Kube

Which films by these 3 masters are not available on DVD?

Thanks.

mdnitoil

Well, The Magnificent Ambersons immediately springs to mind.

kstublen

For Hitchcock, No. 13, Always Tell Your Wife, and The Mountain Eagle are all lost films, so obviously they aren't available on DVD. The Silent Version of Blackmail, Elstree Calling, and Waltzes From Vienna are the only Hitchcock films, to my knowledge, that aren't available on DVD. While most of the films have gotten proper releases, there are some that are in the public domain and thus have gotten pretty lousy treatment.

smurr05

DePalma's 'Blow Out' is OOP and I would like a SE of that film!

CardiffGiant

Not anymore...

Blow Out

Al_Tahoe

Fixed.

Doc Moonlight

Well's "Falstaff/Chimes at Midnight" is only available in Spain. I understand Criterion has been wanting to release it for years, but has not been able to negotiate the rights.

story

Criterion Blow Out? Nice. NICE, NICE, NICE!

RodneyOz

Falstaff/Chimes at Midnight will be released on DVD in the UK at the end of February. I've preordered it through Amazon UK, I know it's also available through Movie Mail and presumably other vendors too. Can't comment on quality wise till it comes out obviously but the technical shortcomings of the Spanish version (and the print I saw ages ago) suggest it won't be more than adequate until somebody like Criterion pours their resources into it.

smurr05

Absolutely!!! Thanks for that Info, man I've been waiting for something like this. CC is GREAT!

PatrickMcCart

Lionsgate has Welles' Macbeth from the Republic/Paramount library. Remastered edition released in R2 France by Wild Side Video.

Criterion might have Othello as part of the Caidin Film Trust library (where Stagecoach came from), but it's also owned by the Welles Estate.


As for Hitchcock... All StudioCanal titles are believed to be licensed to Lionsgate. Five films were already released in a box set in 2007. The iTV films (formerly Carlton/Granada) are licensed to either MGM (Fox) or Janus Films. All of the films below have had R2 releases from the original rights holders except for Easy Virtue.

The Pleasure Garden - iTV
Downhill - iTV
Easy Virtue - iTV (no "official" R2, either)
The Farmer's Wife - StudioCanal
Champagne - StudioCanal
Blackmail - StudioCanal
Juno and the Paycock - StudioCanal
Number Seventeen - StudioCanal
Waltzes from Vienna - iTV
The Man Who Knew Too Much '34 - iTV
Secret Agent - iTV
Jamaica Inn - Douris UK (Kino in R1)
Foreign Correspondent - Criterion/Janus (Warner R1 is OOP)

Secret Agent and The Man Who Knew Too Much were going to be part of a MGM Hitchcock set along with the four Selznicks, Sabotage, and Young & Innocent. The eventual Fox set included the last six films mentioned, but switched out Secret Agent and The Man Who Knew Too Much for The Lodger and Lifeboat. I think it's safe to say that Janus Films has Secret Agent, as well as the rest of the iTV titles. All have good to great R2 transfers in the UK and France.

Nate the Great

Just out of curiosity, what's up with the lack of a return-to-DVD for "Third Man?"

gmanca

DePalma's Home Movies hasn't been released, I don't think?

mdnitoil

I guess that's slightly off topic. For the answer, you'll have to ask Studio Canal. I thought they were getting distributed by Lionsgate in region 1 so look for them to do the re-issue.

man*machine

It was released in a decent full-frame transfer in 2002, but is OOP now.

http://www.amazon.com/Home-Movies-Na...390117&sr=1-12

Mabuse

No. 13 is not lost. I saw it in 35mm in 2000.

Regarding Welles, what's the latest on his unfinished Other Side of the Wind? I heard they were close to a finished film.

kstublen

Are you sure you're not thinking of Number Seventeen? Number 13 was Hitchcock's first film, was never completed, and of the few scenes that were filmed they are believed to have been destroyed.

gmanca

Ah ok, thanks for the head's up!

Mabuse

Indeed, I am thinking of Number 17. Easy to be confused there.

ShellBeacher

Every year or two Peter Bogdanovich does an interview or talks at a retrospective for one of his films where this question is asked, and he's always responded "We're closer than we ever have been, we're in contract discussions with Showtime/Blah Blah/other unnamed network to premiere the film, and we have an edit that we're happy with..." (I've seen him in person say these exact words, oh, five years ago or so...) And every year subsequently...nothing.

I've almost given up waiting for this and Ambersons, which Warner Bros. keeps delaying as well...

BTW, DePalma's Dressed to Kill has also gone OOP on MGM DVD...with some copies available on Amazon marketplace...but nothing else forthcoming?

Rexxriot

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...t-film-release

Looks like they're talking about the Other Side of the Wind again.