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dx23 · #126 Post by **dx23** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:19 pm

Myra Breckinridge wrote:The voting is now officially over and they will announce the winners in August (one month to count votes?!)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/br ... 22-1646421

They are using an abacus. The decision was made by George W. Bush, since it is the only way he knows how to count.

#127 Post by **Matt** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:28 pm

Myra Breckinridge wrote:The voting is now officially over and they will announce the winners in August (one month to count votes?!)

They probably want to confirm that the winners are "ready" enough to announce a release date in August.

kekid · #128 Post by **kekid** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:40 am

Can someone please remind us what happened to "Greed"?

What A Disgrace · Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:45 am

A thought.

The 50th anniversary of von Stroheim's death is next year.

Gigi M. · #130 Post by **Gigi M.** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:48 am

From here:

THE WIND, SCARLET LETTER, THE BIG PARADE, GREED, SHOW PEOPLE, THE CROWD - Coming in 2006/2007.

justeleblanc · #131 Post by **justeleblanc** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:14 am

What A Disgrace wrote:A thought.

The 50th anniversary of von Stroheim's death is next year.

a thought that unfortunately has no bearing on the release.

shearerchic · #132 Post by **shearerchic** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:25 pm

matt wrote:
Myra Breckinridge wrote:Then read an interview with George Feltenstein:
....
Great stuff coming so I recommend you read it!
Ah, the idea of having Vivacious Lady on DVD just made my day.

and with fred astaire, maybe we'll get a real version of royal wedding, yolanda and the thief and a damsel in distress.

Lino · #133 Post by **Lino** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:00 pm

According to the extras on the forthcoming Forbidden Planet SE 2xDVD, namely the part mentioning "Science-fiction movie trailer gallery", I think it's safe to assume that we will be seeing more Sci-Fi from them in the near future.

Besides, it's already been disclosed in this year's chat that The Giant Behemoth, Queen of Outer Space and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman are on the way.

Narshty · #134 Post by **Narshty** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:42 pm

Unless it's just cross-promotional junk for Soylent Green, The Omega Man, Demon Seed, Thing from Another World, et al. Warner rarely seem to include trailers for films not already out on disc. Would be nice though.

Lino · #135 Post by **Lino** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:11 pm

matt wrote:
Myra Breckinridge wrote:The voting is now officially over and they will announce the winners in August (one month to count votes?!)
They probably want to confirm that the winners are "ready" enough to announce a release date in August.

Any news about this lot?

Ashirg · #136 Post by **Ashirg** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:01 pm

Per Lino, The Arrangement is now listed for January 30, 2007 release date. So I checked the other titles and I found Up Periscope for December 19, 2006 and There Was a Crooked Man with a DVD cover, but no release date.

Lino · #137 Post by **Lino** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:11 pm

And now, The Arrangement can already be pre-ordered, along with Up Periscope but the page for There was a Crooked Man has now disappeared.

shearerchic · #138 Post by **shearerchic** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:27 pm

Lino wrote:
matt wrote:
Myra Breckinridge wrote:The voting is now officially over and they will announce the winners in August (one month to count votes?!)
They probably want to confirm that the winners are "ready" enough to announce a release date in August.
Any news about this lot?

And the winners are.....

Best Foot Forward - Dec 19
Angels in the Outfield (Amazon Exclusive) - Dec 19
Presenting Lily Mars (Amazon Exclusive) - Dec 19
Up Periscope - Dec 19
Operation Crossbow - Dec 19
The Illustrated Man - Dec 19
Looker - Jan 30
Madame Curie - Jan 30
Gymkata - Jan 30
The Arrangement - Jan 30
Band of Angels- Jan 30

All of the titles are available for pre-order on Amazon and they show the cover art.

Lino · #139 Post by **Lino** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:42 pm

Well, at least the ones I was hoping they'd release, will in fact be released -- The Arrangement and The Illustrated Man.

Oh, and the cover for Gymkata is hilarious... It positively reeks of 80's kitsch.

Schkura · #140 Post by **Schkura** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:08 pm

Lino · #141 Post by **Lino** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:27 pm

Tidier info here (with artwork).

Gregory · #142 Post by **Gregory** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:51 pm

It seems 2006 will have been a pretty typical year for Warner in terms of volume of classic titles, unless my estimations are way off.

#143 Post by **Matt** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:06 pm

Gregory wrote:It seems 2006 will have been a pretty typical year for Warner in terms of volume of classic titles, unless my estimations are way off.

With the exception of the Kubrick SEs, they have released or will release by the end of the year everything they said they would. It may just not seem like much because it's been a consistent trickle of releases (and many of them are of marginal interest to most).

Lino · #144 Post by **Lino** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:15 pm

My only consolation is that they've finally announced all their Superman DVDs and that they will now concentrate on more meaningful releases (namely some that they've been promising for the last couple of years now and still haven't gotten around to them - Performance, Ken Russell, Esther Williams, etc.).

Gregory · #145 Post by **Gregory** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:21 pm

Matt wrote:With the exception of the Kubrick SEs, they have released or will release by the end of the year everything they said they would. It may just not seem like much because it's been a consistent trickle of releases (and many of them are of marginal interest to most).

I suppose we could also see announcements this month for the remaining box sets that were expected for 2006. But what I was wondering was whether we really saw a "major initiative" this year in comparison to the volume of releases of recent years.

#146 Post by **Matt** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:30 pm

I think another thing that makes this look not so much like a "major initiative" is that so many of the releases were in box sets, some with titles unavailable individually. All of the John Ford discs were sold individually and a couple were available presviously, but that's 13 films right there. The Gable box is 6 films, Tennessee Williams another 6, Busby Berkeley 5, and so on. If they had released an equivalent number of non-related films, it might seem like a much bigger deal. Without a count of 2005's releases, though, I'm having a hard time telling how "major" this initiative really was. 2005 certainly had its share of box sets, too: Bette Davis 1, Joan Crawford, Garbo, Film Noir 2, Astaire and Rogers 1, Thin Man.

tryavna · #147 Post by **tryavna** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:13 pm

One thing is sure: not much in the way of silents in '06.

Maybe those alleged efforts on Greed, Big Parade, et al will begin showing up in early '07.

Cinesimilitude · #148 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:14 pm

Universal Outdid everyone when it came to HD releases. hopefully warner changes that in 2007.

#149 Post by **Matt** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:40 pm

SncDthMnky wrote:Universal Outdid everyone when it came to HD releases. hopefully warner changes that in 2007.

Keep that noise in the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray thread.

Andre Jurieu · #150 Post by **Andre Jurieu** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:13 pm

I'm just getting impatient about The Magnificent Ambersons.

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