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post #601 of 706
1/11/12 at 6:14am
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Originally Posted by Bob Cashill View Post

I received THE BLACK BOOK (49) yesterday. It's in fine shape, so send those PD eyesores to the guillotine.

Great, nice to know that there is now a good version of this film available.
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post #602 of 706
1/11/12 at 9:27am
i wonder when we will see more war movies from the archives besides yesterday's enemy.
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post #603 of 706
1/20/12 at 6:20am
Just watched ZARAK a great fun movie and a first rate scope transfer.
Its the sort of thing Sam Katzman would have come up with if someone had given him
a few million bucks!
Corny big budget nonesense with stunning second unit work from John Gilling and
Yakima Canutt.Also its all real;no CGI here folks!
The formula is simple;when the action flags (which is rare) throw in an "exotic" dance routine
or have Anita Ekberg prance around in skimpy outfits.
Gilling later directed a follow up THE BANDIT OF ZHOBE which was more of the same
lifting lots of footage from ZARAK. That film had the advantage of having the always
entertaining Tony Newley in a supporting role.
I do hope we get more great Warwick films from Columbia Classics.
There are two more excellent Victor Mature/Terence young titles yet to be released.
SAFARI (1956) Touted as the first Cinemascope picture filmed in Africa.
TANK FORCE (aka No Time To Die) (1958)
A first rate War picture in scope and color;also with strong support from Newley.
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post #604 of 706
1/20/12 at 7:12am
My wish list for Sony MOD would include...

a couple 60s titles not yet sold in original OAR -
Existing DVDs are pan/scan 1.33 but streaming netflix has them at 1.85.

THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS (Hayley Mills/Rosalind Russell)
WHERE ANGELS GO, TROUBLE FOLLOWS (Russell/Stella Stevens)

A vintage 80s all star miniseries from Operation Primetime:

THE DREAM MERCHANTS (Mark Harmon/Vince Gardenia)

and a 90s indie romance with lots of familiar actors:

MODERN LOVE (Robby Benson/Burt Reynolds)
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post #605 of 706
1/20/12 at 7:26am
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Originally Posted by benbrigade View Post

Just watched ZARAK a great fun movie and a first rate scope transfer.
Its the sort of thing Sam Katzman would have come up with if someone had given him
a few million bucks!
Corny big budget nonesense with stunning second unit work from John Gilling and
Yakima Canutt.Also its all real;no CGI here folks!
The formula is simple;when the action flags (which is rare) throw in an "exotic" dance routine
or have Anita Ekberg prance around in skimpy outfits.
Gilling later directed a follow up THE BANDIT OF ZHOBE which was more of the same
lifting lots of footage from ZARAK. That film had the advantage of having the always
entertaining Tony Newley in a supporting role.
I do hope we get more great Warwick films from Columbia Classics.
There are two more excellent Victor Mature/Terence young titles yet to be released.
SAFARI (1956) Touted as the first Cinemascope picture filmed in Africa.
TANK FORCE (aka No Time To Die) (1958)
A first rate War picture in scope and color;also with strong support from Newley.

I agree I will be purching Zarak soon. Didn't get it immediately as I just saw it on TCM. I was surprised at just how many battle scenes there were
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post #606 of 706
2/2/12 at 7:04am
The early March titles have been announced:

THE GENE KRUPA STORY (1959) re-issue
INTERLUDE (1968)
JUST FOR FUN (1963)
MR WINKLE GOES TO WAR (1944)
RING-A-DING RHYTHM (1962)
(aka Its Trad Dad)
SPIN A DARK WEB (1956)
(aka Soho Incident)

Lots of Britflicks this time;sadly no Westerns,no Sam Katzman and no Warwick films!

The one I am going for is SPIN A DARK WEB which is everything you want a B Britflick
to be and then some!
Faith Domergue and Martin Benson in real wacky casting play Sicilian siblings
with total control of the Soho rackets.If you love British Bs with seedy gymns,
racetracks and great London location work this is for you.
The film is raised a notch or two because none other than Ken Adam is the Art Director.

Widescreen presentation makes this one a must!

The two Milton Subotsky mini-musicals should be fun too especially with all the music
greats (and not so greats) in the cast list.
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post #607 of 706
2/2/12 at 12:56pm
I also saw a similar list elsewhere, and FAT CITY was on the other list.
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post #608 of 706
2/2/12 at 2:33pm
i also hope for the glory brigade, paratrooper, and all the young men.
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post #609 of 706
2/6/12 at 6:37am
I thought THE GLORY BRIGADE was a Fox film.

PARATROOPER was released in the UK a couple of years back under its original title
THE RED BERET.

The war film I really want is TANK FORCE (a.k.a.NO TIME TO DIE)
a great war film in sciope and color.
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post #610 of 706
2/7/12 at 2:55am
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Originally Posted by benbrigade View Post


The war film I really want is TANK FORCE (a.k.a.NO TIME TO DIE) a great war film in sciope and color.

So do I!
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post #611 of 706
2/16/12 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by benbrigade View Post

The early March titles have been announced:
THE GENE KRUPA STORY (1959) re-issue
INTERLUDE (1968)
JUST FOR FUN (1963)
MR WINKLE GOES TO WAR (1944)
RING-A-DING RHYTHM (1962)
(aka Its Trad Dad)
SPIN A DARK WEB (1956)
(aka Soho Incident)

WBshop.com has also listed these titles for March in their Pre-orders page, along with:

Combat Hospital: Season 1 (TV)(2011)
The Three Stooges (TV)(2000)
Reunion at Fairborough (TV)(1985)
Fat City (1971) re-issue
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post #612 of 706
2/17/12 at 11:04am
For those who might be interested, RING-A-DING RHYTHM is also known as IT'S TRAD, DAD! and is Richard Lester's first movie - according to the Time Out Film Guide it is filmed with "energy and inventiveness" and is a "firework display of cinematic trickery". I am pretty happy to finally have a chance to see this one.
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post #613 of 706
2/17/12 at 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by Wade Sowers View Post

For those who might be interested, RING-A-DING RHYTHM is also known as IT'S TRAD, DAD! and is Richard Lester's first movie - according to the Time Out Film Guide it is filmed with "energy and inventiveness" and is a "firework display of cinematic trickery". I am pretty happy to finally have a chance to see this one.

It's a fun little film - it's actually played on TCM a few times!
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post #614 of 706
2/17/12 at 1:54pm
The cover art for these new releases reveal that they're changing the name of their MOD program to "Choice Collection".
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post #615 of 706
2/20/12 at 10:29am
Classicflix annouced a couple of the titles for April

Lone Wolf Meets A Lady (1940)
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) reissue
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post #616 of 706
3/1/12 at 3:01pm
over at DVDEmpire, Sony MOD for April

CHAPTER TWO
FAST FORWARD
GAS FOOD LODING
WILDER NAPALM
IT'S MY TURN
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post #617 of 706
3/1/12 at 6:28pm
Cool. Good news yo finally see CHAPTER TWO. I enjoy these MODs immensely!@
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post #618 of 706
3/1/12 at 11:42pm
Hopefully Only When I Laugh won't be too far off.
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post #619 of 706
3/2/12 at 12:02am
I agree-- love Only When I Laugh. Also, I would love to see Full of Life (1956 - a rare Judy Holliday), Once More, with Feeling (1958 - Yul Brynner & Kay Kendall), The Key (1958 - William Holden & Sophia Loren), Six Weeks (1982 - Dudley Moore & Mary Tyler Moore), Where are the Children (1986 - Jill Clayburgh), and last but definitely not least It Had to Be You (1947 - a fantastic, and underrated, Ginger Rogers' comedy).
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post #620 of 706
3/13/12 at 7:53am
Columbia titles that need to be released: THE AMSTERDAM KILL (Robert Mitchum), YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL (Charles Bronson and Tony Curtis), THE MAD MAGICIAN (Vincent Price), CORRUPTION (Peter Cushing), THE DION BROTHERS (Stacy Keach), MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE, UNDERWATER CITY, BABY BLUE MARINE (Jan Michael Vincent), HARD TIMES Bronson/Coburn (in widescreen, region 1).
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post #621 of 706
3/13/12 at 8:14am
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Columbia titles that need to be released: THE AMSTERDAM KILL (Robert Mitchum), YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL (Charles Bronson and Tony Curtis), THE MAD MAGICIAN (Vincent Price), CORRUPTION (Peter Cushing), THE DION BROTHERS (Stacy Keach), MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE, UNDERWATER CITY, BABY BLUE MARINE (Jan Michael Vincent), HARD TIMES Bronson/Coburn (in widescreen, region 1).

Good choices...all. You Can't Win Them All was put out on vhs by a budget label as Soldiers of Fortune, so i'm not sure if Columbia still owns this.

The Amsterdam Kill, while put out on Columbia vhs, may not belong to them any longer being it was a Golden Harvest production
Edited by Louis Letizia - 3/13/12 at 10:05am
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post #622 of 706
3/13/12 at 8:24am
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Originally Posted by Roger Cee View Post

Columbia titles that need to be released: THE AMSTERDAM KILL (Robert Mitchum), YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL (Charles Bronson and Tony Curtis), THE MAD MAGICIAN (Vincent Price), CORRUPTION (Peter Cushing), THE DION BROTHERS (Stacy Keach), MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE, UNDERWATER CITY, BABY BLUE MARINE (Jan Michael Vincent), HARD TIMES Bronson/Coburn (in widescreen, region 1).

Verneuil's THE BURGLARS.

DION BROTHERS / THE GRAVY TRAIN...yes, please. This is written by Terrence Malick, if they need another incentive to put it out.

BABY BLUE MARINE and HARD TIMES requests, seconded.
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post #623 of 706
3/13/12 at 8:55am
Sony has been reissuing some of its OOP discs as MODs, so maybe HARD TIMES (ws) will get the nod. I have the original disc, with the widescreen and fullscreen versions.
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post #624 of 706
3/13/12 at 9:50am
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Originally Posted by Bob Cashill View Post

Sony has been reissuing some of its OOP discs as MODs, so maybe HARD TIMES (ws) will get the nod. I have the original disc, with the widescreen and fullscreen versions.

WTF?! Bob you have a US DVD of HARD TIMES with a widescreen version? I have the 1999 release with fullscreen only. There was another US release of it??
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post #625 of 706
3/13/12 at 9:52am
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Originally Posted by Jon Hertzberg View Post

Verneuil's THE BURGLARS.
DION BROTHERS / THE GRAVY TRAIN...yes, please. This is written by Terrence Malick, if they need another incentive to put it out.
BABY BLUE MARINE and HARD TIMES requests, seconded.

The BURGLARS is out in France with a much longer version. If Sony put it out here, most likely it would be the cut English version.
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post #626 of 706
3/13/12 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by Louis Letizia View Post

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Columbia titles that need to be released: THE AMSTERDAM KILL (Robert Mitchum), YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL (Charles Bronson and Tony Curtis), THE MAD MAGICIAN (Vincent Price), CORRUPTION (Peter Cushing), THE DION BROTHERS (Stacy Keach), MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE, UNDERWATER CITY, BABY BLUE MARINE (Jan Michael Vincent), HARD TIMES Bronson/Coburn (in widescreen, region 1).
Good choices...all. You Can'y Win Them All was put out ohn vhs by a budget label as Soldiers of Fortune, so i'm not sure if Columbia still owns this.
The Amsterdam Kill, while put out on Columbia vhs, may not belong to them any longer being it was a Golden Harvest production

YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL I have W/S version that aired in the last few years so Columbia still owns it. You could be right about AMSTERDAM KILL, being a Golden Harvest production. I have a widescreen 2.35 version in English from another country with no Columbia logo.
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post #627 of 706
3/13/12 at 10:25am
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Originally Posted by Roger Cee View Post

The BURGLARS is out in France with a much longer version. If Sony put it out here, most likely it would be the cut English version.

I didn't know about the French version. Good to know. Is it English friendly? 16x9? There's a German disc put out by Sony, but it's 4x3 letterbox.
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post #628 of 706
3/13/12 at 10:27am
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Originally Posted by Roger Cee View Post

WTF?! Bob you have a US DVD of HARD TIMES with a widescreen version? I have the 1999 release with fullscreen only. There was another US release of it??

HARD TIMES, like many Sony discs, was originally issued as a widescreen / fullscreen flipper in the late '90s. Later, some geniuses, probably in marketing, decided to reissue these films, including HARD TIMES, as fullscreen-only discs. This was in the early to mid '00s that the discs were reissued; artwork stayed the same.
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post #629 of 706
3/13/12 at 11:01am
Sony/Columbia Not on Region 1 DVD 1967-1989

Many of these may not be in Columbias hands anymore

Enter Laughing
Tiger MakesOut
Lock Up Your Daughters!
Hook, Line and Stinker
The Big Mouth
Three on a Couch
Thank You All Very Much
The Comic
riverrun
Lady in a Car With Glasses and a Gun
The Go Between
Fool's Parade
The Last Rebel
Welcome to the Club
Happy Birthday Wanda June
Stand Up and Be Counted
Rock City
The Hireling
Oklahoma Crude
Crazy Joe
Lovin Molly
The Gravy Train
Birds Do It...
Buster and Billie
Open Season
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Stardust
The Fortune
The Black Bird
The Night Caller
Aaron Loves Angela
The Last Woman
Baby Blue Marine
Drive In
The Farmer
Remember My Name
If Ever I See You Again
Warlords of Atlantis
Somebody Killed Her Husband
That Summer
Fast Break
The Ravagers
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
Lost and Found
Just You and Me Kid
Skatetown USA
Chapter Two
American Success Company
Night of the Juggler
Foolin Around
It's My Turn
Touched By Love
The Competition
Only When I laugh
Dream One
Where is Parsifal?
Return to the River Kwai
My Man Adam
crimewave
Saving Grace
Out of Bounds
Stewardess School
The Last Winter
Let's Get Harry
Where Are the Children?
White Mischief
Happy New Year
The Stranger
Zelly and Me
A Time of Destiny
Me and Him
Listen to Me
Alamo Bay
Little Treasure
la Cage Aux Folles 3: the Wedding
Rad
The Squeeze
Touch and Go
The Boss' Wife
every Time We Say Goodbye
Light of Day
High Tide
Man of Fire
Gaby: A True Story
Sing!

Not too many gems here. I didnt list ISHTAR because it is due this year. ZELLY AND ME is interesting, but all the others are purely MOD fodder.
A great double MOD future feature: ME AND HIM (talking penis) and CHATTERBOX (talking vagina). If Sony/MGM build it -they will come.

The only surprises for not havent been on disc yet are the Neil Simon films , THE FORTUNE , OUT OF BOUNDS and THE COMPETITION
Edited by Louis Letizia - 3/14/12 at 6:27am
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post #630 of 706
3/13/12 at 11:44am
You have Verneuil and Belmondo's THE NIGHT CALLER (aka FEAR OVER THE CITY) on here, but not their earlier pairing THE BURGLARS. Not sure Columbia retains control over the former; there is a French (English-friendly) DVD put out by StudioCanal. THE BURGLARS, on the other hand, was a Columbia production, not just a distribution pick-up.

NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER and FOOLIN' AROUND are not controlled by Columbia.
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Originally Posted by Jon Hertzberg View Post

HARD TIMES, like many Sony discs, was originally issued as a widescreen / fullscreen flipper in the late '90s. Later, some geniuses, probably in marketing, decided to reissue these films, including HARD TIMES, as fullscreen-only discs. This was in the early to mid '00s that the discs were reissued; artwork stayed the same.
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Originally Posted by Louis Letizia View Post

Sony/Columbia Not on Region 1 DVD 1967-1989
Many of these may not be in Columbias hands anymore
Enter Laughing
Tiger Makes Out
For Singles Only
Lock Up Your Daughters!
Hook, Line and Stinker
The Big Mouth
Three on a Couch
Thank You All Very Much
The Comic
riverrun
Lady in a Car With Glasses and a Gun
The Go Between
Fool's Parade
The Last Rebel
Welcome to the Club
Happy Birthday Wanda June
Stand Up and Be Counted
Rock City
The Hireling
Oklahoma Crude
Crazy Joe
Lovin Molly
The Gravy Train
Birds Do It...
Buster and Billie
Open Season
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Stardust
The Fortune
The Black Bird
The Night Caller
Aaron Loves Angela
The Last Woman
Baby Blue Marine
Drive In
The Farmer
Remember My Name
If Ever I See You Again
Warlords of Atlantis
Somebody Killed Her Husband
That Summer
Fast Break
The Ravagers
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
Lost and Found
Just You and Me Kid
Skatetown USA
Chapter Two
American Success Company
Night of the Juggler
Foolin Around
It's My Turn
Touched By Love
The Competition
Only When I laugh
Dream One
Where is Parsifal?
Return to the River Kwai
My Man Adam
crimewave
Saving Grace
Out of Bounds
Stewardess School
The Last Winter
Let's Get Harry
Where Are the Children?
White Mischief
Happy New Year
The Stranger
Zelly and Me
A Time of Destiny
Me and Him
Listen to Me
Not too many gems here. I didnt list ISHTAR because it is due this year. ZELLY AND ME is interesting, but all the others are purely MOD fodder.
A great double MOD future feature: ME AND HIM (talking penis) and CHATTERBOX (talking vagina). If Sony/MGM build it -they will come.
The only surprises for not havent been on disc yet are the Neil Simon films , THE FORTUNE , OUT OF BOUNDS and THE COMPETITION
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