What classic films do you think would be worth watching on blu-ray?
Please don’t ignore academy aspect ratio B&W content from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. I would love to see Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, Michael Shayne, Noirs from the 40s and 50s, Mark of Zorro, Don Ameche in Three Musketeers, Fox’s Hitchcock titles, My Darling Clementine, All About Eve, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and so many great classic movies from the Fox catalog. Please endeavor to do those titles where there’s source material to make a great transfer. Leave in all the beautiful grain, so it feels like we are watching a movie off of the original film elements.
That said, I’d love to also see early widescreen classics (color or not!) like Seven Year Itch, Prince Valiant, How to Marry a Millionaire, Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The King and I, Desk Set (please!), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and many many more. (Thanks for the Robe!)
Fox has some great titles mixed in among the spectacles. I’d love to see Vincent Price in The Fly as much as the granduer of the King and I.
By the way, there’s nothing wrong with great movies from the 70s, either. How about fixing some of the missing titles like Sleuth or the OOP Heartbreak Kid with a BR release? And there’s nothing wrong with something like Silver Streak on Blu-ray.
Lastly, how about some Nostaglia love for some non-action fare from the 80s? My Bodyguard perhaps? The amazing The Verdict?
December 14th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Any of the James Bond films would be awesome on Blu-ray. They’re so much better to see in the cinemas with the higher quality screen & sound. I reckon on blu ray they would be pretty awesome. I’d also love to see the original Star Wars trilogy in high definition. That would be cool.
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December 14th, 2009 at 5:54 am
wizard of oz of course
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December 14th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Gone With the Wind would look amazing.
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December 14th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Star Wars!
Only when it comes out will I buy a Blu Ray player.
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December 14th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park and Titanic
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December 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Well, this is not a classic but is a very good movie and on BD is excellent
U-571 about the submarine in a secret mision in WW2
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I own it.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Not really an old classic but The Dark Knight
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December 14th, 2009 at 8:40 am
scarface, the godfather series, heat, predator, the star wars series, lion king
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December 14th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Classic films for blu-ray disc
The more Grandeur and ground breaking in Cinematics, the better,
Wuthering Heights
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032145/
Citizen Kane
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051337/
North by Northwest (and some other Alfred Hitchcock films)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/
Blue Hawaii
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054692/
Cleopatra
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/
The Sound of Music
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/
2001: A Space Odyssey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/
Brainstorm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/
read other answers, some good choices already listed,
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With the Blue-ray Player… , Sony example,
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=27898&N=4294966114
It would be nice to have a quality television to play on, Sharp has some small 19" High Definition LCD tv’s and up+
http://www.sharpusa.com/products/TypeLanding/0,1056,s77-3-0,00.html
And a very much needed, sound / entertainment system, that is Thx ready, Onkyo has a nice set,
http://www.onkyo.ca/model.cfm?class=Systems&m=HT-S9100THX
check other companies for compatibility, find something that says ‘you’, and personalize it,
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December 14th, 2009 at 9:16 am
james bonds, star wars and a non classic movie: the Transformers series(not the cartoon)
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December 14th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Any horror movies
or harry potter lol
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December 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Grand Prix. The best movie ever made about Formula One. Originally released in Super Cinerama 70 for incredible race scenes.
2001:A Space Odyssey. Still the grandest of all Science-Fiction movies.
West Side Story. This movie has it all: unforgettable songs, incredible dancing, drama, comedy, suspense, and tragedy. Unlike other classics, West Side Story grows younger.
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December 14th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Dr. No James bond 1962
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December 14th, 2009 at 11:20 am
star wars all of them
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December 14th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Indiana Jones Series, all the movies are fantastic and just so damn adventurous.
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December 14th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Wanye’s World 1 & 2 yep, 1 And 2.
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December 14th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Blue Velvet !!!
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December 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I dont think you can make an older movie in hd because it was recorded originally 30 years ago I dont think I have ever seen a movie from the 70’s 80’s or 90’s that loked hd like new movies do
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December 14th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
My Fair Lady
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December 14th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Anything by Alfred Hitchcock or Charlie Chaplin
Franco Zefferelli [sp?] Romeo and Juliet
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Anything with Humphrey Bogart or Gary Cooper
Oscar winners
Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Sound of Music
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December 14th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Any of the original Disney movies would be nice!
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December 14th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Bills Big Banana
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December 14th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
We just watched An American in Paris and we loved it. Paris was beautiful!
We also watched Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and quite enjoyed it. There are just five of Paul Newman’s movies available on blu-ray at this time, I would like to check the rest of them out, too. You’ll find more of them discussed at http://www.squidoo.com/paul-newman-blu-ray-movies
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