General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals (3 Viewers)

[Robert Crawford]

Yeah, a lot of those classic Paramount titles were recently added to iTunes and this is the first time they are at that price point. I'm picking up Moonrise, The Outcast, Three Faces West, The City that Never Sleeps, Stranger at My Door, I've Always Loved You, and Come Next Spring.

I purchased the following:

I've Always Loved You
Come Next Spring
Stranger at My Door
The Outcast
The Inside Story

The following movies, I'd passed on because I already have on Blu-ray and/or iTunes:
Driftwood
City that Never Sleeps
Hell's Half Acre
Three Faces West
Trigger Jr.
Wake of the Red Witch
Moonrise
The Red Pony
Hellfire

 

[Robert Crawford]

OK, that's creepin' me out just a little.

It's like they read our comments.

 

[Cranston37+]

Picked up the City That Never Sleeps

It kills me whenever I see movies on sale that I don't have in iTunes - Chinatown for example - but do have on Vudu. How long do I wait for those other studios to join MA before I give up and take advantage of $4.99 prices?

The struggle is real...

 

[Robert Crawford]

Picked up the City That Never Sleeps

It kills me whenever I see movies on sale that I don't have in iTunes - Chinatown for example - but do have on Vudu. How long do I wait for those other studios to join MA before I give up and take advantage of $4.99 prices?

The struggle is real...

Chinatown at $4.99 on iTunes, I wouldn't wait as there is a UHD version on Vudu, but it's $16.99

 

[Mark-P]

Vudu has the Jack Ryan 5-Movie Collection (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Jack Ryan - Shadow Recruit) available in 4K for $13:

https://www.vudu.com/content/movies...ccce4e11e99a3c02d4353d21bf0INT&id=lw9MynSeamY

EDIT: This title is NOT MA compatible.

You are really tempting me with this, Doug. Mainly because I think it may be a pricing error. The individual Jack Ryan titles are all on sale for $12.99 each which makes no sense that the bundle would be the same price. I think whatever mechanism that puts these on sale mistakenly grabbed onto the bundle as well. Anyhow, I've been wanting to upgrade these to 4K and would prefer iTunes, but will iTunes ever have them for a mere $2.60 each? I think not. I suppose I could enjoy them on Vudu in 4K and hope that someday Paramount will join MA.

 

[Robert Crawford]

You are really tempting me with this, Doug. Mainly because I think it may be a pricing error. The individual Jack Ryan titles are all on sale for $12.99 each which makes no sense that the bundle would be the same price. I think whatever mechanism that puts these on sale mistakenly grabbed onto the bundle as well. Anyhow, I've been wanting to upgrade these to 4K and would prefer iTunes, but will iTunes ever have them for a mere $2.60 each? I think not. I suppose I could enjoy them on Vudu in 4K and hope that someday Paramount will join MA.

Yeah, I would bite the bullet on that low price and just play them with the Vudu app on iTunes.

 

[Cranston37+]

This is what I'm seeing. Weirdness going on with the pricing on this title...

 

[bujaki]

I bit on VUDU for 12.99. 5 films in 4K, couldn't pass it up.

 

[Cranston37+]

Chinatown at $4.99 on iTunes, I wouldn't wait as there is a UHD version on Vudu, but it's $16.99

Didn't realize iTunes had Chinatown in 4K and Dolby Vision. Purchased!

 

[Robert Crawford]

Didn't realize iTunes had Chinatown in 4K and Dolby Vision. Purchased!

Yeah, I bought the iTunes HD digital for $4.99 in April, 2018 that upgraded to 4K/DV back in June of this year.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/posts/4749285/

 

[TonyD]

I grabbed Chi-town 4K
Also The Untouchables not 4K
$5

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Thanks for the Chinatown heads up - I don’t have a copy in any format and was thinking about seeing it again. Great opportunity to do that now.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Didn't realize iTunes had Chinatown in 4K and Dolby Vision. Purchased!

Same here!

 

[dpippel]

I bit on Easy Rider 4K for $7.99 and watched it last night. The film looks PHENOMENAL in 4K Dolby Vision! Very nice indeed. It's still one of the seminal movies of it's time for me. If you're on the fence about this one and don't already own it, I highly recommend the 4K stream.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I purchased the following:

I've Always Loved You
Come Next Spring
Stranger at My Door
The Outcast
The Inside Story

The following movies, I'd passed on because I already have on Blu-ray and/or iTunes:
Driftwood
City that Never Sleeps
Hell's Half Acre
Three Faces West
Trigger Jr.
Wake of the Red Witch
Moonrise
The Red Pony
Hellfire

Some more of those Republic titles that now belong to Paramount are on sale at iTunes for $4.99 each. I haven't seen any of them so I'm asking Bujaki if he knows anything about them. I'm pretty certain I'm going to buy some of them.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/posts/4778542/

 

[Robert Crawford]

The HD Digital of "Knute Rockne All American" for $4.99 on iTunes along with some other football theme movies. Growing up a ND football fan I've been waiting on this title to drop in price.

 

[RBailey]

Some more of those Republic titles that now belong to Paramount are on sale at iTunes for $4.99 each. I haven't seen any of them so I'm asking Bujaki if he knows anything about them. I'm pretty certain I'm going to buy some of them.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/posts/4778542/

If you go to the "classics" genre on the iTunes store page, there is a "Presented by Martin Scorsese" section listing most of the Republic titles available for rental or purchase. Two other Republic titles not listed here are also available. They are an excellent Rod Cameron western, THE PLUNDERERS from 1948 along with one of my favorite Republics, FAIR WIND TO JAVA w/ Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston. The TruColor print of this is outstanding with some breath-taking shots of the sailing boat miniatures along with the volcano eruption at the climax.

 

[RBailey]

If you go to the "classics" genre on the iTunes store page, there is a "Presented by Martin Scorsese" section listing most of the Republic titles available for rental or purchase. Two other Republic titles not listed here are also available. They are an excellent Rod Cameron western, THE PLUNDERERS from 1948 along with one of my favorite Republics, FAIR WIND TO JAVA w/ Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston. The TruColor print of this is outstanding with some breath-taking shots of the sailing boat miniatures along with the volcano eruption at the climax.

Most of these Republic titles are also available on Amazon Prime as well. However, TRIGGER JR. and STORM OVER LISBON are only available on iTunes currently. Amazon Prime has recently added a couple other titles as well. DOCTORS DON'T TELL (1941) stars John Beal, Florence Rice and Ward Bond in a neat little "B" film along with SATAN'S SATELLITES, a poorly edited 70 minute cutdown of the "Zombies of the Stratosphere" serial.
I keep hoping someone makes TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD, the Roy Rogers Christmas film available to purchase. The restored version shown on TCM last December was spectacular.

 

[Robert Crawford]

If you go to the "classics" genre on the iTunes store page, there is a "Presented by Martin Scorsese" section listing most of the Republic titles available for rental or purchase. Two other Republic titles not listed here are also available. They are an excellent Rod Cameron western, THE PLUNDERERS from 1948 along with one of my favorite Republics, FAIR WIND TO JAVA w/ Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston. The TruColor print of this is outstanding with some breath-taking shots of the sailing boat miniatures along with the volcano eruption at the climax.

Yeah, but those two titles are $12.99 each while the ones we listed are $4.99 each.

 

[Cranston37+]

The Republic Rediscovered films being released on iTunes are getting a little publicity...

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/t...ount-martin-scorsese-re-release-24-rare-films