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dwk wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2024 11:41 pm FC announces on twitter that they are going to be releasing Paradise. A movie that I assume Pheobe Cates would prefer stay on VHS.

Finally, a FC release I probably won't buy, even out of curiosity.

dwk wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2024 11:41 pm FC announces on twitter that they are going to be releasing Paradise. A movie that I assume Pheobe Cates would prefer stay on VHS.

To be fair, that probably describes half of Cates’ CV.

knives wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 2:21 am [To be fair, that probably describes half of Cates’ CV.

Eh, I don't know about that, but it was the only time she had the misfortune of co-staring with Bibleman.

they really will release anything on Blu-ray now, huh?

This is trash with a nude celebrity, it will sell better than anything they’ve ever released

And if I’m remembering it correctly, not having seen it since its “Late Not-So-Great Movies” showing on Toronto’s CityTV in 1989, it isn’t even fun in that insane way Endless Love or Roadhouse are. It’s just painfully boring and offensive.

Boring, maybe; but what's offensive?

domino harvey wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:09 pm This is trash with a nude celebrity, it will sell better than anything they’ve ever released

True. Everyone on Blu-ray.com are already saying how excited they are that this is getting a Blu-ray because Phoebe Cates gets nude in it. People like them are probably the reason the majority of new releases from boutique labels is shlock like this.

Fiery Angel wrote:Boring, maybe; but what's offensive?

Honestly, it’s been 35 years, but I have a vague memory of pretty silly Arabic stereotypes in the villainous characters, but I could totally be misremembering it.

i believe you are correct

jazzo wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 11:30 pm

Fiery Angel wrote:Boring, maybe; but what's offensive?

Honestly, it’s been 35 years, but I have a vague memory of pretty silly Arabic stereotypes in the villainous characters, but I could totally be misremembering it.

I haven't seen it since the mid '80s either, so you may be right--I barely remember anything about it, even Cates.

domino harvey wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:09 pm This is trash with a nude celebrity, it will sell better than anything they’ve ever released

And Fun City said on social media that Heavenly Bodies and Paradise are their fastest selling titles.

Thanks for bumping the thread to remind me that Bad Company just came out. Looking forward to some Jeff Bridges nudity

The so-called site exclusive editions of Paradise and Heavenly Bodies are up for pre-order on DiabolikDVD.

Fun City tweeted

From the Paramount library & soon making their worldwide Blu-ray debuts via Fun City Editions: Daniel Petrie's LIFEGUARD (1976), starring Sam Elliott, & Richard Benjamin's RACING WITH THE MOON (1984), starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern & Nicolas Cage.

Wow, Racing With the Moon may be their first non-feelbad release

A number of their releases (particularly earlier on) don't strike me as feelbad. Rancho Deluxe, Smile, Party Girl, Married to the Mob, and even stuff like Jeremy and I Start Counting! don't leave me with that feeling

Walking the Edge is feel-good!

Natural Enemies?

Not so much...

tehthomas wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 5:44 pm Walking the Edge is feel-good!

Especially when compared to the also starring Robert Forster Vigilante!

therewillbeblus wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:30 pm Handgun
I would like to hear a commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on a physical release.

I caught up with this after Tracy Letts raved about it on that podcast. Anyway, thought you might like to know that the FCE release's booklet does feature a good essay from her

John Sayles' Baby It's You coming in 2025. Great news, glad to hear more Sayles on its way (and since it's a Paramount title, hoping it'll be Region B friendly as with all the other Paramount titles from FCE).

Glad they're finally releasing a great movie again

The remaining copies of Heartbreakers, Smile, and Born to Win are $8 each at Vinegar Syndrome. All three are going OOP next week.

dwk wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:22 pm The remaining copies of Heartbreakers, Smile, and Born to Win are $8 each at Vinegar Syndrome. All three are going OOP next week.

MGM taking them back. All 3 are worth owning, and that’s an amazing deal. Born to Win was one of those (supposedly) public domain titles that people would buy at convenience stores and then trade in for more credit at Blockbuster Video. We had dozens upon dozens of copies of it at any given time

I think all of FCE's MGM licensed titles are OOP.