The Stepford Wives (2004) - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

bonehica · 06-01-2021, 06:56 PM

All special features have been ported over from the SE DVD.

spidermanonu · 06-01-2021, 07:21 PM

Please take a picture of the back cover, thanks 😊

bonehica · 06-01-2021, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by spidermanonu

Please take a picture of the back cover, thanks 😊

wnicholas76 · 06-02-2021, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bonehica

Mine just arrived from amazon today, and I can confirm this too!! Goodbye, aging DVD!!

James Luckard · 06-02-2021, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by wnicholas76

Goodbye, aging DVD!!

Mine arrived today too.

It's such fun to upgrade to the younger, more technologically advanced, high-tech version of the same thing I always liked before... now why does that concept sound so familiar?

Aclea · 06-02-2021, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by James Luckard

Bristol-Myers bought Palomar Pictures in 1970, so they own the entire catalog of that company. It seems to be about 30 films:

They don't own all of them worldwide - Taking of Pelham 123 was a co-production made after they decided to get out of the business but after they'd already picked up the rights to the novel and MGM/UA seem to own it now, while some others are owned by other companies outside the US (some are with Fremantle internationally while Shalako is a StudioCanal title internationally but still ABC in the US).

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Originally Posted by Cinema84

Other bizarre ownership:

Coca-Cola owned the Columbia Pictures studio for a good bit during the 80's
Gladden Paint invested in some films, also during the 80's. I believe the original Mannequin is one of them.
Reuben Trane, heir to the TRANE empire of industrial Air Conditioning manufacturers, was a Producer on some films, including Shock Waves!

Anyone know of any others?

Gladden Entertainment had nothing to do with Glidden Paint: it was actually named after serial embezzler and fraudster David Begelman's nickname for his wife.

Warners was owned by the Kinney Company, a parking lot and contract cleaning company while in the early 70s the Mafia had money in Paramount, buying in when the massive cost over-runs on Darling Lili caused a Cleopatra level crisis at the company, a fiasco that was cited, IIRC, by Mario Puzo as one of the inspirations for Godfather III.

TwinCitiesBluFan · 06-03-2021, 06:52 PM

My copy arrived yesterday and I've just watched it. Still a really fun film! I remember going to see it in theaters and enjoying it on DVD as well, so I was very happy to see it finally get a BD release. Nice to have all the DVD special features ported over, too!

raybestos · 06-03-2021, 11:36 PM

I couldn't care less about this 2004 remake.

All I want is the 1975 original, superior version, which is the only version to ever see. I'm willing to pay for it, substantially.

It is a travesty that a greedy, one-shot pharmaceutical company is holding this film. I'm not shocked at *any* pharmaceutical company's greed, but here they have very little to gain by not releasing the original film. They just won't make millions on it. They'll make thousands, tens-of-thousands instead.

I'm in really pissed-off territory now, and we'll probably never get the original version remastered in 1080p, since media is a dying breed now.

GeoffOliver · 06-04-2021, 05:01 AM

I just went ahead and bought the original on DVD. The Paramount release was only $7.99 on eBay, so why the hell not?

Maybe it'll be good luck on it finally getting a Blu-ray release.

starkrogersthor91 · 06-05-2021, 10:31 AM

Any idea if this is region free or locked??

tellybox · 06-05-2021, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by raybestos

I couldn't care less about this 2004 remake.

All I want is the 1975 original, superior version, which is the only version to ever see. I'm willing to pay for it, substantially.

It is a travesty that a greedy, one-shot pharmaceutical company is holding this film. I'm not shocked at *any* pharmaceutical company's greed, but here they have very little to gain by not releasing the original film. They just won't make millions on it. They'll make thousands, tens-of-thousands instead.

I'm in really pissed-off territory now, and we'll probably never get the original version remastered in 1080p, since media is a dying breed now.

Enough griping. It's not coming. Bump the thread for the 1975 version or start one.

Zillamon51 · 06-05-2021, 05:01 PM

No digital copy with this? Maybe InstaWatch from Walmart?

KeatAlex · 06-07-2021, 04:42 AM

Bought it, I really enjoyed this film so can't wait to revisit it. It's so cheesy and campy.

starkrogersthor91 · 06-07-2021, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by starkrogersthor91

Any idea if this is region free or locked??

Anyone hehe??

Really want to import it, but half of the new batch of Paramount releases have turned out to be Region Locked, so I'm a little worried without confirmation!

Frederick2000 · 06-09-2021, 06:12 AM

After doing some digging through the stills and tv spots, I was able to find a few images from the original cut of the film.

The much darker one where the Kidman character moved to Stepford after having a mental breakdown caused by discovering her husband was cheating.

Nazim · 06-13-2021, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by starkrogersthor91

Any idea if this is region free or locked??

Locked! Region A. Picture quality is 2.5/5
Lowest quality for recent blu-rays.

Britnasty · 06-13-2021, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Zillamon51

No digital copy with this? Maybe InstaWatch from Walmart?

Instawatch has been dead for almost a year

Zillamon51 · 06-13-2021, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Britnasty

Instawatch has been dead for almost a year

Maybe for new titles. But I still get them all the time.

Frederick2000 · 03-15-2022, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Frederick2000

After doing some digging through the stills and tv spots, I was able to find a few images from the original cut of the film.

The much darker one where the Kidman character moved to Stepford after having a mental breakdown caused by discovering her husband was cheating.

Here's the full text of the scene from the shooting script.

Unfortunately, the draft I found doesn't seem to be the original version either as it includes elements from the reshoots, including the reshot version of the original opening that was then, itself, replaced.

I do think the ending at the party was always intended to finish the film, but Frank Oz did mention (pre-reshoots) that they shoot a darker and lighter version of it. Neither of those are here.

BluPat · 06-09-2022, 05:29 AM

Picked this up tonight from Walmart for $9.96 for my husband.

06-09-2021, 06:12 AM	#75
Frederick2000 Active Member Member since:Feb 2018 Blu-ray collection:11 DVD collection:29	After doing some digging through the stills and tv spots, I was able to find a few images from the original cut of the film. The much darker one where the Kidman character moved to Stepford after having a mental breakdown caused by discovering her husband was cheating. Last edited by Frederick2000; 03-15-2022 at 10:00 AM.

06-01-2021, 06:56 PM	#61
bonehica Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Nov 2018 Location:Flint, MI 4K collection:1177 Blu-ray collection:4742 DVD collection:319 Trading Score:1	All special features have been ported over from the SE DVD.

06-01-2021, 07:21 PM	#62
spidermanonu Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2010 4K collection:341 Blu-ray collection:889 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews: 4	Please take a picture of the back cover, thanks 😊

06-03-2021, 06:52 PM	#67
TwinCitiesBluFan Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Twin Cities, MN 4K collection:943 Blu-ray collection:4248 DVD collection:445 MA collection:133 Digital collection:456 iTunes collection:136 Trading Score:321	My copy arrived yesterday and I've just watched it. Still a really fun film! I remember going to see it in theaters and enjoying it on DVD as well, so I was very happy to see it finally get a BD release. Nice to have all the DVD special features ported over, too!

06-03-2021, 11:36 PM	#68
raybestos Senior Member Member since:Dec 2012	I couldn't care less about this 2004 remake. All I want is the 1975 original, superior version, which is the only version to ever see. I'm willing to pay for it, substantially. It is a travesty that a greedy, one-shot pharmaceutical company is holding this film. I'm not shocked at any pharmaceutical company's greed, but here they have very little to gain by not releasing the original film. They just won't make millions on it. They'll make thousands, tens-of-thousands instead. I'm in really pissed-off territory now, and we'll probably never get the original version remastered in 1080p, since media is a dying breed now.

06-04-2021, 05:01 AM	#69
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:260 Blu-ray collection:1523 DVD collection:332	I just went ahead and bought the original on DVD. The Paramount release was only $7.99 on eBay, so why the hell not? Maybe it'll be good luck on it finally getting a Blu-ray release.

06-05-2021, 10:31 AM	#70
starkrogersthor91 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2011 Location:Australia Trading Score:82	Any idea if this is region free or locked??

06-05-2021, 05:01 PM	#72
Zillamon51 Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2013 Location:S.E. Michigan 4K collection:374 Blu-ray collection:2062 DVD collection:664 Digital collection:929 Trading Score:11	No digital copy with this? Maybe InstaWatch from Walmart?

06-07-2021, 04:42 AM	#73
KeatAlex Active Member Member since:Aug 2020 Location:Thousand Oaks, CA 4K collection:76 Blu-ray collection:327 DVD collection:28 Digital collection:4	Bought it, I really enjoyed this film so can't wait to revisit it. It's so cheesy and campy.

06-09-2022, 05:29 AM	#80
BluPat Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Texas 4K collection:241 Blu-ray collection:1455 Blu-ray reviews: 80 Trading Score:4	Picked this up tonight from Walmart for $9.96 for my husband.

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