Paramount Pictures Theatrical Catalog on Blu-ray

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Wow!!!! Thanks so much for your signature line, or whatever it's called!!! I had no idea Frankenheimer's THE ICEMAN COMETH cometh, so to speak, to BD, haha. I collect Frankenheimer films, and somehow never caught this announcement. Much obliged!!!

You're welcome. I don't pre-order as many films as I used as I generally prefer to wait for sale prices, but I'm very excited about this one. I'm a big Lee Marvin fan and I'm looking forward to seeing him in a dramatic performance. Of course, the rest of the cast is incredible: Robert Ryan and Fredric March in their final film roles, a young Jeff Bridges, and Bradford Dillman. As you probably know, Frankenheimer cut his teeth in television and this is a return for him, not just a coming down.

And if Paramount weren't such foot-dragging laggards, we might be discussing some of their great releases in this thread!

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

Not a good comparison. Spain is filled with bootlegs. No other country has that going down like they do.

Wasn't a comparison. He stated they weren't bootlegs due to multiple licensing deals. I merely pointed out that one of them clearly wasn't legit.

[grieven]

Originally Posted by BrandonJF

That sure isn't going to hit much of my wish list. Maybe since they released "The Breakfast Club", they'd hit Paramount's Hughes films... but, I can't see "She's Having a Baby" getting the respect it's been due, but maybe.

I really need:

• Summer School
• She's Having a Baby
• Some Kind of Wonderful
• Gung Ho
• Private Parts
• Pretty in Pink
• The Golden Child
• Popeye
• Eddie Murphy Raw
• Boomerang
• Elizabethtown

Some Kind of Wonderful is my #2 most wanted, just behind Oxford Blues (I don't know which studio owns that one). Private Parts and Pretty In Pink are in my top 10 most wanted as well.

[larrys]

Saw this listed at DVD Beaver, to be released in Germany on 5/23.

9 Movie Western Collection - Vol. 1 [Blu-ray](True Grit -1969, Hondo, The Man Who Shot LibertyValance, El Dorado, Posse, The Sons of Katie Elder, HUD, Three Violent People, Gunfight at the O.K.Corral) DE Paramount

Paramount is releasing this. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, this is the first time HUD is coming out on blu ray. To be honest, it's the only title in this set I really care about.

However, it is listed as 9 movies on 3 BDs. Basically, 3 movies per disc. Compression issues right? Poor PQ for all 9 movies right?

With standard shipping, it is only $24 from Amazon Germany. It is a waste of $24 to check out the PQ on HUD right? I should just be satisfied with the old DVD for now and wait for probably/hopefully Criterion to get it. I need to be talked out of doing it, but I think I'm going to order it anyway.

BTW, for anyone interested, from my limited research, it looks like Posse, Three Violent People and The Sons of Katie Elder would be new BDs as well.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by larrys

Saw this listed at DVD Beaver, to be released in Germany on 5/23.

9 Movie Western Collection - Vol. 1 [Blu-ray](True Grit -1969, Hondo, The Man Who Shot LibertyValance, El Dorado, Posse, The Sons of Katie Elder, HUD, Three Violent People, Gunfight at the O.K.Corral) DE Paramount

Paramount is releasing this. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, this is the first time HUD is coming out on blu ray. To be honest, it's the only title in this set I really care about.

However, it is listed as 9 movies on 3 BDs. Basically, 3 movies per disc. Compression issues right? Poor PQ for all 9 movies right?

With standard shipping, it is only $24 from Amazon Germany. It is a waste of $24 to check out the PQ on HUD right? I should just be satisfied with the old DVD for now and wait for probably/hopefully Criterion to get it. I need to be talked out of doing it, but I think I'm going to order it anyway.

BTW, for anyone interested, from my limited research, it looks like Posse, Three Violent People and The Sons of Katie Elder would be new BDs as well.

Volume 1? I wonder what Volume 2 might contain. Those are some of the better Paramount westerns right there.

Of the new to BD releases, The Sons of Katie Elder is a good John Wayne movie for folks like me who enjoy John Wayne movies. Posse is an interesting film with a great supporting cast (Bruce Dern as the antagonist), starring and directed by Kirk Douglas. Three Violent People is the one I've the least interest in, but I've never been a big Charlton Heston fan. As you state, the jewel of the set is Hud. I hope that Criterion releases it, but I'll settle for a stateside Paramount release. I picked up the UK release of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and then Paramount released it in the states.

The price is tempting, but three films per disc doesn't sound promising. I might just wait for individual releases.

[VeronicaSawyer]

I'd love to see Paramount start licensing out their catalog to smaller companies. Some of my holy grail titles would be April Fool's Day and Summer School, but I'd also love to see The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel, as well as Addams Family Values, The Out of Towners (original and remake), Rat Race, and Abandon.

Fingers crossed that it happens sooner than later.

[JMDiaz718]

Originally Posted by BrandonJF

I really need:

• Summer School
• She's Having a Baby
• Some Kind of Wonderful
• Gung Ho
• Private Parts
• Pretty in Pink
• The Golden Child
• Popeye
• Eddie Murphy Raw
• Boomerang
• Elizabethtown

I'll add

King Kong 1976
The Brady Bunch Movie
A Very Brady Sequel
Addams Family Values
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
The Big Bus
The War of the Worlds 1953
Prophecy
My Bloody Valentine (Remastered, Uncut)
Silver Bullet

[rocknblues81]

The Weatherman also.

[dkelly26666]

Popeye (1980)
Play it Again, Sam (1972)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Pretty Baby (1980)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Atlantic City (1980)
Goin' South (1978)
The Two Jakes (1990)
Falling in Love (1984)

[BluProofie]

Mommie Dearest needs a blu-ray.

[SleazyForWeasley]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

I'll add

King Kong 1976
The Brady Bunch Movie
A Very Brady Sequel
Addams Family Values
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
The Big Bus
The War of the Worlds 1953
Prophecy
My Bloody Valentine (Remastered, Uncut)
Silver Bullet

And I'll add to that:
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Permanent Record
April Fools Day (1986)
Mean Creek

[CinemaScope]

My Paramount top ten wants list:

The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)
Li'll Abner (1959)
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Presidents Analyst (1967)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Catch-22 (1970)
The Longest Yard (1974)
The Big Bus (1976)
Heaven Can Wait (1978).

[whiteberry]

Roman Holiday (1953)
Romeo and Juliet (1968) (using the recent 4K restoration)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Summer Rental (1985)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Summer School (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
The Experts (1989)
Necessary Roughness (1991)

[bonehica]

Here's a couple more I would dearly love to have on blu

A Place in the Sun (1951)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Wonder Boys (2000)

[The Great Escape]

King Kong 1976
Some Kind of Wonderful (my favorite John Hughes film he wrote)
Nobody Fools (Paul Newman, have the DVD)
She Having a Baby
Sons of Katie Elder

[Ggould1975]

Rat Race 2001
Bon Voyage Charlie Brown 1980
Race For Your Life Charlie Brown 1977
Big Top Per Wee 1988
Blue Iguana 1988
Addams Family Values 1993

[oilers73]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

I'll add

King Kong 1976
The Brady Bunch Movie
A Very Brady Sequel
Addams Family Values
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
The Big Bus
The War of the Worlds 1953
Prophecy
My Bloody Valentine (Remastered, Uncut)
Silver Bullet

There is a legitimate, region-free Blu-ray of Silver Bullet from Australia. It has several interviews and a terrific audio commentary from director Daniel Attias. You can find the review on this very site. Check it out!

[belcherman]

OK, here's my Paramount wish list:

1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 Detective Story
1953 Roman Holiday
1955 We're No Angels
1955 The Desperate Hours
1955 Artist and Models
1956 The Rainmaker
1958 Teacher's Pet
1963 Hud
1963 Donovan's Reef
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder
1967 Barefoot in the Park
1970 Catch-22
1971 Plaza Suite
1972 Bad Company
1972 Play it Again Sam
1973 Bang the Drum Slowly
1973 Save the Tiger
1973 Paper Moon
1973 A Touch of Class
1974 White Dawn
1974 The Gambler
1978 American Hot Wax
1979 Real Life
1979 North Dallas Forty
1980 Popeye
1980 Atlantic City
1981 Ragtime

I'm sure I forgot a dozen or so.

[donidarko]

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Little Darlings
Pretty in Pink
The First Wives Club
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Bad News Bears (1976)(and sequel)
Prophecy
Ordinary People
The Big Bus
Lipstick
Lifeguard
Urban Cowboy
Sabrina (remake)
Black Sunday
Heaven Can Wait (remake)
Some Kind of Wonderful
Desperate Characters
Testament
War of the Worlds (1953)
The Out-Of-Towners (1970)

[mulscul]

In addition to the above lists I would want

Dead Again

Soapdish

Mother (1996)

General's Daughter