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After the other few titles you brought up got announced, I was wondering when this one would be coming, and the answer appears to be very soon. Anyway, more Hitchcock is always a good thing in my book (I believe this is the last of the Warner-owned Hitchcocks to make it to Blu-ray) and this one...

Unfortunately, the KL Insider confirmed that whoever ended up with the Weinstein Company owns both El Cid and Fall in perpetuity, so there’s no telling when we’ll ever see proper restorations of those films.

Also The Roaring Twenties.

Some more information on the “Preview Cut” included from the Sam Peckinpah Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02n885pG4r96YfoWh8iC2YUJ2Um67fGAceFMnNWadX1cSEWhSTJ587k1vM7QGsKk6Zl&id=100050256049655

A user on the other forum got in touch with Criterion and made known these details concerning the cuts included on this edition (and one not included): https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=373000

It’s a little bit of a pity the same can’t be said for the sound version except for a few brief fragments (for the record, I’m referring to The Cat Creeps, not the Bob Hope version). Now I have no idea if would have been anywhere near as good as the silent version (probably not), but it would...

While I agree that The Ten Commandments was the best of the nominees for 1956, I feel this film gets rather unfairly neglected among the other nominees (I’ve honestly yet to really warm up to Giant). I first saw the film when I was visiting a friend’s relative when we were taking a trip to the...

Strangely enough, I was actually listening to Waxman’s score for this film only yesterday, which is definitely one of the best aspects of the film. This and Friendly Persuasion are probably the biggest draws for me in this batch.

Visually, it’s somewhat hard to tell, even in the restored print, but it’s definitely Tamblyn’s voice as Tom Thumb.

An Extras podcast will be coming up soon to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Archive. They’re encouraging listeners to send voicemail messages talking about a specific purchase, what the Archive means to the sender, or a simple appreciation for Mr. Feltenstein (but NO REQUESTS). The...

Indeed. One other title outside of the Bronston epics I have to wonder about as to whether or not it’s also in this perpetuity aspect is The Thief and the Cobbler, which was released through Miramax in the US in a horribly butchered cut.

Fox would also do this with a select number of titles during the 50s such as The Robe, The Egyptian, Peyton Place, and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, to name a few. And some of their roadshow titles of the 60s like Cleopatra and Doctor Dolittle had their overtures conclude over the Fox logo.

It’s worth noting that a few weeks ago, Dave Strohmaier mentioned in another thread that the separation masters for the 30fps version of 80 Days was somewhat recently discovered when talking about a potential restoration.

I think Darkrock is referring more to its conspicuous absence from the TCM roster for next month than for any release (the MGM tributes seem to fall only on Mondays on examining the schedule posted above). As you mentioned, Oz already has a 4K disc so I doubt we’ll be seeing another release of...

Any info on whether they’ll be showing any new restorations like with the Warner centennial last year?