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Old 02-17-06, 07:42 AM
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Several FOX Catalogue Titles coming on 5/23/06

From dvdtimes.co.uk:
Fox catalogue titles in May

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of four new-to-DVD titles for 23rd May 2006. Priced at $14.98 SRP each are…

Compulsion - In this riveting true story about the notorious 1924 Leopold-loeb murder case, Orson Wells stars as the brillant Clarence Darrow whose history-making defense against capitol punishment saved two wealthy Chicago teenagers from a death sentence.

Features include:
2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English Stereo
French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Theatrical Teaser & Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

Murder, Inc. - Based on the true-life book of lawman Burton Turkus, Murder, Inc. chronicles the rise and fall of the organized crime syndicate of the same name.

Features include:
2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English Stereo
English and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Theatrical Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

Seven Ups - Seven-ups are those criminals due to serve at least that number of year in jail -- if they get caught. Roy Scheider is a cop who catches them.

Features include:
Full Screen & Widescreen Transfers (Flipper Disc)
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Theatrical Teaser & Trailer

St. Valentine's Day Massacre - Jason Robards as Scarface teams with George Segal (in a rare bad-guy role) to battle the Feds. The 1929 massacre is bloody, indeed.

Features include:
2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English Stereo
French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Theatrical Trailers
Fox Flix Trailers
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About time The Seven-Ups gets a release.
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Also the same day in U.S
100 RIFLES
BACKDOOR TO HELL
DECISION BEFORE DAWN
GUNS AT BATASSI
CULPEPPER CATTLE CO.
IMMORTAL SERGEANT
THE LAST WAGON
THE PROUD ONE
THE RINGER
THESE THOUSAND HILLS
YELLOW SKY
Haven't seen a listing for ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE
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Figures. I just bought the Compulsion LD.
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nice! A few interesting looking classic titles.
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Aah! 100 Rifles. At last. I've been waiting for that one.
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The Seven-Ups. Wow. One of my most wanted. Thanks, Fox.
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Two more specs added at dvdtimes.co.uk:

100 Rifles - A bank robber and a lawman join up with a female revolutionary to help save the mexican indians from a despotic military governor.

Features include:
2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
English and Spanish subtitles
Production Stills Gallery
Behind The Scenes Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

Culpepper Cattle Company - An innocent western teenager learns about life on a long, violent and harrowing cattle drive. The American West as it really was.

Features include:
Widescreen and Full Screen Presentations (Flipper Disc)
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
English and Spanish subtitles
Production Stills Gallery
Behind The Scenes Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers
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to those titles. I'd be surprised if Murder,Inc and Compulsion were really 2.35:1 though. Anyone know the OAR of those two?

Edit: I guess those weren't as old as I thought. I checked IMDB and it shows that 2.35:1 is the OAR on both of those.

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More titles and info from dvdtimes.co.uk:

Back Door To Hell - During WWII, a three-man commando team places it's trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japanese communication centre.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
English and Spanish subtitles
Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

Decision Before Dawn - As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners to spy behind German lines.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
English and Spanish subtitles
Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

Guns At Batasi - Richard Attenborough stars in this 1964 war drama from director John Guillerman.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
English and Spanish subtitles
Commentary by John Leyton
Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

Immortal Sergeant - Just a few months before entering the Service in a real-life role, Henry Fonda starred in this movie as a shy, self-doubting corporal who is thrust into a life-and-death position of leadership when his sergeant is killed. The danger and hardship of desert warfare are brought vividly and realistically to life in this production, one of the better war movies made during World War 2, Co-starring Maureen O'Hara, Immortal Sergeant is as thrilling as it is inspirational.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo & Mono
Spanish subtitles
Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers

The Last Wagon - When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Tod, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

Features include:
Widescreen & Full Screen Presentations (Flipper Disc)
English, French and Spanish Mono
Posters & One Sheets Gallery
Production Stills Gallery
Behind the Scenes Gallery
Trailer

The Proud Ones - A fearless marshal clashes with a misguided cowboy, a ruthless saloonkeeper, and the indifferent citizenry as he struggles to maintain law and order in a quiet Kansas frontier town which is transformed into a riotous boomtown with the arrival of the first trail herds from Texas on the newly-completed railroad.

Features include:
Widescreen & Full Screen Presentations (Flipper Disc)
English DD4.0 Surround
French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Fox Flix Trailers

Seven Ups - Seven-ups are those criminals due to serve at least that number of year in jail -- if they get caught. Roy Scheider is a cop who catches them.

Features include:
Full Screen & Widescreen Transfers (Flipper Disc)
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Theatrical Teaser & Trailer

These Thousand Hills - Based on a novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr., These Thousand Hills stars Don Murray as a humble cowboy with aspirations for greater things.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Production Stills Gallery
Behind the Scenes Gallery
Fox Flix Trailers

Yellow Sky - Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter star in this western from director William A. Wellman.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo
English and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Posters & One Sheets Gallery
Production Stills Gallery
Behind the Scenes Gallery
Trailer

You’re In The Navy Now - Gary Cooper stars in this Naval farce comedy from director Henry Hathaway.

Features include:
Full Frame
English Stereo
English, French and Spanish Mono
Spanish subtitles
Trailer
Fox Flix Trailers
Plus several box-sets:
Also released on 23rd May are a series of themed gift set collections, with all but one offering a combination of some of the new titles above with other readily available titles. Priced at $29.98 SRP each are:

Classic Crime Collection: Street Justice - Includes: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Seven-Ups, Murder, Inc. and The French Connection (Single Disc).

Classic Western Collection: The Outlaws - Includes Culpepper Cattle Company, The Proud Ones, Broken Lance and Forty Guns.

Heroes of War Collection: Frontline Combat - Includes D-Day: The 6th of June, Decision Before Dawn, Guadalcanal Diary and Halls of Montezuma.

Heroes of War Collection: Navy Battles - Includes The Frogmen, Sink the Bismark, Morituri and Enemy Below.

Heroes of War Collection: Soldier’s Stories - Includes Men of Honor (Widescreen SE), Courage Under Fire, Tigerland and The Thin Red Line
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I wish Fox would release the following underrated 50's classics in anamorphic widescreen:

The Sun Also Rises (1957)
No Down Payment (1957)
Ten North Frederick (1958)

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