Entertainment For Lively Minds
Why can't you get these on DVD?
Posted by David Hepworth on 22 May 2005 - 12:24pm.
From Julian Hutchings
These are some of my favourite films:
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,
Heaven's Gate,
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser,
Three Days Of The Condor,
The Belly Of An Architect,
Night Moves.
One thing they all have in common? They are not available on DVD. How about doing a piece on great films which are not available on DVD and starting a campaign to get them released?










Re Likely Lads I rea...
Re Likely Lads I read recently that many of the early episodes were wiped and the tapes re-used by the BBC. A common occurence in the 60's as tape was very expensive and no-one foresaw a time when we would be clamouring to re-live our past through UK Gold etc. Then we were still the nation who complained about endless repeats when we only had 4 channels but now happily shell out £20 plus per month to watch them.
There was a documentary about Tutti Frutti on BBC Scotland recently where they said that the problems have always been about the cost of licencing the songs used in the programme but they thought they could br ironed out. There now seem to be plans to show it on BBC4 but licencing problems persist see this link http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1315219.0.origin... Scottish.
The Natioanl Theatre of Scotland recently toured with a stage version which was very well received, if they repeat this it may be your best bet for now.
billy budd with pete...
billy budd with peter ustinov and terence stamp and whats happened with pat garrett?
first it's february now it's june-arggggh!
The 80s sitcom 'Dear...
The 80s sitcom 'Dear John'. That was marvellous.
And I'll second 'Sir Henry at Rawlinsons End.' In a perfect world the BBC would release a compilation of Stanshall stuff including the Late show special from 1991.
What about Sir Henry...
What about Sir Henry At Rawlinsons End?
I have a "naughty" copy on dvd but how about a full release with extras?
Just seen on Play.co...
Just seen on Play.com that One Summer is due for a dvd release on 16/1/2006
Yiiiiiiisssss!!
Monsieur Hire is a f...
Monsieur Hire is a film I'd buy immediately on DVD. Also a first mention (I think) for 'The Dead', John Huston's last film. Was there ever a soundtrack released of this film? 'The lass of Aughrim' sung in the film has to be one of the most beautiful and poignant ballads I've ever heard.
Spencer Leigh appeared in Jarman's Caravaggio and then I never saw him again. Great theme tune to One Summer as well.
T'other night I saw...
T'other night I saw "Wise blood" on BBC2, a late period masterpiece by John Huston adapted from a book by Flannery O'Connor. Stars the great Brad Dourif, Harry Dean Stanton and a cameo from Ned Beatty, some of the dialogue is astonishing i.e. "Nobody with a good car needs to be justified." "her hair was so thin it looked like ham gravy trickling over her skull".
Naturally it is unavailable on any DVD format. neither is "The Dead" and most of John Huston's work, a disgrace.
The only Hal Hartley...
The only Hal Hartley movie currently available is The Unbelievable Truth. Where are all the others? He's an underrated master.
Any luck finding tut...
Any luck finding tutti frutti? Big fans here and would be great for xmas
Aaaah One Summer. Wh...
Aaaah One Summer. What a series. I live in NZ now but was brought up in North Wales, and used to holiday as a child where they filmed. I attempted a "One Summer filming location tour" in 1989 trying to establish (with huge difficulty where they shot it.
I found that Benlech was on Angelsey, but most if the series was actually shot on the Lleyn Peninsula. I only found that out when - in frustration I phoned Yorkshire Television (who produced it and not Channel 4) from a phone box in Llangefni and asked where it was shot.
I cant believe how Spencer Leigh has changed with age, yet the more successful David Morrisiey (whichever way you look at it) still looks like Billy from One Summer.
I have the series on VHS, but would be fantastic to have it on dvd. Why the hell don't they do it!!!!???
fave lines...
"A Mars a day helps you work rest and play!!" Icky pledges as scout leader Arcaylla is horrified that he fed baby birds Mars bar.
"Chips rice and curry twice!!!"
"hey look!!! It's Jesus!! look! heh heh! What's ya name jesus? Got any food? gis some! What's ya name? "
"Kidder"
"Kidder! that's a daft name innit!?"
"What's your name son?"
".......Icky!"
"Eh, I know him! He's a knieefer!!" (knifer)
I've watched it umpteen times, I love it and give it run every now and again, and always strived to share it's magic with friends and converted them.
Fantastic and hiya to all the Swanjacks out there
42nd Street....
42nd Street.
How about Phase IV w...
How about Phase IV with the original Saul Bass director's cut, which supposedly mirrors the rebirth ending of 2001? I always thought this was a fantastic and very under-rated film, only available in the US on vhs. And while we're at it, how about 'The Andromeda Breakthrough', on a DVD containing the 20 minutes that survive of 'A For Andromeda'? Now that would be a breakthrough!
I notice that Jolson...
I notice that Jolson Sings Again and the Jolson Story is no longer shown anywhere because he wears black makeup.
Come on now, isn't this being silly?
When are we going to grow up?
Along the same ines...
Along the same ines as Your Cheating Heart, I would love to get Tutti Frutti on DVD, early work by Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson.
Saltydog - Holding O...
Saltydog - Holding On is just out on DVD, so you should be able to get it now on R2
Elling - moving and...
Elling - moving and hilarious Norwegian movie based on an even more wonderful novel "Beyond the Great Indoors" by Ambjornsen. I had to buy a US region disc and watch it on PC.
Tango - the film by...
Tango - the film by patrice leconte. It seems that there is still an aura surrounding 'foreign' films, or perhaps it's a genuine marketing reality. But if you browse through any Foreign DVD section of a shop (remember them? they were around before Amazon) the only foreign releases available are still the ones that are deigned critically hip, referenced by American directors or very obviously containing sex and/or violence or Emmanuelle Beart in state of undress. Catherine Breiilat's terrible movies, par example, are all over the place so that pervs can watch them, yet the delicate, subtle, melancholy and amusing works of diredctors like leconte are ignored.
I also longed for a copy of Tony Marchant's 'holding on' the epic Tv drama with the likes of Phil Daniels and Saira Todd.I thought it was marvellous but missed a couple of parts and don't have the patience or time to watch it all again when it's repeated on consecutive nights on BBC4.
Hellzappopin is avai...
Hellzappopin is available in Australia at a very cheap price.
I would add "Stormy Weather" a fantastic musical with a whole black-cast: Lena Horne, Bill Bojangle Robinson, Fats Waller (his last appearance), the fabulous Nicholas Brothers (the best tapdance number you'd ever see) and of course the legendary Cab Calloway !
I was totally into T...
I was totally into This life when I was in the UK, and so was EVERYBODY around (colleagues, friends...). I cannot understand why it's not available on DVD yet. As for the movies, it seems Ernst Lubitsch hasn't received the treatment he deserves.
I'd like to second t...
I'd like to second the proposal for a DVD release of Your Cheating Heart. I check amazon a couple of times a year in the hope someone will do the honourable thing and issue it. Worth viewing for the endless versions of the title song - my favourite was in the style of Jimmy Shand and his Band, the Scots combo who blighted Childrens Choice and 2-way Family Favourites during my childhood.
Wow Robert, you are...
Wow Robert, you are a top man. Thanks for the plexi links.
This Life the TV ser...
This Life the TV series. Series one was released on DVD but never series 2. Series One is hard to find unless you want to pay for a copy from video on Ebay.
Heard a rumor that the original cast met up recently and a third series has been dicussed.
Well, for a start, i...
Well, for a start, if you don't own an all-region DVD player, you should buy one immediately. The harsh truth about DVD is that the best releases are not necessarily available in the UK, nor will they ever be at any time in the immediate future. But a lot of titles are out now in the US, in Hong Kong, in Sweden, in Australia, etc. A lot of these titles are NTSC, which any PAL television bought in the last five years will play without complaint.
R1 = Region 1, US & Canada.
Julian Hutchings:
MGM in the US have recently released Junior Bonner and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; it's a pretty safe bet that they're working on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid for the near future.
Heaven's Gate, all 4 hours, uncut, non-anamorphic, was released by MGM in R1.
The Belly of an Architect was released by MGM in R1.
Night Moves was released last week by Warner Home Video in R1.
David Hepworth:
The Accidental Tourist was released by Warner Home Video in R1 (as Chris Evans points out further down the thread). Warner Home Video are working on The Magnificent Ambersons for the very near future (as Mil Portman points out further down the thread.
scimmia:
Freeway is currently available from Cinema Club in the UK (if you're an aspect ratio junkie, the R1 release is widescreen but non-anamorphic); both these versions are slightly cut however; there's a German release that's completely uncut but also only 4:3. Confessions of a Trick Baby was released by Tartan in the UK and Full Moon Pictures in the US (with an anamorphic transfer).
Neil Middleton:
I'm waiting for a lot of your titles as well. But Naked is being released by The Criterion Collection in R1 in September.
Lindsay Marshall:
There's a lot of Bunuel out there now. Try out this link to get you started (it's okay to post links here, right?): http://www.dvd-basen.dk/uk/home.php3?search=Luis+Bu%F1uel&mvis=ok®ion...
Fred Astaire titles are being worked on, but as you're probably aware, older titles tend to need proper restoration before being produced for DVD.
J Simpson:
Cry Baby was released last week on DVD by Universal Studios in R1.
Carl Parker:
Stanley Kubrick Directs © Alexander Walker, 1971, p.303. 'The original running time of 2001... was 161 minutes. Kubrick himself subsequently took the decision to trim about twenty minutes. He commented: "It does take a few runnings to decide finally how long things should be, especially scenes which do not have narrative advancement as their guideline."'
Give it up. It's not going to happen.
Ian Hill:
Be of good cheer, Season 2 of Twin Peaks is on the way from Paramount, perhaps in 2006. It's being done properly from the original negatives (as was Season 1) with David Lynch's personal involvement.
amanda finan:
The only way you're going to get to see Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas on DVD in the UK is to buy a multi-region DVD player and buy The Criterion Collection R1 release of the film, which is completely excellent and Gilliam and Hunter approved. Current price of Fear & Loathing on cdwow.com: £18 delivered to your door.
The only alternative is to pray that sometime in the next ten years someone at Universal Studios UK decides to port the R1 Criterion release of Fear and Loathing to the UK market. Universal have done this with Spartacus and, sort of, with Do the Right Thing. It could happen.
But you know you want it. You know what you have to do.
David Webster:
There's a 1.33:1 release of The Great Santini from Warner Home Video in R1.
Mike Todd:
Le Jour Se Leve is out on DVD in France. Amazon's French site would be a good place to start if your French is good enough (because the French prefer not to subtitle their films in English).
John Fitzgerald:
Classic film noir is starting to appear in the US, but the same thing applies to them that applies to Fred Astaire movies. The older the films, the more chance that the original negatives or surviving elements are not in good condition and have to be painstakingly restored. An awful lot of Robert Altman films are available now (I know there are still gaps), certainly a lot more than five years ago, which is pretty good for a director who's never had any commercial success, except maybe with MASH!
David Dunne:
The Keep, when the fuck will Paramount release The Keep? They own the rights. You are not alone in your desire for The Keep.
Steve Garratt:
Short Cuts exists, as you probably know, as a very nice R1 Criterion Collection release. It was released in the UK on VHS by Artificial Eye (so you could try asking them), but I don't know if they still retain video rights in the UK.
Dave Young:
Actually, there is a UK DVD of Atlantic City. Unfortunately, it's from the cut price madmen at Prism Leisure Corp and is of poor quality, according to Amazon reviews. If you don't have a multi-region player for the R1 US release, you could buy the R2 French DVD reviewed here: http://www.dvdclassik.com/Critiques/atlantic-city-dvd.htm
Tom Rath:
Hearts and Minds has been released by the Criterion Collection in R1.
Martin:
A decent multi-region player is just £100 or less away. I own Absolute Beginners, and it looks really good.
Paul Jenkins:
Nobody's Fool has been released by Paramount in R1. If you're really patient, it will turn up on R2 DVD, since Paramount do release their R1 titles over here. They just do it very slowly.
Mark Gould:
It's your lucky day. Plexifilm US are about to release Radio On: http://plexifilm.com/radio.html Even better, there's a Plexifilm UK branch you can contact here in the UK: http://plexi.co.uk/index.html Even better, Plexifilm don't believe in region coding and release all their titles as Region 0.
Graham Johns:
Lone Star was released by Warner Home Video in R1.
And this is me,
I seem to have turned into the world's biggest pimp for The Criterion Collection. Well, so be it. What I would like to see released on DVD is more Dennis Potter. Where exactly is Lipstick On Your Collar? And Blackeyes? And all that really cool stuff he did in the 60s like Son of Man?
Your Cheating Heart....
Your Cheating Heart. Wonderful tv series from the late 80s featuring incomprehensible Scots patois and endless versions of the much-loved Hank Wlliams tune.
'The Boy Whos Skin F...
'The Boy Whos Skin Fell Off'
When you look around...
When you look around HMV at the remarkable amount of dross that warrants a DVD release, it's amazing that something as grand and sweeping and just plain good John Sayles' 'Lone Star' isn't available. Ditto 'Bodily Harm', a Channel 4 two-parter of a few years ago starring Timothy Spall & George Cole - to these square eyes, the finest drama on British TV for 10 years. Oh, and while we're batting for 'One Summer', what about Bleasdale's 'Scully' from 1984 with theme music and an acting turn from Elvis Costello.
Just a couple: Radi...
Just a couple:
Radio On by Chris Petit (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0079773/) -- an underrated film which perfectly encapsulates why the road movie doesn't work in England while making the most of 1970s Englishness (and a great soundtrack).
Les Années lumière (also known as Light Years Away) by Alain Tanner, and starring Trevor Howard and Mick Ford (http://imdb.com/title/tt0080373/) -- I am not sure if this is actually as good as I remember it, but I would like to be able to find out.
Nobodys Fool - Paul...
Nobodys Fool - Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith.
Brilliantly understated acting and fantastic lines like the below -
I should have known better than to hire a one-legged lawyer.
You can't afford a two-legged lawyer.
the two films I'd re...
the two films I'd really like to see released on DVD are Absolute Beginners and The Breakfast Club. Both are available on Region1 so why not for the rest of us?
Crossing Delancey !...
Crossing Delancey ! A beautiful, beautiful film set in contemporary New York; late 1980s I think.
I happen to know tha...
I happen to know that The Magnificent Ambersons and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser are to be released very soon...
Black Belt Jones for...
Black Belt Jones for me please.
Jim Kelly gets his own film and it's better than Enter the Dragon!
Does anyone know if...
Does anyone know if you can get Mike Leigh's 'Nuts In May' on DVD? My girlfriend's sister works in HMV and has drwan a blank.
Hearts and Minds, th...
Hearts and Minds, that spellbinding doc on the Vietnam war, is long overdue a release on DVD.
'Cherubic Meekus:The...
'Cherubic Meekus:The Czech's Return,'...just to hear the definitive line;
'I wan't to revive the Freikorps.
I wan't to anesthetize them with kava and yaba.
I wan't to than reclaim Berlin and march in unison with the KPD.
50'000 Spartacists and the assassination of Walter Rathenau.,' in all it's glory.
Duckman!...
Duckman!
Has HELP been releas...
Has HELP been released on DVD?I wonder why Gimme Shelter is only available in USA?
Will the BBC or whoever,release the footage of Van Morrison doing material from what became "It's too late to stop now"
Why no UK DVD releas...
Why no UK DVD release for Atlantic City? Directed by Louise Malle and starring Burt Lancaster in one of his last and most dignified roles. The movie skilfully mixes humour,
pathos, the boardwalks of the down at heel seaside resort and - best of - co-stars a young and gorgeous Susan Sarandon. Worse still there's no TV airings nor cinema retrospectives - what a waste!
Re: I Didn't Know Yo...
Re: I Didn't Know You Cared
Series 1 is available see
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007TFJ64/qid%3D1118819007/202...
How about Short Cuts in Region 2?
"The Keep" which was...
"The Keep" which was Michael Mann's debut movie - a deranged and wild horror/sci-fi nazi supernatural melodrama which starred a very Pre-gandalf Sir Ian McK.It's got a really duff creature in it, but has lots to recommend in it.
"O Lucky Man" alread...
"O Lucky Man" already mentioned. And also "Chimes At Midnight"(Orson Welles).
Gullivers Travels st...
Gullivers Travels starring Ted Danson should be revived for the DVD audience.
An exultant pleasure for all the family...well, thats my selling point.
It's not a cinematic...
It's not a cinematic masterpiece, but when is Let It Be going to come out on DVD? I know there are some copyright issues, but surely afetr all this time someone can solve them.
Also I'd like a film called Forget About Me made by Michael Winterbottom no less (may even be his first film)for Channel 4 in 1990, starring a pre-Trainspotting Ewen Bremner, and set largely in Budapest.
Again not a masterpiece, but the sort of interesting curiosity that British filmmakers are good at.
How about a deluxe s...
How about a deluxe set of Repo Man with the "Flipping melon farmers!!" soundtrack.
Why oh why oh why ca...
Why oh why oh why can't you get the old Monkees shows? I can only find some stoopid documentary and that's not the same!
We had to wait an ag...
We had to wait an age for "A Very Peculiar Practice Series 1" on DVD (release date delayed for well over a year). When series two and the related one-off, A Very Polish Practice?
Not a film, but tell...
Not a film, but telly.
"Inside Victor Lewis-Smith".
The re-dubbed Hendrix was one of the funniest things I've ever seen and I've never been able to see it since.
Douglas Sirk (Imitat...
Douglas Sirk (Imitation, All that Heaven Allows), Nick Ray's intersting movies (Bigger than life, etc), all of John Cassavetes movies not avilable. Sam Fuller, loads of Altman, plies of classic noir - The Killers, Criss-cross, Gun Crazy.
But any Micheal Bay or Ron Howard movie is easily found. Hack directors.
^^^^ Amen on the lat...
^^^^ Amen on the latter part of your text, Dement and Grandma.
Note for all the zea...
Note for all the zealous people who are crowding the message board with there demand's for 'Cherubic Meekus:The Czechs Return' to be transfered from the internet to a DVD format...litigations have yet to be resolved,but in accordance with all the legal altercations being predisposed, the release date for the DVD should be next Spring.This isn't a trenchant pre-empt as 'Cherubic Meekus' may seize the rights.
It would be a shame if this doesn't see the light of day for this movie deserves an accolade for it's cinematic acheivement.
The hawk better stop watching it's nest so adamantly.
Note for Mr Hepworth...
Note for Mr Hepworth
The Accidental Tourist DVD has been issued in the States and can currently be had for as little as a fiver through Amazon.A cracking film and nicely kitted out with extras.
It's not strictly a...
It's not strictly a film, but Peter Tinniswood's I Didn't Know You Cared - one of the greatest sitcoms of the last 30 years - doesn't even get reruns on UK Gold, never mind released on DVD. As Carter Brandon, played by a young Stephen Rea, used to say: "Aye. Well. Mmmm." (I heard that, pardon).
2 Fantastic French f...
2 Fantastic French films from the 1930s starring the hewn from rock Jean Gabin. Firstly Le Jour se Leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne which is only available on a crappy US VHS version where only every 3rd line is subtitled, and La Belle Equipe (1936) directed by Julien Duvivier which would be perfect on DVD as apparently it has 2 endings - the bleak one and the upbeat one. It's only very recently that you've been able to get La Grande Illusion. The BBC don't seem to show these kind of things anymore which is a real shame so we need them on DVD. My Betamax versions of them were skipped years ago.
I wish they'd releas...
I wish they'd release "Lemon Popsicle" "Going Steady" & "Private Popsicle"? on DVD. I remember watching these films on bad video copies back in the 80's. I believe they were filmed in Isral, set in 50's, and quite badly dubbed in American, but greatly evoked the era.
Been searching for them for years now.
The Great Santini,w...
The Great Santini,with the imperious Robert Duvall is a genuine masterpiece and must be a candidate for" finest film with no DVD release".
Climatic Empire,Brit...
Climatic Empire,British Hustle,Naun and Cherubic Meekus:The Czechs Return.
Fear and Loathing in...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Terry Gilliam films the unfilmable & Johnny Depp acquits himself so well Hunter S Thompson raises him to colonel.
As for Benicio Del Toro- it would seem method acting is alive and well.
How strange that such a recent film should not be available on a region 2 DVD (I am not buying a new DVD player EVER.I won't be fooled again & even if I could play region 1 it's over 40 quid).HMV is full of tat no-one went to see so why the problem?
I daresay Hunter's recent messy death might bring this about. As the Babysitters noted, everybody loves you when you're dead.
To Whoever said The...
To Whoever said The Phil Silvers show - you're dead on. It's genius. Definitely deserves a DVD release!
**The permutation of...
**The permutation of 'Cherubic Meekus:The Czechs Return' into a DVD format has yet to occur...**
Ive heard this movie mentioned numerous times...this seem's to be the name which has been imbued into the subconcious of every internet surfer.Is the 'entrepreneur' behind this cinematic venture still alive?
I recently stumbled upon a fanzine in Quimbys bookstore, Chicago relating to the 'oracular' Cherubic Meekus and his legion of Czechs.
Either way,im sure this is an obscure jem which deserves a DVD release, but more deserved is 'Scum'.
Re: Dancing In The S...
Re: Dancing In The Street. The series was available for a while on dvd; if you count the boxed set that omitted the second episode ('Be My Baby'), deleted much of the footage from the tv broadcast - I'm guessing due to copyright problems - eg interviews with Berry Gordy; and replaced Jackson Browne's Take It Easy with The Byrds' Hickory Wind, not to mention scrubbing the entire Jim Morrison section in favour of a new one featuring Marc Bolan. As broadcast, this was one of the greatest tv series of modern times; but the only version you've ever been able to buy was a bastardised version, an alternate story that seemed to think that there was point mentioning Phil Spector, Leiber and Stoller or The Beach Boys. Can the various networks involved please put their squabbles aside and sort this out?
It was Spencer Leigh...
It was Spencer Leigh who played Icky in One Summer if memory serves me right - there is a person of the same name who writes for one of the broadsheets and I've often wondered if it's the same guy.
Have we got the maki...
Have we got the makings of a pressure group to get One Summer released on DVD. I remember it well and would love the chance to see it again. Does anyone remember the name of the other actor who played along side David Morrisey?
I am amazed that "Da...
I am amazed that "Dancing In The Street" hasn't been released on DVD yet. It was a fabulous series, far superior to the currently running "Soul Deep".
The permutation of '...
The permutation of 'Cherubic Meekus:The Czechs Return' into a DVD format has yet to occur...
And what about Linds...
And what about Lindsay Anderson's "If"?
Okay they're not fil...
Okay they're not films, but ...
Twin Peaks Series 2 - why release Series 1 and then lose interest?,
The Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko) - a few episodes got a half-hearted release a number of years ago on video so my hopes aren't exactly high for a DVD release of this comedy masterpiece
Got to be Pat Garret...
Got to be Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid. Why, oh why do we get "Special Editions" of the latest muck when one of the greatest films ever made isn't available. Too many great moments to mention; shooting the chicken heads, when Billy shoots the deputy with the shot full of coins, Dylan reading the food cans, the look on Coburn's face when he accepts the brandy knowing he's selling out his friend, Slim Picken's death scene, etc.
Go and look at your battered old vhs copy again, the movie is that good.
Not so much a movie...
Not so much a movie unavailable on DVD, but with all the Director's Cuts and Spaecial Editions that have been released why has the original version of 2001:A Space Odyssey never been made available? (To answer my own question, the Kubrick Estate probably won't release it).
Still it could be interesting to see the version that was out before the NY critics slammed it and SK cut, I believe, over 20 minutes of footage.
Or any Mae West for...
Or any Mae West for that matter,
Wow, someone else re...
Wow, someone else remembers 'One Summer'. I don't remember a lot of the storyline now, just that at the time I was gripped by it and would love to see it again. Other classic TV progs/sitcoms we're waiting for: GBH, Buddah of Suburbia, Watching, Chance in a Million (Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn - Channel 4 siad no plans to issue) and whatever happened to series 2 of the Book Group ? Re films, would like to see 'Up the Junction' and John Waters' 'Cry Baby' on DVD.
...and on a slightly...
...and on a slightly different thread, what about classic TV? I'm still waiting for Willy Russell's 1980's CH4 series 'One Summer' starring a young David Morrissey and the complete 'Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?' is also unavailable (although you can get a 'Best of' - talking of which, could someone explain how you can get a 'best of' out of a series which relied on continuity and an ongoing storyline for much of its humour and pathos?)
Unman, Wittering and...
Unman, Wittering and Zigo, starring the immortal David Hemmings - and what about Melody, the thing with the kids in love and the great Bee Gees soundtrack. I've seen pirate DVDs of this selling for astronomical prices on Ebay, so why hasn't it been released?
Long time no speako...
Long time no speako, Linds!
There are two Bunuel boxsets out there - 3 films on each. I like 'em anyway.
I wouldn't call it a...
I wouldn't call it a great film but it's something my Dad was looking for...Sergeants 3...Frankie and the boys...couldn't find it on DVD (or vhs)
What about *really*...
What about *really* great films that aren't available?
There is almost no Fred Astaire available.
There is no Bunuel available at all (last time I looked)
Hows aboout "If" "O'...
Hows aboout "If" "O' Lucky Man", "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush", "The Hill", "Performance", "Dougal & The Blue Cat", "Bicycle Thieves", "Naked", "Let It Be", etc?
I just thank my lucky stars that we can get the Liz hurley "Bedazzled", but not the Peter Cook/Dud Moore one on dvd (until October) - nb - sarcasm....
Starting kind of cam...
Starting kind of campaigns to get stuff released on DVD does actually work. The cult Scottish movie, 'Restless Natives' was released a couple of months ago, after some fairly vigorous campaigning by its fans. Plus, I imagine the film's owners were becoming aware of the 'home-made' VHS to DVD discs that had built up a healthy market on eBay. A word of warning though, the 'Restless Natives' campaign seem to take a matter of years rather than months...
How about a fantasti...
How about a fantastic old black and white movie called "Hellzappopin". which very nearly outdoes the Marx Bros.
Bringing things up to date I'd plump for "Freeway" and it's sequel "Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby." Which both read like Tarrantino doing kid's fairytales by way of copious drug ingestation.
And The Accidental T...
And The Accidental Tourist and the Magnificent Ambersons...
that kind of licensing problem
is by no means unique to "Tutti Frutti" - I'm working my way through DVDs of Northern Exposure and believe they had to resort to completely new soundtracks in some places.
Hellzapoppin' - I think it is on DVD somewhere
as I looked it out online some time in the last few months. May br R1 only, though. Great film.
Apologies
I seem to have got my "where to post that reply" knickers in a twist.
Viv Stanshall
I believe that Viv Stanshall didn't want the Rawlinson End Peel sessions released. Which is a shame for those not initiated into the wonderful world that is "changing, but changeless as ditch water" Dot dot dot
It be here
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Bizarre Modern Noir "DARK ARC" debuts on DVD
Dan Zukovic's "DARK ARC", a modern noir dark comedy called "Absolutely brilliant...truly and completely different..." in Film Threat, will be released on DVD on August 24 through Vanguard Cinema. (http://vanguardcinema.com/darkarc/darkarc.htm). The film had it's world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival and it's US premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival. Featuring Sarah Strange ("White Noise"), Kurt Max Runte ("X- Men", "Battlestar Gallactica") and Dan Zukovic (director and star of the cult comedy "The Last Big Thing").
*****! (Five Stars) "Absolutely brilliant...truly and completely different...something you've never tasted before..." Film Threat
"A black comedy about a very strange love triangle!" Seattle Times
"Consistently stunning images...a bizarre blend of art, sex and opium, "Dark Arc" plays like a candy-coloured version of David Lynch." IFC News
"Sarah Strange is as decadent as Angelina Jolie thinks she is...don't see this movie sober!" Metroactive Movies
"Equal parts Film Noir intrigue, pop culture send-up, brain teaser and visual feast." American Cinematheque
Brewster McCloud
A brilliant Robert Altman film.
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