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Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:29 am
by Luke M
Any word on The Philadelphia Story or Bringing Up Baby? I thought they'd be AAA catalog titles that would've been released years ago.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:24 pm
by domino harvey
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:41 pm
by domino harvey
Uhhhh, according to the Blu-Ray forum, the MSRP for this is $54.97
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:55 pm
by Ashirg
I'm sure they will release it without a collectible T-shirt in a few months...
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:26 pm
by krnash
This is apparently a thing now for WB. To distract us from noticing they're not doing new scans on these films, perhaps.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:23 am
by hearthesilence
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:51 am
by Manny Karp
T-Shirt is the new format
Prepare for mess board arguments about thread count and screen printing color fidelity
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:34 pm
by PfR73
Well, as Pinky & The Brain (owned by WB...coincidence???) taught us, there is no force in the universe more powerful than free T-shirts.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:06 pm
by Gregory
Day one purchase for anyone who ever wanted to walk around with Delbert Grady's dead kids emblazoned across their chest.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:51 pm
by Fiery Angel
That tee will make a good tie-in with the new Diane Arbus exhibit at the Met Breuer.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:33 pm
by Calvin
Purple Rain (1984)
Winner of Grammy® and Academy Awards® for its pulsating song score; Purple Rain marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as The Kid, a Minneapolis club musician as alienated as he is talented. The Kid struggles with a tumultuous home life and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sexy Apollonia Kotero. Prince and the Revolution scorch with "Let’s Go Crazy", "I Would Die 4U", "When Doves Cry" and the title song in what Rolling Stone calls “the smartest, most spiritually ambitious rock-’n’-roll movie ever made.” New 2016 1080p HD master.
Special Features:
- Commentary by Director Albert Magnoli, Producer Robert Cavallo and Cinematographer Donald E. Thorin
- First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty: Visit the Nightclub Where Prince Started
- Purple Rain Backstage Pass: Behind the Scenes
- Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution: The Impact and Influence of Purple Rain
- MTV Premiere Party Original Broadcast
- 8 Music Videos: Let's Go Crazy, Take Me With U, When Doves Cry, I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star, Purple Rain, Jungle Love, The Bird and Sex Shooter
- Trailer
Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
– His Purple Rain took the movie and music worlds by storm. Now Prince stars – and makes his directorial debut – in his lavishly playful second film, Under the Cherry Moon. He plays an American musician living with his pal (Jerome Benton) on the French Riviera and on the bank accounts of bored divorcees. The next object of his affection is a lovely and spirited young heiress (Kristin Scott Thomas in her movie debut). He doesn’t count on confronting the girl’s enraged father (Steven Berkoff). And he certainly doesn’t count on falling in love. But with Prince in charge, you can definitely count on exciting music, shimmering costume, production design and style to burn. This Moon shines! New 2016 1080p HD master.
Special Features:
- Trailer
Under the Graffiti Bridge (1990)
It’s got that Purple Rain feeling through and through. And it’s got The Kid, too! For the first time since Purple Rain, Prince is back as The Kid. And where he goes, there’s music! With "Thieves in the Temple", "New Power Generation", "Elephants and Flowers" and more red-hot Prince tunes from the Platinum-selling Graffiti Bridge soundtrack. What time is it? Party time! Morris Day and the Time play "Release It, Shake!" and more. And you’ll also see and hear George Clinton, Tevin Campbell, Robin Power, Mavis Staples and other hot performers, too. Graffiti Bridge is where the movie meets the music. Cross over on it now! New 2016 1080p HD master.
Special Features:
- Trailer
October 4th. They'll also be available individually.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:50 pm
by hearthesilence
Of course they would leave out the only Prince film with a real claim to greatness.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:47 am
by FrauBlucher
Hopefully this is only the beginning of the Warner/Prince upgrades and remasters.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 4:11 am
by whaleallright
hearthesilence wrote:Of course they would leave out the only Prince film with a real claim to greatness.
I don't believe Warners has any distribution rights to that film.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:16 pm
by domino harvey
'Salem's Lot and Cat's Eye coming to Blu-Ray next month
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:59 pm
by colinr0380
Did they say if 'Salem's Lot will be the 107 minute film version or the 184 minute mini-series? Or both?
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:00 pm
by domino harvey
Miniseries version, but edited together as one film instead of two parts. There's conflicting reports on whether it and It will be widescreen or the original Academy
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:49 pm
by Feego
According to the back cover featured on
Blu-ray.com,
Salem's Lot will be in 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:22 am
by criterion10
Warner Archive
confirms Salem's Lot will be presented in 1.33:1
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:18 pm
by captveg
It looks like the Police Academy 7-film box set will finally get its US release on 10/4/16, three years after its international release.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:37 pm
by Ribs
I hope it was Bill Clinton's endorsement that finally nudged them towards a release
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:46 pm
by flyonthewall2983
Several 4K discs went up for pre-order on Amazon today, including Goodfellas and Unforgiven
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 11:48 am
by M Sanderson
I much prefer the 107 minute version of Salem's Lot. While it failed as a drama - you're supposed to believe the town and its inhabitants are latently evil and doesn't really work - it succeeds most for me as a horror movie. Trimmed and tightened, it fits more into Hooper's ouevre, gives more emphasis to the gothic spaces he specialises in.
So I was chuffed to find the German BD, released around the same time, is the theatrical version. Don't know what aspect ratio it's presented in though.
Not seen either BD yet, may get both for completism, but hoping the German looks better with less compression.
Anyone on here actually watch the Blu rays? I'll contribute when I've seen more.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:23 am
by M Sanderson
Got the German Blu and was annoyed that it's the full version. On Amazon it had been listed as 107 minutes. I think they missed a zero when they should have used an 8. Ah, well. Salem's Lot always worked far better for he as a horror film rather that a TV drama and I always preferred it truncated. Never the best King adaptation, but certainly the creepiest. Mason is exceptional, exuding such icy, restrained and sophisticated malice especially in his interactions with the small town constable. SL works best as a continuation of Hooper's interest in the interior spaces his villains inhabit, via Soul's infatuation with the Marsten House.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 9:20 am
by hearthesilence
I just saw
GoodFellas too, projected from a 35mm print.
One thing really popped out. This shot:
The incredibly bright, almost fluorescent orange jump suit and the greenish paint on the wall. This is exactly how it looked on the print, and I remembered both BD's showing very different color for this, but I couldn't remember which had which. Turns out, the old 2007 BD (re-used for the 20th anniversary edition) has this color grading (and this is indeed a screen cap taken from it).
The remastered 25th anniversary BD did NOT have the same color grading as the 35mm print/2007 BD. Not even close:
Also, that annoying black line in that shot of DeNiro saying "I can't have it...I can't have it"? It was there on the print.
