Upcoming Releases

[Film_Fatale]

November Criterion's announced: *Fanfan la Tulipe* (Christian-Jaque, 1952), *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* (Martin Ritt, 1965), *Bottle Rocket* (Wes Anderson, 1996) and *Chungking Express* (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)

The last two have also been announced for eventual Criterion Blu-ray.

[filmlover]

Film Fatale, those last two titles are in the following brand new announcement, with details of Criterion's first five _Blu-ray_ releases in _November_. All will have street prices of $39.95 (so, of course will be cheaper on Amazon and the like...also, Criterion have all available for pre-order at $31.96). I checked and the Blu-ray release of The Last Emperor will have the features that are in the 4-disc standard DVD set, EXCEPT the added extended TV version.

 

from blu-ray.com:

The Criterion Collection has posted details for their first five Blu-ray Disc titles. *The Third Man* and *The Man Who Fell to Earth* are set for release on November 18th, while three more titles - *Bottle Rocket*, *Chungking Express*, and the critically acclaimed *The Last Emperor* - arrive one week later on the 25th. The films will be presented in their original (or director approved) aspect ratios in new high definition digital transfers, featuring lossless and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mixes. Each title will also contain a wealth of extra features.

 

'The Third Man' (1949) will featured a restored high definition transfer in 1.37:1, and an uncompressed mono soundtrack. Extra features include:

 

 

Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich

Two audio commentaries: one by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy, and one by by film scholar Dana Polan

Shadowing "The Third Man" (2005), a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film

Abridged recording of Graham Greene's treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke

"Graham Greene: The Hunted Man," an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series, featuring a rare interview with the novelist

"Who Was the Third Man? (2000)," a thirty-minute Austrian documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew

The Third Man on the radio: the 1951 "A Ticket to Tangiers" episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles, and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man

Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer

Actor Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version

Archival footage of postwar Vienna

A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film

A booklet featuring an essay by Luc Sante

 

'The Man Who Fell to Earth' (1976) will feature a high definition digital transfer approved by director Nicolas Roeg, and an uncompressed stereo soundtrack. Extra features include:

 

 

Audio commentary by Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry

New video interview with screenwriter Paul Mayersberg Performance, video interviews with actors Candy Clark and Rip Torn

Audio interviews with costume designer May Routh and production designer Brian Eatwell

Audio interview from 1984 with author Walter Tevis, conducted by Don Swaim

Multiple stills galleries, including Routh's costume sketches; behind-the-scenes photos; and production and publicity stills, introduced by set photographer David James

Gallery of posters from Roeg's films

Trailers

Booklet featuring an essay by critic Graham Fuller

 

'The Last Emperor' (1987) features a high definition digital transfer approved by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, and a stereo track in DTS-HD Master Audio. Extras include:

 

 

Audio commentary by director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto

The Italian Traveler: Bernardo Bertolucci, a 53-minute film by Fernand Mozskowicz, tracing the director's geographic influences, from Parma to China

Video images taken by Bertolucci in China

The Chinese Adventure of Bernardo Bertolucci, a 52-minute documentary that revisits the film's creation

A 47-minute documentary featuring Storaro, editor Gabriella Cristiana, costume designer James Acheson, and art director Gianni Silvestri

A 66-minute documentary exploring Bertolucci's creative process and the making of The Last Emperor

A 30-minute interview with Bertolucci from 1989

A new interview with composer David Byrne

A new interview with Ian Buruma examining the historical period of the film

Theatrical trailer

Booklet featuring an essay by critic David Thomson

 

'Chungking Express' (1994) features a restored high-definition digital transfer, as well as a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack supervised by director Wong Kar-wai. Extras include:

 

 

Audio commentary by noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns

U.S. theatrical trailer

New and improved English subtitle translation

Booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from a 1996 Sight and Sound interview with Wong by Rayns

 

 

'Bottle Rocket' (1996) features a new, restored transfer supervised by direct Wes Anderson and a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. Extras include:

 

 

Commentary by director/co-writer Anderson and co-writer/actor Owen Wilson

The Making of "Bottle Rocket": an original documentary by filmmaker Barry Braverman featuring Anderson, James L. Brooks, James Caan, Temple Nash Jr., Kumar Pallana, Polly Platt, Mark Mothersbaugh, Robert Musgrave, Richard Sakai, David and Sandy Wasco, Andrew and Luke and Owen Wilson, and Robert Yeoman

The original thirteen-minute black-and-white Bottle Rocket short film from 1992

Eleven deleted scenes

Anamorphic screen test, storyboards, location photos, and behind-the-scenes photographs by Laura Wilson

Murita Cycles, a 1978 short film by Braverman

The Shafrazi Lectures, no. 1: Bottle Rocket

Booklet featuring an essay by executive producer James L. Brooks, an appreciation by Martin Scorsese, and original artwork by Ian Dingman

 

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1670

[filmlover]

Kino International has a new release coming out: *The General: (The Ultimate 2-Disc Edition),* priced at $29.95 :

 

NEWLY MASTERED IN HD FROM A 35MM ARCHIVE PRINT STRUCK FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE

 

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Three musical scores to choose from:

(1) Music composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silents Orchestra (in 5.1 Stereo Surround or 2.0 Stereo)

(2) Music arranged and directed by Robert Israel

(3) Theatre organ score by Lee Erwin

- A video tour of the authentic General, presented in association with The Southern Museum

- A tour of the filming locations, presented by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes

- Behind-the-scenes home movie footage

- Filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson

- Filmed introduction by Orson Welles

- The Buster Express, a brisk montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career

[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}

> Film Fatale, those last two titles are in the following brand new announcement, with details of Criterion's first five _Blu-ray_ releases in _November_. All will have street prices of $39.95 (so, of course will be cheaper on Amazon and the like...also, Criterion have all available for pre-order at $31.96). I checked and the Blu-ray release of The Last Emperor will have the features that are in the 4-disc standard DVD set, EXCEPT the added extended TV version.

>

 

Well whaddya know. Maybe I'll still want to get the regular DVD of *The Last Emperor* after all. Yes, I'm a bit of a completist when it comes to this movie.

[LsDoorMat]

I didn't know whether to post this here or in "Information Please". Amazon has a DVD release of "The Mask of Dimitrios" coming up for sale at $14.95. However, they give a release date of August 11, 1944. Does anyone know if Warner Bros. has actually announced that they are releasing this film or is this some kind of mistake on Amazon's part? Here's the link to the product on Amazon:

 

[DVD Release of Mask of Dimitrios|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DNF9I6/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img]

 

Any clarification would be appreciated.

[edgeciff]

Sounds like some sort of goof. Haven't heard a thing about this film being released on DVD. August 11 has come and gone and its also says temporarily out of stock, which is more puzzling. Maybe this is part of a film noir collection upcoming, although this is news to me.

[edgeciff]

This whopping 61-Disc set is coming from FOX 11/11 for a list price of $499.99, a bit rich for me. Most of these films have already been released, however, there are some rare Goldwyn films in this set such as WHOOPIE, KID MILLIONS and GOLDWYN FOLLIES that have never been on DVD. Hopefully these films will be released as single disc along with other Eddie Cantor & Danny Kaye musical so far unreleased.

 

Disc 1: A Chorus Line

Disc 2: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Disc 3: The Apple

Disc 4: Alexanders Ragtime Band

Disc 5: March of The Wooden Soldiers '34 AKA Babes in Toyland

Disc 6: Beach Blanket Bingo

Disc 7: Belle of the Yukon

Disc 8: Bloodhounds of Broadway '52

Disc 9: Call Me Madam

Disc 10: Carmen Jones

Disc 11: The Clambake

Disc 12: Daddy Long Legs

Disc 13: The De-Lovely

Disc 14: Down Argentine Way

Disc 15: The Fantasticks

Disc 16: Flaming Star

Disc 17: Follow That Dream

Disc 18: Frankie and Johnny

Disc 19: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Disc 20: Goldwyn Follies

Disc 21: Guys and Dolls Deluxe Edition

Disc 22: Hair

Disc 23: Hans Christian Anderson

Disc 24: Hallelujah, I'm A Bum

Disc 25: Hello Dolly

Disc 26: How To Succeed in Business

Disc 27: Kid Galahad

Disc 28: Kid Millions

Disc 29: Moon Over Miami

Disc 30: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Disc 31: Dolly Sisters

Disc 32: All That Jazz Music Edition

Disc 33: Can-Can Disc 1

Disc 34: Can-Can Disc 2

Disc 35: Carousel 50th AE Disc 1

Disc 36: Carousel 50th AE Disc 2

Disc 37: New York New York 30th Anniversary Edition Disc 1

Disc 38: New York New York 30th Anniversary Edition Disc 2

Disc 39: Oklahoma 50th Anniversary Edition Disc 1

Disc 40: Oklahoma 50th Anniversary Edition Disc 2

Disc 41: Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition Disc 1

Disc 42: Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition Disc 2

Disc 43: South Pacific Collectors Edition Disc 1

Disc 44: South Pacific Collectors Edition Disc 2

Disc 45: State Fair 60th Anniversary Edition

Disc 46: King and I 50th Anniversary Edition Disc 1

Disc 47: King and I 50th Anniversary Edition Disc 2

Disc 48: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 25th AE Disc 1

Disc 49: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 25th AE Disc 2

Disc 50: Theres No Business Like Show Business

Disc 51: West Side Story SE Disc 1

Disc 52: West Side Story SE Disc 2

Disc 53: Whoopee

Disc 54: Wild In the Country

Disc 55: With A Song in My Heart

Disc 56: Love Me Tender SE

Disc 57: The Fiddler on The Roof

Disc 58: Moulin Rouge Disc 1

Disc 59: Moulin Rouge Disc 2

Disc 60: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Special Edition Disc 1

Disc 61: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Special Edition Disc 2

[filmlover]

Edgecliff,

 

What's the name of the set?

 

Thanks

[edgeciff]

HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS COLLECTION, not a very original title.

[Film_Fatale]

Oh, yes, by all means let's spend $500 on that.

[LsDoorMat]

I just bought the The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection a little over a year ago, and now Fox wants me to shell out 500 dollars to buy a set that contains the exact same movies as that collection? I find this very annoying. Hopefullly they'll bust it up into subpackages like they did with Ford at Fox.

[edgeciff]

The set is selling online for between $313 and $345. Just wonder how many FOX will sell. I have many of the musicals on this list with the exception of the 3 unreleased Goldwyn musicals.

[Film_Fatale]

With any luck, it might some day become an amazon.com Gold Box special and sell for $99.99.

[marcco44]

great scoop CK.

[edgeciff]

Mateo, I wonder if your DVD machine has something to do with the DVD freezing. I heard many comments about discs freezing and these same discs do not freeze on other DVD machines. Have you tried playing these discs on another machine? Actually I had problems with MAJOR AND THE MINOR. It froze in the same place each time I tried playing that disc. I returned it for another and it was fine. BTW, the A&C box art looks similar to the Hope-Crosby Road Set.

[edgeciff]

THE GREGORY PECK FILM COLLECTION will be released by Universal on 11/4.

 

The 7-disc set will contain two previously released titles, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Special Edition) and CAPE FEAR and four titles new to DVD, ARABESQUE, MIRAGE, CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D and THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS is $59.98. A must for me. This set is being released just in time from DDD big fall sale.

[edgeciff]

FOX is releasing another big DVD set on 12/9 MURNAU AND BORZAGE FOX BOX SET. This one also carries a hefty price of $239.98. No specs as yet announced.

 

The film titles are:

 

LUCKY STAR (1929), SUNRISE (1927), LILIOM (1930), THEY HAD TO SEE PARIS (1929), SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927), BAD GIRL (1931), SONG OF MY HEART (1930), LAZY BONES (1925), STREET ANGEL (1928) and CITY GIRL (1930)

 

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[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote}

> THE GREGORY PECK FILM COLLECTION will be released by Universal on 11/4.

>

> The 7-disc set will contain two previously released titles, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Special Edition) and CAPE FEAR and four titles new to DVD, ARABESQUE, MIRAGE, CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D and THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS is $59.98. A must for me. This set is being released just in time from DDD big fall sale.

 

That's awesome news, Edgecliff! I'm especially excited about *Arabesque* and *Captain Newman, M.D.* (I missed the latter one the last time it was on TCM).

 

Let's hope these new releases from Fox and Universal encourage even more classic DVD box set releases.

[edgeciff]

The people at Paramount are bonkers. The Audrey Hepburn films keep getting recycled and recycled over and over again every year. I have the last issues and the transfers are beautiful. I can only see new cover art. As for SUNSET BOULEVARD, a few years back the studio released a beautiful transfer of this film with lots of extras so there is no way I am going to update on these three titles, nor I believe are most people.

[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote}

> The people at Paramount are bonkers.

 

It seems a very risk-averse strategy. They know certain titles have sold in the past, so they don't want to take any risks by releasing other classic films. They seem to think they're better off licensing them to Criterion or Legacy or anybody else, so if the titles don't sell, they don't look bad in their little tiny corporate office. It's the only thing that could even remotely make sense.

[TripleHHH]

Classic Flix announced The Day the Earth Stood Still special edition on 12/2...should be good..

And just in from DVD DRIVE-IN

Warner Horror Classics, The Shuttered Room, It with Roddy McDowall, Chamber of Horrors and Fu Manchu are coming to DVD as Best Buy Exclusives on 10-7

Cool news !!

 

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[Film_Fatale]

As many of you already know, *The Adventures of Robin Hood* was released on BR this week; here are some screenshot comparisons with the standard DVD version:

 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews40/adventures_of_robin_hood_blu-ray.htm

[filmlover]

I watched it last night and it looks amazing.

[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}

> I watched it last night and it looks amazing.

 

It only looks better? Surely you meant it looks and sounds better, or isn't Blu-Ray also supposed to represent an improvement in audio?

[movieslover1]

Looking forward to the Gregory Peck Collection, especially Captain Newman and World in His Arms.

 

$239 plus for a 10 movie box set, are the people at Fox loco. I was planning on buying it, but I think I'll pass now, especially since the last 10 movie pack from Fox I bought was less than $50 (Tyrone Power vol.2)