Your wish list for SE or Ultimate Edition DVDs

[Crimson_Kahuna]

Hey guys, I couldn't find a thread similar to this one, so here goes.

What movies that only have a bare bones release that you are aching to have Special Editions of? You know, the cool movie you'd like to see a new DVD put out with behind the scenes, and maybe a commentary or two?

Mars Attacks! came to my mind today. Mostly because it's a Tim Burton film, with an all-star cast, and some pretty early and unique CG work. I'd definately double dip for this one. Although it's not one of my all time favorite movies, it is very fun and has grown on me over the years.

Any other suggestions?

[Pirate Mike]

um, Kill Bill comes to mind
Children of Men
der...
The Fountain
uhh....
I actually think several Tim Burton movies could use better editions

[Dragula]

Hot Fuzz (Well besides the 3 disc edition)
Shaun of the Dead
Rocky
The Simpsons Movie
1408
300

[Derek237]

I'd like to see a special edition of Leaving Las Vegas, one of my favourite movies. I wish Criterion would take a crack at it, or something.

[cocksmokinclerk]

kill bill
the game
the fountain
children of men
shaun of the dead
jurassic park
and i forsee a complete series box of deadwood that'll i'd prolly whore myself out for (also can't wait for the 2 movies to wrap up the series)

[jbar1026]

shaun of the dead
kill bill
dark city
grindhouse
assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

[Drewza89]

The Rocketeer
Dick Tracy
Beetlejuice
Starman
3000 Miles to Graceland
True Lies
Waterworld
Home Alone 1 and 2

[lilant2248]

grindhouse
The Breakfast Club
The Last American Virgin
L.A. Confidential

[SamSanchez]

Shaun of the Dead
Barton Fink
Cemetery Man
28 Days Later
Dead Man
Day the Earth Stood Still
Miller's Crossing
Henry Fool
Night of the Hunter

Pretty much almost any Woody Allen

Future SE:
No Country For Old Men
Assassination of Jesse James

[JJFlamingo]

1941

Raising Arizona

[bob0mb]

25th Hour
American History X
Beetlejuice
Dark City
The Game
L.A. Confidential
True Lies

[scamp2005]

^^^True Lies is a good one, love that movie. ^^^

The Apartment
Sunset Blvd.
To Catch A Thief (although the dvd out now has a fantastic picture)
Barry Lyndon
Mulholland Dr.
bad Lands
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Any Woody Allen DVD's

[Greenleaf1]

3:10 To Yuma
Ocean's Eleven
The Big Lebowski
28 Days Later...

[athf1980]

I love to see SE of Peter Jackson splatter movies

[Powerslave]

Children of Men
The Fountain
Barton Fink
The Triplets of Belleville
28 Days Later
Apocalypse Now (both versions. The Complete Dossier has a few too many flaws, from what I've heard...)
LA Confidential (waiting on that 10th Anniversary Edition)
Shaun of the Dead (should've gotten the treatment Hot Fuzz got, especially since it's by far the better of the two)
Pretty much almost any Woody Allen
Yeah.

[poopontheshoes7]

Gremlins (2-disc) I really, really, really want a special edition of Gremlins with a brand new hour and half documentary, new transfer and sound, keep the commentaries from the other release, original screenplay, and original poster art as the cover.

And a better JAWS special edition would be nice. The 30th anniversary could have been so much better...

[SamSanchez]

Shaun of the Dead (should've gotten the treatment Hot Fuzz got, especially since it's by far the better of the two)

Yeah.

I wouldn't say its BY FAR the better of the two.

But on the same note, and probably not necessarily meant for this thread, but with the release of the Hot Fuzz 3-Disc Edition, they should have released a nice edition of Shaun of the Dead, and also should have released Edgar Wright's Fistful of Fingers. I have not seen it, but you would think they could release his debut film now to bank of the success of the two most recent films.

[Cronos]

The Fountain
Children Of Men

[ChickFlick]

Corpse Bride
Shaun of the Dead
Rocky
The Simpsons Movie
1408
300


Doesn't Rocky, 1408 and 300 all have 2-disc Collector's Editions already? :confused:

[DareDevil]

Three Kings
L.A. Confidential
Interview with a Vampire
A Time to Kill
Children of Men

[ChickFlick]

I'd have to say:

The X-Files: Fight the Future (which I have a funny feeling they're going to do once the new one gets released in theaters)
Child's Play
All the Ocean's movies
Dawn of the Dead (2004)

..that's all that comes to mind right now

[Crimson_Kahuna]

As I started the tread I'll be checking back periodically to add more of my own, and comment on others suggestions.

Waterworld-
Thought of this one before getting back to the forum today. It would be great to get a retrospective SE on this. This has got to have tons of the original behind the scenes footage and interviews just gathering dust somewhere. I'd love to get new interviews with the cast, especially Kostner & Hopper, about their thoughts on the experience, and all the controversy surrounding the film while it was being made. A director's & actor's commentary would be too awesome. Won't hold my breath waiting for this one as I doubt it will ever happen. People are pretty split down the middle about this movie. Love it or hate it. I enjoy it in a cheesy Saturday morning popcorn cartoonish way. Brainless good times. Anybody know if there is still a Waterworld show in Las Vegas?

Cemetary Man (Dellamorte Dellamore)-
Finally to DVD in the US this year, no features though. However, there is a R2 Italian version put out by Medusa Home Entertainment with making of feature, & directors commentary (in Italian) that is available. To bad nobody took the time to bring them over to the US edition and translate the commentary into subtitles. Bastards! My all time favorite zombie movie. Anchor Bay really dropped the ball on this one.

Shaun of the Dead-
This was pretty already packed with features & commentaries, but I think the UK R2 had a few more than the US Rogue Pictures version for some reason.

Dead Man-
Oh yeah! Commentary by Jarmusch & Depp. I just noticed the French R2 version is listed at 148 minutes on Amazon.fr, anybody know if this has features or is an extended cut of the film? The US version is listed at 121 min.

The Breakfast Club-
Two US editions out and not a feature worth mentioning. Ripe for a SE, along with Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Weird Science for the Hughes fans. Why fuck has he distanced himself from these movies? I'd double dip on any and all of those with a Hughes commentary. Retrospective interviews with cast are also in order.

The Game-
Definately overdue! I'd double dip just for a Fincher commentary.

3000 Miles to Graceland-
Every time I think of picking up a copy of this I wish it had some features. Hell of a fun movie. Doubt it ever gets the treatment though.

Raising Arizona-
Definately overdue. Another one the Coen's need to comment on.

Barton Fink-
Ditto above.



Two new ones from me today:

Crime Wave-
Hasn't even had an official US DVD release. WTF? A commentary with Raimi and Campbell would be cool, and another by the Coen Brothers.

Night of the Comet-
Guess we should be happy this one finally hit DVD this year, too bad this cult classic came bare bones. A retrospective would have been nice.

[JJFlamingo]

Crime Wave-
Hasn't even had an official US DVD release. WTF? A commentary with Raimi and Campbell would be cool, and another by the Coen Brothers.

Supposedly Raimi has disowned this one, I believe due to conflicts with the producers, so it's doubtful he would take part. It IS good, though...

[Crimson_Kahuna]

That's a shame. It's one of his funniest.

[Crimson_Kahuna]

The Road To Wellville-
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, & Dana Carvey in a bawdy period comedy. Love a directors commentary for this one.

Adventures Of Baron Munchausen-
Can't believe I didn't think of this sooner. Arguably my favorite Gillaim movie. Would really love some features and a Gilliam commentary. One of his few left without the SE treatment. No brainer double dip.

[#1dvdfan]

THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (There was a cast reunion not all was present Diane Franklin to mention was not,this year so maybe hopes for a special edition down the raod.)

GHOSTBUSTERS I & II (THESE FILMS HAVE SO MANY DELTED/EXTENDED SCENES)

BREAKFAST CLUB (I WANT ALL THE DELETED/EXTENDED SCENES)

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (WHERE IS MY EXTENDED VERSION?)

BETTER OFF DEAD....
TERROR VISION
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
UNCLE BUCK
CARRER OPERTUNITIES
NIKITA
LEON THE PROFESSIONAL
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
MARS ATTACKS
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
WHERE THE HEART IS
CLOSER
V FOR VENDETTA
PHANTASM II
PHANTASM IV

[mwhetzel]

are there any editions besides barebones of Goonies or LA Confidential?


What happened to Kill Bill: the Whole Bloody Affair also?

[ChickFlick]

are there any editions besides barebones of Goonies or LA Confidential?


What happened to Kill Bill: the Whole Bloody Affair also?


As far as I know (at least in Region 1) there was only one release of Goonies and LA Confidential, unfortunetly.

[NathanRomano]

Little Miss Sunshine

[Pirate Mike]

are there any editions besides barebones of Goonies or LA Confidential?


I wouldn't consider either of them barebones though they may not be 3 disk happy ending editions but Goonies has some nice special features like the video commentary. How many DVD's have that?

Thought of 2 more
Waterworld! This movie is so overdue for a SE treatment I'm dying for them to release the directors cut I saw on Starz! a few years back.

Needful Things- not Kings greatest adaptation but I've been waiting for the longer cut shown on TNT & TBS to show itself on shiny disk

[pg13myass]

300 - I know they came out with a 2-disc version but the 2nd disc didn't feel comprehensive enough. Most of it was standard EPK stuff, and the featurettes, as much as I love them, are just recycled from the website. It would have been nice to see them put more effort into the BHS footage. Especially the training. Want to see the performers painfully going through training.

V For Vendetta - Another 2-disc set that felt really bare.

The Fountain - I have the German version which is a really nice release but, I still feel like there was more behind it. I'm wishing for this one to get the Criterion treatment.

Children of Men - Didn't pick this up because I saw how bare-bones this release is. I will wait a bit longer.

The Rocketeer, True Lies, Mars Attacks, Dead Man, Ratatouille, Cars

Also, any of the old Jet Li & Jackie Chan movies from the 80s. I'm sure there is some footage of them on set doing choreography and stunts floating around somewhere! Unfortunately, the chinese don't know squat about releasing special editions and BTS features. The only decent releases I've seen for some are from Hong Kong Legends.

[Crimson_Kahuna]

All of Luc Besson's movies need a director's commentary. I don't think he's done a single one. Not even on the R2 French DVDs. Love the man's work.

[m_burlock]

Kill Bill
Shaun of the Dead
Drunken Master I and II

[Crimson_Kahuna]

.... what more do you want from a "Shaun of the Dead" DVD release? I think they've pretty much covered all the bases (although I think the R2 version has a few small extras). I'm not trying to downplay your wishes, but multiple commentaries, video diaries, and making of, sort of covers the bases. Strike back if you think I'm wrong, but I think it's taken care of.

Don't get me wrong. I love the movie, check my profile for pics of me, Simon and Nick.

All I'm saying about this is:

Please justify your wants for it. What's missing? As it stands, it's head and shoulders above many DVD releases. Got no problem if I'm wrong about this, just tell me why.


New ones:

World According To Garp

Razor's Edge

Both first major dramatic performances by the known comedians, but both show why they are more than Oscar worthy. At least 15 years before Lost In Translation Murry really shows his chops. Wish there was a director's commentary, and an actors commentary, plus making of and behind the scenes.

P. S. The super-hottie from this movie plays the wife if Sandman in Spiderman3. Good to see you again Theresa Russell! Man, I've got a hardon for her.

Crimson

[blk_flower]

braindead

come on Mr.Jackson look at all the lotr sets, a special edition of the frightners and now no SE of your zombie epic, where is it?

[Crimson_Kahuna]

Seconded!

Commentaries for Braindead & Meet The Feebles would be awesome! Not to mention an SE of Bad Taste!

[HoboJoeBob]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Original. That's all I can think of right now.



oh yeah and Tremors

[Crimson_Kahuna]

Tremors I can get down with, but TMNT? Really?

[Crimson_Kahuna]

Lair Of The White Worm


Anybody even seen this badass flick? Definately needs a retrospective, and commentary. Hough Grant, yeah pretty much plays a puss throughout his career, but this is where it begins. This movie is a seriously fun mindfck. Plus it's got mad hot boobies.

[mctor]

Any Given Sunday
Kill Bill
Amistad
Trainspotting
The fountain
Children of men
Beetlejuice
Wild Things
American History X
Basketball Diaries

[blk_flower]

A giant special edition jackie chan collection with
Drunken master 2
Supercop
First Strike
Rumble in the Bronx
and well anything besides from his newer American films, and please please include original language tracks I'm tired of seeing drunken master in English on the TV.

Then a giant Grindhouse box set with both films and trailers on 1 disc, then a 2nd disc with the same two films and trailers but have them the uncut versions or something, then extras on disc 3.
Release them in high def so that when I get to that stage I could easily trade them in.

[therealjohng]

The first and only thing that comes to mind:



http://www.craigerscinemacorner.com/Images/Mad_Max_2.jpg

[Crimson_Kahuna]

Oh dude, great call! It's been what? Like 2 years since the Mad Max SE at least. The Road Worrior needs a collector's edition NOW! Original behind the scenes, great retrospective with current interviews from the cast, director's commentary, and especially a commentary track by Mel for sure! (The last one is the clincher for a no brainer double dip!)

(and don't forget the digital remastering!)

[therealjohng]

Oh dude, great call! It's been what? Like 2 years since the Mad Max SE at least. The Road Worrior needs a collector's edition NOW! Original behind the scenes, great retrospective with current interviews from the cast, director's commentary, and especially a commentary track by Mel for sure! (The last one is the clincher for a no brainer double dip!)

(and don't forget the digital remastering!)


Actually I think it has a Blu Ray or HD DVD release, which pisses me off since there is no SE. Although I heard one is in the works.

[taxi_driver]

I haven't read through this topic so I don't know if these have been posted, but I would love to see a SE edition of The Fountain and sometime down the line a Director's Cut SE of The Assassination of Jesse James.

[Donnie_Darko]

Lots of good calls so far, but I won't repeat (that I know of)...

A little obvious coming from me, but...

Blair Witch Project - SE with the original 2hr20min festival cut, plus the theatrical cut with an additional cast commentary.

Christmas Vacation - pack it with as much shit as possible!

[AspectRatio1986]

Somebody probably already said it but The Goonies

[MidnightAngel]

Piranha
Death Race 2000(maybe they'll release a special edition due that the remake is released this year)
My Bloody Valentine
The Hunger
Best of the Best
Airport

[Cronos]

Evil Ed

[Lost in Space]

30 Days of Night when it comes ou

Beetlejuice

[Drag00n2019]

This is my very first post and it's a list. Quite suitable since I do enjoy making them. I'm an importer with a bias to my native signal format, NTSC. Even though I'm unsure as to how my Oppo 971H handles PAL signals as I'm yet to purchase any PAL DVD's. Those two being They Live and Starman S.E.'s from the UK. Ok, barring my own collection, here's the Special Edition, multi-disc, Director's Cut and what have you of whichever may apply in the listing below.
Here goes:

1492: Conquest of Paradise
Beetlejuice
Dick Tracy
True Lies
RoboCop 2
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
The NeverEnding Story
Rising Sun
Timecop
The Shadow
The Rocketeer
Always (1989)
WILLOW
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
DragonSlayer
Popeye: The Movie
Enemy Mine
Michael Collins

[Crimson_Kahuna]

Update:

30 Days Of Night: single disc (R1 US) Due 26th February 2008
- Looks pretty good on special features:

Commentary with Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Producer Rob Tapert
8 Behind the Scenes Featurettes Including: Pre-Production
The Vampire
Building Barrow
The Look
Blood, Guts & the Nasty #@$&!
Night Shoots
Stunts
Casting

But we might want to wait for this-

30 Days Of Night:Special Edition 2 DVD set with 48-page Graphic Novel & Slipcase (R2 UK)
Due 14 April 2008.
-This is 2 disc, but no specs are available for the 1st or 2nd disc right now, so we don't yet know if there are further extras not available on the R1 edition. Only that it also comes with with 48-page Graphic Novel & Slipcase exclusive to the set.

Also, some good news....

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Deluxe Edition
Due 6th April 2008
(R2 UK) Only specs released so far:
-commentary with Director Terry Gilliam and co-writer/actor Charles McKeown

Hopefully there will be more features. I was really wishing for a Criterion treatment for this, but I'll keep my fingers crossed that Sony Home Entertainment does this release justice. Cover art has yet to be released.

Update:

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (20th Anniversary Edition)
Due 8th April 2008
(R1 US) Specs according to JoBlo's DVD Clinic:
-Commentary with Director Terry Gilliam and Co-Writer/Actor Charles McKeown
-The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen: An all-new three-part documentary on the making of the film
-Storyboard Sequences with all-new vocal performances by Terry Gilliam and Chris McKeown
-Deleted Scenes
-Blu-ray Exclusive – Marvelous World of Munchausen Enhanced Graphics and Trivia

Cover Art:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0011E5M66/sr=1-2/qid=1202025359/ref=dp_image_0/105-2860383-3462028?ie=UTF8&n=130&s=dvd&qid=1202025359&sr=1-2[/IMG]

[bringtherain]

300's Special Edition sucked, with only a quick blaze over of the making of and virtually no look at the compositing.

Otherwise, I'd like to see better editions of:
Dumb and Dumber
The Game
We Were Soldiers
Casino Royale
The New Guy
Long Kiss Goodnight

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Demolition Man

[scottmushroom]

Sleepers (flip disc with half the movie on one side and half the other is unacceptable)

Timecop (I just want it in damn widescreen without having to buy the quad feature.)

Demolition Man (is it available without having to buy Over The Top with it?)

Spies Like Us (widescreen?)

Until a week or so ago I would have said LA Confidential but thats finally coming out.

There's probably some more but I cannot think of them.

[MidnightAngel]

Instead of a Special Edition or a Ultimate Edition i wish for a Criterion Collection edition of Battle Royale! :D

[joeyatog]

I agree on Demolition Man. It is available by itself but it's an OLD Warner crappy cardboard-snap case version. I actually just watched my copy of it about a month ago and the video quality is pretty lame on it. I would love to see a new transfer of it.

Also a new release of Notorious would be nice. The Criterion edition is LONG out-of-print!

[m_burlock]

~Grindhouse
~The Terminator
~300
~Friday the 13th 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
~John Woo's The Killer
~A Nightmare on Elm St. 2-7 (The same infinifilm treatment they gave the 1st one not too long ago)
~The Road Warrior
~Mad Max
~Good Guys Wear Black
~Total Recall (?)
~Halloween (One that's better than what's currently available)
~The Running Man
~Lethal Weapon
~Shaun of the Dead
~Dawn of the Dead ('04)
~Land of the Dead
~Diary of the Dead

[wisdomsword]

Demolition Man
Judge Dredd

and

True Lies !!! ( I want to see the Harry cheating scene with Juno).

[scottmushroom]

I would also like to see a R1 release of 1492. I don't care about extras or packaging, I just want the damn movie.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

INFINIFILM Nightmares 2-7 as mentionned.
Psycho
My Bloody Valentine
Lost Boys
Lord Of Illusions
Ginger Snaps 1-3 8-disc Box-Set please!
Dog Soldiers
Harold & Kumar 2
Creepshow is my number one on the NEEDS 2-Disc SLIPCASE RELEASE list.Then maybe a graphic novel or 20 would be nice.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

WAIT!!!Halloween 666:The Curse Of Michael Myers needs a 2-Disc containing both Producer's and Theatrical cuts as what MAY be developping!Lets cross our fingers.And yes,we better have THAT exact title on the box.