July Criterion Lineup (1 Viewer)

[Patrick McCart]

Looks like July is going to be a great month for Criterion...

#292: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
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(Licensed from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
New Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 mixes, as well as original Dolby Surround 2.0.

Special Features
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Audio Commentary with Paul Freeman
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Segments from Siskel and Ebert tracking the acclaim for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
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Original music video
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Theatrical trailers
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A booklet featuring a history of the television show and movie, with essays by James Lipton, Sir Christopher Frayling, and Henry Rollins.
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English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

The other two have no specs yet, though.

#293 - Ishtar

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#298 - The Killer Shrews

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My contacts say that Ishtar and The Killer Shrews will be in OAR, despite final specs not being out yet.

 

[PaulP]

Never heard of The Killer Shrews but I'm preordering it just for the cover.

Oh wait. Uh...

 

[Haggai]

Ha, good stuff. Killer Shrews was once featured on MST3K.



Nice eclectic bunch of contributors there.

Patrick, as always, I have to request the oldie-but-goodie: Manos Criterion cover!

 

[Patrick McCart]

After being delayed for years, it looks like Manos: The Hands of Fate will be spine #296...

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[Bradley-E]

Happy April Fools day to you too!

 

[Jay E]

I love the Killer Shrews!

Dressing up dogs as mutant shrews is pure genuis!

 

[Haggai]

Yes, original artwork--and the plot summary is totally accurate, too!

Though obviously a certain key character should be in the artwork as well, at least on the back. And of course the menu will feature the haunting Torgo theme.

 

[David_Blackwell]

hahahhaahaha

 

[MarcusUdeh]

 

[george kaplan]

Patrick,

Very funny. Next you'll be telling me that Criterion is going to release a version of Armageddon.

 

[CaseyL]

They'd never sink so low as to release a Michal Bay movie. That's like saying Criterion is going to put out "The Rock". Ha That'll be the day

 

[ChadMcCallum]

I really would buy Power Rangers. :b

 

[alan halvorson]

I'd buy this. It scared the daylights out the kids I was babysitting too many years ago, and I know some kids I'd like to scare today.

 

[Dane Marvin]

I'll be buying "The Killer Shrews" as part of the MST3K Volume 7 collection. But just for the record, I would buy a Criterion of it. Hell, I have "Fiend Without a Face"!

 

[Lars Vermundsberget]

A list of obvious must-buys there.

 

[Jaime_Weinman]

See, Ishtar is almost too plausible, because Elaine May has kind of a critical cult following. I mean, look at the posthumous rehabilitation of Mikey and Nicky, which is sort of the same movie as Ishtar except the former does buddy schtick a la John Cassavetes whereas the latter does it a la Crosby and Hope.

 

[Dane Marvin]

Here's a couple hopefuls I found at the criteriondvd.com forums (there are hundreds of them in the thread):









and one good one (except for the "Paul" misspelling):

 

[Kain_C]

 

[Ocean Phoenix]

That Power Rangers art is brilliant. It's so realistic that it's scary. Bravo, Patrick.

 

[Evan Case]

I always enjoyed this one.

I especially like how they include Aaron Norris' name, in typical Criterion director-as-auteur fashion...



Evan