Your favorite movies still not on DVD — Page 5

Cleaning up the masters.

Those movies had been hacked to bits over the years, making crappy prints for TV and theatrical re-releases.

They did a quality restoration for these DVDs... and Babes In Arms will have the full FDR segment of the finale again (which they cut out of the film after he died).

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was Lucky Lady the one about the boat? I think I saw that recently. Maybe that means it will be coming out soon.

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Is Bette Davi's 'The Nanny' out? By the way, TROG came out today (yay!)

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Twice Upon a Time, a great little animated film

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theatrical movie: GARBO TALKS

TV movie: PUDD'NHEAD WILSON

TV series: BROOKLYN BRIDGE

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Updated On: 7/2/07 at 05:57 PM

Just caught up with this thread. Thanks, NCGuy and tazber for the update on Cruising being released in September. Why the "shudder" best12bars? I never understood the aversion to this film by the gay community. It's depiction of a certain fringe element of gay life is pretty accurate, if you ask me. And I don't think the film is advocating the murder of homosexuals. It's a grim film for sure, but not without its merits. And it's as much a part of the history of gay-themed cinema as The Boys in the Band or Sunday, Bloody Sunday, and the like.

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Updated On: 7/1/07 at 08:36 PM

I can understand the personal affect it had on you, best12bars. Sorry to hear it. It was a grim and disturbing film, for sure. But if I recall, it carried a disclaimer at the beginning of the film stating that it wasn't representative of all aspects of gay life. Also, at least one of the gay characters in the film (the next door neighbor) wasn't part of "the scene" and was depicted as a fairly well adjusted, affable individual. I guess growing up in NYC and being exposed to the types of establishments depicted in the film, along with other more mainstream ones, made a difference; although I didn't find the lifestyle depicted to be particularly depressing, just the fact that someone was targeting and murdering these individuals. Still, I can see how it could have a negative effect on a young person from a small town grappling with their sexuality. I fully support your right to loathe it and to boycott its release on DVD.

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Updated On: 7/2/07 at 07:06 AM

Jetsons: The Movie

I was 6 years old when it came out... I remember sitting at the movies loving the look... I realize now that it is just because they added shadows. I haven't seen it in such a long time!

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Wes Craven's 'Deadly Friend.'

Oh, it's an awful movie but I'd still love to complete my Wes Craven collection. You can find bootlegs but there's no official release.

Guess what I'm watching? On DVD? It's Peter Finch, Sally Kellerman, Michael York, et al - singing their way through Shangri La. Someone was selling this gem on eBay and I couldn't resist it. It's obviously a Beet Log but it's still fun to watch. It has some restored scenes added to it that were obviously copied from a bad original. There are 2 or 3 of these and the quality takes a nose dive when they appear. But it's really not bad at all. I'm glad I took the chance and bought it.

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Mamie, I love it!

Yes, I have that, uh... vegetable... too. I've already told my clients at Sony that I want to work on it, if they ever put the DVD into production.

They actually laughed at me... But hey, it's worked before!

It's how I got to work on Valley of the Dolls and several others.

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It just ended. I love it. I do wish the music were better - but it was a joy to watch it again!

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Yentl

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