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Any family with some Native American background tends to feel affinities for all tribes I’d think (Creek in my case). I’m just sorry streaming won’t come a little sooner, but market dynamics I’m sure were carefully evaluated.

That type misprint is rare but not unheard of with Kino Lorber. I don’t recall if it’s this title or another one I pointed out the mistake (on the other site) in good faith trying to be helpful, but was given a snippy reply about how many listings have it right throughout the catalogue. Which is...

People are harder on the 1993 release than I think is justified, at least for the venue where I saw it, the UA Cine in Dallas. They had by then split the theater into two auditoriums but they still presented roadshow films with curtains and beautiful stereo surround. I’d seen the Super...

Absolutely, hope the doctor can get on with what is needed quickly. Be an advocate for yourself and keep a positive attitude, which is essential for giving you strength. Doug

You are most certainly sent all the well wishes and moral support possible from your friends here on HTF. It’s always evident you are a strong and brave gentleman, and it is fervently hoped you can receive every pathway possible to help get the best treatment there is, as well as caring support...

By coincidence this was the film I picked to show the youngest triplet nephew this past Saturday night. His parameter for me was a film that had won a Best Screenplay award, and that afforded the perfect opportunity to finally get around to this for him (the Smilebox version of course; I’d...

“Marlon Brando's first cut of the film was allegedly five hours long. He was reportedly unhappy with the final cut of 141 minutes, despite its box-office success. "Now, it's a good picture for them [Paramount]," he said upon its release, "but it's not the picture I made . .. now the characters...

I’m about halfway through the book, and admittedly it is just a generalized overview of his films starting with JOHN PAUL JONES, so nothing like a full blown biography. But at least the anecdotes and evaluations and production details are interesting. Having watched both EL CID and FALL OF THE...

The linked reappraisal and review from post #19 is well worth reading, with some astute and well considered comments on the high quality of the production of FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. That and EL CID remain two of my most desired titles for remastered releases. I did order the import Blu-ray of...

Very true, and I agree Elmer Gantry was a very strong release that year, also with the wonderful Jean Simmons.

I would agree with that, except to say that Spartacus is equal to or better than any of: The Alamo, Elmer Gantry, Sons and Lovers or The Sundowners.

Showed this to the eldest nephew tonight finally, my latest previous viewing having been the fabulous print at the Seattle Cinerama 70mm festival prior to the Covid shutdown. Obviously nothing at home can compare to that indelible experience, but this 4K disc is certainly near perfection. It’s...

Possibly from Ridley Scott or Martin Scorsese?

I have this sitting on the DVR from the most recent TCM showing, and this excellent, cogent and comprehensive evaluation above makes me want to hurry up and watch it again. I’ve only seen it once, but it struck me as one of the smartest, most adept comedy dramas of the 40s. Deftly blending...

Sorry to hear your take on this; we’ve been putting it off to binge the whole season 2 series after enjoying season 1. I find when mystery writing is overly complex, it’s frustrating rather than fun trying to piece the clues together. And the ultimate payoff thereby is diminished. I hope it...

I hope so, too. Is your DVR a stand alone unit that you could use to create a backup, or tied to a service like ours is with U-Verse? I had many older titles not on disc dating back to about 2011 when about 18 months ago, I turned on the box to find every title wiped out, not one recorded...

One ongoing issue seems to be TCM airing prints that aren’t the best or newest remasterings. It may be there’s nothing they can control about it, but you’d think they could search for the best print possible. On Bob Hope day last week, they aired My Favorite Blonde with Madeleine Carroll, which...

LORD JIM is long overdue for a decent Blu-ray release, being a Super Panavision 70 production, and in theory it should look terrific, plus be a candidate for a 4K version, though that’s likely a pie in the sky want. MACKENNA’S GOLD, on the other hand, was a troubled, much revised final...

I always enjoyed The Baileys of Balboa during its brief run. Paul Ford was a quite amusing, unique comic actor and I recall the very young Clint Howard acquitting himself quite well among the adult cast. For that matter, The Cara Williams Show was also on for all to short a run. She was terrific...

I’d found a Fox Blu-ray copy of this generally lesser known Elia Kazan production from 1960 on the bargain shelf at Big Lots three or so years ago, and was happy to acquire it. It’s another film I hadn’t seen since adolescence, but one whose power and poignancy had remained with me through the...

It was in good shape wherever they obtained it, no overt scratches or repair splices evident. I was rather surprised at the time that it was as pristine a print as it was. No doubt the new remastering will be stellar. Footnote: Is there a DCP version available to theaters? Wondering if it...

We saw an excellent print of The Man Who Knew Too Much at our local Alamo Drafthouse in 2019. I don’t know if it was the most recent restoration, but it looked terrific and I felt it could’ve been 1956 all over again. Really anticipating the next Hitchcock 4K set to complement the first two.

Paul Frees was a very busy man back in the day. It would be interesting to see a list of his uncredited voice roles, which would be quite extensive.

I’ve read that Tony Curtis had to have help with his Josephine voice in Some Like It Hot. The Cary Grant imitation may have been all his own doing.

Yes, I’ve seen more than one reference about that, but the newly released remastered Blu-ray is 130 minutes, as was the DVD. Has the version with the additional footage ever been screened, because I don’t think these releases differ from the version I saw in 1966? Could it have been a preview...

I received my copy today as well, and the slip cover is an interesting impressionistic rendering I’ve never seen previously in any artwork related to the film. The main focus of course is the quality of the film as rendered on the Blu-ray disc, and it’s good that there appear to be no...

Speaking of running times, there are several references to be found that this film had a original running time approximately 10 minutes longer than the one generally released to the theaters in 1966 when I first saw it (139 minutes as opposed to around 130). Was this a possibly preview version...

As long as the 5.1 track is included, I don’t find it a problem because I, too, manually set my audio options, if any, prior to watching a film. Since some surround tracks are created later from films that were originally presented in mono, it would seem prudent to set the original format as the...