What's in YOUR movie fest?

[dadaist]

If you were going to do your own movie festival, what would be in it? Where would it be? DVDs, VHS, or actually get "real" movies?

[dadaist]

I've had a few ideas for this. It'd likely be stuff on DVD, at my house - but I still need to get my hands on a multi-region/multi-standard player, so people don't have to all sit around my PC!

Last time I had a few people over, the Hitchhiker's Guide DVDs had just been released by the BBC for Region 2 (Europe) and, being impatient, I imported those rather than waiting for the NTSC/Region 1 release. And it was a pseudo-marathon due to the 3 hour runtime.

But other ideas would be:

Comedy fest: Episodes of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, maybe things like Clue....

Disney fest: The collector's tin sets (Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies), Black Cauldron, Fantasia (both of them), Winnie the Pooh.

Pixar fest: Toy Story 1 and 2, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc.

Animation fest: Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo, Underdog - and DangerMouse and Duckula if I can get a DVD player that plays PAL (apart from my PC again). Those discs, fortunately, are region zero.

Sci-fi fest: H2G2 again, Doctor Who, maybe pick and choose some Star Trek episodes.... Oh and Tron perhaps.

Foreign fest: La Femme Nikita (new special edition), Wings of Desire, The Princess and the Warrior....

[RandyGal]

DVDs if they could be found.

Weird relatively twisted and/or unknown stuff though.

Ed Wood, The Watch The Favor and the Very Big Fish, The Whole Nine Yards, Raising Arizona, Little Shop of Horrors (both versions), Rocky Horror, Several Woody Allen movies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Jerk, anything Monty Python......

*whew* I've got so many more to list. LOL

[RandyGal]

OMG I keep thinking of more....


Small town movie theme....
Smoke Signals, Fargo, Oh Brother.........

[dadaist]

Originally posted by RandyGal
DVDs if they could be found.

Weird relatively twisted and/or unknown stuff though.

Ed Wood, The Watch The Favor and the Very Big Fish, The Whole Nine Yards, Raising Arizona, Little Shop of Horrors (both versions), Rocky Horror, Several Woody Allen movies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Jerk, anything Monty Python......

*whew* I've got so many more to list. LOL

Ed Wood, check.
The Watch, the Favor and the very big fish (is that one title?) no.
The Whole Nine Yards, check.
Raising Arizona, check.
Little Shop of Horrors, 1960 and 1986, check.
Rocky Horror has a single and double-DVD edition.
Every episode (including the German ones!) and all the Python movies are out.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, check.
The Jerk, check.

I just love amazon :)

[dadaist]

Originally posted by RandyGal
OMG I keep thinking of more....


Small town movie theme....
Smoke Signals, Fargo, Oh Brother.........

Those are all out on dvd too. :p

[Sharni]

DVD

Highlander the series and the Movies

Dark Angel

Angel

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Star Trek Voyager

To name a few

[dadaist]

Originally posted by Sharniqua
DVD

Highlander the series and the Movies

Dark Angel

Angel

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Star Trek Voyager

To name a few

And a huge-ass box set of LOTR once it comes out next year? ;)

[Lilith]

Feel Good Musicals

Willie Wonka

Wizard of Oz

Grease

That Thing You Do

[Sharni]

And a huge-ass box set of LOTR once it comes out next year?
I have Fellowship on Video, DVD & Extended

I have already ordered Two Towers on all mediums...DVD comes out in August

And i have a standing order for Return of the King.....

So i dont think i'm gonna need the boxed set LOL

[dadaist]

Well, here's hoping they won't toss in stuff into a 3 movie set that's not in the others (or available on its own).

I AM probably going to wait for all 3 to be out on DVD before buying, honestly....

[dadaist]

Originally posted by Lilith

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Wizard of Oz

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I found it interesting that when a lot of people wrote obits about Buddy Ebsen recently, they talked about the infamous incident with the aluminum makeup, but nobody mentioned a) He was actually originally cast as the Scarecrow, but Jack Haley convinced him to trade (as the actor who'd done the part of the Scarecrow in the 1902 stage musical was something of a hero to Haley). b) Because of the late recasting, if you listen VERY closely to the soundtrack, when the threesome and foursome sing "Off to See the Wizard" it's Ebsen's voice, not Haley's!

[Sharni]

Until i know for a fact that there will be extra scenes....i will not buy it *LOL*

All three DVD are coming out with Extended version and with Extras on it....so in all honestly I cant see them adding even more to the Boxed set....

As it stands the extended of Fellowship is 4 discs...add to that the extended of the other two movies will make the boxed set 12 discs in total

That would be a tad cost prohibitive for most folks....like i said i cant see it myself

[dadaist]

I won't disagree, but I also know there are such things as FOURTEEN disc sets for every episode of Monty Python (usually running at $200 US). And the 6/7 disc sets for a single (25 or so) episode set of Star Trek TNG or DS9 run just over $100 US.
Somebody's gotta be buying these or they wouldn't keep making them :)

[Sharni]

The first Extended to LotR cost me A$150, the second and third will i imagine be that or more total approx A$450

If they add in more material it would push it up over the A$500 mark....i couldnt pay that amount out in one hit

I own the Buffy series(A$79/box...13 boxes) and numerous others too....the difference between them and LotR is that i could buy the Buffy series in sections

Series are different make up to movies

The original take of LotR will be way affordable in a Boxed set.

But you are talking Extended...with even more material than the 4 discs offered now....i'll say again...dont think so...too cost inhibitive

[Booger]

a good mob fest with god father 1 2 and 3, good fellas and more

maybe a debbie dose fest with debbie dose dallas debbie dose dish and I think there are a few more

[darogle]

Once Episode 3 comes out, I would like to do an all day viewing of the Star Wars saga. I'd love to see them back to back on the big screen.

As far as at home, several ideas come to mind...

Mel Brooks fest (Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part 1, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety)

Monty Python fest

Stanley Kubrick fest (Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, AI, The Shining)

War Flick Fest (Platoon, We Were Soldiers, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Thin Red Line)

ect, ect, ect...

[Lilith]

I am adding Footloose to my feel good musicals list!

[dadaist]

Barnes and Noble had the SE of the original La Femme Nikita at 15% off, plus another 10% with a Readers Advantage card, so I've added that to my collection.
Anyone want a copy of the older version of the same movie on DVD (without bonuses?) Region 1, NTSC, Widescreen.

If so, PM me, we'll negotiate (don't worry I won't ask for much, like maybe just pay for postage).

[dadaist]

Oh and I'll also add the Indiana Jones trilogy once that DVD box set is out this November.

[BlueSwede]

In addition to many that were already mentioned, and in no particular order, as well as just off the top of my head: The Matrix, Quigley Down Under, A Taxing Woman, A Taxing Woman Returns, Kundun, Whale Rider, Bend It Like Beckham, A Monsoon Wedding, Overboard, Tortilla Soup, American Graffiti, Yellow Submarine, Big Eden, Frequency (DVD only, w/the extra material), Powwow Highway, and Surviving the Game.

[Scarecrow]

Have all the Highlander movies on vhs and see that the TV series is coming out on DVD, all of the Star Trek movies(vhs), would like to see boxed set of all six Star Wars movies.

TY Shari for tip on Two Towers Extended being on prerelease

[BlondeCurlGirl]

Austin Powers 1 & 2 (don't even go there about #3)
Ferris Bueller
Princess Bride
Notting Hill
Some of John Travolta's good movies
Legally Blonde
National Lampoons Vacations
Sleeping Beauty (need to buy the SE DVD coming out, I wore out 2 VHS copies of this as a kid, and 1 copy of Cinderella)
Save the Last Dance
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men

Those are just a few I can think of off-hand

[fzzy]

Mine would be an action theme night .....

True Lies
Erasure
Mummy
Mummy 2 (the Brandon Frasier ones)
Lara Croft

Or .... Hitchcock movies ....

(NOT including Psycho or the Birds)
Trouble with Harry
Rear Window
Vertigo
Charade

[MilkToast]

Originally posted by dadaist
Oh and I'll also add the Indiana Jones trilogy once that DVD box set is out this November.
About time that Lucas got off his high DIVX horse and realeased those into the DVD realm (prick!).

Anyhow... a movie fest would have to be at home with DVD and 5.1 dolby sound (yup, have that in the apartment)... not yet TXH certified gear but that will wait until there is a house to put it in.

Now for the movies:

- Hunt for Red October
- Saving Private Ryan
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- We Were Soldiers
- Glory

and then for the real die hards that wanted to spend the week I would show the "From Earth to Moon" series followed by the "Band of Brothers" series.

And if for some reason the TV series "The Black Sheep Squadron" ever gets released to DVD that would be added in as well.

[dadaist]

Originally posted by MilkToast
About time that Lucas got off his high DIVX horse and realeased those into the DVD realm (prick!).
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There's an article about the box set it the newest issue of the Star Wars Fan Club magazine. The claim is that Lucas and Spielberg didn't have the time they really wanted to be able to devote to the project until recently. There's also some previews of what'll be included.

Now if we could just get him to see reason about putting the original AND special edition star wars releases onto DVD. You'd think the simplest reason would be - if he doesn't someone WILL, in a pirate version, because the demand is out there. So why shouldn't he do it and get all the credit?

[MilkToast]

Originally posted by dadaist
There's an article about the box set it the newest issue of the Star Wars Fan Club magazine. The claim is that Lucas and Spielberg didn't have the time they really wanted to be able to devote to the project until recently. There's also some previews of what'll be included.

Now if we could just get him to see reason about putting the original AND special edition star wars releases onto DVD. You'd think the simplest reason would be - if he doesn't someone WILL, in a pirate version, because the demand is out there. So why shouldn't he do it and get all the credit?

I'm still convinced that not releasing Star Wars and the Indiana Jones stuff a while ago, even though it can be justified (rationalized) by the fact that Lucas could not edit them to his satisfaction, was due to purposeful stalling because he was bitter about choosing the loosing horse. :D.

What is off is that altough I am into most of the sci-fi movies and stuff, and am truly a geek by most any definition, the Star Wars movies have never done anything for me... I have not cared for the story line in any of them.

[dadaist]

Well regardless of what you think about Star Wars, the DiVX debate, and now which version of SW gets released are both very interesting things to follow, I think. Wasn't Spielberg a DiVX advocate (it took him a while to embrace DVDs, but Close Encounters, Jaws and E.T. are all out now, and E.T. has both the 1982 and 2002 versions in the same set)? I know Disney was, and now they're supporting this new disposable EZ-D format.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3064327.stm

It'll be interesting to see what happens with that one.

[BlueSwede]

I forgot to mention the Wedding Banquet and Saving Grace.

[dadaist]

I'm REALLY going to have to schedule an animation festival. The day before my 28th birthday, there's going to be a large Looney Tunes release on DVD, for the first time (and right around the time they do that new live action/animated movie):

COMPLETE DETAILS of the LOONEY TUNES DVDs! Here they come! October 28th is the street date. $64.92 is the suggested retail price (but you will be able to get a deal on Amazon.com and at other outlets). An all-new collection of 56 Looney Tunes classic cartoons, digitally re-mastered on DVD and packed with special features!
Four discs are contained in the first wave - entitled "The Looney Tunes Golden Collection" - each cartoon has been brilliantly restored and re-mastered to its original, uncut, anvil-dropping glory!

See
http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html

for details, including before- and after-restoration screenshots!

[Vicious Tease]

Hmmm ... if we are talking actual movie reels ... in a theatre .... (purely fantasy here, but) I'd go for a godfather festival.

Saw The Godfather for the first time about 2 years ago. One of the theatres here in town shows old movies during the summer so I got to see it on the big screen. I'm convinced that's the only way to watch it!

DVD (or VHS)

John Wayne triple feature - Rio Bravo, North to Alaska, The Quiet Man

"I want to be 16 again" festival (movies I loved back in the day) -
Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Girl's Just Want to Have Fun, The Breakfast Club, CaddyShack

Feel like singin' festival - Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, Oklahoma, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

I'm still thinking ....

[denny]

fzzy, you are so cool! I really like your taste in movies. I'm right there. Hitchcock first, then the action flicks.

[Aqua]

:bump:

Lots of movies have been released and many new members have joined our village since this thread started...

Any additions?

[Lord Snow]

LOTR extended editions would be one whole day to itself.

I do House marathons by myself all the time. (I love that show though I still need to get seasons 4 and 5.)

Lethal Weapons, followed by the Die Hards.

Fast and Furious would be most of day by themselves. If I have time I continue with that type of movie such as Gone in 60 sec. (Nicolas Cage version)

[Oldfart]

The Big Chill.

[dicksbro]

ffolkes with Roger Moore

[Scarecrow]

James Bond movies