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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1376 Post by barryconvex » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:57 pm

No sooner had I typed that message than the shipping confirmation email shows up in my inbox. All's well etc...

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#1377 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:30 pm

I saw On Moonlight Bay has been added to HBOMax, so that plus the fact that it's terrible must mean a WA Blu-ray is coming soon, right

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#1378 Post by gselich » Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:57 pm

barryconvex wrote:
Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:54 am
Has anyone received their blu of The Shop Around The Corner? I haven't heard anything about my order in weeks and I've already received everything else I bought a few weeks before Christmas.
I was wondering the same thing: Both 'The Shop Around the Corner' and 'Young Man with a Horn' have not shipped yet, whereas all other items in my order shipped long ago.

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#1379 Post by Aunt Peg » Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:09 am

My copy of The Shop Around the Corner (purchased through Amazon) is due to arrive tomorrow or the day after.

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#1380 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:20 pm

A couple of leaked titles from Amazon...
Tale of Two Cities
Six By Sondeim (Doc)

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#1381 Post by domino harvey » Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:22 pm

Hope David Copperfield is also on tap

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#1382 Post by hearthesilence » Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:19 am

FrauBlucher wrote:
Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:20 pm
Six By Sondeim (Doc)
I heard about this through a Sondheim-loving (and former theater major) friend. IIRC Todd Haynes directed one of the segments.

At one point D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus were approached to direct the whole thing before it mutated into what we have here, and I believe some of the newly shot footage was theirs.

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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1383 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:35 pm

For those clamoring for Pump up the Volume you're in luck...
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#1384 Post by senseabove » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:12 pm

Followed by A Tale of Two Cities, as leaked yesterday, and Kazan's Baby Doll so far.


The Sondheim doc is amusing and informative enough. Despite being a former theater major, I've never been a big Sondheim fan, but I watched it as a Haynes completionist since he directs one of the music video-style performance segments, of Jarvis Cocker singing "I'm Still Here."

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#1385 Post by therewillbeblus » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:20 pm

senseabove wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:12 pm
Kazan's Baby Doll so far.
What a long-overdue pleasant surprise! The only caveat is that the film demands contextual extras and I'm afraid WA won't deliver- but either way, thrilled for this announcement

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#1386 Post by Calvin » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:35 pm

therewillbeblus wrote:
senseabove wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:12 pm
Kazan's Baby Doll so far.
What a long-overdue pleasant surprise! The only caveat is that the film demands contextual extras and I'm afraid WA won't deliver- but either way, thrilled for this announcement
Agreed, I'm looking forward to this one. I'm surprised that it's coming before Splendor in the Grass but this is Warner Archive after all

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#1387 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:40 pm

therewillbeblus wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:20 pm
senseabove wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:12 pm
Kazan's Baby Doll so far.
What a long-overdue pleasant surprise! The only caveat is that the film demands contextual extras and I'm afraid WA won't deliver- but either way, thrilled for this announcement
There was an interview bonus with the surviving cast on the previous DVD where they went into the reception, I’m sure it gets brought over. This is an essential upgrade!!

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#1388 Post by captveg » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:55 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:40 pm
therewillbeblus wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:20 pm
senseabove wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:12 pm
Kazan's Baby Doll so far.
What a long-overdue pleasant surprise! The only caveat is that the film demands contextual extras and I'm afraid WA won't deliver- but either way, thrilled for this announcement
There was an interview bonus with the surviving cast on the previous DVD where they went into the reception, I’m sure it gets brought over. This is an essential upgrade!!
Release specs state there's a bonus feature - "Baby Doll: See No Evil - vintage featurette". Not sure if this is the one you are thinking of.

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#1389 Post by soundchaser » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:02 pm

Six by Sondheim isn't my favorite Sondheim-related work (I find a few of the song choices a little pat, and the casting is undoubtedly pretty safe and bland), but the "Opening Doors" segment is worth seeing for Sondheim's perfectly hammy performance of his own material.

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#1390 Post by captveg » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:04 pm

San Francisco (1936) also announced.

Bonus content: Alternate Ending Sequence; "Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome" featurette with Liam Neeson; two vintage FitzPatrick Traveltalks: 'Cavalcade of San Francisoco' & 'Night Descends on Treasure Island'; Classic Cartoon 'Bottles"; Theatrical re-issue trailer (HD)

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#1391 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:05 pm

captveg wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:55 pm
domino harvey wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:40 pm
therewillbeblus wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:20 pm


What a long-overdue pleasant surprise! The only caveat is that the film demands contextual extras and I'm afraid WA won't deliver- but either way, thrilled for this announcement
There was an interview bonus with the surviving cast on the previous DVD where they went into the reception, I’m sure it gets brought over. This is an essential upgrade!!
Release specs state there's a bonus feature - "Baby Doll: See No Evil - vintage featurette". Not sure if this is the one you are thinking of.
“Vintage” is a bit comical given that it was made for the DVD all of fifteen years ago, but that is indeed it

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#1392 Post by Ribs » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:08 pm

captveg wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:04 pm
San Francisco (1936) also announced.

Bonus content: Alternate Ending Sequence; "Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome" featurette with Liam Neeson; two vintage FitzPatrick Traveltalks: 'Cavalcade of San Francisoco' & 'Night Descends on Treasure Island'; Classic Cartoon 'Bottles"; Theatrical re-issue trailer (HD)
I'll probably pick this up to revisit it, but in my head I had mixed the movie up with In Old Chicago for whatever reason so was briefly more excited as that's definitely one I liked quite a bit more. Will not complain about them putting out pretty much anything at this point though :)

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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1393 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:15 pm

Yep, In Old Chicago 100% ripped off San Francisco’s formula but did it much better. I get why Warners would release a disaster film on Blu-Ray, but oof, I think anyone enticed by the promise of such a thing should be aware of how much of the film they’ll have to sit through to get to it

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#1394 Post by Ribs » Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:03 pm

Show Boat 1951 also coming...

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#1395 Post by dustybooks » Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:38 pm

Well, I’m really excited about San Francisco myself, I was just planning on finally grabbing the DVD thinking an upgrade would probably never happen.

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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1396 Post by Ribs » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:03 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:30 pm
I saw On Moonlight Bay has been added to HBOMax, so that plus the fact that it's terrible must mean a WA Blu-ray is coming soon, right
Announced.

(Along with My Dream is Yours (1949))

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#1397 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:35 pm

The WA notes that Baby Doll Blu will be 1.85. It should be Academy...

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#1398 Post by therewillbeblus » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:48 pm

GREAT, I thought WA was one of the better labels at getting aspect ratios right..?

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#1399 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 pm

Preemptive Bob F (don't summon his Google Alerts pls) "This is technically filmed and released in both widescreen and Academy and shot to protect both ratios," but having seen this movie many, many times, Warners were right with their initial instinct to release it in the open matte Academy version. I can't imagine how some of the Baker/Wallach scenes would even be watchable with the top and bottom cropped off

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#1400 Post by hearthesilence » Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:16 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 pm
(don't summon his Google Alerts pls)
This is the same guy who is known for his archival work and (more recently) "three-dee" presentations at respectable film institutions? Is he known to stir up trouble here?

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