British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[robsinden]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Has anyone got a complete list of ALL (& NOT just BFI ones) UK Children's film foundation releases?

Other than The Boy Who Turned Yellow from Indicator, and the four "Saturday Morning Pictures" collections from Network, I'm not sure anyone else has released any. (Not counting all the BFI releases, obviously)

[Vault of Horror]

The following have been released on DVD in Germany:-

Valley of the Kings, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Clues to Fortune, Beware of the Dog, The Carringford School, The Young Jacobites and Secret in the Mine.

All have English audio with non-removable German subs.

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by Gerby

Just seen on Amazon they have a listing for a dvd release of Children's Film Foundation Bumper Box Vol. 2 for a March release.
Fantastic news! i love all these CFF releases that they've been putting out.

When I used to go to Saturday Morning Pictures (as we used to call it), the second half of the fifties & early sixties, I loved the serials. I liked the American ones best (Phantom Empire, King Of The Rocket Men, Flash Gordon ect.), but I also liked the CFF. There's only two I can remember now, Go Kart Go, & my favourite, Five Clues to Fortune, with a very young David Hemmings, I don't think that one's been released yet.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Vault of Horror

The following have been released on DVD in Germany:-

Valley of the Kings, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Clues to Fortune, Beware of the Dog, The Carringford School, The Young Jacobites and Secret in the Mine.

All have English audio with non-removable German subs.

BFI released that Famous Five serial on DVD so you won't have to worry about non-removable subs.

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I would have thought Beat the Devil to be a worthy candidate for some good extras, a commentary even. I will still buy it, but hoping for a bump in on-disc material for this.

To be fair it does state "Other extras TBC"

I would be surprised if their edition doesn't outshine the Twilight Time version in the on disc extras department, even if it's only by the inclusion some broadly related by subject matter shorts from their archives.

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Has anyone got a complete list of ALL (& NOT just BFI ones) UK Children's film foundation releases?

Not in release order:

BFI single DVD collections:
Runaways
Scary Stories
The Race Is On
London Tales
Outer Space
Weird Tales

BFI triple disc collections:
CFF Bumper Box
CFF Bumper Box Vol.2 (pending)

BFI releases of CFF serials:
The Famous Five - ...Have a Mystery To Solve
The Famous Five - ...On Treasure Island
Masters of Venus

Random feature film included on otherwise unrelated BFI Collection:
Skid Kids (On Yer Bike: A History of Cycling on Film)

Four volumes of Network's Saturday Morning Pictures (Volumes 1 thru 3 also on VHS, 4 perhaps):
Vol.1 - Adventures of Hal 5 c/w Egghead's Robot
Vol.2 - cup Fever c/w Hide & Seek
Vol.3 - A Stitch In Time c/w Go Cart Go
Vol.4 - Runaway Railway c/w Junket 89

HD transfers included as extras on Indicator Series blu-rays:
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (Age of Consent)
Adventure in the Hopfields (Town On Trial)

[Gerby]

^^
The only reason i bought Town On Trial was for the CFF film Adventure In The Hopfields & it was money well spent!

[Si Parallel Universe]

In addition to the above :

On the Network Volumes the extras include Eight adventures of The Magnificent 6 1/2 spread across the four volumes.

Hence I've kept hold of the Network DVDs all this time.

[nitin]

Any forum member comments on Akenfield, can’t find too many reviews for this one?

[James78]

I'm glad to see some love for the Children's Film Foundation! There is a forum thread with links to the DVD releases for anyone interested:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=310204

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by nitin

Any forum member comments on Akenfield, can’t find too many reviews for this one?

I loved it. A lovely lyrical yet realist portrait of rural life over a number of generations. I'm struggling to describe it so I'll nick the last line of bottled spider's brief write up on Criterion Forum:

The rich interweaving of past and present, dialogue, voice-over, and the beautiful score make a kind of musical composition. The film emphasizes the harsh life of the previous generations, but the overall mood is highly lyrical.

Recommended.

Due to the circumstances of it's making and events post-release Akenfield really should have been part of the BFI's Flipside Collection but I guess for a couple of reasons it wasn't included, they being there already turned out to be four other Flipside releases scheduled for Q3 and Q4 that year and the BFI probably wanting to tie it in with their other two easier sell british rural life titles of that year: A Month In the Country (Colin Firth's finest hour?) and the more difficult yet ultimately rewarding On the Black Hill.

[stepeanut]

Originally Posted by nitin

Any forum member comments on Akenfield, can’t find too many reviews for this one?

Fascinating film. I loved it. A Flipside release in all but name. The closest I’ve seen is Requiem for a Village, but Akenfield is quite unique in its own right.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Yami

March releases are up on Amazon:

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Probably will end up getting Beat The Devil since the pricing will probably be more affordable than the TT version.

[nitin]

Thanks Fnord and Stepenaut, have picked it up

[Si Parallel Universe]

Originally Posted by James78

I'm glad to see some love for the Children's Film Foundation! There is a forum thread with links to the DVD releases for anyone interested:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=310204

OOh I shall look through this. Thanks

[ravenus]

@StarDestroyer52: Please spoiler the quote, it's not fun to repeatedly see the same large images in a thread. Thanks

[Spiderwalk]

Originally Posted by ravenus

@StarDestroyer52: Please spoiler the quote, it's not fun to repeatedly see the same large images in a thread. Thanks

What about this one then! He's quoting himself too.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=365

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by ravenus

@StarDestroyer52: Please spoiler the quote, it's not fun to repeatedly see the same large images in a thread. Thanks

Done. At the time I was posting from my phone.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Si Parallel Universe

OOh I shall look through this. Thanks

Renown Pictures are releasing this Christmas one from 1966 too.

https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/produc...tmas-glimpses/



Also the first page needs updating to include the info I added from this thread.

[Si Parallel Universe]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Renown Pictures are releasing this Christmas one from 1966 too.

https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/produc...tmas-glimpses/

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Also the first page needs updating to include the info I added from this thread.

Thank You. I need to get hold of that

Yes agreed about page one.