Upcoming Releases

[filmlover]

from classicflix.com:

 

Kino has announced a November 11th release date for *Griffith Masterworks, Vol. 2*. The five disc DVD set will have five features, one short and a lengthy documentary.

 

*Sally of the Sawdust* (1925) - Previously released by Image Entertainment

*Abraham Lincoln* (1930) / *The Struggle* (1931) - Abraham Lincoln has had several PD releases, but Struggle is making its debut on DVD

*The Avenging Conscience* (1914) / *Edgar Allen Poe* (1909) - Both new to DVD

*Way Down East* (1920) - Previously released by Image Entertainment

*D.W. Griffith: Father of Film* - New to DVD

 

Each DVD will be available as a single for $24.95. The exception is D.W. Griffith: Father of Film which will retail for $29.95.

 

The complete set will retail for $89.95.

 

*Here are the covers of the DVDs PLUS details of the individual titles and extras:*

 

http://www.classicflix.com/griffith-masterworks-november-special-price-a-346.html?osCsid=b585f3bf5b7d87a798eb7abf273acfca

[shearerchic04]

It sure has been slow with release news. Hopefully we get some news.

[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=shearerchic04 wrote:}{quote}

> It sure has been slow with release news. Hopefully we get some news.

 

I've just about given up all hope for the rest of 2008. The sets that haven't been announced yet probably wouldn't be out until 2009.

[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=shearerchic04 wrote:}{quote}

> It sure has been slow with release news. Hopefully we get some news.

 

I've just about given up all hope for the rest of 2008. The sets that haven't been announced yet probably wouldn't be out until 2009.

[edgeciff]

Like last year, it looks like December and January will be slow months for classic DVD releases with the exception of the Murnau & Borzage Fox set.

[TripleHHH]

Good is all I can say, I need it to slow down, October is a big month for me as is this month and I better put some money away for Christmas shopping

2009 so far Ive heard through the grapevine

Sony Noir set

Fox Horror Classics 3

Icons of Horror - Japanese monsters with Mothra,Rebirth of Mothra 3,Hman and Battle in Outer Space

Im sure there will be a Noir Vol. 5 & Gangsters 5 next year too..and another Bette Davis & Joan Crawford set as well...

[Film_Fatale]

The upcoming "Platinum Edition" DVD of *Sleeping Beauty* had been mentioned before, but I don't think we'd seen a list of all the extras:

 

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68913

 

*Sleeping Beauty R1 Platinum Edition in October*

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of *Sleeping Beauty* 2-Disc Platinum Edition on 7th October 2008 priced at $29.99 SRP. Since its original release in 1959, *Sleeping Beauty* has become one of the most iconic animated films of all time. Beautifully drawn with a highly stylised art direction and featuring a score based on Tchaikovsky?s ballet of the same name, *Sleeping Beauty* was so important to Walt Disney Studios, it took nearly ten years to perfect.

 

This tale of love triumphing over evil breaks free from the Disney vault for a limited time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original release. The 2-Disc Platinum Edition boasts digitally re-mastered picture and sound and comes complete with a host of extras illustrating the making of the film.

 

Presented in 2.55:1 anamorphic widescreen with 5.1 Surround audio sourced from the original recording tapes, the DVD will include English, French and Spanish language options. Extras include:

 

* Original Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Walk-Through Attraction With Walt Disney Imagineering ? A fascinating fully-immersive 3-D experience recreating the original Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through that Walt supervised over 50 years ago. Viewers can choose to tour the attraction in ?Auto Mode,? where you get to experience it the way it was originally intended, or choose to view the experience with ?Commentary? by Disney?s famed ?Imagineers? and take a look behind the magic of these detailed dioramas.

 

* Alternate Opening ? Recently discovered storyboards from 1952 reveal that the original opening of Sleeping Beauty was planned as a big musical production number. Using all of the existing color storyboard art, this alternate opening is recreated with a new demo recording of the song - ?Holiday.?

 

* All New Documentary ?Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty? ? an exciting and inspiring behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the final fairy tale to be produced by Walt Disney himself.

 

* A New DVD Game, ?Briar Rose?s Enchanted Dance Game? ? Relive this magical moment and help Briar Rose?s animal friends to dance, and take lessons to learn to waltz.

 

* Four Deleted Songs ? Four new musical numbers that were not used in the final film are presented using original storyboard art and demo recordings.

 

* Grand Canyon ? This Academy Award? winning short accompanied Sleeping Beauty in its release in theatres.

 

* The Peter Tchaikovsky Story ? An episode of Walt Disney?s legendary TV series in which Walt previews the Studio?s upcoming release of Sleeping Beauty which uses the Tchaikovsky score as the source of its music. Also included is a dramatic re-enactment of how Tchaikovsky came to write his score for the ballet.

 

* Four Artists Paint One Tree ? This featurette looks at one tree interpreted by four distinguished Disney artists, including Eyvind Earle, the well respected American painter who served as stylist for Sleeping Beauty.

 

* Fun with English Game ? Help the 3 fairies prepare for Briar Rose?s 16th Birthday and learn English by playing a series of innovative DVD games.

 

* And more!

 

There is, of course, the Blu-Ray version as well, which will have exclusive features:

 

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68914

 

The first Disney classic to be released on Blu-ray Disc boasts digitally re-mastered picture and 7.1 surround sound plus a host of exclusive extras that allow the viewer to interact with the film. *Sleeping Beauty* on Blu-ray Disc will also be used to launch the Disney BD-Live Network in North America, a feature that provides consumers with popular communication features (chat, video messages, online interactivity, communal gaming etc.) while they watch the film. In an industry first, Sleeping Beauty on Blu-ray Disc will also include a bonus standard definition DVD of the film in the same package, allowing fans who have yet to make the move to high definition pick up the Blu-ray release in preparation for a future upgrade.

 

All extras from the DVD release are included on this 2-Disc Blu-ray release, along with various exclusive Blu-ray extras. Region coding is TBC.

 

The film is presented in 1080P 2.55:1 Widescreen with 7.1 Surround audio sourced from the original recording tapes.

 

*Blu-ray exclusive extras*:

 

* Maleficent?s Challenge ? Go head to head with one of Disney?s most infamous villains. Think of anything in the world and Maleficent will read your mind. Keep your wits about you, for that is the only way to defeat her.

 

* Dragon Encounter ? The ultimate audio experience utilizing Blu-ray high-definition 7.1 or 5.1 audio quality. Explore Maleficent?s dungeon in a fully-immersive audio sensory adventure like you?ve never experienced before. Deep in the bowels of Maleficent?s dungeon a dragon encounter awaits.

 

* Cine-Explore ? An all new Cine-Explore experience with full motion Picture-in-Picture featuring commentary by John Lasseter, Andreas Deja & Leonard Maltin.

 

* Restoring The Sound Track ? This featurette will cover the creation of the all new 7.1 mix of the score of Sleeping Beauty that was done exclusively for this Blu-ray release using the source tapes from the original recording sessions resulting in an audio experience of superior quality with greater detail and fidelity than you have ever heard before.

 

* Customized Living Menu ? This menu is exclusive to Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray Disc owners only. It is a ?real time? virtual castle that magically changes based on the viewer?s location, time of day and current weather forecast (requires Live enabled players). If preferred, viewers will also have the ability to manually change the castle's weather to match any of the Magic Kingdom Castles around the world.

 

* Disney BD-Live Network ? The Disney BD-Live Network is just one of the many ways movie lovers, families, and loved ones can continue to stay connected and engage in their favorite movies.

 

* Movie Chat ? Communicate with your remote friends on-screen while in a synchronized viewing party using your remote control or any text enabled device such as a laptop, desk top or any PDA device such as a Blackberry, iPhone or most other regular cell phones. Your chat session will appear over the movie and occur in real-time while watching the movie together.

* Movie Mail ? Blu-ray owners will be able to record a personalized video message of themselves, superimpose that capture onto one of many pre-selected clips of the movie, and send it off to a friend, colleague, or relative. This specific feature enables the Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray Disc owner to personalize a very special greeting as never before.

* Movie Challenge ? Users will be able to test their skills against other players in a synchronized, real-time, online trivia game while watching Sleeping Beauty with anyone online. Movie Challenge is always active no matter what time of the day it is, and there will always be a game in progress.

* Disney Movie Rewards Live ? Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray owners will be able to accumulate Disney Movie Reward Points by participating in many Disney BD-Live Network activities. In return, viewers can redeem points for exclusive content such as Avatars, downloadable extras and many more exciting possibilities.

[Film_Fatale]

Has anyone mentioned this double-dip before?

 

Fox has announced a 2-disc *The Day the Earth Stood Still: Special Edition* on DVD only on 12/2 (SRP $19.98). Extras will include audio commentary director Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer, a second commentary by film and music historians John Morgan, Steven Smith, William Stromberg and Nick Redman, an isolated score track, The Making of The Day the Earth Stood Still documentary, 4 featurettes (Decoding "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto": Science Fiction as Metaphor, A Brief History of Flying Saucers, Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still and The Astounding Harry Bates), the Farewell to the Master audio presentation of the original short story, the Fox Movietonews from 1951 newsreel, a restoration comparison, the theatrical trailer and a gallery of images.

[mateo107]

an expected cash-in right before the remake hits theatres. i'm surprised Fox didn't colorize it...

[Film_Fatale]

Everybody seems to be doing it. Well, maybe WHV didn't do it with *The Women*, but almost any other studio seems to take any chance they can to re-release an original movie when the remake is about to hit theaters.

[mateo107]

you're right, it's more surprising now when a studio doesn't do it.

 

i actually wouldn't have minded if WHV had done that for *The Women* if they would have also released the original 1956 remake, *The Opposite Sex*

[Film_Fatale]

Right, because *The Opposite Sex* hasn't yet been released on DVD, right? Well, they could still try to release the original *The Women* and *The Opposite Sex* around the time that the remake is released on DVD/BR

[filmlover]

Here's artwork, inside and out, for the new Fox Murnau & Borzage set:

 

http://www.classicflix.com/artwork-added-murnau-borzage-a-347.html?osCsid=af8b56d0d4db53adfebe2b77cf283329

 

They've also posted details of the individual films, much of which has been reported it here.

 

Much as I love classic films, I still think this is an odd choice to release...for the holidays...at this price...for the general public. John Ford, yes, because he is well known...but this one I have to admit that when you count that it is only about 12 DVDs, about two directors many people have not heard of, films even many film devotees have not heard of (let alone the public), and a $240 price tag...I will be surprised if they sell 100 copies.

[Film_Fatale]

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

> Here's artwork, inside and out, for the new Fox Murnau & Borzage set:

>

> http://www.classicflix.com/artwork-added-murnau-borzage-a-347.html?osCsid=af8b56d0d4db53adfebe2b77cf283329

>

> They've also posted details of the individual films, much of which has been reported it here.

>

> Much as I love classic films, I still think this is an odd choice to release...for the holidays...at this price...for the general public. John Ford, yes, because he is well known...but this one I have to admit that when you count that it is only about 12 DVDs, about two directors many people have not heard of, films even many film devotees have not heard of (let alone the public), and a $240 price tag...I will be surprised if they sell 100 copies.

 

I wouldn't be surprised either if they sell considerably fewer copies than they expect. But look at the bright side, they'll probably end up with tons of copies that they'll have to sell at a steep discount - I'm thinking maybe an amazon.com special at $50-60 a set.

[edgeciff]

I think this one will have a very limited pressing. The set really doesn't interest me, but I might consider buying it at a greatly reduced price.

[filmlover]

Makes you wonder what were they thinking? I mean, surely, if they are going to do something on a director or two,. as a followup to Ford at Fox, there must be someone better known to appeal to the Christmas buying crowd.

[TripleHHH]

The Digital Bits has artwork for Day the Earth Stood Still, 2 disc edition , which I pre-ordered from Amazon for 14.99

[mateo107]

wow, that looks just like... the poster for the remake of Day the Earth Stood Still. i'm sure it'll get a lot of extra sales from people ignorant of the original.

[Film_Fatale]

Criterion has just announced its December releases: Samuel Fuller's *White Dog* and Lars Von Trier's *Europa*

 

http://criterion.com/asp/coming_soon.asp

 

*White Dog Special Features*

 

* - New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the uncut version, approved by producer Jon Davison

* - New video interviews with producer Davison, co-writer Curtis Hanson, and Sam Fuller?s widow, Christa Lang-Fuller

* - An interview with dog trainer Karl Lewis-Miller

* - Rare photos from the film?s production

* - PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by critics J. Hoberman and Armond White, plus a rare 1982 interview in which Fuller interviews the canine star of the film

 

*Europa Special Features*

Special Features

 

* - New, restored high-definition digital transfer

* - Audio commentary featuring director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalb?k Jensen (in Danish, with English subtitles)

* - The Making of ?Europa? (1991), a documentary following the film from storyboarding to production

* - Trier?s Element (1991), a documentary featuring an interview with von Trier, and footage from the set and Europa?s Cannes premiere and press conference

* - Anecdotes from Europa (2005), a short documentary featuring interviews with film historian Peter Schepelern, actor Jean-Marc Barr, producer Peter Aalb?k Jensen, assistant director T?mas Gislason, co-writer Niels V?rsel, and prop master Peter Grant

* - 2005 interviews with cinematographer Henning Bendtsen, composer Joachim Holbek, costume designer Manon Rasmussen, film-school teacher Mogens Rukov, editor/director T?mas Gislason, producer Peter Aalb?k Jensen, art director Peter Grant, actor Michael Simpson, production manager Per Arman, actor Ole Ernst

* - A conversation with Lars von Trier from 2005, in which the director speaks about the "Europa" trilogy

* - Europa?The Faecal Location (2005), a short film by Gislason

* - New and improved English subtitle translation

* - PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Howard Hampton

[TripleHHH]

Im avoiding the remake. I wish they used original poster art to make the sleeve art, but this DVD release is in conjunction with the remake - an obvious sales tactic..good luck in this economy Fox

The fundamentals of the economy are fine LOL ;P

[Film_Fatale]

If there are any *Thunderbirds* fans with multi-region players, you may be interested in this nice (but pricey) UK set:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68937

[Film_Fatale]

And in other R2-DVD news, Polanski's *What?* is being released in the UK soon:

 

Severin Films have announced the UK DVD release of *What?* on 20th October 2008 priced at ?14.99 RRP. Roman Polanski described it as ?the ribald adventures of an innocent girl?. Critics called it ?an amoral, depraved disaster?. More than three decades after its controversial release, it remains the most butchered, debated and least seen film of the director?s entire career. Now, for the first time ever, Roman Polanski?s What?, will be available on DVD in the UK

 

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68946

[filmlover]

Word is coming in that the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still" will be released on Blu-ray on December 2nd, the same day as the standard DVD 2-disc edition.

 

Extras should be the same as the DVD set:

 

Commentary by Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer

Commentary by Film & Music Historians John Morgan, Steven Smith, William Stromberg & Nick Redman

Isolated Score Track

The Making of The Day The Earth Stood Still

Decoding "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto": Science Fiction as Metaphor

A Brief History of Flying Saucers

Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still

The Astounding Harry Bates

Farewell to the Master: An Audio Presentation of the Original Short Story

Fox Movietonews from 1951 - Featuring the Film's Premiere

Restoration Comparison

Theatrical Trailer

Still Galleries

 

http://www.classicflix.com/earth-stood-still-bluray-december-a-349.html?osCsid=018ef7bf27e6ccad9764a9de586bac38

[Film_Fatale]

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

> Word is coming in that the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still" will be released on Blu-ray on December 2nd, the same day as the standard DVD 2-disc edition.

>

 

amazon's also taking pre-orders now:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001G7PWYU/dvdbeaver-20/ref=nosim

[filmlover]

The "Planet of the Apes" Blu-ray boxset has been mentioned here before, but now it is stated the titles will also be available individually on the same date the set comes out, November 4th.