When are MGM going to start releasing catalogue titles again!

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by welcometothepartypal

Love this movie!! We need more Michael Keating on blu-ray in general.

Michael Keaton (Keating is British). I want The Dream Team from Universal myself. I love that film.

[Kristian Idol]

My MGM Wishlist:

Bad Influence
Clean Slate
F/X
Heartbreakers
Masquerade
Sure Thing

[Troy Perkins]

The one I'd love is The Pope of Greenwich Village.

Another Rourke flick from MGM is Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man which is pretty trashy but good fun. Same for Youngblood which is a great ice hockey movie.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by Kristian Idol

My MGM Wishlist:

Bad Influence
Clean Slate
F/X
Heartbreakers
Masquerade
Sure Thing

F/X and its sequel came out in Northern Europe somewhere.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

Michael Keaton (Keating is British). I want The Dream Team from Universal myself. I love that film.

My vote would be for Multiplicity (Sony).

As for MGM, it's amazing how many forgettable movies this once-great studio has made in the last 30 years. The Pope of Greenwich VIllage and Hard Eight would not be unwelcome, however.

[davcole]

Well Falcon And The Snowman and Running Scared are coming to Kino.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

F/X and its sequel came out in Northern Europe somewhere.

Where? Can only ever find the first

[Mr Kite]

Been reading this

http://digitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/052814_1330

[Herry Dunston]

I never saw The Alamo, but it's always a pain to see studios letting certain films to rot. I did my part on the Twitter front, but I know MGM probably won't budge. The thing is, MGM nowadays hardly exists as a company; it's barely get its funds just from its shareholders like Sony. It's close to being what New Line has become, an in-name only brand.

[DetroitSportsFan]

MGM figures the sales of a 54 year old western won't justify the restoration cost. And they're probably right.

[Member-222782]

BLUE STEEL has a very good chance as do both F/X movies of coming out on BD but probably not directly from MGM. I should say hopefully not from MGM as they don't have the same creative vision that Shout Factory or Kino do. At least with these guys we'll get original cover art and some extras.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

MGM figures the sales of a 54 year old western won't justify the restoration cost. And they're probably right.

You have to be kidding right. Who told you this rubbish.....................so you just want this film to disappear.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by tele1962

You have to be kidding right. Who told you this rubbish.....................so you just want this film to disappear.

He didn't say he wanted it to disappear. He was just giving a cold, hard analysis of the situation... and he's probably right. The restoration cost for something like this would likely never be recouped financially - definitely not if MGM were funding it internally.

However that doesn't mean somebody shouldn't do it. As was stated in the article, efforts have been made to bring in OUTSIDE resources and MGM (apparantly) blocks them. That's the real issue, if a studio like MGM has zero interest... they should literally just hand it over to some film foundation or any interested party to try and get something salvaged before it is gone forever. Such a shame.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

He didn't say he wanted it to disappear. He was just giving a cold, hard analysis of the situation... and he's probably right. The restoration cost for something like this would likely never be recouped financially - definitely not if MGM were funding it internally.

However that doesn't mean somebody shouldn't do it. As was stated in the article, efforts have been made to bring in OUTSIDE resources and MGM (apparantly) blocks them. That's the real issue, if a studio like MGM has zero interest... they should literally just hand it over to some film foundation or any interested party to try and get something salvaged before it is gone forever. Such a shame.

Restorations of older films are happening all the time so I am at a loss as to how they or you guys think they would not recoup the costs.

EG

Nosferatu
The Good The Bad & The Ugly.
Metropolis
Universals Horror Collection
and many, many more, that the likes of Criterion, BFI, Arrow, Kino are doing all the time.

[Mansinthe]

if they are broke they should just license some of there movies to other labels that might be willing to put up the money.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Restorations of older films are happening all the time so I am at a loss as to how they or you guys think they would not recoup the costs.

EG

Nosferatu
The Good The Bad & The Ugly.
Metropolis
Universals Horror Collection
and many, many more.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly and Universal Horror are likely "cash cows" for those studios since they are constantly being reissued and repackaged on all formats.

Not all films that need (and receive) extensive restorations are cash cows. Sometimes there are charitable foundations involved, or it's funded cooperatively between several parties. Not all of which are motivated by profits. Also key is that studios generally have considered it their responsibility to preserve their histories, whether all of the films are marketable or not most studios seem to do pretty good job of preserving things nowadays. Although as home video sales dry up, studios might start cutting back their archiving, it will be interesting if we hear more and more about films being "lost". MGM just recently emerged from BANKRUPTCY, so sadly, their financial condition likely forced some of these archiving activities to go by the wayside. It's sad they didn't seem willing to cooperate with people that likely had the noblest intentions. IMO that's an even worse crime than their failure to preserve this film in the first place.

[Mr Kite]

So why is the CEO of the company just sitting on this and saying there is no problem with the film elements when offers of help are there.

[Liquid_Swords]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Been reading this

http://digitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/052814_1330

That is a damn shame.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by tele1962

So why is the CEO of the company just sitting on this and saying there is no problem with the film elements when offers of help are there.

Because it could make them look bad to have outside forces come in. At least that's what they think according to Robert Harris.. Kind of like thinking they look weak

[Musicguy]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

He didn't say he wanted it to disappear. He was just giving a cold, hard analysis of the situation... and he's probably right. The restoration cost for something like this would likely never be recouped financially - definitely not if MGM were funding it internally.

However that doesn't mean somebody shouldn't do it. As was stated in the article, efforts have been made to bring in OUTSIDE resources and MGM (apparantly) blocks them. That's the real issue, if a studio like MGM has zero interest... they should literally just hand it over to some film foundation or any interested party to try and get something salvaged before it is gone forever. Such a shame.

All MGM has is it's library - if they choose not to preserve it then MGM will have nothing and be of value to no one