Top 10 Favourite 70s films that haven't been released in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[bronson]

1) Charlie Varrick
2) Telefon
3) The Longest Yard
4. Bronky Billy
5) St. Ives
6) Semi-Tough
7) The Stone Killer
8) The Shootist
9) McQ
10) Fort Apache

 

[t1g3r5fan]

For this one, I'm going on a year by year basis and based on what I have already in my collection and eager to see the Blu treatment given.

1970
Catch-22
Darling Lili (both theatrical & director's cut)
The Out-of-Towners
Ryan's Daughter
Zabriskie Point

1971
The Andromeda Strain
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Murphy's War
The Red Tent (both Russian & International versions)

1972
Bad Company
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Ruling Class
Ulzana's Raid

1973
Bang the Drum Slowly
Charlotte's Web
The Day of the Jackal
Don't Look Now
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Last of Shiela
The Long Goodbye
Paper Moon
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (all three versions)
Save the Tiger
Sisters

1974
Juggernaut
The Longest Yard
Murder on the Orient Express
The Parallax View
Phase IV (with the recently discovered last reel restored)
The White Dawn

1975
The Day of the Locust
The Eiger Sanction
The Hindenburg

1976
Obsession
The Shootist
Swashbuckler
The Tenant
Two Minute Warning

1977
Black Sunday
The Car
Islands in the Stream
The Other Side of Midnight
Rollercoaster
The Sentinel
Suspiria

1978
Heaven Can Wait
Pretty Baby
Up in Smoke
Who'll Stop the Rain

1979
Cuba
Dracula
The Legacy
Meteor
1941
Phantasm
Prophecy
Real Life
Wise Blood

For this one, I'm going on a year by year basis and based on what I have already in my collection and eager to see the Blu treatment given.

1970
Catch-22
Darling Lili (both theatrical & director's cut)
The Out-of-Towners
Ryan's Daughter
Zabriskie Point

1971
The Andromeda Strain
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Murphy's War
The Red Tent (both Russian & International versions)

1972
Bad Company
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Ruling Class
Ulzana's Raid

1973
Bang the Drum Slowly
Charlotte's Web
The Day of the Jackal
Don't Look Now
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Last of Shiela
The Long Goodbye
Paper Moon
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (all three versions)
Save the Tiger
Sisters

1974
Juggernaut
The Longest Yard
Murder on the Orient Express
The Parallax View
Phase IV (with the recently discovered last reel restored)
The White Dawn

1975
The Day of the Locust
The Eiger Sanction
The Hindenburg

1976
Obsession
The Shootist
Swashbuckler
The Tenant
Two Minute Warning

1977
Black Sunday
The Car
Islands in the Stream
The Other Side of Midnight
Rollercoaster
The Sentinel
Suspiria

1978
Heaven Can Wait
Pretty Baby
Up in Smoke
Who'll Stop the Rain

1979
Cuba
Dracula
The Legacy
Meteor
1941
Phantasm
Prophecy
Real Life
Wise Blood

Wow, six have been either released or forthcoming since my initial post; guess I'll have to look at my collection again to find some replacements for the list.

 

[Konstantinos]

Wow, six have been either released or forthcoming since my initial post; guess I'll have to look at my collection again to find some replacements for the list.

The Eiger Sanction is also available in a Region Free Bluray in UK, included in an Eastwood box, in case you're interested.

 

[atfree]

Darling Lili (both theatrical & director's cut)

Ryan's Daughter

The Andromeda Strain

Ulzana's Raid

The Day of the Jackal

The Last of Shiela

Paper Moon

Cross of Iron (Region A)

Chisum

The Train Robbers

McQ

Cahill, US Marshal

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (all three versions)

Murder on the Orient Express

The Parallax View

The Day of the Locust

The Eiger Sanction

The Hindenburg

Shampoo

The Last Detail

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe

Foul Play

Seems Like Old Times

Sky Riders

The Shootist

Swashbuckler

Black Sunday

$ (Dollars)
Heaven Can Wait

Telefon

 

[sonomatom1]

Colossus: The Forbin Project (probably hasn't aged well technically)The Shootist (what an amazing swan song)
Death In Venice (over-rated but I bet it would benefit immensely from a Blu-ray upgrade or even a complete restoration)
Night Moves
Sharkey's Machine (Burt's best film, IMO, great story.)
The Andromeda Strain (ebola, anyone? Still the best 'plague' film ever made)

 

[Dr Griffin]

Colossus: The Forbin Project (probably hasn't aged well technically)The Shootist (what an amazing swan song)
Death In Venice (over-rated but I bet it would benefit immensely from a Blu-ray upgrade or even a complete restoration)
Night Moves
Sharkey's Machine (Burt's best film, IMO, great story.)
The Andromeda Strain (ebola, anyone? Still the best 'plague' film ever made)

I've thought about getting the Koch German region-free Blu-ray of The Andromeda Strain, though it sounds like it wasn't much of a cleanup on the video. Haven't seen Colossus in years, but would buy a Blu. I don't think Death in Venice is overated, but maybe I haven't seen the same "ratings". I'd like to see a region A Blu-ray of it, with a proper restoration, but maybe the best time for that has passed. Sudios/Labels are doing less all-out restorations, excepting maybe Criterion, here in the US.

 

[Konstantinos]

Death In Venice (over-rated but I bet it would benefit immensely from a Blu-ray upgrade or even a complete restoration)

Yes, I think so too.
Especially if it received a restoration like Arrow's Cinema Paradiso!

 

[Paul Scott]

While I'd be thrilled to hear the announcements for a lot of things mentioned in this thread so far, since my tastes usually run a little more low brow and exploitation, these are the ones that would really do it for me (or at least a partial list of them...I could easily add another handful without a whole lot of effort). I think this is ten, but my eyes are getting bad and I was never really good at math.

 

[Everett S.]

I'm only really interested in Blu-rays of films still unreleased on R1 (pressed) DVD, out-of-print R1 DVD titles I missed out on, and anamorphic upgrades of non-anamorphic R1 DVDs... so, off the top of my head:

1970

Brotherhood of the Bell
Colossus: The Forbin Project

1971

Melody
Unman Wittering Zigo
When Eight Bells Toll
Willard

1973

Arnold
Charley Varrick
Day of the Jackal
Harry in Your Pocket
Theatre of Blood

1974

The Black Windmill
Gold
The Parallax View

1975

The Eiger Sanction
Sharks' Treasure

1976

The Savage Bees

1977

Star Wars (original theatrical version)

1979

1941 (individual release)

Willard is a BCP Bing Cosby Production

 

[WadeM]

Sharkey's Machine (Burt's best film, IMO, great story.)

WB indicated in August 2013 that they were prepping that film for blu-ray.

 

[bronson]

WB indicated in August 2013 that they were prepping that film for blu-ray.

But it´s the wrong thread because "Sharky´s Machine" is not a 70´s movie. It was made in 1981!!!!

 

[sonomatom1]

Bronsonhttp://www.hometheaterforum.com/user/392438-bronson/: It's not in the wrong thread: the guy was off by two years. Geesh!

 

[atfree]

sonomatom1, on 04 Dec 2014 - 4:23 PM, said:

Sharkey's Machine (Burt's best film, IMO, great story.)

WB indicated in August 2013 that they were prepping that film for blu-ray.

Either way, it's coming April 7th 2015:

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

And speaking of Burt Reynolds, one of Burt's 1970s efforts comes off the 70s Favourites Not On Blu-ray List:

Hooper (1978) starring Burt as a top-flite Hollywood stuntman. It has been officially announced for a blu-ray release on April 7th 2015.

"I think we're in trouble!!"

 

[JohnMor]

Can only narrow it down to 11:

The Beguiled
Coming Home (glad to hear it's on its way)
Day of the Locust
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Funny Lady
Klute
Mame (yes, really!)
The Owl and the Pussycat
Prince of the City
Theatre of Blood
The Yakuza

Would also love to see Arnold (glad to hear I'm not the only one who remembers this.)

Since 2 from my list are now on blu-ray, I'm replacing them with:

The Boys in the Band
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

 

[Paul Scott]

The Beguiled

No waiting as I'm pretty sure THIS is Region Free (even though it's listed as B).
It was released in a box set of most of the Universal Eastwoods a few months back, and the box set is listed as Region Free. I'll check my copy tonight to make sure.

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

The '70s is easily my favorite decade for film, so I am not going to even attempt to list just 10 films:

1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Little Fauss and Big Halsy

1971
The Andromeda Strain
Carnal Knowledge
Klute

1972
The Candidate
The Mechanic
Silent Running
Slaughterhouse-Five

1973
Bang the Drum Slowly
Charley Varrick
Cinderella Liberty
Emperor of the North Pole
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Last Detail
The Seven-Ups

1974
The Longest Yard
Mr. Majestyk
The Parallax View
Phase IV
Zardoz

1975
Dersu Uzala
The Drowning Pool
Night Moves
Shampoo
Smile

1976
Bound for Glory
The Missouri Breaks

1977
Black Sunday
Demon Seed
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1978
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Pretty Baby
The Silent Partner
Straight Time

1979
All That Jazz
Breaking Away
The Onion Field

I really don't keep up with catalog titles in other regions, so I would not be surprised if some of these available. Just some of the titles that I really have enjoyed that (I believe) are not available. I may have missed a release here or there as I don't keep up with catalog releases as much these days.

- Walter.

Walter, hope you don't mind me using your list to start the Parade of the 70s Blus, aka movies that are coming off this list. I'll use yours because none of the titles I listed in the OP have been released onto Blu as of this date.

From Walter's List:

Breaking Away (1979): Will be released in January 2015 by Twilight Time.
All That Jazz (1979): A Criterion release.
Coming Home (1978): Kino Lorber.
The Missouri Breaks (1976): Kino Lorber
Zardoz (1974): Twilight Time.
The Mechanic (1972): Twilight Time.

And to continue...
Meteor (1979): Kino Lorber
1941 (1979)
Dracula (1979)

 

[Wvtvguy]

Great lists by everyone. I hope 2015 brings a few good releases.

 

[Bob Cashill]

I think that Eastwood box with The Beguiled will be available here in time for his 85th birthday this spring but if it isn't the Amazon UK price works out to less than $8 per disc which isn't bad, particularly if you aren't double dipping.

 

[atfree]

I think that Eastwood box with The Beguiled will be available here in time for his 85th birthday this spring but if it isn't the Amazon UK price works out to less than $8 per disc which isn't bad, particularly if you aren't double dipping.

Double dipping is my problem....hoping for single releases of the The Eiger Sanction and The Beguiled in the Spring.