2012 catalog titles - this year is looking great

[jfcarbel]

Here is a list of some of the key catalog titles being released or officially announced for release this year in US. Some were exclusives only available at certain retail outlets but now for wide release.

This is looking to be a great year for catalog tiles. I put some of the top titles at the top of the spoiler cover list view.

2012 key catalog releases:

Cover List - click on spoiler link and enjoy:

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Release Dates:

Proof (1/3)
Serendipity (1/3)
Just Married (1/10)
Dead Poets Society (1/17)
License to Drive (1/17)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1/17)
Malcolm X (1/31)
Cold Mountain (1/31)
English Patient (1/31)
Dangerous Liaisons (2/7)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2/14)
Runaway Jury (2/28)
Scarlet Street (2/28)
The Deer Hunter (3/6)
9 1/2 Weeks (3/6)
Reindeer Games (3/6)
American Pie (3/13)
Beverly Hills Cop (3/13)
The Poseidon Adventure (4/3)
Chinatown (4/3)
High Road to China (4/17)
In Too Deep (4/17)
Meet Joe Black (5/1)
Men in Black II (5/1)
Pillow Talk (5/1)
Darkness / Phantoms / Venom (5/1)
Gremlins 2 (5/8)
The Big Heat (5/8)
Father of the Bride 1/2 (5/15)
D.O.A. (1988) (5/15)
Terminal Velocity (5/15)
White Squall (5/15)
A Perfect World (6/5)
U.S. Marshals (6/5)
Scent of a Women (6/5)
Sea of Love (6/5)
The Color of Money (6/5)
Cocktail (6/5)
Ransom (6/5)
Erin Brockovich (6/5)
Hoosiers: 25th Anniversary Edition (6/5)
Smokey and the Bandit (6/5)
Hondo (6/5)
Grapes of Wrath (6/5)
The Sting (6/5)
Lethal Weapon Collection (6/12)
As Good as It Gets - Limited Edition (6/12)
Harold & Maude (6/12)
Sister Act 1/2 (6/19)
Blade (6/19)
Blade Trinity (6/19)
Empire of the Sun (6/19)
Evita (6/19)
Phenomenon (7/3)
Barbarella (7/3)
The Entity (7/3)
Born on the Fourth of July (7/3)
The Horse Whisperer - 15th Anniverary Edition (7/3)
Blade 2 (7/10)
Altered States (7/10)
Chariots of Fire (7/10)
Outland (7/10)
Brainstorm (7/10)
Frequency (7/10)
Coma (7/10)
Imposter (7/10)
Albino Alligator (7/10)
Astronaut's Wife (7/10)
A Perfect Murder (7/17)
High Noon (7/17)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (7/17)
The Butterfly Effect (7/17)
The Butterfly Effect 2 (7/17)
Cellular (7/17)
Singin' in the Rain (7/17)
"O" (7/17)
Dirty Pretty Things (7/17)
Operation Condor (7/17)
Total Recall - with Arnold commentary, remastered SE (7/24)
The Faculty (7/24)
Mystery Men (7/24)
Forever Marilyn Collection (7/31)
High Fidelity (8/7)
Grosse Pointe Blank (8/7)
Adventures in Babysitting (8/7)
Bound (8/7)
The Boogens (8/7)
Johnny Guitar (8/7)
Jaws - 100th Anniversary (8/14)
A Man Apart (8/14)
Fallen (8/14)
Romeo Must Die (8/14)
Halloween 4 (8/21)
Halloween 5 (8/21)
Thinner (8/21)
Wargames (8/21)
Sixteen Candles (9/4)
Blindness (9/4)
Sleepwalkers (9/4)
The Navigator (9/4)
Arachnophobia (9/4)
Road Trip (9/11)
The Ring (9/11)
The Prophecy / The Prophecy II: God's War (9/11)
The Firm (9/11)
Steel Magnolias - Limited Edition (9/11)
Jeepers Creepers (9/11)
They / Cursed (9/11)
Below (9/11)
Titanic (9/14)
The War of the Roses (9/18)
Judge Dredd (9/18)
Halloween II (9/18)
Halloween III (9/18)
Bond 50 (9/25)
The American President (9/25)
The Devil's Advocate (9/18)
Indiana Jones (9/18)
Halloween 1,2,3 (9/18)
Dave (9/25)
Porkys (9/25)
The Game - Criterion (9/25)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (9/25)
Pet Sematary (10/2)
Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection (10/2)
GoldenEye (10/2)
Tomorrow Never Dies (10/2)
Dark Star (10/2)
Annie (10/2)
Double Impact (10/2)
Cyborg (10/2)
Death Warrant (10/2)
Enemy Mine - Limited Edition (10/9)
Ice Station Zebra (10/9)
Little Shop of Horrors (10/9)
Deep Rising / The Puppet Masters (10/9)
Find Me Guilty (10/9)
Dial M for Murder 3D (10/9)
Strangers on a Train (10/9)
Red Dawn (10/9)
Dead Ringer (10/9)
Deep Rising / The Puppet Masters (10/9)
Night of the Living Dead (10/9)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (10/9)
A League of Their Own (10/16)
Gone In 60 Seconds (1974) (10/16)
The Santa Clause (10/16)
One Good Cop / A Stranger Among Us (10/23)
A Simple Twist of Fate / Unstrung Heroes (10/23)
The Doctor / Stella (10/23)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (10/25)
Rosemary's Baby (10/30)
They Live (11/6)
The Client (11/6)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (11/6)
Beaches (11/6)
White Men Can't Jump (11/6)
Von Ryan's Express (11/6)
The Messengers / Freedomland (11/6)
Lawrence of Arabia (11/13)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (11/13)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (11/13)
Heaven's Gate (11/20)
Catch Me If You Can (12/4)
The Island (1980) (12/11)
Hans Christian Andersen (12/18)
The Duellists (12/18)

All I can say for this year is WOW! This is easily close to 100 great titles this year or coming and the year is only just over half done.
There are a lot of titles here I thought would never see bluray or at least for some time.

So what possibly could still be announced for this year. We know these will not be ready til 2013 based on prior announcements - The Abyss, True Lies.

But perhaps we will see:
Willow
Schindler's List [UPDATE: Officially indicated that this will not be available this year]
Slithers (hoping still announce for Halloween, previous on HD)
The Right Stuff
Mission to Mars
Jeepers Creepers [UPDATE: 7/11 was announced that this title is coming 9/11/12]

[Member-222782]

I'll add:

Ice Station Zebra
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane Jane?
The Boogens
Below (90's haunted submarine flick)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (Olive/TBA)
Lawrence of Arabia (TBA)
Halloween 4
Halloween 5
Night of the Living Dead (1990 Remake)
They Live
Phantasm II
Rosemary's Baby (Criterion)



I'm sure I've missed one or two but, yeah, impressive year.

[Akijama]

"key catalog releases"..and yet no High Noon,Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)...or Johnny Guitar?

Redeem yourself

Another omissions - The Big Heat and Dangerous Liaisons.Two fantastic movies.

[jfcarbel]

Originally Posted by cine74

I'll add:
They Live
Phantasm II

These 2 are listed here on this site as having no release date, can you confirm another resource. I believe They Live was announced but then a delay with no new date. Its one of my favorites as well with "Prince of Darkness" being another. Unless you are indicating what you believe will be released Nov/Dec during holiday 2012.

Yes, I tried to get most of the titles and yes probably missed a few.

From OP:
Here is a list of some of the key catalog titles being released or officially announced for release this year in US.

UPDATE:
Looks like They Live was announced today

[I KEEL YOU]

Hoosiers and Lethal Weapon have been released before so I don't know if they should count entirely. Great year, after this year is finished there won't be much left.

Still, I am sure that 2011 will go down as the best year for blu ray in terms of catalog releases.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Hoosiers and Lethal Weapon have been released before so I don't know if they should count entirely. Great year, after this year is finished there won't be much left.

Still, I am sure that 2011 will go down as the best year for blu ray in terms of catalog releases.

Hoosiers looks noticeably better going from MPEG-2 to AVC and the re-release actually has extras.

[retablo]

The Grapes Of Wrath
The Sting
Pillow Talk
The Deer Hunter
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Navigator
Scarlet Street
Harold & Maude

the list goes on...

[Seymour]

Catch Me If You Can was announced--it's getting a December release.

[jfcarbel]

Originally Posted by Seymour

Catch Me If You Can was announced--it's getting a December release.

Its listed on this site as pending

Can you indicate the source for the announced December date because I googled and could not find one.

[Member-222782]

Sorry, I don't know how to link but on Horrordvds.com someone quoted a Facebook posting from Shout Factory that said THEY LIVE is scheduled for 11/16. Phantasm II was said to be a possible late October release. Barring unforseen circumstances, all of the titles I listed are scheduled to be released in 2012.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by jfcarbel

Its listed on this site as pending

Can you indicate the source for the announced December date because I googled and could not find one.

Paramount had some kind of press release/advertisement that showed the remaining catalog releases for their 100 Year anniversery. Sunset Boulevard was listed as a November release, and Catch Me If You Can was a December release.

[jfcarbel]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Hoosiers looks noticeably better going from MPEG-2 to AVC and the re-release actually has extras.

Correct that's why I listed it. And Lethal Weapon 3 was never released before and thus part of this years Lethal box set collection.

[jfcarbel]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Hoosiers and Lethal Weapon have been released before so I don't know if they should count entirely. Great year, after this year is finished there won't be much left.

Still, I am sure that 2011 will go down as the best year for blu ray in terms of catalog releases.

I KEEL YOU with an Avatar from "They Live", I thought you would at least humor a vote for 2012 being the best year for catalog
They Live is being released on 11/6/2012 in case you were not aware

The years not over yet But yes 2011 was also a very good catalog year. With Star Wars and Jurassic Park in 2011 it might be pretty hard to top. But I like to think Indiana can match Star Wars in the top big titles to be released. And certainly ET, Jaws, and Titanic combined make for a good competitor to Jurassic. Then we have Newman in Color of Money, Pacino in Scent of a Woman and Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.
I think at least 2012 is at least equal to 2011 for catalog titles. And any movie lover and collector has got to be beyond happy with the last 2 years. I think if we get a Schindler's List and maybe another fairly top title in 2012, then it might tip the scale towards 2012 some more as being the best year for catalog titles. Maybe at the end of 2012, we can create a thread and have a vote.

2011 in perspective (these are just a sampling of 2011 top titles):

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Star Wars
Jurassic Park
LOTR Extended
Pulp Fiction
Platoon
Das Boot
Taxi Driver
Scarface
Ten Commandments
Citizen Kane
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Island
Backdraft
The Blues Brothers
Good Will Hunting

[El_Jay]

Where the hell is Munich?

Obviously Indiana Jones is pretty much the biggest juggernaut yet to be released.

[jfcarbel]

Well looks like we can scratch "Schindler's List" off as being a possible 2012 title.

First, a number of readers have been asking about Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List in recent days, because there's a Universal 100th anniversary promotional piece that mentions the film on the new Born on the Fourth july Blu-ray. So is the film coming in 2012 for the studio's anniversary? The short answer (confirmed with the studio today) is no. However, the long (and better) answer is that next year is the film's 20th anniversary. So you can expect to see it on Blu-ray sometime probably later in 2013, as a major catalog release.
source: thedigitalbits

Also disappointing news in same article is that its likely we won't see "True Lies" or "The Abyss" until 2014.

[Hair-Metal]

Enemy Mine ---

[CIBartowski]

Originally Posted by jfcarbel

Well looks like we can scratch "Schindler's List" off as being a possible 2012 title.



Also disappointing news in same article is that its likely we won't see "True Lies" or "The Abyss" until 2014.

[bttfiii]

still no Ace Ventura, seriously?!

[sukraj]

Originally Posted by bttfiii

still no Ace Ventura, seriously?!

i need ace ventura

[makaveli21]

Originally Posted by jfcarbel

I KEEL YOU with an Avatar from "They Live", I thought you would at least humor a vote for 2012 being the best year for catalog
They Live is being released on 11/6/2012 in case you were not aware

The years not over yet But yes 2011 was also a very good catalog year. With Star Wars and Jurassic Park in 2011 it might be pretty hard to top. But I like to think Indiana can match Star Wars in the top big titles to be released. And certainly ET, Jaws, and Titanic combined make for a good competitor to Jurassic. Then we have Newman in Color of Money, Pacino in Scent of a Woman and Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.
I think at least 2012 is at least equal to 2011 for catalog titles. And any movie lover and collector has got to be beyond happy with the last 2 years. I think if we get a Schindler's List and maybe another fairly top title in 2012, then it might tip the scale towards 2012 some more as being the best year for catalog titles. Maybe at the end of 2012, we can create a thread and have a vote.

2011 in perspective (these are just a sampling of 2011 top titles):

[Show spoiler]

Star Wars
Jurassic Park
LOTR Extended
Pulp Fiction
Platoon
Das Boot
Taxi Driver
Scarface
Ten Commandments
Citizen Kane
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Island
Backdraft
The Blues Brothers
Good Will Hunting

Really funny to see The Island listed with all of those other movies...