In the last few months, eight movies that had been on my wishlist were finally released on DVD. And The African Queen is scheduled for release next month. So progress is being made.
But the list is still long. We need the following DVDs (and we don’t need them on PAL or non-Region1 or bootleg imports):
Americathon (1979)
Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Brewster McCloud (1970)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Castaway (1986)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife And Her Lover (1989)*
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
Fairy Tale Police (2008)
FM (1978)*
Full Body Massage (1995)
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)
Hot Stuff (1979)
Island Of Lost Souls (1932)*
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Ken Park (2002)
The Krays (1990)
The Last Survivors (1975)
Legend Of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
The Man In the Iron Mask (1977)
Massacre at Central High (1976)
A New Leaf (1971)
1984 (1984)*
Odd Man Out (1947)*
Park Row (1952)
Penn & Teller’s Invisible Thread (1987)
Sleuth (1972)*
Temptation (2003)*
They Might Be Giants (1971)*
Things to Do Before You’re 30 (2004)
Thursday (1998)*
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)*
20th Century Oz (1976)
Villain (1971)
*Technically these have been released on DVD but they’re out of print and I don’t have them. So they need to be released again.
I have never seen Island of Lost Souls on a legitimate US (region 1) DVD ever; and I’ve been waiting for this since the format’s inception. I was forced to digitize my own VHS copy to prevent any further degradation of picture quality.
If you looked at Amazon and saw it coupled with another movie, that was a UK release (note the British rating system “12” on the cover).
Every year or two I check to see if Radio Inside is out on DVD yet, and it still isn’t. It looks like it was released in the UK at one point, but even the R2 version is out of print.
Not a movie, but I’ve been waiting since the format was introduced for “The Wonder Years” to come out on DVD (or Blu-ray now). Unfortunately, due to the music rights, it’s unlikely to ever happen.
