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WAIT FOR THE BOX SET!!!

posted 21 years ago by schindlerslist1993
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Here are Warner Bros. future DVD releases:

Coming in 2004

- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) [July; part of Noir box set]
- The Bad Seed (1956)
- Blazing Saddles: SE (1974) [Summer; “Wait ’til you hear the bean scene (in 5.1)"]
- Buster Keaton silent films
- Children of the Damned (1963) [Halloween]
- Dead Ringer (1964) [Halloween]
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) [Summer]
- Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
- Gangster films collection similar to Warner Legends collection
- GoodFellas: SE
- Graffiti Bridge (1990)
- Gun Crazy (a.k.a. Deadly Is the Female) (1949) [July; part of Noir box set]
- Hitchcock 7-film box set
- The Hunger (1983) [Halloween]
- It’s Alive! (1974) [Halloween]
- It’s Alive II (a.k.a. It Lives Again) (1978) [Halloween]
- It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) [Halloween]
- The Lost Boys: SE (1987)
- Mean Streets: SE (1973) ["Sooner than you think"]
- Murder, My Sweet (1944) [July; part of Noir box set]
- Name of the Rose
- Out of the Past (1947) [July; part of Noir box set]
- Over the Edge (1979)
- Purple Rain: 2-Disc SE (1984)
- Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) [Halloween]
- The Set-Up (1949) [July; part of Noir box set]
- Seven Brides For Seven Brothers: SE [w/ both Cinemascope and flat versions!]
- The Shawshank Redemption: 10th Anniversary (1994) [Closely working w/ Darabont]
- That’s Entertainment! Trilogy (1974,1976,1994)
- THX-1138: 2-Disc SE (1971) [September; cross-promote w/ Star Wars]
- Tom & Jerry Collection [similar to Looney Tunes box]
- Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
- Village of the Damned (1960) [Halloween]

Coming in 2005

- Angels in the Outfield (1951)
- The Band Wagon: 2-Disc SE (1953) [w/ Ultra-Resolution process]
- Batman: SE (1989) [Cross promote w/ 2005 film]
- Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- Brigadoon (1954)
- Bubsy Berkely box set
- Caged (1950)
- Chariots of Fire: SE (1981) [Coincide with Oscar season]
- Dog Day Afternoon: SE (1975)
- East of Eden (1955) [Legal issues cleared up; 50th Anniversary release hoped]
- Fandango (1985)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- Ninotchka (1939) [Along with 100th Anniversary Garbo promotion with “all her most beloved films"]
- Quick Change (1990)
- The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) [being restored]
- It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- The Yakuza (1975)

Coming in 2006

- An American in Paris: 2-Disc SE (1951) [w/ Ultra-Resolution process]
- Body Heat: 25th Anniversary (1981)
- The Searchers: 50th Anniversary SE (1956) [w/ other Wayne/Ford titles]

Being worked on - No date

- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- The Battle of Cable Hogue (1970) [Peckinpah promotion]
- Bells Are Ringing (1960)
- The Big Parade (1925) [Being restored]
- Bonnie and Clyde: SE (1967)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Bullit: SE (1968)
- Camille (1936)
- Cat People (1942) [Part of 9 film Val Lewton box set]
- Demon Seed (1977)
- The Devils (1971)
- Dinner at Eight (1933)
- Freaks (1932)
- Gone With the Wind: 2-Disc SE (1939) [w/ Ultra-Resolution process, “mind boggling"]
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- I Married a Witch (1942) [Perhaps 2005]
- Ivanhoe (1952)
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- King Kong: 2-Disc SE (1933) [Being painstakingly restored; “Will blow you away”; “Kong will now fall from the Empire State Building without gaps"]
- The Mackintosh Man (1973)
- Matrix Trilogy Box Set [In discussion, “cannot say more"]
- O Lucky Man! (1973)
- Pat Garrett and Billy the kid (1973) [Peckinpah promotion]
- Rebel Without a Cause: SE (1955)
- Ride the High Country (1962) [Peckinpah promotion]
- Robert Mitchum box set ["several films contemplated"]
- Stagecoach: SE (1939) [restoration planned]
- Strangers on a Train: SE (1951) [being restored]
- A Streetcar Named Desire: SE (1951)
- The Wild Bunch: SE (1969) [Peckinpah promotion]

In discussion for release, but no plans

- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (OAR) (1994)
- Beetlejuice: SE (1988)
- Bladerunner: SE (1982) [Investigating options, still has legal issues]
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Poltergeist: SE (1982)
- Vincent Minnelli musicals

No plans for release at this time

- Beau Brummel (1924)
- A Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
- The Big Red One (1980)
- The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
- Clara’s Heart (1988)
- Cruising (1980)
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
- Deadly Obsession (1989)
- Dillinger (1945)
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
- Electric Dreams (1984)
- Hamlet (1996) [Legal issues]
- Hand Done (?)
- The High and the Mighty (1954)
- His Kind of Woman (1951)
- House of Dark Shadows (1970)
- Killer Party (1986)
- Looker (1981)
- Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
- Night School (1981)
- No Time for Sergeants (1958)
- Raintree County (1957) [Needs restoration]
- Silent Partner (1944)
- So Fine (1981)
- Sphinx (1981)
- Under the Rainbow (1981)
- Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

No plans to re-release at this time

- Burglar (1987)
- Clint Eastwood films [current releases have specs per Eastwood’s preference]
- The Crush (1993)
- Deathtrap (1982)
- Fearless (1993)
- The Goonies (1985)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Grumpier Old Men (1995)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- The NeverEnding Story (1984)
- Nightbreed (1990)
- Superman II (Richard Donner Cut) (1980)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- The Witches (1990)

TV SHOWS

Coming in 2004

- Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) [Box sets]
- E.R. Season 3
- Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000) [Box sets]
- Teen Titans (2003-current) [Box sets]
- Wonder Woman (1976-1979)

Coming in 2005

- Miss Marple series

Being worked on - No date

- Everwood (2002-current)
- The O.C. (2003-current)
- Superfriends [No specifics if box sets or not]
- V (1984-1985)

In discussion for release, but no plans

- Animaniacs (1993-1998)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)
- Knot’s Landing (1979-1993)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 91993-1997)
- Mad TV (1995-current)
- Night Court (1984-1992)
- Pinky and the Brain (1995-1998)

No plans for release at this time

- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993-1994)
- ALF (1986-1990)
- Beetlejuice (1989-1991)
- Birds of Prey (1973)
- Brimstone (1998-1999)
- Bucky O’Hare (1992)
- CNN’s Cold War (1998)
- Fish Police (1992)
- The Flash (1990-1991)
- Freddy’s Nightmares (1988-1990)
- Growing Pains (1985-1992)
- Justice League (2001-current) [16x9; box sets]
- Off Centre (2001-2003)
- Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
- Run of the House (2003-current)
- Thundercats (1985-1987)
- Xiaolin Showdown (2003-current)

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[–] schindlerslist1993 21 years ago

Just go to this website: http://www.dvdschedule.ca/index.php?p=41

[–] The-Silent-Photoplayer 21 years ago

Great, but what does this have to do with THE GENERAL?

-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer

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[–] The-Silent-Photoplayer 21 years ago

I'm doubtful. More likely is that they'll be releasing his M-G-M silents. THE GENERAL is a public domain film and I would be surprised if Warners released an edition of it.

-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer

[–] dvdauthority 21 years ago

Warner has rights to a LOT of films. They control most of MGM's older stuff, HBO, New Line, BBC and their own stuff. Odds are that "The General" falls under one of those categories. I own the Kino version and it's worth the purchase, but undoubtedly the Warner version will be better.

That list was from a chat on the Home Theater Forum which I took part in, it's just a summary of the titles (major ones) that we can expect from Warner over the next year (and some others will surely come out as well).

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[–] The-Silent-Photoplayer 21 years ago

I garuntee Warners won't be releasing it. They don't own the rights to it, and it wasn't one of his MGM pictures. The best materials are public domain, so a better edition than Image's latest one would probably be rather hard to pull off.

-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer
http://www.geocities.com/tomservorobot/

[–] Cal Hawks 21 years ago

some of that info is inaccurate, but it's still cool.

I was wondering though, how do you find out what stuff is public domain?

[–] The-Silent-Photoplayer 21 years ago

I can garuntee you it's accurate. Once one edition of a lesser known film is put out, particularly when it's PD, a larger company will almost never put it out and try to compete because the niché has been filled and it's impossible.

Public Domain is on a case to case basis, but what institutes it is:

-Any work registered before Jan. 1, 1923
-Any work that was not renewed after 1964 fell into PD in it's 28th year. To check on the copyright status of works from the 1923-63 era, it is therefore necessary to determine whether the copyright was renewed.
-Anything produced from 1964-1977 was protected for 28 years, and is now automatically protected for 67 years on the second term.
-Anything *created before 1978 but not published* is protected for it's duration plus 70 years OR December 31 2002, whichever comes first.
-Anything created before 78 but published between then and 2003 is protected for its duration plus 70 years or December 31, 2047 whichever comes first.
-Anything created in 1978 to present day is it's duration plus 70 years (or if work of corporate authorship, the shorter of 95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation). Term of joint works is measured by life of the longest-lived author.

Between 1923-1963 under the 1909 Act, works published without notice went into the public domain upon publication. Works published without notice between 1-1-78 and 3-1-89, effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act, retained copyright only if registration was made within the following five year "grace period" Congress has allowed.

THE GENERAL was published without formal notice- prints say "Copyright Joseph Schenck", but give no year. Copyright, Author, and year are imperative notices.
UA also forgot to renew the copyrights on their Keaton films, which they could have, but didn't.

The owner of a copyrightable work can decide to place the work in the public domain, by adding a notice to the effect "The owner of the copyright in this work makes no claim of copyright and places this work in the public domain." If the owner dies or the company folds and does not pass the rights on to anyone.

-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer
http://www.freewebs.com/photoplayer/

[–] marbleindex 21 years ago

ANGER! Where are Joan Crawford's WB films??!

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[–] hbdragon88 20 years ago

In discussion for release, but no plans
- Bladerunner: SE (1982) [Investigating options, still has legal issues]

Bastards! I want the SE to see Ridley Scott's *true* director's cut (he says that he felt the DC in the 1990s was too rushed and fell short of his real DC).