You had me at DRAGONSLAYER. Would appreciate behind-the-scenes footage and commentary, also. An awful lot of us have been pining for this one, so please make it special!
I will keep asking for...
BRIDGES AT TOKI-RI, THE
BUCCANEER, THE
CATCH-22
CIVIL ACTION, A
COUNTRY GIRL, THE
DESPERATE HOURS, THE (1955)
DISORDERLY ORDERLY, THE
DRAGONSLAYER
FAIRY TALE: A TRUE STORY
FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY
FEAR STRIKES OUT
FIVE PENNIES, THE
GIFT, THE
GOODBYE COLUMBUS
HOLLYWOOD OR...
The extant Blu of TRUE GRIT looks pretty good to me. A 4K would be fine. But HATARI! looks like shit and needs a new transfer based on a new (4K?) negative scan.
If you post these comments on Classic Horror Film Boards, you might get a reply from Tom Weaver himself. He frequently responds there to member posts. I am not sure that he reads threads on this forum.
Not a Universal deal question, but, as you are doing beautifully with foreign-language releases where almost no one else is, a leftover MGM one: any chance you have access to some of the long-unreleased Francois Truffaut classics -- SMALL CHANGE and THE WILD CHILD in particular?
Yeah, restoration and remastering are not interchangeable. But some video companies insist on them that way, much to the chagrin of people who do know the difference.
Keep in mind that the mail is really fucked up right now as a result of you-know-who's and DeJoy's deliberate efforts to compromise mail-in votes. This hasn't improved much since the election. I received a parcel from Japan in 5 days, but waited almost a month for a domestic package to arrive...
I've just tonight watched the 3D transfer of SEPTEMBER STORM. I was a low-level contributor to the kickstarter for this (but still received the ViewMaster/disc + a "Thank You" credit onscreen) and now wish I'd given more. In fact, I do not think the movie is great or that the actors are very...
I feel bad for you people in Canada with regards to the current exchange rate, but it wasn't too long ago that the situation was in your favor. Things change....what can you do?
With a new Fox deal in place, I am hoping we will see such classics as THE HEIRESS, DECISION BEFORE DAWN, THE BLACK SWAN, LIFEBOAT, NIGHTMARE ALLEY, THE SNAKE PIT, UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (might be from Criterion), FIVE FINGERS, THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (HAMMER), GIGOT, etc.