Laserdisc titles still not available on DVD?
10-31-07 | 11:08 AM
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@ of my favorite films of the 70's came out on laserdisk in uncut versions (Each over 3 hours.. adding over 30 minutes to the US theatrical versions.
The Emigrants
THE NEW LAND
Wonderful films both having Oscar nominations with Liv Ullman and Max von Sydow.
The Emigrants
THE NEW LAND
Wonderful films both having Oscar nominations with Liv Ullman and Max von Sydow.
10-31-07 | 12:58 PM
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I'm envious. The Emigrants and (especially) The New Land were really great films, and any laserdiscs of them are snatched up at (for me) wildly unrealistic prices.
How about the three early Scorsese short films that he made in college? I'm really surprised someone hasn't picked up on this laserdisc and minted a DVD.
How about the three early Scorsese short films that he made in college? I'm really surprised someone hasn't picked up on this laserdisc and minted a DVD.
10-31-07 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by patherto
How about the three early Scorsese short films that he made in college? I'm really surprised someone hasn't picked up on this laserdisc and minted a DVD.
11-01-07 | 07:17 AM
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Early Scorsese trio
The three are THE BIG SHAVE (1967), ITALIANAMERICAN (1974) and AMERICAN BOY (1978). I just stumbled across them on eBay so I can't tell you if they're any good. But it's Scorsese…
11-01-07 | 08:45 AM
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How about...
WINGS
THE COVERED WAGON
BLACK SABBATH (english soundtrack)
EL CID
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
55 DAY AT PEKING
THE UNHOLY THREE
WEST OF ZANZABAR
ENCHANTMENT (1940's)
GABRIAL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE
THE WALKING DEAD (1936)
WINGS
THE COVERED WAGON
BLACK SABBATH (english soundtrack)
EL CID
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
55 DAY AT PEKING
THE UNHOLY THREE
WEST OF ZANZABAR
ENCHANTMENT (1940's)
GABRIAL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE
THE WALKING DEAD (1936)
11-01-07 | 08:52 AM
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I'm really mystified about THE UNHOLY THREE. It was made in 1930, after sound technology had been pretty well settled, and it's the only talkie by Lon Chaney (who shortly afterwards died of cancer of the throat!). Chaney is always good, and here he has a really excellent supporting cast. The fact that THE UNHOLY THREE was first made as a silent in 1927 may have something to do with the uniformly high quality of this project. I've got it on a double-bill laserdisc with WEST OF ZANZIBAR, and both are dynamite.
11-01-07 | 09:45 AM
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How about...
WINGS
WINGS
11-01-07 | 06:27 PM
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The Conqueror Worm (a.k.a. Witchfinder General) has been recently released under the title WITCHFINDER GENERAL by MGM as part of the Midnite Movies series....
11-02-07 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by patherto
I'm really mystified about THE UNHOLY THREE. It was made in 1930, after sound technology had been pretty well settled, and it's the only talkie by Lon Chaney (who shortly afterwards died of cancer of the throat!). Chaney is always good, and here he has a really excellent supporting cast. The fact that THE UNHOLY THREE was first made as a silent in 1927 may have something to do with the uniformly high quality of this project. I've got it on a double-bill laserdisc with WEST OF ZANZIBAR, and both are dynamite.
11-02-07 | 07:09 PM
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The Reflecting Skin
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Kiss of the Spider-Woman
The Uninvited
White of the Eye
The Hanging Tree
Steven Frears' The Hit
The Woman in Black
It's on DVD. The DVD release may suck, I wouldn't know, but it does exist.
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Kiss of the Spider-Woman
The Uninvited
White of the Eye
The Hanging Tree
Steven Frears' The Hit
The Woman in Black
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
and finally, because it needs to be on DVD (or HD): Lost Highway.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
and finally, because it needs to be on DVD (or HD): Lost Highway.
11-02-07 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst113
It's on DVD. The DVD release may suck, I wouldn't know, but it does exist.
Scratch that. Criterion needs to get on Universal's case about this pronto, because not only do the two studios have ties, but Lynch is blaringly absent from the collection and needs some attention.
11-02-07 | 10:32 PM
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Are you sure about THE HANGING TREE? I had a VHS tape I hung onto forever waiting for the laserdisc....
It's one of the ugliest DVD's I've ever seen. It's a fullscreen, flimsy quasi-bootleg from Canada that I've found in Walgreens for $4 and refuse to buy. It still remains the last Lynch movie to get an actual honest-to-god DVD release.
Scratch that. Criterion needs to get on Universal's case about this pronto, because not only do the two studios have ties, but Lynch is blaringly absent from the collection and needs some attention.
Oh, and...widescreen please!
Man of the West
The Wonderful Country
The Tall T
Comanche Station
Buchanon Rides Alone
Ride Lonesome
Decision at Sundown
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Magnificent Ambersons
Hitchcock's The Loger (TCM restoration)
What else...
Where's Mr. Erikson? I'm sure that he'd have plenty to say...
11-03-07 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst113
Oh, and...widescreen please!
Man of the West
The Wonderful Country
The Tall T
Comanche Station
Buchanon Rides Alone
Ride Lonesome
Decision at Sundown
Man of the West
The Wonderful Country
The Tall T
Comanche Station
Buchanon Rides Alone
Ride Lonesome
Decision at Sundown
MAN OF THE WEST is Mann's best western...and thats saying alot.
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11-03-07 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst113
It's on DVD. The DVD release may suck, I wouldn't know, but it does exist.