Unreleased UK Blu-ray Wish List - Blu-ray Forum

Ozman79 · 09-02-2020, 12:55 PM

Thought it might be interesting to see what everyone has at the top of their wish lists for films that haven't had an official (or decent) Blu-ray release in the UK. Inspired by my envy of US releases (Criterion, I'm looking at you). Yes, I know we can all buy region-free players and have at it, but putting that aside for a moment, what films are you really desperate to see get a UK release?

My picks...

Until the End of the World (287-minute cut)
I saw this film on TV in the late 90s and loved it. It was the 179-minute cut and was probably the longest film I'd ever watched at that point. A few years later I heard there was a longer cut and have been dying to see it ever since. Unfortunately the only option other than the recent US release seems to be a German disc which doesn't feature English subs for the non-English parts. Hopefully Criterion will release this in the UK at some point.

The War of the Worlds (1953)
One of my absolute favourite 50s sci-fi films, and I've been hoping for a Blu release for years. Again, Criterion have released a decent version in the US, so fingers crossed it makes it across the pond at some point.

In the Mouth of Madness
IMO a massively underrated Carpenter film I'd love to see get a decent UK release. Aside from the US Scream Factory release there are a couple of European versions (Spanish & German?) but I think this one deserves a proper UK outing.

Ju-On
After the success of their Ring set, I think these films would be prime Arrow territory. I'd love to see The Curse 1&2 and The Grudge 1&2 in a nice little limited edition boxset. Even better if they could include forerunners Katasumi and 4444444444 as extras.

Uzumaki
Another Japanese horror that I think is long overdue for a UK release. I know this one wasn't as critically acclaimed as other notable J-horror films, but it's got a great style and feel to it and thoroughly deserves a release.

The Day After
Came out a year before Threads and deals with the same subject matter from a US perspective. There's a 2-disc US edition available, so I'm hoping we get a UK release at some point.

Terror Firmer
Possibly the craziest film I've ever watched. About as low budget as it gets, and a story that's messed up even by Troma's usual standards (or lack of). Would likely still look like shit in full HD, but if Tromeo & Juliet can get a UK release than this one should too.

Arrowheadrevisited · 09-02-2020, 01:06 PM

All of the above, plus:

Freddy Got Fingered
Real Genius
Dead Man On Campus
American Werewolf In Paris
Body Bags
Tales From The Crypt Complete Series
The Outer Limits Complete Series (including 90s series)
BD upgrade of the Optimum Ultimate Hammer set
Ichi The Killer
The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow set
True Lies
20th Century Boys trilogy

I don't ask for much...

samdaman94 · 09-02-2020, 01:13 PM

Just some classic TV boxsets for me, really. Would love the classic 70s Columbo, and the entire Seinfeld. Films-wise, my wishlist is entirely 4K - eg. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

Ozman79 · 09-02-2020, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arrowheadrevisited

All of the above, plus:

Freddy Got Fingered
Real Genius
Dead Man On Campus
American Werewolf In Paris
Body Bags
Tales From The Crypt Complete Series
The Outer Limits Complete Series (including 90s series)
BD upgrade of the Optimum Ultimate Hammer set
Ichi The Killer
The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow set
True Lies
20th Century Boys trilogy

I don't ask for much...

Some great picks there. Can't believe I forgot about True Lies, which being a Cameron film also leads me to wonder when the hell we'll get The Abyss too. I'm sure I read that Cameron was supervising a transfer in 2018, but not heard anything since.

I'd also happily pay whatever they asked for The Outer Limits. Especially the 90s series.

Ozman79 · 09-02-2020, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samdaman94

Would love the classic 70s Columbo

That would be wonderful. I have the DVD set, but I'd buy a Blu-ray set in a second.

hoejunter · 09-02-2020, 01:18 PM

Off the top of my head:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (done properly)
Angel
Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail
Moonstruck
What's Love Got to Do With It?

Arrowheadrevisited · 09-02-2020, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ozman79

I'd also happily pay whatever they asked for The Outer Limits. Especially the 90s series.

There's an Australian set of the original run, but it's pretty pricey... I'll patiently wait for a UK release as I've yet to finish the Twilight Zone set, which set the bar for what an OL set could look like. Here's hoping!

Wes M. · 09-02-2020, 01:25 PM

Fine selections mentioned. It's a sure sign how spoiled the film collector is these days, that with every passing year my wish list gets smaller and smaller. Still, I'd love to see the BFI do a Blu-Ray edition of their Early Films of Peter Greenaway DVD set, encompassing his debut film and 3-hour masterpiece, The Falls. I'd like to see a UK Blu of Nightwatching as well, it's mystifying that Axiom issued this great film in the UK on DVD only. Scandinavian editions are now hard to find so a UK issue feels long overdue...

I'm tempted to add Warhol's The Chelsea Girls and Bob Dylan's Renaldo and Clara but it seems unlikely either will get a release any time soon...

Spiderwalk · 09-02-2020, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by hoejunter

off the top of my head:

Buffy the vampire slayer (done properly)
angel
sleepless in seattle
you've got mail
moonstruck
what's love got to do with it?

Ozman79 · 09-02-2020, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arrowheadrevisited

There's an Australian set of the original run, but it's pretty pricey... I'll patiently wait for a UK release as I've yet to finish the Twilight Zone set, which set the bar for what an OL set could look like. Here's hoping!

Oof, yes £130 is a bit steep. Thanks for reminding me that I still need to pick up that Twilight Zone set though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoejunter

Off the top of my head:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (done properly)
Angel

These two would be an automatic "shut up and take my money", along with Star Trek: DS9.

princessgleek · 09-02-2020, 02:18 PM

Short Cuts, that's out in America, surprised Arrow haven't released it in the UK

CinemaScope · 09-02-2020, 02:50 PM

From Criterion:

The Great Escape - redo (1963)
Blow-Up (1966)
Barry Lyndon - redo (1975)
All That Jazz (1979)

I actually have Great Escape & Blow-Up, I can play them using the Panasonic trick, but I'd double dip for a region B release.

Kino:

The four Universal/Paramount Hope/Crosby Road To films (Singapore/Zanzibar/Morocco/Utopia). It's funny that they haven't been released anywhere in Europe yet.

The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Konga (1961)

I'm sure there's a few more, but that's all I can think of right now.

chip75 · 09-02-2020, 02:56 PM

Generally these threads get moved to the US section, I don't think we've got room for another "sticky", but it would be nice to have a section for UK and European movies not yet released on Blu-ray.

midnightcowboy · 09-02-2020, 03:28 PM

8mm
Alligator
Arachnophobia
As Good As It Gets
Bringing Out The Dead
Chopper
The Dead Zone
The Devils
Enter The Void
Freaks
Freddy Got Fingered
The Getaway (1972)
The Ghost and the Darkness
Happiness
The Hitcher
Insomnia (2002)
The Jungle Book (1994)
Kids
Lake Placid
Lenny
Monster (2003)
The Osterman Weekend
Outbreak
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
The Pledge
The Prowler
Razorback
Talk Radio
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Witness
Wonder Boys

drush9999 · 09-02-2020, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

I'll bet we get a UK Criterion release as well

fatboyslim142 · 09-02-2020, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arrowheadrevisited

All of the above, plus:

Freddy Got Fingered
Real Genius
Dead Man On Campus
American Werewolf In Paris
Body Bags
Tales From The Crypt Complete Series
The Outer Limits Complete Series (including 90s series)
BD upgrade of the Optimum Ultimate Hammer set
Ichi The Killer
The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow set
True Lies
20th Century Boys trilogy

I don't ask for much...

Those John Woo ones will NEVER happen unless someone buy the company that made them as they've moved into a different business & have NO interest in releasing them.

fatboyslim142 · 09-02-2020, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by midnightcowboy

8mm
Alligator
Arachnophobia
As Good As It Gets
Bringing Out The Dead
Chopper
The Dead Zone
The Devils
Enter The Void
Freaks
Freddy Got Fingered
The Getaway (1972)
The Ghost and the Darkness
Happiness
The Hitcher
Insomnia (2002)
The Jungle Book (1994)
Kids
Lake Placid
Lenny
Monster (2003)
The Osterman Weekend
Outbreak
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
The Pledge
The Prowler
Razorback
Talk Radio
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Witness
Wonder Boys

The Getaway (1972) already has a UK BD release from Warner.

bup · 09-02-2020, 04:28 PM

Robert Altman
anything, especially:
Short Cuts
The Player
Brewster McCloud

Albert Brooks
Real Life
Lost in America
Defending Your Life

Alfred Hitchcock
Notorious
Foreign Correspondent
Under Capricorn

Fritz Lang
anything, especially:
Scarlet Street
Indian Epic

Ernst Lubitsch
Design For Living
To Be or Not To Be
Shop Around the Corner
Trouble in Paradise
The Smiling Lieutenant
Cluny Brown

David Lynch
The Straight Story
Twin Peaks & The Return 4K

Takashi Miike
Gozu
The Bird People in China
Ace Attorney
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable
Like A Dragon
Deadly Outlaw Rekka
The Mole Song 1&2

Martin Scorsese
After Hours
Bringing Out the Dead
Kundun

Sion Sono
Suicide Club
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Strange Circus
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Forest of Love

Misc.
anything Jerry Lewis
anything Frank Tashlin
more Kurosawa
more Preston Sturges
more Columbo
Broadcast News
An Elephant Sitting Still
Kaili Blues
Le deuxième souffle
Mikey & Nicky
The Heartbreak Kid
The Devils

stepeanut · 09-02-2020, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Wes M.

... Bob Dylan's Renaldo and Clara but it seems unlikely ....

I think the Scorsese doc on the Rolling Thunder Revue has put to bed any chance we ever had of seeing the full four-hour Renaldo & Clara released officially. Bob does like playing his little games.

Yaboi Miggs · 09-02-2020, 05:06 PM

The Wind
Greed
Way Down East
Orphans of the Storm
The Crowd
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Beggars of Life
My Best Girl
Seventh Heaven
A Page of Madness
Platinum Blonde
Meet John Doe
Arsenic and Old Lace
Duel in the Sun
Letter From An Unknown Woman
Winchester '73
The Robe
Brigadoon
Johnny Guitar
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Kirk Douglas)
The Idiot (Kurosawa)
Red Beard
Dersu Uzala
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Peking Opera Blues
Pedicab Driver
Silence of the Lambs REMASTERED
The complete 80s/90s works of Zhang Yimou
In the Mood for Love/2046
Zatoichi (Kitano)

09-02-2020, 12:55 PM	#1
Ozman79 Active Member Member since:Nov 2014 Location:Manchester 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:729 DVD collection:44	Unreleased UK Blu-ray Wish List Thought it might be interesting to see what everyone has at the top of their wish lists for films that haven't had an official (or decent) Blu-ray release in the UK. Inspired by my envy of US releases (Criterion, I'm looking at you). Yes, I know we can all buy region-free players and have at it, but putting that aside for a moment, what films are you really desperate to see get a UK release? My picks... Until the End of the World (287-minute cut) I saw this film on TV in the late 90s and loved it. It was the 179-minute cut and was probably the longest film I'd ever watched at that point. A few years later I heard there was a longer cut and have been dying to see it ever since. Unfortunately the only option other than the recent US release seems to be a German disc which doesn't feature English subs for the non-English parts. Hopefully Criterion will release this in the UK at some point. The War of the Worlds (1953) One of my absolute favourite 50s sci-fi films, and I've been hoping for a Blu release for years. Again, Criterion have released a decent version in the US, so fingers crossed it makes it across the pond at some point. In the Mouth of Madness IMO a massively underrated Carpenter film I'd love to see get a decent UK release. Aside from the US Scream Factory release there are a couple of European versions (Spanish & German?) but I think this one deserves a proper UK outing. Ju-On After the success of their Ring set, I think these films would be prime Arrow territory. I'd love to see The Curse 1&2 and The Grudge 1&2 in a nice little limited edition boxset. Even better if they could include forerunners Katasumi and 4444444444 as extras. Uzumaki Another Japanese horror that I think is long overdue for a UK release. I know this one wasn't as critically acclaimed as other notable J-horror films, but it's got a great style and feel to it and thoroughly deserves a release. The Day After Came out a year before Threads and deals with the same subject matter from a US perspective. There's a 2-disc US edition available, so I'm hoping we get a UK release at some point. Terror Firmer Possibly the craziest film I've ever watched. About as low budget as it gets, and a story that's messed up even by Troma's usual standards (or lack of). Would likely still look like shit in full HD, but if Tromeo & Juliet can get a UK release than this one should too.

09-02-2020, 02:50 PM	#12
CinemaScope Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2011 Location:London	From Criterion: The Great Escape - redo (1963) Blow-Up (1966) Barry Lyndon - redo (1975) All That Jazz (1979) I actually have Great Escape & Blow-Up, I can play them using the Panasonic trick, but I'd double dip for a region B release. Kino: The four Universal/Paramount Hope/Crosby Road To films (Singapore/Zanzibar/Morocco/Utopia). It's funny that they haven't been released anywhere in Europe yet. The Ghost Breakers (1940) Konga (1961) I'm sure there's a few more, but that's all I can think of right now. Last edited by CinemaScope; 09-02-2020 at 02:55 PM.

09-02-2020, 04:28 PM	#18
bup Junior Member Member since:Jan 2019 4K collection:22 Blu-ray collection:981	Robert Altman anything, especially: Short Cuts The Player Brewster McCloud Albert Brooks Real Life Lost in America Defending Your Life Alfred Hitchcock Notorious Foreign Correspondent Under Capricorn Fritz Lang anything, especially: Scarlet Street Indian Epic Ernst Lubitsch Design For Living To Be or Not To Be Shop Around the Corner Trouble in Paradise The Smiling Lieutenant Cluny Brown David Lynch The Straight Story Twin Peaks & The Return 4K Takashi Miike Gozu The Bird People in China Ace Attorney Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Like A Dragon Deadly Outlaw Rekka The Mole Song 1&2 Martin Scorsese After Hours Bringing Out the Dead Kundun Sion Sono Suicide Club Why Don't You Play in Hell? Strange Circus Tokyo Vampire Hotel Forest of Love Misc. anything Jerry Lewis anything Frank Tashlin more Kurosawa more Preston Sturges more Columbo Broadcast News An Elephant Sitting Still Kaili Blues Le deuxième souffle Mikey & Nicky The Heartbreak Kid The Devils Last edited by bup; 09-02-2020 at 04:33 PM.

09-02-2020, 01:06 PM	#2
Arrowheadrevisited Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2020 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	All of the above, plus: Freddy Got Fingered Real Genius Dead Man On Campus American Werewolf In Paris Body Bags Tales From The Crypt Complete Series The Outer Limits Complete Series (including 90s series) BD upgrade of the Optimum Ultimate Hammer set Ichi The Killer The Killer Hard Boiled A Better Tomorrow set True Lies 20th Century Boys trilogy I don't ask for much...

09-02-2020, 01:13 PM	#3
samdaman94 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2009 Location:UK Trading Score:7	Just some classic TV boxsets for me, really. Would love the classic 70s Columbo, and the entire Seinfeld. Films-wise, my wishlist is entirely 4K - eg. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

09-02-2020, 01:18 PM	#6
hoejunter Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2019 Location:England 4K collection:389 Blu-ray collection:1109	Off the top of my head: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (done properly) Angel Sleepless in Seattle You've Got Mail Moonstruck What's Love Got to Do With It?

09-02-2020, 01:25 PM	#8
Wes M. Active Member Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Ireland Blu-ray collection:1011	Fine selections mentioned. It's a sure sign how spoiled the film collector is these days, that with every passing year my wish list gets smaller and smaller. Still, I'd love to see the BFI do a Blu-Ray edition of their *Early Films of Peter Greenaway* DVD set, encompassing his debut film and 3-hour masterpiece, *The Falls. I'd like to see a UK Blu of Nightwatching* as well, it's mystifying that Axiom issued this great film in the UK on DVD only. Scandinavian editions are now hard to find so a UK issue feels long overdue... I'm tempted to add Warhol's *The Chelsea Girls* and Bob Dylan's *Renaldo and Clara* but it seems unlikely either will get a release any time soon...

09-02-2020, 02:18 PM	#11
princessgleek Senior Member Member since:Mar 2018 Blu-ray collection:34 DVD collection:1 Trading Score:5	Short Cuts, that's out in America, surprised Arrow haven't released it in the UK

09-02-2020, 02:56 PM	#13
chip75 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Wales 4K collection:304 Blu-ray collection:3100 DVD collection:1782 iTunes collection:230 Trading Score:9	Generally these threads get moved to the US section, I don't think we've got room for another "sticky", but it would be nice to have a section for UK and European movies not yet released on Blu-ray.

09-02-2020, 03:28 PM	#14
midnightcowboy New Member Member since:Aug 2018 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:71	8mm Alligator Arachnophobia As Good As It Gets Bringing Out The Dead Chopper The Dead Zone The Devils Enter The Void Freaks Freddy Got Fingered The Getaway (1972) The Ghost and the Darkness Happiness The Hitcher Insomnia (2002) The Jungle Book (1994) Kids Lake Placid Lenny Monster (2003) The Osterman Weekend Outbreak Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid The Pledge The Prowler Razorback Talk Radio Welcome to the Dollhouse Witness Wonder Boys

09-02-2020, 05:06 PM	#20
Yaboi Miggs Banned Member since:Aug 2019	The Wind Greed Way Down East Orphans of the Storm The Crowd The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Beggars of Life My Best Girl Seventh Heaven A Page of Madness Platinum Blonde Meet John Doe Arsenic and Old Lace Duel in the Sun Letter From An Unknown Woman Winchester '73 The Robe Brigadoon Johnny Guitar 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Kirk Douglas) The Idiot (Kurosawa) Red Beard Dersu Uzala Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Peking Opera Blues Pedicab Driver Silence of the Lambs REMASTERED The complete 80s/90s works of Zhang Yimou In the Mood for Love/2046 Zatoichi (Kitano)

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