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post #1 of 87
4/16/11 at 10:22am
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I first found out about Odeon Entertainment's DVD releases on a DVD news website, and was interested by some of the titles they've released and are releasing. They're a mixture of British and Hollywood movies. The link to their website is below:

 

 

Odeon Entertainment website

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post #2 of 87
4/16/11 at 2:10pm

Do they sell movies that you can play on a regular dvd player or do you need an all region player to play their dvds ?

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post #3 of 87
4/16/11 at 2:25pm
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Do they sell movies that you can play on a regular dvd player or do you need an all region player to play their dvds ?



I have the DeMille's NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE with Gary Cooper from them and it's region 2 so I would assume you would need a region free player. It's a nice and vivid Technicolor transfer though.

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post #4 of 87
4/17/11 at 2:23am

They have a licensing deal with Universal UK which allows access to that company's holdings, hence the Universal and RKO titles. Of late, they've been doing some good stuff. Not up on their own site, but coming in May from them are Hawks' The Big Sky and Tourneur's Experiment Perilous. 

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post #5 of 87
4/17/11 at 5:14am
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Do they sell movies that you can play on a regular dvd player or do you need an all region player to play their dvds ?



I have The Locket and Scarlet Street from Odeon, both are not region coded.

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post #6 of 87
4/17/11 at 8:57am
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Do they sell movies that you can play on a regular dvd player or do you need an all region player to play their dvds ?



I haven't got any of their titles yet so I can't answer your question at the moment, but Assignment Redhead (which I'm interested in seeing) is released in the UK tomorrow.

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post #7 of 87
4/18/11 at 11:57am
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Do they sell movies that you can play on a regular dvd player or do you need an all region player to play their dvds ?

Even though they are listed as "region-free" they are still PAL format discs so you would need a player that cna convert PAL to NTSC.
 

 

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post #8 of 87
5/12/11 at 4:27pm
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I thought it was a different DVD distributor (as the front cover artwork style (not including the image used from the film) is different to that used for other Odeon Entertainment DVD releases), but Odeon are releasing some RKO Pictures films.

 

Upcoming Odeon DVD releases (source of release dates is Play.com):

 

 

The Clairvoyant (1935) - Monday 13th June

Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) - Monday 16th May

Easy Money (1948) - Monday 27th June

Jumping for Joy (1956) - Monday 27th June

Owd Bob (1938) - Monday 16th May

Tawny Pipit (1944) - Monday 16th May

They Met in the Dark (1943) - Monday 6th June

Trottie True (1949) - Monday 6th June

 

 

Upcoming Hollywood Studio Collection (RKO Pictures) releases (source of release dates is Play.com):

 

 

Annie Oakley (1935) - Monday 6th June

Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) - Monday 13th June

Blood On the Moon (1948) - Monday 13th June, 2011

Isle of the Dead (1945) - Monday 6th June

The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) - Monday 23rd May

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) - Monday 23rd May.

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post #9 of 87
5/24/11 at 2:14am

Already posted in the PAL and Other Regions thread -

On the way from Odeon in the UK:
 

July 11
Angel Face
Armored Car Robbery
The Body Snatcher

July 18
Damsel in Distress
Kitty Foyle
The Falcon in San Francisco

July 25
5th Avenue Girl
Apache Rifles
The Saint Strikes Back

 

These titles are all up for pre-order for 5.99 GBP.

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post #10 of 87
5/26/11 at 9:07am
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Has anyone here got Odeon's 'digitally remastered' release of the Robert Redford film Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969)?

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post #11 of 87
5/28/11 at 6:50am
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Originally Posted by Livius View Post

They have a licensing deal with Universal UK which allows access to that company's holdings, hence the Universal and RKO titles. Of late, they've been doing some good stuff. Not up on their own site, but coming in May from them are Hawks' The Big Sky... 

 

I'm surprised this news about The Big Sky hasn't received more discussion or is there another seperate thread on this film's release?  There have been a lot of people waiting for this DVD release. The release date has now been put back to 8th August.  Would be good to see a review to determine how this differs transfer-wise from the previously released Spanish and French versions?  Sadly this UK release is the cut version as the film's duration is 122 mins approx. Has there been any more recent news of The Big Sky getting its long-awaited release on DVD in the USA?

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post #12 of 87
5/28/11 at 10:17am
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Has anyone here got Odeon's 'digitally remastered' release of the Robert Redford film Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969)?


The Universal MOD of this title is one of their better transfers.  That is after you get past the titles in Windowbox.  The film color is as it was during the time of the release and the transfer is anamorphic. 
 

 

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post #13 of 87
6/22/11 at 2:36pm
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Upcoming Odeon Entertainment releases (source of release dates: Play.com):

 

 

June:

 

Easy Money (1948) - next Monday, 27th June

Jumping for Joy (1956), next Monday 27th June

 

 

August:

 

 

My Brother's Keeper (1948) - Monday 8th August

The Seekers (1954) - Monday 15th August

 

 

Upcoming The Hollywood Studio Collection (Odeon Entertainment) releases (source of release dates: Play.com):

 

 

June:

 

 

The Bachelor & The Bobby-Soxer (1947) - next Monday, 27th June

 

 

July:

 

 

Angel Face (1952) - Monday 11th July

Armoured Car Robbery (1950) - Monday 11th July

The Body Snatcher (1945) - Monday 11th July

Damsel in Distress (1937) - Monday 18th July

The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) - Monday 18th July

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) - Monday 25th July

The Narrow Margin (1952) - Monday 25th July

The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - Monday 25th July

 

 

August:

 

 

Best of the Badmen (1951) - Monday 15th August

The Big Sky (1952) - Monday 8th August

Cornered (1945) - Monday 22nd August

Experiment Perilous (1944) - Monday 22nd August

My Forbidden Past (1951) - Monday 8th August

Quality Street (1937) - Monday 15th August

The Set-Up (1949) - Monday 8th August

Summer Storm (1944) - Monday 22nd August

Vivacious Lady (1938) - Monday 15th August.


Edited by WaveCrest - 7/7/11 at 8:52am
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post #14 of 87
7/12/11 at 4:01pm
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Upcoming The Hollywood Studio Collection DVD release (source of release date is Play.com):

 

 

September:

 

 

The Falcon Out West (1944) - Monday 5th September.

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post #15 of 87
7/12/11 at 5:36pm



 

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Upcoming The Hollywood Studio Collection DVD release (source of release date is Play.com):

 

 

September:

 

 

The Falcon Out West (1944) - Monday 5th September.

Good list of titles and going to go for a couple, but I'm going to hold out on a Falcon Collection from Warner Archives.  The George Sanders Saint Collection was outstanding.

 

 

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post #16 of 87
7/13/11 at 4:30am
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I'm interested in the following titles from the list in post #13:

 

Armoured Car Robbery, The Body Snatcher, Cornered and The Narrow Margin.

 

Shall be interesting to see how the Odeon release of Experiment Perilous compares to the Warner Archive disc.

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post #17 of 87
7/30/11 at 8:04am
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Upcoming Odeon Entertainment releases (source of release dates: Play.com):

 

 

September:

 

 

The Beast in the Cellar (1970) - Monday 26th September

The Body Stealers (1969) - Monday 19th September

Golden Salamander (1950) - Monday 12th September

London Town (1946) - Monday 19th September

What's Good for the Goose (1969) - Monday 26th September

 

 

Upcoming The Hollywood Studio Collection DVD releases (source of release dates: Play.com):

 

 

September:

 

Apache Rifles (1964) - Monday 12th September

Christopher Strong (1933) - Monday 12th September

It Happened Tomorrow (1944) - Monday 19th September

A Scandal in Paris (1946) - Monday 26th September

Step By Step (1946) - Monday 26th September.


Edited by WaveCrest - 8/3/11 at 3:01pm
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post #18 of 87
7/31/11 at 7:08am
Oh I hope The Big Sky looks OK, it's been a favorite film for many years now.
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post #19 of 87
8/17/11 at 2:18pm
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The BBFC have added a couple of new listings for Odeon Entertainment titles, for Promises! Promises! (1963) (starring Jayne Mansfield) and Outlaw Women (1952). The former title was added yesterday and the latter title was added today. Both have UK release dates of Monday 10th October.

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post #20 of 87
8/23/11 at 2:51pm
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The UK release date for Promises! Promises! has been pushed forward a week to Monday 3rd October (see below).

 

Couple more new listings added to the BBFC website today for Odeon Entertainment titles, Four Fast Guns (1960) and Portland Expose (1957). They have UK release dates of Monday 17th October and Monday 10th October respectively.

 

 

Upcoming The Hollywood Studio Collection DVD releases (source of release dates: Play.com):

 

 

October:

 

 

New York Confidential (1955) - Monday 3rd October

Portland Expose (1957) - Monday 3rd October

Promises! Promises! (1963) - Monday 3rd October.


Edited by WaveCrest - 8/23/11 at 4:16pm
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post #21 of 87
9/2/11 at 3:10pm
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A new listing was added to the BBFC's website today for a western called Stranger on Horseback (1955), with a UK release date of Monday 17th October.

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post #22 of 87
9/2/11 at 5:22pm
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A new listing was added to the BBFC's website today for a western called Stranger on Horseback (1955), with a UK release date of Monday 17th October.


Stranger On Horseback has long been readily available in the U.S. via VCI Entertainment.

http://www.thecinemascopecat.blogspot.com
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post #23 of 87
9/2/11 at 5:27pm
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Stranger On Horseback has long been readily available in the U.S. via VCI Entertainment.


But new to Region 2 (UK) DVD.

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post #24 of 87
9/3/11 at 9:56am
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Four Fast Guns and Stranger on Horseback are coming out a week earlier on Monday 10th October, as part of a boxset of three westerns, the other film in the set being Outlaw Women. The set's name is called Darn Good Westerns Set #1 (release date of Monday 10th October).

 

Another forthcoming Odeon Entertainment title (but not yet passed by the BBFC for DVD yet) is The Emperor Jones (1933). Release date of Monday 17th October.

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post #25 of 87
9/5/11 at 9:47pm
I think considering a lot of VCI titles being released by Odeon, the transfers are going to be identical and Stranger on Horseback will use a BFI print.

Odeon's own website has a listing for Darn Good Westerns Set # 2 (Hellgate, Panhandle, Shotgun) for October 17
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post #26 of 87
9/5/11 at 10:20pm
An Odeon rep has said in a Facebook post that they are currently looking at releasing 40 more RKO and Fox titles next year.
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post #27 of 87
9/6/11 at 2:08pm
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Shotgun (1955) was passed by the BBFC last Wednesday (31st August). That had a UK release date of Monday 24th October. Hellgate (1952) and Panhandle (1948) haven't been passed again by the BBFC yet. Darn Good Westerns #2 is available to pre-order on Amazon UK. There is now front cover artwork for the first Darn Good Westerns set on Amazon UK:

 

 

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That's welcoming and promising about further RKO and Fox titles next year.


Edited by WaveCrest - 9/7/11 at 3:14pm
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post #28 of 87
9/6/11 at 7:59pm
Both Darn Good Westerns sets are available for pre-order on Amazon UK

Like I said above, Odeon's own web site has artwork for all these releases, including The Emperor Jones and Darn Good Westerns #2
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post #29 of 87
9/7/11 at 3:20pm
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You'll find that Renown is listed as the studio for Darn Good Westerns #2 on the Amazon UK listing page, when it's available to pre-order on Odeon's website.

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post #30 of 87
9/15/11 at 2:33pm
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Two new titles being released by Odeon Entertainment in November (source: Amazon UK):

 

 

The Comeback (Digitally Remastered) (1978) - Monday 7th November (previously released on DVD in the UK by Anchor Bay Entertainment)

Caught in the Act (1997) - Monday 7th November.

 

Also, the BBFC passed Odeon's DVD releases of The Emperor Jones, Hellgate and Panhandle on Tuesday, giving each title a 'PG' certificate. The release date for The Emperor Jones on it's new BBFC listing page is Monday 17th October (which is the same on it's Amazon UK listing page). The releases for Hellgate and Panhandle (Monday 24th October and Monday 17th October respectively) contradict the Monday 31st October release date on Amazon UK's listing page for Darn Good Westerns #2.

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