# Movies that should be on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075 "2007-06-07T02:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/21 "2007-06-08T03:23:55Z")
[QUOTE=dennis gallagher] Are we talking about the Joe mantegna, Lindsay Crouse movie of a David mamet play? It is available on Amazon, where I think I bought it for $12.99 new and $6.49 used. You would need some pretty good special features, IMHO, to make the Criterion version worth the price, though it is in Widescreen. The current version (mine) is in Widescreen and Standard. [/QUOTE] I don’t remember when it was, but last time I looked the cheapest available version was like $25. I’m sure that fluctuates. In any case it’ll be available again soon. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/22 "2007-06-08T03:24:29Z")
What movies should be on DVD? All of them. Duping a film to DVD can’t possibly cost all that much. The rights holders for every film or TV show should by now be offering their product on an on-demand basis. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/23 "2007-06-08T03:28:37Z")
[QUOTE=randwill] I’m not up on all the legal stuff in this area, but when it has been discussed before, it is always mentioned that there is some loophole in copyright law that allows anyone to sell something that the copyright owner is not selling. There are a lot of dealers who provide DVDs of movies to people who want to see them and who cannot get them any other way. A lot of these “Mom & Pop” distributors have been in business for many years. And thank goodness for them. I don’t know anything about the slimeball television thieves you speak of. [/QUOTE] Legally, no. The copyright owner may turn a blind eye if someone else is making a title available, but it’s within their rights to write a cease and desist letter. Personally, I think a person has a \*moral \*right to make a rarity available if the copyright owner is asleep the switch, but that doesn’t mean there’s a legal right. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/24 "2007-06-08T03:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] What movies should be on DVD? All of them. Duping a film to DVD can’t possibly cost all that much. The rights holders for every film or TV show should by now be offering their product on an on-demand basis. [/QUOTE] I agree a zillion percent. I give this speech at least once a day. They should at least be available for download. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/25 "2007-06-08T04:34:19Z")
[The Friends of Eddie Coyle](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070077/?fr=c2M9MXxsbT01MDB8ZmI9dXx0dD0xfG14PTIwfGh0bWw9MXxjbz0xfHBuPTF8ZnQ9MXxrdz0xfHNvdXJjZWlkPW1vemlsbGEtc2VhcmNofHNpdGU9ZGZ8cT1mcmllbmRzIGVkZGllIGNveWxlfG5tPTE_;fc=1;ft=23;fm=1) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/26 "2007-06-08T08:23:04Z")
The Bishops Wife (it may be on DVD, but not in Australia) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/27 "2007-06-08T08:45:03Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Very high up on my own list. I’m thinking of buying a European disc just to have it. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen it twice; once in a theater,and once on VHS. Truly a remarkable movie. Is a European disc playable on my DVD player? Is it prohibitively expensive? I would consider buying one as well, although I really cannot afford frivolities right now. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/28 "2007-06-08T13:15:30Z")
Wanted to add: [The Uninvited](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037415/). Heckova good ghost movie. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/29 "2007-06-08T21:24:24Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] I’ve seen it twice; once in a theater,and once on VHS. Truly a remarkable movie. Is a European disc playable on my DVD player? Is it prohibitively expensive? I would consider buying one as well, although I really cannot afford frivolities right now. [/QUOTE] It depends on the player. Some, like my Phillips DVP642 and Oppo OPDV971H play just about anything. All regions all formats. But I’ve got a couple of Sony’s that balk at anything that’s not right up the straight and narrow. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/30 "2007-06-09T00:20:04Z")
[Americathon](http://imdb.com/title/tt0078766/). It was out on VHS, but apparently hasn’t made it to DVD yet. It was made in 1979, but set in about 1998, when the US has mortgaged itself. When the note is called home, how does President Chet Roosevelt (John Ritter) raise the money to pay it? He puts on a telethon! Plenty of laughs, and if memory serves, somewhat prophetic in many ways–for example, China embraces capitalism. Another that apparently has made it to DVD, although seems to be no longer available, is [The Big Bus](http://imdb.com/title/tt0074205/). I’d love to see this one again–it was a disaster movie spoof long before _Airplane_, and was (IMHO), somewhat better. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/31 "2007-06-09T00:30:07Z")
Flash Gordon needs to be re-released on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/32 "2007-06-09T00:46:33Z")
**[Dogs in Space](http://imdb.com/title/tt0092904/)**. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/33 "2007-06-09T00:58:33Z")
_Robinson Crusoe on Mars._ _Rediscovering George Washington._ ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/34 "2007-06-09T01:01:11Z")
[Becket](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/35 "2007-06-09T01:02:50Z")
Oh yeah, while I’m on the subject of great Robert Mitchum performances: put [Farewell My Lovely](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072973) back into print! ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/36 "2007-06-09T02:25:34Z")
The uncut **Masada** miniseries. It’s the second best miniseries ever made (next to **Shogun** ), and I’m mystified as to why it wasn’t out on DVD years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/37 "2007-06-09T03:09:57Z")
The following are not _currently_ available in Region 1 DVD format: Civilization (1916), The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), Tih Minh (1918), La Roue (1923), The Big Parade (1925), The Patent Leather Kid (1927), Seventh Heaven (1927), L’Argent (1928), The Docks of New York (1928), High Treason (1928), The Last Command (1928), The Racket (1928), Street Angel (1928), The Wedding March (1928), Condemned (1929), Thunderbolt (1929), The Trespasser (1929), The Valiant (1929), The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929), The Dawn Patrol (1930), Holiday (1930), East Lynne (1931), Mädchen in Uniform (1931), The Forgotten Frontier (1931), ¡Que viva Mexico! (1932), La Nuit du carrefour (1932), Berkeley Square (1933), Liebelei (1933), Morgenrot (1933), Crime Without Passion (1934), Escape Me Never (1935), Naughty Marietta (1935), The Scoundrel (1935). ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/38 "2007-06-09T03:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=Linty Fresh] The uncut **Masada** miniseries. It’s the second best miniseries ever made (next to **Shogun** ), and I’m mystified as to why it wasn’t out on DVD years ago. [/QUOTE] I have to ask: have you seen these recently? \*Shogun \*did not age well. At all. AT ALL. It was brilliant in its day but it works best as camp now. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/39 "2007-06-09T03:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] [Becket](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/) [/QUOTE] _Becket_ just came out; I already got it for my girlfriend. Check Barnes and Noble. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/40 "2007-06-09T04:38:21Z")
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