Your want/prediction list for 2011 (1 Viewer)

[Rick Thompson]

Originally Posted by GMpasqua





The Big Country was recently remastered and I was told it looks much better then the DVD - this is from MGM so it may take a while until they get their finances in order

Glad to hear that. I hope they corrected the first big mistake in the DVD: The copper wash over the opening credits was gone (though you can see traces in the various dissolves). It was correct in the VHS issues, so why it was wrong on the DVD is a mystery. This is a film that should look spectacular in Blu.

 

If the ABC HD broadcast from this year is any indication, then we are in for a real treat when The Ten Commandments arrives!!

 

[Mr. Pacino]

I´d like to see the following titles:


1) Beverly Hills Cop 1+2

2) Jaws

3) Scarface

4) Jurassic Park 1+2

5) True Lies

6) Cobra

7) Assassins

8) Sharky´s Machine

9) Indiana Jones 1-3

10) The Silver Streak


and the rest of the Bond movies!

 

[Bradley-E]

Bill Hunt's column yesterday indicated a surge in catalog titles in 2011. So hopefully that will remain true.


Some of my predictions:

SONY:
Mysterious Island (Winner of recent Harryhausen poll)
Taxi Driver (35th Aniv)
Stripes (30th Aniv)
Boyz N the Hood (20th Aniv)
The Guns of Navarone (50th Aniv)

The Fisher King (20th Aniv)

A Man for All Seasons (45th)


UNIVERSAL:

Jaws


FOX:
The Commitments (20th Aniv)

Grand Canyon (20th Aniv)
Coen Bros Box Set: Barton Fink, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona

All About Eve

9 to 5

The King & I (55th Aniv)
The Posiedon Adventure

The Seven Year Itch

 

[David Deeb]

I only want to watch Blu. DVD just doesn't cut it anymore.

We need truly special editions of all the John Hughes films with all those deleted scenes please. My want list includes:

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Uncle Buck
• Weird Science
• Sixteen Candles
• Jaws
• Almost Famous (US release with both versions of the film)
• A.I.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom & Last Crusade
• Man on the Moon
• Old Yeller & those classic Disney live action films!
• Marx Brothers films: all of them!
• Concerts from The Eagles, R.E.M., and new Roger Waters

 

[GMpasqua]

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein

Robb,


Talked with someone from Universal last week
while out in LA.


Spielberg is still going to be a slow go. I think

we will see at least one of his titles next year (the

most obvious one) but there certainly won't be an

onslaught of them for a while to come it seems.


Also, I would not expect Indiana Jones next year.

Ron, Have you heard if Paramount plans to put "My Fair Lady" on Blu-ray? and did they ever responed to your inquiry for "Once Upon a Time in the West"?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I posted some of this in another thread....


Once Upon A Time In The West is currently not on

their release slate for next year. They will consider

it based on sales for True Grit.


I have seeded the request for the musical Scrooge.


Did not ask about My Fair Lady, but isn't that a

Warner title?

There is a major Paramount catalog title from the

late 50s about to be announced soon and another

from the 60s sometime thereafter. Stay Tuned!

 

[Paul_Scott]

Ten Commandments and Breakfast At Tiffany's? Given how often they have dipped on BAT, I expect that to show up on Bd sooner rather than later.

 

[GMpasqua]

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
Did not ask about My Fair Lady, but isn't that a

Warner title?

My Fair Lady is owned by CBS which is now part of Paramount (which is why Paramount issued the last DVD) Warner would do a box set for this film, but they have to get the rights first. I would expect Paramount will release it at some point



Quote:

Ten Commandments and Breakfast At Tiffany's? Given how often they have dipped on BAT, I expect that to show up on Bd sooner rather than later.



"Romeo and Juliet" was the other big 60's title Paramount is rumored to have in the pipe line so possibly? High school kids would rather watch the film then read the book so.....

 

[Mr. Pacino]

Originally Posted by David Deeb

I only want to watch Blu. DVD just doesn't cut it anymore.

We need truly special editions of all the John Hughes films with all those deleted scenes please. My want list includes:

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Uncle Buck
• Weird Science
• Sixteen Candles
• Jaws
• Almost Famous (US release with both versions of the film)
• A.I.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom & Last Crusade
• Man on the Moon
• Old Yeller & those classic Disney live action films!
• Marx Brothers films: all of them!
• Concerts from The Eagles, R.E.M., and new Roger Waters

Look at blu-ray.com.


Universal will release "Uncle Buck" at the beginning of next year...-it´s official.

 

[Ensign Eddie]

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein

Talked with someone from Universal last week
while out in LA.

Ron,


The next time you talk with someone at Universal, could you ask them why their Blu-Rays take so long to load up? "Back to the Future" takes a full four minutes to get to the "Play" option on my Panasonic 60 (and that unfortunately includes pressing fast-forward as quick as possible when the unrelated trailer starts). After pressing "Play" it takes about another two minutes for the film to actually start. Some of that can be avoided by disconnecting the internet, but that's a hassle. I assume some of this is related to BD-Java, but even with that it seems excessive.


I guess you could say that my "want" for 2011 is for the studios to author the disks to get to the films more quickly. I think the situation has gotten a little ridiculous, but it seems Universal is one of the bigger offenders.

 

[PatW]

My want list


Jaws

Abyss

LOTR - extended editions - we know the're coming. I just want them sooner than later

Dear Franke

Sense and Sensibility

Gallipoli

Mountains of the Moon

The Incredible Shrinking Man

When Worlds Collide

War of the Worlds

Time Machine

Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Uninvited


The last two I don't think we'll ever see. I don't think the Uninvited has even been released on dvd.

 

[genomovie]

According to blu-ray.com "Uncle Buck" is due to be released Feb. 8th in blu-ray.[/url]

I only want to watch Blu. DVD just doesn't cut it anymore.

We need truly special editions of all the John Hughes films with all those deleted scenes please. My want list includes:

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Uncle Buck
• Weird Science
• Sixteen Candles
• Jaws
• Almost Famous (US release with both versions of the film)
• A.I.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom & Last Crusade
• Man on the Moon
• Old Yeller & those classic Disney live action films!
• Marx Brothers films: all of them!
• Concerts from The Eagles, R.E.M., and new Roger Waters

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[Bob Graham]

I have but one wish: a properly restored bluray of THE QUIET MAN.

 

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by Bob Graham

I have but one wish: a properly restored bluray of THE QUIET MAN.

Ooh, yes this is a fantastic one. I'll second it.

 

[kenNew]

I'm with those awaiting the widescreen epics such as Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments and Cleopatra.


But I would also like to hear news about Raintree County.

 

[cineMANIAC]

Escape From Alcatraz with a fresh transfer.

Breakdown

Von Ryan's Express

Flight of the Phoenix (original, of course)

A.I.

Indiana Jones Trilogy

The rest of the Bond films

Mutiny On the Bounty '62

Scarface

True Lies

Strange Days

The Element of Crime

Valley Girl

Papillon

Pulp Fiction/Jackie Brown

Narrow Margin

Legend

Jaws

The Fog (properly mastered)

Adrian Lyne's Lolita

Peter Jackson's Braindead.


This is all I can think of off hand

 

[Bryan^H]

Originally Posted by Luisito34

Escape From Alcatraz with a fresh transfer.

Breakdown

Von Ryan's Express

Flight of the Phoenix (original, of course)

A.I.

Indiana Jones Trilogy

The rest of the Bond films

Mutiny On the Bounty '62

Scarface

True Lies

Strange Days

The Element of Crime

Valley Girl

Papillon

Pulp Fiction/Jackie Brown

Narrow Margin

Legend

Jaws

The Fog (properly mastered)

Adrian Lyne's Lolita

Peter Jackson's Braindead.


This is all I can think of off hand

Oh wow, Legend would look phenomenal on Blu.

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

A few of the top of my head:


The Swimmer

Lair of the White Worm

Stealing Beauty

Sirens

Zardoz (with BBC making of doc please)

Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources

Barbarella

Outland

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Legend

New Waterford Girl

La Vallee

The Wicker Man (1973 with restored footage from film)

Man Who Would be King

Wind and the Lion

Hope and Glory

The Sheltering Sky

Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me

Wild at Heart

Lost Highway

 

[dana martin]

what i would like,

Criterion, to work out a license deal with Universal much the same way they are doing MGM titles, i want


Island Of Lost Souls


the rest that i have heard rumored is a catalog dream, and everyone mentions LOA, but where is On The Waterfront, From Here to Eternity, Classic Capra, come on Sony