# Not available on DVD... SHOULD be available on DVD... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732 "2003-03-03T06:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/21 "2003-03-03T15:40:51Z")
\*\*Number Six: \*\* _Anchors Aweigh_, _On the Town_, and _Take Me Out to the Ball Game_ **are** available on DVD! Not a lot of extras (just trailers and a couple of deleted songs from TMOTTBG), but its better than nothing. Since it looks like Turner is releasing their MGM library on DVD, I’d like to see _Ninotchka_ and _Kiss Me Kate_ on disc. Oh, and second (or third) the Astaire/Rogers movies (a box set would be nice), the Indiana Jones movies and _Yankee Doodle Dandy_. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/22 "2003-03-03T16:00:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\ ***Star Wars Trilogy.** \*\* Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/23 "2003-03-03T16:01:32Z")
**Flight Of The Navigator** , a great movie that isn’t even out on VHS! Also recently I found out that you can’t get **Moonwalker** on DVD, but I’m much less heartbroken about that. And I’d really like to own DVD copies of the two Michael Palin documentary series, “Pole to Pole” and “Around The World In 80 Days” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/24 "2003-03-03T16:35:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Got it. \*\* Please go into detail. IF you do have it, it isn’t a legal copy (not that I care or anything). How is the quality, and what version of the movies do you have? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/25 "2003-03-03T17:32:35Z")
I’m waiting for the day that the producers work out the rights issues on the recorded music that was used, and **SCTV** is released. ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/26 "2003-03-03T17:37:07Z")
I second **Miller’s Crossing**. I’m a huge Coen Bros. fan, but I have yet to see this flick. I don’t have a VCR anymore, so I’m anxiously awaiting the release of the DVD…I’m on the [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) mailing list for notification of when it becomes available. Unfortunately, there’s no projected date that I know of. Foo. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![coyasicanbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@coyasicanbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coyasicanbe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/27 "2003-03-03T18:43:43Z")
“What’s Alan Watching?” Very funny TV movie from 1989. Starred Corin Nemec (“Parker Lewis”), Brent Spiner, and Eddie Murphy. Directed by Thomas Schlamme WAY before “The West Wing” made him famous. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of it; no one has. And there’s no way it will ever be on DVD…or VHS. But Holy Crap, it was funny. “Free James Brown, Free James Brown! Get on your horse!” ---
**Author:** ![Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clint_in_Wichita)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/28 "2003-03-03T18:52:12Z")
“Animal House”. ---
**Author:** ![Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clint_in_Wichita)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/29 "2003-03-03T18:53:27Z")
Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/30 "2003-03-03T18:59:42Z")
_Silver Streak Gaslight_ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/31 "2003-03-03T19:04:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Got it. \*\* Well, so does my brother-in-lae, but that doesn’t mean that it was authorized by Lucas or Fox in any way. Actually, despite being a bootleg, the quality is good, which means it was probably made from the laser-disk versions. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/32 "2003-03-03T19:44:11Z")
“Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”.” This is available on DVD. I have seen it myself. I also would like US releases of some of the Studio Ghibli animated films especially Takahata’s Only Yesterday and Miyazaki’s Nausicaa. The first is a real long shot but the second is possible since Miyazaki is getting a lot of exposure with Spirited Away. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/33 "2003-03-03T19:59:36Z")
Hmm, I guess they are only releasing Spirited Away, Kiki, and Castle. I could have sworn I heard something about more, but I guess not. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/34 "2003-03-03T20:37:56Z")
**Yellowbeard**. And the entire run of MST3K, rather than just a select few. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/35 "2003-03-03T20:45:00Z")
I’ll second _Indiana Jones_ and ask where’s seasons 3 and 4 of _Mister Show_? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/36 "2003-03-03T22:38:03Z")
_The Name of the Rose_ ---
**Author:** ![Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clint_in_Wichita)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/37 "2003-03-03T23:04:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CyberPundit \* > **"Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”." > This is available on DVD. I have seen it myself.** I’ve looked and looked. Are you posting from the U.S.? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/38 "2003-03-03T23:10:25Z")
Ken Branagh’s _Hamlet_. (Though this one may surface eventually… Amazon has a poll page for it.) _Miracle Mile_ _Closet Land_ Most of the other movies that weren’t available on DVD when I first purchased my player, such as _Heavenly Creatures_ or _Watership Down_, have since been made available. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/39 "2003-03-03T23:14:00Z")
Oh, and lest we forget: [DVDs you want released](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97780) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732/40 "2003-03-03T23:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Clint in Wichita \* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by CyberPundit_ > > [Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life] is available on DVD. I have seen it myself. > > I’ve looked and looked. Are you posting from the U.S.? [DVD Price Search](http://www.dvdpricesearch.com) lists it as “discontinued,” but you might still be able to find it here and there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-on-dvd-should-be-available-on-dvd/158732.md?page=3)