Warner Archive - January 2025 Releases

[John Johnson]

Warner Archive has announced its January batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: Last Stand at Saber River (1997), Cheyenne: The Complete Series (1955-1963), Just Friends (2005), Gabriel Over the White House (1933), Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles: The Complete Series (1966-1967), Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988), and Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection.

Last Stand at Saber River

"Used to be nobody gave two nickels about me." Ex-Confederate Paul Cable observes. Cable liked it that way. Now the would-be homesteader is drawing too much notice. And far too many bullets. Tom Selleck rides into Western adventure in grand, gritty style as Cable in Last Stand at Saber River, from the novel by Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, Out of Bounds) . With his strong-willed pioneer wife (Suzy Amis) and two children (Haley Joel Osment and Rachel Duncan) Cable return to his Arizona home to resume a quiet life. Instead, he finds Union sympathizers (David and Keith Carradine) have taken possession of the small spread. The war should be over. But Cable faces one more battle before the healing can begin.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE (2024)
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: JANUARY 28.

Cheyenne: The Complete Series

In the 1950s, a posse of popular Warner Bros. TV Westerns galloped into American living rooms: Maverick, Sugarfoot, Bronco, Lawman, Colt .45. The sagebrush rage began with Cheyenne, an epic series of gun blazing action and panoramic prairie vistas that ran for seven top-rated seasons and helped turn a nation of accountants, salesclerks, and kids into armchair cowpokes. The source of Cheyenne's significant popularity was its charismatic and heroic leading man, Clint Walker, who rose to instant TV-star fame as Cheyenne Bodie, six-and-a-half feet of cowboy brawn, courage and integrity. The series is highlighted by early television appearances of such future stars James Garner, Edd Byrnes, Alan Hale, Jr., Dan Blocker, Lee Van Cleef, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Angie Dickinson, Connie Stevens and Ellen Burstyn.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
30-DISC BLU-RAY SET
ALL 107 EPISODES RESTORED IN 4K FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVES
The Lonely Gunfighter: The Legacy of Cheyenne (with CLINT WALKER)
Optional English SDH subtitles for each episode
STREET DATE: JANUARY 28.

Just Friends

In high school, Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) was a shy, overweight teen with a crush on the beautiful Jennifer Palamino (Amy Smart). Unfortunately, Jamie thought of the good-natured Chris as "just a friend". Fast forward ten years, Chris is a suave, fit and successful music executive visiting home and looking for a little payback. Love has other plans for him, though, as he attempts to woo Jamie once again, while all the while trying to distract the dizzy pop-diva client (Anna Faris) he has in tow and a rival suitor (Chris Klein). Soon enough, Chris finds that romancing Jamie hasn't gotten any easier in this outrageous comedy of errors.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
Blooper Reel
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending
9 Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
"Jamie Smiles" Music Video
Feature-length commentary with filmmakers
Original theatrical trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
AND MORE...
STREET DATE: JANUARY 28.

Gabriel Over the White House

As America despaired during the early days of the Depression, Hollywood met the challenge with chorus girls, gangsters, romances, a few dramas of social realism, and this one-of-a-kind thoroughly astonishing fantasy: Gabriel Over the White House. Walter Huston gives a bravura performance, starring as a corrupt U.S. president who has a brush with an angel after a near-fatal car crash, and awakens determined to right all of America's wrongs-now or by any means possible. Towering like a Yankee Colossus, he sweeps constitutional safeguards aside to tackle poverty, crime and world peace as a populist dictator, winning the adulation of a grateful nation. Gregory La Cava, who would later score Oscar nominations for his work on 1936's My Man Godfrey and 1937's Stage Door, directed this grandly made, must-see curio!

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE BEST PRESERVATION ELEMENTS (2024)
Classic 1933 cartoons:
BOSKO IN PERSON
BUDDY'S BEER GARDEN
THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: JANUARY 28.

Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles: The Complete Series

FRANKENSTEIN JR. and THE IMPOSSIBLES is one half-hour packed with the kind of adventures of two of the most unusual, animated creations of the legendary Hanna-Barbera studio. Buzz Conroy is a heroic boy genius who builds the powerful robot Frankenstein Jr. When the Ghastly Genie, the Junk Man and other evildoers get up to their old tricks, "Frankie" and his young creator crank into action! The crimefighting coalition continues with THE IMPOSSIBLES, a group of superheroes disguised as a beatnik rock group. At the direction of "Big D", Multi Man, Coil Man and Fluid Man make hot rockin' musical justice thwarting thieves and corralling crooks with their transformative powers. All-family classic cartoon fun isn't just possible – it's guaranteed with this 2-disc, 18 Episode Collection, now newly remastered in High Definition from 4K scans of the original camera negatives of the series.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
2-DISC BLU-RAY SET
ALL 18 EPISODES RESTORED IN 4K FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVES
MONSTER ROCK: THE ADVENTURES OF FRANKENSTEIN JR. & THE IMPOSSIBLES
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: JANUARY 28.

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

In this delightful, animated feature film, Daffy Duck opens up the ghostbusting Ghouls 'R' Us agency. "It's supply and demand," the spook sleuth explains. "My clients supply the ghosts, and I demand the money." Highlights include Daffy "Anything for a Buck" Duck pitching his wares on TV, a house call to a vampy seductress, a ghost-to-ghost hookup with Zed Toppel on Frightline and talk about a tough crowd, crooner Daffy wowing a nightclub of Transylvanian baddies. Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety and Sylvester join this exercise in hilarity, with principal voices provided by the always masterful Mel Blanc. The gang's all here-and so is the fun. You'll quack up over Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
7 "modern era" Looney Tunes shorts:
DUCK DODGERS AND THE RETURN OF THE 24th ½ CENTURY
THE DUXORCIST
LITTLE GO BEEP
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUCK
SUPERIOR DUCK
BLOOPER BUNNY
INVASION OF THE BUNNY SNATCHERS
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: JANUARY 28.

Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection

With the rise of TV threatening moviegoing, wider screens became Hollywood's way to combat that competition. M-G-M went all in and placed their bets on the new CinemaScope process. In addition to their feature films, the studio emboldened their cartoon unit run by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera - and their Oscar® winning series of Tom and Jerry™ shorts. The new visual approach to the famous team's animated adventures was artistically refreshing - and won sweeping popular success with audiences. This set includes all 23 of these wide-screen wonders – collected together for the first time on Blu-ray™ as originally seen in theatres. Also included are Hanna & Barbera's two stand-alone Spike & Tyke cartoons - and their Oscar®-nominated Good Will To Men. Animated, Anamorphic, and Amazing! The ultimate chase - continues!

The Collection contains:

1. PETE PEEVE (1954)
2. TOUCHÈ PUSSYCAT (1954)
3. SOUTHBOUND DUCKLING (1955)
4. PUP ON A PICNIC (1955)
5. TOM AND CHERIE (1955)
6. THAT'S MY MOMMY (1955)
7. THE FLYING SORCERESS (1956)
8. THE EGG AND JERRY (1956)
9. BUSY BUDDIES (1956)
10. MUSCLE BEACH TOM (1956)
11. DOWN BEAT BEAR (1956)
12. BLUE CAT BLUES (1956)
13. BARBECUE BRAWL (1956)
14. TOPS WITH POPS (1957)
15. TIMID TABBY (1957)
16. FEEDIN' THE KIDDIE (1957)
17. MUCHO MOUSE (1957)
18. TOM'S PHOTO FINISH (1957)
19. HAPPY GO DUCKY (1958)
20. ROYAL CAT NAP (1958)
21. THE VANISHING DUCK (1958)
22. ROBIN HOODWINKED (1958)
23. TOT WATCHERS (1958)

BONUS:
24. GOOD WILL TO MEN (1955)
25. GIVE & TYKE (1957)
26. SCAT CATS (1957)

STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 11.

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[John Johnson]

Hopefully, this will lead to other Western tv titles such Maverick, Sugarfoot, Bronco, Lawman on Blu-ray.



New 2024 1080pHD MASTERS FROM 4K SCANS OF THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVES!

107 Complete, uncut episodes from all 7 seasons
30 BD-50 Discs
Running Time 5,560 Minutes (approx.)
B&W
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 1.33:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs: DTS HD-MA 2.0 MONO
NOT RATED
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
MSRP: $124.99

Special Feature: The Lonely Gunfighter: The Legacy of Cheyenne (with CLINT WALKER)

In the 1950s, a posse of popular Warner Bros. TV Westerns galloped into American living rooms: Maverick, Sugarfoot, Bronco, Lawman, Colt .45. The sagebrush rage began with Cheyenne, an epic series of gun blazing action and panoramic prairie vistas that ran for seven top-rated seasons and helped turn a nation of accountants, salesclerks, and kids into armchair cowpokes. The source of Cheyenne’s significant popularity was its charismatic and heroic leading man, Clint Walker, who rose to instant TV-star fame as Cheyenne Bodie, six-and-a-half feet of cowboy brawn, courage and integrity. The series is highlighted by early television appearances of such future stars James Garner, Edd Byrnes, Alan Hale, Jr., Dan Blocker, Lee Van Cleef, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Angie Dickinson, Connie Stevens and Ellen Burstyn. This Blu-ray collection contains all 107 episodes of the series, all meticulously remastered from 4K scans of the original camera negatives.