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Old 12-17-04, 05:17 AM
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What Warner Bros Classics are next for the remastering treatment??

What classic "oldies" titles are Warner Bros planninng to entertain us with after the release of The Gangsters set with Cagney et al? I'm hoping to see Special Edition sets of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, Mame, a Busby Berkeley set, the Bette Davis classics etc.

Hopefully someone out there can let us know what other titles Warner are planning?

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Alledgedly, there's an Errol Flynn box set coming early in the New Year...

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I believe a second noir box set is also on the way. Too lazy to find source, so don't quote me on that...
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A SECOND noir box? I really hope it includes Double Indemity.

As for others:

Rebel Without a Cause tops my list.
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Originally Posted by ViewAskewbian
A SECOND noir box? I really hope it includes Double Indemity.
Double Indemnity is owned by Universal, not Warner Bros. A special edition of Rebel Without a Cause is in the works.

The next Technicolor film to get the Ultra Resolution treatment is Easter Parade, which will no doubt be released around... Easter.
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My wish:

Jazz Singer - 1927
East of Eden - 1955 (Kazan)
King Kong - 1933
Ninotchka - 1939 (Lubitsch)
Big parade - 1925 (From MGM, so I guess they have the rights)
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The Wizard of Oz
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Originally Posted by John Hodson
Alledgedly, there's an Errol Flynn box set coming early in the New Year...

CAPTAIN BLOOD
THE SEA HAWK
DODGE CITY
DIVE BOMBER
ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON
There's no allegedly about the Flynn set, although the release date might be what you were referring to. Warner has definitely been working on the Flynn films. In fact, when the studio managed to track down Olivia de Havilland for the Gone With The Wind SE, the producers also got her to provide some anecdotes about her work with Flynn for that planned set.

Warner is also working on Kings Row.
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Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story.

Dinner at eight, Libeled Lady, Stage Door, To be or not to be...all on 3-1-05...

Stagecoach is in the works with a few other John Wayne Gems.
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Huh? This has already been fully remastered since its original release under MGM/UA. I don't think there's much more to add to this already finely presented SE DVD.

Chalk up another vote for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
Huh? This has already been fully remastered since its original release under MGM/UA. I don't think there's much more to add to this already finely presented SE DVD.
Check out this link; they're creating a new digital restoration of it.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=216891
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2001 A Space Odyssey is coming as well.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
2001 A Space Odyssey is coming as well.
Are they remastering it?
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Originally Posted by Drexl
Are they remastering it?
I really doubt it'll be a remaster. Instead, I predict they'll use the same transfer used on the 16x9 re-issue, but re-encode it better (it apparently had some very small instances of edge enhancement). Plus, extras will be added.

This is what was done for My Fair Lady, which already had a beautiful 16x9 master... but the SE featured much better encoding, which got rid of some noise and ringing on the original 1-disc DVD.
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Originally Posted by msbailey
Double Indemnity is owned by Universal, not Warner Bros. A special edition of Rebel Without a Cause is in the works.

The next Technicolor film to get the Ultra Resolution treatment is Easter Parade, which will no doubt be released around... Easter.
Thanks and REALLY THANKS!!!!! Universal with Double Indemnity fears me much but a SE of Rebel makes up for it.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
2001 A Space Odyssey is coming as well.
Would it be too much to ask for a 16x9 redo of 2010 alongside it?
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oh and the first two batman films.
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Any date for the Busby Berkeley Boxset yet?

Hello Again folks, at the risk of yet again being an obsessive bore on the subject (!!) when, if ever, is the long vaunted Busby Berkeley boxset, going to appear on DVD?

There was a nice compilation available on Laserdisc some years back, which I'm surprised has as yet never appeared on DVD, but a combination of best musical sequences plus the complete movies would be very nice to have on DVD.

However,I guess, these days Warner Bros are such perfectionists, that the remastering would need to be redone for reproduction on modern Hi DefinitionTV's and 5.1 Digital sound systems!!

Has anyone out there heard of plans for this Busby Berkeley set?
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Deco King. Yes- it's already been announced (but not up for preorder). should be out by year end I believe.
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same as it was two weeks ago. rumored and on the way but not confirmed
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Stagecoach (1939)
The Searchers (1956)
An American in Paris (1951) I think a Ultra-Resolution is on the way!
The Big Parade (1925)
The Crowd (1928)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
King Kong (1933)
Greed (1924)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Network (1976)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

The Wizard of Oz is coming Oct. 25!
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Stagecoach (1939)
The Searchers (1956)
An American in Paris (1951) I think a Ultra-Resolution is on the way!
The Big Parade (1925)
The Crowd (1928)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
King Kong (1933)
Greed (1924)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Network (1976)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Wild Bunch (1969)

The Wizard of Oz is coming Oct. 25!
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