# What titles would you like to see come out on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051 "2006-04-24T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/1 "2006-04-24T21:25:31Z")
Having seen _V for Vendetta_, I am curious to see the Robert Donat _Count of Monte Cristo_, but it isn’t on DVD. One of my favorite movies, _Yentl_, is also not yet available on DVD. Yours? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/2 "2006-04-24T21:28:55Z")
The Monster Squad. I watched that movie a thousand times as a kid and I loved it. It would be nice to have just so I can make my girlfriend watch it so she gets my brother and I’s inside jokes. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/3 "2006-04-24T21:32:10Z")
_The Seven-Ups_. Caught part of it as an A&E morning movie and got hooked. I dig the '70s urban caper movies. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/4 "2006-04-24T21:41:34Z")
You didn’t rule out television series, did you? _The Tracey Ullman Show_, and _Wings_. The first because I never got to see many episodes, it being on cable, and it was truly excellent. The second because I never learned of the show’s existence until after I became a Tony Shalhoub fan - I hear his character is terrific on this show. Neither series, as far as I know, have yet been released on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![JelleyBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ebca7d/32.png) [@JelleyBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JelleyBean)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/5 "2006-04-24T21:44:03Z")
_Enchanted April_ and Eddie Izzard’s _Sexie_. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/6 "2006-04-24T21:48:14Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > The Monster Squad. I watched that movie a thousand times as a kid and I loved it. It would be nice to have just so I can make my girlfriend watch it so she gets my brother and I’s inside jokes. Opend the thread to name this one. Truly one of the best of the ‘adventure kids’ genre. If you haven’t seen it, just imagine the Goonies vs. the classic Universal monsters. “It’s scary German guy!” ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/7 "2006-04-24T21:55:10Z")
Some of these may actually be available on DVD somewhere, but I sure as hell can’t find them: \*\*Babe Cemetery Man Clockwatchers Deranged / Motel Hell Rebecca\*\* All so good, all so unavailable. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/8 "2006-04-24T22:08:31Z")
_The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover_. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/9 "2006-04-24T22:12:37Z")
The original, not messed around with/“enhanced” _Star Wars_ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/10 "2006-04-24T22:19:39Z")
The Beatles’ “Help” and “Let It Be” (but not until they’ve synchronized the sound and picture). ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/11 "2006-04-24T22:30:10Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The original, not messed around with/“enhanced” _Star Wars_ I hear – just wild speculation, mind you – that there are folks on eBay who sell DVDs of the original _Star Wars_ trilogy, lifted from the original laserdisc versions. I even hear they’re rather nice discs, too, certainly good enough for home viewing without any regrets. Not that I’d, ah, have any firsthand knowledge of this… **nonchalant whistling** ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/12 "2006-04-24T22:31:26Z")
Twin Peaks season 2 The Tick animated series (supposedly in the works) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/13 "2006-04-24T22:35:52Z")
The complete run of [http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/GBF/oncehero.htm](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/GBF/oncehero.htm)]Once a Hero, including the unaired episodes. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/14 "2006-04-24T22:43:34Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > _The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover_. Hate to tell you this, but that DVD has already been released…and gone out of print. Don’t look at the prices on ebay or Amazon Marketplace, unless you’ve got your heart medication handy. Stuff I’m still waiting for: _1492: Conquest of Paradise At Play in the Fields of the Lord Blade Runner_ (Theatrical version) _Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years The Earthling Erik the Viking_ – supposed to come out this February but got CANCELLED at the last minute!! _Hardware Kiss of the Spider Woman Lost Angels North The Other Second Best_ (1994 COA movie w/William Hurt, not the 2005 comedy) _Student Bodies Toto le Heros Twilight Zone: The Movie Whore (NC-17 version, please!)_ Stuff recently out, or coming soon: _The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr: Complete Series_ – JULY 18th! WOOT!! WOOT!! _Pure_ (2002, Molly Parker) – also July 18th _Au Revoir, Les Enfants_ – came out w/Louis Malle Criterion set last month. ‘Bout freakin’ time!! _Mazes and Monsters_ – just now noticed it’s on Netflix. Didn’t even know it was coming!! ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/15 "2006-04-24T22:46:02Z")
“A Foreign Affair,” the best Billy Wilder film you’ve never heard of. I think of it as a kind of post-War “Casablanca” (though the ending is a bit less satisfying). Annoyingly, it’s on DVD in Europe, but not the US. Great movie, though – write your congressman. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/16 "2006-04-24T22:46:48Z")
Oops, forgot a couple critical wantlist items: DUCKMAN – complete TV series THE MAXX ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/17 "2006-04-24T23:46:06Z")
[EMAIL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102015/]Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse , the documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/18 "2006-04-24T23:57:11Z")
Kevin Brownlow’s brilliant documentary series [Hollywood](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6302597609/qid=1145922872/sr=1-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5497193-8668130?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=video&v=glance&n=404272), the best-ever overview of silent movies, filmed when a lot of the participants were still alive . . . But I understand that copyright problems make it unlikely it will ever be out on DVD, dammit. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/19 "2006-04-25T00:05:36Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Erik the Viking\* – supposed to come out this February but got CANCELLED at the last minute!! What??? Bastards! > [@](#): > > Toto le Heros Seconded! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/20 "2006-04-25T00:08:04Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > I hear – just wild speculation, mind you – that there are folks on eBay who sell DVDs of the original _Star Wars_ trilogy, lifted from the original laserdisc versions. I even hear they’re rather nice discs, too, certainly good enough for home viewing without any regrets. > > Not that I’d, ah, have any firsthand knowledge of this… **nonchalant whistling** Not that I would really check something like that out… hmmm… but for scientific curiosity… y’know and all that… (sound of running feet, door slamming, “going to ebay, dear, be right back…”). yes, I know it’s a website. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051.md?page=2)