# Will this blasted movie ever get on DVD?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089 "2007-11-28T21:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/1 "2007-11-28T21:42:48Z")
Is there a movie you’re waiting and waiting on? I’m repeatedly astounded at the crap that’s on DVD and the good stuff that isn’t. I just thought of this movie again today, the writing is fantastic, and it’s never been released (in America) on DVD. The only copies appear to be region 2 only. It’s [Peter’s Friends](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105130/), a wonderfully written, quietly acted, smart comedy. It’s a great cast and a great story and the dang thing isn’t on DVD (at least in a format I can use). What’s chapping your butt with the waiting. What’s missing from your DVD case? On Edit: Ooops, this should probably be in Cafe ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/2 "2007-11-28T21:46:20Z")
I would love to be able to buy a legal boxed set of [Duckman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckman). Supposedly it’s been tied up in legal limbo by Frank Zappa’s estate. Piffle. Dub some new music onto it if necessary, but gimme my Duckman. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/3 "2007-11-28T22:03:43Z")
**Up The Creek**. One of my guilty pleasures, and my taped-from-cable TV copy is getting a mite ragged. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/4 "2007-11-28T22:03:54Z")
The Japanese movie [Last Scene](http://imdb.com/title/tt0347386/). Luckily, I have a region-free DVD player, so I can play the region 2 disc. Checked it out on Amazon.jp, and it said it had English subtitles, so my wonderful Japanese-speaking girlfriend ordered it for me. Got it, popped it in, and settled down w/ aforementioned gf for a nice, little movie night. Turns out, though, that Amazon.jp lied about the subtitles. ☹ So, yeah, a U.S. release would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/5 "2007-11-28T22:07:22Z")
I really want to see Bronx Tale and Party Monster–according to Netflix, they are unavailable. I know they were on DVD at one point, or at least Party Monster was because I saw it at my old rental place. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/6 "2007-11-28T22:08:21Z")
[The Kremlin Letter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065950/), a for-some-unknown-reason-forgotten John Huston film. [Moonrunners](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071854/), which would later become, with significant tweaking, the TV series “Dukes of Hazzard.” [Song of the South](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038969/). No “official” reason, but I suspect Disney is afraid of being called racist. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/7 "2007-11-28T22:10:01Z")
I second Duckman - I had an illegal copy which was pretty crap quality, nothing like the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/8 "2007-11-28T22:17:55Z")
It’s 37 years since The Beatles’ “Let It Be” was released to theaters. It has appeared on VHS twice and laserdisc once. No DVD has appeared, despite rumors that it has been remastered, the sound synchronized with the picture, and even expanded past 88 minutes. Now, I have two different DVDs of it, one from VHS and one from its original film format, with more picture area showing. But they’re still out of sync and the color is weird. We have learned not to hold our breath waiting for an official Apple release, or to pay much heed to anything Apple says (like the surround SACD remixes of all their albums that was said to be finished before the beginning of this century). ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/9 "2007-11-28T22:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] [Song of the South](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038969/). No “official” reason, but I suspect Disney is afraid of being called racist. [/QUOTE] Seconded…but I don’t think it’s ever going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/10 "2007-11-28T22:19:25Z")
[The Grey Fox](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085622/). ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/11 "2007-11-28T22:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Suburban Plankton] Seconded…but I don’t think it’s ever going to happen. [/QUOTE] Don’t count your Southern Fried Chickens yet. With Disney, it’s never say never. They had once said they would never release Snow White or Fantasia to the home video market as well, although for different reasons. Current brouhaha at TDC suggests that they may be seriously thinking about releasing it fairly soon, although with a LOT of disclaimers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/12 "2007-11-29T00:34:04Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/13 "2007-11-29T00:44:07Z")
_Schindler’s List_ took about 10 years to come out on DVD. ---
**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 29, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/14 "2007-11-29T00:53:16Z")
There’s a HUGE long list of classics and masterpieces that have never been released on DVD. My personal list of such titles seems to grow daily. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/15 "2007-11-29T01:04:49Z")
Threads like this used to exist for me to complain about the lack of [Hamlet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116477/) on DVD. However, they released it! 😃 ---
**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:** [November 29, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/16 "2007-11-29T01:04:53Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] It’s 37 years since The Beatles’ “Let It Be” was released to theaters. [/QUOTE] Ditto for **Let It Be** , and I’ll add **200 Motels**. I’d really like a Region 1 DVD of **Toto the Hero** , too. ---
**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 29, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/17 "2007-11-29T01:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Threads like this used to exist for me to complain about the lack of [Hamlet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116477/) on DVD. However, they released it! 😃 [/QUOTE] Yes, this has been a good year. These titles from my “lifelist” of pined-for DVD releases came out in the last year or so: _Ace in the Hole The Baron of Arizona Christmas in July Hallelujah, I’m a Bum The Hurricane I Shot Jesse James I Walked with a Zombie Killer of Sheep The Long Voyage Home Mary Queen of Scots Love Me Tonight Point Blank Sansho the Bailiff Scarface Scarlet Street The Seventh Victim The Steel Helmet Sylvia Scarlett Track of the Cat Ugetsu Wanda Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?_ There have been more; that’s a hastily thrown-together list. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/18 "2007-11-29T01:47:20Z")
Our Man in Havana. Hilarious. No DVD. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/19 "2007-11-29T02:19:06Z")
I’ve been wanting Dexter’s Laboratory on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089/20 "2007-11-29T02:23:47Z")
[El Cid](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054847/) . Netflix has a lousy Chinese DVD that I’ve received when I rented it from them. I’d love to see a special edition. I waited long enough for [Becket](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/) , so hopefully El Cid will follow. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-blasted-movie-ever-get-on-dvd/428089.md?page=2)