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MODS: Could we make this thread a sticky? I plan to continue updating my post above as new titles are announced (unless Nick would like to take over and do the updating himself).

VENGEANCE IS MINE is confirmed Region B

METROPOLIS is "in negotiation"

I would be incredibly, incredibly happy if I had gotten a bad tip on that one.

peerpee wrote:VENGEANCE IS MINE is confirmed Region B

METROPOLIS is "in negotiation"

Thanks. I've updated the list. Let me know if you see any other errors or if you have details you would like me to add.

THE BURMESE HARP confirmed Region B

peerpee wrote:THE BURMESE HARP confirmed Region B

Updated.

Region free:

À nos amours
L'Argent
Mabuse box
Edvard Munch
L'enfance nue
Faust
Frau im Mond
La Notte
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
Rocco and his Brothers
Salesman
Shoeshine
Sous le soleil de Satan
Sunrise
Toni
Abhijan
Bellissima
Keaton set
Diary of a Lost Girl
Le Grand jeu
Grey Gardens
Il Grido
La Gueule ouverte
Lubitsch set
M
Michael
Muriel
Phantom
Shoah
Tabu
La tête contre les murs
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Twenty-Four Eyes
Two Films by G. Franju
Fantastic Planet
Mad Detective
Savage Innocents
Une femme mariée

Rest is region 2.

This has probably been answered somewhere else, so I apologize if it seems repetitive, but do their Region-Free BluRays play on a US Region-locked player? Just wondering, since I've been contemplating on ordering "Sunrise" for a while.

Yes!

Awesome thanks!

MAKE WAY and ROCK HUNTER confirmed "Region B".

Gary Tooze claims that La signora senza camelie and Le amiche are Region B.

I was bored. Here are some screens they don't want you to see:
For All Mankind
M
Make Way For Tomorrow
Metropolis
Profound Desires of the Gods

Don't own any other region B locked titles... 8-[

Is is so sad to see that 11 out of 18 BD are Region B locked.

tenia wrote:Is is so sad to see that 11 out of 18 BD are Region B locked.

But it would be sadder if MoC had only released titles that they could get region-free - which was the only viable alternative. The sad fact is that properties perceived to have value (especially transatlantic value) are much more likely to come with contractual strings attached.

I perfectly understand that.
It's just that Nick had always cleared pointed the fact that, as often as possible, MoC editions would be region free.

Either way, I found sad that this way can't be followed due to contractual obligations.

The disc industry will be dead soon, and then you can be even sadder.

We don't own the films we put out and we're blue-in-the-face tired of trying to get licensors to change, so we're focusing on persuading folk who really care to get region-free players. It's the only way that fans of film can win.

Nick, can I put in a plug for "Whillikers!" as the exclamation on a future region-locked BD?

It's a done deal!

peerpee wrote:It's a done deal!

Well, we need to know which Blu-ray it'll be on, don't we?

Matt wrote:Nick, can I put in a plug for "Whillikers!" as the exclamation on a future region-locked BD?

And "Dag nabbit!".

No talking like a grizzled 1890s prospector, consarn it!

Is "Drat" on one already? Or "Rats"? "Dag"?

domino harvey wrote:Is "Drat" on one already?

M and For All Mankind.

swo17 wrote:No talking like a grizzled 1890s prospector, consarn it!

"Consarn it!" would be perfect for that screen on a Blu release of The Devil and Daniel Webster, since of course it is used in the film itself!