Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, alawill75 said: Are you sure? I thought that's the Austrian Version. The German one is by Beethoven. I see them as one country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Wonder if we'll ever get a proper restoration of Jane Eyre. I have one of those public domain (?) DVDs and the PQ is atrocious. filmmusic and aescalle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Not a blu-ray, but Goodbye Mr Chips is now available in HD for $5 https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/goodbye-mr-chips-1969/id318535479 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EG9Y9U https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Goodbye_Mr_Chips_1969?id=B0_7b8ji3I0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_7b8ji3I0 filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 The River just announced by Kino for USA. aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, filmmusic said: The River just announced by Kino for USA. Yes! That film is rare, even on DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Reminds me I still need to pick up the HD-DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 59 minutes ago, filmmusic said: The River just announced by Kino for USA. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Jaws celebrating it's 45th anniversary. https://comicbook.com/movies/2020/04/07/jaws-4k-release-confirmed-for-june-debut/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Interesting art: It's a bit on the cheesy side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 It is. I see no reason why they would change the iconic poster art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Wow, that's bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I've seen a lot worse. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Great! I’ve been looking forward to this. And bummer! They f*ed up the art. Why’d they change the preliminary cover art (released about a month ago), that one was - maybe boring (?) - but at least it doesn’t feel cheap. And it’s a classic motif! I kinda liked the subtle update from the original poster. Edit: Oh, wait. It seems this was also the cover of a 40th anniversary BD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Angela's Ashes is being released in USA in one month, but in what looks like a BD-R, not a pressed disc, so beware! https://www.amazon.com/Angelas-Ashes-Blu-ray/dp/B087H7CNN2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks, @filmmusic! But what gives you the impression it's a BD-R? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, thx99 said: Thanks, @filmmusic! But what gives you the impression it's a BD-R? Just curious. They say it's because on the side (if you see the big image), it doesn't have the bluray logo but it just says blu-ray disc. Other Paramount blurays are being released that day and they are all BD-Rs according to bluray.com. 1977 and thx99 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Interesting! Thanks for the explanation, @filmmusic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 37 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Angela's Ashes is being released in USA in one month, but in what looks like a BD-R, not a pressed disc, so beware! https://www.amazon.com/Angelas-Ashes-Blu-ray/dp/B087H7CNN2 That cover looks so depressing that I'm probably never going to watch the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: That cover looks so depressing that I'm probably never going to watch the film. You haven't? You should. Actually i think every jwfanner owes it to him/herself to watch the movies for which these scores were specifically composed for. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Agreed. Also, it's an Alan Parker film, and, IMO, any Alan Parker film is worth watching. Actually, the Blu cover only tells half the story. The poster for the film shows the father in the background, waking away from the boy. Put that together with the boy looking at the camera, in the foreground, and it says a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Even more depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Not Alan Parker's best by a long shot (has quite a bit of awkward melodrama), but it's pretty decent. The score, however, is one of the best Williams has ever written. Great to know that it's getting a BR release in some form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, filmmusic said: Angela's Ashes is being released in USA in one month, but in what looks like a BD-R, not a pressed disc, so beware! https://www.amazon.com/Angelas-Ashes-Blu-ray/dp/B087H7CNN2 Welcome to the inevitable future of physical media (if it has any future at all). filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 The TV movie The Screaming woman comes in Bluray in 2021! https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=18252680&postcount=48290 Are we sure eventually that Williams wrote only the ending theme? edit: Oh, I guess we are: https://johnwilliams.org/compositions/television/screaming-woman Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 43 seconds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,127 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I did not know that! That's it? It gets mentioned so much, I figured it was an unreleased gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I never knew before today either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 well, here's the theme in question. It's like something out of Dracula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Yes, I've known about this for some time. We still don't know WHERE the cue comes from, though. As Jeff Eldridge points out in the link above, the film uses existing music because there was a musician's strike at the time, so either Williams was a strikebreaker and provided an original theme, or they used an existing theme of his from an unknown source. But if the latter were the case, he wouldn't have received the odd 'theme' credit when the existing music by Goldsmith, Stevens et.al. didn't. Mysterious. Never expected this film to be released on BR, though. Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Interesting news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 "The Secret Ways" is out. Ordered and Waiting for the bluray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Coming in Australia on February 24th! aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 The upcoming Black Sunday bluray will include a bonus interview on John WIlliams' score: Quote “FOURTH DOWN: COMPOSING BLACK SUNDAY” – An all-new interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger about the John Williams score. (2020) https://viavision.com.au/shop/black-sunday-1977 aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Coming soon a french edition of DRACULA (Theatrical Version + Bonus) in a Digipack Bluray/DVD !!!! (Pre order - 03/03/2021) esc-distribution https://www.esc-distribution.com/fantastique-science-fiction/5685-dracula-dvd-blu-ray-3701432002897.html Available on Amazon.fr https://www.amazon.fr/Dracula-Blu-Ray-Frank-Langella/dp/B08PJM9QZW/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=dracula+badham&qid=1612720204&sr=8-1 BR 1: Cinema version - Dracula according to John Badham by Christophe Lemaire (20 min) - "What Sad Music": interview with screenwriter W.D. Richter (33 min) - Trailer and radio spots BR 2: Desaturated version of the director -1: 49: 23 - "King of my Mind": interview with John Badham (32 min) - The phantasmagoria of Maurice Binder by Alexandre Jousse (14 min) - New Blood for Dracula (40 min) - Photo gallery DVD: Cinema Version - Dracula according to John Badham by Christophe Lemaire (20 min) filmmusic and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 6:03 AM, filmmusic said: The upcoming Black Sunday bluray will include a bonus interview on John WIlliams' score: “FOURTH DOWN: COMPOSING BLACK SUNDAY” – An all-new interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger about the John Williams score. (2020) https://viavision.com.au/shop/black-sunday-1977 Why must this be exclusively released in Australia? Dang it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Why not an all-new interview with John Williams? thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 "Gigget Goes To Rome" was released in HD on Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Sometimes I think that it’s both cool and frustrating that I’ve been a hardcore JW-fan for 25+ years and there’s still popping up stuff that I’ve never took notice of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Definitely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 2/7/2021 at 1:55 PM, Jurassic Shark said: Why not an all-new interview with John Williams? His thoughts of his score are often like listen to zimmer. Boring. John Williams is not a John Williams super fan. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Fitzwilly is coming on Bluray from Kino. https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=28606 aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 On 4/7/2020 at 12:07 PM, rough cut said: Great! I’ve been looking forward to this. And bummer! They f*ed up the art. Why’d they change the preliminary cover art (released about a month ago), that one was - maybe boring (?) - but at least it doesn’t feel cheap. And it’s a classic motif! I kinda liked the subtle update from the original poster. Edit: Oh, wait. It seems this was also the cover of a 40th anniversary BD. My bluray has the correct art not that trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Good for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Kind of funny that the only movie scored by John Williams in the Criterion Collection is Valley of the Dolls. It's actually a bit surprising that neither of his Altman movies have been put out by Criterion, they seem like the most likely candidates. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Wow!!! This is the last film from Williams' filmography that I expected to be released on bluray, but I'm glad I was wrong!!! https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=28761 Yavar Moradi, Thor and aescalle 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 @Thor will be thrilled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 WHOA!!! Indeed. Never saw that coming! For years and years, I searched for this film. I contacted Universal, NBC, the director's son and grandson. I even considered contacting Bibbi Andersson, but then heard she suffered from dementia at the time, so I abandoned that. Then, some 7-8 years ago, it suddenly appeared on YouTube. Without the prologue, and in bad quality, but still. I quickly downloaded it before it was taken down, and that's the only version I've had of the film. Untill now. Amazing news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I wonder if this coincides with a soundtrack release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I've more or less given up hope on that. For the moment, I'm just thrilled the movie is out in good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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