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abudgell · 01-10-2013, 05:50 AM

"Raintree County" is my number one most wanted film on Blu...it didn't even receive a Region 1 DVD release, although it was released in fullscreen by WB in Spain. I asked the Warner Archive about "Raintree County" just yesterday and received this response: "WHV considering for the future, but certainly not any time soon. This will be a very costly undertaking."

That's the answer I've received for the past 8 years from them in online chats and via their FB page since the launch of the Warner Archive Collection. I came across this interesting post this evening on Film Score Monthly's message board. I guess the reason the film is so problematic is because the full Roadshow Version doesn't exist anymore in 65mm. The 14 minutes or so that were cut out only exist in 35mm, which is why those scenes are so jarring and appear faded when we watch the Roadshow version on TCM. Here's a link to that thread (it's the fifth post down): http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/boar...8870&archive=0

It all seems sort of bleak for "Raintree", but I'm keeping my finger's crossed. It probably won't do much good, but I started a Facebook fan page as sort of a petition. If nothing else it will be a great place for me to share some of the hundreds of rare photos my friend has allowed me to share from her collection. Here's the link if any of you want to like the page: http://facebook.com/RaintreeOnBlu

Andy

01-10-2013, 05:50 AM	#1
abudgell Senior Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Ontario, Canada 4K collection:22 Blu-ray collection:437 DVD collection:309 Digital collection:42	Raintree county "Raintree County" is my number one most wanted film on Blu...it didn't even receive a Region 1 DVD release, although it was released in fullscreen by WB in Spain. I asked the Warner Archive about "Raintree County" just yesterday and received this response: "WHV considering for the future, but certainly not any time soon. This will be a very costly undertaking." That's the answer I've received for the past 8 years from them in online chats and via their FB page since the launch of the Warner Archive Collection. I came across this interesting post this evening on Film Score Monthly's message board. I guess the reason the film is so problematic is because the full Roadshow Version doesn't exist anymore in 65mm. The 14 minutes or so that were cut out only exist in 35mm, which is why those scenes are so jarring and appear faded when we watch the Roadshow version on TCM. Here's a link to that thread (it's the fifth post down): http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/boar...8870&archive=0 It all seems sort of bleak for "Raintree", but I'm keeping my finger's crossed. It probably won't do much good, but I started a Facebook fan page as sort of a petition. If nothing else it will be a great place for me to share some of the hundreds of rare photos my friend has allowed me to share from her collection. Here's the link if any of you want to like the page: http://facebook.com/RaintreeOnBlu Andy

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