# Movies that need to be released on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560 "2010-02-11T16:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/1 "2010-02-11T16:21:16Z")
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. Feel free to add to the list. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/2 "2010-02-11T19:49:24Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/3 "2010-02-11T19:55:07Z")
200 Motels with Frank Zappa. Then I’ll know what to buy my husband for Christmas one year. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/4 "2010-02-11T20:05:21Z")
I’d like to see [The Horizontal Lieutenant](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056079/). I have a crush on Paula Prentiss. (I am amazed to note that it has been labled an “Insipid disaster” by a reviewer with the unlikely name of **C.K. Dexter Haven** :eek:) ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/5 "2010-02-11T20:10:09Z")
Walt Disney’s \*Song Of The South \* (with all the “racially insensitive” parts included). Walt Disney’s _Fantasia_, the originally released version containing, once again, the “racially sensitive” portions which were cut in later releases. We have to stop re-writing history. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/6 "2010-02-11T20:55:02Z")
Is _Let It Be_ available on DVD? If not, that’s my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/7 "2010-02-11T21:33:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > 200 Motels with Frank Zappa. Then I’ll know what to buy my husband for Christmas one year. [Tell 'em Biffy sent you.](http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=21-TPDVD127) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/8 "2010-02-11T21:42:47Z")
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry with Peter Fonda and Susan George > **[Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) ⭐ 6.6 | Action, Crime, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071424/)** > > 1h 33m | PG the vhs tape was very, very rare. Never released on dvd. I got a bootleg made from a vhs tape from ebay about 5 years ago. trailer [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p0xE-68P4ao/hqdefault.jpg "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) Original Theatrical Trailer I") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xE-68P4ao) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/9 "2010-02-11T21:46:31Z")
Rod Serling’s retelling of a Dickens classic: [Carol for Another Christmas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057916/) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/10 "2010-02-11T23:18:10Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/11 "2010-02-11T23:25:53Z")
_Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants_ ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/12 "2010-02-11T23:40:09Z")
I’d like to see the 1930 version of “Dawn Patrol” with Richard Barthlemess and Doug Fairbanks Jr. Also some of those historical mini series such as “Peter the Great” (Maximillian Schell) and " Young Catherine" (Julia Ormond). “Song of the South” “Pretty Maids in a Row” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Baldy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Gary\_Baldy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/13 "2010-02-11T23:45:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Dirty Mary Crazy Larry with Peter Fonda and Susan George > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071424/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071424/) > the vhs tape was very, very rare. Never released on dvd. I got a bootleg made from a vhs tape from ebay about 5 years ago. It was released by Anchor Bay on DVD about [5 years ago](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071424/dvd). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/14 "2010-02-11T23:57:17Z")
_The Boy Friend_, Ken Russell’s 1971 musical with Twiggy and Tommy Tune. One of my faves. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/15 "2010-02-12T00:07:56Z")
Apparently the Irish road movie,\* I Went Down\* has never had a DVD release. It is one of the best irish films imho. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/16 "2010-02-12T00:34:53Z")
Not so much “movie” movies, but I’ve been waiting a long time to replace **Pink Floyd** ’s [Delicate Sound of Thunder](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097181/) **Dire Straits** ’ [Alchemy Live](http://www.amazon.com/Dire-Straits-Alchemy-Live-VHS/dp/6302158249/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1265933797&sr=8-2) **David Gilmour** ’s [David Gilmour](http://www.amazon.com/David-Gilmour-VHS-Michael-Kamen/dp/630025075X/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265933922&sr=8-41) ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/17 "2010-02-12T00:43:55Z")
[Porgy and Bess](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053182/) with Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge & Sammy Davis Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/18 "2010-02-12T01:16:59Z")
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. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/19 "2010-02-12T01:36:02Z")
[Kafka](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102181/), and [Popol Vuh](http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/films/native_american_studies/popol_vuh_the_creation_myth_of_the_maya), for less than $295, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560/20 "2010-02-12T01:44:01Z")
“The Grey Fox”, from 1982. Possibly Richard Farnsworth’s best film, and one of the best western’s ever. “The Lighthorsemen”, from 1987. Great Aussie film about a light cavalry unit in WWI. “High Road to China”, from 1983. Splendid adventure film about early aviation, with Tom Selleck in a great role. Why do the studios refuse to issue these? I’d pay top dollar in a heartbeat for any or all of these. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-to-be-released-on-dvd/528560.md?page=2)