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It seems a disease a certain someone carries from a company to another.

Regarding an earlier question, the MGM DVD release of Altman's Buffalo Bill and the Indians runs 123 minutes, at least according to the case on my copy.

It's not my favorite Altman. I would dearly love McCabe & Mrs Miller on Blu. Someday...

The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming is coming February 10th, will include a featurette hosted by Norman Jewison, the original trailer, and optional English subtitles.

Oh God no

Details have been announced for White Lightning and Gator.



White Lightning Special Features:

• "Burt Reynolds: Back to the Bayou Part 1" – Brand New Interview with Screen Legend Burt Reynolds
  Original Theatrical Trailer
  Optional English Subtitles

Gator Special Features:

• "Burt Reynolds: Back to the Bayou Part 2" – Brand New Interview with Screen Legend Burt Reynolds
  Original Theatrical Trailer
  Optional English Subtitles

Norman Jewison's F.I.S.T. will be arriving on February 10, 2015

FrauBlucher wrote:Beaver on Elmer Gantry. Looks quite nice.

Extras include an interview with, a much older, Shirley Jones for over a dozen minutes with some of her recollections of the film.

Yeah, it's unfortunate she had to go and age

Oh, Shirley he jests. ( I can't believe I'm writing this)

So the new Kino Blu-ray of Run Silent, Run Deep appears to be transferred in 1.66:1, which does not seem to be the original aspect ratio, listed on IMDb and other sites, as well as the back of the Blu-ray case as 1.85:1.

52 Pick-Up (1986) on February 24, 2015

Topkapi @ DVDBeaver.

Robert Aldrich's Ten Seconds to Hell in February.

Nice, another new to disc title!

There haven't been any announcements for a week, has Kino run through all of their initial licenses?

Their initial deal with MGM was for approximately 70 titles. I would say they've announced around that number by now. I guess we'll see what happens next.

domino harvey wrote:And Taras Bulba

I've just seen a review and several comments on the Amazon page for this that say it's a mono only audio track. I don't know what's authentic for this, but seeing that Waxman's score really the best thing about this film, it's a shame that we don't at least get the choice of the stereo track heard on previous releases and TCM broadcasts of it! There is a nice soundtrack cd at least.

Witness to Murder at DVDBeaver. Looks much better than I anticipated, clearly a new scan with one hell of a faithful looking grain field. Bonus points for not only releasing it in widescreen (despite the early 1954 release date), but at a precise 1.75:1 as well, rather than 1.78:1.

The circulating TCM rip is an obvious open-matte with actual instances of excessive headroom/central framing, so I know of no one claiming it shouldn't be widescreen on the Blu

Apart from whoever did the transfer/master for the TCM version.

Well, as is often the case I suspect they just used an old TV/video master anyways. Regardless, Kino's disc looks like a great noir release everyone can enjoy

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming cover art:

Nice to see the use of Mort Drucker's poster art for The Russians Are Coming…. I just wish SOMEBODY would
re-use his fantastic one-sheet for The Long Goodbye

Nice to see the use of Mort Drucker's poster art for The Russians Are Coming…. I just wish SOMEBODY would
re-use his fantastic one-sheet for The Long Goodbye

Both of those posters are by Jack Davis.

DeprongMori wrote:

Nice to see the use of Mort Drucker's poster art for The Russians Are Coming…. I just wish SOMEBODY would
re-use his fantastic one-sheet for The Long Goodbye

Both of those posters are by Jack Davis.

Damn, you're right! I knew it was a MAD contributor, but I clearly need to re-read my old issues.