ROCK HUDSON on Blu-ray - The Official thread

[filmmusic]

Rock Hudson is one of my favourite male actors, and I hope more films come on Bluray soon.
( hopefully Criterion upgrades to Magnificent Obsession and Written in the wind, his other 2 films with Doris Day and The Spiral Road).
Now, this thread is mainly for the US releases, but I included a UK one too.
There are some more Blurays of 10 other films in other countries, but most of them are of questionable quality by small studios so I haven't included them here.

US:




UK:



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You can read below a list of his theatrical only films.
(I haven't included TV films, TV shows and films he's uncredited)

In BLUE you have the releases I have included above, and in PURPLE the releases of the rest of the world.

• The Ambassador (1984)
• The Devlin Connection III (1982)
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
• Avalanche (1978)
• Embryo (1976)
• Showdown (1973)
• Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
• Hornets' Nest (1970)
• Darling Lili (1970)
• The Undefeated (1969)
• Ruba al prossimo tuo (1969)
... aka "A Fine Pair" - USA
• Ice Station Zebra (1968)
• Tobruk (1967)
• Seconds (1966) n
• Blindfold (1965)
• A Very Special Favor (1965)
• Strange Bedfellows (1965)
• Send Me No Flowers (1964) upcoming
• Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
• A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
• The Spiral Road (1962)
• Lover Come Back (1961) upcoming
• Come September (1961)
• The Last Sunset (1961)
• Pillow Talk (1959)
• This Earth Is Mine (1959)
• Twilight for the Gods (1958)
• A Farewell to Arms (1957)
• The Tarnished Angels (1957)
• Something of Value (1957)
• Battle Hymn (1957)
• Written on the Wind (1956)
• Giant (1956)
• Never Say Goodbye (1956)
• All That Heaven Allows (1955)
• One Desire (1955)
• Captain Lightfoot (1955)
• Bengal Brigade (1954)
• Magnificent Obsession (1954)
• Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
• Back to God's Country (1953)
• Gun Fury (1953)
• The Golden Blade (1953)
• Sea Devils (1953)
• Seminole (1953)
• The Lawless Breed (1953)
• Horizons West (1952)
• Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952)
• Scarlet Angel (1952)
• Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
• Bend of the River (1952)
• Iron Man (1951)
• Bright Victory (1951)
• The Fat Man (1951)
• Air Cadet (1951)
• Tomahawk (1951)
• Shakedown (1950)
• The Desert Hawk (1950)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• Peggy (1950)
• I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
• Undertow (1949) (as Roc Hudson)

[Arkadin]

Taza, Son of Cochise coming to Germany.
who knows what the quality will be.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Taza-...lu-ray/100685/

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

Taza, Son of Cochise coming to Germany.
who knows what the quality will be.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Taza-...lu-ray/100685/

Thanks.
Just updated the list.

Yes, from comments I read about the Last Sunset it doesn't seem good.

[Arkadin]

well the last sunset is from Koch, not the same label this one is coming from.
Hansesound does have a poor reputation so far for their bds, but many koch releases are pretty good, so I'd be surprised if their bd of the last sunset was that poor.
Koch also has Captain Lightfoot as part of their Masterpieces of cinema series so I would expect that bd to look good.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Capta...lu-ray/113942/

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

Koch also has Captain Lightfoot as part of their Masterpieces of cinema series so I would expect that bd to look good.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Capta...lu-ray/113942/

Here's a couple of screenshots I've found:

[Arkadin]

the screenshots aren't appearing for me, but it may just be my computer. not sure.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

the screenshots aren't appearing for me, but it may just be my computer. not sure.

Hmm.. I'm not sure why. I updated my post with the images as links.

And here's The Last Sunset.
(well, it doesn't look good indeed)
Can you see these?

[Arkadin]

those shots I can see; the "links" came up on my computer as "403--Forbidden"
lol.
anyway, shots don't look great; don't look as awful as some might say they do. I feel pretty certain that the Koch bd is better than the universal dvd version, and I can almost guarantee you 100% Universal won't be releasing the last sunset in the US on blu-ray.
some of these foreign releases of obscure catalog titles will be the only bd releases that will ever exist.
the problem is we just don't know with 100% accuracy which ones might get released in the US.
although with "last sunset" I think we can safely rule that one out UNLESS Universal finally decides to open the vault for a distributor like Olive or Kino.
would be nice to see.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

those shots I can see; the "links" came up on my computer as "403--Forbidden"
lol.

Ok, I updated again my post with another image host.

Originally Posted by Arkadin

some of these foreign releases of obscure catalog titles will be the only bd releases that will ever exist.

Why do you say that ?
This would be disappointing..

[Arkadin]

well unless Universal cuts some kind of deal, which company would be releasing The Last Sunset or Captain Lightfoot in the US?
There isn't one because those are Universal controlled films.
Koch has a deal with Universal for all these lesser known catalogs that they have released in Germany.
and Koch has released a bunch of them.
why Universal is seemingly unwilling to make these type of deals in the US is anyone's guess.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

well unless Universal cuts some kind of deal, which company would be releasing The Last Sunset or Captain Lightfoot in the US?
There isn't one because those are Universal controlled films.
Koch has a deal with Universal for all these lesser known catalogs that they have released in Germany.
and Koch has released a bunch of them.
why Universal is seemingly unwilling to make these type of deals in the US is anyone's guess.

I guess it's understandable why we don't have more releases of Rock Hudson films.
Noone seems to care here except you and me, judging from this thread.

[filmmusic]

Well, talking about Cary Grant in the other thread, I guess there is not much on this front either, is there?

[lilboyblu]

Watched "All That Heaven Allows" on Thursday, and "Pillow Talk" last year. I really enjoyed both of them and own most of the other blus from the back catalog already. Never knew much about him before seeing these two releases, but he was a good actor.

[BluPat]

Love Rock Hudson. He was so handsome and such a great actor. Hopefully we'll get more Blu-ray releases in the states soon.

[Pirate King]

Would love to have Darling Lili. Rock and Julie Andrews!

[filmmusic]

Hornet's Nest was just announced from Kino!

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topi...nes/?p=4222004

[Blu Fanatic]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I guess it's understandable why we don't have more releases of Rock Hudson films.
Noone seems to care here except you and me, judging from this thread.

While I have to admit that I'm not a HUGE fan of Rock Hudson's entire body of work I will also say that the films of his that I do like are some of my all time favorites. Along with great dramatic work in films like Giant and Ice Station Zebra he showed himself to be a true master of romantic comedy. Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, and Send Me No Flowers are all great fun with Pillow Talk being a true classic. And then there's Man's Favorite Sport?... a film that always makes it on my list of top ten favorite movies.

[filmmusic]

Well, although I would prefer other films, it seems A Farewell to Arms will be coming too!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=268214

[filmmusic]

Great news for Hudson fans!
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=273560