rbrown498

Can anybody point me to a list of formerly-pressed DVDs that are now available only on DVD-R? As an example, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao was originally released as a pressed DVD, but now it's only available through the WB Archive. I've searched the forums, but I can't find any kind of comprehensive list of these titles.

Also, while WB seems to have the greatest number of these titles, I'm not looking for one company in particular. I know that some of the Something Weird/Image titles have gone this route, as well as some of the Columbia titles.

So, can anybody help? If not, can we start a sticky with a list of these titles? I know that sometimes it can be cheaper to find the pressed titles (like Fingers for $3 at Big Lots vs. $14.95 at the WB Archive) than to spring for the MOD versions--and the pressed versions should last longer as well.

EDIT:

Since a list doesn't seem to be forthcoming, maybe we can build one here. Here's a list of what I've found so far. If anyone sees a mistake or knows of another that needs to be added, post it and I'll add it to the master list.

The Abominable Snowman (MOD also OOP)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Les Amants du Pont Neuf
The Astounding She Monster (Image)
Atomic War Bride / This Is Not a Test
Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
Band of the Hand
Blonde Venus (pressed version in "Marlene Dietrich: The Glamour Collection")
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb
Bloody Pit of Horror (Something Weird)
Blue Collar
The Boy Who Could Fly
Break Up
A Bronx Tale
Camilla
The Cat and the Canary (pressed version in "Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection")
Color Me Blood Red
The Conqueror (pressed version in the "John Wayne: An American Icon" collection)
D.O.A. (Roan)
Damage
A Date with Judy
Death Takes a Holiday (pressed version in "Meet Joe Black Ultimate Edition")
Demon Seed
Die! Die! My Darling
Fingers
Four Frightened People (pressed version in "The Cecil B. DeMille Collection")
From Beyond the Grave
Gas Food Lodging
Gaslight
The Gene Krupa Story
Get Carter (1971)
The Giant Behemoth
Giant From the Unknown (Image)
Good News
Hands Across the Table (pressed version in "Carole Lombard - The Glamour Collection")
Here Come the Waves (pressed version in the "Bing Crosby: Screen Legend Collection")
I Capture the Castle
It Ain't Hay (pressed version in "Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection")
Jet Pilot (pressed version in the "John Wayne: An American Icon" collection)
The Kettles in the Ozarks/on Old MacDonald's Farm (pressed version in "Ma & Pa Kettle Complete Comedy Collection")
The Last of Sheila
The Last of the Mohicans (VCI)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Lonely Wives (Roan)
Lord Jim
The Lost World (Restored Edition) (1925) (Image)
Lust for a Vampire
Monster From Green Hell (Image)
Moon Zero Two
Morocco (pressed version in "Marlene Dietrich: The Glamour Collection")
Night of the Lepus
Nightbreed
Obsession
The Phantom Creeps (VCI)
The Phantom Empire (VCI)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962) (pressed version in "The Hammer Horror Series")
Pittsburgh (pressed version in the "John Wayne: An American Icon" collection)
Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Positive I.D.
Pre-Code Hollywood - The Risque Years #1 (Of Human Bondage / Millie / Kept Husbands) (Roan)
Pre-code Hollywood 2 - (Bird of Paradise / Lady Refuses) (Roan)
Quatermass and the Pit
Quatermass 2 (AKA Enemy From Space)
Queen of Outer Space
RKO 281
Robot Monster (Image)
S.O.B.
Scars of Dracula
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Seven Sinners (pressed version in the "John Wayne: An American Icon" collection)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Shepherd of the Hills (pressed version in the "John Wayne: An American Icon" collection)
Spaceways (Image)
Start the Revolution Without Me
Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (VCI)
Tarantula (pressed version in "The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection")
tom thumb
Trog
Undersea Kingdom (Roan)
The Vagina Monologues
The Valley of Gwangi
Victor/Victoria
Vision Quest
We're Not Dressing (pressed version in "Universal Backlot Series: The Bing Crosby Collection")
Welcome Stranger (pressed version in "Universal Backlot Series: The Bing Crosby Collection")
Where the Boys Are (1960)

rw2516

Due OOP pressed discs hold their value after a dvd-r version is released?

BobO'Link

^If the OOP Hammer titles are any indication the answer is generally yes from what I've seen.

joliom

Vision Quest is another one. I guess the DVD-R version is anamorphic WS, so it does have that going for it over the actual DVD.

wd40cloud

You can add Nightbreed to the list as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Nightbreed-Craig-Sheffer/dp/B005OT810I/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1345422810&sr=1-1&keywords=nightbreed

That'sAllFolks

I think it's really too early to tell. I think Hammer titles might be highly collectible and might not be a good representation. But we'll see.



I was wondering if this would be WS, I will put this on a list of MOD I'm willing to buy. I just wish they would have sales in lull part of the year. The best sales are during BF and I'm way too busy buying other stuff, so I keep procrastinating.

BobO'Link

Here are some more for the list:

Quatermass and the Pit
Quatermass 2 (AKA Enemy From Space)
Scars of Dracula
Lust for a Vampire
The Abominable Snowman (MOD also OOP)
Spaceways (Image)
Robot Monster (Image)
The Lost World (Restored Edition) (1925) (Image)
The Phantom Empire (VCI)
Undersea Kingdom (ROAN)
The Phantom Creeps (VCI)

mdnitoil

Add A Date With Judy to the list.

kidglov3s

Louis Malle's Damage

flansered

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

thetao

You're it! Thanks for the thread. I was pondering starting one for North American DVD-R's available as pressed DVD's elsewhere in the world (but in the International forum). Here are a few more for your list:

The Astounding She Monster (Image)
Giant From the Unknown (Image)
Monster From Green Hell (Image)
Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (VCI)
D.O.A. (Roan)
Pre-Code Hollywood - The Risque Years #1 (Of Human Bondage / Millie / Kept Husbands) (Roan)
Pre-code Hollywood 2 - (Bird of Paradise / Lady Refuses) (Roan)
Lonely Wives (Roan)

For this title, I believe you mean VCI.

Edit: also The Last of the Mohicans (VCI)

rbrown498

Thanks tao for the additions. Actually, thanks to everyone for the updates. I have a feeling that this will start to get a bit out of hand somewhere down the line, but at least it's manageable for the time being.

So, please keep posting as you stumble across more. I have a feeling that I missed a few of Columbia's, and I completely forget to check the Universal list--so expect a few more titles when I get the time to research it.

BobO'Link

Yep. Thanks! Fixed.

domino harvey

the Break Up
Camilla
Les Amants du Pont Neuf

mdnitoil

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Silverscreenvid

Lord Jim

PhantomStranger

I would imagine the release of the Hammer titles on Blu-ray (already a certainty in Region B) will put a dent in the DVD values.

Surfinhank

2 more from Warner Brothers:

Where the Boys Are
S.O.B.

Surfinhank

One more: From Beyond the Grave