filmlover Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 An update to the Keaton announcement below...it will be available on Blu-ray and DVD. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Amazon has a sale on several Criterion titles. You pretty much have to search through various titles in order to spot the bargains, but here are some Sweet Smell of Success DVD $17.99 Blu-ray $18.49 America Lost & Found DVD 41.99 Blu 52.99 Seventh Seal: DVD 14.49 Blu 17.99 Red Shoes: DVD $17.99 Blu 18.49 Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Amazon has a sale on several Criterion titles. You pretty much have to search through various titles in order to spot the bargains, but here are some Sweet Smell of Success DVD $17.99 Blu-ray $18.49 America Lost & Found DVD 41.99 Blu 52.99 Seventh Seal DVD 14.49 Blu 17.99 Red Shoes DVD $17.99 Blu 18.49 8 1/2 DVD 18.49 Blu 17.49 Breathless DVD 17.99 Blu 17.49 Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Two things of note for Blu-ray Dumbo will be released on Sept. 20th And there was a New York Times article that mentioned five Marx Bros. movies are coming to Blu-ray: On June 7 the Marx Brothers? campaign to destroy any semblance of sanity of order reaches Blu-ray, as their early comedies ? ?The Cocoanuts,? ?Animal Crackers,? ?Duck Soup,? ?Monkey Business? and ?Horse Feathers? ? are released. And you can?t get them unless you say ?swordfish? (see ?Horse Feathers?). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/movies/summer-dvd-releases.html?pagewanted=2&_r=4 Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Updated details on the large Star Wars sets coming out: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6326 Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 The Cruel Sea (1853) is getting a Britsh Blu release on June 13. Hopefully, an American release will follow. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Here's a rarity: Twilight Films, a specialty label which focuses on releasing vintage 20th Century Fox films previously unavailable on DVD, have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Michael Curtiz's *The Egyptian* (1954), starring Jean Simmons (Hamlet, Spartacus), Gene Tierney (Heaven Can Wait, Laura), Victor Mature (Samson and Delilah), and Edmund Purdom (The King's Thief). In 1942, Michael Curtiz won Oscar for Best Director for the timeless Casablanca. Blu-ray special features include: Isolated score by Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Newman Audio commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini Street date for The Egyptian is July 12th. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6335 Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Breakfast at Tiffany's on Blu August 23rd! Link to post Share on other sites
JonasEB Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PIHH5M/ref=nosim?tag=dvdbeaver-20&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=B001PIHH5M&creative=373489&camp=211189 Warner really couldn't release The Magnificent Ambersons on Blu-ray??? Come on... Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I know, that's the way I felt. And here is one of the pictures from Amazon of what is in the set: (Gad, I miss when we could do pictures bigger.) The set: Warner's long awaited Citizen Kane: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. In fact, Amazon appears to have an EXCLUSIVE offer for the BD set bundled with a DVD edition of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons. The SRP is $79.98 but Amazon has it for just $55.99. According to the back of its DVD cover art, Ambersons appears to be the existing 88-minute version. The package also includes the excellent RKO 281, lots of paperwork (including replica documents and poster art cards) and a collector's book. http://digitalbits.com/#mytwocents Link to post Share on other sites
edgeciff Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I pre-ordered since Amazon dropped the price of this set to $49.95. Looks like its a better buy than the stand alone CITIZEN KANE. filmlover, I tried calling the WB site again about my problems and they won't take any kind of coupons that you might have over the phone. Customer service is pretty hopeless at the site too. So looks like I am going to pass on ordering anything else from this site until or unless they straighten the credit card problem out. I spend too much money on Blu Ray/DVD's so I will save myself a bundle if I avoid this site. $19.95 is just too much to spend on a DVD-R. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Blu-ray.com just printed some photo comparisons from WB of the restoration done for *Ben-Hur*. The site below has more details and photos http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6414&page= Link to post Share on other sites
JonasEB Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 August Criterions New titles... The Complete Jean Vigo (A Propos de Nice, Taris, Zero de Conduite, L'Atalante) Cul-de-sac The Killing (with Killer's Kiss) Secret Sunshine (I've heard a lot about this. Can't wait to check it out.) Eclipse 28: Koreyoshi Kurahara (Intimidation, The Warped Ones, I Hate But Love, Black Sun, Thirst for Love) Updates of... Battle of Algiers Orpheus If.... Whole lotta stuff here. Sixteen films! Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Hi, Jonas, It should be noted That Battle of Algiers and If... are not DVD updates. They are not releasing new ones of that on DVD in August. Those are still the same editions as before. What they are releasing in August are Blu-rays of those titles. Orpheus is new to Blu and single-release DVD (it had been available in a boxset before). All will be available on DVD and Blu-ray except Koreyoshi, which is on DVD only. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Rumor has it Universal will issue *The Incredible Shrinking Man* on Blu-ray on August 30. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Updated details about the Blu-ray version of The Stunt Man coming out on June 7th: Audio Commentary with writer/director Richard Rush and stars Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell, & Chuck Bail The Sinister Saga Of The Making Of The Stunt Man ? Feature length documentary by Richard Rush The Maverick Career Of Richard Rush - Exclusive new featurette Peter O'Toole Recounts The Stunt Man - Exclusive new featurette Devil's Squadron - Exclusive new featurette with Steve Railsback and Alex Rocco Barbara Hershey On Nina Franklin - Exclusive new featurette The Stunt Man At The New Beverly - Blu-ray exclusive Theatrical trailers Deleted scenes Link to post Share on other sites
edgeciff Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Of interest are the following two titles due to be released from Olive films. Both licensed from Paramount.: *- Twilight?s Last Gleaming* (NEWLY RESTORED IN HD) (1977) Directed by Robert Aldrich ? Starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Joseph Cotten, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Burt Young, Paul Winfield *- Fedora* (1978) (NEWLY RESTORED IN HD) Directed by Billy Wilder ? Starring William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Michael York Link to post Share on other sites
edgeciff Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Dupe thread. Edited by: Edgecliff on May 27, 2011 10:56 AM Link to post Share on other sites
edgeciff Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Dupe thread Edited by: Edgecliff on May 27, 2011 10:55 AM Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Great on both titles. TWG has been a long time coming. And Fedora has a Rozsa score. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Best Buy has several new Blu-ray exclusives. The ones that are of interest here would be Midnight Cowboy and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (the original one), at $9.99 each right now (the price will soon go back to $14.99). Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 from blu-ray.com: In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray and DVD Russian director Sergei Eisenstein's Stachka a.k.a Strike (1925). Newly remastered. Street date is August 30th. (There has already been a DVD release of it, but this will be remastered.) http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6567 (There has already been a DVD release of it, but this will be remastered.) Also on the Soviet front, Kino is releasing The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom on DVD on the same day. Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Optimum Home Entertainmnt in the UK will release two British classics on Blu-ray... *Went the Day Well* July 18th *The Lavender Hill Mob 60th Anniversary* August 1 (also on DVD) Uncertain at this time if they will be region free. Edited by: filmlover on Jun 3, 2011 3:47 AM Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Steven Spielberg has confirmed Universal is working on a *Jaws* Blu-ray but no date yet. Link to post Share on other sites
edgeciff Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Due July 19 from VCI more British films: *Ferry to Hong Kong* (1959) - Orson Welles, Curd Jurgens, Sylvia Syms, Jeremy Spenser, Noel Purcell *Robbery Under Arms* (1957) - Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith, David McCallum *Penny Princess* (1952) - Dirk Bogarde, Yolande Donlan. *Simba* (1955) - Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Marie Ney Link to post Share on other sites
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