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BenCheshire · #751 Post by **BenCheshire** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:52 pm

Disaster! No subtitles on R4 entire second disc of Pan's Labyrinth? Special effects crew only speak spanish, and I couldn't get any subtitles... Can anyone confirm this fault?

Ben

marty · #752 Post by **marty** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:09 am

BenCheshire wrote:Disaster! No subtitles on R4 entire second disc of Pan's Labyrinth? Special effects crew only speak spanish, and I couldn't get any subtitles... Can anyone confirm this fault?

Ben

Geez, that's a huge blunder. Can anyone else confirm this?

devlinnn · #753 Post by **devlinnn** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:28 am

Universal in October -

$20
Ã€ bout de souffle
Pierrot Le Fou
Made In U.S.A.
Détective
The White Sheik
Nights of Cabiria
God Is Great, I'm Not
Delicatessen SE
The City Of Lost Children
La Haine
Brotherhood Of The Wolf SE

$15
Tarantula ('55)
Dead Of Night ('45)

Solaris · #754 Post by **Solaris** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:51 am

Also in October -
Special editions for 2001 and The Shining

Person · #755 Post by **Person** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:45 pm

Solaris wrote:Also in October -
Special editions for 2001 and The Shining

Are you 100% certain?

devlinnn · #756 Post by **devlinnn** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:41 pm

You can always trust Solaris.

BenCheshire · #757 Post by **BenCheshire** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:13 am

Why do Hal Ashby films all get shunted with the bare bones releases.

He's so great, its such a shame he doesn't have a single-box retrospective of his best 70's works.

Solaris · #758 Post by **Solaris** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:18 am

devlinnn wrote:You can always trust Solaris.

Yeah, you can always trust Solaris, but you can't always trust ezydvd. Here are the links.

No mention of HD, two discs or anything.....

Also, ezy has 4 disc Ben Hur for $8 at the moment, quite good if you don't already own it. If you don't want the 1959 film, the 1925 film is on disc 3, well worth the 8 bucks.

BenCheshire · #759 Post by **BenCheshire** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:22 am

Ben Hur isn't available from ezydvd anymore, and if it was it would be $35.

Also, any word on a Hal Ashby collection?

Solaris · #760 Post by **Solaris** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:57 am

I doubt a Hal Ashby collection will be released as the films that have been released on R4 all have different distributers.

It's a shame Ben Hur is no longer available, I'm glad I snagged one of their last copies.

BenCheshire · #761 Post by **BenCheshire** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:04 am

That's a shame.

Ideal box set:

Harold and Maude
Shampoo
Coming Home
Being There

Ben

devlinnn · #762 Post by **devlinnn** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:58 am

Sadly, from all reports, Umbrella's August release of Paul Cox's gentle masterpiece Lonely Hearts will be full screen, not the original widescreen print. It's been correctly available in the US on MGM for some years now. Odd, considering Cox and John Clarke are interviewed on the disc as well.

Paramount have listed Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery for November. Wellman's Wings and Mann's Strategic Air Command look set for December.

Solaris · #763 Post by **Solaris** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:02 am

devlinnn wrote:Paramount have listed Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery for November.

This better be the same as the upcoming R1 set, as Paramount really screwed up the last R4 Twin Peaks release. The latest rumours are that the extras are being put together (for the R1 set) by the same guy who did the extras for the Alien quadrilogy, and some of the extras have been directed by Lynch himself.

Some interesting upcoming releases from MRA:
Notorious and Spellbound "widescreen editions"!
Four disc Otto Preminger collection
Three disc Roman Polanski collection (most likely a re-release of the current set)

devlinnn · #764 Post by **devlinnn** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:52 am

Fox/MGM in September -
* Midnight Cowboy SE (2-disc)
* New York, New York: SE
* Can-Can (single-disc / zip extras)

Solaris · #765 Post by **Solaris** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:18 am

October Directors Suite titles:
Medea Pasolini
Paris vu par...
Song For Martin
Beginner's Guide to Cinema Six disc set including Man With A Movie Camera, Metropolis, Steamboat Bill Jr., Seven Samurai, Umberto D and Vivre sa vie....

BenCheshire · #766 Post by **BenCheshire** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:26 am

two great westerns are ten bucks at ezydvd

Ride the High Country (Peckinpah, just released)
Big Country

devlinnn · #767 Post by **devlinnn** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:43 am

Universal seem to be starting a 'Marlene Dietrich Collection' line of DVDs. Sadly it seems to start and end with the September release of, drum roll please....Pittsburgh. Again, we have Alan Jones to thank for this $9.95 release.

Solaris · #768 Post by **Solaris** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:17 am

You're not hallucinating...

On the good side of R4 news, here is a positive review of Shock's Stalker

devlinnn · #769 Post by **devlinnn** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:54 am

More great films released locally by shitty backyard companies -

DV1 releases in October - Nick Ray's Bigger Than Life, Losey's Boom!.

MRA also list an Otto Preminger 4-disc collection, and a Polanski 3-disc set for October, no further details.

Exclusives to BigW (ACCC where are you???)
* The Court Jester
* Artists and Models
* The Five Pennies
* The Geisha Boy
* The Disorderly Orderly
* Rock-a-Bye Baby
* All in a Night's Work
* Tobacco Road
* Under My Skin
* The House on 92nd Street
* Terror in a Texas Town
* House on Telegraph Hill
* The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
* The Snows of Kilimanjaro
* Adventures of a Young Man
* The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit

Roadshow have a 19-disc set of Deanna Durbin due in October.

solent · #770 Post by **solent** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:50 pm

Ezy have these undetailed Roadshow items listed for November 7: ESSENTIAL MIKE LEIGH (3 disc) [same as R1?] & two 10 disc sets called THE CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION VOLS. 1 & 2 [Rehashes? @ $119 comes to $11.90 a disc].

One would like to see a better quality Polanski box (like the R2) but I'll bet its the same version out now. I picked this box up for $10 the other day. The two UK films are OK but the version of KNIFE looks like a VHS copy of the SBS version as detailed on Michael's DVD review.

Gregor Samsa · #771 Post by **Gregor Samsa** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:43 am

Speaking of exclusive releases, JBs currently has the new re-release of Taxi Driver as an exclusive. Happily all the features appear to be the same as the R1 release.

Solaris · #772 Post by **Solaris** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:29 am

Gregor Samsa wrote:Speaking of exclusive releases, JBs currently has the new re-release of Taxi Driver as an exclusive.

Also Gandhi.

Person · #773 Post by **Person** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:22 am

The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978, Fred Schepisi) from Umbrella in mid-2008.

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for your enquiry!

Umbrella are planning on releasing 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' mid 2008, keep checking our website for updates (www.umbrellaent.com.au).

Thanks again!

Kind Regards,
Madeleine Colquhoun
Umbrella Entertainment
Unit 4/177 Beavers Road
Northcote Vic 3070 Australia
PH: 61 3 9015 0400 FAX: 61 3 9489 7381
[email protected]
www.umbrellaent.com.au

I have badly wanted to see this film for about 12 years, but a 2.35:1 copy has never been available on home video.

Solaris · #774 Post by **Solaris** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:20 am

This is great news, though it's a shame it is almost another year away.
Umbrella never update their site...

devlinnn · #775 Post by **devlinnn** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:31 am

Umbrella/Distinction in November -

* The Sissi Collection
* The Tin Drum (2-disc)
* The John Cassavettes Collection ($80rrp)
Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (x2) / Opening Night / A Constant Forge
* Death in Brunswick (2-disc)
* My Favorite Martian: Series 3

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