KevinJ
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A few I'd love to see next year'd be ......It's A Mad,Mad,Mad World,The Grateful Dead Movie and Pink Floyd's The Wall.
Originally Posted by Paul_Scott
Already posted some predictions. Here's a small want-list
Anniversary Titles (that I don't think are going to happen, but I hope I'm wrong)
Jean de Florette/ Manon Of The Spring (oh how I wish Criterion could pry this from MGM)
I would surely love to see this pair released by Criterion (it could happen, as MGM is now licensing to them). The French Blu-ray double-feature box that I ordered looks swell but has no English subtitles. What's up with that? Same thing with MAD ADVENTURES OF RAgetting the RABBI JACOB Blu-ray, and the DVD's of BEAU PERE and LE GRAND CHEMIN. Don't we tend to put French subtitles on most of our titles that are likely to appeal to that country? Seems like we're getting the short end of the international stick there.
Originally Posted by Dick
A bunch of the titles mentioned here will undoubtedly be released. I certainly support a Blu edition of VON RYAN'S EXPRESS, as the previous DVD's both sucked. The first was too dark and contrasty, and the so-called special edition was blurry almost to the point of unwatchability. I had hoped this title would come out as part of the war series along with PATTON, TORA TORA TORA, THE SAND PEBBLES and LONGEST DAY, as it had been on DVD, but so far, no such luck.
I suspect Criterion will give the Blu treatment to BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946), maybe even soon. BARBARELLA is highly unlikely - probably not of interest to Criterion, as it certainly isn't to Paramount. From Warner Bros, a remaster of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING is so overdue and so oft-requested that that could show up next year, but OUTLAND...well, if the studio was to revive the short-lived double-feature series, that could turn up. As a stand-alone, I would be surprised. THE WICKER MAN (1973) is coming on Blu in the UK, so maybe it will surface here after. I am not sure how much it would benefit from high def treatment.
THE QUIET MAN: oh, how I wish! And Lionsgate is doing some nice work lately. But they haven't paid any recent attention to their Republic library. Eventually I think we'll get the two most popular George Pal films WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) and THE TIME MACHINE (1960). PULP FICTION should be one of the any-minute-now titles. MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON: gorgeous film, but a real long-shot. There is an anamorphic transfer of this in Europe, but we may have to settle for that. I've heard from someone who heard from someone at Universal that the Spielberg films in their control will not be pouring into the market in the very near future, with the exception of one or two titles. Disney might actually confound us in 2011 and finally give us a MARY POPPINS Blu, but we may have to wait until year or two before they begin rolling out their classic live-action titles in quantity.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: almost certainly in 2011. CLEOPATRA: Hmm, it was popular enough to warrant several DVD releases, so maybe so. A Blu could actually make it worthwhile to sit all the way through, even after Rex Harrison departs.
It's all a crap shoot. I was surprised by recent announcements of THE RIGHT STUFF, ISHTAR and ORLANDO, so I guess anything's possible.
Those are my sort-of "predictions," and will probably turn out to be as accurate as today's weather forecast for next week.
What I find really hard to understand is why its taking much longer compared to DVD to get catalog titles onto BD. I can only guess that BD is still not selling the numbers & or they have plenty of DVD inventory to clear.
Originally Posted by Luisito34
I'd like to add to my previous post a plea to Miramax and Dimension to come out of their slumber and start releasing some of the back catalog on Blu.
Originally Posted by Luisito34
I'd like to add to my previous post a plea to Miramax and Dimension to come out of their slumber and start releasing some of the back catalog on Blu. There are too many classic (and not-so-classic) films still sitting on old DVDs and in need of upgrades. Also, is anybody at Disney aware that they also made LIVE-ACTION films and not just cartoons? Practically none of the catalog live-action movies have made the jump to hi-def (stuff like Flight of the Navigator, Journey of Natty Gann, etc).
Originally Posted by TravisR
I'd like to add to my previous post a plea to Miramax and Dimension to come out of their slumber and start releasing some of the back catalog on Blu.
Originally Posted by Jaxon's Dad
No predictions. Wish List:
Strange Brew (Do it, eh!)
Originally Posted by johnSM
VERY frustrated that it looks like we won't get the Indy trilogy next year. We were meant to get them last year at one point weren't we?
Originally Posted by bigshot
My wants are...
Jack Clayton's The Innocents
The original The Haunting
The Loved One
Sunset Blvd
Bride of Frankenstein
Stormy Weather
The Busby Berkeley disk
Saludos Amigos / Three Caballeros
Blue Velvet
Peeping Tom
Eraserhead
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Chinatown
And I hear that I will actually be getting one on my list...
Bakshi's Coonskin