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FrauBlucher wrote: Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:25 pm announcement hints coming this weekend...
1970s MGM
2000s Universal 4K UHD

Coming December 14th!
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The Brass Bottle (1964)
• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin - Includes an Exclusive Interview with Star Barbara Eden
• Theatrical Trailer (Newly Restored in HD)
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 89 Minutes 1.85:1 Not Rated
Tony Randall (The Odd Couple), Burl Ives (The Big Country) and Barbara Eden (Harper Valley P.T.A.) conjure up laughs and magic in The Brass Bottle—an enchanting comedy classic that inspired the hit TV series that made Eden an icon, I Dream of Jeannie. When architect Harold Ventimore (Randall) buys an antique Arabian bottle at auction, he ends up freeing the centuries-imprisoned genie, Fakrash (Ives). Forever indebted and ready to serve his new master, Fakrash grants Harold his every wish. But things quickly go from bad to worse when his beautiful fiancée (Eden) discovers a herd of camels living in his garage, belly dancers in his house, and a pack of elephants marching through the streets! Now the whole town thinks that he’s gone off the deep end, and Harold has got to make everything right and convince his fiancée that he’s not crazy. Wonderfully directed by Harry Keller (The Female Animal), this tale of a madcap genie and his zany antics will grant your wish for comedy!

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Bedtime Story (1964)
• Brand New 2K Master
• Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
• Theatrical Teaser (Newly Remastered in 2K)
• Two Theatrical Trailers (Newly Remastered in 2K)

Color 99 Minutes 1.85:1 Not Rated
Screen greats Marlon Brando (The Night of the Following Day), David Niven (Separate Tables) and Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry) star in Bedtime Story, the classic comedy caper about two cunning conmen on the French Riviera. The caddish Freddy Benson (Brando) enjoys setting up elaborate ruses to seduce women. The suave Lawrence Jameson (Niven) likes to pose as a prince to swindle the wealthy. When the two men meet, each perceives the other as an interloper and a threat. Upon the arrival of vacationing soap heiress Janet Walker (Jones), the two sweet-talking scoundrels compete to trick her out of both her clothes and her fortune. Written by Stanley Shapiro (Pillow Talk) and Paul Henning (Lover Come Back), directed by Ralph Levy (Do Not Disturb), and later remade as 1988’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bedtime Story is the funniest story ever put between covers!

captveg wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:09 pm Life Stinks (1991) (BD)

hearthesilence wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:03 am I wish there was a feature-length compilation of Mel Brooks's work, because nearly every film he's done is incredibly spotty with absolutely hilarious moments scattered throughout. Life Stinks is a perfect example of this - I have no desire to sit through it all, but there are definitely scenes I'd love to revisit.

hearthesilence wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:25 pm I'm tempted to add Blazing Saddles but I haven't seen it in a while. I don't think The Producers has aged that well. The filmmaking was always pretty clumsy (which is probably understandable since it was his first feature) and IIRC the outrageous Nazi jokes were still hilarious, but there's some real cringe-inducing material - ironically they generally involve jokes that were probably "safer" and more acceptable in 1968.

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:31 pm

hearthesilence wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:25 pm I'm tempted to add Blazing Saddles but I haven't seen it in a while. I don't think The Producers has aged that well. The filmmaking was always pretty clumsy (which is probably understandable since it was his first feature) and IIRC the outrageous Nazi jokes were still hilarious, but there's some real cringe-inducing material - ironically they generally involve jokes that were probably "safer" and more acceptable in 1968.

Middle-aged Dick Shawn as "LSD" has aged like a sliced avocado, but the rest of the movie remains funny in my mind. Maybe they casted him as he played the most leathery faced, Frankie Avalon-type youth in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. It's been nearly fifteen years since I last saw Blazing Saddles, but that was one of my favorite as a teen and recall it being quite funny which is partially aided by the fact it has so many writers.

I remember that sense of inconsistency with Brooks' work even as a child. Spaceballs is burned into my mind as a much discussed film in the schoolyard as a kid, which has some okay laughs, but recall by the end being quite checked out at age 7-8. When I watched it as a teen, I felt more or less the same. I tried watching Dracula: Dead and Loving It a few years ago and turned it off after a few minutes. Oddly enough, his maligned produced work, Fatso (directed by his wife, Anne Bancroft) is sort of amateurish, but very charming and sweet in a way that I love. It's a shame Bancroft only made this one film.