He just restored The Ten Commandments, now Ron Smith wants to hear from you: What Paramount films yo (1 Viewer)

[John Hodson]

More votes for:


The Parallax View (there's a sumptuous broadcast transfer out there)

Shane

The Court Jester

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

To Catch a Thief

Chinatown

The Shootist

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Desperate Hours
The Sons of Katie Elder
Oh! What a Lovely War
The Duellists

Nashville

Sunset Blvd.
The Keep


(and if Optimum screw up their UK release, Don't Look Now...)

 

[Mark Anthony]

Chinatown

To Catch a Thief

Rosemary's Baby

Man who Shot Liberty Valence

Star Trek Motion Picture / II / VI Directors Cuts

 

[GMpasqua]

Quote: Originally Posted by John Hodson More votes for:


The Parallax View (there's a sumptuous broadcast transfer out there)

Shane

The Court Jester

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

To Catch a Thief

Chinatown

The Shootist

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Desperate Hours The Sons of Katie Elder Oh! What a Lovely War The Duellists

Nashville

Sunset Blvd. The Keep


(and if Optimum screw up their UK release, Don't Look Now...)


I'll second [COLOR= #b22222]"Oh! What a Lovely War"[/COLOR]

 

[Eric Peterson]

The only thing that I really want from Paramount right now is for them to take responsibility for the Republic LIbrary. Lionsgate has shown nothing but disdain for it over the years, yet they continue to control it. The contents of this catalog are far superior to the bulk of the titles that Paramount continue to hold and re-re-re-release. Republic Pictures celebrated their 75th Birthday last year and even that wasn't enough to get these titles properly released!

1. The Quiet Man
2. The Quiet Man
3. The Quiet Man
4. The Quiet Man
5. The Quiet Man
6. Johnny Guitar
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
8. Rio Grande
9. Pursued
10. Moonrise

While their are other titles in the Paramount library that I would love to upgrade there is nothing that I see as mandatory at this point. Please focus on the titles that have not been released or have been improperly released!


Where the heck is Betty Boop??

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

I definitely second this!

Originally Posted by Brandon Conway

An aside that may not apply to this thread directly: please consider licensing to Shout Factory the films riffed in Mystery Science Theater 3000 that you guys have rights to for home video (obviously DVD, not Blu-ray). That would be The Deadly Bees (which you guys licensed to Legend Films for regular DVD release), The Space Children and Diabolik. Just three films, and MTS3K fans would be overjoyed. Thanks!

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

My list:


THE ELEPHANT MAN

CHINATOWN

TO CATCH A THIEF

THE KEEP

STAR TREK II: DIRECTOR'S CUT

(along w/the STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE recut)

SECONDS

THE DUELLISTS

THE PARALLAX VIEW

ONE-EYED JACKS

DIABOLIK

 

[Bob Cashill]

THE ELEPHANT MAN is available on Blu-ray in Europe: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews48/elephant_man_blu-ray.htm

 

[Terry Hickey]

I would like to see the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" restored by Ron and released. Also, even though it has been released, "The Italian Job" with Mark Wahlberg, because the banding

issues really bug me. It just appears throughout the movie.

 

[Nailwraps]

-The Peanuts films

-Friday The 13th Parts 4-8

-Friday The 13th 1980 Theatrical Version

-The Indiana Jones Quadrilogy

-Team America: World Police

-Popeye

-Breakfast At Tiffany's

-Scrooged

-To Catch A Thief

-The Elephant Man

-The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

 

[Brian McP]

Ron Smith -- here's a movie Paramount could restore and re-release theatrically instantly -- kids seeing this movie in a large theatre will think they have been transported in a time machine back to the late '60s (courtesy of the eyepopping production design by the designer who won the Oscar for "Chinatown" - name escapes me right now....)


This film was made by Cinema Centre Films and I'm pretty sure Paramount now owns their titles --


THE APRIL FOOLS starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve -- with great support by Peter Lawford, Jack Weston, Myrna Loy, Charles Boyer and in supporting roles, Sally Kellerman, Harvey Korman, Kenneth Mars and Melinda Dillon.


I suspect the reason this movie has been out of commission for so long is because of music rights -- this movie tried to do what "Saturday Night Fever" succeeded eight years later: a great soundtrack score featuring two Bacharach/David songs (incl. "Say a Little Prayer") and a music score by Marvin Hamlisch.


And yes, THE QUIET MAN -- when it comes to romantic comedies, this picture makes "Just Go With It" look like a student film....

 

[John Hodson]

Originally Posted by Eric Peterson

1. The Quiet Man
2. The Quiet Man
3. The Quiet Man
4. The Quiet Man
5. The Quiet Man
6. Johnny Guitar
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
8. Rio Grande
9. Pursued
10. Moonrise

Heartily second that list (particularly the first five). I see from the Film Foundation site that both Rio Grande and Pursued have been restored (I've seen a stunning HD broadcast of the latter).

 

[Deleted member 372755]

How @ these vistavision Movies

1. The buccaneers 1958

2. Omar Khayyam
3.The Vagabond King 1956

 

[dana martin]

and i dont know if this is a distribution issue or not in europe Paramount released Zulu The Italian Job 1969, where are the US releases

 

[MLamarre]

1. Waterloo (1970)

2. Samson & Delilah (1949)

3. The Buccaneer (1938)

4. The Buccaneer (1958)

5. Run for Cover (1955)

6. I Walk Alone (1949)

7. Too Late Blues (1961)

8. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

9. The Slender Thread (1965)

10. Wings (1927)



1. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

2. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

3. Detective Story (1951)

4. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

5. Hud (1963)

6. Hell is for Heroes (1962)

7. Nevada Smith (1966)

8. The Day of the Locust (1975)

9. Islands in the Stream (1977)

10. Ordinary People (1980)


Republic:


1. The Quiet Man (1952)

2. Johnny Guitar (1954)

3. Moonrise (1948)

4. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)

5. The Dark Mirror (1946)

6. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

7. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

8. Caught (1949)

9. Macbeth (1948)

10. Body and Soul (1947)

11. High Noon (1952)

12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

13. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)

14. The Pawnbroker (1964)

15. The Men (1950)

16. Pursued (1947)

17. Rio Grande (1950)

18. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

19. The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

20. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)


I made a top 10 of films never released on DVD as well as a top 10 of films that have been. Also a list for Republic films (something seriously needs to be done.)

 

[Stefan Andersson]

My top Republic restoration suggestions:

The Quiet Man

Letter From an Unknown Woman

Caught

Macbeth - one or several versions, as the case may be

Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Pursued

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Johnny Guitar

Body and Soul

Long Day´s Journey into Night

The Pawnbroker


I suggest a separate voting process for Republic titles.

 

[Eric Peterson]

Wow! I didn't even realize all of those titles were Republic!!! I would buy every one of those titles in a heart beat!


If Paramount is not interested, than I'm sure Criterion would be. They would have to be licking their chops to get their hands on some of those titles.

Originally Posted by Stefan Andersson

My top Republic restoration suggestions:

The Quiet Man

Letter From an Unknown Woman

Caught

Macbeth - one or several versions, as the case may be

Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Pursued

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Johnny Guitar

Body and Soul

Long Day´s Journey into Night

The Pawnbroker


I suggest a separate voting process for Republic titles.

 

[PaulaJ]

I see from the Film Foundation site that both Rio Grande and Pursued have been restored (I've seen a stunning HD broadcast of the latter).

Rio Grande is scheduled for two broadcasts on one of the HD movie channels next week... er... I'll get back to you about which one!

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

Though we did not get a copy to review, I do know that the Spongebob Squarepants movie was released on blu-ray recently:


Click here to order from Amazon

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

-The Peanuts films

-Friday The 13th Parts 4-8

-Friday The 13th 1980 Theatrical Version

-The Indiana Jones Quadrilogy

-Team America: World Police

-Popeye

-Breakfast At Tiffany's

-Scrooged

-To Catch A Thief

-The Elephant Man

[SIZE= 18px]-The Spongebob Squarepants Movie[/SIZE]

 

[GMpasqua]

I have the Russian import of "Waterloo" it is a beautiful looking film - would really work on Blu-ray (the sound is out of sync on the Russian version during the last hour)

Would love Waterloo, also the The Buccaneer (1958)

 

[GMpasqua]

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein

This is a biggie for a lot of people on this forum....


Scrooge (1970) starring Albert Finney


Probably not in need of a restoration but a highly

requested Christmas title.

"Scrooge" actually looks great up converted on my Blu-ray player and 52" screen. I for one, can wait on this title - while others are in desperate need of new transfers