Sweet Charity (1969) from Kino - Blu-ray Forum

Akijama · 11-09-2018, 07:02 PM

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Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New 4K Restorations of both Versions!
Nominated For 3 Oscars!
Golden Globe Nominee For Best Actress!

Sweet Charity (1969) Starring Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye, Barbara Bouchet and Ben Vereen - Shot by Robert Surtees (Ben-Hur, The Graduate) - Screenplay by Peter Stone (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Charade) - From the New York Stage Production Book by Neil Simon (The Odd Couple, The Goodbye Girl) - Based upon the Screenplay NIGHTS OF CABIRIA by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano - Directed by Bob Fosse (Cabaret, All That Jazz).

CarsonDyle · 11-09-2018, 07:52 PM

I have been waiting so long for this. Almost purchased the French edition. Glad I waited. Speaking of classic musicals on blu, where's Damn Yankees?

Cremildo · 11-09-2018, 08:11 PM

Kind of a major announcement.

OneWayFilms · 11-10-2018, 12:58 AM

HEY HEY BIG SPENDER, I SURE WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH YOU!

YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!

I LOVE this movie, and have also been waiting a very long time for it. DAY ONE FOR ME!!!!!

Now, BRING ON THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE with Julie Andrews.

Greycomm · 12-06-2018, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

HEY HEY BIG SPENDER, I SURE WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH YOU!

YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!

I LOVE this movie, and have also been waiting a very long time for it. DAY ONE FOR ME!!!!!

Now, BRING ON THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE with Julie Andrews.

Ditto. Hopefully they'll give us the original roadshow poster art on cover and menus, and present the overture, intermission, entracte and exit music properly on both and give us nice new transfers of the original trailers and production shorts.

I don't like when they combine the intermission title with the entracte music as if the intermission was nothing more than a couple minutes of music.

Really hoping they use seamless branching to allow us to watch the alternate ending attached to the film.

Greycomm · 12-26-2018, 04:06 AM

No word from Kino about supplements or release date...

MifuneFan · 12-26-2018, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Greycomm

No word from Kino about supplements or releasebdate...

Sometime next Summer.

Greycomm · 01-01-2019, 08:39 AM

The first announcement right here said "expected to arrive on the market early next year."

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=24194

RCRochester · 01-01-2019, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Greycomm

The first announcement right here said "expected to arrive on the market early next year."

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=24194

Yes, but when I asked the Kino Lorber Insider on the Kino thread about a week or two ago, he responded Summer 2019.

Greycomm · 01-02-2019, 07:57 AM

Let's hope they spend that extra time on new transfers of the production shorts and authoring to enable either ending to play with the feature.

Greycomm · 01-09-2019, 07:45 AM

With the upcoming Fosse/Verdon miniseries and this movie's 50th anniversary there should be a decent amount of interest in Sweet Charity.

Wouldn't we love a commentary with Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Ben Vereen, Lee Roy Reams, Suzanne Charny, Toni Basil... etc? A couple years ago i met one of the Fandango girls who had lines in a dressing room scene.

The bridge (with heated lake) created for Shirley to get pushed off of got some revisions for Weird Science and the studio tram tour, but (being one of the few Universal backlot exteriors that didn't burn down) remained for decades. Last time i walked the lot i found the same path and stonework i saw on the DVD the night before. I believe I first read about that and the numerous copies of her one black dress in the pressbook.

Another detail for 60s musical fans: Charity shot in Manhattan in Spring of 1968 - if you look closely, when Shirley is jumping on a Castro Convertible in the opening credits - you can see the huge billboard (where the Marquis Hotel and Theatre are now) which is being painted over from Doctor Dolittle. It would next promote Star! which preceded Charity at the Rivoli theatre a couple blocks up on Broadway.

Greycomm · 02-21-2019, 10:58 AM

No updates at all from KL about content and authoring (seamless branching for alt ending)?

Someone in LA should do an anniversary screening with cast reunion...

Greycomm · 04-01-2019, 05:46 AM

Almost six months later... No news or details?

MarkW2 · 04-08-2019, 08:54 PM

I sent Kino a message about this release. They said they have no set dates for the release but hope for late summer, or early autumn. I'm anxiously waiting for this and wish they would consider releasing it sooner. Day one purchase for me.

OneWayFilms · 04-09-2019, 12:40 AM

I appreciate the updates, but HATE the delays. (ugh)

RCRochester · 04-09-2019, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkW2

I sent Kino a message about this release. They said they have no set dates for the release but hope for late summer, or early autumn. I'm anxiously waiting for this and wish they would consider releasing it sooner. Day one purchase for me.

A recent Facebook post said July or August.

Greycomm · 04-09-2019, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by RCRochester

A recent Facebook post said July or August.

The actual anniversary is this spring to summer. The transfer must've been done so hopefully they're held up creating supplements??

It would help the wait if we knew we were waiting for new interviews, etc. Still hoping they use seamless branching so we can watch the movie with either ending attached instead of leaving the alternate as an extra.

Now that Fosse/Verdon is running on FX interest in this movie should build.

Did anyone else buy the Universal orchestra album with (presumably) instrumentals from the score? I have it sealed on vinyl but looking for digital/CD.

Greycomm · 04-10-2019, 07:13 AM

Right in the opening sequence of Fosse/Verdon: after an interesting recreation of Gwen giving valuable creative input to filming Hey, Big Spender, she's back in NYC telling Bob about lines outside the Ziegfeld... They did three years later for Cabaret. I was in one. But she's talking about Sweet Charity, which played at the Rivoli. Bob jokes the lines may be there to see The Love Bug. Gwen says The Ziegfeld has only one screen. Okay this was decades before multiplex venues, and Love Bug didn't open (at the Music Hall I think) until at least a month after Charity opened at the Rivoli.

OneWayFilms · 04-10-2019, 05:43 PM

I enjoyed episode one so far with the recreation of the Hey Big Spender scene and seeing behind the scenes for Sweet Charity. I didn't realize it was such a flop at the box office, but after fact checking....it's TRUE!

Greycomm · 04-12-2019, 06:31 AM

Have you noticed the catchy tune in the new iPhone commercials? "The Aloof" from Rich Man's Frug at the Pompeii Club.

12-26-2018, 04:06 AM	#6
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	No word from Kino about supplements or release date... Last edited by Greycomm; 01-01-2019 at 08:40 AM.

01-01-2019, 08:39 AM	#8
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	The first announcement right here said "expected to arrive on the market early next year." https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=24194 Last edited by Greycomm; 01-01-2019 at 09:14 AM.

01-09-2019, 07:45 AM	#11
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	With the upcoming Fosse/Verdon miniseries and this movie's 50th anniversary there should be a decent amount of interest in Sweet Charity. Wouldn't we love a commentary with Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Ben Vereen, Lee Roy Reams, Suzanne Charny, Toni Basil... etc? A couple years ago i met one of the Fandango girls who had lines in a dressing room scene. The bridge (with heated lake) created for Shirley to get pushed off of got some revisions for Weird Science and the studio tram tour, but (being one of the few Universal backlot exteriors that didn't burn down) remained for decades. Last time i walked the lot i found the same path and stonework i saw on the DVD the night before. I believe I first read about that and the numerous copies of her one black dress in the pressbook. Another detail for 60s musical fans: Charity shot in Manhattan in Spring of 1968 - if you look closely, when Shirley is jumping on a Castro Convertible in the opening credits - you can see the huge billboard (where the Marquis Hotel and Theatre are now) which is being painted over from Doctor Dolittle. It would next promote Star! which preceded Charity at the Rivoli theatre a couple blocks up on Broadway. Last edited by Greycomm; 05-16-2019 at 08:56 AM.

04-08-2019, 08:54 PM	#14
MarkW2 Junior Member Member since:Dec 2008	Summer or Autumn I sent Kino a message about this release. They said they have no set dates for the release but hope for late summer, or early autumn. I'm anxiously waiting for this and wish they would consider releasing it sooner. Day one purchase for me.

11-09-2018, 07:52 PM	#2
CarsonDyle Senior Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Southern California 4K collection:184 Blu-ray collection:473 Trading Score:170	I have been waiting so long for this. Almost purchased the French edition. Glad I waited. Speaking of classic musicals on blu, where's Damn Yankees?

11-09-2018, 08:11 PM	#3
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1051 Trading Score:51	Kind of a major announcement.

11-10-2018, 12:58 AM	#4
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:971 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	HEY HEY BIG SPENDER, I SURE WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH YOU! YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!! I LOVE this movie, and have also been waiting a very long time for it. DAY ONE FOR ME!!!!! Now, BRING ON THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE with Julie Andrews.

01-02-2019, 07:57 AM	#10
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	Let's hope they spend that extra time on new transfers of the production shorts and authoring to enable either ending to play with the feature.

02-21-2019, 10:58 AM	#12
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	No updates at all from KL about content and authoring (seamless branching for alt ending)? Someone in LA should do an anniversary screening with cast reunion...

04-01-2019, 05:46 AM	#13
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	Almost six months later... No news or details?

04-09-2019, 12:40 AM	#15
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:971 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	I appreciate the updates, but HATE the delays. (ugh)

04-10-2019, 07:13 AM	#18
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	Right in the opening sequence of Fosse/Verdon: after an interesting recreation of Gwen giving valuable creative input to filming Hey, Big Spender, she's back in NYC telling Bob about lines outside the Ziegfeld... They did three years later for Cabaret. I was in one. But she's talking about Sweet Charity, which played at the Rivoli. Bob jokes the lines may be there to see The Love Bug. Gwen says The Ziegfeld has only one screen. Okay this was decades before multiplex venues, and Love Bug didn't open (at the Music Hall I think) until at least a month after Charity opened at the Rivoli.

04-10-2019, 05:43 PM	#19
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:971 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	I enjoyed episode one so far with the recreation of the Hey Big Spender scene and seeing behind the scenes for Sweet Charity. I didn't realize it was such a flop at the box office, but after fact checking....it's TRUE!

04-12-2019, 06:31 AM	#20
Greycomm Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Hollywood, CA	Have you noticed the catchy tune in the new iPhone commercials? "The Aloof" from Rich Man's Frug at the Pompeii Club.

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