Blu-ray: Abandon All Hope Ye Movies Listed Here… (1 Viewer)

[AnthonyClarke]

Swing Time as a solo release will be better than nothing .. it's my favourite of the duo's movies .. but there are so many gems throughout their canon that we must have the complete set!

 

[Alan Tully]

Actually there's been no region B releases announced so far this year that's excited me much (well maybe, Room At The Top from the BFI), but it's only February, & in the UK with labels like Arrow, Eureka, BFI & Indicator, all run by enthusiast, plus WAC & Twilight Time in the US & a constant stream of catalogue release coming from Germany, I don't think it will be too long before I give a big whoopee at an announcement.

 

[battlebeast]

My 2 biggest grails right now would be Astaire and Rogers and Mickey and Judy.

TOP HAT!!

 

[Tino]

Disney’s The Black Hole

 

[Sam Posten]

Disney’s The Black Hole

And SOTS =p

 

[RichMurphy]

Most of these titles come up all the time, but they are on my list as well:

SONG OF NORWAY
THE GREAT WALTZ (1972)
PORGY AND BESS
THE OSCAR (1966)
and remastered versions of
THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE and
EL CID

 

[Scott Burke]

The boxer. Daniel Day Lewis. It’s released in region 2 I believe but I can’t find it for region 1. One of my favorites.

 

[Alan Tully]

The boxer. Daniel Day Lewis. It’s released in region 2 I believe but I can’t find it for region 1. One of my favorites.

I see that Shout! Factory are releasing this in America on April 30th.

https://www.amazon.com/The-Boxer-Bl...65953&creativeASIN=B07M7Q3FXQ&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[Ed Lachmann]

I've abandoned ALL hope for BDs of these: Story of Ruth, Greatest Show on Earth, Porgy and Bess, The Alamo, Helen of Troy, Scaramouche, Ivanhoe, Knights of the Round Table, Lady in a Cage, Francis of Assisi, Derzu Uzala, Hercules (& Unchained), Land of the Pharaohs, The Silver Chalice, Julius Caesar ('53), The President's Lady, Prince of Players, Come to the Stable, Sodom and Gomorrah, Esther and the King, The Rose Tattoo, Night of the Iguana, America America, Tobacco Road, The Crusades, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Journey Beneath the Desert, the 1925 Ben-Hur, Greed and too many already restored silent masterpieces to list.

 

[OliverK]

I've abandoned ALL hope for BDs of these: Story of Ruth, Greatest Show on Earth, Porgy and Bess, The Alamo, Helen of Troy, Scaramouche, Ivanhoe, Knights of the Round Table, Lady in a Cage, Francis of Assisi, Derzu Uzala, Hercules (& Unchained), Land of the Pharaohs, The Silver Chalice, Julius Caesar ('53), The President's Lady, Prince of Players, Come to the Stable, Sodom and Gomorrah, Esther and the King, The Rose Tattoo, Night of the Iguana, America America, Tobacco Road, The Crusades, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Journey Beneath the Desert, the 1925 Ben-Hur, Greed and too many already restored silent masterpieces to list.

Some of them are available in good looking streaming versions so I hope you will come to terms with having to enjoy them that way unless you are sure to be able to catch them in some kind of repertory screening at a movie theater nearby.

I agree that it is depressing that it is not attractive to release some of my favorite types of movies for the studios. This affects of course all kinds of silent movies but also religious and historical epics and large format movies.

 

[PMF]

"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1939)
"Wuthering Heights" (1939)
"A King in New York" (1957)
"The Nun's Story" (1959)
"Sons and Lovers" (1960)
"Gigot" (1962)
"Half a Sixpence" (1967)
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967)
"Romeo & Juliet" (1968)
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969)
"The Heartbreak Kid" (1972)
"Sounder" (1972)
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[Simon Lewis]

I dont agree that blu-ray or physical media is dying. I've been looking at the sales figures for discs and there hasnt been much change over the last 2-3 years. Its still a decent amount of revenue for the studios.

https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2018
https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2018
https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2017

https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2016

 

[Nick*Z]

Discs aren't dying. It's the same ole argument the streaming crowd puts forth every few years, hoping it will become their reality. Blu-ray will stay. 4K....not so sure.

 

[Alan Tully]

I've abandoned ALL hope for BDs of these: Story of Ruth, Greatest Show on Earth, Porgy and Bess, The Alamo, Helen of Troy, Scaramouche, Ivanhoe, Knights of the Round Table, Lady in a Cage, Francis of Assisi, Derzu Uzala, Hercules (& Unchained), Land of the Pharaohs, The Silver Chalice, Julius Caesar ('53), The President's Lady, Prince of Players, Come to the Stable, Sodom and Gomorrah, Esther and the King, The Rose Tattoo, Night of the Iguana, America America, Tobacco Road, The Crusades, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Journey Beneath the Desert, the 1925 Ben-Hur, Greed and too many already restored silent masterpieces to list.

Oh I dunno, a lot of those titles are Warner, & who knows what they'll release. And The Crusades, well we've had good releases of Cleopatra & The Sign Of The Cross (in France), so I wouldn't be surprised to see releases of DeMille's The Crusades & The Plainsman, more chance of them than The Greatest Show On Earth anyway (damn you Paramount!).

 

[AcesHighStudios]

Blu-ray isn't dying and neither is 4K.

 

[Joseph Bolus]

Here’s my list:

* True Lies
* The Abyss
* Star Wars (1977 - Original Theatrical)
* Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980 - Original Theatrical)
* Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1983 - Original Theatrical)

... And I have to agree with the OP that Blu-ray in particular, and physical media in general, is dying. We really are down to just 2 manufacturers of UHD/Blu-Ray players left in the United States: LG and Sony. (Panasonic has a token entry, but this is expected to be their last year.). It’s absolutely impossible to ignore that. If consumers are limited in their ability to purchase players, how can they be expected to purchase the discs that go in them? Personally, I have about a 1000 discs that I have purchased over the past 20 years and most still play just fine. The Blu-rays and UHD discs are — in most cases — superior to streaming; and when playing the discs I don’t have to worry about ISP data caps and/or studio lease agreements expiring with the digital locker. But “Joe Six Pack” has now chosen convenience over quality and true ownership; and that fact has to be faced. Just ask Oppo, Samsung, and (soon) Panasonic.

 

[Dick]

Like to see Matewan along with Lone Star.

YES!! Ahem (!) to those holding the rights to Sayles' best work and not giving them Blu release.

 

[Brent Reid]

Here’s my list:

* True Lies
* The Abyss
* Star Wars (1977 - Original Theatrical)
* Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980 - Original Theatrical)
* Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1983 - Original Theatrical)

... And I have to agree with the OP that Blu-ray in particular, and physical media in general, is dying. We really are down to just 2 manufacturers of UHD/Blu-Ray players left in the United States: LG and Sony. (Panasonic has a token entry, but this is expected to be their last year.). It’s absolutely impossible to ignore that. If consumers are limited in their ability to purchase players, how can they be expected to purchase the discs that go in them? Personally, I have about a 1000 discs that I have purchased over the past 20 years and most still play just fine. The Blu-rays and UHD discs are — in most cases — superior to streaming; and when playing the discs I don’t have to worry about ISP data caps and/or studio lease agreements expiring with the digital locker. But “Joe Six Pack” has now chosen convenience over quality and true ownership; and that fact has to be faced. Just ask Oppo, Samsung, and (soon) Panasonic.

Things are looking quite rosy on this side of the Pond. All the more reason to go region free!

 

[Randy_M]

Secret Agent (1936) this really needs a decent release IMO

 

[Gary OS]

Would love to see WB release Rocky Mountain in Blu, but I’m not hopeful.

Gary “the Weissmuller Tarzans would be great, too” O.