MGM Special Editions Wishlist
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MGM Special Editions Wishlist
It seems that MGM has been releasing some nice Special Editions lately (Rocky, Midnight Cowboy, Some Like It Hot) and there's a few more on the way (The Graduate, Robocop, Sid & Nancy)
So, what MGM titles would like you to see get remastered and the SE treatment?
Here's my list:
The Killing
Killer's Kiss
Sweet Smell of Success
Fellini's Satyricon
Fellini's Roma
The Apartment
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mystery Train
Leaving Las Vegas
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Marty
Night of the Hunter
Paths of Glory
Prizzi's Honor
Undertow
So, what MGM titles would like you to see get remastered and the SE treatment?
Here's my list:
The Killing
Killer's Kiss
Sweet Smell of Success
Fellini's Satyricon
Fellini's Roma
The Apartment
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mystery Train
Leaving Las Vegas
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Marty
Night of the Hunter
Paths of Glory
Prizzi's Honor
Undertow
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Midnight Cowboy SE is total crap so I am not exactly sitting around clamoring for MGM SE's but Mystery Train sure sounds nice. No chance in hell of happening though.
Undertow has plenty of special features and is more than a disappointing film from Green (I am a huge Green supporter also, I type with a framed George Washington poster on the wall behind me.)
No chance of any Woody Allen films ever getting an SE.
Probably the most realistic are
The Night of the Hunter (a new print came out years ago, has tons of supporters)
Prizzi's Honor (meh)
Undertow has plenty of special features and is more than a disappointing film from Green (I am a huge Green supporter also, I type with a framed George Washington poster on the wall behind me.)
No chance of any Woody Allen films ever getting an SE.
Probably the most realistic are
The Night of the Hunter (a new print came out years ago, has tons of supporters)
Prizzi's Honor (meh)
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I'd definitely grab Annie Hall, Manhattan, Leaving Las Vegas, The Killing, and Paths of Glory of the ones you listed. However, extras on the Woody Allen movies seems doubtful (I'll add Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bananas, and Sleeper to the mix as well), but at least an anamorphic version of Annie Hall.
Other than that, all I can really beg for are widescreen versions of the Death Wish 2-4 (with the uncut version of 2) and SEs of 12 Angry Men and Kiss Me Deadly. And even if we get a vanilla version, a DVD of Rolling Thunder needs to be coming soon.
Other than that, all I can really beg for are widescreen versions of the Death Wish 2-4 (with the uncut version of 2) and SEs of 12 Angry Men and Kiss Me Deadly. And even if we get a vanilla version, a DVD of Rolling Thunder needs to be coming soon.
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Ghost World
Bandits
La Femme Nikita
Me and You And Everyone We Know
On The Beach
Kalifornia
Needful Things
The Cotton Club
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Bandits
La Femme Nikita
Me and You And Everyone We Know
On The Beach
Kalifornia
Needful Things
The Cotton Club
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
And even if we get a vanilla version, a DVD of Rolling Thunder needs to be coming soon.
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Undertow has plenty of special features and is more than a disappointing film from Green (I am a huge Green supporter also, I type with a framed George Washington poster on the wall behind me.)
Undertow
George Washington
All the Real Girls
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You mentioned Rocky already has a SE , how about a SE for Rocky 2-5.
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MGM through Fox should just license Annie Hall to Criterion. I bet they could get Allen to do a sit-down interview, or, if all else fails, would have the means to score some vintage television interviews and perhaps whatever deleted scenes exist from the original version, Anhedonia. I'm not hoping for something packed, but Criterion could probably do it the most justice.
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Originally Posted by droidguy1119
MGM through Fox should just license Annie Hall to Criterion. I bet they could get Allen to do a sit-down interview, or, if all else fails, would have the means to score some vintage television interviews and perhaps whatever deleted scenes exist from the original version, Anhedonia. I'm not hoping for something packed, but Criterion could probably do it the most justice.
I'd love for all of the Woody Allen movies through MGM to get SEs (especially Annie Hall & Manhattan), but unfortunately, he prefers the DVDs to his movies to be bare-bones, so I don't see those happening any time soon.
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Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468
I'd doubt they could get Allen to do an interview.
I'd love for all of the Woody Allen movies through MGM to get SEs (especially Annie Hall & Manhattan), but unfortunately, he prefers the DVDs to his movies to be bare-bones, so I don't see those happening any time soon.
I'd love for all of the Woody Allen movies through MGM to get SEs (especially Annie Hall & Manhattan), but unfortunately, he prefers the DVDs to his movies to be bare-bones, so I don't see those happening any time soon.
There was a thread around here a few weeks back asking if Actors and Directors should get a percentage of dvd sales, to which a shocking number of people on this forum replied "NO" (presumably to stick up for the little guy, which in this case would be huge international media conglomerates).
I have to say I'm with Woody on this one. Why should 20th Century Fox, who had nothing to do with the making of Manhattan or Annie Hall, or in fact any Woody Allen film, suddenly be the benefactor of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars from SE dvd box sets?
What exactly is in this for Woody, who can't even get 20 million dollars to make a film in this country anymore?
I will have to be content with the brand new 35mm print of Manhattan that's playing at the Film Forum right now.
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Originally Posted by Boba Fett
La Femme Nikita (they had a decent SE out but it went OOP with no explanation)
My list...
12 Angry Men
Hang em' High
Killer's Kiss
The Killing
Kiss Me Deadly
Night of the Hunter
Odds Against Tomorrow
Paths of Glory
State of Grace
Sweet Smell of Success
Yellow Submarine
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Pumpkinhead... although I've heard that a SE is in the works as we speak.
I'd love to see new SE's of Allen's films, even without special features. I just want them anamorphic.
I'd love to see new SE's of Allen's films, even without special features. I just want them anamorphic.
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Yentl. Which has had no DVD release of any kind.
Barbra Streisand said she recorded the commentary four or five years ago for a planned 20th anniversary edition that never surfaced. I guess we will have to wait for 2008 for the 25th anniversary now.
Barbra Streisand said she recorded the commentary four or five years ago for a planned 20th anniversary edition that never surfaced. I guess we will have to wait for 2008 for the 25th anniversary now.
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I agree with a couple others on here who think 12 Angry Men really ought to be on their short list for 2-disc SE's, especially now that it's in the AFI Top 100 Films of All-Time (the 2007 updated list).
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The Allen situation has nothing to do with money I'd imagine and just the fact that he doesn't have an interest in television or DVD's. If you've heard him speak at all or have seen Meetin' WA with Godard it is more than apparent that he believes strictly in films in the cinema which is fine. Also he will not revisit his films or discuss them really unless it is a special situation like Meetin' WA or an interview he chose to do with say Dick Cavett.
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not sure if anyone cares but there's going to be a SE of Prick Up Your Ears on R2UK,not sure how "special" it's going to be..
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/33633...n/Product.html
MGM owns the rights to this in the US so...
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/33633...n/Product.html
MGM owns the rights to this in the US so...
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Originally Posted by kintnerboy
There was a thread around here a few weeks back asking if Actors and Directors should get a percentage of dvd sales, to which a shocking number of people on this forum replied "NO" (presumably to stick up for the little guy, which in this case would be huge international media conglomerates).
I have to say I'm with Woody on this one. Why should 20th Century Fox, who had nothing to do with the making of Manhattan or Annie Hall, or in fact any Woody Allen film, suddenly be the benefactor of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars from SE dvd box sets?
What exactly is in this for Woody, who can't even get 20 million dollars to make a film in this country anymore?
I will have to be content with the brand new 35mm print of Manhattan that's playing at the Film Forum right now.
I have to say I'm with Woody on this one. Why should 20th Century Fox, who had nothing to do with the making of Manhattan or Annie Hall, or in fact any Woody Allen film, suddenly be the benefactor of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars from SE dvd box sets?
What exactly is in this for Woody, who can't even get 20 million dollars to make a film in this country anymore?
I will have to be content with the brand new 35mm print of Manhattan that's playing at the Film Forum right now.
As for other films that should get a SE, I think the following would be in order:
12 Angry Men
This Is Spinal Tap (I know that there's a pretty good SE out, but I'd like a new one (maybe a 2-disc set) which features both the features on the current SE and the Criterion release)
Straw Dogs
The Apartment
Leaving Las Vegas
Ghost World (I specifically am interested in seeing the original cut of the movie; the deleted and extended scenes on the current DVD only account for a fraction of what was cut)
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World