Paramount's Charlotte Barker is seeking suggestions for future film restorations

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Paramount's Charlotte Barker is seeking suggestions for future film restorations

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Paramount's Charlotte Barker is seeking suggestions for future film restorations through her Instagram:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... or.389617/
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#2 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop »

I don’t have Instagram, but can someone please suggest Deep End? I know there’s a BFI release, but the US needs one. Also, what’s going on with that restoration of Deadhead Miles?
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The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 4:59 pm I don’t have Instagram, but can someone please suggest Deep End? I know there’s a BFI release, but the US needs one. Also, what’s going on with that restoration of Deadhead Miles?
I think Criterion is working on a release so expect it out sometime in the next 15 years
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American Hot Wax is a no-brainer
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#5 Post by tenia »

She should do To Catch a Thief again again, maybe the 3rd time will be the right one !
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#6 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop »

beamish14 wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 5:26 pm American Hot Wax is a no-brainer
Those first three Floyd Mutrux films are really some of my favorite American films of the 70s. American Hot Wax should be considered one of the great hang out films, but sadly, the music keeps it out of circulation. Why did Mutrux's career never take off the way it should've?
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The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 7:38 pm
beamish14 wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 5:26 pm American Hot Wax is a no-brainer
Those first three Floyd Mutrux films are really some of my favorite American films of the 70s. American Hot Wax should be considered one of the great hang out films, but sadly, the music keeps it out of circulation. Why did Mutrux's career never take off the way it should've?

I adore him as well. Dusty and Sweets McGee is just astonishing.

He made his fortune as a script doctor and writer of films that never got produced. He even did work on Scarecrow (1973). Just never had a hit film as a director, but I’m glad Blood In, Blood Out and American Me are regarded as classics in some circles.
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#8 Post by okcmaxk »

Citizen’s Band, The Escape Artist, Darker than Amber, The Out-of-Towners, Gunn, Rattle & Hum—the two that’ve never been available properly are the big ones.

Hot Wax is a must, if they can wrangle Goodbar and Little Darlings, it can be cleared. They’ve knocked out a lot of unavailable titles in the past few years.
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#9 Post by beamish14 »

okcmaxk wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 8:22 pm Citizen’s Band, The Escape Artist, Darker than Amber, The Out-of-Towners, Gunn, Rattle & Hum—the two that’ve never been available properly are the big ones. Hot Wax is a must, if they can wrangle Goodbar and Little Darlings, it can be cleared.
It is very odd that Rattle and Hum hasn’t had a 4K. So entertaining, and I’m not a U2 fan
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#10 Post by okcmaxk »

Maybe their catalog changed hands? That’s why The Wall is stuck in limbo, WB has the elements from MGM, but now Sony owns it outright post-sale. Rattle & Hum was a launch title for Paramount 20 years ago, someone needs to get it out there!
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#11 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian »

Phil Joanou posted this on Threads last month:
4k coming soon… both FULL concerts in color and black and white. The original film AND a huge documentary… all mixed and finished. Just waiting on the band to say go!
A 4K copy of the complete December 19th concert in Tempe leaked online last year, to Joanou's chagrin.
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