Several Fox Classics dvd releases on May 23rd! (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

I just added Back Door to Hell, Guns at Batasi and You're in the Navy Now to the list. Also, I'm waiting on confirmation about special editions for The Longest Day, Patton and Tora!Tora!Tora! which I suspect are nothing, but re-releases for those three titles.





Crawdaddy

 

[John Hodson]

Aptly, you can add Roger Corman's The St. Valentine's Day Massacre to the list also.

 

[John Hodson]

DVD Pacific lists them as 2-discers...

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm waiting on confirmation for that one too.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Hopefully, some other etailers will list these titles with some details.




Crawdaddy

 

[Simon Howson]

Do you mean it is lost, destroyed, or damaged beyond repair?

 

[Eric Vedowski]

Amazon lists St. Valentine's Day Massacre for pre-order. I can't wait to see this in widescreen. Saw it recently (pan & scan as always) and noticed that most of the exteriors were shot on the MGM lot.

 

[Stephen PI]

Anybody know if "100 Rifles" was released in 4-track stereo?

 

[Bill Huelbig]

Anybody know what happened to A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN? It was all ready for release about a year ago, then pulled at the last minute.

 

[Doug Bull]

Joe, THE EGYPTIAN Cinemascope short, which I think is 2 reels, because I was with my friend when he bought it some 30 or 40 years ago, and I seem to recollect there were 2 rolls wound on seperate cores.
I haven't seen it for a long time, but from what I can remember the short is a thinly disguised travelogue of Egypt, but turns into a promotion for THE EGYPTIAN.
I'm certain it contains shots of the large sets and I can certainly remember seeing Edmund Purdom in it.
Because it has faded to pink, it most likely is DeLuxe color with Optical Mono sound and it had the usual Fox shorts credits.


Slightly off thread, but maybe of interest to some,
I once had the Entr'Acte for HELLO DOLLY, it was on 35mm, 4 track Magnetic Stereo, but it also contained a very thin optical track which allowed me to play it at the time.
The quality of sound from the optical was very poor, probably because of the extreme narrowness of this optical Mono track.

How often did this practice of including an optical track on a 4 Track magnetic print occur?
It is the only one that I have come across.

 

[Joe Caps]

Fox and other studios were having too many problems keeping several kinds of prints for each stereo movie. iN the middle of 1956, Fox introduced the magoptical print which had four channels of mag stereo sound and the backup optical track. I think all of foxs stereo prints were this way.
Because extra room was needed on the print to house both four channel mag stereo and optical, the ratio of scope was changed from 2:55 to 1, tO 2:35 TO 1.

 

[Jeff_HR]

There was no info that I saw that indicated this was to be a WS release. You may be disappointed.

 

[Alex Antin]

Every Feb 14th I hope that this great movie "St Valentine's Day Massecre" is finally released in Widescreen. The only media available on this film is P+S VHS.

It never shows on TV in widescreen and so much is missed in the process.

I thought that FOX had the rights to this film? Does anyone know anything about this film and its ownership? I know Roger Corman directed and produced it

 

[Robert Crawford]

I moved your post into this thread because it looks like this title will be coming out on May 23rd. The only thing we're waiting on is confirmation about what aspect ratio will be on the dvd.






Crawdaddy

 

[John Hodson]

DVD Planet has listed The Longest Day, Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora! as 2-disc Special Editions for release on May 23.

 

[Robert Crawford]

However, DVD Planet still doesn't have "St Valentine's Day Massacre" listed on their site. Anyhow, I updated the list with those "War" film titles.




Crawdaddy

 

[Jeff_HR]

That is NOT a true statement. I recorded "St Valentine's Day Massacre" off of the FMC last October in WS. So FOX has WS prints somewhere. Question is does FOX have enough respect for us to release this in WS.

 

[Vincent-P]

When was the last time Fox released something MAR only? I can't think of it.

 

[John Hodson]

DVD Times confirming those R1 WW2 Fox SEs - 'Cinema Classics Collection' - here, and yet another Marilyn Monroe repackaging, also in that 'Cinema Classics Collection' line:

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Marilyn Monroe 80th Anniversary Collection for 30th May 2006 priced at $49.98 SRP. This six-disc collection offers five films starring Marilyn Monroe - The Seven Year Itch, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Niagara, River Of No Return and Let’s Make Love - alongside a special bonus disc titled Marilyn: The Final Days.

Details and art here.

 

[Craig S]

The Digital Bits has details up on the three WWII 2-disc SEs (Patton, Tora, Tora, Tora, and The Longest Day).

They look good. VERY tempting to double-dip on all three.