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[pro-bassoonist]

Gaumont Classic Titles

English-friendly and Region-Free (reviewed) releases:

1. Les tontons flingueurs Blu-ray
2. La nuit de Varennes Blu-ray
3. Danton Blu-ray
4. French Cancan Blu-ray
5. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé Blu-ray
6. Cousin cousine Blu-ray
7. City of Women Blu-ray
8. Captain Fracassa's Journey Blu-ray
10. What Time Is It? Blu-ray
11. Splendor Blu-ray
12. Elena and Her Men Blu-ray
13. The Bronte Sisters Blu-ray
14. Le Pacha Blu-ray
15. Un Taxi pour Tobrouk Blu-ray
16. Querelle Blu-ray
17. Swann in Love
18. Bande à part/Band of Outsiders
19. La Chinoise Blu-ray
20. Antoine et Antoinette Blu-ray
21. Les amants de Montparnasse Blu-ray
22. Loulou Blu-ray
23. Van Gogh Blu-ray
24. A nos amours Blu-ray
25. Police Blu-ray
26. We Won't Grow Older Together Blu-ray
27. I Hate Actors Blu-ray
28. Under the Sun of Satan Blu-ray
29. Le cerveau Blu-ray
30. Alexandre le bienheureux Blu-ray
31. Identification of a Woman
32. Conversation Piece
33. The Murderer Lives at 21
34. Pardon Mon Affaire Blu-ray
35. We Will All Meet in Paradise Blu-ray
36. Les Risky Business Blu-ray
37. Madame de... Blu-ray
38. Le Plaisir Blu-ray
39. La Gifle Blu-ray
40. Péril en la demeure Blu-ray REVIEW
41. Zazie dans le metro Blu-ray
42. Murmur of the Heart
43. Au revoir les enfants Blu-ray
44. Elevator to the Gallows Blu-ray


Pro-B

[pro-bassoonist]

Discoveries Collection

ONLY ENGLISH-FRIENDLY TITLES

(IN PROGRESS....)

[tenia]

Don't forget Le beau Serge and Les cousins for September 14th.
The Scola are for October 19th.

You have the specs here : http://www.dvdclassik.com/news/news_bluray.php

All 5 should have English subs. I don't know yet about the Region code yet, however.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by tenia

Don't forget Le beau Serge and Les cousins for September 14th.

Tenia,

They are/were already included in the big list (see top). I don't have covers for Mr. Scola's films yet, though.

[Kaminari]

Nice topic.

Would be wonderful if Jérôme Soulet or someone from Gaumont Vidéo could show up here from time to time.

For reference: DVDClassik interview with Gaumont Vidéo.

[pro-bassoonist]

Jerome is already a member

[tenia]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Tenia,

They are/were already included in the big list (see top). I don't have covers for Mr. Scola's films yet, though.

Oh ok. Sorry, I didn't see that the Chabrol covers were on top.

[RDA]

Nice one pro-b! I only own 'Un condamné à mort s'est échappé' so far but I'm hoping to pick up more of the releases with English subtitles. I'm not sure about the other releases with English subtitles, but I was a little disappointed that the special features on 'Un condamné à mort s'est échappé' didn't have English subtitles too.

I hope Gaumont continue to make their releases English friendly though. It's just a shame more aren't English friendly as I would have bought films like 'Le Silence De La Mer' day one.

Have Gaumont made an announcement of what will be released after the Scola films yet?

[cineberry]

Originally Posted by RDA

Have Gaumont made an announcement of what will be released after the Scola films yet?

Jérôme Soulet from Gaumont has announced the release of two titles in february 2012 :
- The adventures of Arsène Lupin (Jacques Becker / 1957)
- The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (Claude Autant-Lara / 1961)

[pro-bassoonist]

NEWS
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=7057

French distributors Gaumont have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray three films directed by Ettore Scola: Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa a.k.a Captain Fracassa's Journey (1989), Che ora è? a.k.a What Time Is It? (1989), and Splendor (1989). The preliminary information supplied by the distributors indicates that all three will be English-friendly. Street date is October 19th.

[Arkadin]

the best French label hands down for blu-ray.
I have around 5 of their bds I think, and they are all just fantastic.
the only wish would be that English subs would be present on all titles, but I guess it is not contractually possible.
I just don't see the more obscure releases ever getting a NA release, so that basically means they will stay unavailable to non French speaking individuals, and that's a real shame.
I know I would love to check out these more obscure French classics, but obviously the lack of English subs pretty much ends the conversation.
Still, Gaumont does a great job, and can't wait to see what they've got planned for next year.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

the best French label hands down for blu-ray.
I have around 5 of their bds I think, and they are all just fantastic.
the only wish would be that English subs would be present on all titles, but I guess it is not contractually possible.
I just don't see the more obscure releases ever getting a NA release, so that basically means they will stay unavailable to non French speaking individuals, and that's a real shame.
I know I would love to check out these more obscure French classics, but obviously the lack of English subs pretty much ends the conversation.
Still, Gaumont does a great job, and can't wait to see what they've got planned for next year.

Many times this can be the case, but also, in reading their interview on DVDClassik, it appears that it can cost Gaumont around 2000 Euros to create English subtitles for a film for release, so obviously, when all is said and done, some of those titles might not justify the expense.

[pro-bassoonist]

Covers updated.

Pro-B

[whitesheik]

Really sorry the Fantomas set is not English-friendly. It was the same with the DVD set. I'm fond of those films and would love to see them, but would need subtitles or an English dub (I saw the films in the US and all were dubbed).

[pro-bassoonist]

Upcoming releases:

2012

January
Le masque de fer (Henri Decoin)
Les mystères de Paris (André Hunebelle)
La guerre des boutons (Yves Robert)

February
Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin (Jacques Becker)
Le comte de Monte-Cristo (Claude Autant-Lara)

March
Boulevard du rhum (Robert Enrico)
Un papillon sur l'épaule (Jacques Deray)

[tenia]

The 2 Chabrol have English subs for the main feature and are region free.

[RDA]

Watched 'Cousin Cousine' last night, what a great film! Going to order some of the English friendly releases next week. Has anyone ordered direct from the Gaumont shop?

Btw, there's a little catalogue with 'Cousin Cousine' and it indicates that 'Don Giovanni' is a Gaumont Classic release so needs to be added to the list.

Also, are those definitely the only 7 English friendly releases? Just want to make sure I know which titles are available before I order.

[pro-bassoonist]

Hi RDA,

Yes, those are the English-friendly ones from the Classics series. The Chabrol discs are also English-friendly, but we do not have reviews because we covered the Criterion releases. If there is any interest, perhaps we could do reviews later on, but people/members will have to let me know.

We will have reviews for the three Scola films, which have been announced as English-friendly.

Also, I will make sure to update the thread with the rest of the Gaumont titles (outside of the Classics line) this week

Edit: Forgot to add, Don Giovanni and Carmen are also English-friendly, but they are actually music titles, which is why I did not have them on the list. I will add them up as well.

Pro-B

[pro-bassoonist]

Captain Fracassa's Journey Blu-ray REVIEW

[RDA]

Cool! This is the only one of the three new Scola film releases I haven't seen, and I'm very tempted to order the blu-ray now!

Not sure if it's Gaumont or not, but I would love to see Scola's 'A Special Day' on blu-ray too.

Pro-b, do you know if any of the announced 2012 titles will have English subtitles?