All That Jazz is coming next year from Fox. Don't quote me on this, but Phantom of the Paradise will likely be released by Fox themselves also.ianungstad wrote:The speculation is that Barton Fink is also coming soon.
Based off phantom pages there has been speculation about Phantom of the Paradise; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; All that Jazz and a few other titles.
No, I don't think they're very likely to have a Stanley Kramer movie in the collection.krnash wrote:I noticed that two great MGM courtroom dramas- Judgement at Nuremberg and Witness for the Prosecution- are OOP. Have we caught wind of any hints that these may be coming?
Do you think Criterion would give any of the other Godzilla films individual mainline releases, though? I think they would probably be ideal for an Eclipse set, if they're even still planning on releasing more Eclipse sets (it's been a while).Minkin wrote:I wasn't aware that they had several other Godzilla films- which I certainly hope make their way to Criterion.
Thanks, too bad. I'm sure (if possible) they'll leap for the Wilder, though.Moe Dickstein wrote:Judgement is not with Criterion.
Eclipse would be pointless really since most G films are available in region 1 in DVD editions anyway, most of which are pretty good. Ideally we'd get a Zatoichi style set of the Showa era films (or, perhaps even better, a Honda tokusatsu box set). Though with Media Blasters announcing they're bringing DAM and Megalon back in print, a complete set seems very unlikely.Edwin wrote:Do you think Criterion would give any of the other Godzilla films individual mainline releases, though? I think they would probably be ideal for an Eclipse set, if they're even still planning on releasing more Eclipse sets (it's been a while).Minkin wrote:I wasn't aware that they had several other Godzilla films- which I certainly hope make their way to Criterion.
What about Judgment?Moe Dickstein wrote:Judgement is not with Criterion.
I think a potential Criterion realse of Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution offers a great indication as to how Criterion views any other future releases of Wilder's films. If they still consider Wilder's films worthy of consideration, Witness could come paired with a Blu-upgrade of Ace, or paired with Wilder's last good character-driven film, The Fortune Cookie. Also, the special features for Witness could really tip Criterion's hand at how much importance they view Wilder's filmmaking legacy, since a release of this film could easily go the other way and become the Agatha Christie-driven special features spine number, or the lateast-installment-of-the-continuing-special features-saga-that-is-Charles Laughton.krnash wrote:Thanks, too bad. I'm sure (if possible) they'll leap for the Wilder, though.Moe Dickstein wrote:Judgement is not with Criterion.
That's apparently not with Criterion, either. After all, they are releasing It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World!.movielocke wrote:What about Judgment?Moe Dickstein wrote:Judgement is not with Criterion.
Your intuition is wrong. Double Indemnity is coming from Uni, likely next year.ianungstad wrote:Re: Billy Wilder. I'm sure Criterion will pick up Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend whenever they get around to picking up another batch of Universal titles.
What about Touch of Evil?John Doe wrote:Your intuition is wrong. Double Indemnity is coming from Uni, likely next year.
The same goes for Touch of Evil. Uni is working on blu-ray release.warren oates wrote:What about Touch of Evil?John Doe wrote:Your intuition is wrong. Double Indemnity is coming from Uni, likely next year.
I didn't mean to suggest that I thought an Eclipse set would be a good idea. I just meant that they're the types of films that seem like they would have been released in an Eclipse set under the right circumstances (unavailability in R1 being chief among them). I realize my original wording was misleading. My main point was that I'm not at all convinced that Criterion would consider giving any of the other Godzilla films an individual mainline release. A box set is definitely the way to go, but is there enough of a demand for them to warrant the time and energy it would take to upgrade all of them for Blu-ray and provide worthwhile extras? That's why I suggested an Eclipse set would have been ideal, from a purely theoretical standpoint. It would indeed seem pointless to do an Eclipse set of these movies now, so I don't know where that leaves the prospects of Criterion releasing these movies. As you pointed out, a complete set seems very unlikely, but as I pointed out, an individual release for any of them seems equally unlikely, so unfortunately, I just don't think they're getting released by Criterion.EddieLarkin wrote:Eclipse would be pointless really since most G films are available in region 1 in DVD editions anyway, most of which are pretty good. Ideally we'd get a Zatoichi style set of the Showa era films (or, perhaps even better, a Honda tokusatsu box set). Though with Media Blasters announcing they're bringing DAM and Megalon back in print, a complete set seems very unlikely.Edwin wrote:Do you think Criterion would give any of the other Godzilla films individual mainline releases, though? I think they would probably be ideal for an Eclipse set, if they're even still planning on releasing more Eclipse sets (it's been a while).Minkin wrote:I wasn't aware that they had several other Godzilla films- which I certainly hope make their way to Criterion.
I would be shocked if this came from Twilight Time. Besides, just seems perfect for CC to release with some great extras.ianungstad wrote:The Guardian has an article about the restoration of The Lady from Shanghai which just played the London film festival. Grover Crisp states that it will be released on blu in the near future. I assume this will be from either Criterion or Twilight Time.
Before any rumors start, I assume you meant "...or they finally found the extra 45 minutes!", right? For the record, no additional footage for THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI has been uncovered. In fact, Sony spent a considerable amount of time and money just cleaning up the existing 87 minutes of footage which was, apparently, in worse shape than I thought it was.nolanoe wrote:...Or the finally found extra 45 minutes!...[-o<
