I have the VHS copy of INTOLERANCE that I managed to find through the Columbia House video club for $5.99. Did their version come out on DVD as well-you mention someone beating them to the release, but did the Thames version ever come out? Is BIRTH out on DVD, as well? The apology must seem wonderfu...

:) I saw SOAPDISH as a sneak preview with MADONNA-TRUTH OR DARE :? and really enjoyed it. For me, the scene with Kevin Kline performing DEATH OF A SALESMAN in dinner theater is just classic and the film would make a great double bill with TOOTSIE, IMHO. As for Ms Shue-:twisted:! She looked delectabl...

:D These are extremely nice packages, and the price cannot be beat. If only Fox would go this route with other films in their catalog (how about THE ROBE? There's a film that deserves this same kind of treatment-you haven't lived until you've seen the teaser trailer for that film that tells all abou...

It is possible that the rights simply ran out within the last few years, but if it was released on video (don't know if you are in the UK) was it on cassette or DVD? It is also possible that the delay on HOLLYWOOD could be due to getting some details nailed down, or possibly Kevin might be doing a b...

:( This is what Kevin told me: evidently some of the interviews were cleared strictly for transmission one time only, with no repeat broadcasts or home video release allowed. This might have also applied to some of the film footage-I do not know. All I know is that Kevin told me to take very good ca...

:D For those of you who are fans of silent films and the great film historian Kevin Brownlow, there is some great news-if you have a region-free player or live in the R2. BUSTER KEATON-A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW is now available on DVD, and HOLLYWOOD will be coming out in August. Both are available from U...

:? Maybe this 2.0 track of A NEW HOPE will have the surround field correct-remember what happened when the DVD box set came out, and Williams music was switched in the surrounds? It didn't bother me until a LOT of people started complaining about it. Lucas is probably doing it in 2.0 so that he can ...

:D It's good to know that Fox Video is finally doing these two films the right way. I remember that TOWERING INFERNO did have a 70mm release (NYC and LA), which back in the pre-Dolby days usually meant 4-track stereo, so someone must have found that soundtrack somewhere either in Paul Newman's garag...

If any of you have ever wanted any of the Sony Superbit titles but didn't feel like paying $20-25 for a single disc with hardly any extras compared to the mass release version, there is some good news. :D Best Buy is selling these discs for $9.95 each! Yes, you can now get LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, SPIDER...

:? Yeah, what about the cabin boy? Did he die on the island? Join the tribe? Get stomped by Kong? They kill off his mentor then he just disappears (as I recall). The ending line would have been more effective if his character or Brody's would have delivered it. Black saying it gave it no weight. At ...

I thought it was an awesome film, with an ending that really packs an emotional wallop (and I'm not talking about the final clinch between Brody and Watts). :cry: What I find to be amazing is how low the pricing was on this. Tower was selling the two-disc set for less than Costco ($16.99 for a $34.9...

He was one of the guest stars killed off at the beginning, but his episode aired not too long after his death, so they had one of the previous stars do another cameo (it was either Shatner or Lorne Greene) as a replacement. Belushi's cameo consisted of a car dropping off a dead body on a corner, and...

Andy, do you know of anyway to contact the home video divisions of the studios directly? The websites for many of them don't have a "Contact Us" thing you can click on, which I think is a bit cowardly, IMHO. I would love to know who to contact at Fox to find out why THE BIG TRAIL was not r...

It will be the same as the previous release, and if you have a top-notch sound system, Gaylord Carter's score on the silent version should rock the house (just FF during the modern-day stuff-not very good). I wonder when Paramount is finally going to release SAMSON & DELILAH and THE BUCCANEER (b...

The Arclight Cinema in Hollywood (where the Cinerama Dome is) showed a fully restored 70mm print of MAD, MAD WORLD a few years ago that had EVERYTHING put back in, including the intermission news reports. The film showed for only a few days (missed them because I was out of town) but a friend told m...