Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

[captveg]

Next BD catalog release (presumably on 6/30 if their current pattern of a release every two weeks holds) is:

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

The only DVD they released (at least in the US) was open matte 1.33, so being 1.78 alone should be a remarkable improvement.

[felipe]

That title doesn't look like WAC at all, but I've given up trying to make sense out of it.

[PfR73]

Apparently the US DVD was an R rated cut, but the overseas DVD releases were an Unrated cut. Wonder which, or both, the Blu-Ray will be.

[domino harvey]

That title doesn't look like WAC at all, but I've given up trying to make sense out of it.

The Warner Archives Blu-ray line is the most elaborate trolling in home video history. I'm sure their next two announcements will be the Prodigal and Strictly Business

[captveg]

Well, one of their stated goals at the beginning was to get titles that only got full screen DVD releases out as widescreen releases, so it fits in that regard.

Also, release date per WA twitter is 7/21.

I wonder if that means we'll go a month without any BD releases, or of there are other releases scheduled between now and then? I know Wolfen got announced before Thank Your Lucky Stars was, but the latter got released before the former. (They had been going at a solid release-every-two-weeks pattern since 42nd Street.)

[felipe]

Is there a list of every blu-ray they released this year so far?

[captveg]

Is there a list of every blu-ray they released this year so far?

Unfortunately, it's not that much work to compile a list of all their releases, not just for this year...


Deathtrap (1982) - 11/20/12
Gypsy (1962) - 11/20/12

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) - 2/26/13
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) - 7/16/13
The Mentalist: The Complete First Season (2008-09) - 10/1/13
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) - 10/8/13
Fearless (1993) - 10/29/13
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Complete First Season (2008-09) - 11/5/13

Beware the Batman: Season 1, Part 1 - Shadows of Gotham (2013) - 2/18/14
The Americanization of Emily (1964) - 3/11/14
Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011-13) - 3/18/14
Performance (1970) - 3/25/14
Hit the Deck (1955) - 4/22/14
The Wind and the Lion (1975) 4/29/15
Longmire: The Complete First and Second Seasons (2012-13) - 5/27/14
Kismet (1955) - 6/10/14
Out of the Past (1947) - 8/12/14
Young Justice: The Complete First Season (2010-12) - 8/12/14
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Complete Second Season (2009-11) - 9/9/14
The Great Race (1965) - 9/9/14
Beware the Batman: Season 1, Part 2 - Dark Justice (2014) - 9/30/14
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - 10/14/14
Possessed (1947) - 10/21/14
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) - 11/4/14
Thundercats: The Complete Series (2011-12) - 11/11/14
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - 11/18/14
Young Justice: The Complete Second Season - Invasion (2012-13) - 11/18/14

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) - 2/10/15
Longmire: The Complete Third Season (2014) - 3/3/15
42nd Street (1933) - 4/21/15
Teen Titans Go!: The Complete First Season (2013-14) - 4/21/15
Ladyhawke (1985) - 5/5/15
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) - 5/19/15
Wolfen (1981) - 6/2/15
The Sunshine Boys (1975) - 6/16/15
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) - 7/21/15

[felipe]

Thanks, captveg.

It seems this year's output is on par with last year's, which means we're probably getting some 10 more titles until December.

[captveg]

If you look at it from a strictly catalog titles angle, they've released 2, 4, 11, and then 7 in 2015 so far. Hopefully they release more than just 4 more this year to surpass the 2014 output for catalog titles.

[captveg]

The Hunger (1983)

Release Date TBA

[felipe]

The Hunger (1983)

Release Date TBA

With this, Wolfen, LadyHawke, Little Tokyo, it seems we're not getting many classics this year.

[knives]

At least two of those are classics.

[Rupert Pupkin]

great news for the Hunger - the DVD looks gorgeous. I've always thought that a HD master was ready...

no news for "Straight Time" with Dustin Hoffman and Theresa Russell ?

[captveg]

The World According to Garp (1982)

Release date TBA

[felipe]

At least two of those are classics.

My bad. I meant to say "older films", like before the 80s. But maybe they were not selling as much as these more recent films are.

The World According to Garp (1982)

Release date TBA

...

[movielocke]

The boomers buying pre 80s films mostly don't see a need to upgrade. And millenials and Gen xers mostly want 80s and 90s films.

[captveg]

The Hunger (1983)

Release Date TBA

Release Date is now listed on some sites as 8/18

[Graham]

The boomers buying pre 80s films mostly don't see a need to upgrade. And millenials and Gen xers mostly want 80s and 90s films.

Bit of a generalisation, to say the least.

[captveg]

The World According to Garp (1982)

Release date TBA

Street Date 8/25

[John Doe]

Murder, My Sweet (1944) is coming soon.

[domino harvey]

The DVD looks awful, this is a welcome upgrade even if I like the film less every time I see it

[captveg]

Easy purchase

[reaky]

Raymond Chandler said Alan Ladd was "a small boy's idea of a tough guy," but the description fits Dick Powell just as well, I think.

[domino harvey]

Coming very soon, actually: September 15th

[captveg]

Coming very soon, actually: September 15th

An update to 2015 releases:

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) - 2/10/15
Longmire: The Complete Third Season (2014) - 3/3/15
42nd Street (1933) - 4/21/15
Teen Titans Go!: The Complete First Season (2013-14) - 4/21/15
Ladyhawke (1985) - 5/5/15
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) - 5/19/15
Wolfen (1981) - 6/2/15
The Sunshine Boys (1975) - 6/16/15
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) - 7/21/15
The Hunger (1983) - 8/18/15
The World According to Garp (1982) - 8/25/15
Murder, My Sweet (1944) - 9/15/15
Justice League Unlimited: The Complete Series (2004-06) - TBD (Fall 2015)


Aside from July they seem to be in a 2 titles/month schedule