John Wayne: the Epic Collection

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domino harvey
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John Wayne: the Epic Collection

#1 Post by domino harvey » Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:47 pm

Warner Brothers is combining their holdings with the Paramount acquisitions to release a 40 film, 38-disc John Wayne collection in May. As you can see below, they'll be in stupid fucking slots, but at least this takes the sting out of a lot of these OOP titles for those who don't already have 'em all:

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Big Stampede/Ride Him Cowboy/Haunted Gold, 1932

Telegraph Trail/Somewhere in Sonora/Man from Monterey, 1933

Allegheny Uprising, 1939

Reunion In France, 1942

Tall in the Saddle,1944

Back to Bataan, 1945

They Were Expendable, 1945

Without Reservations, 1946

Tycoon, 1947

Fort Apache, 1948

The Three Godfathers, 1948

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 1949

Flying Leathernecks, 1951

Operation Pacific, 1951

Big Jim McLain, 1952

Trouble Along the Way, 1953

Blood Alley, 1966

The Sea Chase, 1955

The Searchers, 1956

The Wings Of Eagles, 1957

Rio Bravo, 1959

Hatari, 1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962

How The West Was Won: Special Edition, 1962

Donovan's Reef, 1963

In Harm's Way, 1965

The Sons Of Katie Elder, 1965

El Dorado, 1966

The Green Berets, 1968

True Grit, 1969

Chisum, 1970

Cowboys, The: Deluxe Edition, 1972

Cahill: U.S. Marshall, 1973

The Train Robbers, 1973

McQ, 1974

The Shootist, 1976

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Re: John Wayne: the Epic Collection

#2 Post by Drucker » Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:56 pm

Wasn't their confirmation that more John Ford movies were coming from Warner on blu-ray this year? I guess this is that confirmation? Are these all blu-rays?

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Re: John Wayne: the Epic Collection

#3 Post by domino harvey » Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:57 pm

All DVDs, unfortunately. But hey, they've thrown in a belt buckle!

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Re: John Wayne: the Epic Collection

#4 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:39 pm

It's Warner, of course no blu rays.

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Re: John Wayne: the Epic Collection

#5 Post by kingofthejungle » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:11 pm

Drucker wrote:Wasn't their confirmation that more John Ford movies were coming from Warner on blu-ray this year? I guess this is that confirmation? Are these all blu-rays?
Yeah, I asked George Feltenstein about the possibilities of more John Ford on Blu-Ray in hid reddit Q&A last year, and he said that several titles were likely possibilities. I'm not surprised the mega-box is DVD only, but they apparently do have some Ford in the HD schedule.

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Re: John Wayne: the Epic Collection

#6 Post by Drucker » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:40 pm

I really, really would love to see She Wore a Yellow Ribbon with a transfer that's universally praised as being color correct. The Searchers has obviously been debated, The Quiet Man some people question, and Drums Along The Mohawk the negatives are lost. A pure, correct Ford technicolor would be so great.

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