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#423359
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Info: Other region DVD's & Blu-ray's with Special content NOT available in the US.
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Really want to see the original Mach Go Go Go before it was dubbed into Speed Racer. I think it is available on DVD in Japan, but for nearly 400 bucks. Come to think of it I would really like to see a remastered version of Speed Racer directly from the 35mm masters instead of a beta tape dupe from the early 90's with the superimposed logo credits. Also with no time compression that makes the famed fast dubbing even faster.

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#423064
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Go for one of these: Barry Lyndon, For a Few Dollars More, Grave of the Fireflies. Barry is epic and extremely underrated (and just screams for Blu ray!), FAFDM is possibly Leone's best and most concentrated film, and Grave will make anyone cry.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome should be saved for last. If you're a fan of either previous film this is a major letdown.

Am excited to see African Queen in a new transfer and New World for the 70mm sequences.

Just re-watched the Coppola Restoration of The Godfather for the umpteenth time. I have the set but still haven't watched the others. Part one's new restoration takes me back to the first time I saw the film and it rocks in the original mono.

Alice in Wonderland in a second run theater. It made the movie that much more interesting to see it non-digital, non-3D, and complete with a giant green line for an entire reel. This I suspect may be why I slightly enjoyed myself. Otherwise it's not particularly good at all. It did get me thinking how much I would like to see a print of Batman Returns.

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#420756
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The Soundtrack Thread
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The Goldeneye score is great except for that awful end titles song.

Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck you Sucker, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Wild Bunch, The Godfather.

The Bond scores are my favorites and I feel that David Arnold's modern interpretations leave much to be desired. They lack any of the punch and thematics of John Barry's originals. The best scores are for Thunderball and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I also adore the score for The Living Daylights.