Just watched Traffic. Delightful! I think that is my first experience with the guy, but I have heard of him.
‘The Last Wave’. It still has t received a blu-ray release. I keep hoping that Criterion will do it since they did ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock.’
Early Michael Mann movie “The Keep”. It did get a DVD release. The film turned out pretty awful and is one of the few films that Mann had no final cut on. Paramount took it away and recut it into a barely comprehensible horror flick..woild love to see if Mann’s original cut exists out there somewhere.
A couple of Gary Coleman-starred theatrical movies from the early 1980s: ON THE RIGHT TRACK (1981) and JIMMY THE KID (1983). I think "Jimmy the Kid" was filmed in 1981 and intended for released in 1982 but then held back until early '83.
Just had a release not all that long ago. Need a region free player though for this one. The Last Wave (4K UHD + Blu-Ray) (1977)
Released by Fun City Editions/Vinegar Syndrome not too long ago. The Coca Cola Kid – Vinegar Syndrome
Couple of nuggets in regards to Posts #561 and #562: SCOUTS HONOUR was a made-for-television movie -- not that it isn't long-forgotten by most everyone, it's just that it wasn't a theatrical feature. Coleman made several other TV films in the early-to-mid '80s and all those are forgotten, too. In regards to "The Nickel Ride" (1975) . . . it never came out on VHS and when it did come out on DVD it did not come out alone; it was paired with the 1974 gangster movie "99 & 44/100% DEAD!", which itself only came out on video one time: The 1982-issue '20th Century Fox Video' sliding-drawer box release. It then went OOP and stayed that way until 2011, I believe it was, when the 'Two-fer" disc from Fox was issued with "Nickel Ride" and "Dead!". Since I wanted to see "Nickel Ride" I bought the Double-Feature disc. I have an aging MEDIA Home Entertainment tape of "To Kill a Clown" (1972). I don't know if it has ever been issued on a digital homevideo medium? Speaking of movies with 'Nickel' in the title: The 1980 drama ON THE NICKEL starring 'Papa Walton' (Ralph Waite) was released in the mid-80s on Vestron Video and I don't think has been re-issued since. I've not seen another video release except the lone issue from Vestron. --------------------------------- Here's a movie that I reckon should have been issued on a DVD or Blu-Ray by now, but I don't believe it has: LAST SUMMER, the 1969 Frank Perry drama about how evil can quietly manifest itself before boiling over. ALLIED ARTISTS VIDEO CORP. put it out on tape before the company went bankrupt in September 1979 and later in the mid-80s KEY VIDEO issued "Last Summer". And when the Key tape went out-of-print the movie has remained OOP since. → Maybe there's no use-able film elements? I dunno. Perry died in the mid-1990s so no one can ask him.
The Entity The Hearse Eating Raoul Hot Stuff Zapped Bronco Billy Howard the Duck Don't hear much anymore about 80s comedies like Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds, Meatballs, etc. One of my mom's favorite movies...and she's the only person I've heard mention it in 20+ years. Only the Lonely - One of my favorite John Candy movies...watch it every year. Quick Change - One of my favorite Geena Davis movies. A lot of her movies fly under the radar now... another example is the Long Kiss Goodnight. Devil In A Blue Dress - Saw this for the first time last year. Amazing... immediately became a top 5 Denzel movie to me. Don Cheadle deserved an Oscar. I watched this last year. Started out great but they ruin it by pulling back on the scandal. If they weren't willing to own it, don't make the scandal so.... scandalous. One of the best movies of the 1970s IMO. Videodrome needs a remake with smartphones and social media in place of TV. I only watched this once...at the theater with Armed and Dangerous as a double feature. Good movie. Great movie. I really liked Eric Gurry's character in this. I still haven't watched this but this movie has been talked about off and on for the past 25 years on Guns N Roses forums due to the fact that the song This I Love was supposed to be on the soundtrack but the director vetoed the idea. On the subject of River's Edge...Glover deserved an Oscar nom.
Shucks, I remember THE ENTITY now that you mention it. That was one of the few movies that really freaked me out. The fear of the unknown. A sex-crazed blob of energy. The first half of MUTANT (1984) was very eerie even if the SFX in the movie weren't great. Second half not as good but the first half of the film really gave off a vibe of eerily empty town at night. But, hey, it was still pretty good overall and worth a watch. I can't think of anyone who's mentioned MUTANT in ages.
EATING RAOUL airs on TCM quite a bit. I've seen it shown on TCM a number of times in the recent past. 3 times, I think. I like it more now than I did the first time I saw it.
There's another thread about performances by bands/singers in movies, and the first I thought of was guitarist Stanley Jordan . For some reason I thought that was in Something Wild (1986) which I enjoyed immensely. Researching it though and I realised I was wrong - it was in fact. Blind Date (1987) with Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger. Now that's a movie which I recall being quite big at the time - probably bigger than the similarly-premised Something Wild - but I had completely forgotten about. Watching a few clips made me realise why though as it wasn't terrifically good.
Same thing could be said for many Blake Edwards movies, especially the last ones from the 80's. In those days he was talked about like some kind of comedy genius, but not anymore, I think.
