The King of Comedy with Scorsese commentary on May 14th! (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

This is one of my personal favorites

as well.

I had quite a look of surprise on my face

when I was told last year that Fox was working

on this title.

I knew forum members had been asking about it.

It's always curious to know how one studio's

product ends up in the hands of another. This

Columbia title ended up at Fox. Universal just

released a slew of "Road" movies that sport the

Paramount logo.

Nonetheless, I couldn't be happier that Fox

is the studio releasing this film. If I remeber

the conversation correctly, this disc will have

a nice load of extras on it.

 

[Tom-G]

Ron, I'm thanking the DVD-gods that Fox has the rights to this title. I know Fox will take care of this title the way it deserves.

 

[Dave Scarpa]

Fantastic News. It's a definate Purchase. Now if Warner would do anAfter Hours SE I'd be delirious

 

[Rob Tomlin]

It's about time!!! Thank God!
Now, if they would only release Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, After Hours, a SE of Goodfellas, a SE of Raging Bull......
BTW, does anyone else think that Mark looks like Rupert Pupkin???

 

[Gareth Flynn]

So here's Scorsese-on-R1-DVD so far - feel free to add to this if you have any more info (I've left out most of his shorts and docs here).

• Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1968 - Warners - Not Scheduled)
• Boxcar Bertha (1972 - MGM - March 19th - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 1.0 - No Extras)
• Mean Streets (1973 - Warners - Out Now - OAR - Non-Anamorphic - DD 1.0 - No Extras - Special Edition in 2002 according to WHV/HTF chat)
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974 - Warners - In The Works according to WHV/HTF chat)
• Taxi Driver (1976 - Columbia - Out Now - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 2.0 - Documentary & More - Scorsese/Schrader commentary from Criterion LD not included)
• New York, New York (1977 - MGM - Not Scheduled)
• Last Waltz, The (1978 - MGM - May 7th - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - Commentaries, Unseen Footage & More)
• Raging Bull (1980 - MGM - Out Now - OAR - Non-Anamorphic - DD 2.0 - No Extras - Special Edition in 2002 according to MGM/HTF chat - probably won't include commentary from Criterion LD)
• King Of Comedy, The (1983 - Fox - May 14th - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 2.0 - Commentary & More)
• After Hours (1985 - Warners - Not Scheduled)
• Color Of Money, The (1986 - Buena Vista - Out Now - OAR - Non-Anamorphic - DD 4.1 - No Extras)
• Last Temptation Of Christ, The (1988- Criterion - Out Now - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - Commentary, Documentary & More)
• Goodfellas (1990 - Warners - Out Now - OAR - Non-Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - No Extras - Flipper - Special Edition in 2002 according to WHV/HTF chat)
• Cape Fear (1991 - Universal - Out Now - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - DTS 5.1 - Documentary & More)
• Age Of Innocence, The (1993 - Columbia - Out Now - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - No Notable Extras)
• Casino (1995 - Universal - Out Now - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - No Extras)
• Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A (1995 - Buena Vista - Out Now - Various ARs & Soundtracks)
• Kundun (1997 - Buena Vista - Out Now - OAR - Non-Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - No Extras)
• Bringing Out The Dead (1999 - Paramount - Out Now - OAR - Anamorphic - DD 5.1 - No Extras)

 

[Ike]

Ron,

Will you review this one, or does it fall under the new "No more Fox titles" rule?

 

[Mark Bendiksen]

BTW, does anyone else think that Mark looks like Rupert Pupkin???

Hey, I resemble that!
"Mark Bendiksen: (It's often misspelled and mispronounced.)"
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[Jay E]

One of my most wanted titles coming as an SE. Boy does this make my week!

 

[Neil_Duffy]

Thanks for the link.

Is there any update on this coming out?

 

[DAVE B]

Any update on this title? I thought it was confirmed for May 14th? Anyone know what happened?

 

[Jon Hertzberg]

If I'm not mistaken, KING OF COMEDY was released theatrically, in the U.S., by Fox. So in a roundabout way, it's been Fox's all along. I do not think there are many other titles that have appeared under so many major studios' banners, on video.

Jon

 

[Mark Edward Heuck]

What happened is that THE KING OF COMEDY was independently financed by Arnon Milchan, it was his first movie venture. So Fox released it to theatres, but back then did not have any other rights to it. Milchan licensed it to Columbia initially for home video.

Years later, when Milchan established his Regency Enterprises company, they were housed at Warner Bros., making films like A TIME TO KILL, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, and NATURAL BORN KILLERS. So when Columbia's option lapsed, it was a natural move for Warner Bros. to rerelease the title on video.

Now, Regency Enterprises is at Fox, making stuff like FIGHT CLUB. So again, part of the housekeeping deal involves Fox handling the DVD of this wholly-owned Milchan production. While I feel a small twinge of anal-retentive wistfulness (I kinda liked having so many Scorsese movies under one studio roof) that Fox is doing this and not Warner, WB's incredible sluggishness in getting Scorsese on disc is not a good thing. So Fox's entry into the Scorsese business is very very welcome.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Ok, so May 14 is less than two weeks away! What is the latest word on The King of Comedy?!?!?

 

[Anthony Thorne]

The rumour that Warner has a 'Scorsese Collection' in the works (similar to their Kubrick/Oliver Stone boxes) is enough to make me hold off on this title for the moment. I'm not going to buy it twice.

 

[Rain]

Well, considering it's May 2 and we've heard nothing for the longest time and nobody has cover art posted (Amazon doesn't even list a release date), it's obviously not coming out on May 14 if at all.

I'd be very interested to know what's going on with it.

 

[Peter Staddon]

OK here's the deal.

We've been working on this release for months now, and have all the additional material ready and finished, with the exception of the commentary tracks.

We are still trying to get all involved together for the recording but some current film projects keep getting in our way.

May 14th is not happening, but when it is released it will be done properly.

Thanks for your interest,

Peter Staddon

 

[Ike]

Sweet. Thanks for the news. It's totally pants, but that's cool.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Thank you for the information, Mr. Staddon. Sounds like the people at Fox are going to do this one right, so it should definitely be worth the wait!

The anticipation is gonna kill me though!

 

[Rain]

If it means a better presentation, I can be patient.
I'm just happy to know it's still on the slate.

 

[HenrikTull]

Mr. Staddon hasn't forgotten about us after all!! WOOHOO!
Welcome back by the way
Looking forward to the King of Comedy release by the way, and it's nice to know you're working hard on doing it right.