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[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by thecalm_7

Forgive my ignorance but what's different between the roadshow and standard version? I've been in the dark of late with health, family, and a newborn.

The road show will be shown in theaters with 70 MM film formats if I remember correctly. The road show version is also longer by 6 mins so there's 2 cuts of the film. It also has an overture & intermission.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

Now that we've found the phantom pages, how funny would it be if they delayed the announcment? ;P

My most successful announcement day prediction ever!!

[Scottie]

One post closer to 7k pages.

[eiknarf]

Aaaaa I just realized its the 15th. Where's the list/news article with the next batch of releases?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by eiknarf

Aaaaa I just realized its the 15th. Where's the list/news article with the next batch of releases?

Tomorrow

[eiknarf]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

So, have we decided that "Criterion Announcement Day" is officially the 16th of every month yet?

Well, the 15th, today, Tuesday, is very close to the weekend, so that's probably why they needed an extra day.
Remember what they teach you in college kids: "Deadlines, Shmeadlines, they're not important"

[moviebuffed]

Originally Posted by eiknarf

Aaaaa I just realized its the 15th. Where's the list/news article with the next batch of releases?

Tune in tomorrow. As for a blu-ray upgrade, I'd love to see a box set of Lean On Dickens...Great Expectations and Oliver Twist are long overdue for an upgrade.

[Kaiju]

They better announce Ghost World. Soon.

[Edward J Grug III]

Page 7000 is kind of anti-climactic.

[AwkwardBoner]

Would love a Barton Fink announcement.

[Martin_31]

I wonder what Leone film Criterion will release?

[Ray Jackson]

Anyone know who the moderator for this forum is?

[filmmusic]

some time ago, i was wishing for Criterion to release The Best Intentions.
well, it's coming, but from the new label Film movement.
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=18137&page=

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

Since he's my favorite director, I would take any Leone film they could get their hands on, but I would prefer Once Upon a Time in America, especially if there were any special features pertaining to the long development of the project. A copy of Harry Grey's book The Hoods would be nice too. That thing is so damn expensive.

I'll be honest, I wouldn't bother with it if they release The Colossus of Rhodes.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

I'll be honest, I wouldn't bother with it if they release The Colossus of Rhodes.

I can't lie. Just for the sake of completion, I would buy it lol.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

I can't lie. Just for the sake of completion, I would buy it lol.

I'd love it!
it's time for Criterion to expand in the wonderful world of 50s-60s Italian peplum films!!

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Only marginally related, but I just bought a December 26 ticket to the 70mm Roadshow of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. I'm pretty fired up about that.

Nice! Booked my ticket today for December 28. First film shot in Ultra Panavision since Khartoum in '66. Both excited for the film itself, and to see a film in this format on the big screen.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by jmclick

[Show spoiler]To qualify for Oscar consideration during a given year, a film has to be shown theatrically in Los Angeles on or before December 31.

That rule has created some strange awards anomalies over the years. For example, Casablanca was shown theatrically in New York City and in other cities before the end of 1942. Accordingly, it won a lot of 1942 film prizes from other groups. But it didn't screen in Los Angeles until January of 1943, so it was ineligible for the 1942 Academy Awards, and Mrs. Miniver went on to win the Best Picture Oscar for 1942. A year later, Casablanca was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar of 1943, and won.

An even more extreme example involved Charlie Chaplin's film, Limelight. It was released in New York in 1952, and won several awards that year from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle. However, it didn't play at any theatres in Los Angeles until 20 years later, in 1972. Having finally qualified for Oscar consideration, it received a nomination for the Best Original Score of 1973 ... and won!

One final anecdote, this time revolving around cuts and prints rather than release dates. The roadshow version of A Star Is Born debuted in 1954 to almost universal critical acclaim. But a week after the premiere, Warner Brothers famously recut the film. A debate still rages about how and why Judy Garland failed to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the film, with many of her supporters maintaining that if Oscar voters had all seen the original cut, she would never have lost to Grace Kelly in The Country Girl. The point here being that regardless of which version of a film gets nominated, in the end the most important factor is which version of a film the Academy members actually see.

Thanks for the info, jm! I knew Limelight being snubbed had something to do with his supposed Communist leanings, but I didn't know it was because LA theaters refused to show it.

[Ray Jackson]

Interesting development fellas:

I just called my local Barnes and Noble to order a copy of The Big City and she said their database listed only one copy available at any of the warehouses around the country that they order from.

I asked her if that meant it might be going out of print and she said it was possible, or it could be that they're changing the cover art.

I can't be sure if she really knows what she's talking about, but it did seem like food for thought.

...get it while the gittin's good boys!

[Ray Jackson]

I'm also thinking about ordering a copy of The Music Room, either in addition to or in place of The Big City.

Maybe I'll get both, but The Music Room has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Roger Ebert did include it in his "Great Movies" pantheon.