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Store "Hole" Feedback

Here are some requests for movies not currently available in the store.

The Fog (1980)
Hellfighters (John Wayne)
The African Queen (Bogart)
The Godfather, Part III ( Godfather Coda is in the store but that is a significantly re-edited version. I cataloged Godfather III)
Young Frankenstein
True Lies
Vanishing Point
The Wild One
The Abyss
K-19 The Widowmaker
Seven Years in Tibet
Stargate (1994)
Stagecoach (1939)
Sabotage (1936)
Silent Movie
The Cannonball Run
The Big Country
To Live and Die in LA
Star Trek: The Original Series (Season 1-3)
 
Everyone wants The Abyss and True Lies. They are sadly totally unavailable. They've never been released on Blu-ray Disc, even (at least in the USA). There were persistent rumors for years of a Blu-ray release, and then those rumors changed to a 4K release, but nothing to date. Fingers crossed! Abyss is one of my personal favorites.

I know for a fact that we used to have Stargate (it's on my system right now), so I'm not sure what's up with that title. I could've sworn I had seen a couple of the others before as well. Sometimes there are licensor changes that result in our having to remove a movie temporarily, but we are able to offer it again later. Hopefully that will be the case.
 
I’d love to see an HD version of Bad Education (2004) from Sony Classics. There is not a U.S. Blu-ray, however Apple, Vudu, Microsoft and Google appear to have HD versions in their digital movie stores. (Apple’s might be censored, I’m not sure.)

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Bad Education

A director makes a film about a transsexual schoolmate who plans to blackmail the priest who abused boys at their school. Drama, Mystery. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and Lluís Homar. Purchase and download today in DVD quality.
www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

www.blu-ray.com

Bad Education Digital

Bad Education Digital. Digital reviews, news, specs, ratings, screenshots. Cheap Digital movies and deals.
www.blu-ray.com www.blu-ray.com
 
Here’s another request:
www.blu-ray.com

Coffy Blu-ray

Coffy Blu-ray Release Date June 9, 2015. Blu-ray reviews, news, specs, ratings, screenshots. Cheap Blu-ray movies and deals.
www.blu-ray.com www.blu-ray.com
 
toddanderson27 said:
Senna
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Another F1 fan?

Jim
(That's my only other hobby, Ferrari's and F1. Ferrari is off to a great start to the season, and just missed Pole in this weekends race, but at least their 2 & 3. I was a big Senna fan when he was at McLaren, it was a shocking loss.)
 
MikeKobb said:
Everyone wants The Abyss and True Lies. They are sadly totally unavailable. They've never been released on Blu-ray Disc, even (at least in the USA). There were persistent rumors for years of a Blu-ray release, and then those rumors changed to a 4K release, but nothing to date.
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This should be stickied at the top of the K Store sub forum:

www.filmstories.co.uk

True Lies, The Abyss and the Blu-ray/4K problem – Film Stories

There's still no sign of James Cameron's True Lies and The Abyss on Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray - we've been charting the stories of their non-existent releases.
www.filmstories.co.uk www.filmstories.co.uk
 
cinelife said:
Another F1 fan?

Jim
(That's my only other hobby, Ferrari's and F1. Ferrari is off to a great start to the season, and just missed Pole in this weekends race, but at least their 2 & 3. I was a big Senna fan when he was at McLaren, it was a shocking loss.)
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I’m working on it! My brother is a big fan and got me to watch the final race last year. I enjoyed it… so, trying to learn!
 
I agree about True Lies and the Abyss. Tho, I beginning to doubt we’ll ever see True Lies…that movie carries some social baggage that might make it impossible to market. I think I read James C. Make a comment about that somewhere…
 
i posted it before in another thread but i want to see "Dead Alive" by Peter Jackson on the store in the nearby future.
 
Would love to see any of the following added. Some of my favorite movies that aren't in the store:

All the Right Moves
Apocalypto
The 'Burbs
Cabin Boy
French Kiss
Highlander
Lion in Winter
Lucas
Sweet Virginia
Swing Kids
Untamed Heart
 
MikeKobb said:
Everyone wants The Abyss and True Lies. They are sadly totally unavailable. They've never been released on Blu-ray Disc, even (at least in the USA). There were persistent rumors for years of a Blu-ray release, and then those rumors changed to a 4K release, but nothing to date. Fingers crossed! Abyss is one of my personal favorites.

I know for a fact that we used to have Stargate (it's on my system right now), so I'm not sure what's up with that title. I could've sworn I had seen a couple of the others before as well. Sometimes there are licensor changes that result in our having to remove a movie temporarily, but we are able to offer it again later. Hopefully that will be the case.
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True Lies has been released on D-Theater in 12/2003 from Fox in 1080i and DTS 5.1. One of the very few reasons why I still keep my D-Theater machine:)

www.lddb.com

LaserDisc Database - True Lies [2220098]

LDDb.com - The LaserDisc Database - Collections, Wishlists, Marketplace of obsolete and niche video formats (LD/CED/VHD/D-VHS/HD DVD)
www.lddb.com www.lddb.com
 
MikeKobb said:
Everyone wants The Abyss and True Lies. They are sadly totally unavailable. They've never been released on Blu-ray Disc, even (at least in the USA). There were persistent rumors for years of a Blu-ray release, and then those rumors changed to a 4K release, but nothing to date. Fingers crossed! Abyss is one of my personal favorites.

I know for a fact that we used to have Stargate (it's on my system right now), so I'm not sure what's up with that title. I could've sworn I had seen a couple of the others before as well. Sometimes there are licensor changes that result in our having to remove a movie temporarily, but we are able to offer it again later. Hopefully that will be the case.
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On the case of the Abyss, there is not even an anamorphic widescreen version in SD DVD. All releases are letterboxed.

This was a common practice for THX certified DVDs, they were ported from the masters made for Laserdiscs a few years earlier. The Abyss was the first THX certified title released in home video (on Laserdisc). State of the art for its time but very mediocre today.

I prefer the Laserdisc version over the current DVD releases because the soundtrack blows the DVD out of the water. Hopefully the upcoming 4K release will keep the theatrical soundtrack and avoid the very common near field remastering process.
 
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