Film_Fatale

I could be wrong but I think that *Remember the Night* was last shown on TCM in Dec. 2006.

> {quote:title=Web wrote:}{quote} > I hope Ben will also still be on TCM. I'm sure he'll still be doing the weekend intros.

> {quote:title=iowahawkeye wrote:}{quote} > Well,i hope to see Paramount continuing to lease or hand over films for Legend to release on dvd. Actually, iowa, Criterion has released on DVD some of the best Paramount titles, including both which are now owned by MCA/Universal (like the Lubitsch set) and those Paramount still owns ( Ace in the Hole, The Furies, Robinson Crusoe on Mars ).

Actually filmlover, I was trying to get across that iowa's assertion that Universal owns "any Paramount film" from the 40's isn't quite accurate.

> {quote:title=iowahawkeye wrote:}{quote} > Yeah, i know it's crappy Universal that owns the rights for any Paramount film in the 40s...thats' why it's not released yet! They'd rather release The Big Lebowski for a 4th time and douple dip Hitchcock w/out any accompanying Blu Ray announcements! Yeah, we love Universal No, they do not own the rights to "any Paramount film" from the 40's. Paramount still owns 1944's *Miracle of Morgan's Creek*. When the deal with MCA was made, it didn't include movies they didn't think could be shown on television.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/tv_nm/usa_television_movies_dc Seems like Ben Mankiewicz is now going to be half of the new team replacing Ebert & Roeper.... *Disney names new hosts to replace Ebert and Roeper* By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A day after influential critic Roger Ebert quit the film-review show he co-created three decades ago, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday named two new hosts and unveiled a new format for the nationally syndicated program. Ben Lyons, a film critic from cable channel E! Entertainment Television, and Ben Mankiewicz, a moderator on cable network Turner Classic Movies, will take over as hosts of Ebert's old show when it is relaunched on September 6, said Disney's Buena Vista Productions studio. The show will be renamed "At the Movies," dropping the surnames of Ebert and Richard Roeper, the program's last permanent co-host, from the title. Ebert and Roeper, both columnists for the Chicago Sun-Times, announced separately this week that they were leaving the program -- with Ebert, 66, saying on Monday the show was headed in "a new direction." Disney said "At the Movies" will continue to feature back-and-forth commentary between the two hosts, but the set, music and graphics will all be changed. In one new segment, Lyons, 26, and Mankiewicz, 41, will be joined by other critics via satellite. The pair also will give their picks for three favorite films in theaters each weekend. "With the addition of Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz as our talented, charismatic new co-hosts, and exciting new segments planned, we're confident that audiences will be enjoying 'At the Movies' for many years to come," Disney-ABC Television Group executive Brian Frons said in a statement. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Ebert, who created the show in 1975 with the late film critic Gene Siskel, said by e-mail that the new format "sounds like a pilot for a new entertainment show, not a continuation of the traditional format." Ebert said he and Siskel's widow, Marlene Iglitzen, will retain rights to the trademarked catch-phrase "two thumbs up." Besides his role as a film critic for E!, Lyons conducts red-carpet interviews with celebrities. In addition to appearing on Turner Classic Movies, Mankiewicz hosts a live radio talk show called "The Young Turks" on the liberal broadcast network Air America Radio. Disney spokeswoman Bridget Osterhaus insisted "At the Movies" would "stay true to the movie review format." "It's not an entertainment news magazine that reports on celebrities or anything like that," she added. Ebert, arguably the nation's best-known movie critic, was sidelined as host of the show after undergoing surgery in 2006 that cost him his voice. Roeper, 48, has anchored the show with a variety guest-hosts since then. He said on Sunday that his last appearance on the program would be on August 17 and that he intended to co-host another film review show that "honors the standards established by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert more than 30 years ago." (Editing by Steve Gorman and Eric Beech)

> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote} > All this party can do is cut and paste anyways. ! This is the saddest part, especially when he brags about being more knowledgeable about movies than anyone else on the boards! But you're absolutely right, talking to this person is like trying to reason with a rock.

Although I've seen them countless time on home video, I never had a chance to watch any of them theatrically. When I eventually upgrade to Blu-Ray (not a huge priority since the overwhelming majority of movies being released on BR right now are new releases) these will be some of the first movies I'll want to watch in high-definition.

I agree that a Classic Disney channel would be very nice. I would love a chance to watch all those old Wonderful World of Disney TV shows. But I would definitely expect that they would show UNEDITED versions of their old animated features, like I mentioned before, including *Melody Time* and *Fantasia*. Even if they were preceded by some disclaimer about how they don't condone the racial stereotypes or the use of tobacco by some of their chracters.

Give it enough time, and Judd Apatow will become the Preston Sturges of our time.

Anyone else thing that the packaging for the Season 1 DVD set is one of the coolest "special" boxes ever? (It's shaped like a giant Zippo lighter, in case you haven't seen it).

It's one of the few 3D movies I've never been able to catch in 3D at a revival house. Movies like *House of Wax* and *Kiss Me Kate* can still look very very good in 3D if a good projectionist is in charge. One thing that not many people realize is that you can sort of get the same kind of effect looking at *any* movie, if you watch it with just one eye. Sure, it might not seem like a very practical idea, but if you try it a few times it *can* work, because it is the same principle: instead of using 2 eyes to watch images captures by 2 cameras put side-by-side, you use one eye to watch images captured by one camera. It's actually easier if you get the hang of it with normal photographs, with which you may have to try looking at it from various distances. Once you find the right distance, looking at the photograph with one eye will seem like 3D. I'm totally serious about this.

Well, I wasn't even alive at the time... however I've read/heard that at least some elements of the show may have been slightly exaggerated for dramatic impact - namely the lack of prominent women in the field of advertising. However I can't vouch for this being true or not. And I agree with CineSage on the slow dramatic development. But I've only seen the first 3 episodes (the 1st disc of Season 1 on DVD).

I don't doubt that they'll dumb the show down as much as they can and might even decide against mentioning any more independent films and foreign-language movies. Also didn't Ebert get into some kind of a fight with the TV company over who owned the trademark of the "thumbs up/down" review? I could swear I read something about that many months ago.

In his weekly DVD column, Dave Kehr of the NYT highlights *Vampyr* from Criterion and a re-release of *The Mummy* (the original of course). http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/movies/homevideo/22dvds.html

You consider that a positive trend? I would consider them being a little less backward than they were before. I will perhaps consider it a positive trend when they issue (and/or license for broadcast) _unedited_, _unaltered_ copies of classic animation films like Fantasia, Make Mine Music, or Melody Time. As some of you may know, these movies have been digitally altered due to PC reasons. Among other things, they removed the cigar from Pecos Bill and made other changes regarding things that they thought could get them in trouble with some parents. At the very least, they could have the unaltered version of the movie along with a warning, like WHV does with some of their old cartoons from the 40's and 50's. That, and also of course releasing Song of the South on video. If WHV can release The Jazz Singer in a sensitive way, acknowledging the insensitive stereotypes while also giving the film its credit as a historic milestone, Disney could do it too with Song of the South.

filmlover had already mentioned the *JFK* ultimate collector's edition back in late June; however I don't think it had a specific release date attached. The release date is now being announced as Nov. 11th: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68333

If you're talking about a TCM promo, those often have clips from famous movies that might have aired at some point. If they are promoting a specific showing of a certain movie, it will usually say so right there on the screen.

I think mr6666 nailed it, sounds like *The Blue Bird* - the original, not the awful 70's remake.

so sorry to hear

I recently ordered the William Powell/Myrna Loy set, which was on sale for less than 50% of the original suggested retail price.

> {quote:title=Web wrote:}{quote} > I for one have no problem with Celluloidkid's posts. I just can't stand his name. What were his parents thinking? They probably never stopped to think that it rhymes with "hemorroid"?

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > Remember that members like filmlover, Film Fatale have greater wisdom then the newer young members. Wisdom comes from experience not a college degree. Even college professors don't know EVERYTHING! Awww, shucks, thank you!

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > You and your wife are probually correct. Louis B. Meyer severely reprimanded Mickey back in 1938 for having an affair with Norma Shearer. There was quite an uproar over it and Mr. Meyer probually didn't want history to repeat itself. MGM simply didn't want any more problems. Norma was having affairs just a year after Irving's death? Shocking :0

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