Harper (1966) / The Drowning Pool (1975) coming from WAC - Blu-ray Forum

Akijama · 12-13-2017, 08:33 PM

Coming in 2018

https://www.facebook.com/warnerarchi...5977544201563/

AKORIS · 12-13-2017, 08:35 PM

good to hear!!

The Drowning Pool next?

octagon · 12-13-2017, 08:36 PM

Yup, Harper and The Drowning Pool and both are very, very good news.

Akijama · 12-13-2017, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AKORIS

good to hear!!

The Drowning Pool next?

As Octagon stated, The Drowning Pool is also coming next year. Updated the thread title.

AKORIS · 12-13-2017, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Akijama

As Octagon stated, The Drowning Pool is also coming next year. Updated the thread title.

don't know how I missed that!!!

Akijama · 12-13-2017, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AKORIS

don't know how I missed that!!!

It's not a big deal.

RCRochester · 12-13-2017, 09:34 PM

OMG, I’m on the verge of hyperventilating with excitement over this. I LOVE those films.

Akijama · 12-19-2017, 09:05 PM

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HARPER (1966)
NEW 2018 1080p HD REMASTER
Run Time 121:00
Subtitles English SDH
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Mono - English
ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.35:1, 16 X 9 LETTERBOX
COLOR
BD 50
Special Feature: Commentary by Screenwriter William Goldman; Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Paul Newman memorably plays the title role in this box-office hit based on Ross MacDonald’s The Moving Target. The first detective film in Newman’s then 23-film career, Harper revitalized the genre. Newman’s sleuth chews gum fast…and slips out of jams ever faster as he unravels a twisted case of kidnapping and murder. William Goldman’s clever script throws quips and a parade of LA-LA-Land characters Harper’s way. There’s a woman of means (Lauren Bacall), a gun-toting attorney (Arthur Hill), a poolside gigolo (Robert Wagner), a boozy ex-starlet (Shelley Winters), a jazz junkie (Julie Harris), Harper’s estranged wife (Janet Leigh) and the unholy order of the Temple of the Clouds (led by Strother Martin).

CinemaScope · 12-19-2017, 10:52 PM

I've never seen The Drowning Pool, so I'm not that interested in it, but Harper, wow. A big favourite, I saw it at the cinema all those years ago, great cast, great script & dialogue & a great story. It has that sixties fizazz.

octagon · 12-19-2017, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CinemaScope

I've never seen The Drowning Pool, so I'm not that interested in it, but Harper, wow. A big favourite, I saw it at the cinema all those years ago, great cast, great script & dialogue & a great story. It has that sixties fizazz.

You might want to use The Drowning Pool to pad out a 4/$44 order sometime down the road. It's been a while since I've seen TDP and while I wouldn't say it's quite as good as Harper, it's awfully good and features all the things you like about Harper.

Monterey Jack · 12-20-2017, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by octagon

You might want to use The Drowning Pool to pad out a 4/$44 order sometime down the road. It's been a while since I've seen TDP and while I wouldn't say it's quite as good as Harper, it's awfully good and features all the things you like about Harper.

Plus, it has a very sexy and young Melanie Griffith.

RCRochester · 12-20-2017, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by octagon

You might want to use The Drowning Pool to pad out a 4/$44 order sometime down the road. It's been a while since I've seen TDP and while I wouldn't say it's quite as good as Harper, it's awfully good and features all the things you like about Harper.

You can't have one and not the other!

I will point out though that Harper is very much a 60s movie in look and style. Drowning Pool is very much a 70s movie and has a drab and much more realistic feel to it. So although Drowning Pool is a sequel to Harper, it also feels like it's part of a different universe at times too. Newman is true to the character in both films, though, very sardonic and irreverent.

octagon · 12-21-2017, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by RCRochester

You can't have one and not the other!

I will point out though that Harper is very much a 60s movie in look and style. Drowning Pool is very much a 70s movie and has a drab and much more realistic feel to it. So although Drowning Pool is a sequel to Harper, it also feels like it's part of a different universe at times too. Newman is true to the character in both films, though, very sardonic and irreverent.

Yeah, it's even hard to think of one without the other coming to mind.

Fred Sliman · 12-24-2017, 12:27 PM

Major fan of both of these and couldn’t be happier to see their release from WAC, who have been doing stunning work with films from my favorite era. I saw The Drowning Pool the day it opened here in Baton Rouge; I seem to remember South Louisiana getting it quickly presumably due to its location shooting throughout the area. Having just seen Murray Hamilton in Jaws in its premiere week before, I enjoyed his colorful turn here.

As the previous poster mentions, both are very much of their time. Perhaps due to my unbridled love for 70s cinema, I have found Drowning to get better over the years as I have screened both often. It’s a great double feature, with the swinging atmosphere and smartass tone of much of the first evolving to something a bit more melancholy and seasoned in the second.

Both are stacked with great casts to the smallest roles and fine technical work. I’m particularly excited to see the blu upgrade benefit some of the darker photography in Drowning. I can’t wait to own them and heartily recommend them as a pair.

Rory · 12-24-2017, 12:56 PM

I like HARPER a lot, but THE DROWNING POOL isn't anywhere near as good. It has little of the style or wit of the first one, and is slow and drab in comparison. I watched it on Turner Classic Movies a few months ago. HARPER is a movie I don't even need to wonder if I should get on Blu-ray, but THE DROWNING POOL... I don't feel I ever need to see it again.

CinemaScope · 12-24-2017, 02:25 PM

I read on another site that the release date for Harper & The Drowning Pool is Feb. 27th.

balthazar_bee · 12-24-2017, 04:53 PM

It's been years, but I seem to remember The Drowning Pool being far more involving than Harper, which left me rather cold.

I'm in for both, but it's easily the least of the "Golden H of Newman" series. Stiff competition there.

Shanew800 · 01-20-2018, 06:19 PM

Harper is far better than Drowning Pool but as an average 70s flick in this genre with Paul Newman it's still worth owning.

ArnoldLayne56 · 01-28-2018, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Plus, it has a very sexy and young Melanie Griffith.

Don't miss her in Night Moves, also from WAC.

The Great Owl · 02-02-2018, 12:19 PM

Harper and The Drowning Pool are both $17.71 on Amazon this morning, so I pulled the trigger.

12-13-2017, 08:33 PM	#1
Akijama Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011	Harper (1966) / The Drowning Pool (1975) coming from WAC Coming in 2018 https://www.facebook.com/warnerarchi...5977544201563/

12-13-2017, 08:35 PM	#2
AKORIS Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Beautiful Pacific Northwest 4K collection:662 Blu-ray collection:3656 Blu-ray reviews:19	good to hear!! The Drowning Pool next?

12-13-2017, 08:36 PM	#3
octagon Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Chicago 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:2799	Yup, Harper and The Drowning Pool and both are very, very good news.

12-13-2017, 09:34 PM	#7
RCRochester Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2017 Trading Score:9	OMG, I’m on the verge of hyperventilating with excitement over this. I LOVE those films.

12-19-2017, 10:52 PM	#9
CinemaScope Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2011 Location:London	I've never seen The Drowning Pool, so I'm not that interested in it, but Harper, wow. A big favourite, I saw it at the cinema all those years ago, great cast, great script & dialogue & a great story. It has that sixties fizazz.

12-24-2017, 12:27 PM	#14
Fred Sliman Active Member Member since:Nov 2013 Location:Baton Rouge, LA 4K collection:199 Blu-ray collection:7979 DVD collection:2822	Major fan of both of these and couldn’t be happier to see their release from WAC, who have been doing stunning work with films from my favorite era. I saw The Drowning Pool the day it opened here in Baton Rouge; I seem to remember South Louisiana getting it quickly presumably due to its location shooting throughout the area. Having just seen Murray Hamilton in Jaws in its premiere week before, I enjoyed his colorful turn here. As the previous poster mentions, both are very much of their time. Perhaps due to my unbridled love for 70s cinema, I have found Drowning to get better over the years as I have screened both often. It’s a great double feature, with the swinging atmosphere and smartass tone of much of the first evolving to something a bit more melancholy and seasoned in the second. Both are stacked with great casts to the smallest roles and fine technical work. I’m particularly excited to see the blu upgrade benefit some of the darker photography in Drowning. I can’t wait to own them and heartily recommend them as a pair.

12-24-2017, 12:56 PM	#15
Rory Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray reviews: 3	I like HARPER a lot, but THE DROWNING POOL isn't anywhere near as good. It has little of the style or wit of the first one, and is slow and drab in comparison. I watched it on Turner Classic Movies a few months ago. HARPER is a movie I don't even need to wonder if I should get on Blu-ray, but THE DROWNING POOL... I don't feel I ever need to see it again.

12-24-2017, 02:25 PM	#16
CinemaScope Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2011 Location:London	I read on another site that the release date for Harper & The Drowning Pool is Feb. 27th.

12-24-2017, 04:53 PM	#17
balthazar_bee Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2011	It's been years, but I seem to remember The Drowning Pool being far more involving than Harper, which left me rather cold. I'm in for both, but it's easily the least of the "Golden H of Newman" series. Stiff competition there.

01-20-2018, 06:19 PM	#18
Shanew800 Member Member since:Jan 2013 Location:Georgia 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:1160 DVD collection:176	Harper is far better than Drowning Pool but as an average 70s flick in this genre with Paul Newman it's still worth owning.

02-02-2018, 12:19 PM	#20
The Great Owl Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Georgia 4K collection:921 Blu-ray collection:6029 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 255 Trading Score:6	Harper and The Drowning Pool are both $17.71 on Amazon this morning, so I pulled the trigger.

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