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  1. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    I watched it again last night (HD version, streaming on Prime) for St. Patrick's Day. I'll always be thankful to David Lean, Robert Bolt, and all the cast and crew for making such a beautiful film, and to MGM for sparing no expense.
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  3. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    Also 4 Oscar nominations: Best Actress - Sarah Miles Best Supporting Actor - John Mills (winner) Best Cinematography - Freddie Young (winner) Best Sound
  4. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    Not only does Ryan's Daughter feature uniformly fine performances including an Oscar winner (John Mills), plus video/audio system demonstration-level cinematography and sound, but the story says a lot about guilt, punishment, penance and forgiveness in very moving ways. It's a beautiful film in...
  5. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    I wonder if Vincent Canby liked it better when he saw it the second time with a paying audience? 2001 got lots of bad reviews as well, but more than one critic went back to see it again, and then reversed their opinion of it in print.
  6. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    It's true those were all local NYC critics, but Judith Crist was a national figure. She was a regular fixture on the Today Show, and she wrote a weekly column in TV Guide. Woody Allen spoofed her in Stardust Memories. I've always liked Wanda Hale because she came out in defense of my...
  7. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    This was the version I probably saw in 1971, in 35mm general release. It was also the version that was always shown on TV. I didn't see the full version, with the original opening on the Cliffs of Moher, until the VHS tape came out. Strange why that particular scene was cut: it was the basis...
  8. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    The audience reaction was very good. At least I think it was because they were all behind me. I was in the front row so I could be overwhelmed by it. I would go again in a heartbeat, even with the Swedish subtitles.
  9. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    I had to settle for 35mm when I first saw it in 1971, but I sat in the front row to compensate. It's strange how much this movie polarizes people. Slow, boring, too long - I've heard it all. I try to watch it at least once a year, and the 3 1/2 hours literally fly by.
  10. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    I'm always hearing about how much it was hated by the critics. Pauline Kael and Richard Schickel hated it, but it looks like they might have been a very vocal minority.
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  12. Bill Huelbig

    RYAN’S DAUGHTER: Discussions for a BD Release (2015 - 2024)

    When I finally got to see it in 70mm, it was the Swedish print, shown at Lincoln Center in New York City. The title card for the intermission said PAUS.
  13. Bill Huelbig

    Will Around the World in 80 Days ever get a special deluxe edition like The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm?

    I saw that show at the Ziegfeld in NYC in 1970. I like to think it was 70mm, but it probably wasn't. There was no mention of it in the ads.
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  15. Bill Huelbig

    Will Around the World in 80 Days ever get a special deluxe edition like The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm?

    The lengthy shot of the railroad bridge in India in 80 Days looks like Cinerama even when it's flat.
  16. Bill Huelbig

    Will Around the World in 80 Days ever get a special deluxe edition like The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm?

    Another incredible announcement from Dave Strohmaier! Even if it's years away, it was great to read about another amazing find. I may be asking for too much, but is it possible for 80 Days to be presented in Smilebox? Weren't the original Todd-AO engagements shown on curved screens? I would...
  17. Bill Huelbig

    Around the World in 80 Days Blu-ray in 2024?

    I hope they can also use that 65mm scanner on Ryan's Daughter.
  18. Bill Huelbig

    Press Release WHV Press Release: Poltergeist (1982) (4k UHD)

    From the first trailer. Embarrassing for Tobe.
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  20. Bill Huelbig

    What are your top 10 favorite films - or simply your favorites?

    King Kong (1933) The Wizard of Oz Citizen Kane Marty Vertigo West Side Story (1961) Lawrence of Arabia 2001: A Space Odyssey The Godfather Part II Star Wars (1977) But I could easily give 10 or even 20 more.
  21. Bill Huelbig

    Warner Bros Archive Wish List 2022 and Beyond!!

    Still find it hard to believe I own a Blu-ray of The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. Now I'm hoping the same for Ryan's Daughter.
  22. Bill Huelbig

    Oscar Nominations That Should Have Been

    Robert Preston in The Music Man Jodie Foster in Contact
  23. Bill Huelbig

    Once upon a time, there were two ... geniuses

    So did the copy shown on TCM very early Sunday morning. Looked better than the blu-ray, anyway.
  24. Bill Huelbig

    Once upon a time, there were two ... geniuses

    When I first saw Greatest Story as a kid, I thought the Calvary music was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever heard, but I thought Alfred Newman wrote it. I had no idea it was from Verdi's Requiem. I was under that mistaken impression for years.
  25. Bill Huelbig

    Once upon a time, there were two ... geniuses

    The cinematographer responsible for those beautiful images, William C. Mellor, died of a heart attack during production. He won an Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank, Stevens' most recent film. He was replaced by Loyal Griggs, who had won an Oscar for Stevens' film Shane. Greatest Story was...
  26. Bill Huelbig

    Once upon a time, there were two ... geniuses

    George Stevens was attached to the Greatest Story project since 1958. I guess he didn't want to give up on it. Both movies are very good, but Stevens really worked hard to make his film as beautiful as it could possibly be.
  27. Bill Huelbig

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – in Blu-ray

    Bob is back on Broadway right now, with the revival of Funny Girl starring Beanie Feldstein.
  28. Bill Huelbig

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – in Blu-ray

    "First they moved. Then they talked. Now they smell." I'm surprised nobody realized what a bad tagline that is.
  29. Bill Huelbig

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – in Blu-ray

    And The Greatest Story Ever Told, and Khartoum, and Ice Station Zebra, etc. I'd buy all of them!
  30. Bill Huelbig

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – in Blu-ray

    I know it was filmed in Super Panavision 70mm, but I first saw it on a curved Cinerama screen in 1968 and I would love to see it that way again. Especially now that the Smilebox process has been perfected, based on what I saw on Brothers Grimm. Imagine what the Star Gate sequence would look...
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