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[Colonel Blimp]

Originally Posted by speedracer5

It's bonkers to me that Tone married Payton after the brawl. If that were me, Neal and Payton would have been way too much drama.

Tone is also rumored to be the source of the famous feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Davis and Tone appeared in 1935's "Dangerous" (which won Davis her first Oscar). She was desperately in love with him; but he ended up marrying Crawford. .

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

[SeanJoyce]

A real-life Ivy League fight between Neal (44-3 record between Northwestern and Harvard) and Robert Ryan (undefeated at Dartmouth) would have been fireworks.

[sandman slim]

December predictions/wish list:

In the Company of Men
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Little Children
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Strange Days

[Watershipdownisgood]

My predictions
Dog Day Afternoon
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore clearly there's a reason Criterion has it on the channel right now
Robert Altman 70s-2000s box set
Hud
All the Presidents Men 4K this is also on the channel too very interesting
Red Beard
The Wind
Captain Blood I'm still thinking Criterion has this, and if they do they need to put this out in December.
Eclipse Series 8 Lubitsch Musicals Blu-Ray upgrade we obviously already know about this so this is the only confirmed title

I think this list feels pretty realistic compared to the list of predictions I had for November where I only got two titles correct from the release slate.

Dark horses
Dead Presidents
Brother From Another Planet
Birth looks like Criterion will be putting this out at some point
I know Where I'm Going!
49th Parallel
The Cook the Thief The Wife and Her Lover
Cyrano de Bergerac
Krush Groove
Trouble in Paradise
Demon Lover
Welcome to the Terrordome
O Lucky Man!
The Mack



Highly rumored
The French Connection
Deliverance
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Mosquito Coast
Mask

[Brad1963]

My December predictions:

Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals (1929-1932) - BD upgrade
Hud (1963) - UHD and BD
The English Patient (1996) - UHD and BD
The Hidden Fortress (1958) - UHD upgrade (or another Kurosawa)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) - UHD and BD

TBA at a later date - Cloud (2024) BD and DVD - Criterion Premiere

[MifuneFan]

Criterion have added a new extra, "New introduction by del Toro on the different versions of the film", to their release of Nightmare Alley (2021).

https://www.criterion.com/films/35272-nightmare-alley


Original

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital master of Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light (2025), a new 159-minute, black-and-white extended director’s cut, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• 4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
• Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
• New audio commentary on the extended director’s cut featuring del Toro
• New documentary on the film’s performances, visual language, costume and production design, and score
• New conversation between del Toro and actor and producer Bradley Cooper
• New conversation between del Toro and coscreenwriter Kim Morgan
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
• PLUS: An essay by crime-fiction and true-crime expert Sarah Weinman

New

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital master of Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light (2025), a new 159-minute, black-and-white extended director’s cut, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• 4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
• Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
• New audio commentary on the extended director’s cut featuring del Toro
• New documentary on the film’s performances, visual language, costume and production design, and score
• New introduction by del Toro on the different versions of the film
• New conversation between del Toro and actor and producer Bradley Cooper
• New conversation between del Toro and coscreenwriter Kim Morgan
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
• PLUS: An essay by crime-fiction and true-crime expert Sarah Weinman

[MovieBuff647]

December Predictions:

DOG DAY AFTERNOON 4K + BD
HUD 4K + BD
LICORICE PIZZA 4K + BD
STARLET BD
THE TIME MASTERS 4K + BD

THE GRADUATE 4K
TRAFFIC 4K

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

A real-life Ivy League fight between Neal (44-3 record between Northwestern and Harvard) and Robert Ryan (undefeated at Dartmouth) would have been fireworks.

That would be an amazing fight. I feel like my money is on Ryan. However, I also think Neal would be the type to fight dirty if he felt like he was at risk of losing.

[speedracer5]

I am hoping for:

All the President's Men (to complete the Alan J. Pakula "Paranoia Trilogy")
Captain Blood
The More the Merrier
Ball of Fire
The Little Foxes
The French Connection
Dog Day Afternoon
Cape Fear (1962)

[PipesDonatello]

Dog Day Afternoon and The French Connection in the same month would be insane.

And insanely welcome.

[nicwood]

My predictions:

The English Patient 4K
Caught (Ophüls) 4K
Yi Yi 4K upgrade
Gilda 4K upgrade
Girl Shy + select Harold Lloyd Short Films BD
Atlantics (+ Dahomey) BD
Jacques Rozier box set BD

Criterion Premieres: Cloud BD

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by nicwood

My predictions:

The English Patient 4K
Caught (Ophüls) 4K
Yi Yi 4K upgrade
Gilda 4K upgrade
Girl Shy + select Harold Lloyd Short Films BD
Atlantics (+ Dahomey) BD
Jacques Rozier box set BD

Criterion Premieres: Cloud BD

I believe YI YI's 4K restoration just debuted in US cinemas last Friday, so I would expect that one to hit disc in 2026, but I could be wrong.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

I believe YI YI's 4K restoration just debuted in US cinemas last Friday, so I would expect that one to hit disc in 2026, but I could be wrong.

Sometimes they’re quite fast with a disc release. While I can’t remember the title, it wasn’t that long ago that the turnaround was as quick as I’m anticipating here with Yi Yi.

[JupiterMission]

My December prediction is The Muppet Christmas Carol on 4k. I know it's with Disney, but let me dream.

[Show spoiler]And a nice restoration of the Muppet Family Christmas TV special would be a great bonus feature...

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by JupiterMission

My December prediction is The Muppet Christmas Carol on 4k. I know it's with Disney, but let me dream.

[Show spoiler]And a nice restoration of the Muppet Family Christmas TV special would be a great bonus feature...

I would welcome The Muppet Christmas Carol! In fact, I'd welcome a whole Muppet boxed set--including "Muppet Babies" which I have childhood nostalgia for. Lol.

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by nicwood

My predictions:

The English Patient 4K
Caught (Ophüls) 4K
Yi Yi 4K upgrade
Gilda 4K upgrade
Girl Shy + select Harold Lloyd Short Films BD
Atlantics (+ Dahomey) BD
Jacques Rozier box set BD

Criterion Premieres: Cloud BD

Caught is a great movie! I have the Olive blu ray release. In fact, I'd welcome an Ophuls box set, which includes "Letter From an Unknown Woman."

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by JupiterMission

My December prediction is The Muppet Christmas Carol on 4k. I know it's with Disney, but let me dream.

[Show spoiler]And a nice restoration of the Muppet Family Christmas TV special would be a great bonus feature...

Guillermo deal Toro called it his favorite Christmas Carol adaptation, Brian Henson has been trying to reinstate “When Love Is Gone” to international versions of the film, AND Criterion released WALL-E, so it’s not completely out of the question.

[aladdin123]

Dog Day Afternoon 4K
Patton 4K
Young Frankenstein 4K
The French Connection 4K
In A Lonely Place 4K
A Matter of Life and Death 4K
Red Beard BD

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by jedidarrick

Guillermo deal Toro called it his favorite Christmas Carol adaptation, Brian Henson has been trying to reinstate “When Love Is Gone” to international versions of the film, AND Criterion released WALL-E, so it’s not completely out of the question.

I'm with Guillermo del Toro on this one. Frankly, I am so sick of "A Christmas Carol," and all the iterations of it; but I do love "The Muppet Christmas Carol."

[Ned Brainard]

Originally Posted by speedracer5

The More the Merrier

A little bit of wishful thinking, but perhaps Criterion could do a two film George Stevens set of The More the Merrier and The Talk of the Town on blu. That would make up for Sony's strange move of releasing the latter film on 4K but not blu.

As for December -
Girl Shy or Why Worry (or perhaps both as a double feature)
Hud
Captain Blood
The Wedding March
Trouble in Paradise and/or anything else Lubitsch related
Ruggles of Red Gap

If they're able to pry anything out of the Mouse House, please let it be the Borzage silents - Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star.