Forthcoming Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol. 5

[willoneill]

My guesses:

Devil's Backbone
Lord of the Flies
Tess
The Hidden Fortress
A Brighter Summer Day

[ShellOilJunior]

Predictions:

664 - The Naked Island
665 - Eraserhead
666 - The Devil's Backbone
* Stray Dog
* The Thief of Bagdad
* Le Samourai

[onedimension]

I predict Italian cinema this month- an upgrade to blu for Antonioni or Olmi or The Bicycle Thieves, or something new like Stromboli, Bitter Rice, or The Gospel According to St. Matthew

[chatterjees]

My prediction for the BN sale month (money making time!!!)-

Eraserhead
Mulholland Drive (surprise element)
[Hope all those shorts get equally distributed between the two]
The Devil's Backbone
The Bicycle Thieves (Blu upgrade)
Lord of the Flies (Blu upgrade)

We are not getting more than 5 titles a month for long now...so, I will stop predicting now

[jindianajonz]

Devil's Backbone
Stromboli
Madadayo

Eclipse: Not As Early as The Last One But Still Pretty Early Bergman

Blu Ikiru
Blu Grey Gardens
Upgrade Summertime

[johnnysnatchclub7]

Pardon my ignorance, but was that one of the 600 titles that Warner got distribution for? If so, I would say that pretty much kills its chances for being a CC release.

A user on Bluray.com compiled a list of Paramount titles now on Warner (though maybe this post belongs in "Criterion & Paramount"). It would appear THE ELEPHANT MAN is not an option though titles like NASHVILLE, DON'T LOOK NOW, PRETTY BABY, TARGETS, SECONDS, THE CONFORMIST, THE TENANT, and THE MIRACLE AT MORGAN'S CREEK are still in play. His list shows about 430 of the supposed 600+.

From Bluray.com:

I've compiled a list of titles that Warner Bros. now have the rights to, that they acquired from Paramount. The purpose of this was to get an idea of potential BD releases; titles that WB could potentially release if they choose to. It's interesting to note that Paramount didn't give up any Steven Spielberg films (it appears that they even kept the ones he produced, like Eagle Eye for instance).

This information was gathered from WBshop and Amazon, so bear with me if you notice any mistakes/errors. * denotes a BD release. Most were originally Paramount/DreamWorks, but are now WB. A few titles were previously released by Lionsgate on BD. I also noted the titles that are new to blu, courtesy of WB. FYI, there are 428 titles listed (now confirmed), of the 600+ that they acquired.

200 Cigarettes (1999)
48 Hrs. (1982) *
Abandon (2002)
Accused, The (1988)
Ace High (1968)
Addams Family Values (1993)
Addams Family, The (1991)
Aeon Flux (2005) *
African Queen, The (1951) *
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Airplane! (1980) *
Alfie (1966)
Alfie (2004)
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Almost Famous (2000) *
Almost Perfect Affair, An (1979)
Along Came a Spider (2001)
American Beauty (1999) *
American Gigolo (1980)
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
April Fool’s Day (1986)
Arctic Tale (2007) *
Arrowhead (1953)
Atlantic City (1981)
Babel (2006) *
Bad News Bears (2005)
Bad News Bears Go to Japan, The (1978)
Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, The (1977)
Bad News Bears, The (1976)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Barnyard (2006)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Beyond Borders (2003)
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
Black Beauty (1971)
Black Orchid, The (1958)
Black Rain (1989) *
Black Sheep (1996) *
Black Snake Moan (2006) *
Black Sunday (1977)
Blades of Glory (2007) *
Blue Chips (1994)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Boomerang (1992)
Brady Bunch Movie, The (1995)
Braveheart (1995) *
Breakdown (1997)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) *
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1954)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Broken Bridges (2006)
Case 39 (2009) *
Catch-22 (1970)
Changing Lanes (2002) *
Charlotte’s Web (1973)
Charlotte’s Web (2006) *
Charlotte’s Web 2: Wilbur’s Great Adventure (2003)
Cheech & Chong: Still Smokin’ (1983)
Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke (1978)
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Chinatown (1974) *
Cloverfield (2008) *
Clue (1985) *
Clueless (1995) *
Coach Carter (2005) *
Collateral (2004) *
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Coming to America (1988) *
Coneheads (1993)
Congo (1995)
Contender, The (2000)
Copper Canyon (1950)
Core, The (2003)
Country Girl, The (1954)
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008) *
Dance Flick (2009) *
Days of Thunder (1990) *
Dead Again (1991)
Dead Zone, The (1983)
Death Wish (1974)
Defiance (2008) *
Delicate Delinquent, The (1957)
Desperate Hours, The (1955)
Devil Inside, The (2012) *
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) *
Disorderly Orderly, The (1964)
Disturbia (2007) *
Domestic Disturbance (2001)
Donovan’s Reef (1963)
Double Jeopardy (1999)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
Dreamgirls (2006) *
Drillbit Taylor (2008) *
Drop Zone (1994) * [LG]
Duchess, The (2008) *
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
El Dorado (1966)
Election (1999) *
Elephant Man, The (1980)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1992)
Enemy at the Gates (2001) *
Escape from Alcatraz (1976)
Eurotrip (2004)
Event Horizon (1997) *
Evolution (2001)
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Face/Off (1997) *
Failure to Launch (2006) *
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Far Horizons, The (1955)
Fat Man & Little Boy (1989)
Fatal Attraction (1987) *
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) *
Fighter, The (2010) *
Firm, The (1993) *
First Wives Club, The (1996)
Five Card Stud (1968)
Flashback (1990)
Flashdance (1983)
Flesh and Bone (1993)
Flight of the Intruder (1991) * [LG]
Footloose (1984) *
Footloose (2011) *
Forces of Nature (1999)
Forrest Gump (1994) *
Foul Play (1978)
Four Brothers (2005) *
Four Feathers, The (2002)
Frankie & Johnny (1991)
Freedom Writers (2007) *
Friday the 13th (1980) *
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) *
Friday the 13th Part 3 (1983) *
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Funny Face (1957)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Galaxy Quest (1999) *
Gallipoli (1981)
Gambler, The (1974)
General’s Daughter, The (1999)
Ghost (1990) *
Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996)
Ghost Town (2008) *
Gift, The (2000)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Gladiator (2000) *
Goin’ South (1978)
Golden Child, The (1986)
Graveyard Shift (1990)
Grease (1978) *
Grease 2 (1982)
Great Gatsby, The (1974) * [Warner Bros BD]
Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Half a Sixpence (1967)
Hard Rain (1998) * [LG]
Hardball (2001)
Harlem Nights (1989)
Harriet the Spy (1996)
Hatari! (1962)
Haunting, The (1999)
He Said, She Said (1991)
Head of State (2003)
Heartbreak Kid, The (2007) *
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Hot Rod (2007) *
Hotel for Dogs (2009) *
Hours, The (2002)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Houseboat (1958)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) *
Hud (1963)
Hugo (2011) *
Hunted, The (2003)
Hunter, The (1980)
Hustle & Flow (2005) *
I Love You, Man (2009) *
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2003)
Imagine That (2009) *
In Dreams (1999)
In Harm’s Way (1965)
Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)
Indecent Proposal (1993) *
Internal Affairs (1990)
Intersection (1994)
Into the Wild (2007) *
Island, The (2005) *
Jade (1995) * [LG]
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2011) *
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A. (1996) *
Juice (1992)
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) *
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) *
King Creole (1958)
King Kong (1976)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Kite Runner, The (2007) *
Ladies Man, The (1961)
Ladies Man, The (2000)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) *
Lassie (1994)
Last Airbender, The (2010) *
Last Castle, The (2001)
Last Holiday (2006) *
Last Kiss, The (2006) *
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Last Tycoon, The (1976)
Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000)
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Like Crazy (2011) *
Longest Yard, The (1974)
Longest Yard, The (2005)
Lords of Discipline, The (1983)
Love Guru, The (2008) *
Love Letter, The (1999)
Love Story (1970) *
Machinist, The (2004) *
Major League (1989) *
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
Manchurian Candidate, The (2004) *
Marathon Man (1976)
Mean Girls (2004) *
Mean Girls 2 (2011)
Mexican, The (2001)
Middle Men (2009) *
Mighty Heart, A (2007) *
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Morning Glory (2010) *
Mousehunt (1997)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Nacho Libre (2006) *
Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, The (1988) *
Narc (2002)
Nevada Smith (1966)
Next (2007) *
Nick of Time (1995)
Night at the Roxbury, A (1998)
No Strings Attached (2011) *
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Nobody’s Fool (1994)
Norbit (2007) *
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Nutty Professor, The (1963)
Odd Couple II, The (1998)
Odd Couple, The (1968) * [Warner Bros BD]
Officer and a Gentleman, An (1982) * [Warner Bros BD]
Old School (2003) *
Oliver’s Story (1978)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) *
Orange County (2002)
Orca (1977)
Ordinary People (1980)
Original Kings of Comedy, The (2000)
Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
Out-of-Towners, The (1970)
Out-of-Towners, The (1999)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Paper Moon (1973)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Parallax View, The (1974)
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Paulie (1998)
Payback (1999) *
Paycheck (2003) *
Peacemaker, The (1997) *
Pet Sematary (1989) *
Pet Sematary 2 (1992)
Phantom, The (1996) * [LG]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) *
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Popeye (1980)
Presidio, The (1988)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Primal Fear (1996) *
Prince & Me, The (2004)
Private Parts (1997)
Prophecy (1979)
Rainmaker, The (1956)
Rainmaker, The (1997)
Rango (2011) *
Red Eye (2005)
Regarding Henry (1991)
Relic, The (1997) * [LG]
Revolutionary Road (2008) *
Ring Two, The (2005)
Ring, The (2002) *
Road to Perdition (2002) *
Road Trip (2000) *
Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Romeo & Juliet (1968)
Roustabout (1964)
Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
Rugrats Movie, The (1998)
Ruins, The (2008) *
Runaway Bride (1999) * [Warner Bros BD]
Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985)
Sabrina (1954)
Sabrina (1995)
Sahara (2005) *
Saturday Night Fever (1977) *
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Save the Last Dance 2 (2006)
School of Rock (2003) *
Score, The (2001) *
Scrooged (1988) *
Serpico (1973)
Shane (1953) * [Warner Bros BD]
She’s Having a Baby (1988)
She’s Out of My League (2010) *
She’s the Man (2006)
Shine a Light (2008) *
Shooter (2007) *
Shootist, The (1976)
Shutter Island (2010) *
Silver Bullet (1985)
Simple Plan, A (1998)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) *
Sliding Doors (1998)
Sliver (1993)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Snake Eyes (1998)
Soloist, The (2009) *
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999) *
Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008) *
Stalag 17 (1953)
Stardust (2007) *
Staying Alive (1983)
Stepford Wives, The (2004)
Stooge, The (1952)
Stop-Loss (2008)
Strange Wilderness (2008) *
Summer Rental (1985)
Summer School (1987)
Sunset Boulevard (1950) *
Superstar (1999)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Suspect Zero (2004)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) *
Switchback (1997)
Talent for the Game (1991)
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Ten Commandments, The (1956) *
Terms of Endearment (1983)
That Was Then… This Is Now (1985)
There Will Be Blood (2007) *
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) *
Thousand Words, A (2012) *
Three Days of the Condor (1975) *
Time Machine, The (2002)
Timeline (2003)
To Catch a Thief (1955) *
Tommy Boy (1995) *
Top Secret! (1984)
Trading Places (1983) *
Tropic Thunder (2008) *
True Colors (1991)
True Grit (1969) *
Truman Show, The (1998) *
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Tuxedo, The (2002)
Twisted (2004)
Two Jakes, The (1990)
Uncommon Valor (1983)
Uninvited, The (2009) *
Untouchables, The (1987) *
Up in the Air (2009) *
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Varsity Blues (1999) *
Very Brady Sequel, A (1996)
Virtuosity (1995)
Waiting for "Superman" (2010) *
War and Peace (1956)
War of the Worlds, The (1953)
Warriors, The (1979) *
Wayne’s World (1992) *
Wayne’s World 2 (1993) *
We Were Soldiers (2002) *
We’re No Angels (1955)
We’re No Angels (1989)
Weather Man, The (2005)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
What Woman Want (2000)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Whispers in the Dark (1992)
Wild Thornberry’s Movie, The (2002)
Will Penny (1968)
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
Wings (1927) *
Without a Paddle (2004) *
Without a Paddle: Nature’s Calling (2009) *
Witness (1985)
Wonder Boys (2000)
Wood, The (1999)
World Trade Center (2006) *
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Young Adult (2011) *
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Zodiac (2007) *
Zoolander (2001)

[domino harvey]

Margot at the Wedding is also suspiciously absent-- could be a nice same month pairing with their Frances Ha release

[bainbridgezu]

Margot at the Wedding is also suspiciously absent-- could be a nice same month pairing with their Frances Ha release

It would certainly ease the sting of Mill Creek's abominable Squid and the Whale blu-ray: piss-poor image quality and none of the supplements from Sony's original DVD.

[HistoryProf]

is there a reason so many are predicting Tess? was their a hint I missed?

[knives]

There's been a flat out evidence of them having the rights and considering the BFI coming so close to release it is safe to assume they'll announce it soon too.

[Lowry_Sam]

Devil's Backbone (hinted already)
The Wild One or The Wanderers (Badlands double clue)
MGM: The French Lieutenant's Woman (out on blu in FR) or Carnal Knowledge (Nichols) or Satyricon
Paramount: La Dolce Vita (if extras are ready) or Nashville
A Brighter Summer Day
Red Beard or The Hidden Fortress upgrade
Lord Of The Flies upgrade

More likely early Fall: Earaserhead, Tess (& The Tenant in same month? not likely to do 2 Polanski's only 1/2 mos. apart or?)

[britcom68]

More likely early Fall: Earaserhead, Tess (& The Tenant in same month? not likely to do 2 Polanski's only 1/2 mos. apart or?)

If Criterion had a stronger sense of commerical tie-ins with holiday impulse buys, you would think Eraserhead, The Tenant and/or Elephant Man (the one big IF for any Lynch relationship with Criterion is if they managed to snag the rights to Elephant Man from Paramount) could be released to time with Halloween! I do not consider them to be Halloween-oriented films only, of course, but they could be great October releases as they would potentially attract a wider viewing audience than if you released these films say, in August or April. Last year we had Rosemary's Baby and that was a tremendously successful release for October/Halloween (lots of good word of mouth and publicity about the timing on that helped boots sales). If the strong facebook rummor from Criterion is true that Devil's Backbone is getting its announcement today, then what are we left with for an October-Halloween-appropriate release? My guess is Eraserhead, a Polanski film, Scanners-The Brood (*Shivers*) or Elephant Man (IF Criterion managed to get it and frankly, I doubt it) are coming out in October.

[ShellOilJunior]

Is La Dolce Vita really a possibility? I hope so but I've heard both sides are going to court in September.

[Bruce]

Devil's Backbone (hinted already)The Wild One or The Wanderers (Badlands double clue)
MGM: The French Lieutenant's Woman (out on blu in FR) or Carnal Knowledge (Nichols) or Satyricon
Paramount: La Dolce Vita (if extras are ready) or Nashville
A Brighter Summer Day
Red Beard or The Hidden Fortress upgrade
Lord Of The Flies upgrade

More likely early Fall: Earaserhead, Tess (& The Tenant in same month? not likely to do 2 Polanski's only 1/2 mos. apart or?)

This is the first time I've seen any speculation about Criterion doing 'Carnal Knowledge'. Have they ever hinted that they are working on it?

[movielocke]

Eraserhead
Mulhulland Dr
Devil's Backbone
Red River
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Lord of the Flies Blu
Summertime Blu
Eclipse: Shit, people still buy dvds?

[Askew]

We might be getting The Life of Oharu, because when you go to Shoah's page at the bottom and click Spine #664 it takes you to a page that does not load but the address bar says The Life of Oharu in it.

[swo17]

OK, that's good detective work.

[ptatler]

LORD OF THE FLIES new features have been posted:


New, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by cameraman and editor Gerald Feil, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and Feil
Audio recordings of William Golding reading from his novel Lord of the Flies, accompanied by the corresponding scenes from the film
Deleted scene, with optional commentary and reading by Golding
Interview with Brook from 2008
Collection of behind-the-scenes material, featuring home movies, screen tests, outtakes, and stills
New interview with Feil
Excerpt from Feil’s 1972 documentary The Empty Space, showcasing Brook’s theater methods
Something Queer in the Warehouse, a piece composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by Tom Gaman, who played Simon
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab and an excerpt from Brook’s book The Shifting Point

[ptatler]

Not sure if this has been discussed but is there a chance we'd get Peter Brook's MARAT/SADE, too? I know the MGM disc is OOP...

[Harmonov]

Devil's Backbone is up...

http://www.criterion.com/films/27914-th ... s-backbone" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Complete with shitty cover.

[captveg]

Pardon my ignorance, but was that one of the 600 titles that Warner got distribution for? If so, I would say that pretty much kills its chances for being a CC release.

Well, before johnnysnatchclub7's made his post, we didn't know the list of titles Warner licensed from Paramount. We only know certain ones they didn't get mentioned as being retained by Paramount in the press release (the franchise films such as The Godfather and Transformers, Spielberg films, etc.). As Medium Cool is coming out via Criterion in May and is licensed by Paramount, reason suggests that there may be other Paramount licensed Criterion releases in the future that were not part of the Warner deal. Obviously if Warner got it now per the list johnnysnatchclub7 shared it won't be licensed in any future deal.

[bamwc2]

The Ice Storm is also showing up on the main page.

[Harmonov]

Life of Oharu and Babette's Feast are there as well...

http://www.criterion.com/films/27705-the-life-of-oharu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.criterion.com/films/27894-babette-s-feast" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ptatler]

BABETTE'S FEAST.

That whole rights kerfuffle was a well done bit of misdirection just for us!

[lefeufollet]

Selected on-screen presentation of Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches alongside the sections of the final film they represent (Blu-ray edition only)

Has any previous title included on-disc supplements exclusive to the Blu-ray?