The Cannon Films / Golan-Globus on Blu-ray! thread (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

If any of these have the rights to Agatha Christie's Appointment With Death on Blu that would be great. I have the region 2 dvd.

I believe Mr. Lime reported that Warners holds the rights to this one. I want it, too, on Blu-ray.

 

[youworkmen]

A shame that MGM opted to only release the US R cut of Death Wish 2 . The uncut version has been released on dvd almost everywhere else.

The Australian double bill dvd of the first 2 movies seems to be the best option for DW2 at the moment

 

[Stephen_J_H]

I would be interested in "Grace Quigley" (or "The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley") --- Katharine Hepburn's last leading role in a theatrical film (co-starring Nick Nolte). Cannon gave it a token release in 1985 and it has rarely surfaced since then.

+1. This was my introduction to black comedy as a teenager and has stuck with me. Hepburn and Nolte have unexpectedly great chemistry in this underseen film.

 

[Brian Kidd]

I would snap up a Blu-ray of The Apple in a heartbeat. Lord help me, I love that film.


/Waits for rotten vegetables to be thrown at him

 

[Mark Pytel]

I would kill for a bluray of Grace Quigley. I know it isn't that well known, but with the fan base of Katherine Hepburn, I'm shocked it has never been released to bluray let alone dvd. I think it is ripe for a release.

 

[Tony J Case]

I would snap up a Blu-ray of The Apple in a heartbeat. Lord help me, I love that film.


/Waits for rotten vegetables to be thrown at him

Life will not be complete until we get . . . . this . . . . .musical disaster on Blu!

 

[Tony J Case]

So apparenetly there's an American Ninja boxed set, movies 1-4, set to release sometime soon in the UK. Problem is, it's not region free - but if you have the rig and you've got a burning urge for some Dudikoff, this will be good news for you!

 

[Tony J Case]

By the way, if anyone is looking to pick up the documentary Electric Boogaloo, Umbrella Entertainment has it on sale this week for 20% off - 15 bucks instead of 20: http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/p-3992-electric-boogaloo.aspx


DVD only, not Blu, sadly. Still I think I'll pull the trigger on this, despite having tickets to see it in the theater in a couple of weeks at the SIFF.

 

[youworkmen]

Electric Boogaloo is available on a very nice German Bluray. I got it the other week.

Lots of extras including a 50 minute trailerthon. Is this on the Oz version?

 

[Martin Henry]

So apparenetly there's an American Ninja boxed set, movies 1-4, set to release sometime soon in the UK. Problem is, it's not region free - but if you have the rig and you've got a burning urge for some Dudikoff, this will be good news for you!

The set plays perfectly fine on Region A players.

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Give me Assasination by the other Peter Hunt starring Bronson.

 

[Worth]

Give me Assasination by the other Peter Hunt starring Bronson.

Available in Germany.

 

[Moe Dickstein]

I rarely import. I'm sure they'll get to it here in the US, but thanks for letting me know it exists

 

[Bob Cashill]

You can also get if via the excellent Diabolik DVD.

 

[Bob Cashill]

88 Films of the UK has put out a box set of all four American Ninja movies that plays in Region B and Region A players. The set had some extras, including a retrospective documentary, and is bound to be cheaper than waiting on Olive or Kino to release all four individually.

 

[Tony J Case]

Added Street Smart to the line-up under Olive Films - but man, what a terrible, terrible cover! The original poster was SO much better:

I wonder if it's too late for Olive to add a reversible cover to the disc?

 

[Tony J Case]

Last night I managed to catch Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films at the Seattle International Film Festival. Yes, it's as glorious and awesome as you might expect from the trailer. Well, here - let me repost what I said in my SIFF thread:


I grew up on shlock. My mother would take me to the local drive in every weekend for the best in slasher flicks, exploitation movies and raunchy teen comedies. If it wasn't Roger Corman's New Line, it was the Go-Go boys' Cannon Films feeding me a steady diet of Ninjas, swearing and Nudity - so EB:TWUSOCF is a love letter to my youth. It doesn't delve too deeply into each production, but it's got loads of cast and crew from back in Cannon's hayday that are willing to speak frankly on their time at the studio. Some speak fondly of their associations with Cannon, some . . . . not so much.

​My only regrets are the people they didn't interview. Being the studio that made Chuck Norris a star, it's a pity they didn't corral him for some screen time. Also, Menahem and Yoram declined to participate (however, in true Cannon style announced their own documentary shortly after being approached for EB:TWUSOCF - managing to release theirs three months before EB). That said, if you've ever loved a Cannon Film, you'll enjoy the hell out of this documentary.

 

[Bob Cashill]

Twilight Time is releasing Cannon's 10 TO MIDNIGHT this fall.

 

[Tony J Case]

Okay, that looks really badass. Like a serious Death Wish!

 

[Bob Cashill]

Not Blu but the new MOD DVD of Fool for Love is 16:9 anamorphic widescreen.