# What movies are not on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934 "2007-04-28T05:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/21 "2007-04-29T13:05:47Z")
_Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains_. Quirky film that played in endless rotation on _Night Flight_ starring Diane Lane as the leader of an all-girl punk band. _The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu_. Peter Sellers’ final film that he was actually involved in making (as oposed to the Pink Panther clip shows that came out after his death). And as long as we’re including TV series, why _Max Headroom_ isn’t out on DVD I’ll never understand. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/22 "2007-04-29T13:37:07Z")
_Parker Lewis Can’t Lose_ _Duckman_ The majority of _The Goodies_ (Two “Best-Of” DVDs and a similar number of VHS cassettes don’t count, IMHO- the show ran for 10 years!) _Zulu Dawn_ _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ (“_And Now For Something Completely Different_” and _“Fliegender Zirkus”_ notwithstanding- apparently some of the seasons have been released on R1 DVD, but I haven’t seen any here in Australia yet) A large number of '80s cartoons ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/23 "2007-04-29T14:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ (“_And Now For Something Completely Different_” and _“Fliegender Zirkus”_ notwithstanding- apparently some of the seasons have been released on R1 DVD, but I haven’t seen any here in Australia yet) [/QUOTE] Box sets of the TV series have been out in R1 for at least a decade. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/24 "2007-04-29T14:28:46Z")
AFAIK, **Robinson Crusoe on Mars** has never been released on either VHS or DVD. The British TV version of **Day of the riffids** **Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders** , or the british Judge Dee series. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/25 "2007-04-29T14:31:44Z")
Didn’t see **Elendil’s Hier** ’s p[ost or the response to it. Unless otherwise assured, I’m assuming that Ebay DVD is a “bootleg”. I’ve seen bootlegs of other “unavailable” films, like **The Star Wars Holiday Special** ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/26 "2007-04-29T14:50:57Z")
[Les Miserables](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113828/) (A French Film from 1995 where the Victor Hugo story is set in World War II) [Sidekicks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105402/) (You would think Chuck Norris would have enough influence to get this sucker released) ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/27 "2007-04-29T17:33:09Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] AFAIK, **Robinson Crusoe on Mars** has never been released on either VHS or DVD. The British TV version of **Day of the riffids** **Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders** , or the british Judge Dee series. [/QUOTE] There is a region 2 version of Day of the Triffids available quite cheaply [Coupons, Promo Codes & Cash Back | Rakuten](http://play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/619637/Day_Of_The_Triffids/Product.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/28 "2007-04-29T19:14:23Z")
When, oh _when_? When—will they release _Kim Possible: The Complete Series_? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/29 "2007-04-29T19:22:15Z")
\*Becket \* still isn’t on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/30 "2007-04-29T19:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] _Duckman_ [/QUOTE] Huh, I didn’t realize that. The only thing that Jason Alexander’s done that I would actively seek out. Two other TV shows that I am holding out hope on coming to DVD: [Dark Skies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Skies), which is apparently slated for an October 2007 release. We’ll see. [Daria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria). If it ever comes out, it will be heavily neutered, stripped of all the fun music that was on the TV airings (for which I still lament the DVD release of _Keen Eddie_). ---
**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:** [April 29, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/31 "2007-04-29T19:28:59Z")
[QUOTE=Love Rhombus] I was annoyed to discover that Phantasms II, one of my favorite horror movies, is not available on DVD seemingly anywhere! Is there a site that I could go to check on other movies, just to cross them off the list? [/QUOTE] My brother has a Phantasm boxset with that spikey orb yokey as the box. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/32 "2007-04-29T19:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=El Perro Fumando] [Les Miserables](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113828/) (A French Film from 1995 where the Victor Hugo story is set in World War II) [/QUOTE] I saw this recently on television. It’s a great film. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/33 "2007-04-29T20:53:22Z")
Tuesday Weld’s great early 70’s work, A Safe Place, Play it as it Lays and Reflections of Muder (TV) I believe are still unavailable. Kiss Saves Santa is still VHS only. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/34 "2007-04-29T22:34:45Z")
“The Grey Fox.” I’m still dearly holding onto my VHS version until it’s released on DVD. Also, Roger Ebert would turn in his grave (once he dies, that is) but “North” has never been released on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/35 "2007-04-30T00:50:09Z")
\*[Until The End Of The World](http://www.amazon.com/Until-End-World-Solveig-Dommartin/dp/B00005JKID/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3457502-6784936?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1177893800&sr=8-1) isn’t available on DVD, at least not in the US. We have it on VHS, it is such a good movie. \*The theatrical release of Bladerunner. We have it on VHS and some sort of bootleg copy of the film on DVD, since our VHS copy is not in the best condition since it has been watched so much. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/36 "2007-04-30T01:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=LVgeogeek] \*[Until The End Of The World](http://www.amazon.com/Until-End-World-Solveig-Dommartin/dp/B00005JKID/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3457502-6784936?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1177893800&sr=8-1) isn’t available on DVD, at least not in the US. We have it on VHS, it is such a good movie. \*The theatrical release of Bladerunner. We have it on VHS and some sort of bootleg copy of the film on DVD, since our VHS copy is not in the best condition since it has been watched so much. [/QUOTE] They’re going to be releasing an uber deluxe edition of [_Blade Runner_ this year!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373500) ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ad\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b2d939/32.png) [@Your\_Ad\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Ad_Here)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/37 "2007-04-30T02:51:29Z")
[Under the Rainbow](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083254/). :mad: The pearl has been in the river FOREVER!!! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/38 "2007-04-30T02:56:15Z")
_The Dead_, John Huston’s version of the great James Joyce story. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/39 "2007-05-03T00:26:33Z")
> **[The Dead \[DVD\]: Amazon.co.uk: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy,...](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-DVD-Anjelica-Huston/dp/B000EWOO4C)** > > John Huston's final film, an adaptation of a James Joyce novella, takes place at Christmas in turn-of-the-century Dublin. To mark the occasion, two spinsters (Helena Carroll and Cathleen Delany) throw a party, inviting, amongst others, their nephew... Wrong region for you though. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934/40 "2007-05-03T00:49:11Z")
For TV series, I’m still waiting for [Spaced.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/) at least on this side of the pond. _It’s been 8 years, dammit!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-not-on-dvd/401934.md?page=3)