Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

[domino harvey]

I guess you're probably right, but, this being the best Halloween sequel, I can dream*!

*if I conveniently forget that no one else feels likewise

If it makes you feel better, it's my favorite of the four Halloween sequels I've seen thus far. Perhaps parts 6-8 will be better (stifles laughter) once I finally get around to them, but I do like III a lot

[EddieLarkin]

It's easily the most scary (read: only) sequel too. But if you think you've seen a bad Halloween sequel just you wait until Part 6!

[manicsounds]

and then they pull out Orgazmo on blu-ray.... Still hit or miss.

[tenia]

and then they pull out Orgazmo on blu-ray.... Still hit or miss.

I'd wait a bit for an update on this, the TC could have a better PQ.

[colinr0380]

It's easily the most scary (read: only scary) sequel too. But if you think you've seen a bad Halloween sequel just you wait until Part 6!

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is still the best of the sequels for me (Though I assume domino has seen this since Michelle Williams is in it!). It also features a nice scene between Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh that bizarrely John Carpenter somehow managed to withhold in The Fog! But its nowhere near as off the wall as Halloween III and in some ways seems consciously subdued, reigning itself into being just a straightforward slasher film following on from all of the over complicated supernatural cult convolutions going on through Halloween 4-6.

Though I would agree that Halloween III is the next in my list. I like the way that it slyly rips off Charlie and the Chocolate Factory around half way through!

[John Doe]

Coming to blu-ray in September:

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Life of David Gale (2003)

[jedgeco]

Coming to blu-ray in September:

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Guess people who thought that was last month's CC Newsletter clue were wrong, but get a consolation prize.

[captveg]

Coming to blu-ray in September:

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Guess people who thought that was last month's CC Newsletter clue were wrong, but get a consolation prize.

I had already resigned myself to the clue being Hitchcock's Young and Innocent, so this is indeed a nice development.

[hollis]

Coming to blu-ray in September:

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

The extras are snazzy:

- Feature Commentary by Bill Bob Thornton and Joel and Ethan Coen
- Deleted Scenes
- The Making of The Man Who Wasn't There
- Interview with Cinematographer Roger Deakins
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots

[captveg]

They are snazzy, but not new as they were on the DVD release. Glad they didn't drop them, though.

[mfunk9786]

What's new is that he now goes by Bill Bob

[DarkImbecile]

What's new is that he now goes by Bill Bob

Gotta grow up sometime.

Coming to blu-ray in September:

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

The extras are snazzy:
- Deleted Scenes

If these are still just the five or six extra 1.5-second shots of different hairstyles, it would be disappointing but still one of the better bonus feature jokes ever.

[FrauBlucher]

Coming to blu-ray in September:

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Guess people who thought that was last month's CC Newsletter clue were wrong, but get a consolation prize.

I wouldn't say absolutely not. Criterion has piggybacked Universal titles before.

[EddieLarkin]

Restoration and mastering work confirmed on the following titles:

4K Restoration:

One Eyed Jacks
Animal Crackers
Cocoanuts
Duck Soup
Horse Feathers
Monkey Business
My Man Godfrey
Shanghai Express
Son of Frankenstein
Ghost of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
House of Dracula
House of Frankenstein
King of Jazz
Last Warning (1929)
Oh Doctor (1925)
Outside the Law (1920)

Standard remaster:

Phantom Lady
Winchester ‘73
Something for a Lonely Man
Desperado Outlaw Wars
Desperado Badlands Justice

[domino harvey]

Phantom Lady is an unexpected title for Universal to remaster, but most welcome. Presumably they'll farm it out to Criterion or another licensor since they dumped it in the TCM Vault the first time (same for Shanghai Express, hopefully). Thrilled to hear One Eyed Jacks is finally going to have a decent home video release for the first time ever. Hilarious to see Winchester 73 still being promised-- it's got to have been at least five or six years since that was first announced for Blu-ray

[hearthesilence]

Whoah, Paramount Marx Brothers? I heard there weren't any great sources for those, but the transfers for the DVDs haven't been given a whole lot of praise either. Would love to see an improvement.

[captveg]

Having seen the amazing work done on Dracula (especially with the audio), they may be able to do some remarkable things for those Marx Bros films.

[Drucker]

Whoah, Paramount Marx Brothers? I heard there weren't any great sources for those, but the transfers for the DVDs haven't been given a whole lot of praise either. Would love to see an improvement.

Agreed, especially with the audio more than anything else, which is borderline inaudible on the earlier two films in the Silver Screen box.

[Jeff]

How in the world did Universal end up restoring One-Eyed Jacks, a 1961 Paramount release that's now in the public domain? I'm just thrilled to hear it might get a watchable release (a theatrical tour would be swell). Glad to hear that The Film Foundation is involved as well.

[DeprongMori]

Also pleasantly shocked by the news of 4K restorations for these Marx Brothers titles. As far I know a lot of the footage of Horsefeathers from the scene in the College Widow's parlor is still lost, right? I'll do a happy dance if that footage has finally been found.

[Minkin]

Score! Universal is finally moving along to the other classic horror titles.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman is probably my favorite of the classic horror cycle. That said, I do wish they would've skipped the two garbage "house of" sequels and instead do Dracula's Daughter or Black Cat / Raven. Oh well, any work on the classics (along with Marx brothers) is great news. Now to hope that some of these follow the Universal/Criterion trend as well.

[FrauBlucher]

Holy shat, this is great news.! Just peed myself. The early Marx Bros on blu. I can't wait to see Mrs. Teasdale's fat arse in 4k. YES!

[domino harvey]

I hope the Marx Brothers Blu-rays come inside the same giant cardboard brick as the DVDs, otherwise what will I kill rats with??

[FrauBlucher]

I'm actually surprised that Universal has beaten WB to release the Marx Bros on blu ray. But the choices WB makes for blu ray title releases, I guess I shouldn't be.

[mfunk9786]

I hope the Marx Brothers Blu-rays come inside the same giant cardboard brick as the DVDs, otherwise what will I kill rats with??

Count me out of your next house party