RAINTREE COUNTY on Blu? (2 Viewers)

[usrunnr]

We especially enjoyed Eva Marie Saint's performance in "Exodus".

 

[cinemel1]

she was a talented lady. Took a long time for people to realise this, thinking her as little more than a British Marilyn Monroe look a like. Her performance in Yield To The Night was the eye opener For many. She played woman about to be hanged for killing her lover in crime of passion, like real life Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged In Britain. Dors is terrific in the powerful anti death penalty film.

 

[cinemel1]

TCM had a full day of Diana Dors films. I watched a couple of them. The Unholy Wife was pretty good. The Long Haul with Victor Mature & directed by Ken Hughws was also decent.

On the main topic, Raintree County, although not well received by critics and audiences on its release, had lots to recommend it. Tops on my list was Johnny Green‘s majestic score. Production values were also top notch. BTW, it’s being shown August 29 at 9:30 EST on TCM.
I don’t know if its the uncut version. They usually show the shortened version.

 

[marcco00]

i've got 6 Dors titles coming in from amazon uk!!

thanx for the update on Raintree, it's one of my favs!

 

[Matt Hough]

TCM had a full day of Diana Dors films. I watched a couple of them. The Unholy Wife was pretty good. The Long Haul with Victor Mature & directed by Ken Hughws was also decent.

On the main topic, Raintree County, although not well received by critics and audiences on its release, had lots to recommend it. Tops on my list was Johnny Green‘s majestic score. Production values were also top notch. BTW, it’s being shown August 29 at 9:30 EST on TCM.
I don’t know if its the uncut version. They usually show the shortened version.

Diana Dors was the star of an Alfred Hitchcock Hour I watched a few weeks ago; she played a nightclub singer involved in some crime or other, and as I listened to her singing a couple of songs, I wondered who her voice double was. After researching, I learned to my great surprise that she was a vocalist of some note in Great Britain and didn't need a voice double for the song sequences. She had a fine voice.

 

[marcco00]

yes that's what i know her from too! and of course her glamour shots!

i am realizing that she was her own strong distinct personality, not like our magical Marilyn, but

potent like a shot of whiskey!

and a very strong actress! she'd been in the business since she was 15 and she was a pro!!

i'm going to enjoy her movies, all new to me & all english films from 1955 to 1959

 

[RolandL]

On the main topic, Raintree County, although not well received by critics and audiences on its release, had lots to recommend it. Tops on my list was Johnny Green‘s majestic score. Production values were also top notch. BTW, it’s being shown August 29 at 9:30 EST on TCM.
I don’t know if its the uncut version. They usually show the shortened version.

I'm just hoping when it's released on Blu-ray we get the full MGM Camera 65 "Window of the World" image.

TCM broadcast

Full MGM Camera 65 image

 

[DVBRD]

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I'm just hoping when it's released on Blu-ray we get the full MGM Camera 65 "Window of the World" image.

TCM broadcast
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Full MGM Camera 65 image
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I kinda think it'll be from a 35mm source. George Feltenstein said that they were going to use the same 35mm road show print that was released on VHS in the 90s for a DVD master but the color has faded significantly that it hiked up the restoration costs.

 

[RolandL]

I kinda think it'll be from a 35mm source. George Feltenstein said that they were going to use the same 35mm road show print that was released on VHS in the 90s for a DVD master but the color has faded significantly that it hiked up the restoration costs.

I hope they do something like what was done for the South Pacific and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Blu-rays. Show the full image from the 65mm negative general release and insert the roadshow scenes from the 35mm roadshow,

 

[ahollis]

Is there a 65mm general release negative?

 

[nara]

Is there a 65mm general release negative?

I very much doubt it.

 

[ptb2020]

yes that's what i know her from too! and of course her glamour shots!

i am realizing that she was her own strong distinct personality, not like our magical Marilyn, but

potent like a shot of whiskey!

and a very strong actress! she'd been in the business since she was 15 and she was a pro!!

i'm going to enjoy her movies, all new to me & all english films from 1955 to 1959

Make sure you see Yield To The Night in which she plays woman condemned to hang after a crime of passion. She is simply wonderful in it, looking far from glamorous at times. She was indeed as you say a distinct personality, a strong lady and by all accounts a really nice one. She managed to steal most films she was in effortlessly.

 

[ptb2020]

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I'm just hoping when it's released on Blu-ray we get the full MGM Camera 65 "Window of the World" image.

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Full MGM Camera 65 image
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That’s a lot of image missing isn’t it?
that apart I’m amazed to see Sayonara made twice as much money as Raintree! must have been the beautifully shot Japanese locations.

 

[RolandL]

I very much doubt it.

Why?

 

[Andrew Budgell]

Happy Eva Marie Saint Day on TCM! RAINTREE airs TONIGHT at 12:30 am ET!

 

[marcco00]

Make sure you see Yield To The Night in which she plays woman condemned to hang after a crime of passion. She is simply wonderful in it, looking far from glamorous at times. She was indeed as you say a distinct personality, a strong lady and by all accounts a really nice one. She managed to steal most films she was in effortlessly.

yes i got it's on it way here, thanx!

 

[marcco00]

omg!!! bluray.com says studio canal releasing on blu....

 

[marcco00]

ok back on topic---

 

[bujaki]

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Or The Tree of Life. Read the book. It's much better than the film which I saw during its roadshow presentation and enjoyed very much.

 

[marcco00]