How Many Of Your Top Wish List Titles Made It To BD in 2014? (1 Viewer)

I can't speak for anyone but myself, but 2014 is probably going to go down as the highpoint of Bd catalog releases. It seems like no matter how much good stuff is released from here on out, it's all gonna be down hill.

These are some of what has been lingering on my most wanted lists since 2006 and not only did they finally make it out, a good 5 of them were absolute showstoppers!

• Oklahoma! (Todd AO version)
• Day The Earth Caught Fire (Region B)
• Inferno 3D (Now available in a Region Free edition!)
• All That Jazz (Criterion!)
• Umbrellas Of Cherbourg-along with the best of the Jacques Demy filmography
• All That Heaven Allows
• The Killers (Original + the Siegal Remake in Region B)
• Curse Of The Werewolf and most of the other Universal Internation Hammers (region B)
• Out Of The Past (one of if not the greatest Noir ever made!)
• The Herzog catalog
• Prime Cut (Region Free Import!)
• The Batman TV Series
• Last Embrace (personal favorite never before on DVD or Bd in R1)

I could go on for pages with all the spectacular Cirterion releases, or the slew of MGM catalog that finally came out or the first stabs at the Universal 50's sci-fi movies. As far as non region A titles- after finally investing in a region free player I would have to say for anyone that considers themselves a movie buff, you simply can't afford to not own one- especially when you can find relatively cheap solutions of all kinds.

So how bout you guys- anyone else feel as strongly about this past year as well? What were your favorites that finally made it out?

The Birdman of Alcatraz
Elmer Gantry
The Ninth Configuration
Inferno! (3D)
LaBamba
The Buddy Holly Story
Conrak
Death Wish
On the Beach
Scanners
The Swimmer
Violent Saturday
The Wind and the Lion
The Big Red One

Since my "wish list" pretty much only consists of titles to be upgraded, a quick '14-recap peek at my To Be Discarded DVD shelf includes ("Once-thought-impossible" titles bolded)

- Avengers '67
- The Great Train Robbery
- A Hard Day's Night
- Hercules (Disney)
- The Jesus Film
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Krull
- Rear Window
- The Reluctant Dragon

And looking ahead to '15
- The Band Wagon
- The Bounty- Escape to Witch Mountain
- Henry V
- Kiss Me Kate 3D
- Love and Death
- Moby Dick
- The Thin Blue Line

Avengers '67
Betty Boop, Vols. 3 & 4
The Black Stallion
Cry Danger
Frankenstein Created Woman
Inferno (3D)
Judex
Man in the Dark (3D)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Riot in Cell Block 11
Thief
Violent Saturday

Thanks for starting this thread as it's not all doom and gloom regarding classic films on BD.

I'll be back later to list several of my favorite films that made it onto BD this year and are up for preorder in early 2015.

The Great RaceYankee Doodle DandyOut of the PastForeign CorrespondentIt Happened One NightThe Sands Of Iwo JimaMr Smith Goes to WashingtonThe Great Train RobberyTopkapiThe Picture of Dorian GrayBreakheart PassHeaven Knows Mr AllisonRun Silent, Run DeepThe Americanization of EmilyThe Blue Max
The Train
The Unforgiven
McClintock!Hangmen Also DieHatariIn the Heat of the NightJuggernautHigh Plains DrifterMan HuntThe Man from LaramieOnly Angels Have WingsOperation PetticoatPoint BlankRed RiverTouch of EvilDouble IndemnityWitness for the Prosecution

Lots of great titles here, many of which I bought.

The Rodgers and Hammerstein collection was my "showstopper". Unhappily, I fond the newly released titles very wantiing, as I have posted. Oklahoma! even has its problems.

All That Jazz
The Americanization of Emily
Batman (1966-68 TV Series)
The Big Chill
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Foreign Correspondent
The Great Race
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Hit the Deck
It Happened One Night
Kismet
Longmire (S1 & S2-TV)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Oklahoma
Out of the Past
Pete Kelly's Blues
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Possessed (1947)
Point Blank
Red River
Sabrina
Shane
Tootsie
The Wind and the Lion
The Women
Yankee Doodle Dandy

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Circus World
Double Indemnity
Two Rode Together
Out of the Past
The Unforgiven
South of St. Louis
Taras Bulba
Elmer Gantry
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Innocents
Yankee Doodle Dandy
True Confessions
Sands of Iwo Jima
Red River
Birdman of Alcatraz
The Train
Only Angels Have Wings
It Happened One Night
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Inherit the Wind
Judgment at Nuremberg
House of Haunted Hill
My Darling Clementine
Inferno
Man Hunt
The North Star
Point Blank
Violent Saturday
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
The Man From Laramie
Tightrope
25th Hour
McLintock!
Flying Tigers
Men in War
Touch of Evil
Used Cars
Gilda
Destry Rides Again
Man Without a Star
Death Wish
LaBamba
Pork Chop Hill

Tootsie Sands Of Iwo JimaMeteorMr Smith Goes To WashingtonDesperately Seeking SusanRun Silent Run DeepOperation PetticoatHit The DeckAudrey RoseThe Buddy Holly StoryThe Beach GirlsGhostbusters 30th Anniversary PackProm Night (1980)

best statement I can make it 2014 was amazing for releases, and I have way , and I mean way to many released to list, but along with all the great films, it was also a great year for Classic TV on BD as well

Batman
Avengers
Twin Peaks
Star Trek: TNG
Little House
Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
Andy Griffith Show
Sherlock Holmes Complete Granada Series
Vol 1 Miss Marple

this year rocked, waiting to see what 2015 has in store!

I forgot Pork Chop Hill that I got on a Region B BD and that is coming out in Region A next month.

This year I picked up the following catalog titles All That JazzThe Big ChillA Christmas Carol ('38)The Day The Earth Caught FireForeign CorrespondentThe Gang's All HereThe Great RaceA Hard Day's NightHoliday InnIt Happened One NightThe Jungle BookThe King And ILooney Tunes: Back In ActionMcLintockMr. Smith Goes To WashingtonMy Darling ClementineOklahomaA Pocketful Of MiraclesRed RiverThe Time MachineYankee Doodle DandyIt was a good year

The thing about my list is that it doesn't encompass every classic title I bought on BD, but it lists many of my favorite classic films. IMO, 2014 was one of the best years for classic film buffs as it pertains to such films being released on Blu-ray.

-Shockwaves-Conrack

David Weicker said:

This year I picked up the following catalog titles

Holiday Inn
The King And I
The Time Machine
Yankee Doodle Dandy

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(D'oh! Can't edit my earlier '14 list, but consider it amended.)

Dick said:

I probably added nearly one hundred films to my collection directly from my most-wanted list (largely but not exclusively due to Kino, Shout!, Twilight Time and Criterion), including most of those mentioned above. But some of the studios are starting to perk up a bit on their own as well, including Warner Bros. and (gasp!) Universal.

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I'm also finding my list consisting mostly of TT/Shout/Kino--who are still working on film restoration just to preserve the "dying" disk format, and selling huge amounts in the process--and Warner, Universal and Disney, who are just now getting "down to" their "unwanted" back-catalog. Makes a nice change to have titles I'm waiting for.

Meanwhile, the "Everything's digital!" myths seem to have all the earmarks of a home-theater Bubble Economy, complete with unresearched supporters and developers throwing everything into one basket and using other promotional press articles to praise it, until somebody realizes nobody really got around to fact-checking why the public is buying it, before it's too late.
Digital-movie marketing is starting to become the mortgage-derivatives and dot-com-startups of the video industry...

Of the 255 movies I bought on BD in 2014, 216 of them I consider catalog titles.

Only one I think made it to region B playable, The Great Race, but no complaints, it's been a great year for catalogue releases.

Catalog's future was looking very dire for a while but, thankfully, that has gone out the window (and then some). My tastes are wide-ranging so this year many of my wishlist titles were realized, including

Duel (Australian release. Fantastic, BTW, in every sense)
The Final Terror (thanks, Shout!)
The Emerald Forest
Breakheart Pass
The Train (awesome film)
On the Beach
Curtains (thought impossible for a time but Synapse pulled through big time!)
Prom Night
The Andromeda Strain (German release)
The 'Burbs (UK)
Shock Waves
Congo
Crocodile Dundee I & II
Ghostbusters II
Cannibal Holocaust
Halloween 6 Producer's Cut within the Halloween Collection ( a holy grail release among horror fans)
Ravenous (flawed release but still noteworthy)
Sorcerer. Thank you, Warner!!
The Mechanic
Lolita (1997)
Running Scared
Thirst (1979) This was a victim of revisionism for featuring a yellow-ish tint but I can overlook it since it's not terribly distracting.
The Blob (1988)
The Legend of Hell House
The Time Machine
Mr. Majestyk

I'm probably forgetting something but overall a banner year.