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Gigi M.
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#1 Post by Gigi M. » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:43 pm

From Digitalbits:
7/10 - Kansas City Confidential (1952), The Stranger (1946), The Woman in the Window (1944), A Bullet for Joey (1950), Stopover Tokyo (1957), Sea Wife (1957), Seven Thieves (1960), Rally Round the Flag, Boys (1958), The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), the Joan Collins Collection (includes Stopover Tokyo, Sea Wife, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Seven Thieves and Rally Round the Flag, Boys) and the MGM Movie Legends Collection: Frankie & Annette ($39.98 - includes Beach Blanket Bingo, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Fireball 500, Thunder Alley, Muscle Beach Party and Ski Party)

7/17 - Red Dawn: Collector's Edition, The Happy Hooker Trilogy (The Happy Hooker, The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington) and 80s double features ($19.98 each) including Teen Witch/Heavenly Kid, Class/Secret Admirer, Desperately Seeking Susan/Something Wild, Fatal Beauty/Running Scared, The Sure Thing/Valley Girl, Johnny B. Good/Youngblood, Once Bitten/Vampire's Kiss and The Flamingo Kid/Last American Virgin

7/24 - Perfect Creature, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring, Raise the Red Lantern, the MGM Movie Legends Collection: Frank Sinatra ($39.98 - includes The Manchurian Candidate, Guys and Dolls, The Pride and the Passion, Hole in the Head and Kings Go Forth) and the MGM Movie Legends Collection: Elvis Presley ($39.98 - includes Clambake, Frankie and Johnny, Follow That Dream and Kid Galahad)

7/31 - Firehouse Dog, Tintorera (1977) and Blue Water, White Death

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#2 Post by Antoine Doinel » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:54 pm

Finally, Welles' The Stranger arrives in R1! I'm assuming this will be a port of the R2 disc.

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#3 Post by Gigi M. » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:00 pm

How about Lang's noir masterpiece, The Woman in the Window? A great companion piece to Lang's Scarlet Street.

Jean de Florette also back in print. The oop disc goes over $50 at ebay and amazon.

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#4 Post by Buttery Jeb » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:12 pm

Gigi M. wrote:Red Dawn: Collector's Edition
WOLVERINES!!! Had to be done. Should have been done sooner.

-BJ

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#5 Post by Gigi M. » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:14 pm

Hey, Raise the Red Lantern by MGM? A new progressive transfer?

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#6 Post by starmanof51 » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:33 pm

And the Frankie and Annette(ish) box might indicate a full-on reworking of the Midnite Movies line.

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#7 Post by Narshty » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:36 pm

Blue Water, White Death! Well, I never.

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#8 Post by justeleblanc » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:54 pm

Woman in the Window, FINALLY!!!

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#9 Post by dx23 » Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:57 pm

Finally a decent version of the Stranger (if they port the R2 releases). Also good to see Manon of the Spring and Jean de Florette back in print.

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#10 Post by Harold Gervais » Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:27 pm

July is turning into a hell of a month. The Stranger and Woman in the Window....outstanding news. They will probably be feature-free, which is a shame but I'll take'em.

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#11 Post by Joe Buck » Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:28 pm

I'm excited about the Stranger as well. The Roan version was decent, though. Hopefully there will be some extras on the disc.

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#12 Post by BusterK. » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:39 pm

Kansas City Confidential (1952), The Stranger (1946), The Woman in the Window (1944)
Very excited about these 3 classic noirs, but too bad it's MGM who holds the rights, i wouldn't expect criterion transfers here :roll:

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#13 Post by moviefan » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:51 pm

Joe Buck wrote:I'm excited about the Stranger as well.
I have the German R2 version already and may not buy it. My version comes with the original trailer.

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#14 Post by PhilipS » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:12 am

Gigi M. wrote:the MGM Movie Legends Collection: Frankie & Annette ($39.98 - includes Beach Blanket Bingo, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Fireball 500, Thunder Alley, Muscle Beach Party and Ski Party)
Where's Pajama Party dammit???

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#15 Post by ltfontaine » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:50 pm

And ANYTHING has to be better than the last R1 release of Raise the Red Lantern.

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#16 Post by Gigi M. » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:53 am

Apparently MGM/FOX have raised their prices to RSP $19.99, same as Ball of fire.

The Stranger

Raise The Red Lantern

The Woman in the Window

They also list a new release for Inherit the Wind, hopefully anamorphic this time.

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#17 Post by Joe Buck » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:24 am

$19.99? There had better be a plethora of extras, for that price. Why must MGM continue to disappoint?

I'm hoping 1984 gets re-released. I love the film, but couldn't pass up the opportunity to sell it on eBay for $80.

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#18 Post by richast2 » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:00 pm

Gigi M. wrote:The Happy Hooker Trilogy (The Happy Hooker, The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington)
FINALLY!

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#19 Post by starmanof51 » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:46 pm

richast2 wrote:
Gigi M. wrote:The Happy Hooker Trilogy (The Happy Hooker, The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington)
FINALLY!
I can actually hum a few bars of the theme song.

I'm not proud.

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#20 Post by Gigi M. » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:28 pm

Apparently, MGM is coming with their individual line of film noir. But, some genius thinks he can charge SRP$ 19.99 for barebones discs. Anyhow, the artwork is lovely.

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#21 Post by arsonfilms » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:43 pm

I hate Hate HATE MGM. Just a couple of extras and I'd have ponied up, but now I'll be forced to rent.

I swear to god though, if they fuck up the transfer on The Stranger...

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#22 Post by filmnoir1 » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:45 pm

I will definitely be picking up these film noirs. Perhaps MGM is taking up Fox's slack on continuing to keep film noir viable on the DVD market. While, I too bemoan the lack of special features, it is still great to have the opportunity to see these films and to own them on DVD. Perhaps someday we will be able to see all the films considered to have been part of the stylistic element of film noir in American cinema.

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#23 Post by miless » Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:58 am

filmnoir1 wrote: Perhaps someday we will be able to see all the films considered to have been part of the stylistic element of film noir in American cinema.
and maybe, just maybe, MGM will re-release some of their earlier releases in better editions (I'm thinking of The Killing, here)

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#24 Post by skuhn8 » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:08 am

arsonfilms wrote:I hate Hate HATE MGM. Just a couple of extras and I'd have ponied up, but now I'll be forced to rent.

I swear to god though, if they fuck up the transfer on The Stranger...
They already did a very nice transfer of The Stranger in R2land, and will probably release the same. But $20?!

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#25 Post by sevenarts » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:03 am

OK, is anyone really gonna pay $20 for these? With the usual online discounts it'll be $13 or so, which isn't too bad.

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