Blu-rays From Europe Not Available in the UK

[CinemaScope]

Two titles I intend to order from Germany, Lawman (1971) later this month, & the excellent remake of The Getaway (1994) in early March (both first time on Blu-ray).

The Blue Max (1966) Buy the French release, that one has the new transfer (same as the Twilight Time release), the German release has the old transfer.

Ridley Scott's A Good Year, great release from France & Germany, the last time I looked Germany is a wee bit cheaper. Fox didn't release this in the UK or US, maybe because it didn't do very well at the box office.

A great site to view forthcoming German releases:

http://www.bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-fi...hst?id=2014-12

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

Ridley Scott's A Perfect Year, great release from France & Germany, the last time I looked Germany is a wee bit cheaper. Fox didn't release this in the UK or US, maybe because it didn't do very well at the box office.

I think you mean A Good Year ?
Fox have released same disk in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. I bought from Spain along with Working Girl, another Fox title they have not released in the UK.

[SymbioticFunction]

As said in this thread, a complete list of 'blu-rays from Europe not available in the UK' list would be massive. Here's my list of blu-rays in my collection:

Dario Argento's The Card Player
Dario Argento's Dracula
Dario Argento's Giallo
Dario Argento's Mother of Tears
Dario Argento's Opera
Dario Argento's Pelts
Dario Argento's Phantom of the Opera
Dario Argento's Sleepless
Dario Argento's Trauma
Duck You Sucker/Fistful of Dynamite
My Name Is Nobody
Army of Darkness - director's cut
Dellamorte Dellamore
Judge Dredd
Mr Majestyk
Nightbreed
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Prince of Darkness
Wish I Was Here

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by malcy30

I think you mean A Good Year ?
Fox have released same disk in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. I bought from Spain along with Working Girl, another Fox title they have not released in the UK.

Ha, fixed. It's funny that Fox didn't release it in the US or UK, the Blu-ray defaults to English, it's exactly the same disc that would be released over here. It's one of the few Scott films that I really like, Russell Crowe being boyish & funny & charming, I think he'd have trouble pulling that off now (I bet Marion Cotillard has aged much better!).

[drees5761]

Thanks for all the titles so far, if people can just add to this thread when they find or have something in there collection, that would be of great help to many.

[Margot Robbie Fan]

Originally Posted by drees5761

Thanks for all the titles so far, if people can just add to this thread when they find or have something in there collection, that would be of great help to many.

Wouldn't it easier to update the OP with titles being suggested to make finding titles in the future easier?

[huntauk]

Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

As said in this thread, a complete list of 'blu-rays from Europe not available in the UK' list would be massive. Here's my list of blu-rays in my collection:

Dario Argento's The Card Player
Dario Argento's Dracula
Dario Argento's Giallo
Dario Argento's Mother of Tears
Dario Argento's Opera
Dario Argento's Pelts
Dario Argento's Phantom of the Opera
Dario Argento's Sleepless
Dario Argento's Trauma
Duck You Sucker/Fistful of Dynamite
My Name Is Nobody
Army of Darkness - director's cut
Dellamorte Dellamore
Judge Dredd
Mr Majestyk
Nightbreed
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Prince of Darkness
Wish I Was Here

Mr Majestyk has been out for some time from Signal One. Brotherhood of the Wolf theatrical cut is with Studio Canal.

[samdaman94]

I imported the excellent Experimenter and the not-so-excellent Crossbones: Series 1 (I'm blindly loyal to Malkovich) from Germany this month.

Both cracking releases, no forced subs on either.

[marblearch]

I forgot how many european blu rays i have. Some because they are superior to the UK releases
The following French blu rays are English compatable with no forced sub titles and i don't think are avaiable domestically

Q&A (titled Contre Enquete)
First Snow (titled Le Dernier Presage)
The Crimson Rivers (titled Les Rivieres Pourpres)
Suffer Island (aka Boot Camp)
Dead Season
The 13th Warrior (titled Le 13eitie Guerrier)
Resurrection (aka Resurrection County)
Rogue River
Outback (aka Wrath)
The Dark Half (titled La Part Des Tenebres) lossy audio only but adequate sound

[Groge511]

I've got the German releases of Chicken Run and Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Haven't looked at the Chicken Run disc yet but the latter is just like how you would expect an English release.

[samdaman94]

Originally Posted by Groge511

I've got the German releases of Chicken Run and Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Ooooh, I'd be interested to hear what the Chicken Run disc is like!

[AndyJWS]

Germany gets a *lot* of horror in particular on Blu that the UK doesn't, but can occasionally be subject to censorship - often end up comparing running times to work out!
That can even be UK films - the excellent The Canal springs to mind, more recently The Rezort

Cheeky question I know (sorry!) but has anyone come across the sequel to The Crimson Rivers (Les Anges D'Apocalypse / Angels of the Apocalypse) that has English subtitles anywhere? From what I can see the French release has none, despite the English-friendly nature of the first film...

[roguejp]

Originally Posted by Margot Robbie Fan

Wouldn't it easier to update the OP with titles being suggested to make finding titles in the future easier?

It certainly would be. We're now waiting for drees5761 to fulfill his own desire an update the OP .

[marblearch]

Originally Posted by AndyJWS

Germany gets a *lot* of horror in particular on Blu that the UK doesn't, but can occasionally be subject to censorship - often end up comparing running times to work out!
That can even be UK films - the excellent The Canal springs to mind, more recently The Rezort

Cheeky question I know (sorry!) but has anyone come across the sequel to The Crimson Rivers (Les Anges D'Apocalypse / Angels of the Apocalypse) that has English subtitles anywhere? From what I can see the French release has none, despite the English-friendly nature of the first film...

I have been looking too for an english subtitled version of that sequel but to no avail.
Think censorship is less of an issue with German releases than it used to be.
Of course it still occurs in the UK. The sequel to the I Spit on Your Grave remake had 7 minutes cut in the UK. The blu ray released in Austria is the only uncut version.

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Originally Posted by marblearch

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Of course it still occurs in the UK. The sequel to the I Spit on Your Grave remake had 7 minutes cut in the UK. The blu ray released in Austria is the only uncut version.

the sequel I spit 2 ? was cut 1m41s not 7m in UK

it has also been released in Holland in Collection Boxset and all 4 films are uncut

on Amazon Uk for under £11 at min

[marblearch]

Originally Posted by OgamiittoMcJ

the sequel I spit 2 ? was cut 1m41s not 7m in UK

it has also been released in Holland in Collection Boxset and all 4 films are uncut

on Amazon Uk for under £11 at min

Correct. Apologies i did mean to type 1, not 7. Can i blame the tablet style
keyboard, i miss my laptop.

[BigNickUK]

Originally Posted by Bruce Morrison

I agree that it would be a heck of a job to maintain a full list. But as an example, here's a list of the English-language films I have in English-friendly BD editions from other Region B countries:

Japan

Black Hawk Down (extended cut)
Casualties Of War
Hours, The
Rainmaker, The
Sheltering Sky, The
Straight Story, The
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Casualties of war was released in Germany recently and I have it, it contains both cuts and is a brilliant release

[BigNickUK]

I guess its all subjective and down to different tastes. If I want a film and its available elsewhere I will hunt it down not just in Europe but also elsewhere USA, Australia etc for region free releases (as I don't have a region free player)

These are mine

France

The 49th Parallel
Oliver Twist (1948)
Seventh Sign 3D
Transcendence 3D Steelbook

German

Casualties Of War
Dark Blue
House Of Wax 3D
Laurel & Hardy March Of The Wooden Soldiers 3D
Noah 3D Steelbook
Only God Forgives 3D
On The Road (Uncut)
Running Scared 3D (2D not released in the UK)
Spy Game
Three And Out


Italy

The Young And Prodigious T S Spivet 3D
Barry Lyndon Steelbook (single release not available in the UK)
Lolita Steelbook (single release not available in the UK)
Sherlock Holmes The Complete Collection

Spain

Blithe Spirit
In Which We Serve
Nightbreed
Ryan's Daughter
The Young Victoria

[DaveSimonH]

Import titles I have that aren't available in the UK;

German

The Answer Man
Birds of America
Black Dynamite
Buried (is correct ratio, UK cropped)
Fanboys (steelbook includes "The People vs. George Lucas" 93m doc)
Five Minutes of Heaven
Flight of the Living Dead
Slither
Veronika Decides to Die


Norway

Turn me On, Dammit!


Sweden

Can't Hardly Wait


And now a few on my wishlist that have various EU releases, but no UK blu;

Arrested Development: seasons 1-3
The Divide
The Gift (2000)
The Girl in the Park
Lonely Hearts
Mary and Max
Mission to Mars
Never Sleep Again
Paper Man
Speak
Then She Found Me
This Boy's Life
A Very Long Engagement


A few wishlist worldwide (excluding US or I'd be here all day);
The Black Balloon (Australia)
Joe Hisaishi in Budokan (Japan)
Smart People (Aus)
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Some worldwide releases I own (outside of EU, some have euro releases but all are unavailable in UK);

Australia

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Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Sphere
While you Were Sleeping


Canada

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The Cable Guy


South Africa

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (sequel has UK release...)
Wild Things


Taiwan

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XXY (only blu-ray worldwide, I think)


US

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The 10th Kingdom (A locked)
Boss: Season 1 (A locked)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
FernGully
The Land Before Time
Mr. Wrong
Oranges and Sunshine
Outbreak
The Pagemaster
Pushing Daisies: Season 2 (s1 had UK blu)
Red Planet
Salem's Lot
Showgirls (A locked)
Star Trek TNG: Redemption
Star Trek TNG: Unification
Star Trek TNG: Chain of Command
Star Trek TNG: All Good Things
That '70s Show: Season 1 (A locked)
That '70s Show: Season 2 (A locked)
Weeds: Season 1 (entire series DVD only in UK)
What Dreams May Come

[Groge511]

Rush Hour 2!