Movies that have not been released on DVD

[Bryan]

According to the AV Club's write-up about Preston Sturges today, neither The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend nor The French, They Are a Funny Race have been released on DVD.

[CaptKarl]

I have never been able to find a legitimate DVD copy of Dudes, the Jon Cryer/Flea Punk-Western that Penelope Spheeris directed.

[roubaix]

Safe is my favorite Todd Haynes movie.  The DVDs are on eBay for about $30.  I love to see a Criterion re-release though.

Of course Superstar never had a DVD release and the "banned" VHS is very hard to find.


Last night I remembered Crispin Glover's strange contribution to this topic, as he's personally showing his films around the country instead of releasing on DVD.

[Martin]

Johnny Guitar is available on R2 DVD. Pretty decent but barebones release.

[Christina]

I really, really need to get a region free DVD player. A Foreign Affair isn't released here but it is on DVD in Europe. This one I remember as being pretty crazy, filmed in post war Berlin, sorta like Third Man where there's just tons of rubble all over the place. I like the early Billy Wilder stuff. After about 1950 or so, he got very silly. I think it was the change in writing partners.

Edit: Oh, and Johnny Guitar? ME LIKE. Johnny Guitar/The Killing era Sterling Hayden is my imaginary boyfriend.

[cavorting with nudists]

I really, really need to get a region free DVD player. A Foreign Affair isn't released here but it is on DVD in Europe. This one I remember as being pretty crazy, filmed in post war Berlin, sorta like Third Man where there's just tons of rubble all over the place. I like the early Billy Wilder stuff. After about 1950 or so, he got very silly. I think it was the change in writing partners.

You are correct about A Foreign Affair. It's an America-will-lead-the-way-in-Europe booster pic that's incredibly cynical, and Marlene Dietrich is nothing short of amazing as an amoral former professional mistress to Nazis who is disturbingly sympathetic. Coulda used a more charismatic male lead, but nearly a masterpiece.

For post-1950 Wilder, ya gotta give it up for Ace in the Hole, Some Like It Hot, One, Two, Three, and Kiss Me, Stupid. And The Apartment and Witness for the Prosecution aren't too shabby either.

[Christina]

Ace in the Hole is the only one of those I like.

[Gilly]

There are a ton of Wonderful World of Disney specials that I would love to see on DVD just to be able to watch again. Tiger Town and Mr. Boogedy are two that stick out. No idea if they are good or not but I have memories of both.

[fonpr]

This year's Best Show premium.

[Jason]

The Green Slime.

[Sploops]

Captain EO

[Joe Rogaine]

Brewster McClound just recently got released on DVD.

As a Warner Archive disc, which are overpriced DVD-Rs.

Out of the Blue is only released on one of those cheap DVD R's too.

Landscape Suicides

Bronco Bullfrog

Le Dernier Combat

The Foreigner

Jonah, Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

Kings Of The Road

Black Moon

My Great Escape

Alex In Wonderland

The Cool World

Looking For Mr.  Goodbar

Arizona Dream

I know a lot of Jean Cocteau's and Hal Hartley's  films haven't been released on DVD either, and hope somebody releases that Fassbinder film World On A Wire that had some showings over the summer.


There's a film that had seems like if i can remember right some people from Saturday Night Live in it like Bill Murray or Dan Aykroyd from the early 80's and the spliced old footage together or something, i cant remember the name of it. Does anybody know the one im talking about?

[Joe Rogaine]

I haven't seen it myself, but there's a decent HDTV > DVD bootleg floating around called Rad.1986.NTSC.HDTV.DVDR-CMG


Here are some others I'd like to see on DVD

Once (1971) - mysterious and elusive experimental film with great soundtrack




Sea of Joy (1971) - Australian surfing doc




Last Summer (1969)  and many other Frank Perry films

LAST SUMMER is one of the most highly requested titles in our vast library, and we planned to make it available last year when we launched the Warner Archive Collection. When we were unable to secure a good quality master which retained the film's original theatrical aspect ratio, the release was postponed. Fortunately, the issue is resolved and we look forward to announcing its DVD premiere later this year.

American Dreamer (1971) - perhaps Hopper's best work

American Dreamer


Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) - it's better than a lot of Vadim movies already on DVD, written by Gene Roddenberry




Phantom Tollbooth (1970) - kiddie classic




World's Greatest Sinner (1962) - greatest independent movie ever
(TCM sourced DVD-R is on thepiratebay)





Michael Mann's The Keep often gets mentioned in these types of threads, but the movie isn't very good 

Anybody know where to find that Last Summer soundtrack its got to be out there somewhere right?

[masterofsparks]

WHAAAAAAAAAT?

(I like all of those movies except Kiss Me Stupid (which I've never seen) but I would also add The Fortune Cookie to the list just for Walter Matthau's amazing performance)

Ace in the Hole is the only one of those I like.

I really, really need to get a region free DVD player. A Foreign Affair isn't released here but it is on DVD in Europe. This one I remember as being pretty crazy, filmed in post war Berlin, sorta like Third Man where there's just tons of rubble all over the place. I like the early Billy Wilder stuff. After about 1950 or so, he got very silly. I think it was the change in writing partners.

For post-1950 Wilder, ya gotta give it up for Ace in the Hole, Some Like It Hot, One, Two, Three, and Kiss Me, Stupid. And The Apartment and Witness for the Prosecution aren't too shabby either.

[jbissell]

WHAAAAAAAAAT?

(I like all of those movies except Kiss Me Stupid (which I've never seen) but I would also add The Fortune Cookie to the list just for Walter Matthau's amazing performance)

Ace in the Hole is the only one of those I like.

That was my reaction. The Apartment is perfect.

Johnny Guitar has been mentioned several times already and it is my #1. I'd also like to see The Magnificent Ambersons. Of course being able to download them is nice, but the quality is often mediocre.