The Official Paramount Centennial Collection Thread
09-05-08 | 09:24 PM
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Looks like about an hour and a half of new supplemental material on Sunset Blvd, though it appears the "The Making of Sunset Boulevard" featurette from the previous disc is missing. I'm sure it has been rendered redundant by the newer material however. I'm curious to see how much improvement has been made in the transfer department - the 2002 edition was a real beauty.
09-06-08 | 11:11 AM
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09-06-08 | 01:57 PM
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Paramount in the 50's is currently available on many Paramount DVDs of movies friom the fifties including the current Sunset Blvd, Sabrina, and Funny Face.
Really just a promo for the DVDs.
Sunset Blvd was restored for the current DVD release. Scanned onto a computer and then converted back to film. They showed the restored film at MOMA prior to the DVD release. I doubt it will look any better in another SD release. Double dip only if you can't live without the extras.
Really just a promo for the DVDs.
Sunset Blvd was restored for the current DVD release. Scanned onto a computer and then converted back to film. They showed the restored film at MOMA prior to the DVD release. I doubt it will look any better in another SD release. Double dip only if you can't live without the extras.
09-08-08 | 03:20 AM
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I hope you're right about that, but that "Making Of" featurette on the current DVD is actually very good, especially the clips from a recent interview with Nancy Olsen. I'd hate to be without it, so I might have to keep the present DVD as well.
09-08-08 | 09:50 AM
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It's possible, however, that the material in the featurette on the previous disc was re-edited and included here. Perhaps that one called "The Beginning" is it, but with part of it edited into another featurette.
09-08-08 | 11:22 AM
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I keep thinking "no.... no .... no" but I'm sure the first time there's one of our favorite semi-annual sales, I'll be saying "yes ... yes .... yes" to SUNSET BOULEVARD.
10-06-08 | 05:11 PM
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From dvdtimes:
That Asian perspective doc is an interesting addition. Could a mod please re-title this thread "The Official Paramount Centennial Collection thread", since this looks to be an ongoing series of titles? Thanks.
Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of two more titles in their Centennial Collection. Arriving on 13th January 2009 is a double-bill of Audrey Hepburn starring classics –Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Funny Face.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
* English and French audio options
* Mono, Restored Mono and 5.1
* New Extras:
o A Golightly Gathering (tbd)
o Henry Mancini: More Than Music (tbd)
o Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (tbd)
o Behind the Gates: The Tour (tbd)
* Old Extras:
o Commentary by Producer Richard Shepherd
o Featurette: The Making of a Classic
o It's So Audrey: A Style Icon
o Featurette: Brilliance in a Blue Box
o Featurette: Audrey's Letter to Tiffany
o Original Theatrical Trailer
Funny Face
* English, French, Portuguese and Spanish audio options
* Mono and 5.1
* New Extras:
o Kay Thompson: "Think Pink" (tbd)
o This is VistaVision (tbd)
o Snapshot: A Day in the Life of a Fashion Photographer (tbd)
o Fashion Photographers Exposed (tbd)
o Behind the Gates: A.C. Lyles Remembers Cecil B. Demille (tbd)
* Old Extras:
o The Fashion Designer and His Muse
o Parisian Dreams
o Paramount in the '50s - Retrospective Featurette
o Original Theatrical Trailer
o Galleries
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
* English and French audio options
* Mono, Restored Mono and 5.1
* New Extras:
o A Golightly Gathering (tbd)
o Henry Mancini: More Than Music (tbd)
o Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (tbd)
o Behind the Gates: The Tour (tbd)
* Old Extras:
o Commentary by Producer Richard Shepherd
o Featurette: The Making of a Classic
o It's So Audrey: A Style Icon
o Featurette: Brilliance in a Blue Box
o Featurette: Audrey's Letter to Tiffany
o Original Theatrical Trailer
Funny Face
* English, French, Portuguese and Spanish audio options
* Mono and 5.1
* New Extras:
o Kay Thompson: "Think Pink" (tbd)
o This is VistaVision (tbd)
o Snapshot: A Day in the Life of a Fashion Photographer (tbd)
o Fashion Photographers Exposed (tbd)
o Behind the Gates: A.C. Lyles Remembers Cecil B. Demille (tbd)
* Old Extras:
o The Fashion Designer and His Muse
o Parisian Dreams
o Paramount in the '50s - Retrospective Featurette
o Original Theatrical Trailer
o Galleries
10-06-08 | 08:24 PM
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10-06-08 | 10:07 PM
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While I don't think Elephant Man will be included (due to the SE being released in the David Lynch Lime Green Box), I'll take that list and add The African Queen to it.
10-07-08 | 01:06 AM
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10-07-08 | 04:47 PM
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I was hoping for a new commentary this time around, as the previous one was extremely disappointing. Octogenarian producer Richard Shepherd reminded me of Abe Simpson, at one point musing "Sing Sing is a funny name for a prison, isn't it? Some prisons have funny names." That was about as insightful as it got.
10-28-08 | 04:51 PM
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DVD Beaver on Sunset Blvd.
10-28-08 | 07:43 PM
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Mae West
How I wish that Paramount still owned the movies of Mae West ( whose early movies were responsible for saving Paramount from bankruptcy !! ) as they would have far superior remastered versions/extras than were produced by Universal for it's Mae West box set.
11-12-08 | 06:26 PM
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I need to pick up Roman Holiday and Sabrina sometime in the near future.
Good to see more Hepburn titles are on the way.
Good to see more Hepburn titles are on the way.
01-12-09 | 11:44 AM
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Re: The Official Paramount Centennial Collection Thread
Odd Couple and To Catch a Thief on March 24th:
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=69796
The Odd Couple - All of the extras are new bar the theatrical trailer. Extras include:
Commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon
In the Beginning…
Inside The Odd Couple
Memories from the Set (~tbd)
Matthau & Lemmon
The Odd Couple: A Classic
Galleries
Theatrical Trailer
To Catch A Thief - New extras are noted in brackets. Extras include:
Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian (New)
A Night with the Hitchcock's (New)
Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America (New)
Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: Stars of the 50's (New)
The Making of To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: ?? (tbd) (New)
Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Theatrical Trailer
If You Love To Catch Thief, You’ll Love this Interactive Travelogue
Galleries
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=69796
The Odd Couple - All of the extras are new bar the theatrical trailer. Extras include:
Commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon
In the Beginning…
Inside The Odd Couple
Memories from the Set (~tbd)
Matthau & Lemmon
The Odd Couple: A Classic
Galleries
Theatrical Trailer
To Catch A Thief - New extras are noted in brackets. Extras include:
Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian (New)
A Night with the Hitchcock's (New)
Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America (New)
Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: Stars of the 50's (New)
The Making of To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: ?? (tbd) (New)
Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Theatrical Trailer
If You Love To Catch Thief, You’ll Love this Interactive Travelogue
Galleries
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01-12-09 | 12:33 PM
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Re: The Official Paramount Centennial Collection Thread
So the Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau commentary from the previous SE of To Catch a Thief has been dropped? Lame. 
And enough with the triple dips already Paramount, give me Nashville and Shane!
And enough with the triple dips already Paramount, give me Nashville and Shane!
01-12-09 | 02:01 PM
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Re: The Official Paramount Centennial Collection Thread
Picked up Sabrina and Roman Holiday over the holiday season.
Probably will pick up "Funny Face" and "Breakfast At Tiffany's" soon.
Breakfast At Tiffany's is almost an automatic upgrade with the inclusion of Mr. Yunioshi - An Asian Perspective as an extra
Probably will pick up "Funny Face" and "Breakfast At Tiffany's" soon.
Breakfast At Tiffany's is almost an automatic upgrade with the inclusion of Mr. Yunioshi - An Asian Perspective as an extra