# What movies do you want to see released to DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234 "2006-11-06T01:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 7, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/41 "2006-11-07T19:54:54Z")
Well THAT was stoopit: I cut and pasted “Emperor of the North” into the “Title” box by mistake, then hit “return,” and posted that incomplete list accidentally. Anyway, to continue: \* Salo Confessions of an Opium Eater Ace in the Hole Gabriel Over the White House The Iron Horse Street of Shame Killer of Sheep To Sleep with Anger Christmas in July The Crowd Distant Voices Still Lives Emperor of the North The Fugitive (John Ford) Europa 51\* –and that’s all I have time to think of right now. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/42 "2006-11-07T20:06:07Z")
1492: Conquest of Paradise Island of Lost Souls (what is the law?) Intruders (TV movie from the 90’s about alien abductions that was quite creepy for a TV flick) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/43 "2006-11-07T21:35:13Z")
An 80’s sci-fi movies called Lifeforms. Quite intelligently written-I have it on VHS but it’s getting fuzzy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/44 "2006-11-07T22:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=randwill] Wow. I consider myself somewhat film-knowledgable. But with the exception of \*\*The Incredible Shrinking Man \*\* and **Chimes at Midnight** , I had never heard of any of these film titles. It’s like I’m on a mirror-earth where all the great films are the same but have different titles. Well, I’m off to watch Thorson Pelles’ **Resident Blane**. [/QUOTE] Well, 2 are Japanese, 1 Greek, 2 Polish, 1 Indian, 1 Mexican, 2 French, 1 Russian, 1 Danish, 1 Italian, 1 German and 3 silent (including 2 more French). Of the American films, one’s a four-hour documentary, two are William Faulkner adaptations, one’s a Randolph Scott western, one’s a seminal work in black cinema, one has perhaps Bernard Herrmann’s best score, and two are among the greatest love stories ever put on screen. And if they were on DVD, I’d tell you to put them on your NetFlix queue ASAP (though some are still available on VHS). Here’s hoping… ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/45 "2006-11-14T20:18:23Z")
_Twisted Nerve Pretty Maids All in a Row The Dion Brothers_ aka _The Gravy Train_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/46 "2006-11-14T21:48:36Z")
Woo Hoo! Looks like one of the films I listed (_The Double Life of Veronique_) is getting released later this month by Criterion. A small start… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/47 "2006-11-14T22:34:42Z")
The Last Polka Q. Schmenge ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/48 "2006-11-14T22:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] The Last Polka Q. Schmenge [/QUOTE] Just kidding about the last name. Mine isn’t really Schmenge, but I love those two characters. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/49 "2006-11-14T22:45:04Z")
[QUOTE=River Hippie] [The Victors](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057652/) 1963 war movie I saw as a kid and remember as being pretty good. I’d like to see it again. [/QUOTE] I second that. But I was unable to find that on VHS when I checked extensively years ago, so it may be a long wait. [QUOTE=Little Nemo] The animated series _Duckman_. [/QUOTE] Ditto. I’ve been checking for this frequently. And speaking of ducks, I bought a copy of _The Duck Factory_, an early Jim Carrey TV show, thru Amazon’s used dealers and it (VHS) arrived blank. I got my money back, but I would have preferred the video. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/50 "2006-11-14T23:29:54Z")
Duck Factory used to air on Comedy Central back in the early days of the channel. Jim Carrey is the straight man. The only fun thing is seeing voice actors on screen. “Ohhhh so that’s what that guy looked like.” ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/51 "2006-11-14T23:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kizarvexius] And then there’s the flip side. [_A Midwinter’s Tale_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113403/) (known in some markets as _In the Bleak Midwinter_) is Branagh’s loving tribute to the fearless thespians who give it their all for the sheer love of the theater. Filmed as a warm-up for his massive, epic, big-budget, seventy-milimeter widescreen treatment of _Hamlet_, (with some of the same cast) it’s the hilarious story of a bizarrely ecclectic theater troupe mounting a no-holds-barred, zero-budget, seven person rendition of the same play. It’s the only movie in my “must watch once a month” collection that has yet to find its way onto DVD. [/QUOTE] I’ll be damned. Never even _heard_ of that. But will have to keep an eye open for it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/52 "2006-11-15T04:48:51Z")
_Prince of the City_ ---
**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:** [November 15, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/53 "2006-11-15T07:21:35Z")
[20th Century Oz](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0075030/) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/54 "2006-11-15T14:14:34Z")
[Becket](http://imdb.com/title/tt0057877/), the story of King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) and his wenching partner-turned-Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas a Becket (Richard Burton). With John Gielgud as the French King Louis VII. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/55 "2006-11-16T12:53:12Z")
The Legend of Billie Jean ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/56 "2006-11-16T18:20:21Z")
[QUOTE=Skammer] [Becket](http://imdb.com/title/tt0057877/), the story of King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) and his wenching partner-turned-Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas a Becket (Richard Burton). With John Gielgud as the French King Louis VII. [/QUOTE] [This](http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/archives/2006/10/becket_finally.php) might cheer you up (though you’ll still have to be patient). ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/57 "2006-11-18T04:13:58Z")
Serial (1980) Help! (1965) The Last Emperor (1987) ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-want-to-see-released-to-dvd/379234/58 "2006-11-19T19:14:53Z")
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