Movies you want on HD disc but don't expect to ever see (1 Viewer)

[Carl David]

I hope Kino Lorber don't look into this thread to get any ideas on their next projects.

Would probably make their heads spin.

Pretty much every reply has a different preference on their movie of choice.

Would cost them a fortune.

 

[Reed Grele]

For the First Time (1959) Mario Lanza's last film (He passed at only 38 years of age).

I know this has already been released on the Warner Archives DVD and a German BD (I own both). But both have issues. Colors and detail are stronger on the BD, but there's some minor print damage here and there. Worth owning just for Mario's definitive rendition of Vesti La Giubba.

Hoping for a 4K UHD release with extras!

I know he also did an excellent version of Vesti La Giubba in The Great Caruso (1951) but that already has a beautifully rendered BD release.

Someone posted a very nice comparison of his 2 versions of Vesti La Giubba on YouTube.

 

[usrunnr]

"Company of Wolves" Region 1 US Release in blu-ray.

 

[Carl David]

I have just emailed my wish list to Arrow Films.

Just found out they have an email address where physical media lovers can contact them with their wish list for them to ponder.

Don't ask then you don't get, right?

Email address:

[email protected]

 

[Carl David]

This video is worth a look with the Arrow Team talking about the state of physical media.

 

[Jeffrey D]

The Mouse That Roared. I have this on laserdisc (I don’t think this was released on DVD)
Great Expectations- the David Lean film.
This was released on BluRay in other countries.
Arsenic And Old Lace. A favorite.

 

[anytimepally]

The Mouse That Roared. I have this on laserdisc (I don’t think this was released on DVD)
Great Expectations- the David Lean film.
This was released on BluRay in other countries.
Arsenic And Old Lace. A favorite.

I own The Mouse the Roared on DVD. I think it came out in 2003.
An Australian Blu-Ray was released last year from Umbrella. Not sure if it's any good.

 

[Jeffrey D]

I own The Mouse the Roared on DVD. I think it came out in 2003.
An Australian Blu-Ray was released last year from Umbrella. Not sure if it's any good.

Wow- I guess I never researched Mouse.
You’re correct- Amazon had it, so I ordered. Thank you!

 

[anytimepally]

Another one: Father Takes a Wife (1941), which did not receive a DVD release in the U.S..

 

[Jeffrey D]

I forgot about the John Sayles film Lone Star. One of my favorites.

 

[Dick]

"Company of Wolves" Region 1 US Release in blu-ray.

I believe this is an all-region disc (incredibly cheap, too):

See on Amazon

 

[John Gilmore]

2) Advise & Consent 1962

This is available streaming, legally, through an odd back-door way.

You can D2D the DVD on Vudu. Since it is a Columbia movie, it propagates to other retailers using Movies Anywhere. As far as I can tell, the Vudu, Amazon and Apple streams are SD, but the Movies Anywhere stream is HD.

 

[Harold Chasen]

I forgot about the John Sayles film Lone Star. One of my favorites.

While there are several John Sayles films I want, my most wanted is City of Hope. It was filmed in Panavision and has never been released to home video in its proper aspect ration (it was on Amazon Prime for a while in widescreen, and it's still available to purchase there, but no physical media).

 

[SFMike]

Where the heck is Moulin Rouge (2001) as it's one of the most visually stunning movies ever made and still very popular. It just shocks me this isn't available.

 

[Matt Hough]

Where the heck is Moulin Rouge (2001) as it's one of the most visually stunning movies ever made and still very popular. It just shocks me this isn't available.

Is it out of print on Blu-ray? I'm asking because I know I reviewed it on Blu in 2010, but I guess knowing Fox it could be gone now.

 

[fdabbott]

So I wanted to vent somewhere and didn't find a thread about this (there is one for TV shows but not movies) but what are some movies that you want a modern release that you don't think will ever get one?

Mine is "The Beast of War", which is one of the best / most accurate tank movies ever created that I don't think is either old enough or popular enough to get a HD disc release.

The Corrupt Ones (1967) with Robert Stack. Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan Crime Action Film, never released in North America on either DVD or Blu-ray.

 

[fdabbott]

The Corrupt Ones (1967) with Robert Stack. Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan Crime Action Film, never released in North America on either DVD or Blu-ray.

 

[denys t.]

Two cinemaScopes Fox from the fifties:

HATFULL OF RAIN (Fred Zinneman) & BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE (Henry Hathaway)

 

[Bartman]

Mountains Of The Moon: I had the wonderful widescreen laserdisc, skipped the DVD (as it used the laserdisc master) and bought the streaming version on Google Play but it's a poor transfer and wrong aspect ratio, we need a good Blu-ray.

The Abyss (with all the laserdisc extras): this is streaming on Prime, first the fullscreen HD edition, I complained several times and finally Prime put up the widescreen edition, hooray. Now we need a Blu-ray with all the laserdisc extras.

Captain Horatio Hornblower: we need the full Warner Ultra-resolution process applied to this one!

Northwest Passage: we need the full Warner Ultra-resolution process applied to this one too!

The Beans Of Egypt Maine: not available anywhere. I should have bought the DVD while it was available.

Here's a few more:
Arch Of Triumph
Big Caper
Blue Ice (I have the HBO DVD)
The Egyptian
Girl In The Headlines
Hell Is A City (I have the Anchor Bay DVD)
High Treason (I have the PAL DVD)
Night Of The Iguana
Ploughman’s Lunch (available streaming on Prime)
Spartan (available streaming)
Strange Days
When Worlds Collide (available streaming)

 

[F451]

Fresh OCN scans, please. WAC-like treatment desired.

7 Men from Now (Randolph Scott/Budd Boetticher)
The Alamo (John Wayne)
Lord Jim (Peter O'Toole, Richard Brooks)
El Cid (Charlton Heston, Anthony Mann)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (Sophia Loren, Anthony Mann)
Hondo/3D (John Wayne, John Farrow)
The Cardinal (Tom Tryon, Otto Preminger)
Hallelujah Trail (Burt Lancaster, John Sturges)
The Bounty Hunter/3D (Randolph Scott, Andre de Toth)