New Australian DVD and BD Releases

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Solaris · #101 Post by **Solaris** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:47 am

Some dates -

October 3 -
MRA will be releasing James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss as well as Raise the Titanic

October 5 -
Warner will be releasing Gremlins 2, but the RRP is only $15, so maybe not the same as the R1 SE

October 6 -
Roadshow will be relasing the first 3 Nightmare on Elm Street films

October 17 -
Shock will be releasing Phantom of the Paradise. Does anybody have anymore info on this?? Will it be different to the Fox release??

October 20 -
Bergman's Seventh Seal, Autumn Sonata and Virgin Spring, all $30 rrp each.
Also Phar Lap special edition.

King of Kong · #102 Post by **King of Kong** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:43 pm

Has anyone seen the AV Channel Dead Man? Another NTSC>PAL conversion? (though a guy from Madman Cinema insists that their Down By Law is not a Criterion port.. time to rent.)

devlinnn · #103 Post by **devlinnn** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:05 pm

Dead Man is perfectly fine to my eyes and ears.

For those who like to keep up with Warner Home Video howlers, this weeks new James Dean boxset states in bold on the back 'One Short Life. 4 Unforgettable Films.' That'll be hard to top.

devlinnn · #104 Post by **devlinnn** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:19 am

Flixy, the EzyDVD coming soon page now only gives 'Event Titles' as first option. You can browse 'all titles' from the option at the top of the page. You should find most of the titles there - not that Umbrella have any tasty offerings in the works. Hopscotch need to get their act together - three distributors in as many months, too many titles in wrong ratio or without 16x9 enhancement. Hard 8 was a scope film.

Rufus T. Firefly · #105 Post by **Rufus T. Firefly** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:27 am

The red tab is a security device that should have been removed at the counter when you purchased it (if it's that red tab that you mean).

I saw some new Umbrella titles today in a JB store: Boris Karloff Collection, La Dolce Vita Special Edition and a few others. I think they are still in operation.

Solaris · #106 Post by **Solaris** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:58 am

On November 9, Buena Vista will be releasing Kermit's 50 Birthday Celebration DVDs including -
The Muppet Show Season 1
The Muppet Movie
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Treasure Island

devlinnn · #107 Post by **devlinnn** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:54 am

Those Keatons Flixy -

November 23rd - Madman Director's Suite
as they say - 'Three all-new restored prints!'

* Steamboat Bill Jr.
features - Down South ('31) - cartoon; The River ('38 riverboat doc.); '27 newsreel
* The Three Ages
features - The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (short featuring Buster); excerpts from Intolerance; Why They Love Caveman (shadowgraph cartoon)
* College
features - excerpt from The Buster Keaton Show; Run Girl Run (short with Carol Lomabrd); Ball Park (cartoon) Candid Camera excerpts with Buster; Sports Chumpions (cartoon)

also due 23rd Nov. -

* Land of Plenty (Wim Wenders, 2004) - (heaps more Wenders next year also from Madman)

October 5th -
* The Piano - Magna Pacific - widescreen with doco & Campion commentary - $19.95 rrp

Solaris · #108 Post by **Solaris** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:20 am

Magna will also release Black Narcissus Oct. 5

devlinnn · #109 Post by **devlinnn** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:15 am

From the looks of things, Tokyo Story has been dropped from the AV Channel site for the third (?) time.

Rufus T. Firefly · #110 Post by **Rufus T. Firefly** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:16 am

Also upcoming are two films noir: The Dark Corner and Somewhere in the Night on 23/11, both from Fox.

solent · #111 Post by **solent** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:42 am

Arthur Penn's hippy film ALICE'S RESTAURANT is out now at a very cheap price. [Sanity have it online for $8.95].

Hendrix fans might want to consider their options since the price for the 2-disc LIVE AT WOODSTOCK in Oz is $40-45. All up, from the US, you will pay $30-32 [including conversion & shipping]. The Oz transfer will apparently be NTSC so there is no difference. Is this is the sign of the times: international laziness? [Is the UK version NTSC I wonder?]

devlinnn · #112 Post by **devlinnn** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:02 am

Yes Flixy, OAR, 16x9 enhanced on Alice's Rest. Bonnie and Cylde is OK now - just the packaging is the same as the old release.

Solaris · #113 Post by **Solaris** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:57 am

Cover art for The Virgin Spring -

Solaris · #114 Post by **Solaris** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:18 am

Two More Director's Suite DVDs -
7/12/05 - Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat....Kill!Kill!

DVD Special Features
- Commentary by director Russ Meyer;
- Commentary by the Pussycats: Tura Satana, Haji and Lori Williams;
- Bonus Featurette: GO PUSSYCAT GO
- Original Theatrical Trailer

15/02/06 - Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera

DVD Special Features
- Three Songs about Lenin (59 minute film by Vertov)

devlinnn · #115 Post by **devlinnn** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:19 pm

Flixy, Henry will be 83 min., 4x3 letterbox.

ben d banana · #116 Post by **ben d banana** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:46 pm

Well, then it's most likely complete, but not a proper NTSC>PAL conversion. New US version just out.

Solaris · #117 Post by **Solaris** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:18 am

Umbrella shall be releasing a 2-disc set of Fellini's Casanova soon.

Jem · #118 Post by **Jem** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:51 pm

Sugata Sanshiro, Eastern Eye
Release Date: 12/10/2005

Review ACDrifter:
http://www.acdrifter.com/?page=Review&m ... 20Sanshiro

Solaris · #119 Post by **Solaris** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:30 pm

Accent have updated their site. Upcoming DVDs include -

2 More Bressons - Au Hasard Balthasar and Mouchette
Fantastic Planet - Hopefully superior to the Force release
The Beast (1975) - Hopefully uncut

Also Night & Fog, San Soleil and La Jetee.

devlinnn · #120 Post by **devlinnn** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:36 pm

Solaris wrote:Accent have updated their site. Upcoming DVDs include -

2 More Bressons - Au Hasard Balthasar and Mouchette
Fantastic Planet - Hopefully superior to the Force release
The Beast (1975) - Hopefully uncut

Also Night & Fog, San Soleil and La Jetee.

As much as I admire what Accent is doing, they have only released four titles over the past four months - none for the past two. Sales on the back cat. would have to be very slow (JB has most of them below cost price at any given time - a bad sign when distributor's start the cash deals). Therefore these 29 hefty titles as coming soon may be a long time coming, if ever.

Jem · #121 Post by **Jem** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:58 pm

Watched Rififi for the first time on SBS Saturday night, loved it!
I was going to try and find a copy of the Madman edition to save myself some money and time waiting for a Criterion to arrive from OS,Â though according toÂ DVD BeaverÂ Madman's version is pretty average.

Can anyone confirm if this is true, agreed the Criterion would be better
though is the Madman version that bad? I'm fussy but not fanatical about quality.

DVD Beaver review:
http://207.136.67.23/film/dvdcompare/rififi.htm

Jem · #122 Post by **Jem** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:40 pm

flixyflox
The Madman is utterly mediocre - one of their earliest arthouse titles - wait for the Criterion

Thanks flixyflox, I am in the US in January, might see if I can pick up a Criterion Rififi then.

Jem · #123 Post by **Jem** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:46 pm

Has anyone purchased the Umbrella Entertainment copy of il Bidone?
Just wondering if the transfer is adequate.

Rufus T. Firefly · #124 Post by **Rufus T. Firefly** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:24 pm

The BFI Il Bidone is indeed longer than the Umbrella. The latter appears to be that mutilated version that runs a whole 3 seconds shorter.

The Umbrella is excellent and I cannot imagine that the BFI looks any better. The BFI does include a 40 minute interview with Dominique Delouche that is absent from the R4. If you don't want the interview then you won't be disappointed with the R4.

Jem · #125 Post by **Jem** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:07 am

Jem I own it and think it's fine, but of course the BFI version is longer and restored. If you can afford it I guess go that path, but have a look at Beaver first.

Thanks all.