George Feltenstein is a cinematic treasure in his own right. What a gift for cinema fans and fans of physical media. Here’s hoping the transition with WBD brings viability to his plans and desires for the catalogue.
Thanks for this fun and informative interview!
Browsing their catalogue, I can’t say there’s much I personally would need to have on physical media, save for the Woody Allens, but I’m sure contemporary independent arthouse cinema fans will be very grateful.
My speculation on films that may be included as a celebration of the company’s 30th...
Having read all the responses over the 3+ years since I started this thread, I believe this was a layer change issue that affected a number of specific titles that were all released within a fairly narrow window of time. And as a layer change issue, while it was evident on several different...
Yes, I really enjoyed the film. I’ve never seen the stage show, but I found the film delightful and the terrific cast absolutely making the most of their roles. I actually prefer it a bit over the original Waters film. Love the soundtrack cd as well.
That’s the ABC daytime opening. The prime time broadcasts never had the “In Color” on the title card. I believe they did the same with That Girl in the network daytime reruns.
I agree about Nixon. Plus she always sounded too old for Maria to me anyway. If I could lift Rachel Zegler’s vocals and place them on the ‘61 album I’d be in heaven. Wand never sounded drunk or Mexican to me on that track, but to each his own. I’m not sure why they felt the need to dub Moreno...
I grew up on the OBC but in my 20s, thanks to some jazz musician friends, I bought the ‘61 soundtrack and it’s been my go-to recording ever since. I think Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin improved greatly on their own arrangements from the OBC, possibly because Bernstein was no longer directly...
I believe ABC stopped their use with the 1970-71 season. I know That Girl (it’s final season) still had it on a bumper card.
And Bewitched with Elizabeth Montgomery’s live-active bumper.
But the following season 1971-72 the bumper dropped the “in color” part of the announcement.
Sadly, due to health and mobility issues I cannot see it on the big screen like I want. I would have loved to see it in Imax. But I’m forced to wait for the streaming or disc release.
I have been spinning the soundtrack though. Love it, although it hasn’t edged out the ‘61 soundtrack as my...
The ‘61 film had a very slow release. It opened in October 1961 on just one screen: the Rivoli in NYC. That was the only theater anywhere running West Side Story until November when roadshow engagements opened in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, On December 13 it opened at Grauman’s Chinese...
Yeah, an argument could certainly be made that the ‘61 film putting Rita Moreno, Yvonne Orthon and other Puerto Rican and Latinx performers in brown face was “revisionist.” Moreno certainly thought so at the time as well as now.
It does take some major balls (or ignorance) to argue with a...
It wasn’t a plot point discussed in the original Broadway piece or the ‘61 film, but it was depicted in the film. You can see the rubble and demolished buildings in the Prologue when the Sharks lure some Jets up on top of a rubble heap and then pelt them with garbage (see photo), near the...
The original Broadway lyrics are intact on all songs with no contemporary swear words substituted. The only exception is America, which mostly uses the ‘61 film lyrics with a few of the OB lyrics in the verse.
Sadly, I cancelled my pre-order weeks ago when the delays kept multiplying. Now with the a/v quality reviews so much less than stellar, I’m glad I did. I expect the same will be the case if Mill Creek releases Bewitched on blu. A real shame, but the older I get the more I refuse to support...
Since I’ve read that they have expanded Rita Moreno’s role of Valentina beyond what the role of Doc was in the original, I was thinking it would really be something if she were to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this. Again.
The finale was probably the least powerful episode of the series. It was decent enough but I guess I was expecting something with more punch. A bit surprised they didn’t do the typical text at the end updating what’s happened to everyone in the intervening years.
Ironically, the original Myers’ house has been relocated up the street to just at that railroad crossing, which is at the intersection containing the hardware store that was robbed and where Laurie, Annie and Loomis all stop to talk to Sheriff Brackett.