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I agree. I don’t generally like musicals but I like Paint Your Wagon. I also like Camelot and Man of La Mancha, both of which I don’t think appealed to traditional musical fans. I absolutely hate Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals

As an Allied Artists film, isn’t it part of Warner Bros library (for the US)?

Yes, it’s excellent. I hadn’t seen that artwork before but I see it comes from the original French poster of the film.

The French version is a very nice package but I don’t think picture quality is any different to other BD versions. However to say they look like DVD upscaled is a massive exaggeration.

Well that series completely passed me by. I don't remember it being on British TV at the time (if it ever was).

KL Insider didn’t say the Weinstein Company. He said they are owned by Harvey Weinstein himself. So unlikely to ever have a US Blu-ray release unless/until he sells them.

It was discussed here. A pity because I’ve never liked the look of that scene in the released film https://thedigitalbits.com/featured/interviews/grover-crisp-restoration-of-taxi-driver

Blow-up (1966) For portraying the major social changes of London in the “swinging” 1960s. The Red Balloon (1953) Evocative timeless colour scenes of Paris as it was in the 1950s Accident (1967) A portrait of Oxford and Englishness Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) Capturing the look and feel of...

I’m baffled why this would have any interest outside the U.K.

It's being released in the UK at the same time (June 17 actually) but in a different configuration. It's a Limited Collector's Edition with: Reproduction of theatrical poster. Six art cards with lobby style glossy photos on front. On the reverse side they combine to make a map of Chinatown...

One-Eyed Jacks (1961) - Although I’ve not been taking part in the challenge, I’d like to express my enthusiasm for One-Eyed Jacks which I’ve just watched again on the Blu-ray which is part of the Marlon Brando box set “Film Focus: Marlon Brando” from Imprint. The transfer is from the...

I saw half a Sixpence in 70mm but can remember little about it other than thinking Tommy Steele was great, as you say. Always a fan, I went to a recording session of his at Decca Studios in 1960 where he recorded his album "Get Happy with Tommy".

I have the new UK Capelight Pictures mediabook. The picture quality of the Blu-ray looks, to me, exactly the same as the previous MGM/Fox release. Presentation means a lot to me so I don't regret getting it although the extras on the 'bonus' disc are exactly the same as before. The back covers...

There is indeed a 1.33 version in SD on Amazon Prime which has no MGM Logo. It's obviously not a legitimate presentation. Amazon Prime also has the HD road show version with the MGM logo and in the correct aspect ratio which looks as bad or worse than the Blu-ray, with huge amounts of grain...

I haven't seen a list either. Where are people getting the information? Will be very pleased to get The Nun's Story though.

Although I haven’t been taking part I must say I’ve been thoroughly enjoying all these reviews and comments, especially on westerns which I’ve not previously heard of. As a child of the 1950s, westerns were so very frequent on TV or on the big screen. In those days I never thought they would...

My Blu-ray of Spellbound from 2011 was on the MGM label, distributed by Fox. Criterion didn’t release the film on Blu-ray did they? Why should it be assumed that Criterion have a licence?

I was there in 1968 and I can assure you that the public very much did expect a conclusion. Viewers and press critics were outraged and their reaction made McGoohan leave the U.K. for good! This U.K. made series wasnt like the typical US series that carried for more than one series with no...

The Blu-ray does look a lot better than the DVD (I have both) but for a film shot on 65mm film it should look substantially better. Goodness knows why there is so much grain and noise in the crucifixion scene. It didn't look that that on the Cinerama screen.

I saw it when first broadcast and just about everyone complained about the final episode. It showed contempt for the viewers who, from the advance publicity, expected a conclusion but it was just self-indulgent style above plot.

Saw this on first release and thoroughly enjoyed it, even though it was not well received at the time.

Well that’s interesting. No wonder there haven’t been any US Blu-ray releases!

The Weinstein Company no longer exists so they don’t own the Bronston titles.

I see this was originally released by Fox. So who owns Regal Films now?

I certainly don't recall the look of the majority of films I've seen theatrically but there is the occasional exception when a film looked substantially better or worse than the average and they have stuck in my mind, even decades on. One example is Thunderbolt and Lightfoot which I saw when it...

There was a time when the Empire showed new MGM films which tended to change after screening them for about 4 weeks. I used to see them all because I loved going to that cinema.

I saw “I Was Happy Here” when it was first released. A very good film as I recall but I haven’t seen it since so I don’t know how it holds up today. It had very few showings in the U.K.

This was a meeting of the National Society of Film Critics at the Algonquin Hotel. The film had been press shown a few days earlier at the Ziegfeld. There’s an account of the event in Kevin Brownlow’s massive biography of Lean. Richard Schickel writes that he welcomed Lean, listed his past...

Sorry but it sounds like wishful thinking to me and there are only a few of the titles Bill mentions which I would want - remastered or otherwise.