filmlover Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 7:15 AM note: I am adding some more content about what is on the discs below, breaking it down to what is on the 2-DVD set, what will be on the four DVD set, and what is on the Blu set. ****** A major update on The Wizard of Oz Ultimate Edition coming out on DVD and Blu-ray: On September 29, Warner Home Video will release The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector?s Edition. It will contains nearly four hours of never-before-available bonus features and comes in numbered collectible packaging for a limited time only at _$84.99 on Blu-ray (DVD $69.92);_ each ultimate edition includes a digital copy of the film. _The title is also available in a two-disc special edition DVD at $24.98 with fewer extras._ _The film has been entirely remastered for the high-definition format._ Each of the original Technicolor camera negatives was scanned using 8K resolution. From this scan, a final 'capture' master was created in 4K, giving the Blu-ray twice the resolution of the master for the film's previous DVD release. The Blu-ray also features Dolby TrueHD audio. Okay, here's a breakdown on what is in each of the editions: 2-DVD edition (SRP $24.98): _Disc One_ The film Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, as well as the original mono track Music and effects track Sing-along track Audio commentary by Oz historian John Fricke with Barbara Freed-Saltzman (daughter of Arthur Freed), Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, John and Jane Lahr (son and daughter) of Bert Lahr, Hamilton Meserve (son of Margaret Hamilton), Dona Massin (MGM choreographer), William Tuttle (make-up artist), Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy and Jerry Maren. _Disc Two_ 1990 TV special The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic 2001 TCM documentary Memories of Oz 5 featurettes: - The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz - Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz - Harold Arlen's Home Movies - It's a Twister! It's a Twister! The Tornado Tests - Off to See the Wizard Outtakes and deleted scenes 3 vintage shorts 3 Audio Jukebox selections: - Leo Is on the Air Radio Promo - Good News of 1939 Radio Show - 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast Still galleries 6 theatrical trailers. *DVD Ultimate Collector's Edition (SRP $69.92)* Include all of the above, plus _Disc Three_ Victor Fleming, Master Craftsman feature-length documentary L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain featurette Hollywood Celebrates Its Biggest Little Stars featurette The Dreamer of Oz, a remastered, biographical 1990 TV movie about Oz author L. Frank Baum on disc for the first time, starring John Ritter, Annette O?Toole and Rue McClanahan 2 previous film versions: 1910's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1933's The Wizard of Oz. _Disc Four_ His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz, 1914 silent short films, The Magic Cloak of Oz and The Patchwork Girl of Oz 1925 The Wizard of Oz feature Plus somewhere in all this will be the featurettes: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz We Haven't Really Met Properly You'll also get a Digital Copy version of the film for use on your computer and portable media players. The Blu-ray 2 disc edition will contain everything on the 4 DVD discs, plus have an exclusive original extended version of "If I Only Had a Brain," performed by Ray Bolger and remastered in high-definition, and the documentary MGM: When the Lion Roars. Behind the Curtain, a 52-page miniature coffee-table book, assembled by pre-eminent Oz historian John Fricke; and an exclusive, numbered Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary watch created specifically for the release. Warner kicked off the release June 9 with a gala party and Ruby Slipper Collection exhibit at Los Angeles? Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, complete with a seven-story hot-air balloon that will tour America in the months before the discs? debut. High-end fashion designers re-interpreted the famous slippers for the exhibit. ********* The above was combined from notices on various sites including Homemediamagazine.com, blu-ray.com, and digitalbits.com I will be surprised if the full documentary of "When the Lion Roars" will be on the Blu-ray. WB once before said "When the Lion Roars" would be included on a specific movie title as an extra but it turned out to be just a ten-minute or so segment from the doc about that film. I especially doubt it will be the full doc since WB just released the 6 hour doc on DVD. One thing I do see missing from the last special release of the film are the 6 hours of audio bonuses: the Jukebox of recording session materials, radio shows and promos. Message was edited by: filmlover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 VCI will be releasing The Last of the Mohicans, a 12-chapter serial from 1932 on August 4th on 2 DVDs. And for the same day, Actors and Sin (1952) from VCI, starring Edward G. Robinson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelluloidKid Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 *Fox Bows 50th Anniversary Edition of ?Diary of Anne Frank?* By Thomas K. Arnold | Posted: 11 Jun 2009 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment June 16 will release a special 50th anniversary edition of The Diary of Anne Frank, 50 years after the film?s theatrical debut and four days after what would have been Anne Frank?s 80th birthday. The studio worked closely with George Stevens Jr., son of the film?s legendary director, to create the anniversary edition, available on both standard DVD ($19.98) and Blu-ray Disc ($34.98). Bonus features include an audio commentary with Stevens and Millie Perkins, who portrayed Anne Frank in the film; reflections by the surviving cast members; a documentary on the film?s history; and a featurette on the letters between Stevens and his son written during the making of the film. Other extras include Perkins? original screen test, several Movietone news clips about the film; a documentary on the film?s score, which was written by composer Alfred Newman; and the original theatrical trailer. The Diary of Anne Frank was a sensation when first released theatrically, winning three Academy Awards: best supporting actress (Shelley Winters), best art direction and best cinematography. The film received five additional Oscar nominations, including nods for best picture, best director and best supporting actor (Ed Wynn). The studio?s campaign to promote the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release kicked off last week with a screening at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, as well as a Q&A with surviving cast members. June 15 George Stevens Jr. will be presented with the Advocate Award at the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank Awards gala at the Anne Frank Center USA in New York City. Perkins had never read ?The Diary of a Young Girl? when she was asked to audition for the lead role in the 20th Century Fox film version of the famous journal. ?Only on the plane out to California did I finally read the diary,? Perkins recalled. ?It hit me in the heart, it hit me in the soul, and I knew it was something I could do without even thinking.? Perkins, now 73, was an aspiring model at the time who had just moved to New York City from her native Passaic, N.J. ?I didn?t even know about Anne Frank,? she said. ?I knew about what happened with the Jews and Hitler, but not about Anne Frank.? On three separate occasions, Perkins said, she was asked to try out for the part by 20th Century Fox scouts; at last she relented and did a quick interview before jetting off to Paris on a modeling assignment. ?I had never acted, and I had never even thought of being an actress,? she said. While in Paris, she received an urgent call from Fox, telling her director George Stevens liked the interview and wanted her to fly out to California for an official screen test. ?I wasn?t a fan of the movies, or of movie stars, but I did know who George Stevens was,? Perkins said. ?I had read American Tragedy in high school and seen the movie, and it was one of my favorites.? After the screen test, she said, ?They didn?t tell me I got the movie, but I just knew I did. It wasn?t until two months later that I met George in the Plaza Hotel?s tea room and he told me I had the part.? Shooting began in April 1958 and continued for six months, a long stretch for a film at the time. Perkins said she and Stevens got along famously: ?He loved me and I loved him.? Her relationship with costar Winters, who played her mother, wasn?t quite as smooth. ?I thought Hollywood was insane, and Shelley Winters was not my favorite person,? Perkins recalled. ?But she was a wonderful actress, and we got along because I had a fresh mouth, and I didn?t take gunk from her.? Likewise for Joseph Schildkraut, the Austrian-born silent-era matinee idol, who played her father. ?He was an excellent theater actor, very dramatic, and a very vain man,? Perkins said. ?He wanted all the attention, Shelley wanted all the attention, and there was just a lot going on. I was just there observing this whole thing.? After the film came out, Perkins said she had to learn fast how to deal with overnight celebrity. ?The publicist would come to me after shooting all day and want me to do interviews, which was all new and certainly very stressful for me,? she recalled. ?I remember one night they came to me and wanted me to meet with Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, and I said, ?Oh, I can?t, I have to go home and eat dinner.?? Perkins subsequently studied acting and took a few more film roles, including playing Elvis Presley?s girlfriend in 1961?s Wild in the Country, but never became a big star. ?Fox kept trying to find movies for me and of course I was called difficult because all they came up with was beach movies,? Perkins said. ?I didn?t do the game, I didn?t know how to do the game, and I didn?t know the game was important if you want to have a career. So Fox let me out of my contract and I moved back to New York.? Perkins was married for two years to Dean Stockwell, but the couple divorced in 1962. A short time later Perkins was married again, this time to screenwriter Robert Thom, and she spent most of the 1960s raising a family and only dabbling in acting, mostly regional theater productions in New Jersey. She did fit in two Westerns with pal Jack Nicholson, 1965?s Ride in the Whirlwind and 1967?s The Shooting, and in 1968 she reteamed with Winters in the sci-fi horror flick Wild in the Streets, which Thom had written. In the 1970s Perkins and her family moved to Oregon, where she taught acting and did some local television. Thom died in 1979; a year later Perkins moved back to Southern California and resumed her acting career, appearing in dozens of TV shows, movies of the week and films. She played Andy Garcia?s mother in the acclaimed 2005 film about the fall of Cuba, The Lost City. Most recently, Perkins appeared in three episodes of the soap opera ?The Young and the Restless? and a 2006 Hallmark TV movie, Though No One Go with Me, in which she appeared with Cheryl Ladd. ?When Thom died, I figured I had to go back to work, and I?ve been working ever since,? she said. ?But I never became a movie star. I was a star only once, and that was when I did The Diary of Anne Frank.? 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edgeciff Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Another press release which oddly enough sounds like a promo for the FOX release of DIARY OF ANNE FRANK on Tuesday, June 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Another press release which oddly enough sounds like a promo for the FOX release of DIARY OF ANNE FRANK on Tuesday, June 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Edge, there's no point in trying to talk sense to Celluloid Kid. It's obvious that he doesn't want to cooperate. I would like it if we could ban him. He's just wasting space...in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Yes, I realize he is hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 VCI has announced their B-western set "Big Iron Collection" with an August 4th release date. Titles included will be Crooked River, Colorado Ranger, Fast on the Draw, Hostile Country, Marshal of Heldorado and West of the Brazos (All 1950). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 An update on the Wizard of Oz Blu set...it has been mentioned that the documentary, "MGM: When the Lion Roars," will be in the Blu set. According to a Warner rep, it will be the actual 2-DVD set being included as an extra...the actual DVDs. The Blu-ray Oz is turning out to be quite the set to get (the documentary will not be in the DVD edition of Oz). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Sony Pictures has announced the release of the prestigious film debut of Steven Soderbergh, Sex Lies & Videotape on blu-ray on August 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleHHH Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 It sounds like the SD and BluRay versions of *Wizard of Oz* will both have the books,watches and other goodies..Im really excited about this set. I might have to make a Wizard of Oz section in my shelf Also *Night of the Creeps* is now scheduled for 10/20. I posted a link to where you can see the news as well as other info.. http://gorezone.net/news.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 It sounds to me they'll come complete with everything but an actual yellow brick... On other news, here is some new info I couldn't find here in this thread (using the search function): *Warner brings unreleased Karloff and Lugosi classics to DVD* Warner Home Video has just sent over information about four cool classic horror films to be released on DVD for the very first time, starring the cult icons Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Arriving as a 2-disc DVD set, these films will be available in October. *The Walking Dead* is a unique blend of cinematic horror and the classic Warner Bros. gangster stylings. This long-admired cult favorite stars Boris Karloff, who gives an outstanding performance as John Ellman, an ex-con framed for murder who?s sentenced to the electric chair. When Ellman is brought back to life through the miracles of science, his only task is to seek revenge against those responsible for his death. Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) directs this eerie tale. As an extra, this release will contain a Commentary Track by historian Greg Mank. Then there is the 1958 film *Frankenstein-1970*. Nearly twenty years after his final appearance as the Frankenstein monster in Son of Frankenstein, Boris Karloff returned to the screen in a new film derived from the Mary Shelley story that first catapulted him to stardom. In this 1958 horror classic, Karloff appears in the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a descendent of the original doctor, whose depleted fortune forces him to grant a film crew access to the family castle to shoot a horror flick. It?s not all bad, though, since he now has a supply of fresh body parts ready for harvesting. This film will be accompanied by a Commentary Track by historians Charlotte Austin and Tom Weaver. *You?ll Find Out* is also on the list, featuring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre as they poke fun at their horror-genre personas in this wacky 1940 RKO mix of music, murder and mirth. The plot finds the trio of horror legends leaving a trail of terror and laughs along the way, as they plan a murder in order to nab a young heiress? inheritance in a spooky, spoofy haunted house tale. The film was one of several hits of the era featuring the music and merriment of the then popular Kay Kyser and his band. The film?s original song, ?I?d Know You Anywhere? was Oscar? nominated. The releases will be rounded out by *Zombies on Broadway* in which the emphasis is equally spread between horror and hi-jinx in this wacky RKO production that has endeared itself to generations of die-hard Lugosi fans. Here, Bela Lugosi stars as mad scientist Dr. Paul Renault who ends up with more than he bargained for when he encounters two inept Broadway press agents (Alan Carney and Wally Brown) looking for a real-life zombie to use for a publicity stunt in promoting a new nightclub. The *Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics* will arrive in stores on October 6 for only $26.98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I've now seen the insides of the Oz Ultimate Edition DVD box. Very nice. And so is the watch, too. I took some pictures and will post them very late tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieTSB Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 And every few years, there's the threat/promise of MOTHRA (1961) being released. This time, there's even cover-art being marketed. This is from the "I'll Believe It When I See It" Dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Although want the Blu Ray for WOZ its doubtful if I will pay big bucks for the deluxe set!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 > {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote} > Although want the Blu Ray for WOZ its doubtful if I will pay big bucks for the deluxe set!!! If it's a limited edition, better get it before it's gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 New Criterion titles: The Human Condition (DVD) - Sept. 8 extras: FOUR-DISC SPECIAL EDITION: New, restored high-definition digital transfer Excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda (Double Suicide) New video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai Video appreciation of Kobayashi and The Human Condition featuring Shinoda Japanese theatrical trailers New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp Homicide (DVD) - Sept. 8 extras: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by editor Barbara Tulliver Audio commentary featuring writer-director David Mamet and actor William H. Macy New video program featuring interviews with recurring Mamet actors Steven Goldstein, Ricky Jay, J. J. Johnston, Joe Mantegna, and Jack Wallace Gag reel and TV spots PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stuart Klawans That Hamilton Woman (DVD) - Sept. 8th extras: New, restored high-definition digital transfer Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie New video interview with author and editor Michael Korda, Alexander?s nephew, who discusses growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton Woman Theatrical trailer Alexander Korda Presents, a 1942 promotional radio piece for the film PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Molly Haskell Pierre le fou (Blu-ray) - Sept. 22 extras: New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) New video interview with actor Anna Karina A ?Pierrot? Primer, a new video program with audio commentary by filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin Godard, l?amour, la po?sie, a fifty-minute French documentary about director Jean-Luc Godard and his work and marriage with Karina Archival interview excerpts with Godard, Karina, and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo Theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Richard Brody, a 1969 review by Andrew Sarris, and a 1965 interview with Godard Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey - Sept. 22 extras: New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker New video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker Audio interviews with Festival producer John Phillips, Festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby Photo essay by photographer Elaine Mayes Original theatrical trailer Original theatrical radio spots Monterey Pop scrapbook Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition Monterey Pop (Blu-ray) - Sept. 22nd extras: New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker New video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker Audio interviews with Festival producer John Phillips, Festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby Photo essay by photographer Elaine Mayes Original theatrical trailer Original theatrical radio spots Monterey Pop scrapbook Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition there is also The Complete Monterey Pop Festival combining the two above release on Blu on Sept. 22. Message was edited by: filmlover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 That Hamilton Woman had been mentioned earlier... the other ones look good, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Re: WOZ: Looks like another of those big clunky box sets that won't fit on my DVD shelves. Message was edited by: Edgecliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 It's not that big. I would say it is about 10 inches long, about five inches high and about an inch to two inches thick. The Fashion Institute in downtown Loa Angeles has a display about Oz and they had the box set in a display case: Here are pictures: The first is of the entire group. In the front is the 52-page book. Above that are the 4 DVDs. Towards the top left is the box. To the immediate right of the box is the watch. To the right of that is the campaign book. To the right of that if the case for the watch. Tio the right of that is the DVD box. Underneath the book are two studio budget pages: The second picture shows one of the pages of the book: The right side page of the Oz book: A shot of the four DVDs and the book beneath the: The box itself: The campaign book reproduction, and if you look carefully to the left you will see the watch and to the right the watch case: Tried to get a good pic of the watch but unable to due to glass (but, trust me, it looks nice): The DVD case (to the left of it is the watch case): By the way, the watch design is the same picture as the DVD case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 > {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote} > Re: WOZ: Looks like another of those big clunky box sets that won't fit on my DVD shelves. > > Message was edited by: Edgecliff Yup, pretty big and clunky. I know some people really like them, of course, but I'd be perfectly happy with nothing but the actual movie and maybe a documentary or two, all in a normal DVD/BD case. Doesn't have to be anything fancy for me to enjoy the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleHHH Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Actually *Mothra 1961* is being released as Icons of Toho - there is a street date August 18th. It will be paired with *Hman* and *Battle in Outer Space* for a Showa Series scifi set..I pre ordered that. DVD Drive-In and a few others have info - it will be in English and Japanese language.. The WOZ set looks phenomenal... If I only had the room ... I can put it on display but there's too many things in the way If I only I had the room...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieTSB Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Yeah, like the August 2006 release date as announced. And the June 2003 release date announced. And the May 1999 release date. I get SOOOO impressed by release date announcements. When it's on the shelves, I'll be impressed. NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 With all those extras in the box sets, I look at the items exactly once, put them back in the box and that is that, that is why I would prefer spending less money on the non-box edition. BTW, anyone had any problems responding to any threads? I usually get the authenticating logo (what is this?) and then I get bounced out and I have to try again. Last night, (6/15), I gave up since I couldn't get in at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 > {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote} > With all those extras in the box sets, I look at the items exactly once, put them back in the box and that is that, that is why I would prefer spending less money on the non-box edition. > More or less, yes. Movies like Blade Runner or Casablanca I didn't mind, but now with Woodstock, TWOZ and GWTW it's getting to be a bit much. > BTW, anyone had any problems responding to any threads? I usually get the authenticating logo (what is this?) and then I get bounced out and I have to try again. Last night, (6/15), I gave up since I couldn't get in at all. It comes and goes. It's probably not going to be the way it used to be as long as the CFU site remains in beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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