historical epics on Blu-ray?

[classicfilmcollector]

The ones I can name are

Doctor Zhivago
Gladiator
The Last of the Mohicans (Fall 2010)
The Passion of Christ
Braveheart
Spartacus
The Last Samurai

[Arkadin]

The Fall of the Roman Empire
El Cid
Quo Vadis
The Robe (?)
Ran
Dances With Wolves (?)
Red Cliff
The English Patient (?)
Gone With The Wind
Patton
The Bridge On the River Kwai
A Passage To India
How The West Was Won
The Longest Day

[Skafish]

The biggest of them all " Gone with the Wind"

[ozzsoad]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gangs of New York
The New World
There Will Be Blood
Troy

[Jutty]

ZULU
Battle of Britain

[toddly6666]

Jodhaa Akbar

[Freekman]

300
Mongol

[classicfilmcollector]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

The Fall of the Roman Empire
El Cid

Cant find the following

[surfdude12]

My favorites on Blu:

1. GWTW
2. Barry Lyndon (coming 2011)
3. The Leopard
4. Gandhi
5. The Last Emperor
6. Kingdom of Heaven - DC

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by classicfilmcollector

Cant find the following

I believe those were released in Europe, at least El Cid was. However, the quality wasn't very good, so I wouldn't buy them.

[Sinbad75]

Good topic for discussion, which begs the question, "Why so few great film epics on Blu-ray?"

Where's:

Ben Hur
Khartoum
The Agony and the Ecstasy
55 Days at Peking
The Ten Commandments
The Vikings
Prince Valiant
Cleopatra
El Cid

[ozzsoad]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

My favorites on Blu:

1. GWTW
2. Barry Lyndon (coming 2011)
3. The Leopard
4. Gandhi
5. The Last Emperor
6. Kingdom of Heaven - DC

Saw that for the first time yesterday, a great film. I pretty much knew nothing about it before seeing it, but it has become one of my favorite Kubrick films.

Got to see it on Netflix Instant Watch in HD, should be pretty awesome on Blu-ray.

[SquidPuppet]

John Adams
Rome

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

John Adams
Rome

Love those! HBO should really do a mini-series on Washington.

[Arkadin]

El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire were released in Germany.
While the quality may not be as good as it could have been, but it's not terrible by any means, and most likely they will never be released in better bd versions anytime soon imo.
FOTRE looks a bit better than El Cid.
dvdbeaver has reviews of both discs that are mostly favorable.
imo they are well worth importing, and are good "hidden" bd classics that most people know nothing about.
they are region b locked however.
btw Sinbad75--Prince Valiant is out in the UK region free on Eureka; Ben Hur coming next year; The Agony and Ecstasy is coming from Fox I thought they indicated this year but no announcement yet for some reason; El Cid out in Germany as indicated, though locked.

[bluskies]

To the OP, be patient, there will be more.

And Mutiny on the Bounty (the Gable version) will be out very soon.

[peter008]

patton
the battle of britain
defiance
valkyrie
a bridge too far
battle of the bulge
saving private ryan
the longest day
u-571
pearl harbor
the diary of anne frank
troy
300
spartacus
amelia
apollo 13
raging bull
invincible
butch cassidy and...
wyatt earp
gods and generals
glory
flyboys
john adams
band of brothers
bonnie and clyde

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire were released in Germany.
While the quality may not be as good as it could have been, but it's not terrible by any means, and most likely they will never be released in better bd versions anytime soon imo.
FOTRE looks a bit better than El Cid.

Pro-B