# Which movies are you wanting to be released on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547 "2005-05-26T02:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/21 "2005-05-26T13:32:55Z")
Giorgio Moroder’s version of Fritz Lang’s _Metropolis._ A lot of purists don’t like Moroder’s version because, despite Moroder’s claims, the film isn’t a restoration of Lang’s original vision. Among other things, Moroder edited the film in such a way as to change the story line substantially, and some people considered that unforgiveable. But I think Moroder took Lang’s film and made it his own, and the contemporary (well, for the 80’s) rock score does much to make the film accessible to a contemporary audience. I understand the main problem with a DVD edition is the copyright situation for the music on the soundtrack. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/22 "2005-05-26T13:41:21Z")
**Lonesome** – I agree with you. I have Moroder’s [B[Metropolis\*\* on VHS. But IIRC, he didn’t change the story – he used existing stills, previously “lost” footage, and titles along with the script and novel to restore the film to the original story. My beef is that he actually _cut_ somde material out (even with the added material, his version clocks in atr 89 minutes, the same as my old non-updated version, and I’;ve gone through scene by scene to see why. I can see where the cuts are). Moroder also used the best negative available, which is much better than the version that used to be available in the US. The first time I saw the opening title animation, it blew me away. Of course, most people hated the music, and here in Boston they’d show this version with the sound _off_, and a live orchestra or something with a different score. I love the music. I’m disappointed that the Soundtrack album doesn’t actually uswe the version on the soundtrack. I have the recent restored version, which is even better quality than Moroder’s and restorers even more of the film, and uses a new recording of the _original_ score, to boot. But sometimes I miss the music from the Moroder version. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/23 "2005-05-26T13:46:18Z")
Movies: letterboxed versions of some of the Muppet movies. A couple of them have only been released in 1.33:1 versions. And I refuse to buy the chopped versions! TV: some have been mentioned already, but my most wanted is **The Sifl & Olly Show**. **Dignan** : Animaniacs runs daily, if not even more frequently, on “Nick Toons”, the network for defunct Nickelodeon cartoons. You can also get your “Rocko’s Modern Life” and “Invader ZIM” fix there. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/24 "2005-05-26T14:26:21Z")
TV: The Paper Chase series, both the network original and the cable-only follow-up seasons. I only ever saw the network show. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/25 "2005-05-26T14:31:37Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > King Kong is available on DVD. Just not in the States for some reason. > > [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000558OS/qid=1117110426/sr=2-1/ref=sr\_2\_11\_1/202-1355197-9813405](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000558OS/qid=1117110426/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/202-1355197-9813405) I really need a region free DVD player. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/26 "2005-05-26T14:45:45Z")
**Star Wars** What? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/27 "2005-05-26T14:45:49Z")
**adam yax** I take it you’ve tried googling your model +region unlock code. Most models can be set to region free by hitting keys on your remote in the correct order. I always make sure the guy in the shop unlocks mine before I buy them. No unlock, no sale. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/28 "2005-05-26T15:02:46Z")
The BBC series “Goodnight Sweetheart” and Dickie Attenborough’s antiwar classic “O What a Lovely War.” Unlikely to see the latter, given the current state of affairs, sadly. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/29 "2005-05-26T15:58:39Z")
The complete _Crusader Rabbit_ series, which for legal reasons was mostly never even released on video. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/30 "2005-05-26T16:01:43Z")
Bud Cort-commentary DVD of HAROLD AND MAUDE NBC’s 1980 Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD John Hurt & Richard Burton’s Orwell’s 1984 (WITH Eurhythmics soundtrack- I heard one got issued with it omitted) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/31 "2005-05-26T16:10:44Z")
The Sifl & Olly Show does have a DVD out of the unaired 3rd season episodes. I believe it also includes the early MTV Europe bumpers. You can order it from their website. My number 1: MONSTER SQUAD. Imagine the Goonies fighting the classic movie monsters. It is great. It also released the phrase “Wolfman’s got nards!” into geek culture. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/32 "2005-05-26T16:11:11Z")
**The African Queen** (the Hepburn/Tracy movie, not the Little Richard biography) [Paradise Lost: the Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills](http://imdb.com/title/tt0117293/)- I have no idea why this documentary (about the West Memphis 3) has never been released to DVD. It’s [sequel](http://imdb.com/title/tt0239894/) has and a third doc is in the works, but the one that started it all (and which is majorly needed to raise awareness of [one of the grossest (but still partly correctable) miscarriages of justice in U.S. legal history](http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/memphis/index_1.html) is not just unavailable in DVD, but out of print. (There is a rumor that it’s due to song rights from Metallica used on the film, but I think and hope this is not true.) [The Awakening Land](http://imdb.com/title/tt0076981/)- I think this is officially my 1,000th mention of the miniseries on this board- it was just all that and a bag of bagel chips. It was never released in video in any form, but still appears on cable once in a while, so the master is still available somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/33 "2005-05-26T16:12:32Z")
I’d like to see the early (and rather uneven) Nelvana film **Rock And Rule** on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/34 "2005-05-26T16:13:26Z")
Due to copyright issues, a new DVD issue of the award-winning Civil Rights mini-series EYES ON THE PRIZE is unlikely. DVDs of SPIKE LEE’S DO IT A CAPELLA and the PBS Masterworks gospel play THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS starring Morgan Freeman and the Blind Boys. I’d like a DVD set made available of the entire videography of Hype Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/35 "2005-05-26T16:20:29Z")
Speaking of PBS, I’d love for them to release the DVD of Robert Morse in **TRU** (a one-man play about Truman Capote written by Jay Presson Allen). ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/36 "2005-05-26T16:27:32Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > **The African Queen** (the Hepburn/Tracy movie, not the Little Richard biography) Heh. I’m sure this one will be out before too long - it fits the profile of the movies that have gotten fancy DVD releases lately. Incidentally - Hepburn/Bogart. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/37 "2005-05-26T16:36:17Z")
Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night And the director’s issue of Dune, which has been delayed. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/38 "2005-05-26T16:37:00Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > :smack: Incidentally - Hepburn/Bogart. :smack: (It’s a little known fact that Bogart’s friends called him Tracy… so little known that Bogart himself didn’t know it.) I would like to see the British _Carry On_ movies released. I’ve never seen them but I’ve read about them many times and would like to watch them for myself. Ditto the Vivien Leigh/Warren Beatty version of [The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone](http://imdb.com/title/tt0055382/). Now that the musicals have pretty much run their course, I would love to see DVD releases of _Les Miserables_, _Miss Saigon_, _Ragtime_ (preferably with Brian Stokes Mitchell & Marin Mazzie) and several others released onto DVD. (_Les Mis_ has the concert DVD, but I’d like to see the musical itself; I’ve read that Tupac Shakur had a bootleg of it on VHS that he watched on a loop.) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-are-you-wanting-to-be-released-on-dvd/305547/39 "2005-05-26T16:50:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Speaking of PBS, I’d love for them to release the DVD of Robert Morse in **TRU** (a one-man play about Truman Capote written by Jay Presson Allen). Speaking of Robert Morse- THE LOVED ONE. ---
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