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- DirectorKent JonesMartin ScorseseStarsMartin ScorseseElia KazanElias KoteasA documentary on the late Elia Kazan.Not all of us can just up and buy a whole hundred-dollar box set just to see a documentary that follows the life and career of film director Elia Kazan and how he influenced you, Marty!
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsFidel CastroOliver StoneJuanita VeraDocumentary on the director's meeting with Castro.Oooohhh, socialism…So dangerous we can’t even hear the guy talk.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsLili TaylorChristopher WalkenAnnabella SciorraA New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.Nominated for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival, nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards, but I can’t see it, because it’s not even on DVD.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRaul JuliaCarmen ArgenzianoSonia BragaBased on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder.Maybe in a time when anti-union, a movie about a martyred union activist is not in high demand. Even though it won 2 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes and a SAG award.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsRobert W. CastleJane Castle MoultonKate CastleA documentary about Director Jonathan Demme's cousin, an Episcopalian minister in Harlem.A documentary on the director’s cousin doesn’t exactly jump at distributors, granted, but when that director is Jonathan Demme, not releasing a DVD is letting a great modern filmmaker’s flexography fade away.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsVictoria AbrilMarisa ParedesMiguel BoséA singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.Almodovar’s early work has been released on DVD in region 2, but is not available on DVD in America.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsTheresa RussellBenjamin MoutonAntonio FargasA night in the life of a cynical prostitute forms the basis of Ken Russell's portrait of the world's oldest profession.What a shock, branded with an NC-17 rating for its sexual content. The MPAA and theater chains also refused to release posters or advertise a film called "Whore", so for this purpose the film was re-titled "If You Can't Say It, Just See It". Russell protested his film being given such a rating when Pretty Woman got an R, on the grounds that his film showed the real hardships of being a prostitute, and the other glorified it. Needless to say Pretty Woman totally eclipsed it, permanently it seems.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsRoberto BenigniPaolo VillaggioNadia OttavianiThe amusing and entertaining adventures of a recently released mental patient and his band of misfits, who discover conspiracies to participate in while looking for love.Due in some measure to an uncompromising European optic and a refusal to entertain for its own sake, maestro Fellini’s last film became his first never to find a North American distributor.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen MirrenAt Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.On VHS in the 1990s, there was both the original version and the heavily cut R-rated version. On DVD there’s NOTHING.
- DirectorRobert DuvallStarsAngelo EvansMichael EvansRuthie EvansStep into the world of gypsy life. Come meet Angelo and his family. See the gypsy court system. A gypsy wedding where a boy's family pays for his wife. Come see the gypsy lifestyle, how they live, how they love family.Duvall spent five years on the film and many of the cast, including Angelo, did not read English. San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles commercial screenings were documented, with a Cinemax cable presentation in 1985. That’s about it.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJill ClayburghJean YanneGabriel ByrneAn Israeli lawyer is defending a Palestinian charged by The Military Court System in the Israeli-Occupied Territories. It's a tough case because of a strong political background.Played for a short time in several American cities to practically unanimous negative reviews, where it was reviewed at all, then suddenly yanked from distribution by Universal. One of them commented unofficially that while it couldn’t be confirmed that the film was eradicated due to political pressure, distributors got that it was intolerable to supporters of Israel. Costa-Gavras himself personally promoted the film in the New York Times at a cost of $50,000 after Universal declined to. They even banned him the use of advertisements.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsScott GlennToshirô MifuneDonna Kei BenzA down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.A re-edited version of the film called Sword of the Ninja was created for television, probably making it terrible, but no DVD!
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothImanol AriasHelga LinéA camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). When Riza Niro discovers that Sadec and his colleagues are after him, he disguises himself as a punk rocker, and falls in love with the stunning Sexilia, his first straight relationship. Meanwhile Queti, Sexilia's "biggest fan", helps Sexilia come to terms with her new life-style.Like Almodovar’s High Heels, it’s available in Region 2 but not here.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauPaula PrentissDuring a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems."It hurts to strike out on your last picture," said Billy Wilder about this forgotten Jack Lemmon-Walter Matthau vehicle.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsEugene TatuAlice Bag BandBlack FlagA look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.LAPD Chief Daryl Gates wrote a letter demanding the film not be shown again in L.A. Spheeris herself claimed to have shoplifted a VHS copy of her film from a Walmart as a paean to the spirit of it.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsCarol BurnettGlenda JacksonJames GarnerA parody and satire of the U.S. political scene of the time, "HealtH" is set at a health-food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.This ensemble comedy was made by Lion’s Gate, which was actually Robert Altman's company. It was his last film for 20th Century Fox, which, being Fox, shelved it for over two years. Still, it showed at festivals and ran in L.A. briefly. It was broadcast on TV over the years…but has never been issued on DVD…or even home video.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraFélix RotaetaAlaskaPepi is raped by the policeman who catches her growing marijuana in her apartment. She seeks revenge by getting his masochist wife to leave him.Again, Almodovar available in Region 2. The U.K even issued it as part of a collection. But the film has not been released on DVD in America.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsIsabelle HuppertJacques DutroncNathalie BayeAn examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.Region 2, no Region 1.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRichard AttenboroughNicol WilliamsonDerek JacobiWhen a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.The final film the great Otto Preminger helmed in his 50-year career, finance was such a plague on the project the editor even held the print hostage.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsBen GazzaraDenholm ElliottJames VilliersJack Flowers, an American hustler in early-1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to live a life of luxury."Saint Jack and They All Laughed were two of my best films,” said Peter Bogdanovich, “but never received the kind of distribution they should have," the film having been banned in the place where it was shot in the first place.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenMarthe KellerHildegard KnefDown-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.It had its world premiere at Cannes in 1978 as part of a retrospective of Wilder's work. After that, it was released in only a handful of select American and European theaters with little flourish, inducing an offended Wilder to declare that the studio spent about six hundred bucks on marketing.
- DirectorBob DylanStarsBob DylanSara DylanJoan BaezBob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.After allegedly a single showings of the original 232-minute version on European television, Dylan withdrew the film from distribution. Copies, made from recordings of that very TV broadcast, circulate among collectors, but the only parts of the movie to be released for consumers are the excerpts found on the bonus DVD of one of Dylan’s live albums.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPaul SorvinoAnne DitchburnNicolas CosterAn aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.Oddly, the first film made by John G. Avildsen after he won Best Director for Rocky is unavailable and nobody’s ever even heard of it.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsBill HunterGary FoleyZac MartinA black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.Opened commercially in only one cinema at the time. You would think the debut film of the director of some of the most seen action thrillers of the past twenty years would get at least a bare-bones DVD release.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsGene HackmanCandice BergenRichard WidmarkA Vietnam War veteran who's been imprisoned for murder is offered freedom if he agrees to commit a contract killing for a shady organization.Kramer’s first stab at a thriller opened to negative reviews and lasted only two to three weeks in theaters.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.Response to this epic film was tremendously affirmative. It was immediately pronounced one of the greatest films of all time and won copious awards. Regardless, the conservative Greek government prevented it from showing at Cannes, and has yet to find a Region 1 DVD release.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsBurt ReynoldsArt CarneyConny Van DykeW. Bright (Burt Reynolds) is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie (Conny Van Dyke). The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore (Art Carney), Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.Another Avildsen film that has not been released on DVD or any other home video set-up. The rationale remains uncertain.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAdriano CelentanoEnzo CerusicoMarilù ToloIn 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.Argento’s first box office flop in Italy.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsJames MasonRobert PrestonBeau BridgesAt an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.Presumably enough because of a much more popular 1988 film that copped the same name, this dramatic thriller, yet another buried Sidney Lumet film, has never been available on home video in the United States in any format.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSimon WardRobert ShawPeter CellierComplex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.The full uncensored version of the film is currently unavailable on DVD.
- DirectorJacques RivetteSuzanne SchiffmanStarsMichèle MorettiHermine KaragheuzKaren PuigFollowing the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.First shown as a work in progress in France, few people have seen the full-length version, restored in Germany in 1990, retrospectives, yadda yadda, but home entertainment format seems to be intimidated by its 12-hour running time, which financially precluded any serious attempt to shoot the whole film on 35 mm.
- 19711h 48mR5.4 (1.1K)DirectorUlu GrosbardStarsDustin HoffmanBarbara HarrisJack WardenGeorgie Soloway, a pop hit love song writer who cannot love, himself, or others. He spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.Although the film has been released on videotape, this young Dustin Hoffman vehicle has not been released on DVD and is not carried by any major film rental service.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonHarriet AnderssonEva DahlbeckA critic blackmails a famous musician with his biography filled with the revelations of many of his women.One of the few comedy films ever made by Bergman and his first film to be shot in color, you would think Criterion would perpetuate its love fest with him by cranking this one out.
- DirectorShirley ClarkeStarsRony ClantonCarl LeeYolanda RodríguezA look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.Selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, but not selected for showing people by making it available.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsNeville BrandEmile MeyerFrank FaylenFed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.Initially banned. Might have something to do with its circulation issues.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsFranchot ToneElla RainesAlan CurtisA devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.For such an influential installment in film noir by one of the original Expressionist Hollywood émigré to spawn it, it’s particularly odd that the closest you can get to it on DVD seems to be an episode of CSI where there’s a scene at a movie house.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsPierre FresnaySuzy DelairJean TissierInspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.Inglourious Basterds should have kick-started a new Clouzot distribution campaign but evidently not. Go figure.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsConrad VeidtAnn AyarsFrank ReicherA story of German-born identical twins (both played by Conrad Veidt), one a loyal American, and the other, a Nazi official.The earliest and latest sections of Dassin’s flexography are not circulated nearly as much as they should in the post-DVD age.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsConrad VeidtValerie HobsonSebastian ShawA German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.This looks like a job for Criterion!
- DirectorFritz LangStarsSylvia SidneyGeorge RaftBarton MacLaneAn altruistic department-store owner hires ex-convicts in order to give them a second chance at life. Unfortunately, one of the convicts he hires recruits two of his fellow ex-convicts in a plan to rob the store.Maybe if Paramount hadn’t sold it for TV, it could’ve put it out by now.
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsRosalind RussellJohn BolesBillie BurkeA domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.Scorsese’s probably got a print in his attic.
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsClaudette ColbertFredric MarchMonroe OwsleyJerry Stafford, a businessman, is in love with his secretary but she deserts him for another man. When she realizes her mistake, she goes back to him. Doris Brown is her girlfriend who is in love with a man named Monty Dunn.One day we will be a post-feminist society and we’ll want to see the work of American cinema’s first studio-era female director, and Universal will have to release its stranglehold.