Sony's Missing Columbia Titles. (2 Viewers)

[Alan Tully]

Yup, Barabbas, Lord Jim & MacKenna’s Gold - do Sony still have a restoration department? And then there's The Victors & The Devil At 4 O'Clock (Frank Sinatra & Spencer Tracy!).

I bought the German Blu-ray of MacKenna's Gold in the end, an old transfer, but not looking too bad at all (whereas just forget the Barabbas Blu-ray).

 

[Interdimensional]

I'm still waiting for them to digitally remaster their remaining vintage 3-D titles. The ones they put out were among my favourite Twilight Time releases.

They have not done:

The Nebraskan(1953)
Fort Ti (1953)
Jesse James Vs the Daltons(1954)
Drums of Tahiti (1954)

2D only:
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

Kino and 3-D Film Archive put out titles like this year after year, and they always seem to do reliable numbers.

The last new Sony release was when Twilight Time put out Gun Fury(1954) in 2017.

 

[Bartman]

Just looking along the line of DVDs on my shelf there are so many Sony titles missing on Blu-ray but the stand out is The Statement from 2003. I've streamed it a couple of times & it looks good.

 

[Drew Salzan]

You Can’t Run Away From It.

 

[Patrick McCart]

These are my main MIA Sony/Columbia titles:

And Now for Something Completely Different (wasn't this remastered years ago?)
I Never Sang for My Father (just received an Australian release through Imprint)
El padrecito (and the rest of the wonderful Columbia-Posa Films coproductions of Cantinflas films)
Lord Jim
The Man from Laramie (one of the great Anthony Mann/James Stewart westerns)

And while I have them from the UK "Ford at Columbia" box that Indicator put out, the US deserves to have The Whole Town's Talking (Ford screwball comedy with Edward G. Robinson), The Thin Gray Line, Gideon's Day, and The Last Hurrah back in print after the first and last title's limited runs with Twilight Time.

And of course, I'd love to see Three Stooges Blu-rays and the other Columbia comedy shorts. Their second UHD box set included a "sampler" disc with beautiful HD versions of several, as well as some animation.

 

[Dick]

I pine for THE BEDFORD INCIDENT. Kinda surprised it hasn't gone to Mill Creek by now.



Also, a whole bunch of titles from their DVD Sony Classics series:

BURNT BY THE SUN
LONE STAR
MEMORIES OF A KILLER
SWEET AND LOWDOWN
GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS

Plus

LORD JIM
CALIFORNIA SPLIT
RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP
SILVER CITY

and and on...

 

[Capt D McMars]

MacKenna’s Gold

I'd Love to find a restored edition of this well desearved film as well...

 

[cadavra]

I pine for THE BEDFORD INCIDENT. Kinda surprised it hasn't gone to Mill Creek by now.



Also, a whole bunch of titles from their DVD Sony Classics series:

BURNT BY THE SUN
LONE STAR
MEMORIES OF A KILLER
SWEET AND LOWDOWN
GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS

Plus

LORD JIM
CALIFORNIA SPLIT
RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP
SILVER CITY

and and on...

LONE STAR was Castle Rock and is now owned by Warners.

 

[uncledougie]

LORD JIM is long overdue for a decent Blu-ray release, being a Super Panavision 70 production, and in theory it should look terrific, plus be a candidate for a 4K version, though that’s likely a pie in the sky want. MACKENNA’S GOLD, on the other hand, was a troubled, much revised final product from its intended roadshow presentation. The hack job editing reduced the notable supporting cast to little more than cameo walk ons, and it’s been subjected to additional trims of incidental nudity and such; even the laserdisc was far from ideal for the extant general release version. Presumably all that additional footage is lost, so we’ll never be treated to anything near the original intent. But the film, despite some risible earthquake effects toward the end, is a guilty pleasure, and deserves a decent release.

 

[Douglas R]

These are my main MIA Sony/Columbia titles:

And Now for Something Completely Different (wasn't this remastered years ago?)
I Never Sang for My Father (just received an Australian release through Imprint)
El padrecito (and the rest of the wonderful Columbia-Posa Films coproductions of Cantinflas films)
Lord Jim
The Man from Laramie (one of the great Anthony Mann/James Stewart westerns)

And while I have them from the UK "Ford at Columbia" box that Indicator put out, the US deserves to have The Whole Town's Talking (Ford screwball comedy with Edward G. Robinson), The Thin Gray Line, Gideon's Day, and The Last Hurrah back in print after the first and last title's limited runs with Twilight Time.

And of course, I'd love to see Three Stooges Blu-rays and the other Columbia comedy shorts. Their second UHD box set included a "sampler" disc with beautiful HD versions of several, as well as some animation.

The Man From Laramie is available on a Region B Blu-ray from Eureka. Nowadays it’s essential to have multi region players so as to have a wide choice of releases.

 

[Patrick McCart]

The Man From Laramie is available on a Region B Blu-ray from Eureka. Nowadays it’s essential to have multi region players so as to have a wide choice of releases.

I was aware of the Eureka disc, but assumed it was out of print for some reason. Still, important title that deserves to be back in print here.

 

[Dick]

LONE STAR was Castle Rock and is now owned by Warners.

Thanks for the heads-up. If it's with Warner Bros, there is hope.

 

[dana martin]

These are my main MIA Sony/Columbia titles:

And Now for Something Completely Different (wasn't this remastered years ago?)
I Never Sang for My Father (just received an Australian release through Imprint)
El padrecito (and the rest of the wonderful Columbia-Posa Films coproductions of Cantinflas films)
Lord Jim
The Man from Laramie (one of the great Anthony Mann/James Stewart westerns)

And while I have them from the UK "Ford at Columbia" box that Indicator put out, the US deserves to have The Whole Town's Talking (Ford screwball comedy with Edward G. Robinson), The Thin Gray Line, Gideon's Day, and The Last Hurrah back in print after the first and last title's limited runs with Twilight Time.

And of course, I'd love to see Three Stooges Blu-rays and the other Columbia comedy shorts. Their second UHD box set included a "sampler" disc with beautiful HD versions of several, as well as some animation.

got a release from Twilight Time

 

[Astairefan]

These are some of the main titles I'm still waiting for U.S. releases on Blu-ray (at the bare minimum) from Sony:

• You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
• It Had To Be You (1947)
• Tight Spot (1955)
• Pennies From Heaven (1936)
• Three For The Show (1955)

Plus there are a few Humphrey Bogart films (and I wouldn't mind them re-releasing a more official Beat The Devil since I missed out on the Twilight Time Blu-ray), and a few Lucille Ball films (if I'm remembering correctly). There are probably a few others that aren't coming to mind right now, but that's my list (4K UHD would be another matter entirely).

 

[PaulRossen]

Charlton Heston in Diamond Head

 

[dana martin]

They still have a couple of Cheech and Chong films that can stand a possible release

 

[Sadsack]

I pine for THE BEDFORD INCIDENT. Kinda surprised it hasn't gone to Mill Creek by now.

I have the region-free blu from French company Metropolitan, which goes by the translated title "Aux postes de combat."
See on Amazon

 

[James Luckard]

THE END OF THE AFFAIR (1999)
AVALON (1990)
I WALK THE LINE - available on BD in France
The HORSEMEN - available on BD in France

 

[Dick]

I have the region-free blu from French company Metropolitan, which goes by the translated title "Aux postes de combat."
See on Amazon

Thanks for that.

 

[Jeffrey D]

They still have a couple of Cheech and Chong films that can stand a possible release

I’d love to see Nice Dreams released (I have Up In Smoke and Next Movie).