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Upcoming Universal theatrical feature BD releases:

2/26

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)

3/5

Schindler's List (1993)

3/22

Les Misérables (2012)
This Is 40 (2012)

3/26

Jurassic Park (1993) (Individual release)
Jurassic Park III (2001) (Individual release)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (Individual release)

4/9

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

4/23

Jurassic Park 3D (1993)
Promised Land (2012)

5/7

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Any upcoming projects you want to talk about?

We have a commitment to restore 3 to 5 new prints a year. Right now, we’re working on A Touch of Evil, High Plains Drifter, Double Indemnity — and we’ll probably add another title or two at the end of the year.

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Dang, you got me excited that they might be doing a Fox type thing and asking for what title they should restore next. I was planning on firebombing Afraid to Talk.

Now there's a cause I could get behind.

I'm sure MoC are delighted that two of the three restorations listed are titles that they've recently given the full works on Blu-ray.

High Plains Drifter! Great news.

6/4

Earthquake (1974)
Midway (1976)
The Shadow (1994)

Also, Alfred Hitchcock Essentials Collection (Psycho/Rear Window/North by Northwest/The Birds/Vertigo)

This just in...

5/7: Rope (1948)
6/4: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Mummy (1932)
The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Invisible Man (1933)
7/2: The Trouble With Harry (1955)

I don't have to buy the big Hitchcock box now. I'm so happy.

I wouldn't have pegged it as forthcoming in any country, but Thursday, one of the more egregious Pulp Fiction ripoffs, is coming out in Germany?!

"In The Name Of The Father" Blu-ray comes with zero extras, not even a trailer...

Superfluous

Are we ever going to enjoy the Marx Brothers on blu-ray?

I certainly hope so. The Warner Brothers DVD set was great in quality, but the Universal set (especially the UK set!) was incredibly weak in PQ and AQ. I'm sure Marx Brothers themselves are a big enough draw for Universal to put out in HD, but we can all hope for a Criterion licensed boxset of the Paramount via Universal movies, right?

Unless Universal invests the same level of money into restorations like they did the classic monster films last year I don't see it happening. The Paramount film elements are in really poor shape.

July 9th

The Jerk
Liar Liar

Question about "Schindler's List", does the US Blu come with burned in English captions, or does it have electronic subtitles for the intertitles/locations/etc?

Amazon has preorders for more of the remaining Hitchcocks in the UK:

September 23rd

Vertigo http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vertigo-Blu-ray ... sim_d_h__1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Man Who Knew Too Much http://www.amazon.co.uk/Knew-Much-Blu-r ... sim_d_h__8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rope http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rope-Blu-ray-Re ... _h__text_y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Torn Curtain http://www.amazon.co.uk/Torn-Curtain-Bl ... rn+Curtain" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Frenzy http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frenzy-Blu-ray- ... sim_d_h__7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Seems like the only ones from the box set not available to buy or pre-order individually in the UK now are Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Marnie and Topaz.

The big set has also been been split into two. Rather useful as the dodgiest transfers - from what I've read - are all in the second volume... (unless of course Universal re-do them, but that seems unlikely).

Damn, that's VERY useful. Vertigo is the ONLY title in the second volume that wasn't fucked up, and that's now available separately (better the U.S. Blu-Ray, which has the mono mix), so yes, this is great for everyone.

The Complete Chucky Collection coming to Blu-ray in time for Halloween-- there were six of these?!

And there's another one coming out soon.

Pretty sure the 6th Chucky movie is the one that is coming out soon.

You're right, though I think they've also greenlit a seventh.

Weird Science and Slapshot coming to Blu on Oct 15