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Terms of Endearment, The President's Analyst (1967), A Man Called Horse, and Little Big Man (1970) are still available from Amazon w/ that lame 10% discount.

in stock for $9.98.
Sabrina (1995)
Once Upon A Time in the West
Twilight (1998)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
A New Kind of Love
Hud
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Monkeybone (Special Edition) (2001)
Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2
Mean Creek (2005)

in the "can still be had used for under ten bucks via marketplace" category:
Black Sunday
Marathon Man
Nashville
Rosemary's Baby
the Tenant
A Place in the Sun
Sunset Boulevard
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Save the Tiger (1973)
Houseboat (1958)
The Greatest Show on Earth
War and Peace (1956)
The Tin Star
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Last Train From Gun Hill
Five Card Stud (1968)
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
Three Violent People (1956)
Arrowhead (1953)
Serpico
Dear God (1996)
Milk Money (1994)
Breakdown (1997)
Switchback (1997)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
A Simple Plan (1998)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
School Ties (1992)
Urban Cowboy (1980)
The Cowboy Way (1994)
Beverly Hills Cop
Daisy Miller (1974)
Harriet the Spy
The Conversation (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Alfie (1966)
The Italian Job (1969)
I.Q. (1994)
The Thing Called Love (Director's Cut) (1993)

Getting expensive but haven't noticed mentioned yet:
It Started in Naples (1960)
Will Penny (1968)
Nevada Smith (1966)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Branded (1950)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Far Horizons
Waterhole #3
Frankie & Johnny (1991)
The Evening Star (1996)
In & Out (1997)
Soapdish (1991)
Andre (1994)
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy (1968)

Gregory, the War of the Worlds / When Worlds Collide double feature is in stock at Amazon for the time being, $13.49!

HistoryProf wrote:The Conversation (1974)

Domino mentioned this early in the thread, it's getting a re-issue by Lions Gate in August - see here. So anyone on edge doesn't have to jump the gun.

Terms of Endearment is also coming out August 3, and Little Big Man is not OOP

Also, at some point, I'm going to have to stop spending money on titles I think I might need in the future. I went from like six Paramount DVDs to probably five times that

The following are still available new from Amazon:

The Accused
American Gigolo (I Love the 80s Edition)
Beverly Hills Cop (80s Edition)
Clue
Death Wish
Death Wish / Escape from Alcatraz / Uncommon Valor (Triple Feature)
Election (Blu-ray)
Hud
Laugh Or I'll Shoot Collection (The Naked Gun / Top Secret! / Airplane!)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Centennial Collection)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Shane (Double Feature)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Pretty in Pink
Roman Holiday (Centennial Collection)
Sabrina (Centennial Collection)
Shane
The Talented Mr. Ripley / School Ties (Double Feature)

Feego wrote:Clue
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Centennial Collection)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Shane (Double Feature)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Pretty in Pink
Roman Holiday (Centennial Collection)
Sabrina (Centennial Collection)
Shane

These are still in-print

Yeah...Plains/Trains was only recently re-released after a long hiatus and criminally shitty barebones initial release. Pretty in Pink was also redone for the 4th time fairly recently.

I don't understand the Centennial stuff. First they were gonna be blu rays....then they half ass it and only release 8 or so....then half of those go out of print in less than a year, but some others stay in print. I have to think those that went OOP are in the works for blu ray. They are major titles...pretty much the cream of their classics....if they can't make money on them, they might as well give up completely.

HistoryProf wrote:Yeah...Plains/Trains was only recently re-released after a long hiatus and criminally shitty barebones initial release. Pretty in Pink was also redone for the 4th time fairly recently.

But that doesn't stop Paramount. One of the titles climbing higher and higher in price right now is the recent SE of Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful

3 Days of the Condor (Blu-ray) is still available at Amazon. Just ordered mine. The DVD is gone, although you can still order the CD soundtrack!

3 Days of Condor has been released by Studio Canal in Europe with superior extras, don't spend 20$ on the US disc!

domino harvey wrote:Can't stress this enough: Check your Barnes and Nobles!

I followed Domino's advice and picked up Hud, Marathon Man, and The Talented Mr. Ripley at the Northgate location.
I'm poor, so I bought for my viewing collection and not for reselling purposes. But Seattle-ites, I did see Nashville, Heaven Can Wait, and Ragtime (all of which I already own) up there.

Now, I just need to get Save The Tiger, Margot at the Wedding, Breakdown, and The Tin Star.

david hare wrote:What is the current status of Heller in Pink Tights?

OOP, but available cheaply from third-party sellers on Amazon.

domino harvey wrote:

HistoryProf wrote:Yeah...Plains/Trains was only recently re-released after a long hiatus and criminally shitty barebones initial release. Pretty in Pink was also redone for the 4th time fairly recently.

But that doesn't stop Paramount. One of the titles climbing higher and higher in price right now is the recent SE of Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful

well son of a bitch. I never bothered picking that up because I had the original. it's a guilty pleasure of mine (class of '88...I was 17 when it came out and thought Leah Thompson was super dreamy) and I have the first release. oh well, guess that'll have to do.

Zumpano wrote:

domino harvey wrote:Can't stress this enough: Check your Barnes and Nobles!

I followed Domino's advice and picked up Hud, Marathon Man, and The Talented Mr. Ripley at the Northgate location.
I'm poor, so I bought for my viewing collection and not for reselling purposes. But Seattle-ites, I did see Nashville, Heaven Can Wait, and Ragtime (all of which I already own) up there.

Now, I just need to get Save The Tiger, Margot at the Wedding, Breakdown, and The Tin Star.

Tin Star has been OOP for quite a while now...good luck finding that. I've been looking for months not realizing this was going to be an epidemic. I also kind of held out hope it would be one Criterion picked up so didn't bother ordering one from the Marketplace. Still affordable there though.

Murdoch wrote:

HistoryProf wrote:The Conversation (1974)

Domino mentioned this early in the thread, it's getting a re-issue by Lions Gate in August - see here. So anyone on edge doesn't have to jump the gun.

But why the fuck isn't Lionsgate also releasing it on blu-ray???? [-(

I've been waiting for my absolute favorite films to come out on blu before I start expanding my currently-small collection. And this is on of them. ](*,)

HistoryProf wrote:Tin Star has been OOP for quite a while now...good luck finding that.

Amazon has the R2 for under 3 pounds.

another one I noticed on my shelf: John Frankenheimer's Eco Terror masterpiece ( ) Prophecy from 1979...still cheap on Amazon Marketplace. Those damned Acid Rain bears scared the crap out of me as a kid!

HistoryProf wrote:another one I noticed on my shelf: John Frankenheimer's Eco Terror masterpiece ( ) Prophecy from 1979...still cheap on Amazon Marketplace. Those damned Acid Rain bears scared the crap out of me as a kid!

Wait... you belittle me for liking Race With the Devil but you yourself like Prophecy? Whatever! #-o

MyNameCriterionForum wrote:

HistoryProf wrote:another one I noticed on my shelf: John Frankenheimer's Eco Terror masterpiece ( ) Prophecy from 1979...still cheap on Amazon Marketplace. Those damned Acid Rain bears scared the crap out of me as a kid!

Wait... you belittle me for liking Race With the Devil but you yourself like Prophecy? Whatever! #-o

I wasn't belittling you! I was belittling dicks charging $50 for Race on Amazon....it's a fun little movie, but not worth THAT. that's all I said. Same goes for Prophecy....it's a stupid but fun bit of 70s schlock and worth about the $5 you can still buy it for. But it'll probably end up $50 too, which is sad. The whole thing is just sad.


I would never belittle anyone for liking anything. I like some incredibly stupid shit and have zero room to talk on that front. But it just amazes me how some incredibly average to lame movies can command such prices when they go OOP. Hell, I almost bought Race With the Devil a few times, but never found it for less than $10...had I seen it in a $5 bin it would be mine. A good example of this silliness is the ultimate in schlock: Gargoyles - a flick that terrified me in the early 70s when I was little, and I wanted but never got around to buying. Now it's $75 and up. ridiculous.

HistoryProf wrote:

MyNameCriterionForum wrote:

HistoryProf wrote:another one I noticed on my shelf: John Frankenheimer's Eco Terror masterpiece ( ) Prophecy from 1979...still cheap on Amazon Marketplace. Those damned Acid Rain bears scared the crap out of me as a kid!

Wait... you belittle me for liking Race With the Devil but you yourself like Prophecy? Whatever! #-o

I wasn't belittling you! I was belittling dicks charging $50 for Race on Amazon....it's a fun little movie, but not worth THAT. that's all I said. Same goes for Prophecy....it's a stupid but fun bit of 70s schlock and worth about the $5 you can still buy it for. But it'll probably end up $50 too, which is sad. The whole thing is just sad.

I would never belittle anyone for liking anything. I like some incredibly stupid shit and have zero room to talk on that front. But it just amazes me how some incredibly average to lame movies can command such prices when they go OOP. Hell, I almost bought Race With the Devil a few times, but never found it for less than $10...had I seen it in a $5 bin it would be mine. A good example of this silliness is the ultimate in schlock: Gargoyles - a flick that terrified me in the early 70s when I was little, and I wanted but never got around to buying. Now it's $75 and up. ridiculous.

No no, I understand, just playing along.

Clearly, though, smaller cultish films have more of a tendency to skyrocket in price when unavailable, which is kind of unfortunate... these are the kinds of titles you love to share with people.

I'd like to throw in a recommendation for Starting Over while it's still cheap. I picked up a copy solely on the strength of Pakula being in the director's chair, without even realizing it was James L Brooks' first film as screenwriter. Well, I honestly can't remember the last comedy I saw that made me laugh so hard so consistently throughout. Candice Bergen steals the show and her aspiring singer-songwriter has what might be the funniest seduction scene I've ever seen. For under ten bucks and soon to disappear forever, you can't go wrong with this one, folks.

Matt wrote:

david hare wrote:What is the current status of Heller in Pink Tights?

OOP, but available cheaply from third-party sellers on Amazon.

And the UK edition is available from Amazon for £1.99.

Well i've relocated now and scouted two KC area B&Ns - one was a goldmine as Domino suggested. Not only do they have just about everything Criterion, but I found the following OOP Paramounts (all of them priced $12.99 or $9.99 and part of the B2G1 sale):

No Way to treat A Lady
The President's Analyst
Some Kind of Wonderful SE
Greatest Show on Earth
The Last Tycoon
Paper Moon
This Property is Condemned
Lil Abner

the last few are really getting pricey....the Lil Abner especially. I put back Clue and a couple of others when I remembered they were still in print. Was hoping to find The Entity and Harold and Maude, but no luck. I also saw the Jerry Lewis Collection w/ ten flicks - it's $59.99 - about what it's going for on Amazon Marketplace still....but if someone wants I'll be happy to pick it up for them later this week when I start the CC crawl.

Is anyone familiar with This Property is Condemned? I'm not familiar with it at all, but Sidney Pollack + Tennessee Williams + Redford/Natalie Wood would seem to be a guaranteed win. Was really happy to find it as I knew it was one of the pricier titles, and surely gone forever from dvd. is it a keeper though?

domino harvey wrote:I'd like to throw in a recommendation for Starting Over while it's still cheap. I picked up a copy solely on the strength of Pakula being in the director's chair, without even realizing it was James L Brooks' first film as screenwriter. Well, I honestly can't remember the last comedy I saw that made me laugh so hard so consistently throughout. Candice Bergen steals the show and her aspiring singer-songwriter has what might be the funniest seduction scene I've ever seen. For under ten bucks and soon to disappear forever, you can't go wrong with this one, folks.

I can heartily second this recommendation. Bergen is great in it, but I also think it's one of Jill Clayburgh's best roles. I always liked her in flicks like this one...it's a little gem.

HistoryProf wrote:Is anyone familiar with This Property is Condemned? I'm not familiar with it at all, but Sidney Pollack + Tennessee Williams + Redford/Natalie Wood would seem to be a guaranteed win. Was really happy to find it as I knew it was one of the pricier titles, and surely gone forever from dvd. is it a keeper though?

It's a very good loose adaptation (though I'm in the minority opinion there) of the period Williams play and Wood gives a great performance, I'd definitely keep it and watch it