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  1. RichMurphy

    Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays

    Off-topic I know (at least in the case of EL CID), but does the Insider or anyone else know why Anchor Bay/Pinewood were able to put out great Blu-Rays of Bronston's CIRCUS WORLD and 55 DAYS AT PEKING in 2014, and stopped there. I would have thought that EL CID and THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE...
  2. RichMurphy

    "Maestro" on Blu-ray and 4K UHD?

    Based on past experience (Roma, The Irishman, Marriage Story, etc.) it might be released via Criterion
  3. RichMurphy

    Will MGM and Warner Bros. collaborate on MGM's 100th anniversary?

    I'm trying to remember if THE WIZARD OF OZ has ever been broadcast on TCM. I'm thinking that it might not have been, given how widely licensed the film has been to other stations and streamers.
  4. RichMurphy

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

    As I recall, a couple of years ago there was mention of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging acquiring a 65mm film scanner. With the exception of the Christopher Nolan films and the second Wonder Woman film, I am unaware of any recent WB films shot even partially on 65mm film. I presumed the new...
  5. RichMurphy

    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    Vitagraph is not the same as Vitaphone.
  6. RichMurphy

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Columbia Classics Volume 4 -- in 4k UHD

    While we're at it, I suspect there was no 1928 version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", and if there were, the subject of an interracial marriage would have REALLY been controversial. We point these out because we love.
  7. RichMurphy

    Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays

    In VHS quality, regretably.
  8. RichMurphy

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    I think social media is a factor, but you also have to add helicopter parenting and the devaluation of the humanities, especially history, in the American education system. Perhaps future generations will find the violence in many of today's films to be equally problematic, and will attach...
  9. RichMurphy

    Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays

    THE GREAT WALTZ (1972) has been on my wish list for years. I'd even appreciate a legal DVD of the film.
  10. RichMurphy

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady-- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    Speaking of film clips (although this is probably off-topic), I was challenged last year to decorate a four-foot Christmas tree with movie-themed decorations. My garland was a length of film from a faded 70mm print of the infamous "Gone With The Wind" blowup. Thank you, eBay.
  11. RichMurphy

    4K UHD discs of movies shot on film are being created from the 2K digital intermediate?

    Perhaps Wes is disheartened because so many of the newer Warner Archive classics are advertised as being from a scan of the original camera negative. Of course, these films were made long before modern editing techniques, where the concept of a digital internegative didn't even exist as a step...
  12. RichMurphy

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady-- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    Sadly, marketing for movies in theatres has changed drastically over the years. Display ads in the Sunday paper are non-existent, and newer theaters don't even bother to submit their listings to the Movie Directory in the Washington Post. (I once wrote Alamo asking why they only listed their...
  13. RichMurphy

    A Few Words About A few words about…™ Star Wars: A New Hope — in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    Not much of a spoiler if you speak Dutch. :)
  14. RichMurphy

    Pre-Order Hardware Wars (1978) (MVD) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Bill Hunt @BillHuntBits Editor's Note: The street date is a typo. It should be 4/23/24. https://x.com/BillHuntBits/status/1752080345154166926?s=20
  15. RichMurphy

    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    Fun trivia: Scenes for NO WAY OUT were filmed in the Old Post Office building in Washington, DC. It contained the government offices where I worked at the time. In the film, Costner (as I recall) takes the DC subway from the Old Post Office to Georgetown. Neither locations actually have...
  16. RichMurphy

    Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays

    The confirmation from Kino: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/kino-lorber-insider-announcement-thread-read-guidelines-post-3.355034/#post-4548319
  17. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about…™ The Johnstown Flood - in Blu-ray

    Good point. I would happily make a donation even without the "perk" of a disc copy. However, my experience with such fundraisers is that a copy of the final product is included above a certain contribution level, so I incorrectly assumed that was an unofficial "standard" for such things.
  18. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about…™ The Johnstown Flood - in Blu-ray

    If you ever did decide to use a crowd funder, and a copy of a resulting disc was offered as an incentive to contribute, I would just see it as a way to buy an advance copy of your work as well as helping to support its existence. (P.S. I hope TCM paid a generous rights fee for last night's...
  19. RichMurphy

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    THE LAST DINOSAUR is a fun pic. The scene where Falcon Crest's "Valene" reacts to being pulled from the swamp covered with leeches ("Yeccch!") never fails to crack me up. In fairness, I also saw Joan Van Ark in Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" at DC's Shakespeare Theatre, so I know she can be...
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  21. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Great Ziegfeld -- in Blu-ray

    Think how much more entertaining the second part of the film would have been if Myrna Loy went into full "flibbertigibbet" mode as Billie Burke. (or even better, if they had hired Billie Burke herself for the role).
  22. RichMurphy

    HTF AWARDS 2023: Nominations for Best Studio 2023 (Nominate 2)

    Warner Archive Kino Lorber Studio Classics
  23. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Great Ziegfeld -- in Blu-ray

    Yes, there is one discreet cut in the "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" number. But that doesn't diminish the technical achievement of the world's largest wedding cake. (I still prefer the rooftop garden dance numbers that open Act Two.) This film, LAND OF THE PHAROAHS, and some film about a...
  24. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review The Great Ziegfeld Blu-ray Review

    Like "Around the World in 80 Days" which is being discussed on another thread, I don't look to movies like this for characterization or plot. I enjoy this film for its spectacle. The "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" is an over-the-top sequence which reminds me of the Radio City Music Hall...
  25. RichMurphy

    A few words about...™ - Avatar & Avatar The Way of Water -- in 4k UHD

    I agree that 80 Days isn't a good film, at least in the normal definition of a movie, but I find it to be good entertainment. It's a cross between the technical achievement you mention (indeed, the widening of the screen at the rocket lift-off is as impressive as the roller coaster scene in...
  26. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    Aw Toe Core Wrecked will be the death of us, I swear. (and it's Bert Glennon, not Glenn) :biggrin:
  27. RichMurphy

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    I received my copy of The Great Ziegfeld on the 15th, from Amazon.
  28. RichMurphy

    Blu-ray Review The Warriors Blu-Ray Review

    It was fun seeing David Patrick Kelly in the 2022 New York revival of "Into The Woods". He didn't say his trademark line, alas.
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