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Michael's Movie Mayhem may be a little too liberal in what they're listing as back in print in regards to the Paramount catalogue right now, but at least a dozen of the previously OOP titles are available from DD, B&N and Amazon directly. I bought Place in the Sun and it was the US edition. Also, B&N in particular seems to have some new copies of titles that are still OOP like Rosemary's Baby.

Just a question, not a fight: Have any of you who have listed Coppola's Gatsby actually read the book?
I'll let it die now but I would like answers. Thanks....

Haha, what? Who listed it as an OOP movie?

I didn't! I just thought what Coppola and side kicks did to it was "not good", I asked based off people's lists of I want this from Paramount.....

I recently picked up Paramount's OOP DVD of Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, and I thought it would be worth posting here because it contains a documentary extra: Clive Barker: The Art of Horror (1992) (IMDb). I bought the disc because the film is a guilty pleasure, and I was expecting this to be a fluff promo piece for the feature, but the documentary is actually quite interesting (and has nothing to do with the film, only referencing the first two entries in the Hellraiser series). It offers a time capsule of a young, in-demand Clive Barker, a man full of energy and untapped potential, whose comics and writings were edgy, provocative and becoming increasingly popular.

As far as I know, this documentary has only been available on the Paramount DVD (as it appeared to be on their Laserdisc and VHS versions) of Hellraiser III and not on any other release worldwide. But be cautious, because the 2011 Echo Bridge DVD--which has a 1.33:1 feature and no extras--looks practically identical from the front covers online, so third-party sellers may get the two confused.

Just noticed that the excellent Charlton Heston western Arrowhead survived Warner Archives Hell and has been reissued by Warners for $5.97 list price. Highly recommended, and a steal at that price.

We should try forming a list of previously OOP Paramount titles reissued by Warners on pressed discs at a lower list price. Here's the ones I know of off the top of my head:

Arrowhead
the Far Horizons
Foul Play
No Way to Treat a Lady
Soap Dish
2 Days in the Valley
Whispers in the Dark
Will Penny

In my experience, these aren't reissued but old stock with a new UPC label slapped on the back. I wouldn't celebrate too much or expect the pressed discs to stick around.

Actually a lot of them like The Parallax View have stayed in print with new Warners logos on the packaging and discs.

domino harvey wrote:We should try forming a list of previously OOP Paramount titles reissued by Warners on pressed discs at a lower list price.

Not sure if all these fit your criteria, but they were all OOP and are now listed on the WB site (searching under "paramount" is surprisingly effective):

Internal Affairs (Blu available for preorder)
You Can Count On Me
A Simple Plan

$14.96 MSRP ($7.79 on WBShop.com)
Play It Again, Sam
Atlantic City
Sorry, Wrong Number
Hud
Death Wish
The aforementioned Parallax View
Serpico (Blu available for preorder)

You can also add:

The Out-of-Towners (Original version)
The Dead Zone
Graveyard Shift
Silver Bullet
The Desperate Hours
We're No Angels
Alfie (Original)
Catch-22

It's happening again: Warners didn't renew their Paramount license, so every film high profile or not distroed by Warners is now OOP, with some precious bargain bin fodder titles now going for a pretty penny

If Sony licenses the Paramounts, look for Criterion's schedule to get busier then it already is.

If anyone's desperately looking for Norbit on Blu-Ray, I know a store where some can be found.