Any movies you want - but are not available on DVD?

Posted by I'm Not a Turnip on February 8, 2008 at 7:21pm in About Movies

I keep a list on my PDA and every once in a while I check to see if they have been released:

* WW & the Dixie Dancekings
* The Keep
* Until the End of the World
* The Car
* Conrack
* Last Holiday (1950 with Alec Guinness)

Some of those are somewhat obscure and even available in different regions, but the last two should qualify for the AFI Top 100 in my opinion!

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Permalink Reply by UpcomingCinema on February 8, 2008 at 7:55pm: I love Until The End Of the World. I have the Region 2 director's cut that breaks it up into a four hour trilogy. I'm not sure its better than the theatrical cut but I am glad to have it.

I'm waiting for Looking for Mr Goodbar. 1970s flick with a young Richard Gere and Diane Keaton. It can be added to the queue but has never been released on DVD to my knowledge.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by I'm Not a Turnip on February 11, 2008 at 9:01pm: "Looking for Mr Goodbar" -- Good catch! That's another good movie!

I like "Until the End of the World" so much that I've considered buying a Region 2 copy myself. What do you use to play it?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by 2McAbre on February 12, 2008 at 12:24pm: I don't know about others, but many "old school" DVD players do not have any restrictions on the number of times you can change the region. So if I want to watch my region 2 anime from Japan, I go into my DVD players advance settings and change the code from 1 to 2.

I have a pioneer DVD player dated from 1996, it takes just a few moments to change.

Of course there is an abundant market for so-called Code Free DVD players, which are essentially modified versions of stock DVD players in which the region coding function has been disabled.

But I didn't suggest that ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by B-Independent.com on February 17, 2008 at 7:01am: for some reason not many of Wim Wenders movies are available in the states. Being UTEOTW was in English, i've alwasy thought it would have been his most easily accessible.

some jerk stole my copy of hte soundtrack back in college. need to track down another one.....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aces (CHawk) on February 9, 2008 at 2:10am: Younger and Younger (1993) with Don Southerland, Brendan Fraser & Sally Kellerman. Great little comedy with a heart.

Cold Dog Soup with Randy Quaid (1990) - Side splitting dark comedy about a taxi driver trying to help (?) a guy get rid of a dead dog.

I'd like to own both of these on DVD.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by I'm Not a Turnip on February 11, 2008 at 9:02pm: I checked those out on IMDB.com - they both sound VERY interesting.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by 2McAbre on February 9, 2008 at 6:57am: Oh yeah, I have a couple obscure and somewhat revolting titles I would love to see released on DVD.

Andy Warhol's Dracula 1974 (aka Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete!!!)
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein 1974 (aka Flesh for Frankenstein)

Man I remember seeing them for the first time on VHS and thinking WTF! The revolt level was on par or even greater then the whole "Faces of Death" series that were popular for awhile.

But then too I'd love to see a movie staring a very young Whoopi Goldberg called The Telephone 1988, it was sooooo terrible it was actually funny! Directed by Rip Torn and got her nominated for a Razzie for worst actress!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by I'm Not a Turnip on February 11, 2008 at 9:03pm: I saw the VHS copy of The Telephone so many times at my local video store that I can STILL see the cover art simply by closing my eyes !; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by 2McAbre on February 12, 2008 at 12:27pm: To be honest I thought it was quirky and brilliant. Sure it was slow at first, but then as you got into it you started to wonder WTF! and the end did not reveal itself till the end!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ErikLeafinson on March 8, 2008 at 8:20am: I'm pretty sure there's another company distributing a DVD of both those Warhol films despite the Criterion editions being OOP. Netflix carries both, Frankenstein is even on watch instantly, awesomely enough.

What about Warhol's Batman Dracula?

Does that even exist on film anymore?!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 19, 2008 at 5:33am: Isn't Andy Warhol's Dracula on DVD? Unless it's another name Ive rented and watched this via Netflix two years ago. The really strange movie where he's trying to find a virgin in the house of mainly slutty women?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Thornton on February 11, 2008 at 4:13pm: "Rebecca" (1940) - Hitchcock, won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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"The Harder They Come" (1972); ▶ Reply to This