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  1. Sergio A

    20th Century Fox --- 75th Anniversary

    Well, fairly odd, but they're both directed by Mark Robson so not COMPLETELY insane ...
  2. Sergio A

    *** Official Warner Archive DVD Review Thread

    4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE has already been released by WHV as a 'traditional' retail DVD as a region 2 in France and the review by Gary at DVD Beaver says it was dual-layered disc - but this is no guarantee that the 'on-demand' version in dual-layered as well of course. Feedback on all...
  3. Sergio A

    New dvd out on Meet John Doe

    It was made at Warner's so they would have been the original owners. It would be great if they could get it back and put out a proper release of the original negative. == My understanding is that the film was made independently by Capra and writer Robert Riskin and that Warners's...
  4. Sergio A

    The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3, anamorphic?

    Re-makes can be a very good thing of course - for instance, the classic Bogart version of THE MALTESE FALCON was the third adaptation of the Hammett novel by Warner Bros in ten years. And lets not forget, PELHAM 123 has already been re-made once before as a TV Movie (starring Edward James Olmos...
  5. Sergio A

    May Criterions & Eclipse: Huston, Yates, Imamura and Korda

    No, that really is the way you spell writer-director-actor John Huston's name, although I remember reading reviews of Huston's PHOBIA and VICTORY, which followed this adaptattion of O'Connor's novel, which dearly hoped that these were the works of someone else but with a similar name...
  6. Sergio A

    The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3, anamorphic?

    This would seem to be a golden opportunity to come up with an anamorphic transfer for standard and Blu-ray DVD - although most of the participants are sadly no longer around, a commentary track or interviews at least could also be assembled one would hope from director Joseph Sargent (who is...
  7. Sergio A

    "This Is The Army" - Homefront Edition question/concern

    Previous examples of 3-strip Technicolor at Warner include GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (both 1938), DODGE CITY and THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (both 1939) and CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS (1942), just to list the ones directed by the great Michael Curtiz...
  8. Sergio A

    TCM Forbidden Hollywood Volume 3 Announced

    One can only hope for even more releases of disc sets devoted to specific actors and stars - I just re-watched the delightful AFTER THE THIN MAN (set mainly on New Year's Eve) and would love to see releases of some of the other William Powell films in which he plays a sleuth (PRIVATE DETECTIVE...
  9. Sergio A

    "Touch of Evil" Audio Commentary

    I'm fairly sure that this has been discussed elsewhere here at HTF but the general understanding seems to be that Beatrice Welles objected to comments made in the documentary and in the audio commentary so the decision was made to release the original DVD without these elements - Beatrice Welles...
  10. Sergio A

    Criterion's January release of Magnificent Obsession: all good news

    The Region 2 release of Sirk's MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION is 2:1 and looks exceptionally tight that way and a lot of the compositions really seem compromised - over at the Criterion forum David Hare has posted several screen grabs under the "Douglas Sirk on DVD" thread - and I for one am convinced by...
  11. Sergio A

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Touch of Evil 50th Anniversary Edition - Highly Recommended

    My copy of this new release arrived yesterday and I'm glad to say that, to my eye at least, it improves considerably on Universal's earlier DVD. The presentation of three different release versions (the chronologically first and second 'cuts' presumably through DVD branching) is a great...
  12. Sergio A

    How about an anamorphic SE of Cabaret?

    Fremantle is a pretty large company (FremantleMedia) but it is not connected with Warner Bros as far as I know - I assume that they have simply picked up UK distribution rights. Let's hope that CABARET will also get a new transfer in SD for those of us, which I think is still most of us, who...
  13. Sergio A

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: How the West Was Won: Ultimate Collector's Edition

    Great review, can't wait to get this - might be worth updating the top of the review though as George Marshall co-directed the film, not George Stevens. All the best, Sergio
  14. Sergio A

    Does the Vertigo DVD represent the restoration accurately?

    Those screen grabs really look exquisite - one can only hope that these can and will be replicated on disc soon... In the mean time, please, please more captures!
  15. Sergio A

    Is it possible that a complete Magnificent Ambersons has been found?

    If only it were true though...
  16. Sergio A

    Warner Gangster Vol 4 - Sep 23

    This has just been posted over at DVD Times: DVD Times - WB Gangsters Collection Vol. 4 (R1) in September It looks like a fascinating set of slightly lesser-known titles though it is very smart to have KID GALAHAD also avalable as a separate release - a lot to enjoy here, thanks to WHV...
  17. Sergio A

    Charlie Chan Vol. 4 in February!!

    I've finally been catching up with this release and it is a really excellent package - the only other gripe I would add to Steve...O's comments would be the lack of credits for the featurettes (presumably by John Cork) and on the audio presentation - I'm not crazy about the rather campy narrator...
  18. Sergio A

    FOX CLASSICS WEBSITE UPDATE

    It's hard not to sound grumpy when BIG titles are ignored, especially when, as in the case of TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN and WILD RIVER along with the likes of CRY OF THE CITY for instance, perfectly good editions (in terms of picture quality at least) have been released in other regions (these...
  19. Sergio A

    Criterion's February Titles

    Criterion has actually released several films that fall within the mainstream Hollywood tradition you revere, including REBECCA and NOTORIOUS (and other Hitchcock titles of course) as well as the wonderful British whodunnit GREEN FOR DANGER and the classic romantic screwball comedy MY MAN...
  20. Sergio A

    Film Noir - LIST

    Does anyone know if WHV is planning a fifth Noir set?
  21. Sergio A

    Sony Please release YOUNG WINSTON on region 1 dvd

    If they do, it would be an opportunity to release the superior roadshow version which is twenty minutes longer and has a more elaborate flashback atructure - it concludes with the older Churchill imagining a meeting with his father, a beautiful scene sadly absent from the cut available on the R2...
  22. Sergio A

    "The Naked Prey" from Criterion in January?

    Superb movie - and clearly a big influence of Gibson's APOCALYPTO.
  23. Sergio A

    TCM's Top 200 films not on DVD

    GREEN MANSIONS really seems like a very odd title to have received quite so many votes, no question - I suppose it's a rarely screened film and the book is well-known and a favourite with teenagers (or used to be anyway) but it's a pretty poor movie by any standards - but I dare say a lot more...
  24. Sergio A

    Strange Cargo and Torch Song in Crawford vol. 2

    Very glad to see that FLAMING ROAD is being included - another gap in my Curtiz DVD collection gets filled!
  25. Sergio A

    Tex Avery's Droopy-Complete Theatrical Collection coming 5-15-07

    It is ALWAYS the producer who collects the award when it is an overrall prize for the title and not a specific contribution - that's why the producer collects the award for best film - he may take a few friends with him up to the podium and most major directors get a producer credit nowadays of...
  26. Sergio A

    James Cagney Collection from Warners on April 24!

    I can only second this - it's not that the selected films don't have merit after all and Warner Home Video has the best output for archive titles so one doesn't want to be churlish - as a Curtiz completist it will be nice to have CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS for instance but it's not a very good movie...
  27. Sergio A

    WB Film Noir, Volume 4

    That's really great news, though I hope the price point is lower than the Chan and Moto collections, otherwise it might never get to volume 2 - it'll be great to see THE MAN WHO OWULDN'T DIE, based on Clayton Rawson's classic Great Merlini novel. And I really agree with you about the adaptation...
  28. Sergio A

    WB Film Noir, Volume 4

    Given the success of the CHAN releases (I hope MOTO did well as some of the best of the series are yet to come) it would be fun if Warners would release collections of its Perry Mason and Philo Vance titles, both of which William contributed to of course. So, is anyone started counting how...
  29. Sergio A

    February Criterions announced

    Criterion previously released this comedy thriller on LaserDisc with a decent commentary by the always excellent Bruce Eder - that disc suffered from inferior image and apparently only a few are in circulation - it's a fantastic whodunnit, beautifully shot, set in a wartime hospital with really...
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