They're certainly not going to put these things out if they will lose money, of course. Many of these films, as you rightly mention, were not financial successes during their initial release and / or, in the case of 8 MILLION, huge, painful losers...IIRC, Mark Damon talks quite candidly about...
Maybe not never, but my buddy spoke with Damon...the man produced the film and he doesn't know who it resides with anymore. The other studios I mentioned also pleaded ignorance. Maybe if Ashby were still alive he'd sue them as Friedkin is suing Uni and Paramount over SORCERER...or maybe not...
8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE has been released in multiple countries. I have an Aussie release, which it turned out was 4x3 letterbox, so I re-bought the film via Second Sight, which is 16x9. There is at least one other release, an Eastern European country, I believe. Aussie has a much better cover...
Yeah, again, I was making no comment about Voight's work. My issue is with his public persona, his recent political convictions...basically, whenever he opens his mouth. I'm a big fan of Voight the actor: DELIVERANCE, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, THE REVOLUTIONARY, LOOKIN' TO GET OUT, DESERT BLOOM, COMING...
I hope that CONRACK makes it to a disc format, but does anyone really give a hoot if it's Angelina's favorite Jon Voight movie? Even if I liked her (come to think of it, I can't stand her father anymore, either), I don't think this would be a really persuasive or exploitable item. If CONRACK...
So many of these are available in non-U.S. discs, some even on Blu-ray, that I really think you should mark those in some way or eliminate them entirely from your list. As you can well appreciate there is a huge difference between something truly not on DVD versus BUGSY MALONE, say, which is...
How about THOSE LIPS THOSE EYES from 1980? That would seem to be right up Louis Letizia's alley.
Frankenheimer's THE CHALLENGE needs to be here, unless I'm not seeing it.
Also, Louis Malle's CRACKERS.
THE SQUEEZE is in the Warner Archive now.