	Best Director Joel Coen  Tied with Martin Scorsese for After Hours (1985).
			Best Male Lead M. Emmet Walsh
	Nominated	Independent Spirit Award	Best Cinematography Barry Sonnenfeld
			Best Feature Ethan Coen
			Best Screenplay Joel Coen  Ethan Coen
Sundance Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1985	Won	Grand Jury Prize	Dramatic Joel Coen

Wouldn't you like to see the film that won those?

 

Well, you can't.

I'm surprised nobody else commented on the last part of your post.

Of course, the film that won those awards hasn't been available for some time now, and has unfortunately been supplanted by a version which has been Lucasized by the filmmakers.  I still have my old VHS.
 

Anyone know what happened to this release?