Now these are two DVDs that will make me happy

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Getting the Criteirion releases of Grand Illusion and The Seventh Seal just wasn't enough!

CASABLANCA (Spec. Ed.)

World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's
(THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY) classic
love story. Colorful characters abound in Casablanca, a
waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-
torn Europe. Humphrey Bogart plays Richard "Rick" Blaine, a
cynical but good-hearted American whose café is the
gathering place for everyone from the French Police to the
black market to the Nazis. When his long-lost love, Ilsa
(Ingrid Bergman), surfaces in Casablanca with her
Resistance leader husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid),
Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of
political intrigue. Ilsa and Victor need to escape from
Casablanca, and Rick may be the only one who can help
them. The question is, will he? Top-notch performances
include Claude Rains as the chief of the French police and
the major authority figure in Unoccupied France, Peter
Lorre as the doomed Senor Ugarte, Sydney Greenstreet as
Senor Ferrari, and Dooley Wilson as Rick's loyal friend and
the café's pianist, Sam. The mesmerizing musical score, by
Max Steiner, along with the well-structured plot, flawless
acting, and unforgettable dialogue makes this one of the
best films of all time.

Features:
Audio Commentary - Roger Ebert - Film Critic
Audio Commentary - Rudy Behlmer - Author/Historian
Introduction by Lauren Bacall
Original Theatrical Trailers
Deleted Scenes (10 Mins)
Featurettes
CARROTBLANCA (Looney Toons Short)
Premiere Episode of CASABLANCA TV Series
Radio Production (Featuring Stars from Film)
Scoring Session Outtakes
Correspondence
Press Material
Stills/Photos

THE HAUNTING
$14.95

A paranormal investigator invites a trio of people to help
him examine Hill House, a sinister family estate haunted by
the angry souls from its troubled past. While Eleanor
(Harris) looks for an escape from the memory of her
recently-deceased mother, she becomes increasingly obsessed
with the history of the huge, ominous house. Based on
Shirley Jackson's lyrical novel, "The Haunting of Hill
House" and one of the most frightening psychological horror
films ever made, featuring virtually no blood, gore,
or monsters for its effective scares.

Features:
Audio Commentary by Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ
Tamblyn, Robert
Wise, and more
Still gallery
Great Ghost Stories essay

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, I love The Haunting. Much better than the remake, although Catherine Zeta-Jones was perfectly hot and spoiled and faux-lesbian as whatshername.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I've been waiting for the original film on DVD for years now, dammit. I R pleased. Said it before, say it again -- the scene where the camera tracks the unknown thing sniffing on the other side of the door is pure nightmare fuel.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Why are the following films unavailable on DVD?

- Antonioni's "Blow Up"
- Scorcese's "After Hours"
- "the Hunger"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Because the world needed millions of copies of What a Girl Wants. Due next week!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Criterion Casablanca would be nice. However, these DVDs are reason for me to get a region free player now.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Leonard Maltin recommends What A Girl Wants, you hata!

I watched the Leonard Maltin/Joyce Somethingorother film criticism program this weekend, there is a lot of unintentional hilarity.

― Larcole (Nicole), Monday, 4 August 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

My "why isn't this on DVD" demands:

Slacker, The Horsemen, Vanishing Point, Lord Love A Duck, The Driver.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Monday, 4 August 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Leonard Maltin recommends What A Girl Wants, you hata!

My point. Credit to him for actually doing a turn on MST3K tho.

Lord Love A Duck

Oh fuck yes. Without question.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 August 2003 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

YAY!

but I also want to see The Conformist on DVD STAT!!!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 4 August 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

When I was in MD, Millar took me onto base to buy some shit and showed me the greatest double DVD set of all time: Cocktail paired with Cabin Boy. I was kind of hoping this thread would be about that, alas.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 4 August 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Does Cocktail have a commentary from Cruise?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude... Simpsons Season 3 this month...

― modJ, Monday, 4 August 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Blow Up not on DVD = the terrorists have won.

This movie seriously had more powerful and longer lasting effects on my thought-processes than any of the psychedelic drugs I've taken.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Vanishing Point is available on Region 2 (plus the soundtrack CD) if you've got a multi-region player.

I'm tempted by

The Right Stuff (Special Edition)

Philip Kaufman's intimate epic about the Mercury astronauts (based on Tom Wolfe's book) was one of the most ambitious and spectacularly exciting movies of the 1980s. It surprised almost everybody by not becoming a smash hit. By all rights, the film should have been every bit the success that Apollo 13 would later become; The Right Stuff is not only just as thrilling, but it is also a bigger and better movie. Combining history (both established and revisionist), grand mythmaking (and myth puncturing), adventure, melodrama, behind-the-scenes dish, spectacular visuals, and a down-to-earth sense of humour, The Right Stuff chronicles NASA's efforts to put a man in orbit. Such an achievement would be the first step toward President Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon, and, perhaps most important of all, would win a crucial public relations/morale victory over the Soviets, who had delivered a stunning blow to American pride by launching Sputnik, the first satellite. The movie contrasts the daring feats of the unsung test pilots--one of whom, Chuck Yeager, embodied more than anyone else the skill and spirit of Wolfe's title--against the heavily publicised (and sanitised) accomplishments of the Mercury astronauts. Through no fault of their own, the spacemen became prisoners of the heroic images the government created for them in order to capture the public's imagination. The casting is inspired; the film features Sam Shepard as the legendary Yeager, Ed Harris as John Glenn, Dennis Quaid as "Gordo" Cooper, Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Fred Ward as Gus Grissom, Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield, and Pamela Reed and Veronica Cartwright are superb in their thankless roles as astronauts' wives.

There are also four separate documentaries. The largest of these is John Glenn: American Hero, a 90-minute PBS special charting the legendary astronaut's life and including some great documentary footage of his appearance on Name That Tune (recreated in the film). Realising the Right Stuff (21 mins) and T-20 Years and Counting (10 mins) are both standard selections of cast and crew interviews. The Real Men with the Right Stuff (15 mins) features documentary footage and interviews with the surviving members of the Mercury team (Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra).

I must have seen this film 10 times in the last 20 years and I still choke up at the end at the voiceover about Gordo Cooper flying higher and faster than anyone had done before and for one brief moment being the greatest test pilot the world had ever seen (or something like that - I'm always crying too much to remember it word-for-word).

― chris j (chris j), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

speaking of Cocktail and the like, a local video store - Cinephile, has a section called "shade-tippin'".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow. May I ask what movies are involved in that?

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Think Michael J. Fox.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Do I have to?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

also: John Cusack

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd love to think about John Cusack!

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

shade tippin'!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKFA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

(I'd be grateful if someone started a thread on this - seeing as how I don't start threads - it'd be a great resource!)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6305133468.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Best movie section ever! Oh my god.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000069BJH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― dan (dan), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QW9I.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― dan (dan), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The original Haunting is easily one of my favorite films of all time. Casablanca ain't bad either.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris, the Kingdom is available on non-region encoded DVDs from Scarecrow video, no special tricked out player necessary.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Anthony - I want the extra stuff on the Danish release too

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Monday, 4 August 2003 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I want that Right Stuff DVD. I love that movie.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 4 August 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd like to see Performance, perhaps incorporating the documentary Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance on DVD. Nice Criterion 2-disc edition perhaps..

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Monday, 4 August 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

What I'm looking forward to:

All The Real Girls, Raising Victor Vargas and a Bergman trilogy from Criterion are out this month.

September - John Sayles' Return of the Secaucus Seven, and Polanksi's Knife in the Water

October - The Man Without A Past, Schizopolis, Tokyo Story, Le Cercle Rouge

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 4 August 2003 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Spencer, there is a price to pay for not-starting-threads.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)

isn't amanda bynes like 15? is this my "gareth and hillary duff"?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)

more shade tippin'!!!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

WHY IS THE KIDS IN THE HALL NOT ON DVD

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I MEAN WHY ARE THE KIDS IN THE HALL NOT ON DVD

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Because you have bad grammar.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Jordan, I have checked around regarding this and it seems that there might be some issues regarding who owns the rights to distribute the show on dvd.

― Larcole (Nicole), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

isn't amanda bynes like 15?

16, or something. Still, the waiting assorted creeps won't care about the difference.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

But yeah, totally, we need Kids in the Hall on DVD for real. Also, Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. Freaks and Geeks seems like a pretty likely choice for DVD release (cult fandom, limited run, critically acclaimed). Also, I just remembered that Sarah told me that there was news on the Mr. Show website about the 3rd season being released on DVD soon, so I have to go read that.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay! Mr. Show Season 3 comes out on Aug. 26th and you can preorder here!

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting, Nicole. Hope it gets worked out soon, I can't keep watching the same KitH tape forever.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

the shade tip of all shade tips:
http://www.prebble.com/risky_business.jpg

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh, regarding the dark side of shade-tippin, not what dvds I want:

http://www.crankycritic.com/archive03/posters/kangaroojack.jpg

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I created a thread for shade tippin'! It's awesome!

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

In no way related to shade-tippin' (although in the film I'm about to cite, Alan Arkin does indeed sport a bitchin' pair of black ones), I couldn't help noticing that "Wait Until Dark" was just released on DVD, starring Richard Crenna (sp?), Arkin and a "blind" Audrey Hepburn. Great suspense flick filmed on St.Luke's Place in the West Village of NYC sometime in the 60's.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009NHC5.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

alex, let's try to limit images to shade tippin', please.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0783230060.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

dan, there's a new shade tippin only thread!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i just found it. sorry, alex!

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

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