Unreleased Columbia TriStar titles? (1 Viewer)

[Bill Hunt]

Hey Everyone,

Columbia TriStar recently took note of our comments on the Bits, with regard to the fact that they're milking the cow one too many times with some of their titles, particularly Men in Black.

They asked to hear our suggestions as to unreleased titles we'd like to see them produce. So I thought I'd get your two cents on the subject. Here's your chance to let 'em know if there are catalog titles they've neglected. Please post your suggestions here, or e-mail them to me at The Digital Bits, and I'll make sure they get passed on to the right CTHE staffers. Part of the trick is that many of the old Columbia titles have changed hands over the years and so are no longer part of the Columbia TriStar catalog.

Personally, my list starts with Wind, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Crime and Punishment, a cheesy sci-fi flick called Arena and maybe a Bram Stoker's Dracula: Special Edition. Any other thoughts?

 

[Matt Birchall]

Crossroads (1986, with Ralph Macchio and Joe Seneca).

Been wanting that one for a long time.

-mwb-

 

[Scott D S]

I'd hate to veer off topic but did they mention anything about the widescreen petition?

 

[Scott_J]

Please tell them we want more TV product on DVD (in season sets only). I have both the Larry Sanders and All in the Family first season sets (and am anxiously awaiting the releases of subsequent seasons) as well as season sets of shows from a number of different studios/distributors. They have an automatic pre-order from me if any of the following are released in season sets: Married with Children, the Critic, NewsRadio, and Get a Life (I have both of Rhino's releases of this series).

 

[Keith E]

Here are a couple of suggestions I have.

The Karate Kid (WIDESCREEN)

Wind

 

[Scott D S]

Bring on The Critic (preferrably packed a la The Simpsons sets), Newsradio, and the Ghostbusters II: SE!

And by Ghostbusters II, I don't mean Ghostbusters 2.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Since the topic calls for unreleased titles...

My first thoughts come to the classic Columbia cartoons (UPA, Gerald McBoingBoing, others) that actually have been completely restored already.

Columbia: Box sets of classic cartoons!

(Also, a box set of Beakman's World would be great!)

 

[Joel C]

Widescreen versions of all P&S releases, especially:

Matilda

My Girl

The Karate Kid

 

[Bob Graham]

I second the vote for the Classic Cartoons Box, but want to be sure it includes "The Fox and The Crow" series.

I would also like to see and would buy:

Revenge of Frankenstein

Pirates of Blood River, Devil Ship Pirates and other Hammer pirate films

These Are the Damned

The Gorgon

M (1951)

Joe Macbeth

Mickey One

Major Dundee (with as much of the deleted scenes as possible)

The Line-Up (and other Don Siegel crime films)

The Tall T (and other Boetecher westerns)

The Long Ships

My Sister Eileen (both versions: original, musical and maybe an episode of the TV series thrown in)

The Silencers (a guilty pleasure)

 

[Thomas T]

I'd like Columbia to dip into their older "classic" library:

Bitter Tea Of General Yen (Capra & Stanwyck)

Salome (Rita Hayworth)

Jubal (wide screen, of course)

Member Of The Wedding (film of Carson McCuller's play)

Count Three And Pray (Van Heflin/Joanne Woodward western)

Autumn Leaves (Joan Crawford)

Operation Mad Ball (Blake Edwards' comedy w/ Jack Lemmon)

The Goddess (Paddy Chayefsky)

The Key (William Holden & Sophia Loren)

Safari (African adventure w/ Victor Mature & Janet Leigh)

... and the great Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott westerns: Decision At Sundown, The Tall T, Ride Lonesome, Comanche Station.

 

[Jason Hughes]

Ok, smack me over the head, but how about Dawson's Creek?

I would also snap up a Dracula SE in a heartbeat.

 

[Brandon Gantt]

The Revenge Of Frankenstein

The Terror of the Tongs



The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

Devil Ship Pirates

Fanatic (aka Die! Die! My Darling)

The Old Dark House Color Version

Taste of Fear (aka Scream of Fear)

The Damned

The Creatures the World Forgot

Maniac

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Cash O Demand

The Full Treatment (aka Stop Me Before I Kill)

The Pirates of Blood River

The Strangers of Bombay

The Gorgon



All in anamorphic widescreen where applicable.

 

[Cynthia]

NEWSRADIO - but get rid of that crappy packaging that was used for All in the Family and Larry Sanders
I'd also like to see these (I think they're CTS):
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Flirt (1995)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Just One of the Guys (1985)
Legend of Billie Jean, The (1985)
Party Girl (1995)
She's Out of Control (1989)
My Girl (in WIDESCREEN)

 

[Michael Allred]

"Switching Channels" starring Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner and Christopher Reeve!

 

[John Gilmore]

How about:
Bunny Lake is Missing
and
Harriet Craig with Joan Crawford
Also, another vote for Autumn Leaves with Joan Crawford and both versions of My Sister Eileen (and I'll sneak a vote in for an OAR re-issue of Anatomy of a Murder.)
John

 

[Justin Doring]

How about making everything OAR?

 

[Sam Graves]

How about:
Pink Floyd: Pulse
Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder
and, if you have the rights,
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

 

[Robert Crawford]

Bill,
The following are Columbia film classics some were AA nominated and winners as well as various Westerns, Film Noir, and Bogart Films:

• The Awful Truth
• You Can't Take It With You
• Holiday
• Golden Boy
• Arizona
• Twentieth Century
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• The Talk of the Town
• The More the Merrier
• Death of a Salesman
• The Harder They Fall
• The Last Angry Man
• Porky and Bess
• Walk on the Wild Side
• The Cardinal
• Ship of Fools
• Born Free
• In Cold Blood
• The Anderson Tapes
• I Never Sang For My Father
• Nicholas and Alexandra
• Fat City
• The Swimmer
• Shampoo
• Gloria
• Only When I Laugh
• Brother John
• I Walked the Line
• The Chase
• Lord Jim
• The Bedford Incident
• The Victors
• The War Lover
• Major Dundee
• The Tall T
• Two Rode Together
• They Came to Cordura
• The Violent Men
• Jubal
• Texas
• Human Desire
• The Juggler
• Hangman's Knot
• The 5000 Fingers of Dr T
• 711 Ocean Drive
• In a Lonely Place
• Beat the Devil
• We Were Strangers
• Knock On Any Door
• The Man from Colorado
• Lust for Gold
• Dead Reckoning

Crawdaddy

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

Henry Fool

Amateur

Flirt

Men With Guns

City Of Hope (in OAR please!)

In Cold Blood (they just restored this in late 2000; don't know why it hasn't been released yet)

Lord Jim

The Brotherhood of Satan (good '70's Strother Martin Satan-worshipping flick)

Curse Of The Demon

 

[Greg Mariotti]

Dracula SE
Adventures of Baron Munchausen SE
Matilda SE
Fisher King SE
Boyz N The Hood SE
SEINFELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Greg Mariotti
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