Any "Midnight Cowboy" 16x9 remaster??? (1 Viewer)

[Kain_C]

Any coverart or any more news on this title? I saw this today and absolutely loved it. Great movie.

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

Who knows now with the sale of the studio...

I have to repeat... what horrible timing!

 

[John Hodson]

Obviously, Bill Hunt over at the Bits know something we don't From today's edition:
First of all today, we're pleased to announce that The Digital Bits is returning to San Diego Comic-Con next month with DVD Producers 2005! Our annual panel discussion has been a big hit in past years, and we're working to make this year's event no exception. The panel will be held on Thursday, July 14th from Noon to 1:30 PM PDT, in room 6CDEF of the San Diego Convention Center. Todd and I will moderate the event, as always, and our panelists will include DVD producers Charles de Lauzirika (Alien Quadrilogy, Spider-Man 2, Kingdom of Heaven, Domino), JM Kenny (Midnight Cowboy: 35th Anniversary Edition, Stealth, An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder, Mallrats 10th Anniversary Edition)...

 

[Frank M]

There's only one problem: The 35th Anniversary was last year !

 

[Robert Crawford]

I was going to post that earlier, but decided to let somebody else have some fun.
Crawdaddy

 

[Jay*W]

Perhaps they traded a year with Buena Vista's FATHER OF THE BRIDE: 15th Anniversary Edition?

 

[Dick]

Damn, wish you hadn't said that. Now they'll see they screwed up and we'll have to wait until 2009 for the 40th Anniversary!

 

[Mark_TS]

a new special edition was suppossed to have come out in the UK on June 27, but it seems only HMV have it on their schedule...and its been bumped to December 1st...
http://www2.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/display...;-1&sku=344885

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

December 1st is a thursday: New UK releases are on a monday.

MGM have obviously been working on a SE for this landmark classic, but something or someone has held them back in some way. Perhaps it started out as a 'modest' SE, but has slowly evolved into a more elaborate package. I am confident that we will see it this year.

 

[rich_d]

Terrific if we do.

Heck, now throw in the (one year late) 30th Anniversary edition of Chinatown and I'm one happy camper.

 

[Dave Mack]

So any more info? The HMV link still works but does say Dec. 1st. Nothing on amazon for R1. Or amazon.uk for R2...

 

[John Hodson]

HMV is the only R2 etailer carrying it for pre-release; either it's another of their exclusives, or (more likely), a date was announced, Sony bought MGM and this was one of the pre-releases caught in the crossfire, and HMV simply moved it to Dec. 1 as a holding date.

We'll see in a couple of months...

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Seeing as Criterion have licensed their Laserdisc commentary for The Unbearable Lightness of Being for Warner's 2-disc, I am hoping that Criterion has similarly licensed their Schlesinger commentary for Midnight Cowboy. They licensed the Scorsese commentary for Raging Bull to MGM, so fingers crossed.

 

[John Hodson]

From thedvdforums.com:

from Sony/MGM on 21st February 2006 with Audio Commentary by Director Terry Jones.

 

[Dale MA]

Awesome news, thanks for the link John

 

[Andrew Bunk]

Great timing. I've been eyeballing the current disc because I've never seen the movie. Now if they would just redo the Graduate.

 

[Brandon Conway]

I have a hunch that a new DVD of The Graduate will surface about the same time as the DVD release of Rumor Has It.

 

[TonyD]

brandon i was just in here to say the sAME THing.

lets hope so.

and hopefully rumor has it willbe a good movie.

 

[Kain_C]

Wow, is February 21st going to be EXPENSIVE. 'Midnight Cowboy' along with 'All the President's Men', 'Network', and 'Dog Day Afternoon'. Better start saving now.

By the way, I wish they would update that schedule of upcoming DVDs. It's really lacking.

 

[Mark Bendiksen]

Wow, is February 21st going to be EXPENSIVE.

No kidding. I'll pony up the dough, though. I'm more than willing to support any studios that give care and attention to the great films of that particular era.