Cool 60s & 70s Movies coming out on DVD Tuesday

MGM has a slew of cool 60s & 70s films coming out on DVD Tuesday July 15. First and foremost are 4 Billy Wilder films made for United Artists. They include:

One, Two, Three
Kiss Me Stupid
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Avanti

Also, if you haven't been keeping up with their previous releases, they are releasing a Box Set of every Billy Wilder film made for United Artists, which includes, in addition to the above titles:

Witness for the Prosecution
Some Like it Hot (SE)
The Apartment
The Fortune Cookie
Irma La Douce


On top of the Billy Wilder release, they are also releasing one of Richard Lester's lesser known, but highly regarded films, "Juggernaut".

It's a light week for new releases, but I'm really looking forward to these underrated classics. "One, Two, Three", in particular, is perhaps the only cold war comedy to give "Dr. Strangelove" a run for its money (the Wilder-penned Lubitsch film "Ninotchka" is disqualified only because it pre-dates the actual cold war) and features James Cagney's last filmed leading role .

Regards,

 

I'll cast my vote for "One, Two, Three"...! One of my faves!

(Right up there with Cook & Moore's "Bedazzled"... and where's**that** DVD??)

Remember, folks...

"Any civilization that can produce Shakespeare, the Taj Mahal and striped toothpaste can't be all bad."



-Kevin

 

I neglected to mention that the 1966 Woody Allen film, "What's Up, Tiger Lily", was also released on DVD yesterday by Image. This was the film where Woody took two films in a Japanese B-Grade James Bond knock-off series, edited bits and pieces of them together, and re-dubbed it into an extremely broad comedy with gratuitous inserts of Woody and the Loving Spoonful.

The DVD has both the theatrical and the home video dubs. They had some different jokes, and are both amusing. There is also a special feature that makes it easy to compare and contrast the two versions.

Regards,

 

Re: Kiss Me, Stupid

It's the "slightly dirtier" version with the alternate scene available in the "extra features" section of the DVD. The American version has a Beatles joke that is "slightly funnier" than the one in the European version, so even though it is a bit of a cop-out, I'm glad they kept it in the extras.

For those of you confused by the cryptic posts, the content of the scene and the difference between the two cuts can't really be discussed specifically without giving away an enormous plot spoiler.

Regards,