westerns and B&W movies

[akadkins]

Originally Posted by buckshot

i'm having a screening of ''the searchers'' and ''unforgiven'' for my dad and a few of his friends to show how amazing these look on blu-ray. but seeing how beautiful and vibrant monument valley looks on blu-ray makes me want more technicolor movies on blu-ray. not only that, but old black and white movies as well. i've read the few threads about ''what do you want to see on blu-ray'' and ''spagehtti westerns'' but I want to know who owns the rights to such amazing movies as ''rio grande'', ''the quite man'', ''citizen kane'', ''big country'', ''moby dick'', ''to kill a mockingbird'', ''inherit the wind'', all these classics of technicolor and b&w. has there been any news? rko studios no longer exists, so who bought them?

The Searchers is by far the best older movie to appear on Blu-Ray. I too can't wait to show it to my father so he can see the difference.

The Spagehtti westerns are all owned my MGM - so maybe they'll appear on Blu-Ray. So is The Big Country. Rio Grande may be open domain...not sure about the others.

That all being said, I don't see any real push to get the older classics out on Blu-Ray. I think it is because the companies are looking at age demographics. While I (25-34 bracket) love older westerns and such, I think a majority of that age group would rather see newer 'classics' like Star Wars, Matrix, etc. I think the older generation may be happy with the DVD copy, so we might not see a big rush on those type of titles.