I made myself a pretty good DVD-R of TCM's Uninvited but the laserdisc still looks the most pleasing. But it is high time for a 21st century release. Whoever finally decides to rise to the occasion, meet one of your very first customers.
I agree. As I think about the film, there's nothing that really dates it. Sure there are cars of yesteryear in the movie, but things like that place it in a time period, without the movie becoming dated. A good ghost tale will always be welcome.Richard--W said:THE HAUNTING was released 18 September, 1963. So this blu-ray will be the film's 50th anniversary. Hard to believe it's that old. It doesn't seem that old. In fact it seems very contemporary to me.
Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but is the BFI release open region? Thanks.Richard--W said:I second the recommendation for the BFI blu-ray of THE INNOCENTS which makes the American DVD look like the afterthought it is...
It's not.ahollis said:Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but is the BFI release open region? Thanks.
Dick said:Such wonderful news! Thanks, WB.
Not to seem greedy, but when might we expect THE HORROR OR DRACULA, THE MUMMY (1959), and CURSE OF DRACULA? Only THE MUMMY hasn't already been released in the UK, and you have an opportunity to greatly improve upon the UK CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
If THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS is planned as an Archive title, that suits me fine.
Trick or treat.
I am replying to my own post, as it is too late for me to edit it. Of course, I did not mean CURSE OF DRACULA.Dick said:Such wonderful news! Thanks, WB.
Not to seem greedy, but when might we expect THE HORROR OR DRACULA, THE MUMMY (1959), and CURSE OF DRACULA? Only THE MUMMY hasn't already been released in the UK, and you have an opportunity to greatly improve upon the UK CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
If THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS is planned as an Archive title, that suits me fine.
Trick or treat.
Well , I'm not sure that's a fair statement. They did license ISLAND OF LOST SOULS from Universal. And they release Japanese-language films only about once every three months on average. An incredible diversity of genres, time periods and points of origin.Richard--W said:I second the recommendation for the BFI blu-ray of THE INNOCENTS which makes the American DVD look like the afterthought it is, and I'll add my voice to the plea for THE UNINVITED. But don't hold your breadth waiting for Criterion to release THE UNINVITED. It would stand a better chance if it were Japanese.
I saw the film when it first opened at the Empire, London and remember some of those alternate scenes. At the time it seemed a very scary film. My memory doesn't stretch to remembering the date when I saw it but IMBd says it opened there January 1964, which may be right as it opened in other European countries around that time and would be a better fit than 1963 for my own time frame.FoxyMulder said:Isn't the UK version the same as the USA, i watched it in widescreen on TV a few years back here in the UK but can't remember if it included those scenes listed at IMDB, it does say it differs from general release prints so i assume that possibly the Edinburgh showing was a one off, Robert Wise would have had a say in all this, he did after all prevent Ted Turner from adding colour to it.
Having said all that, i see the original cinema version passed at the BBFC with a running time of 114 minutes and 12 seconds, not 112 minutes, maybe we did get a slightly longer UK cut of the film, it looks like the DVD editions are the 112 minute cut though as they run 107 minutes and 14 seconds after PAL speedup is taken into account.
I also see it passed the BBFC office with an X certificate in March 1963, did it really open in North America first, why would they wait six months after UK classification to release it to cinemas, i'm going to Google this.
I couldn't find out the release date in the UK so i guess things were just different in 1963 with regards classification or the BBFC website got the dates wrong, i doubt it's the latter, i'm going to have to pay attention the next time the BBC shows the film and see if we have a longer cut and then i'll get annoyed when Warner gives us the shorter cut of the film.