Warner Catalog Titles on BD/UHD

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Luke M
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Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu

#826 Post by Luke M » Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:29 am

Any word on The Philadelphia Story or Bringing Up Baby? I thought they'd be AAA catalog titles that would've been released years ago.

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#827 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:24 pm


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#828 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:41 pm

Uhhhh, according to the Blu-Ray forum, the MSRP for this is $54.97

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#829 Post by Ashirg » Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:55 pm

I'm sure they will release it without a collectible T-shirt in a few months...

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#830 Post by krnash » Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:26 pm

This is apparently a thing now for WB. To distract us from noticing they're not doing new scans on these films, perhaps.

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#832 Post by Manny Karp » Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:51 am

T-Shirt is the new format

Prepare for mess board arguments about thread count and screen printing color fidelity

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#833 Post by PfR73 » Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:34 pm

Well, as Pinky & The Brain (owned by WB...coincidence???) taught us, there is no force in the universe more powerful than free T-shirts.

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#834 Post by Gregory » Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:06 pm

ImageDay one purchase for anyone who ever wanted to walk around with Delbert Grady's dead kids emblazoned across their chest.

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#835 Post by Fiery Angel » Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:51 pm

That tee will make a good tie-in with the new Diane Arbus exhibit at the Met Breuer.

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#836 Post by Calvin » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:33 pm

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Purple Rain (1984)
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– His Purple Rain took the movie and music worlds by storm. Now Prince stars – and makes his directorial debut – in his lavishly playful second film, Under the Cherry Moon. He plays an American musician living with his pal (Jerome Benton) on the French Riviera and on the bank accounts of bored divorcees. The next object of his affection is a lovely and spirited young heiress (Kristin Scott Thomas in her movie debut). He doesn’t count on confronting the girl’s enraged father (Steven Berkoff). And he certainly doesn’t count on falling in love. But with Prince in charge, you can definitely count on exciting music, shimmering costume, production design and style to burn. This Moon shines! New 2016 1080p HD master.
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Under the Graffiti Bridge (1990)
It’s got that Purple Rain feeling through and through. And it’s got The Kid, too! For the first time since Purple Rain, Prince is back as The Kid. And where he goes, there’s music! With "Thieves in the Temple", "New Power Generation", "Elephants and Flowers" and more red-hot Prince tunes from the Platinum-selling Graffiti Bridge soundtrack. What time is it? Party time! Morris Day and the Time play "Release It, Shake!" and more. And you’ll also see and hear George Clinton, Tevin Campbell, Robin Power, Mavis Staples and other hot performers, too. Graffiti Bridge is where the movie meets the music. Cross over on it now! New 2016 1080p HD master.
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October 4th. They'll also be available individually.

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Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu

#837 Post by hearthesilence » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:50 pm

Of course they would leave out the only Prince film with a real claim to greatness.
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#838 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:47 pm

Hopefully this is only the beginning of the Warner/Prince upgrades and remasters.

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#839 Post by whaleallright » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:11 am

hearthesilence wrote:Of course they would leave out the only Prince film with a real claim to greatness.
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I don't believe Warners has any distribution rights to that film.

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#840 Post by domino harvey » Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:16 pm

'Salem's Lot and Cat's Eye coming to Blu-Ray next month

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#841 Post by colinr0380 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:59 pm

Did they say if 'Salem's Lot will be the 107 minute film version or the 184 minute mini-series? Or both?

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#842 Post by domino harvey » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:00 pm

Miniseries version, but edited together as one film instead of two parts. There's conflicting reports on whether it and It will be widescreen or the original Academy

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Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu

#843 Post by Feego » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:49 pm

According to the back cover featured on Blu-ray.com, Salem's Lot will be in 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

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#844 Post by criterion10 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:22 pm

Warner Archive confirms Salem's Lot will be presented in 1.33:1

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#845 Post by captveg » Fri Aug 19, 2016 3:18 pm

It looks like the Police Academy 7-film box set will finally get its US release on 10/4/16, three years after its international release.

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#846 Post by Ribs » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:37 pm

I hope it was Bill Clinton's endorsement that finally nudged them towards a release

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Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu

#847 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:46 pm

Several 4K discs went up for pre-order on Amazon today, including Goodfellas and Unforgiven

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#848 Post by M Sanderson » Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:48 am

I much prefer the 107 minute version of Salem's Lot. While it failed as a drama - you're supposed to believe the town and its inhabitants are latently evil and doesn't really work - it succeeds most for me as a horror movie. Trimmed and tightened, it fits more into Hooper's ouevre, gives more emphasis to the gothic spaces he specialises in.

So I was chuffed to find the German BD, released around the same time, is the theatrical version. Don't know what aspect ratio it's presented in though.

Not seen either BD yet, may get both for completism, but hoping the German looks better with less compression.

Anyone on here actually watch the Blu rays? I'll contribute when I've seen more.

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#849 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:23 am

Got the German Blu and was annoyed that it's the full version. On Amazon it had been listed as 107 minutes. I think they missed a zero when they should have used an 8. Ah, well. Salem's Lot always worked far better for he as a horror film rather that a TV drama and I always preferred it truncated. Never the best King adaptation, but certainly the creepiest. Mason is exceptional, exuding such icy, restrained and sophisticated malice especially in his interactions with the small town constable. SL works best as a continuation of Hooper's interest in the interior spaces his villains inhabit, via Soul's infatuation with the Marsten House.

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#850 Post by hearthesilence » Mon Dec 26, 2016 5:20 am

I just saw GoodFellas too, projected from a 35mm print.

One thing really popped out. This shot:
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The incredibly bright, almost fluorescent orange jump suit and the greenish paint on the wall. This is exactly how it looked on the print, and I remembered both BD's showing very different color for this, but I couldn't remember which had which. Turns out, the old 2007 BD (re-used for the 20th anniversary edition) has this color grading (and this is indeed a screen cap taken from it).

The remastered 25th anniversary BD did NOT have the same color grading as the 35mm print/2007 BD. Not even close:
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Also, that annoying black line in that shot of DeNiro saying "I can't have it...I can't have it"? It was there on the print.

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