MrsMac
Agent
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2011
- Messages
- 45
- Real Name
- Kim Andrew
Any news on whether this will be released on blu-ray? And if so, please let it have either CC or English subtitles!
Ethan, that 2-disc DVD is quite a nice package, with both the CinemaScope and "flat" version, "making of" feature, etc. Basically, it is like the Meet Me in St. Louis and Singin' in the Rain DVD SEs.Ethan Riley said:I frankly passed on the SBFSB dvd--still have my vhs from way back when. And I will wait and hope they put as much effort into the blu-ray as they did Meet Me in St. Louis. I will repeat that comment for the entirety of the MGM musicals canon. We've already seen that they can do their best work on these films--let's hope that's a trend that will continue as time goes on. And totally in the wrong forum, but I wouldn't say no if they put out the short-lived "Seven Brides" tv show on dvd while they were at it...
Rob_Ray said:The trouble with this title is that the success of this movie caught everybody by surprise back in 1954 and the original negative was overprinted.
VHS?? Isn't that the Four Brides For Four Brothers version? Sorry, couldn't resist - that was always my favorite Pan And Scan joke. DavidEthan Riley said:I frankly passed on the SBFSB dvd--still have my vhs from way back when.
Originally Posted by MrsMac
Question: when you speak of a "2-disc SE" is this for Seven Brides ...? If so, is there a link from here to purchase so that HTF gets credit?
As to musicals, we own a big bunch on DVD. No let me back up, we owned just about every musical (even a few stinkers) on laser disc. Then our player died and we bought a DVD player and started replacing our movies (sold our lasers to a friend who had a working player). So now we own all these DVD's and this is one of the few categories in which we'd spend the big bucks again (studios -- are you listening???) to upgrade to blu-ray. We love musicals. Seriously love them.
Our next purchase will likely include:Maybe more, not sure. Depends on price and budget.
- Music Man
- Sound of Music (even though we have this gorgeous anniversary edition on reg. DVD)
- South Pacific
- My Fair Lady
Originally Posted by Rob_Ray
I think it's time for a rediscovery of "The Band Wagon" which, to me, is the equal of "Singin' in the Rain." I always think of "Singin' in the Rain" as the ultimate MGM Gene Kelly musical with the best salute to Hollywood on film and "The Band Wagon" as the ultimate MGM Fred Astaire musical with the best salute to Broadway. They are perfect companion pieces and equally brilliant apexes of the MGM musical. As such, both are deserving of the most lavish BluRay releases similar to what was accorded "Ben-Hur."
I don't know that "dated" is the right word, but the bit with Cyd Charisse and that long veil certainly stops the show in its tracks for a bit of choreographic pretentiousness. It did then, it still does. I believe Stanley Donen always thought so as well. Still, I wouldn't cut a frame of it. It is what it is and even that sequence, poorly paced as it may be, is Hollywood artistry at its finest.Rick Thompson said:Two questions about Singin' in the Rain: 1. Any indication when this will come out? 2. Does anyone else agree that the one part of Singin' that's really dated is Gene Kelly's "artistic sequence" -- that seemingly endless "Broadway Melody"? The rest is fresh as bread right out of the oven.
We tend to fast-forward through the artsy-fartsy bits in musicals if they stop the story. I'm sure they had a reason for adding them in all these films, but they bore the heck out of us.Rick Thompson said:Two questions about Singin' in the Rain: 2. Does anyone else agree that the one part of Singin' that's really dated is Gene Kelly's "artistic sequence" -- that seemingly endless "Broadway Melody"? The rest is fresh as bread right out of the oven.
Originally Posted by MrsMac /t/318751/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers#post_3901306
Originally Posted by Rick Thompson /t/318751/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers#post_3901221
And I guess that would extend to Brigadoon, too? Rats! They're two of my favorites.classicmovieguy said:We're talking Ansco Color, which has a dreadful track-record. I'm sure this is why the film has yet to reach Blu.