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Jun 13, 2015 - 1:07 PM
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johnjohnson
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Warner Bros. will add four new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Gordon Douglas' Them! (1954), Eugène Lourié's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Ernest B. Schoedsack's Mighty Joe Young (1949) and Son of Kong (1933), and Terence Fisher's Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1968) and The Mummy (1959).
Them!
Radiation-mutated ants - 12 feet long and capable of lifting tons - become giant problems for James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, James Arness and all of Los Angeles. They're big. They're bad. They've got a serious attitude problem. You won't find a can of bug spray big enough to stop 'em! Starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, and Onslow Stevens. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
An A-bomb test in the Arctic awakens The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953), and it makes New York City its stomping ground in the movie (based on a story by Ray Bradbury) that launched a string of Atomic Age creature features. Starring Paul Hubschmid, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, and Ross Elliott. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
Mighty Joe Young
Lightning struck again when the team behind King Kong reunited to create another towering ape: Mr. Joseph Young. This time the simian is shorter and the jokes tongue-in-cheekier, but the Oscar®-winning Best Special Effects are just as Kong-sized. A slick nightclub owner (King Kong veteran Robert Armstrong) discovers the giant ape frolicking in Africa as the beloved pet of a young girl (Terry Moore). He brings both to Hollywood as a floor-show sensation, until some no-goods ply Joe with booze and the blitzed behemoth goes bonkers. Highlights such as Armstrong's henchmen trying to lasso Joe cowpoke style, Joe playing tug-of-war with musclemen and plenty of Joe-to-the-rescue action make Mighty Joe Young mighty fine entertainment. Starring Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, and Douglas Fowley. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
Son of Kong
Carl Denham, the showman who brought Kong to New York, returns to Skull Island in search of a rumored treasure. He finds diamonds, all right. And something even more remarkable - Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength. The filmmakers who created King Kong kept the king-sized excitement going with this sequel, released the same year as the original. Robert Armstrong reprises the role of Denham, paired with a new damsel in distress, played by Helen Mack. The two rescue Kong Jr. from a quicksand pit and get in return a devoted protector who defends them from fierce prehistoric monsters, including a giant cave bear. But when a mighty earthquake strikes Skull Island, even the son of Kong may not be powerful enough to save them. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Baron Frankenstein's experiment went wrong, dead wrong. Thus, another victim lies in a makeshift grave. Suddenly, a water main bursts, forcing the dead man's arm to the surface. Next the torrent heaves the body upward. Frankenstein's panicked accomplice tries to reconceal the body... but corpses can be so unwieldy. This creepy scene is a highlight of Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, horror great Peter Cushing's fifth Hammer Studios Frankenstein saga. Other cast members of note include film-debuting Simon Ward (Young Winston) and Freddie Jones (The Elephant Man) as the scientist's pitiable new creation. Frankenstein pioneers research in brain transplants - but the procedure is imperfect. Which is just perfect for horror fans! Starring Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, and Freddie Jones. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
The Mummy
In Hammer Studios' vivid 1959 Technicolor reincarnation of The Mummy, screen horror icon Christopher Lee wraps on the moldy gauze bandages and emerges as the tormented Kharis, an avenger stalking the hills and bogs of Victorian England to track down archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) and other desecrators of his beloved Princess Ananka's Egyptian tomb. "Lee looks tremendous, smashing his way through doorways and erupting from green, dreamlike quagmires in really awe-inspiring, fashion" (David Pirie, Time Out Film Guide). Awe-inspiring, too, was the box-office success of this third Hammer reinvigoration - after The Curse of Frankenstein and Horror of Dracula - of a classic screen monster. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Yvonne Furneaux. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
Note: Them!, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Mighty Joe Young, and Son of Kong will also be available together in Warner's Special Effects Collection.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16971
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Jun 15, 2015 - 10:03 PM
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dragon53
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I have the dvd set of BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and THEM!.
The special features are:
BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
1. The Rhedosaurus and the Rollercoaster: Making the Beast
2. Harryhausen & Bradbury: An Unfathomable Friendship
3. Coming Attractions...Other Willis O'Brien/Ray Harryhausen Creature Features (i.e. trailers for BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, THE VALLEY OF GWANGI, THE BLACK SCORPION and CLASH OF THE TITANS)
THEM!
1. Who's Who (i.e. cast and crew)
2. "Bugged" at the Movies (i.e. brief descriptions of giant bug movies including THEM!, TARANTULA, THE DEADLY MANTIS, THE FLY, MOTHRA, etc.)
3. Behind the Scenes (i.e. additional video of the giant ants)
4. Photo Gallery
5. Captured on Film (i.e. THEM! trailer)
Both of these movies could use commentaries by sci fi film historians and surviving cast/crew (if there are any), etc.
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I'll be interested to see if THEM is in it's intended 1:66 (or was it 1:75 ratio?) I usually run my dvd of it zoomed in and works fairly well although some cropping is evident at 1:85. And, yes, the original DVD release really does look great.
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Loved them!
Has to be one of the best b/w 50s sci-fi made.
Up there with thing from another world, incredible shrinking man, etc.
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Jun 23, 2015 - 2:26 PM
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CinemaScope
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You may have heard HD TV's referred to as "16 x 9", because that is another way of expressing their aspect ratio. 16 x 9 = 1.77777777777, which, rounded up, becomes 1.78:1.
Yup, spot on. I was grading TV dramas on telecine when all this came in, & guessing at the stretch on the picture (!), everyone was calling it 1:77, then 1:78, both incorrect, although 1:78 is as near as damnit. I always call it 16:9 now, 16 units wide, 9 units high.
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