Classics Still Not On Blu-ray

[Icedburden]

Classic (By classics I mean films from the 1970's and further back, films that defined what a movie is) movies that have not been announced or do not have any solid information on them yet:

Citizen Kane (Possible 2011 Release)
Sunset Boulevard
Touch Of Evil
Charlie Chaplin Films
Marx Brothers Films
Psycho (1960 Hitchcock)
Rear Window
Dial M For Murder
Vertigo
Ben Hur (Possible 2010 Release)
The Birds
The Sound Of Music
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
High Noon
His Girl Friday
The Out-Of-Towners (1970)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Charge of the Light Brigade
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Bride of Frankenstein
On the Waterfront
Taxi Driver (Announced)
Jaws
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Maltese Falcon
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Dark Victory
All About Eve
Jezebel
Mildred Pierce
Double Indemnity
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The African Queen
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
12 Angry Men
Lawrence of Arabia (Announced)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Khartoum
Doctor Zhivago (Possible 2010 Release)
Spartacus
Forbidden Planet (Announced)
The Big Sleep
The General
In a Lonely Place
Kiss me Deadly
Singin' In The Rain
Gigot
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Mummy (1932)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Fly (1958)
The Black Cat (1934)
The Man Who Would Be King
Purple Noon
La Dolce Vita
Amarcord
Rocco & His Brothers
Auntie Mame (1958)
Purple Noon
La Dolce Vita
Amarcord
Rocco & His Brothers
The Talented Mr. Ripley

I'll update it with links and any info if necessary. We need to support the restoration of these classic pieces of cinema!

[benricci]

Citizen Kane is currently in the prep stages (most likely 2011 target date). Don't know about the others.

Also, I think this belongs in the Wish List forum....

[Mr.White]

I would have thought Ben Hur would be released this year to celebrate it's 50th Ann.

[NoQuestion]

Classics are not selling very well on blu right now and they are not geared to the major demographic. That is the biggest reason you are not seeing a lot of classics out and the ones that are (Oz and Gone with the Wind) are coming out in the big UCE just to offset the cost to make it worth while to the studio to even put it out.

[Icedburden]

Originally Posted by benricci

Citizen Kane is currently in the prep stages (most likely 2011 target date). Don't know about the others.

Also, I think this belongs in the Wish List forum....

I thought so too but I thought it'd be good for information on them. Either way, if a Mod would feel the need then go for it. Good to hear Citizen Kane is on it's way at some point.

[unjichan]

Maybe there's another thread looking familiar exists in the wish list sub-forum, i guess.

I'd add The Sound Of Music

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Icedburden

Forgive me if this has been made, I'm sure it has somewhere.
But is there any news on movies like:

Citizen Kane
Sunset Boulevard
Touch Of Evil
Modern Times (Or any other Chaplin film)
Marx Brothers films
Psycho (1960 Hitchcock)
Rear Window
Dial M For Murder
Vertigo

I'll update it with links and any info if necessary. I just really want these movies on Blu-Ray with a restoration that they deserve.

Criterion was apparently negotiating the rights to all the Chaplin films, but I don't know what happened with that. Haven't heard about any of the others, but I assume after North by Northwest streets and sells well we will hear about more Hitchcock. Sunset Blvd I would like to have yesterday! The remastered DVD version was scrubbed of grain, so I wonder what they will do for blu.

[wil_l_0w]

The Birds and Psycho

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

I would have thought Ben Hur would be released this year to celebrate it's 50th Ann.

It was originally planned for 2009, but apparently delayed.

[Mr.White]

All the classic Beatles films. I know there is a Canada version of A Hard Day's Night, but I want official Apple Corps. product.

[scweb13]

Classics? How about Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931)?

[dmb70]

Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
On the Waterfront
Planet of the Apes
Taxi Driver
Jaws
The Star Wars Trilogy

[lobo81865]

I would like:

Ivanhoe (1952)
Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk
The Mark of Zorro
Charge of the Light Brigade
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[retablo]

I still want "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." To my knowledge, it was never even officially released on DVD in the U.S., at least not by Fox.

Its going to take a while for all this stuff to come out on blu. It took many many years for the original King Kong to come out on DVD, and even now they are having to remaster it again for HD. So if a lot of these other DVD masters aren't up to par, it's gonna take a lot of work to present them properly on blu.

And by properly, I don't mean Gladiator.

[Russell_L]

As long as we're at it, how about:

The African Queen (heck, this isn't even on DVD yet, but I know it's in the process of being restored, so there's a chance of a Blu release)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Maltese Falcon
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Dark Victory
All About Eve
Jezebel
Mildred Pierce
Double Indemnity
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by retablo

It was originally planned for 2009, but apparently delayed.

Should be getting it next year.

[Icedburden]

Originally Posted by dmb70

Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
On the Waterfront
Planet of the Apes
Taxi Driver
Jaws
The Star Wars Trilogy

I believe Planet of the Apes is already available

[beatlesaint]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

All the classic Beatles films. I know there is a Canada version of A Hard Day's Night, but I want official Apple Corps. product.

With the speed Apple work at I would estimate 2017 as release for just one of them........we havent even got Let It Be on DVD yet !

[Dotpattern]

The original Manchurian Candidate.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

All the classic Beatles films. I know there is a Canada version of A Hard Day's Night, but I want official Apple Corps. product.

Plus, it's only 1080i. So does it even count?