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jerome wrote:Some HD screencaps frome The fellini Blu-ray discs from Gaumont

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Already in my basket at Amazon. Ship sails on is a revelation after the duff copies of yesteryear. Chapeau Gaumont!

Just ordered A Man Escaped on Blu - thank goodness for optional English subtitles on a French release of a French film! \:D/

I wonder if it is possible to assemble a list of Gaumont's DVD / Blu-rays that offer English subtitle options, and those that don't, since Gaumont doesn't indicate this information in their postings. Just post your list.

Carlotta are listing a DVD & Blu-Ray for Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner in their forthcoming schedule and a DVD set with 5 Edgar Ulmer movies.

Finch wrote:Carlotta are listing a DVD & Blu-Ray for Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner in their forthcoming schedule and a DVD set with 5 Edgar Ulmer movies.

The Carlotta thread is here but good news nonetheless.

screenshot comparison of 8 1/2 posted at BluBrew.com. To me Gaumont is obviously a newer scan, more filmlike, yet kind of blown-out comparing to the more eye-friendly Criterion transfer.

End of 2011 a la demande releases-

La minute de vérité, un film de Jean Delannoy - 1952 - septembre 2011
Les aristocrates, un film de Denys de la Patellière - 1955 - septembre 2011
Les grandes personnes, un film de Jean Valère - 1961 - septembre 2011
Mollenard, un film de Robert Siodmak - 1938 - septembre 2011
J'étais une aventurière, un film de Raymond Bernard - 1938 - septembre 2011

Florence est folle, un film de Georges Lacombes - 1944 - octobre 2011
Les truands, un film de Carlo Rim - 1956 - octobre 2011
Crime et châtiment, un film de Georges Lampin - 1958 - octobre 2011
Le fils du requin, un fim d'Agnès Merlet - 1993 - octobre 2011
Sale rêveur, un film de Jean-Marie Périer - 1978 - octobre 2011

La fin du monde, un fim d'Abel Gance - 1931 - novembre 2011
Les amants de villa Borghèse, un film de Gianni Francolini - 1954 - novembre 2011
Marie-Martine, un film d'Albert Valentin - 1943 - novembre 2011
Les équilibristes, un film de Nico Papatakis - 1992 - novembre 2011
Le pays bleu, un film de Jean-Charles Taccehlla - 1977 - novembre 2011

Katia, un film de Robert Siodmak - 1960 - décembre 2011
Le gentleman de Cocody, un film de Christian Jaque - 1965 - décembre 2011
Le téléphone rose, un film d'Edouard Molinaro - 1975 - décembre 2011
Daïnah la métisse, un film de Jean Grémillon - 1931 - décembre 2011
Jenny, un film de Marcel Carné - 1936 - décembre 2011

I take it these are pressed discs, but probably without English subs, right? I'm basing this on info from this thread and a quick search through the titles available on amazon.fr. Incidentally Nabob, what have you done with my shoes?

swo17 wrote:I take it these are pressed discs, but probably without English subs, right? I'm basing this on info from this thread and a quick search through the titles available on amazon.fr. Incidentally Nabob, what have you done with my shoes?

No french HoH only. They were the Oxford brogues with the lifts right? I spilled Perkins Cobb's latte on them and have sent them to Dickie -W to breathe on.
Apparently dyspeptic halitosis works wonders.

Chabrol specs are up. English subs so if you hate the criterion artwork you gets a choice.
Cross-posted on the Serge thread too.
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I pre ordered "La fin du monde" last week and I just received an e-mail from Amazon France notifying me the item is temporarily out of stock with a new estimated ship date of December 15th.

I clicked on other Gaumont a la demande releases and found almost every title is temporarily out of stock.

Do you think Gaumont will replenish the stock before the estimated ship date?

Psicosis wrote:I pre ordered "La fin du monde" last week and I just received an e-mail from Amazon France notifying me the item is temporarily out of stock with a new estimated ship date of December 15th.

I clicked on other Gaumont a la demande releases and found almost every title is temporarily out of stock.

Do you think Gaumont will replenish the stock before the estimated ship date?

All this month's titles I ordered (Chagrin, Assassin and Fin) were shipped by Gaumont to me two days ago. You could do worse than order direct from Gaumont boutique and be assured of getting them sent a couple of days before release date.

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:All this month's titles I ordered (Chagrin, Assassin and Fin) were shipped by Gaumont to me two days ago. You could do worse than order direct from Gaumont boutique and be assured of getting them sent a couple of days before release date.

Thanks friend.

Hey any updates on the Joan of Arc restoration mentioned here last April? This is my FAVORITE film and I've long craved to see Falconetti in HD!

Gaumont is restoring 270 films in 2K, and Bande à part & La chinoise are coming to blu-ray this October.

ELENA AND HER MEN/ELENA ET LES HOMMES full Gaumont BR specs - with optional Eng subs!....

Fiche détaillée : Elena et les hommes - Blu-Ray, Collection Gaumont Classiques - Nouveau master Haute Définition
réalisateur (s) Jean Renoir
acteur (s) Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard, Juliette Gréco, Pierre Bertin, Dora Doll
Editeur Gaumont
Langue 1, Encodage 1 français, 2.0 DTS master audio
Sous-titrage 1 français pour malentendants, anglais
Durée (mn) 99 Minutes
couleur/noir blanc couleur
Stéréo / Mono mono

Coming a la demande this October Le Bled - Renoir, Ophelia - Chabrol and Epstein's Finis Terra, stand alone, regardless whether it's also included in the Potemkine box set.
Can some helpful soul please update the thread to 2012?

Great news about LE BLED!...

tojoed wrote:

david hare wrote:Huh!!!?????Which thread Svet? I wouldn't do that.

It was this guy.
I don't think he knows who Pro-B is.

Sheesh, it's like two years later, but I can see that nobody enjoys my humor. I'll spell it out for you: only studio rep's were using sign off's at the time. Can't a man just add to the pile-on in peace? But yeah, two years ago, I know. Fun times.

Back again to the topic at hand. How is the track record on these Demande titles?

Minkin wrote: How is the track record on these Demande titles?

Very simplistically...
They are sourced from existing beta masters.
They are pressed DVDs.
There is no restoration work done.
If a title proves popular it is a candidate for restoration and blu release in the Classics series.
There are no english subs.
There are french HoH subs.
They are otherwise unavailable containing great titles from the likes of Allegret, Chenal, Clouzot, Duvivier, Gremillon, Renoir, etc etc.
There are some titles from Bresson and Pialat coming soon but again 'no frills.'
I do not know yet whether Finis will be the Arte restoration that was broadcast or an earlier incarnation.

Just received the Gaumont edition of 8 1/2. Surprisingly this blu-ray is region free (bearing Region ABC logo on the back cover and playing fine on my Region A PS3),contradicting reports on blu-ray.com and several french sites. But yes it lacks the English subtitle. I wonder if the other two Fellini titles are region free too.

Stand by Godardians! Coming Nov 7. 13 films in the Politics box with some 'inédits' according to the latest Positif.

Here's the list of Godards
Coffret 8 DVD et 13 films (Longs et Moyens métrages), sortie le 7 novembre 2012 au prix public conseillé de 89.99€ TTC
en coffrets Gaumont COLLECTION PRESTIGE...

DVD 1
LA CHINOISE (LM)

DVD 2
UN FILM COMME LES AUTRES (LM)
BRITISH SOUNDS (MM)

DVD 3
LE GAI SAVOIR (LM)
LOTTE IN ITALIA (MM)

DVD 4
LE VENT D’EST (LM)

DVD 5
PRAVDA (MM)
COMMENT ÇA VA ? (LM)

DVD 6
ICI + AILLEURS (MM)
NUMÉRO DEUX (LM)

DVD 7
VLADIMIR ET ROSA (LM)
SOFT AND HARD (MM)

DVD 8
FILM SOCIALISME (LM)

Same date .. a Raymond Bernard Box (subject to suitable materials it will contain Miracle des Loups).
Herr Shreck are you listening?

Thanks Nabob!
From the Gaumont site it looks like the films (from the first set) are sold individualy. Unfortunately i am unable to find an online seller - any idea? Would be great if this would be the case with this set as well (the recent german set has already most of these releases and double dipping these huge sets…come on, it would make me feel like a complete idiot).

can anyone confirm that the JLG/JLG dvd has english subtitles? Does it have english subtitles in the box set? It says subtitles: english for the box set, but I'm not convinced that it means that everything has english subtitles, or that the single dvd will have english subtitles just because it did in the box set.