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The 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty is coming to Blu on Nov. 8th.
The extras are
Alternate Prologue and Epilogue Sequences Not Seen Theatrically After the Cameras Stopped Rolling: The Journey of the Bounty (2006 Featurette) 1964 New York World's Fair Promo (Featurette) Story of the HMS Bounty (Featurette) Tour of the Bounty (Featurette) Voyage of the Bounty to St. Petersburg (Featurette) Theatrical Trailer
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Take care, Mr. O. Get your rest after the surgery and we'll be there when you return. You are TCM to us.
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Thanks, Kyle, didn't know. But at least glad I saw it now or I would have really worried when I tuned in tonight and didn't see him. Hope he gets his rest after the surgery and is back soon.
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Tuesday, July 11th, 1939
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Well, thank goodness, I can *finally* reveal the last bit of upciming Blu-ray information I learned when I (and others) had that chance some time back to lunch with George Feltenstein at Warner Bros.:
*The great Warner Bros. cartoons are coming to Blu-ray!*
It has been announced through the San Diego Comic Con program schedule.
Thursday, July 21
+3:00-4:00 Classic Warner Bros./Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Going Blu-ray— Animation historian Jerry Beck and Warner Archives' George Feltenstein lead a panel of renowned animation and restoration experts, including Spike Brandt (The Looney Tunes Show), Tony Cervone (The Looney Tunes Show), and Paul Dini (Lost, Tower Prep), in presenting and discussing selected vintage cartoons from {color:royalblue}Warner Home Video's fall 2011 Blu-ray release of the newly remastered Tom and Jerry Golden Collection and *Looney Tunes Platinum Collections.*
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The Blui has an extras section which has about 60 or so cuts from the film, mostly tiny things.
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I think one of the problems with the film is due to the main and featured performers are all comedians (except Tracy), not actors at all. I sometimes find the funniest bits in any film are when a serious actor knows how to handle a funny line. Part of the problem watching it today is that so many of the comedians in it dated so badly and so has our sense of what is funny. The whole Mickey Rooney bits in "Breakfast at Tiffany" are a prime example (Someday, I must tape it off TCM and pause whenever Rooney's Japanese character comes on, then see how the film plays without him.)
As for the comedy in Mad World, well, you know it was never going to be subtle from the moment when Jimmy Durante kicks the bucket...literally.
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I got the Blu from Wal-mart. The clarity is good - very good in places - but I felt that the colors were overdone in that the people all looked like they had strong sunburns.
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A knock comes upon your door. What to do? I guess it all comes down to what is on your TV at the time...
If it is a romantic comedy, you should open it, it could be Mr. Right. (or if you have something racier on TV, it could be Mr. Right Now.)
If you have a film noir on, your best best is to climb out your window, make your way back into the building and silently come up on the person and shoot them (why take chances?)
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Amazon is having a Lightning Deal today at 2 pm Pacific/5 pm Eastern on the Criterion DVD set, *Three Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg*. It's going to be 50% off list, so that should bring it down to around $39.99.
Sale ends at 6 pm Pacific/9 pm Easter, or earlier of stock runs out.
(Also, a reminder, Barnes & Noble will start its 50% off Criterion sale on Tuesday through August 1st.)
EDIT: Deal over but the price turned out to be $35.99, a really terrific price.
Edited by: filmlover on Jul 10, 2011 11:44 PM
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Mon., July 10th, 1939
It's too bad you can't see the actual ad below. I think it is the biggest ad to appear in1939, about 8 " by 14"
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Sunday, July 9th, 1939
Regular articles and ads will return tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some more things from a 1939 movie magazine, including a photo session with Clarence Bull.
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I am not sure what in the world has got you so fascinated by propaganda, but you definitely need to take a break from it. I am not going to say that you should spend that time cracking open a book on spelling, though you should. But what in the world are "shifites"?
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For Darren McGavin fans, A&E is releasing Mike Hammer - The Complete Series for Sept. 6th.
http://www.classicflix.com/mike-hammer-complete-series-p-11452.html
I'll be interested to see the picture quality. There are several people on eBay selling the set, but unlicensed to be sure.
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kingrat, thank you for moderating a very successful Challenge. And congrats, Lonesome!!!
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Saturday, July 8th, 1939
Don't get too excited when you see the name Cansino below. Yes, family of Rita Hayworth, but not her in picture. That looks to be Eduardo and Elsa Cansino.
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Updated info on the Blu version of West Side Story
Fans of the film will have two options when picking this one up on Blu-ray. A four-disc Limited Edition giftset will include the film and special features on two BD discs, a DVD version, a tribute CD, and a full color book alongside numerous lobby card reprints. A second version will simply feature the two Blu-ray discs in digibook packaging.
Special features for this release include plenty of material that breaks down the film's songs and choreographed dance sequences, as well as a good assortment of the film's theatrical trailers. This 50th Anniversary Edition also brings over the bonus content from the 2003 Special Edition DVD set. The complete list is as follows:
* Pow! The Dances of West Side Story: All new featurette in which cast members, contemporary filmmakers, dancers and choreographers analyze and illuminate the film's famous dance sequences.
** Prologue
** Dance at the Gym
** Tony and Maria's Cha Cha
** America
** The Rumble
** Maria's Roof Dance
** Cool
* A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy: All new featurette that takes a look back at West Side Story and the impact it has had all over the world.
** Creation and Innovation
** A Timeless Vision
* Song Specific Commentary by Lyricist Stephen Sondheim:
** Prologue
** The Jet Song
** Something's Coming
** Dance at the Gym
** Maria
** America
** Tonight
** Gee, Officer Krupke
** I Feel Pretty
** One Hand, One Heart
** Quintet
** Somewhere
** Cool
** A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
* West Side Memories: One-hour retrospective documentary.
* Music Machine: Allows viewers to go straight to their favorite musical numbers
* Storyboard to Film Comparison Montage
* Trailers:
** Original Theatrical Trailer
** Original Issue Trailer
** Reissue Trailer
** Animated Trailer
Prices for the two versions of West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition have yet to be announced. Pre-orders should be up soon.
Are you kidding, I'd be all over this one even if it was just for the Sondheim song commentary.
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I can't agree that the stage production was better...at least, based on the Broadway revival I saw. It was played way too much for laughs. Sure, the film has some comedy, but it also has that urgent sense of dramatic events. The stage revival tried to put laughs into almost everything.
I admit I would like to have seen the original stage production, but since about 98% of the original Broadway cast in the film, it's almost like having been there. And I like the way the film opened things up a bit.
As far as fact vs. fiction, they compressed two characters into one, occasionally, but much of what happened happened. The dialogue between John and Abigail was taken from their letters. And a lot of other dialogue came from letters of the period.
For example, from an Adams letter about the Declaration writing, take a look at the three reasons he gives below.:
"The subcommittee met. Jefferson proposed to me to make the draft. I said, 'I will not,' 'You should do it.' 'Oh! no.' 'Why will you not? You ought to do it.' 'I will not.' 'Why?' 'Reasons enough.' 'What can be your reasons?' 'Reason first, you are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second, I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third, you can write ten times better than I can.'"
The play was published as a book and the introduction had some interesting insights to writing it. I'll see if I can find a way to recreate it here. (I would scan it, but this forum STILL doesn't have a fix for photos.)
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Friday, July 7th, 1939
[B]1939: HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST YEAR - DAY BY DAY - as it happens!!![/B]
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Wed., July 12th, 1939