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  1. Brian McP

    Laurel and Hardy Restorations Coming to Blu Ray and DVD

    I hope in a future bluray set that "One Moment Please", the other L&H color film will be included as it also was restored by UCLA in the early 2010's: I find it a very poignant film, a 4 minute home movie (not mean't to be seen by anyone other than the teenager seen in the early scenes, Andy...
  2. Brian McP

    DVD Sets You Would Like to See Redone?

    DVD sets redone? In 2020, it will take a miracle for any set to be redone -- period, I'm sorry to say.... Possibly incomplete series on dvd (for example, Paramount's The Beverly Hillbillies) could be redone (well, rearranged) when all the single seasons have been released and they are all...
  3. Brian McP

    Laurel and Hardy Restorations Coming to Blu Ray and DVD

    Absolutely Frank -- the founding members of the Sons of the Desert were Orson Bean, Al Kilgore, John McCabe, Chuck McCann and John Municino -- sadly Orson was the last man standing. My one hope is that the contents of the Sons of the Desert disc isn't completely locked right now and there is...
  4. Brian McP

    "Cabaret" "Mister Roberts" blu-ray upgrades

    Tino you're lucky you got that -- here in Australia we got only the pan and scan version of Mister Roberts -- never released on dvd in this country in widescreen, ever -- WHV down here released only a fraction of the product the rest of the world got and to this day (Mar 2019) only reissues on...
  5. Brian McP

    TV Shows needing a decent Re-Release?

    Make Room For Daddy, as many complete seasons available and all in one set -- also Gilligan's Island on bluray in a series set, the complete run of Car 54 Where Are You in a complete series dvd set and for the hell of it, a complete set of the early reality/documentary series of the 1960s, Four...
  6. Brian McP

    The Irishman (2019)

    Sorry to say this, but like Steven Spielberg, I consider those streaming service releases what used to be classed as tv movies rather than theatrical films -- I sincerely hope this gets a run in theatres and is available on bluray as well.
  7. Brian McP

    Nick Redman Passed Away

    Just found about this on the HTF just now -- truly sad news -- for me, seeing a Sam Peckinpah movie is not complete without sitting through it again and listening to Nick and friends' commentary track -- am amazed to this day that the different studios who owned the rights to these movies would...
  8. Brian McP

    War and Peace (1966)

    Out of curiosity, the Russico dvd set from the early 2000s, pretty good considering what they had to work with -- was that 16x9 version of the 2;20;1 70mm surviving prints?
  9. Brian McP

    Stan and Ollie (2018)

    Outstanding movie, opening down here in Australia next week -- the reception the movie got in the UK was huge (considering the weather), saw it last November as part of a British film festival and everyone in the theatre clapped at the end -- haven't seen that for a long time. As a huge L&H fan...
  10. Brian McP

    War and Peace (1966)

    The fact that this epic has been restored is cause enough for celebration -- according to the press kit for the restoration, sad to read that no 70mm materials in 2:20:1 ratio have survived and that it is now a 35mm restoration and the aspect ratio is 2:35:1...
  11. War and Peace (1966)

    Title: War and Peace Genre: War, Drama, History, Romance Director: Sergey Bondarchuk Cast: Sergey Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Efremov, Vasili Lanovoy, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Anatoli Ktorov, Irina Skobtseva, Antonina Shuranova, Oleg Tabakov, Vladislav...
  12. Brian McP

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Mame -- in Blu-ray

    Sad to say that the reason Angela Lansbury was passed over for "Mame" was because of the relative box office disappointment of Disney's "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" -- WB could have also recast "Mame" when in pre-production when Lucy broke her leg in a skiing accident and they put the production...
  13. Brian McP

    Laurel and Hardy HD restorations – Blu-rays coming?

    Well said Arthur -- I'm in Australia and have had the excellent Universal-UK set released here a few years ago as well as the 20th Century Fox sets -- and yes, the restored BOTC I hope does get the release it deserves. This may be old news already but here's some news that might brighten your...
  14. Brian McP

    Laurel and Hardy HD restorations – Blu-rays coming?

    Could these new UCLA restorations be part of this collection? I suspect they'll be probably be the 2004 transfers now on bluray (including the jumpcut in the middle of "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in "Way Out West") -- they are great versions of these movies and look best on big displays --...
  15. Brian McP

    The Joey Bishop Show in its entirety and in separate seasons is finally out on DVD…details below

    Don't care what state the episodes are in -- am going to get the set for only the first season -- I am a huge Joe Flynn fan and he was one of the stars of the show and got so many laughs in the first season, Joey fired him after the first 12 shows and ordered that not only his episodes be...
  16. Brian McP

    Ernest Borgnine Memorabilia Auction

    I am probably Ernie's biggest fan and am buying lottery tickets for the next two or so weeks in the vain hope I will be in any state to bid on any of these sacred relics (well, they are to me anyway) -- The "McHale's Navy" cap -- I'd buy it and send it straight to the Smithsonian in Washington...
  17. Brian McP

    William Schallert has passed away

    He was unforgettable as Mr Pomfrit, the long suffering high school (and later college) teacher of Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" -- nobody could deliver a slightly sarcastic zinger better than William Schallert in that show -- can remember being in a family of...
  18. Brian McP

    The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) available for preorder on Amazon

    How I wish this special would get a dvd release similar to "Van Dyke and Company" set which I watch all the time -- magnificent -- how about it MPI? The bluray set? Pristine, I watch it with a Sony 3D headset viewer, which is like watching it on a 200ft screen and it is like a window to the 60s...
  19. Brian McP

    The Alvin Show

    I have a feeling that this show is stalled for the same reasons as "The Loves of Dobie Gillis" was for many years -- and with the recent theatrical movies, one would think that the original 60s series would be a huge seller -- to the kids' parents and grandparents. Personally I'd only go near...
  20. Brian McP

    International THE QUIET AMERICAN - European Blu-ray Review

    Without a doubt one of Michael Caine's greatest performances -- was meant to have its premiere on September 11 2001 and was put on the shelf for a year because of the terrorist aspects in the film (despite the fact it was set 50 years beforehand) I have the dvd of this and quite possibly they...
  21. Brian McP

    The War Between Men and Women (1972) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    "The April Fools" is the main Jalem Production of this period that I'm hanging out for on bluray (and with, hopefully, the priginal movie poster artwork on the front cover, not the drab black and white still used on the dvd) -- have watched the dvd of the movie upscaled to 1080p numerous times...
  22. Brian McP

    FUTURE COP coming from Mill Creek

    Really looking forward to this series set, never dreamed it would ever be released anywhere. Tragedy of this show was it just pre-dated "Star Wars" as it had been cancelled by ABC just before the movie's premiere -- when the producers went slightly more high tech with the special effects on "The...
  23. Brian McP

    International Saturday Night at the Movies dvd -- the history of Australian Cinemas

    For all the movie theatre/film exhibition buffs out there, a 3 part series devoted to the history of Australian cinemas, drive-ins and exhibition, looking at all the main cinemas dating from the silent era to 2015. This is a show filled with Australian tv and movie personalities, notably movie...
  24. Brian McP

    Gilligan's Island - seson set coming

    The tv series, the 4 movies, the 2 cartoon series and the various tv reunions on talkshows, Family Feud and the like -- now that would be quite a package!
  25. Brian McP

    International Ray Harryhausen, Gallipoli, The Dead Zone, Sleuth

    Sad to say, this version of "Sleuth" is widescreen but not anamorphic and the 5.1 sound sounds like one of those Alfred Hitchcock British movies rechanneled in 5.1 sound (you haven't lived until you've seen and heard "Juno and the Paycock" in 5.1) -- really, it's big fat mono so the US edition...
  26. Brian McP

    International Ray Harryhausen, Gallipoli, The Dead Zone, Sleuth

    Just got "Sleuth" and on the back cover it says one may have to adjust your tv picture to fit -- even though it says 1:77: 1 aspect ratio, I strongly suspect it may be an open matte version of the movie -- No extras whatsoever (with Umbrella these days you're lucky to get any kind of menu) but...
  27. Brian McP

    Vivendi and RHI Press Release: Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection

    Not a dvd or bliuray, but a book -- an essential one for all Laurel and Hardy fans, Randy Skretvedt's "Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind The Movies". A brand new edition/reboot is now being financed on Kickstarter until January 1 -- the old line 'words cannot describe' apply in this instance...
  28. Brian McP

    Christmas films Blu-ray wishlist

    Great news that "Comfort and Joy" is coming out in bluray anywhere in the known world.... Three movies that deserve a bluray release -- "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't" and two Christmas movies starring Ernest Borgnine -- "Spirit of the Season" and 'A Grandpa for Christmas"
  29. Brian McP

    Your favorite 10 films from the 1950s not yet on blu

    Any love for "The Rabbit Trap' starring Ernest Borgnine, Kevin Corcoran and Don Rickles, from the writer of "Days of Wine and Roses" and the director of "Side By Side" -- a great little family movie (one could well imagine it to be "Marty II" if it was ever made) -- you can download it from...
  30. Brian McP

    The Atomic Brain 4K restoration kickstarter

    "Manos" never got as far as Australia so when I bought this new bluray, I'd never seen the movie -- the restoration of that movie was magnificent, the movie itself, I'd say one notch below the delights of Ed Wood's work, but an amazing movie in it's own way (and that movie's theme song would...
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