Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) - Blu-ray Forum

MifuneFan · 10-30-2022, 01:45 PM

Mill Creek will be relasing the classic boxing film Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), which stars Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, and Mickey Rooney among others. The screenplay was also written by Rod Serling. No release date has been posted yet, but it should be either December or early 2023.

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Fictional aging heavyweight Louis "Mountain" Rivera (Anthony Quinn) is felled by young Cassius Clay, the future Muhammad Ali, and finds his professional career over. His manipulative manager (Jackie Gleason) owes money on bets placed against Rivera, and convinces him to become a wrestler. Humiliated by the notion, Rivera examines the few options available in the afterglow of a boxing career. Rivera is broken and battered, but he continues to have the support of his trainer (Mickey Rooney).

The movie was previously released on Blu-ray in Australia (region free), as a double-feature with The Harder They Fall.

Gacivory · 10-30-2022, 02:02 PM

Huh, I expected this would warrant a solo release from someone other than Mill Creek.

Jobla · 10-30-2022, 06:17 PM

Great supporting performance by Madame Spivy as a ruthless promoter/gangster.

Beckford · 10-30-2022, 11:10 PM

1962 was one of the greatest years ever in the leading actor category.
Quinn's magnificent in "Requiem" but the competition that year was pretty astounding:
Jack Lemmon "Days of Wine and Roses"
James Mason "Lolita"
Anthony Perkins "The Trial"
Kirk Douglas "Lonely are the Brave"
Randolph Scott "Ride the High Country"
Joel McCrea "Ride the High Country"
Laurence Harvey "The Manchurian Candidate"
Sean Connery "Dr. No"

And from that impressive list of contenders only Lemmon managed to snag an Oscar nomination. The other nominees were Burt Lancaster("Birdman of Alcatraz"), Peter O'Toole ("Lawrence of Arabia"), Marcello Mastroianni ("Divorce - Italian Style") and ultimate winner Gregory Peck ("To Kill a Mockingbird").

What a year! And the Best Actress race was just as intense.

edmonddantes · 10-30-2022, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Beckford

1962 was one of the greatest years ever in the leading actor category.
Quinn's magnificent in "Requiem" but the competition that year was pretty astounding:
Jack Lemmon "Days of Wine and Roses"
James Mason "Lolita"
Anthony Perkins "The Trial"
Kirk Douglas "Lonely are the Brave"
Randolph Scott "Ride the High Country"
Joel McCrea "Ride the High Country"
Laurence Harvey "The Manchurian Candidate"
Sean Connery "Dr. No"

And from that impressive list of contenders only Lemmon managed to snag an Oscar nomination. The other nominees were Burt Lancaster("Birdman of Alcatraz"), Peter O'Toole ("Lawrence of Arabia"), Marcello Mastroianni ("Divorce - Italian Style") and ultimate winner Gregory Peck ("To Kill a Mockingbird").

What a year! And the Best Actress race was just as intense.

douglas and lancaster are against type in those 2 performances, both subdued, both superb. Lonely are the brave is one of my favorite movies, incredibly overlooked by public and critics.

i dont like harvey, but I agree with your bigger point, it really was a good year for actors

Abdrewes · 10-30-2022, 11:48 PM

Blowitoutahere on eBay has this region free release right now for $7.07 before their 15% off two coupon. Good to see it available stateside finally though.

SGFfilmfan · 10-31-2022, 08:39 AM

Mill Creek...ugh

drush9999 · 10-31-2022, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Blowitoutahere on eBay has this region free release right now for $7.07 before their 15% off two coupon. Good to see it available stateside finally though.

I have that too, PQ is excellent

Admonisher · 10-31-2022, 09:42 AM

Great film! I have the region-free twofer. Superb score by Laurence Rosenthal, as well.

rocknblues81 · 11-03-2022, 01:50 AM

Glad I saw this thread. I've been wanting this on blu and so I just bought that double feature without hesitation.

Akijama · 11-03-2022, 07:10 AM

Rayjg · 11-03-2022, 01:23 PM

Requiem for a Heavyweight? Yeah!

Mill Creek? Boooo!

DukeTogo84 · 11-03-2022, 05:03 PM

Cover looks good, and much better than the duel film release. Now the question remains how the encode and compression will be.

rocknblues81 · 11-04-2022, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by rocknblues81

Glad I saw this thread. I've been wanting this on blu and so I just bought that double feature without hesitation.

POS cancelled my order claiming I asked for a refund that I didn't ask for. Now says out of stock.

I will avoid them in the future.

Don't want to have to get Mill Creek's dumpster fire.

cgpublic · 02-03-2023, 12:11 AM

Release date delayed to 2/21/2023.

edmonddantes · 02-03-2023, 09:10 PM

disappointing

Roy Batty · 03-17-2023, 11:16 AM

Has this been actually released yet?

Blu2u · 03-17-2023, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy Batty

Has this been actually released yet?

yes, picked it up a few weeks back. decent transfer, especially considering it's Mill Creek.

HopperWelles · 03-22-2023, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu2u

yes, picked it up a few weeks back. decent transfer, especially considering it's Mill Creek.

Where? I'm not seeing it for sale anywhere. Everything is back ordered.

Karl Ell · 03-22-2023, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by HopperWelles

Where? I'm not seeing it for sale anywhere. Everything is back ordered.

I preordered it from Target. Are you only looking at Amazon, because I see it in stock everywhere.

https://www.target.com/p/requiem-for...01#lnk=sametab

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Requiem-F...ray/2233717925

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/requiem...skuId=35794341

https://www.deepdiscount.com/requiem...d/683904635815

https://www.bullmoose.com/pid/716663...-rooney-dvd-nr

02-03-2023, 12:11 AM	#15
cgpublic Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Gotham 4K collection:433 Blu-ray collection:1746 DVD collection:50 MA collection:349 Digital collection:86 iTunes collection:443 Blu-ray reviews: 43 Trading Score:7	Requiem For A Release Date Release date delayed to 2/21/2023.

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10-30-2022, 02:02 PM	#2
Gacivory Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:530 Blu-ray collection:2962 DVD collection:138 Digital collection:21	Huh, I expected this would warrant a solo release from someone other than Mill Creek.

10-30-2022, 06:17 PM	#3
Jobla Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Great supporting performance by Madame Spivy as a ruthless promoter/gangster.

10-30-2022, 11:10 PM	#4
Beckford Senior Member Member since:Sep 2019 Location:Neither here nor there	1962 was one of the greatest years ever in the leading actor category. Quinn's magnificent in "Requiem" but the competition that year was pretty astounding: Jack Lemmon "Days of Wine and Roses" James Mason "Lolita" Anthony Perkins "The Trial" Kirk Douglas "Lonely are the Brave" Randolph Scott "Ride the High Country" Joel McCrea "Ride the High Country" Laurence Harvey "The Manchurian Candidate" Sean Connery "Dr. No" And from that impressive list of contenders only Lemmon managed to snag an Oscar nomination. The other nominees were Burt Lancaster("Birdman of Alcatraz"), Peter O'Toole ("Lawrence of Arabia"), Marcello Mastroianni ("Divorce - Italian Style") and ultimate winner Gregory Peck ("To Kill a Mockingbird"). What a year! And the Best Actress race was just as intense.

10-30-2022, 11:48 PM	#6
Abdrewes Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Texas 4K collection:766 Blu-ray collection:9826 DVD collection:523 Digital collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:323	Blowitoutahere on eBay has this region free release right now for $7.07 before their 15% off two coupon. Good to see it available stateside finally though.

10-31-2022, 08:39 AM	#7
SGFfilmfan Senior Member Member since:Feb 2014 Location:Midwest, USA Blu-ray collection:55	Mill Creek...ugh

10-31-2022, 09:42 AM	#9
Admonisher Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:1135 DVD collection:610 iTunes collection:3	Great film! I have the region-free twofer. Superb score by Laurence Rosenthal, as well.

11-03-2022, 01:50 AM	#10
rocknblues81 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Shithole USA 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:2119 DVD collection:521 Digital collection:474 Trading Score:35	Glad I saw this thread. I've been wanting this on blu and so I just bought that double feature without hesitation.

11-03-2022, 07:10 AM	#11
Akijama Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011

11-03-2022, 01:23 PM	#12
Rayjg Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2016	Requiem for a Heavyweight? Yeah! Mill Creek? Boooo!

11-03-2022, 05:03 PM	#13
DukeTogo84 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Aug 2012 Location:California 4K collection:78 Blu-ray collection:3993 Trading Score:117	Cover looks good, and much better than the duel film release. Now the question remains how the encode and compression will be.

02-03-2023, 09:10 PM	#16
edmonddantes Special Member Member since:Jun 2020 Location:Bogotá, Colombia Blu-ray collection:4	disappointing

03-17-2023, 11:16 AM	#17
Roy Batty Special Member Member since:Oct 2009 Location:New York City 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:2089 DVD collection:2 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:2	Has this been actually released yet?

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