Author Topic: Movies You Wish Were On DVD (Read 36566 times)

DVDiva · « **Reply #30 on:** May 29, 2001 at 03:08 AM »

Metropolis (non-Madacy

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Red, Blue and White
Wings of Desire
Delicatessen
Children of Heaven
Legend of 1900

Godfather Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
The Mission
Swing Kids
Metropolitan
The Pirate Movie

The Promise

lazy_maze: Raise the Red Lantern's out on Region 3 already, available in HongKong. I know since I have it on my shelf.

Warsaw · « **Reply #31 on:** May 29, 2001 at 09:41 AM »

Mine would have to be the very cheesy Justice League of America pilot from Warner Bros. It was never broadcast in the US, but shown in HBO Asia. I don't care how bad it was, I just want the JLA.

Warsaw · « **Reply #32 on:** May 29, 2001 at 09:42 AM »

Another one is The Terminator from 1984. Hey Mr. Cameron when will you let us complete our Arnold collection.

Kahon · « **Reply #33 on:** May 29, 2001 at 09:58 AM »

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Another one is The Terminator from 1984. Hey Mr. Cameron when will you let us complete our Arnold collection.

they have a great terminator 1 2-disk special edition from r2. wonder when it will be coming to r1 or r3?

lazy_maze · « **Reply #34 on:** May 29, 2001 at 10:28 AM »

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lazy_maze: Raise the Red Lantern's out on Region 3 already, available in HongKong. I know since I have it on my shelf.

DVDgurl,

I have my doubts on these Hongkong DVDs.

Are they good? I have a feeling they all have VCD qualities instead of DVD.

bently · « **Reply #35 on:** Jun 01, 2001 at 09:47 PM »

region free...!!! dvd's
FREEDOM!!!

and please no forced commercials...disney is great in promoting this....
why do i have to watch your promotions before i can enjoy the movie.....

bently

firewired · « **Reply #36 on:** Jun 02, 2001 at 04:51 AM »

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I have my doubts on these Hongkong DVDs.

lazy_maze, your doubts are well-founded. While the newer Hongkong R3 DVDs are actually very well-made, pre-2000 discs suffer from mediocre video quality and/or atrocious subtitles. Raise The Red Lantern, for example, is marred by a so-so transfer and subtitles that are almost unreadable. Too bad it's not available anywhere else.

weddingsingr · « **Reply #37 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 05:04 AM »

THE PROMISE (1979) starring Kathleen Quinlan. A rich student's fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love.

TOP SECRET! (1984) starring Val Kilmer.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (1980)starring Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE starring Mel Brooks. A bad polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.

SILENT MOVIE(1976) starring Mel Brooks. A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.

CAVEMAN (1981) starring Ringo Starr. This spoof of prehistoric man movies, follows outcasts, Atouk and Lar, as they meet and join up with other outcasts to form their own tribe.

BLESS THE BEAST AND THE CHILDREN (1971) A group of social misfits band together and run away from summer camp. Along the way, they take up a crusade to save penned in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter. Dito ginamit yuong kanta ng Carpenters of the same title.

ANY MICHAEL JACKSON CONCERT including GHOSTS

Warsaw · « **Reply #38 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 09:01 AM »

How about British Films, I see that there is a shortage of British Films available on Dvd.

viper · « **Reply #39 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 09:18 AM »

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How about British Films, I see that there is a shortage of British Films available on Dvd.

Maybe most of them are in Region2 PAL format

Warsaw · « **Reply #40 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 09:22 AM »

Thanks viper, the only British film I have on my collection is Excalibur, which is not a very good transfer but it is a very good adaptation of the Arthurian legends.

yagballs · « **Reply #41 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 08:58 PM »

Love Affair (1994): Starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Garry Shandling.

Man, I cried at this movie.

I love the sountrack by Ennio Morricone.

viper · « **Reply #42 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 10:09 PM »

Starman, I also have Excalibur (R3) but I have not yet played it. (Isa-isa lang ang panood, galit jowa

). I also have

Yagballs, have you seen the original An Affair to Remember? The ending moved me to tears though I like Annete Benning more.

Going back on track, I saw a posting re Final Countdown. Alas, they have not yet decided to release one in NTSC format. I checked amazon and a german release (R2/PAL) will be made by July. Using my limited German

, it seems the disc will not have the original English track

.

Well, I just hope they release FC in English preferably flipsided with the Japanese take on the movie (Remember that Jap movie which was released to cash in on FC, where a Jap gunship and tank was sent back to mideaval Japan but never returned). I just forgot the english title it was released on.

viper · « **Reply #43 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 10:14 PM »

Starman, the complete sentence in the previous post is..

I also have Henry V if it can be classified as an English flick. The accent sounds like english

Now Mr Admin, I observe that if I preview a post and click the back button or hyperlink, it seems to lose the typed post hence you need to retype everything again. Is it just my browser (MSIE 5.5) or what?

yagballs · « **Reply #44 on:** Jun 07, 2001 at 11:38 PM »

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Yagballs, have you seen the original An Affair to Remember? The ending moved me to tears though I like Annete Benning more.

No I haven't seen it, but I'm curious though...

Actually, "Love Affair" with Warren and Annete is the 2nd remake of this classic. "An Affair to remember" (1957) is the 1st remake with Cary Grant, and Deborah Kerr. The original "Love Affair" (1939) stars Irene Dunne, and Charles Boyer.

Also, I will add my childhood favorite, "Flash Gordon". Remember the music playing when he was about to storm Ming's fortress? "Flash! Flaaa-aaash! (something, something) universe!" I hope I got that right. hahaha

viper · « **Reply #45 on:** Jun 08, 2001 at 06:38 AM »

Yes, Flash Gordon (Flash, aha, savior of the universe). I also remember how I got outbidded in eauctions when a dvd copy was placed on the block

. I'm still hoping one will surface again somewhere.

So what I did was buy the complete soundtrack with Queen. That's the next best thing.

bently · « **Reply #46 on:** Jan 09, 2002 at 02:50 PM »

i remember an old british sci-fi series when i was back in manila.i think it was called ufo...and they had an odd looking ship where it only had one missile and it was located at the tip of their spaceship.

i would definitely grab the whole series once it comes out on dvd...

bently

backbeat64 · « **Reply #47 on:** Jan 09, 2002 at 03:22 PM »

The Japanese film "Shall We Dance?", which was released in the US, i believe, by Miramax. Around two years ago, it was either the highest grossing Japanese film of all time or the most-awarded? Saw it at a Japanese filmfest at Edsa Shangri-la. Made a VHS copy from an LD rented from video take-out and have been lending it out to friends. Everyone ive lent a copy to loved this funny, sweet, romantic movie

Jude · « **Reply #48 on:** Jan 09, 2002 at 09:09 PM »

The Last Unicorn! May DVD na nung animated Hobbit and LOTR plus all those Rankin/Bass stop-motion films, ba't wala pa nito!? I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

electronic70 · « **Reply #49 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 03:02 AM »

Yup, Once Upon a Time in America please. But also:

Miller's Crossing
Glengarry Glen Ross

and oh! Jackie Brown

viper · « **Reply #50 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 03:49 AM »

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i remember an old british sci-fi series when i was back in manila.i think it was called ufo...and they had an odd looking ship where it only had one missile and it was located at the tip of their spaceship.

i would definitely grab the whole series once it comes out on dvd...

Yes, it was called UFO. I had to buy the VHS tapes from amazon and have it shipped here in Manila. If they will release a best of UFO DVD, i would certainly grab it just like I grabbed the available episodes of Space:1999 (which by the way, was supposed to be a sequel to UFO)

bently

espace · « **Reply #51 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 04:30 AM »

So this thread's been around since the beginning of PinoyDVD. Thanks, bently, for bringing it up!

I'd really like to see on DVD:

"Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" - doubt if there's any chance of this as it didn't even make it to Laser Disk. It's a George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley movie about an epicurean magazine and the murder of the chefs who create the "most fabulous meal in the world".

"Two for the Road" - haven't heard any news about this, but they've been coming out with more Audrey Hepburn movies, so this would someday be in line. Maybe benny can enlighten us.

Most of the other movies mentioned on this thread particularly Mel Brooks' movies.

And a lot of other movies...

blitzkrieg · « **Reply #52 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 08:58 AM »

When are they coming up with the following on dvd format:

LOVE AFFAIR starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. Just love this movie and most especially the soundtrack. Don't you think the non-release has something to do with THE Katherine Hepburn?

GREASE starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. One of my all-time favorites.

INDIANA JONES TRILOGY. Just love this series.

levi · « **Reply #53 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 11:37 AM »

Same with electronic70, Im in a lookout for Once Upon A Time In America.

Dog from OuTeR Space · « **Reply #54 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 12:59 PM »

i know this is impossible but nonetheless... guys... laugh in my agony

Maskman/Bioman the Movie... pati na rin ung
Shaider the movie...

...dati pinalabas pa un nung bata ako and I would kill to see those movies again...

bently · « **Reply #55 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 03:14 PM »

good news! to ufo tv series fans

UK DVD's: Carlton Video has announced that the first 13 episodes of UFO will be released on DVD in England on 18 March 2002. These will be released in a box set containing 4 DVD volumes:

DVD Vol. 1: Identified, Computer Affair, Flight Path, Survival
DVD Vol. 2: Exposed, Conflict, The Dalotek Affair
DVD Vol. 3: A Question of Priorities, Ordeal, The Responsibility Seat
DVD Vol. 4: The Square Triangle, Court Martial, Close Up
These DVDs will include some special features, including episode commentaries with Ed Bishop & Gerry Anderson, photo galleries, alternate opening sequence & deleted scenes gallery, main character profiles, SHADO dossier, and actor profiles.

According to Fanderson News, the remaining 13 episodes will be released in June 2002.

American DVD's: According to Fanderson News, A&E Video is planning on releasing UFO on DVD in America beginning in July 2002.

YES!!!!

bently

barrid · « **Reply #56 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 04:22 PM »

Grease
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

benny · « **Reply #57 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 05:55 PM »

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When are they coming up with the following on dvd format:

LOVE AFFAIR starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. Just love this movie and most especially the soundtrack. Don't you think the non-release has something to do with THE Katherine Hepburn? ...

Hey blitzkreig,

It was just released last Tuesday (R1):

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Enjoy!

benny · « **Reply #58 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 06:26 PM »

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Yup, Once Upon a Time in America please. But also:

Miller's Crossing
Glengarry Glen Ross

and oh! Jackie Brown

R2:

Cheap at £9.99, but fullscreen, Pan & Scan (1.33 : 1). Let me know if you're interested in a personal review; this was one of my earliest orders from UK.

R2:

Also available in R4 (1.78:1 anamorphic). R2 is 1.85:1 non anamorphic, Flipper pa (Buena Vista kasi). I'm not sure if a new version has been released in R2 already. R4 has one better, is cheaper and if you can still find the Tarantino boxset (3 films), it's even cheaper overall.

trekker · « **Reply #59 on:** Jan 10, 2002 at 07:58 PM »

Saturday Night Fever - all-time fave movie with John T.

Sapphire and Steel - cult classic British sci-fi series from the '80s starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley as elementals who repair damages to the corridor of time by unseen, unnamed enemies. Think of it as Dr. Who and X-Files combined. Critics have called it "enigmatic, fascinating, and a one-of-a-kind series the likes of which we may never see again." Only lasted 2 years. Even the recently released VHS tapes (late '90s) are hard to find and can be seen only in auction sites put up by sellers from the UK.

Masada - the TV mini-series starring Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss

Special Editions of all the Classic Star Trek movies