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#1201 Post by felipe » Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:56 pm

And The Crowd.

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#1202 Post by Big Ben » Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:05 pm

Y'all disappoint me by not mentioning the reality that Warner Brothers is still neglecting The Devils for some unholy reason.

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#1203 Post by Calvin » Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:08 pm

felipe wrote:And The Crowd.
And the Lubitsches - So This Is Paris and The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg.

Come to think of it, did Warner somehow lose the rights to Lady Windermere's Fan or did they never have them in the first place?

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#1204 Post by J Wilson » Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:28 am

Big Ben wrote:
Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:05 pm
Y'all disappoint me by not mentioning the reality that Warner Brothers is still neglecting The Devils for some unholy reason.
I was curious about this and saw that there was, if the Amazon listing is to be trusted, a US release on VHS last issued in 1995, which I presume is the final American home video release of the film. If the story about someone at Warners hating the film so much they refuse to countenance its release under any circumstance is true, I wonder who's been there long enough to hold out for up to twenty years of DVD/blu-ray releases? And if it was/is streaming on Shudder in an uncut version, does this mean that either this person has left, or that Warners is finally loosening up its grip on the film?

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#1205 Post by beamish14 » Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:33 am

I really wonder what exactly is the legal holdup regarding Frankenheimer's The Fixer. They said it's kept it in limbo for
30 years, but it did air on Turner Classics around 2005, which is where bootlegs of it stem from.

I assume Nothing Lasts Forever is still off the table as well.

Was there any update on Last Summer?

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#1206 Post by Big Ben » Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:03 pm

J Wilson wrote:
Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:28 am
Big Ben wrote:
Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:05 pm
Y'all disappoint me by not mentioning the reality that Warner Brothers is still neglecting The Devils for some unholy reason.
I was curious about this and saw that there was, if the Amazon listing is to be trusted, a US release on VHS last issued in 1995, which I presume is the final American home video release of the film. If the story about someone at Warners hating the film so much they refuse to countenance its release under any circumstance is true, I wonder who's been there long enough to hold out for up to twenty years of DVD/blu-ray releases? And if it was/is streaming on Shudder in an uncut version, does this mean that either this person has left, or that Warners is finally loosening up its grip on the film?
I am under the impression that they are either embarrassed about it due to what happened when it premiered or that they are somehow afraid of what it contains. I say this because I've never really seen or been given a straight answer about it. I think it's worth pointing out that Warner Brothers is of course the same company that has no problem releasing Pink Flamingos, a film with a literal singing butthole and unsimulated sexual activity. Oh, and of course the part where Divine eats real dog poop.

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#1207 Post by swo17 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:19 am

4 for $44 sale is happening

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#1208 Post by Speakeasy » Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:16 pm

beamish14 wrote:
Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:33 am
I really wonder what exactly is the legal holdup regarding Frankenheimer's The Fixer. They said it's kept it in limbo for
30 years, but it did air on Turner Classics around 2005, which is where bootlegs of it stem from.
Maybe something to do with Bernard Malamud's estate

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#1209 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:23 pm

It's worth checking for titles that don't pop up on the page- Guys and Dolls isn't listed but if you search for it, the deal applies

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#1210 Post by swo17 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:36 pm

Why oh why won't they ever include Kiss Me Kate?

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#1211 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:44 pm

I checked for that and Dial M for Murder since they've now both been out long enough to be included, but no dice. I suspect because of the 3D gimmick? Hopefully they don't hold out for much longer

Edit: checking Amazon, Kiss Me Kate is going for $50, for some reason..

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#1212 Post by domino harvey » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:01 am

Why wouldn’t you just buy the 4 movie blu-Ray set with Kiss Me, Kate in it?

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#1213 Post by swo17 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:08 am

Cuz 3 of the 4 I'd rather group by director

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#1214 Post by domino harvey » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:09 am

Oh my God, you were a Blu-Ray.com forum member all along

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#1215 Post by therewillbeblus » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:49 am

Jesus I really need to check grouped sets more carefully before purchasing, literally just bought Calamity Jane and Singin’ in the Rain days ago- as well as the Universal Hitchcock collection after buying a bunch of the set individually last month

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#1216 Post by DeprongMori » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:06 am

Has anyone seen a review for the June 23, 2020 WA release of de Toth’s 1953 House of Wax? It contains the 1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum as a bonus feature, and I’m curious whether it’s the recent restoration.

While in any case it wouldn’t contain the two commentaries or the Fay Wray and resto docs, I’d be tempted to pick this up for $20 instead of the dedicated release of Mystery for $11 if it’s the new restoration as bonus.

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#1217 Post by Ribs » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:21 am

It’s the same as the old disc, so no, it’s just in SD.

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#1218 Post by captveg » Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:24 pm

Amazon has leaked that Flying Leathernecks (1951) is being released by WAC 9/15

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#1219 Post by soundchaser » Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:43 pm

Oddly enough, given that it’s not their usual day, Warner Archive just announced The Opposite Sex (1956) on Facebook.

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#1220 Post by domino harvey » Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:05 pm

soundchaser wrote:
Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:43 pm
Oddly enough, given that it’s not their usual day, Warner Archive just announced The Opposite Sex (1956) on Facebook.
Jesus, of all the films, these two? Already shaping up to be the worst month in some time

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#1221 Post by knives » Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:29 am

Still not as bad as that time they killed everyone's dog. I do miss Scruffy though.

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#1222 Post by hearthesilence » Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:23 pm

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"There are a lot of mediocre films. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Fords, Hitchcocks and Minnellis."

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#1223 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:53 pm

captveg wrote:
Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:24 pm
Amazon has leaked that Flying Leathernecks (1951) is being released by WAC 9/15
Nicholas Ray is probably my favorite director of the studio era, but there's no redeeming this picture. John Wayne is the most un-Ray actor, trained not for psychodramas, but for roles of idealized men, something Ray could have less interest in. The only moment that stood out to me was brief portions of documentary footage that chooses to use some surprisingly bloody imagery. Ranks with Hot Blood as one of Ray's worst.

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#1224 Post by domino harvey » Sun Aug 09, 2020 4:04 pm

the True Story of Jesse James wrote:How dare you

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#1225 Post by captveg » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:56 pm

WAC BD announcements starting to go up.

First up -
NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan of original nitrate camera negative!
KENTUCKY KERNELS (1934)
Run Time 75:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4 X 3 FULL FRAME
Product Color BLACK & WHITE
Disc Configuration BD 25
BONUS CONTENT: Vintage 1934 cartoons BUDDY’S CIRCUS (HD), Popeye in THE DANCE CONTEST (HD), Popeye in SOCK-A-BYE BABY (HD)

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