Has Paramount quit releasing classic films to SD DVD? (1 Viewer)

[Mark Cappelletty]

The Adventurers (1970)
The African Queen (1951)
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Almost an Angel (1990)
American Dreamer (1984)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
Ash Wednesday (1973)
Baby, It's You (1981)
Back Roads (1981)
Beach Babes from Beyond (1993)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)
Best Defense (1984)
The Blue Iguana (1988)
Bluebeard (1962)
Boardinghouse (1982)
Body Melt (1993)
Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980)
The Boogens (1981)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
The Buccaneer (1958)
Bug (1975)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Campus Man (1987)
The Challenge (1982)
Cheerleader Camp (1987)
Children of the Corn 2: The Final Sacrifice (1993)
Compromising Positions (1985)
The Conformist (1971)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
Crack in the World (1965)
Daniel (1983)
The Dead Don't Die (1975)
The Deadly Bees (1966)
Deep End (1970)
Design for Living (1933)
Diabolik (1968)
Dust Devil (1992)
Earthbound (1981)
Eddie Murphy Delirious (1983)
The Experts (1989)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Fear is the Key (1972)
Fighting Back (1982)
The File of Thelma Jordan (1950)
Fire With Fire (1986)
Firstborn (1984)
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Full Body Massage (1995)
The Furies (1950)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Gas (1980)
Gideon's Trumpet (1981)
Going Ape! (1981)
Hangar 18 (1980)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Hot Water (1924)
If... (1968)
If I Were King (1938)
Intruder (1988)
It Came From Hollywood (1982)
Jekyll and Hyde...Together Again (1982)
The Joy of Sex (1984)
Kafka (1991)
The Keep (1983)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains (1981)
Ladybugs (1992)
The Last Command (1928)
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Little Darlings (1980)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
Man, Woman and Child (1983)
The Naked Prey (1966)
Nate and Hayes (1983)
Old Ironsides (1926)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Phase IV (1973)
The Pied Piper (1972)
Plain Clothes (1988)
Police Squad! (1982)
Puppet Master (1989)
Puppet Master 2 (1990)
Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Reds (1981) - Announced!
The River Rat (1984)
Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1963)
Running Wild (1927)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Sender (1982)
Serial (1980)
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
Starting Over (1979)
The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
Student Bodies (1981)
Sunburn (1979)
The Thing Called Love (1993)
Trio (1950)
Trust (1990)
The Uninvited (1944)
Waterloo (1970)
White Dog (1982)
The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Wings (1927)
A Woman Called Golda (1982)

In addition to the titles mentioned above, DUST DEVIL is coming out in a 4 (!) disc special edition from Subversive Cinema at the end of September. Man, I'd love to get a nice DVD of TRUST, but in Lionsgate's shoddy hands, we won't see that for, well, ever.

 

[Jay Gregory]

Man, I'd love to get a nice DVD of TRUST, but in Lionsgate's shoddy hands, we won't see that for, well, ever.

There's an R4 PAL version available at Hartley's website. Perhaps you already know that.
I haven't seen the DVD, but the description sounds promising (includes extras, etc.)

 

[Mark Edward Heuck]

Hmmm...it seems to me that as demonstrated by IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Paramount will "retain" Republic titles they think they will make substantial money on.
On the Hollywood Elsewhere message board, I managed to put a flea in Kevin Smith's ear about doing a commentary track for TRUST, because he is a huge Hartley fan and openly cites him as an influence; Smith thought it was a great idea. Of course, nobody at Paramount or Lionsgate would have the sense to invite him. But if the pieces came together, I would think Paramount might decide to keep TRUST in-house if they could sell it with participation from a dependable DVD revenue source like Smith.

 

[Eric Peterson]

It seems that is at least partially true, but I don't think anybody knows for sure which titles Paramount kept and which titles that they re-upped to Lion's Gate. If they didn't keep "The Quiet Man", "High Noon", "Rio Grande", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", etc... then they don't konw much about classic movies and what will sell. Every one of those titles if done properly would be big sellers. You could easily make the case for each of those titles being worthy of a 2-disc SE.

Does anybody know for sure if Paramount kept any other titles from the Republic library, or the length of the contract with Lion's Gate? It's absolutely amazing, because this forum has been looking forward to the expiration of that contract for close to 5 years now and it finally comes and this happens. Paramount really has their head buried in the sand.

 

[Robert Crawford]

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6364179.html

 

[Dick]

Great list, Mark, and it seems very complete. THE UNINVITED (1944) is a Universal property.

 

[Paul_Scott]

i think I'm going to be sick...

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

I guess it may be a wait for Jonathan Livingston Seagull...

 

[walter o]

these Paramount titles were not on the list, and ones I hope they release soon.

THE OUTSIDER 1979

FRAMED 1975

THE DESERTER 1971

NORWOOD 1971

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL - 1975

BLOOD AND ROSES 1964 - Roger Vadim

HANNIE CAULDER -1972

BADGE 373 - 1973

BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH 1973

MONTE WALSH 1970

KING OF THE GYPSIES - 1978

AMERICAN HOT WAX - 1978

FIRST LOVE -1977

FACE TO FACE 1975

NEST OF THE VIPERS 1979

 

[Patrick McCart]

I just noticed that Kicking and Screaming was licensed to Criterion from Lionsgate (it's a Trimark film). Perhaps this means it's possible for Lionsgate to license other stuff to Criterion like the Republic films?

 

[Jon Hertzberg]

THE OUTSIDER 1979
FRAMED 1975
THE DESERTER 1971
NORWOOD 1971
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL - 1975
BLOOD AND ROSES 1964 - Roger Vadim
HANNIE CAULDER -1972
BADGE 373 - 1973
BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH 1973
MONTE WALSH 1970
KING OF THE GYPSIES - 1978
AMERICAN HOT WAX - 1978
FIRST LOVE -1977
FACE TO FACE 1975
NEST OF THE VIPERS 1979

I've always wanted to see The Outsider--are we certain Paramount has retained the rights to it?
To both very good lists, I would add:
French Postcards
Breaking Glass
Deadhead Miles
From the first list, Danger Diabolik has been released.
Since Grandview USA was a CBS production, isn't it also Paramount's?

 

[Steve...O]

The impact on the home video division is yet to be determined, but it was announced today that Viacom's CEO was fired. Viacom is the parent company of Paramount. As is usually the case when these things happen, there is a flurry of speculation regarding potential mergers, sell-offs and everything in between. One interesting scenario has Les Moonves, the head of CBS (which was split off from Viacom recently) becoming the new CEO.

 

[Darrell Bratz]

According to this article Lionsgate has "High Noon", "Rio Grande" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

All of this could be ok if the deal involves giving Lionsgate access to Paramount's prints/materials. Without that, we're right back where we started in 1997.

 

[Eric Peterson]

I agree, but this also means that Lionsgate has to have the initiative to go after the materials, and I'm not sure that they are. I suppose there is a glimmer of hope that these movies will get a decent release through Lion's Gate, but I won't hold my breath.

 

[andySu]

Well I’ve got some of those classical 70mm six-track Dolby Stereo films on region 2 DVD now, and it’s taken a few years to build this up in the Paramount Pictures DVD titles, Star Trek, Top Gun, Explorers, and so on.

 

[Pete York]

Lionsgate has to realize this is not 1997, the average consumer is more sophisticated, and if they attempt to take a dump on these movies they risk a disaster on this deal, fiscally and to their 'brand'. I mean presumably they would want to be known for doing good work, no?

 

[walter o]

was a CBS production, isn't it also Paramount's?

Yep, I spoke with the director of THE OUTSIDER, as I have seen the film and is very found of it, he said it is their film still.
And GRANDVIEW USA should be with Paramount as well. Glad someone else remembers DEADHEAD MILE, as for BREAKING GLASS, wasn't there a R2 release?
Also let's not forget many TV films and shows Paramount controls via their TV divison like
LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN
DR COOK'S GARDEN
WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTEN
LOOK WHATS HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY'S BABY
FLESH AND BLOOD
POOR DEVIL

 

[Brandon Conway]

Coming 12/5/06:
The Conformist
Info

 

[Darrell Bratz]

Lionsgate has to realize this is not 1997, the average consumer is more sophisticated, and if they attempt to take a dump on these movies they risk a disaster on this deal, fiscally and to their 'brand'. I mean presumably they would want to be known for doing good work, no?

Indeed. Lionsgate's intentions and will are important, but having the rights to release something is not the same as having the source materials to do them justice. There are many, if not most, of these titles that I fear Lionsgate can do nothing particularly good with if they don't have Paramount's cooperation (access to materials). Without that, even if they had the best will in the world it may be a choice between release something not so hot or release nothing.
Oh, and Yay Conformist!

 

[Charles H]

MY GEISHA (1962)--a Shirley MacLaine, Edward G. Robinson comedy directed by Jack Cardiff in Technirama--is being released on 12/12. This was announced more than a year-and-a-half by Paramount (and I am certain that it has been produced and sitting on a shelf), but with this, THE CONFORMIST, OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR!, the Martin-&-Lewis Collection, there may be some evidence that Paramount has wakened to the fact that they cannot live by recycling Tom Cruise movies over and over.