US theatrical-release films not on DVD (1977-present) (1 Viewer)

[Bo_Darville]

curious if members could help compile a list of recent (last 30 years) theatrically released films (edited to add: that grossed at least $1 million at the U.S. box office) which do not currently appear nor have been announced for release on region 1 DVD in any shape or form (i.e. the fact that an anamorphic widescreen or dts-encoded version does not exist notwithstanding)

i'll start from what i know (and update as necessary):

Heroes (1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
One on One (1977)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
Agatha (1979)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Carny (1980)
Cruising (1980)
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Foolin' Around (1980)
Gilda Live (1980)
Hardly Working (1980)
Serial (1980)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Endless Love (1981)
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Neighbors (1981)
Only When I Laugh (1981)
The Hand (1981)
Under the Rainbow (1981)
Cannery Row (1982)
Inchon (1982)
Jekyll & Hyde: Together Again (1982)
Megaforce (1982)
Paradise (1982)
Partners (1982)
Shoot the Moon (1982)
Zapped! (1982)
Ruby in Paradise (1983)
Spring Break (1983)
Trenchcoat (1983)
The Keep (1983)
Body Rock (1984)
Electric Dreams (1984)
Firstborn (1984)
Hardbodies (1984)
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
The Wild Life (1984)
Bad Medicine (1985)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
From Beyond (1986)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Out of Bounds (1986)
Cross My Heart (1987)
Housekeeping (1987)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
The Dead (1987)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
White Mischief (1987)
High Hopes (1988)
Phantasm II (1988)
Spellbinder (1988)
Switching Channels (1988)
The Rescue (1988)
Vibes (1988)
Queen of Hearts (1989)
Hardware (1990)
Hear My Song (1991)
Homicide (1991)
Late for Dinner (1991)
Run (1991)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Enchanted April (1992)
King of the Hill (1993)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Hamlet (1996)
Lost Highway (1997)

thank you for your knowledgeable and thoughtful contributions. background info and rumors are also appreciated.

edited to focus on movies that had nationwide screening or limited success (1 million or more gross)

 

[David_Blackwell]

Until The End Of The World (the theatrical and 5 hour director's cut aren't on DVD yet)
UTEOTW (DC) is available in Germany and Italy whiile the TC is coming to the UK soon.

 

[MatthewA]

Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
Take Down (1979)
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980)
Amy (1981)
Neighbors (1981)
Inchon (1982)
Trenchcoat (1983)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)

 

[Rusty_W]

Electric Dreams and Scavenger Hunt. Electric Dreams seems to have no chance of a release due to music rights and I have no idea why Scavenger Hunt is not out yet. I'd be guessing on any other movie as a lot of the ones I'm thinking about are probably direct to home video releases.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

The Keep
Night Of The Comet
Vibes

 

[TravisR]

Lost Highway (1997)

 

[Dougieha]

Ken Branagh's Hamlet (Here's hoping it comes out this year, as rumor has it).

Let's hope someone asks about it at the live chat with Warner in February.

 

[Kevin M]

Galaxy of Terror (1981) ......well I liked it.

 

[James Luckard]

Two other Castle Rock films from the same period (late 1996) as "Hamlet" that also seem to have fallen into some sort of legal limbo are Branagh's "In The Bleak Midwinter," released in the US as "A Midwinter's Tale" and "Some Mother's Son," starring Helen Mirren. Neither has been released on DVD in the US, or anywhere else in the world, to my knowledge.

 

[walter o]

looking at my VHS/LD collection, from 1977 to present...

1977
ONE ON ONE
1978
FAST BREAK
ODE TO BILLIE JOE
ANGUS
KING OF THE GYPSIES
RUN - Patrick Dempsey
LITTLE DARLING
RUNNERS STUMBLE
DAMNATION ALLEY
NIAGARA NIAGARA
IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN
8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE
CROSS MY HEART
THE PASSAGE
LOVELINES
SERIAL
I WANT YOU (Rachel Weisz)
ARIZONA DREAMS
1492 CONQUEST OF PARADISE
RAPA NUI
BLUE SKIES AGAIN
SUNCHASER
PARADISE - Phoeve Cates
THE RESCUE
SPRING BREAK
ONE AND ONLY
HEROES
GOING APE
BOULEVARD NIGHTS
SUNBURN
RAGGEDY ANNE AND ANDY MUSICAL ADVENTURE
TILT
IT'S MY TURN
OUTLAW BLUES
PHAR LAP
PURPLE HEARTS
LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR
UNDER THE RAINBOW
HARDLY WORKING
WILLIE AND PHIL
MEGAFORCE
FIRE SALE
SOMEONE KILLED HER HUSBAND
WHEN YOU COMIN BACK RED RYDER
ENTER THE NINJA
NINJA 3
NIGHT SCHOOL
LOVE AND MONEY
EYES OF A STRANGER
DEADLY EYES
PROMISE IN THE DARK
AGATHA
NESTING
CURTAINS
I THE JURY
NIGHTWINGS
NIGHTS THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA
BALTIMORE BULLET
OUT OF BOUNDS
BODY ROCK
GILDA LIVE
HOUSEKEEPING
LUNA
AVALANCHE EXPRESS
LOOKING TO GET OUT
STUDENT BODIES
DIE LAUGHING
FIENDISH PLOT OF DR FU MANCHU
THE HAND
WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS
JUST YOU AND ME KID
OLD BOYFRIENDS
GOLDENGIRL
SKATETOWN USA
BAD MEDICINE
GAS
FIRSTBORN
HARDBODIES
THE PACK
RAZORBACK
FAST FORWARD
ZAPPED
THE CHALLENGE
BLOODBROTHERS
BELL JAR
RABBIT TEST
AMSTERDAM KILL
WHOOPEE BOYS
BOYS IN COMPANY C
SILVER BEARS
FIRE WITH FIRE
THE OUTSIDER
BOBBY DEERFIELD
PARTNERS
TWICE UPON A TIME
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
HUMONGOUS
PHOBIA
DANIEL
CHICKEN CHRONICLES
PERFECT WEAPON
SPELLBINDER
TULIPS
MELANIE
HEIDI'S SONG
DREAMER

will try to list is via year...

 

[Bo_Darville]

wow, thank you walter. exactly the sort of thing i was looking for. would love it if you could edit in the year of release alongside the title, so i can simply cut and paste into the list on top.

i'm going to ask again at this point if you can edit in the verified year of release alongside the title. updated: for films that grossed $1 million or more. thanks.

 

[Eric Peterson]

Billy Wilder's last two films

Fedora (1978)
Buddy Buddy (1981)

 

[Jay E]

It might be easier if you had the cut-off at 1980, it's hard to remeber if a film came out in 1976 or 1977. I just stuck to the 1980's on:

Addiction, The
Borrower, The
Cannery Row
Crackers
Cruising
From Beyond
Fruit Machine, The
High Hopes
Illtown
Ironweed
Kafka
King of the Hill
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Laws of Gravity
Love Streams
Madame Sousatzka
Man of No Importance, A
Moonlighting
Music of Chance, The
New Age, The
Night on Earth
Paperhouse
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Pascali's Island
Personal Best
Phantasm II
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Reflecting Skin, The
Revolution
Ruby in Paradise
Sammy & Rosie Get Laid
Shoot the Moon
Small Faces
Streamers
SubUrbia
Trust
Under the Volcano
What Happened Was...
White Mischief
Wild Man Blues

 

[walter o]

Jay,

MOONLIGHTING is out on DVD from Trinity, PHANTASM 3 is getting released via Anchor Bay

 

[David_Blackwell]

Night Of The Comet is a catalogue title release from MGM in March

 

[Radioman970]

TerrorVision (1986)
Humongous (1982)
Under the Rainbow (1981) (a poster on imdb.com says it is "planned for late 2007, can anyone confirm?)
Outlaw Blues (1977)

 

[MatthewA]

Under the Volcano is coming out from Criterion.

And speaking of John Huston:

Wise Blood (1979)
Phobia (1980)
The Dead (1987)

are MIA on DVD as well.

 

[TravisR]

The only David Cronenberg movie not on DVD: M. Butterfly.

 

[Jon Martin]

Is that the case? MGM managed to release LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN and that had A LOT bigger music obstacles (U2, the Police, etc). ELECTRIC DREAMS didn't have as big a soundtrack, and was also MGM.

The only song I remember from it is the theme, and the video for that (which has clips from the film, as well as the cast members, and the MGM logo all over the place) is on the Human League DVD. That should be a definite extra if a DVD is ever released.

Great movie though.

Someone also mentioned TERRORVISION. That is actually on one of the Showtime channels tonight.

 

[JeffMc]

I believe the only song MGM didn't clear for "THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN" DVD was a Human League song (that's why "Whip It" by Devo is played twice on the DVD version - to cover up the missing Human League song). So maybe Human League or their label is preventing "ELECTRIC DREAMS" as well? The song in ELECTRIC DREAMS is absolutely crucial to the film, especially the final sequence, so there's no way to remove it without seriously damaging the film.