Edições Especiais e Catálogo em DVD

[J. de Silentio]

Idem. Ib idem.

[-felipe-]

A Disney anunciou a EE de Dumbo pra junho nos EUA.

 

[Nacka]

Uêba... o duro é o preço:

 

Veja box de Planeta dos macacos com 14 DVDs no formato da cabeça de César

 

Depois do DVD simples, depois da edição especial comemorativa de 35 anos, agora vem mais um box de Planeta dos macacos. Este, porém, promete ser definitivo. A Fox lançará, em quatorze discos, todos os filmes e todos os episódios de TV já realizados da franquia - tudo numa caixa em forma de busto de macaco.

Não é qualquer símio, mas o líder César, filho de Cornelius e Zira, interpretado por Roddy McDowall em A conquista do Planeta dos Macacos, de 1972. Ainda bem que a cabeça é grande: são os cinco longas dos anos 60 e 70 (todos formatados em widescreen anamórfico), mais a telessérie em live-action de 1974, mais a série animada de 1975, mais o disco duplo com o remake de Tim Burton. Destes, os treze episódios da série animada, De volta ao Planeta dos Macacos, nunca foram lançados em DVD - e sairão também numa edição simples, paralela ao box.

Planet of the Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection chega às lojas dos Estados Unidos no dia 28 de março e deve custar cerca de 180 dólares. Curiosamente, é a mesma data planejada para o lançamento do DVD de King Kong de Peter Jackson. Vai ser a festa da macacada.

[Freak]

 

Uêba... o duro é o preço:

 

Veja box de Planeta dos macacos com 14 DVDs no formato da cabeça de César

 

Depois do DVD simples, depois da edição especial comemorativa de 35 anos, agora vem mais um box de Planeta dos macacos. Este, porém, promete ser definitivo. A Fox lançará, em quatorze discos, todos os filmes e todos os episódios de TV já realizados da franquia - tudo numa caixa em forma de busto de macaco.

Não é qualquer símio, mas o líder César, filho de Cornelius e Zira, interpretado por Roddy McDowall em A conquista do Planeta dos Macacos, de 1972. Ainda bem que a cabeça é grande: são os cinco longas dos anos 60 e 70 (todos formatados em widescreen anamórfico), mais a telessérie em live-action de 1974, mais a série animada de 1975, mais o disco duplo com o remake de Tim Burton. Destes, os treze episódios da série animada, De volta ao Planeta dos Macacos, nunca foram lançados em DVD - e sairão também numa edição simples, paralela ao box.

Planet of the Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection chega às lojas dos Estados Unidos no dia 28 de março e deve custar cerca de 180 dólares. Curiosamente, é a mesma data planejada para o lançamento do DVD de King Kong de Peter Jackson. Vai ser a festa da macacada.

[/quote']

 

Putz, e eu que estava contente por ter conseguido comprar todos os filmes incluindo a edição especial... De qualquer forma, isso não deve chegar ao Brasil mesmo...

 

[The Keymaker]

EXTERMINADOR DO FUTURO 2:

Title: Terminator 2: Judgment Day Extreme Edition
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Released: 24th March 2006
SRP: ¥8190

Further Details:
Japanese giants' date=' Geneon Entertainment, are all set for their mammoth three disc set – Terminator 2: Judgment Day Extreme Edition. A special cut of the film will be presented on disc 1, whilst the original theatrical cut will be placed on the second disc. The third disc is said to house the supplements. The film will be presented in an anamorphic widescreen format with English and Japanese audio in Dolby Digital 5.1. The SRP is ¥8190 and is available from CD Japan and Yes Asia.

ARTWORK: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/terminator-2-judgment -day-extreme-edition.html[/quote']
Enquanto isso, por aqui nada desse filme sair em uma edição a sua altura, como as Ultimate Edition.Tudo o que temos é aquela versão porca da Universal

[The Keymaker]

A Disney anunciou a EE de Dumbo pra junho nos EUA.

Será que a Buena Vista dessa vez terá a decência de manter os 2 discos da edição americana?Já basta Toy Story!

[Gi Cinéfila]

INSTINTO SELVAGEM - ULTIMATE EDITION:

Title: Basic Instinct
Starring: Sharon Stone
Released: 14th March 2006
SRP: $19.98

Further Details:
Lions Gate Home Entertainment has announced a new ultimate edition of Basic Instinct which stars Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. This packed set will include the previously released unrated cut in anamorphic widescreen, along with both English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Surround tracks. Extras will include an audio commentary with Director Paul Verhoeven and Director of Photography Jan de Bont, A Conversation with Sharon Stone, a DVD Introduction by Sharon Stone, Screen Tests, a Blonde Poison: the Making of Basic Instinct featurette, and a Cleaning Up Basic Instinct Montage. Completing this new package will be Storyboard Comparisons, a new set of interactive menus, and trailers. You'll be able to own this one from the 14th March, priced at around $19.98.

ARTWORK: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/basic-instinct.html

Carole Lombard, Mae West & Marlene Dietrich "Glamour Collections"

Universal Studios Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Glamour Collection, a series of box-sets containing multiple features starring one of three leading ladies from the early years of cinema.

Available from 4th April 2006 priced at $26.98 SRP are:

Carole Lombard: The Glamour Collection - This two-disc set (2xDVD18) includes 6 films: Man of the World, We’re Not Dressing, Hands Across the Table, Love Before Breakfast, The Princess Comes Across and True Confession. All are presented in 1.33:1 Full Frame with English DD2.0 Mono and optional English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles. A Theatrical Trailer is present for We’re Not Dressing.

Mae West: The Glamour Collection - This two-disc set (1xDVD14, 1xDVD9) includes 5 films: Night After Night, I’m No Angel, Goin’ To Town, Go West Young Man and My Little Chickadee. All are presented in 1.33:1 Full Frame with English DD2.0 Mono and optional English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles. A Theatrical Trailer is present for 3 of the 5 features (1, 2 and 5).

Marlene Dietrich: The Glamour Collection - This two-disc set (1xDVD18, 1xDVD5) includes 5 films (4 on the DVD18, 1 on the DVD5): Morocco, Blonde Venus, The Devil is a Woman, Flame of New Orleans and Golden Earrings. All are presented in 1.33:1 Full Frame with English DD2.0 Mono and optional English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles. A Theatrical Trailer is present for 2 of the 5 features (first and last).

[Nina]

Alguém aqui tem a edição especial de Casablanca? Vale à pena comprar? O que vem no segundo DVD?

[The Keymaker]

Alguém aqui tem a edição especial de Casablanca? Vale à pena comprar? O que vem no segundo DVD?

Sim, lógico que vale.O filme está com qualidade de imagem e som bem melhores que a edição simples(que já era boa), 2 comentários em áudio(pra variar, sem legendas), e muitos extras no disco 2(esses sim, todos legendados).Veja a resenha do DVD:

 

http://www.dvdshow.com.br/padrao.php?page=resenhas_&res= 1446

[Nina]

Alguém aqui tem a edição especial de Casablanca? Vale à pena comprar? O que vem no segundo DVD?

Sim' date=' lógico que vale.O filme está com qualidade de imagem e som bem melhores que a edição simples(que já era boa), 2 comentários em áudio(pra variar, sem legendas), e muitos extras no disco 2(esses sim, todos legendados).Veja a resenha do DVD:

http://www.dvdshow.com.br/padrao.php?page=resenhas_&res= 1446[/quote']

Valeu Keymaker! Eu tenho a edição simples, pelada, mas como gosto muito do filme acho que então vale à pena adquirir a especial, que não é nem cara, acho que está 29,90.

[-felipe-]

Ou tudo ou nada:

 

 

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the release of

for the 22nd of October, priced at around £19.99. The disc will feature

an anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) transfer, both DTS and Dolby Digital

5.1 audio, commentaries, deleted footage, cast interviews, original

publicity campaign, a music machine, development and production

featurettes, a 'The Success and its Aftermath' featurette and 'A Bigger

Picture: A Look at the British Film Industry in the '90s' featurette.

 

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-full-monty-specia l-edition.html

 

 

[Gi Cinéfila]

TOMATES VERDES FRITOS - EDIÇÃO DE ANIVERSÁRIO. Na verdade, dando uma olhada rápida nos extras, acredito que trata-se da versão já lançada no Brasil.

Starring: Kathy Bates
Released: 6th June 2006
SRP: $19.98

Further Details:
Universal Home Video has announced an anniversary edition of Fried Green Tomatoes which stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker. The set will include an extended cut of the film (totalling 2 hours 17 minutes), and will be available to own from the 6th June. Retail will be around $19.98. The film itself will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Extras will include a commentary with Director Jon Avnet, some deleted scenes, outtakes, a Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes featurette, Sipsey's Recipes, Jon Avnet's Director's Notes, and production photographs. Completing the package will be production notes, details on the poster campaign, and the original theatrical trailer.

[-felipe-]

Interessante nossa edição de banca ter saido antes e com os mesmos extras da EE americana.

 

 

Ps: esse tpc bem que podia ser fixo.

 

 

[-felipe-]

Capa da edição de colecionador de Missão impossível:

 

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/mission-impossible.ht ml

 

 

[Gi Cinéfila]

Nova caixa dos filmes do Super-Homem pode ter surpresas

Por Marcelo Hessel
31/1/2006

 

Para quem não se conforma com a ida e volta dos DVDs do Super-Homem do catálogo da Warner Bros., uma boa notícia: os quatro filmes lançados entre 1978 e 1987, mais o longa de 1984 da Supergirl, serão reunidos em uma nova caixa - e que pode render boas surpresas.

Ilya Salkind, co-produtor dos primeiros três filmes do Homem-de-Aço e de Supergirl, confirmou ao site The Superman Homepage que está trabalhando com o restaurador Michael Thau (da edição especial de Superman: o filme, lançada em 2001) para confeccionar o box, que deve sair junto com o lançamento de Superman - O retorno nos cinemas, em 30 de junho.

Não se trata só de um pacote remodelado; extras inéditos surgirão. Salkind deve gravar uma trilha de comentário ao lado do também produtor Pierre Spengler para os três primeiros filmes (o quarto, Em busca da paz, não teve participação da dupla) e para Supergirl, que foi originalmente lançado em DVD pela Anchor Bay Entertainment e teve os direitos de distribuição adquiridos recentemente pela Time Warner.

Além disso, um rumor ainda não confirmado pode se tornar uma pérola: o diretor do longa original, Richard Donner, demitido em meados do segundo filme, estaria finalizando a sua participação no DVD. "Haverá uma versão de Donner para Superman II, pelo que ouvi", atesta Salkind. É fato que o diretor havia filmado algumas tomadas - inclusive todo o trabalho com o Jor-El Marlon Brando, que no fim não apareceu no segundo filme - antes de ceder o lugar a Richard Lester. O que falta oficializar é se o trabalho de Donner se resume a cenas extras inéditas ou um filme anternativo inteiro.

O ator Jack O'Halloran, o kriptoniano renegado (e mudo) Non dos dois primeiros filmes, confirma: "Eu sei que eles estão deixando Donner fazer a sua montagem de Superman II". O'Halloran recentemente foi entrevistado pelo estúdio, material que deve constar no box. "Nós falamos bastante sobre Donner, de quem eu gosto muito." Por fim, Salkind especula que o próprio Lester - que com o passar dos anos se recusou a dar depoimentos sobre sua colaboração com a franquia - pode baixar a guarda, convencido pelo produtor Spengler, e gravar uma entrevista para a caixa.

[Henchman]

Estou gostando muito das notícias dos DVDs de Superman! Parece q Donner está mesmo fazendo a sua versão de Superman II.

 

 

 

Mas até agora ninguém falou nos 45 minutos nunca vistos de Superman IV.

 

 

 

Ah, tem um tópico aqui no fórum só sobre os DVDs de Superman..

 

 

 

[Gi Cinéfila]

 

The Lucy and Desi Collection in May

Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Lucy and Desi Collection for 9th May 2006. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz -- America's quintessential comic couple best known for their long-running hit TV series "I Love Lucy" -- made only three feature films together. Those films make their long-awaited DVD debut, as Warner Home Video introduces The Lucy and Desi Collection. Included are The Long, Long Trailer, Forever, Darling and Too Many Girls, available as a boxed set for $29.92 SRP. The Long, Long Trailer and Forever, Darling will be available individually for $14.97 SRP each; Too Many Girls is exclusive to the collection. DVD extra content includes vintage MGM and WB shorts, cartoons and a 1956 excerpt from the MGM Parade television series.

Too Many Girls (1940) - Its lighter-than-air plot has spoiled heiress Connie Casey (Lucille Ball) traipsing off to college while her over-protective father secretly sends four Ivy League football stars to act as her bodyguards. In no time, the football players manage to turn tiny Pottawatomie U. into a gridiron powerhouse!

Special features include:

Frances Carroll and the Coquettes [1940 WB short]

Shop Look & Listen [1940 WB cartoon]

Theatrical Trailer
The Long, Long Trailer (1954) - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live happily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in "The Long, Long Trailer," directed by Vincente Minnelli. They quickly find that the interior of a moving trailer is ideal for tossing a salad--and everything else. That backing up their 40-foot, three-ton home is only a little more difficult than threading a needle wearing boxing gloves. And, that trailer-park folks are neighbourly sorts who turn the lovebirds' rig into the wrong, wrong trailer by crashing the wedding night.

Special features include:

Ain’t it Aggravatin’ [1954 MGM short]

Dixieland Droopy [1954 MGM cartoon]

Theatrical Trailer
Forever, Darling (1955) - TV's "I Love Lucy" was in its fifth season when this romp gave fans more reasons to love its stars. Desi Arnaz plays Lorenzo, who heads for wide-open spaces, along with wife Susan (Lucille Ball), to test his chemical company's new product. Of course, comedy chaos ensues built on tent-raising, forest critters, inflatable rafts and other typical elements of roughing it. There is one atypical element: the angel (James Mason) who wants to rescue their troubled union.

Special features include:

An excerpt from Episode 22 of MGM Parade with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz [1955 TV series]

Theatrical Trailer

ARTWORKS: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60225

EU QUERO ISSO!!!  SOU FÃ DA LUCILLE BALL... APROVEITANDO... PARAMOUNT "VÊ SE ACORDA" E LANÇA AQUI NO BRASIL AS TEMPORADAS DA SÉRIE I LOVE LUCY!!!!

E MAIS... EDIÇÕES ESPECIAIS DE O DESTINO DE POSEIDON E INFERNO NA TORRE PARA MAIO/2006 NOS EUA.

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[J. de Silentio]

 

 

E MAIS... EDIÇÕES ESPECIAIS DE O DESTINO DE POSEIDON E INFERNO NA TORRE PARA MAIO/2006 NOS EUA.

 

Para aproveitar, com perdão do trocadilho, a onda do remake de "O Destino de Poseidon". Cofre.

[-felipe-]

 

 

 

 

E MAIS... EDIÇÕES ESPECIAIS DE O DESTINO DE POSEIDON E INFERNO NA TORRE PARA MAIO/2006 NOS EUA.

 

Para aproveitar' date=' com perdão do trocadilho, a onda do remake de "O Destino de Poseidon". Cofre.[/quote']

As capas ficaram muito bonitas:

 

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=DaveFoste r/poseidonadv_r1se.jpg

 

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=DaveFoste r/toweringinferno_r1se.jpg

 

[-felipe-]

Warner Unveils Aggressive Catalog Initiative for 2006

 

Author: Thomas K. Arnold

 

Posted: January 31, 2006

 

 

 

Last fall's lavish The Wizard of Oz and King Kong DVD gift sets was

only the beginning. After years of watching other studios blow out

their libraries at a rapid clip, Warner Home Video this year is

preparing a major catalog initiative that will see a record 200-plus

titles hit the market, the vast majority appearing on DVD for the first

time.

 

 

 

Classics also factor in Warner's plans for HD DVD, the first of two

rival next-generation formats to come to market. They will arrive on

high-def the same day Warner bows special-edition DVDs. Titles include

The Maltese Falcon and The Forbidden Planet.

 

 

 

Warner's classic release slate also includes 52 collections, including

Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart “signature collection” sets and a

lavish 14-disc “Superman” set that features the famed “Richard Donner”

cut of Superman II, up to 40% longer than the theatrical version.

Donner was fired 70% into the shoot, and much of what he filmed has

been locked away in the vaults. Newly restored footage includes an

alternate opening in which Lois Lane suspects Clark Kent is the Man of

Steel and then almost dies trying to prove it.

 

[Gi Cinéfila]

Con Air (Unrated Extended Cut)

Buena Vista Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Con Air (Unrated Extended Cut) for 16th May 2006 priced at $19.99 SRP. Another Jerry Bruckheimer production is given the extended cut treatment; this time it’s the Simon West directed action blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich and many more A-list Hollywood stars.

Presented in 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen with English DD5.1 Surround, bonus features – if any – are TBC.

 

Enemy of the State (Unrated Extended Cut) in May

Buena Vista Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Enemy of the State (Unrated Extended Cut) for 16th May 2006 priced at $19.99 SRP. Another Jerry Bruckheimer production is given the extended cut treatment; this time it's the Tony Scott directed action thriller starring Will Smith.

Features include:

1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen

English DD5.1 Surround

The Making of Enemy of the State

All Access: “The Showdown” Scene

Deleted Scenes

Original Theatrical Trailer

 

The Magnificent Seven (R2 UE) in March - Features revealed

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of The Magnificent Seven (Ultimate Edition) for 20th March 2006 priced at £19.99. Seven gunmen fight like seven hundred as they take on an army of bandits in this stunning, celebrated masterpiece that launched careers and set new standards of excellence for the genre.

Features include:

2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen

English & Czech DD5.1 Surround

Polish Stereo

Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish

Audio Commentary with James Coburn, Eli Wallach, Walter Mirisch (Producer) and Robert Relyea (Assistant Director)

"Guns for Hire - The Making of the Magnificent Seven" Documentary

"Elmer Bernstein and The Magnificent Seven" Featurette

The Linen Book: Lost Images From The Magnificent Seven

Stills Galleries: Behind The Scenes, Classic Production Art, Off The Set, Portrait and Poster Art

Original Theatrical Trailer

ARTWORK: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60142

 

Platoon UE in March

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Platoon (Ultimate Edition) for 6th March 2006 priced at £19.99. Winner of 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-winning director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing, it is a dark, unforgettable memorial to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam.

Offering two new featurettes and DTS Surround Sound the full list of features are:

1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen

English DD5.1 & DTS 5.1 Surround

Hungarian Mono & Polish Stereo

Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Swedish

Audio Commentary by Director Oliver Stone

Audio Commentary by Military Advisor Captain Dale Dye

"Tour Of The Inferno" - Making of Documentary

"One War, Many Stories" Featurette

"Preparation for the Nam" Featurette

TV Spots

Photo Gallery

Original Theatrical Trailer

ARTWORK: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60294

Silence of the Lambs (R2 UE) in February - Features revealed

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of The Silence of the Lambs (Ultimate Edition) for 20th February 2006 priced at £19.99. A psychopath known only as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends in Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview an insane prisoner who may provide psychological insights and clues to the killer's action. This terrifying masterpiece of suspense garnered five Academy Awards including Best Director and conveted Best Picture.

Features include:

1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen

English & French DD5.1 Surround

Subtitles: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish

"Inside the Labyrinth" Documentary

"Page To Screen" Documentary

"The Beginning of The Silence of the Lambs" with Jodie Foster & Johnathan Demme

"Making The Silence of the Lambs" with Jodie Foster & Johnathan Demme

"Scoring The Silence" Featurette

"Breaking The Silence" Featurette

Original "Making Of" Featurette

Deleted Scenes

Outtakes

Anthony Hopkins Phone Message

Teaser, Trailer & TV Spots

Still Image Gallery

ARTWORK: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60141

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[Gi Cinéfila]

RELAÇÃO DAS FUTURAS EDIÇÕES ESPECIAIS DA WARNER PARA 2006/2007:

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - with a new feature-length documentary and audio commentaries

Forbidden Planet (1956) - with a new feature-length documentary

The Maltese Falcon (1941) - packaged with The Maltese Falcon - Dangerous Female (1931) and Satan Met a Lady (1936)

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Look for 4 new Stanley Kubrick SEs including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980) and the original unrated version Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Each will include new documentaries and never-before-seen footage blessed by the Kubrick Estate (although don't look for deleted scenes - Stanley himself never wanted them released).

There's a new John Wayne/John Ford Collection on the way, which will include The Searchers: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition (1956), along with a Stagecoach: Two-Disc Special Edition (1939), Fort Apache (1948), The Long Voyage Home (1940), The Wings of Eagles (1957), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), They Were Expendable (1945) and 3 Godfathers (1948).

There's also The John Ford Collection that will include The Lost Patrol (1934), The Informer (1935), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), Mary of Scotland (1936) and Sergeant Rutledge (1960).

Now... here's a look at some more of the 200 new-to-DVD titles coming in 2006:

Grand Prix: 2-Disc Special Edition (1966)

The Astaire and Rogers Collection, Volume 2 - featuring Flying Down to Rio (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Carefree (1938) and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

The Busby Berkley Collection - featuring Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Dames (1934) and Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

The Warner Tough Guys Collection - featuring 'G' Men (1935), Bullets or Ballots (1936), San Quentin (1937), A Slight Case of Murder (1938), Each Dawn I Die (1939) and City for Conquest (1940)

Knute Rockne All American (1940) - just for you Notre Dame alumni!

The Marlon Brando Signature Collection - featuring Julius Ceasar (1953), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) and The Formula (1980)

The Bette Davis Collection, Volume 2 - including a new Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?: Two-Disc Special Edition (1962 - with new and vintage documentaries and never-before-seen footage), Jezebel (1938), Old Acquaintance (1943), Marked Woman (1937) and The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942).

The Lucy and Desi Collection (due 5/9, SRP $29.92) - featuring The Long, Long Trailer (1954), Forever, Darling (1955) and Too Many Girls (1940)

The Tennessee Williams Film Collection (due 5/2, SRP $79.92) - featuring A Streetcar Named Desire: Two-Disc Special Edition (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Deluxe Edition (1958), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Baby Doll (1956), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and The Night of the Iguana (1964).

Additional DVD box sets will be released featuring (known titles listed as follows, but more are TBA):

Clark Gable - including Mogambo (1953), Dancing Lady (1933) and Boom Town (1940)

James Stewart - including The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) and The Naked Spur (1953)

Humphrey Bogart - including Passage to Marseille (1944), Action in the North Atlantic (1943) and Across the Pacific (1942)

More Film Nior titles including Lady in the Lake (1947)

Paul Newman

Taylor & Burton

Gary Cooper - including Sergeant York (1941) and The Hanging Tree (1959)

Already announced for 4/18 is a TCM Archives: The Laurel and Hardy Collection (SRP $39.92), including Bonnie Scotland and The Devil's Brother (both 1933), along with vintage excerpts and the Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story feature-length documentary.

On 4/25, look for the Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Collection (SRP $59.92) including It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Summer Stock (1950), Three Little Words (1950), Til the Clouds Roll By (1946) and Ziegfeld Follies (1946).

TCM Achives will also release a whole new series of Forbidden Hollywood Collections. The first release will include Baby Face (1933), Red Headed Woman (1932) and Waterloo Bridge (1931 - unseen since its original theatrical release) along with a new feature-length TCM documentary.

Warner is also going to launch a new series of Ultimate Collector's Editions, patterned after last year's deluxe version of King Kong. These will include tons of bonus features, books and booklets, production art cards, soundtrack CDs, souvenir programs and more.

The first of these will be John Wayne and John Ford's The Searchers (already mentioned above).

Late in 2006 (tentatively in November, timed to coincide with the DVD release of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns), look for a 14-disc Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition box set. This will feature new deluxe editions of all four of the original feature films, including a Superman II: Special Edition with something called The Donner Cut. This is being assembled by editor Michael Thaw based on the film's original shooting script and Donnor's original notes. At least 50% of the film will be footage you've never seen, more than 70% of it directed by Donner. You'll also get Richard Lester's final theatrical cut of the film. The Donner Cut will only be available on DVD in the Ultimate Collector's Edition box set, although it will also be released in HD-DVD (and likely Blu-ray Disc if that format is available).

We were actually shown a clip of the new Donner Cut at the event - the original opening to Superman II, in which Lois Lane notices a picture of Superman in a copy of The Daily Planet... and then she looks at Clark Kent standing nearby... and she begins drawing glasses, a suit and hat on the picture of Superman. She figures it out. Then she tells Clark she knows who he really is... and jumps out Perry White's office window to prove she's right. Clark runs at super-speed downstairs, and blows up at the falling Lois to slow her fall. She lands safely in a fruit stand, by which time Clark has already run back upstairs to preserve his identity. Someone asks him where Lois is, and he replies, "Uh... she just stepped out for a minute."

An interesting thing to note however, is that it seems Richard Donner himself hasn't yet been involved (and is not involved in cutting the new version of the film). During the event, I chatted with AICN's Drew McWeeny (well known as "Moriarty" over there) who told me that he's been interviewing Donner recently (watch for that to be posted on AICN soon). The director has reportedly told Drew that he's not really interested in revisiting the film. When asked during the event what Donner's involvement was (whether or not he'd do commentary, etc), Warner execs said, "That's still to be decided." Our guess is that the studio is still negotiating with Donner to participate, and that it's merely a matter of a dollar figure that everyone is happy with. Cross your fingers on this, because it'd be a real shame if he declined to be involved. FYI, IGN also has a brief interview with Donner that touches on this.

Some other interesting Warner release news... look for a movie-only version of King Kong to be released on 3/28 (SRP $14.97). That same day, Warner will package the Kong tin set together with Mighty Joe Young and Son of Kong for SRP $49.92.

The studio is also continuing its series of Action and Family Double Feature DVD releases in 2006.

A Cool Hand Luke: Special Edition (1967) is tentatively being planned for 2007.

Quo Vadis (1951) is being considered for future DVD release, but the Technicolor classic is going to require Ultra-Resolution restoration. Given the film's length, that's going to take significant time and be VERY expensive.

And finally, here's a bit of news that's going to get a lot of you excited (and I made a point to specifically ask about this title, believe me)... Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) is currently on track for release as a multi-disc special edition in time for its 25th anniversary in 2007. The release is far from certain (as usual, there's a lot more that I can't post about this title yet - think of the old saying, "Loose lips sink ships"), but Warner says that work is proceeding, most of the key players are involved and things are "looking good" for release next year. We'll see.

[Nina]

Gente, qual a diferença entre o DVD Casablanca Edição Especial e Casablanca Edição Especial De Luxe? Quer dizer, o que uma tem a mais que a outra? Pela diferença de preço, vale mais à pena comprar qual das duas?

[J. de Silentio]

Esses dvds da Warner são Cofre. Mas desta vez significando que vou precisar assaltar um para poder comprar os dvds que me interessam.J. de Silentio2006-2-9 18:26:56

[Gi Cinéfila]

Gente' date=' qual a diferença entre o DVD Casablanca Edição Especial e Casablanca Edição Especial De Luxe? Quer dizer, o que uma tem a mais que a outra? Pela diferença de preço, vale mais à pena comprar qual das duas?[/quote']

Nina, eu possuo a Ed. Deluxo deste filme e de Cantando na Chuva, a diferença para a outra é que na deluxo o filme vem dentro de uma lata personalizada, com cards, livreto e um poster em tecido grande (a medida é 62x92 cm). Quanto ao filme, o dvd é o mesmo da edição especial. Se você gosta do filme, é até pela questão de ser um item de colecionador, vale a pena a Ed. Deluxo. Olha a imagem na prateleira (as duas primeiras - da esquerda para a direita), minha máquina digital está emprestada assim que eu puder te mando via MP a foto da edição aberta, ok?

 

Esses dvds da Warner são Cofre. Mas desta vez significando que vou precisar assaltar um para poder comprar os dvds que me interessam.

Nem me fale Silentio... eu já comecei a cavar o túnel para o assalto.

Gi Cinéfila2006-2-9 21:10:14