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Author:  lizardkingjr [ 07 Oct 2011, 16:40 ]
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - director Terry Gilliam (different from SONY's DVD/BD)
The Adventures of Robin Hood - film historian Rudy Behlmer (different from Warner's DVD/BD)
Bad Day at Black Rock - director John Sturges (different from Warner's DVD)
Blackmail - screenwriter Charles Bennett, additional material written by Laurent Bouzereau and spoken by Stuart Birnbaum
Boyz N The Hood - writer/director John Singleton (different from SONY's DVD/BD)
Bram Stoker's Dracula - director Francis Ford Coppola, visual effects supervisor Roman Coppola, makeup artist Greg Cannom (different from SONY's DVD/BD)
Carrie - screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen, De Palma expert Laurent Bouzereau
Casablanca - film historian Ronald Haver (different from Warner's DVD/BD)
Cat People - film historian Bruce Eder (different from Warner's DVD)
Crash - director David Cronenberg
Damage - director Louis Malle
Darling - director John Schlesinger (only for 1st hour)
Dead Presidents - co-directors Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, Dr. Todd Boyd, director of photography Lisa Rinzler, actors Larenz Tate and Keith David, and Ari Merretazon
Dr. No - film historian Bruce Eder, director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt, production designer Ken Adam
Evita - director Alan Parker
The Fisher King - director Terry Gilliam
From Russia with Love - Bond historian Steven Jay Rubin, director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt
Goldfinger - film historian Bruce Eder, director Guy Hamilton, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt, production designer Ken Adam (different from MGM's DVD/BD)
The Graduate - film scholar Howard Suber (different from MGM's DVD)
The Great Escape - director John Sturges, composer Elmer Bernstein, second unit director Robert E. Relyea, stuntman Bud Ekins, film historian Bruce Eder (different from MGM's DVD)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of star Robert Montgomery
High Noon - film scholar Howard Suber (different from Lionsgate/Artisan's DVD)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - film scholar Maurice Yacowar
It's A Wonderful Life - film scholar Jeanine Basinger
Jason and the Argonauts - special effects creator Ray Harryhausen, film historian Bruce Eder (different from SONY's BD)
King Kong - film historian Ronald Haver (different from Warner's DVD/BD)
The Magnificent Ambersons - film historian Robert Carringer
Menace II Society - two seperate tracks by co-directors Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (different from New Line's DVD/BD)
Midnight Cowboy - director John Schlesinger, producer Jerome Hellman (different from MGM's DVD/BD)
A Night at the Opera - film historian Leonard Maltin (different from Warner's DVD)
Othello - director/historian Peter Bogdanovich, Welles scholar Myron Meisel
Pink Flamingos - writer/director John Waters (different from New Line's DVD)
The Player - director Robert Altman, screenwriter Michael Tolkin, director of photography Jean Lepine (different from New Line's DVD/BD)
Polyester - writer/director John Waters (different from New Line's DVD)
The Prince of Tides (first pressing) - director Barbra Streisand
The Prince of Tides (second pressing) - director Barbra Streisand
The Princess Bride - director Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, producer Andrew Scheinman, actors Billy Crystal, Peter Falk (different from MGM's DVD/BD)
Sansho the Bailiff - art history professor Thomas Gunning (different from Criterion's DVD, which has Japanese literature professor Jeffrey Angles, instead)
Scaramouche - director George Sidney, actor Stewart Granger, film historian Dick Dinman
Se7en - director David Fincher, actors Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, production designer Arthur Max, special makeup effects designer Rob Bottin (different from New Line's DVD/BD)
She's Gotta Have It - writer/director Spike Lee, cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, sound designer Barry Brown, production supervisor Monty Ross
Shine - director Scott Hicks, actor Geoffrey Rush
Show Boat - musical theater expert Miles Kreuger
Singin' in the Rain - film historian Ronald Haver (different from Warner's DVD)
Some Like It Hot - film historian Howard Suber, actor Jack Lemmon (different from MGM's DVD/BD)
Sweet Sweetback's Baaadassssss Song - actor/director Melvin van Peebles
Swing Time - Astaire scholar John Mueller
Tootsie - director Sydney Pollack
Ugetsu - media artist and critic Norman Yonemoto, Mizoguchi expert Keiko MacDonald, Japanese film expert Donald Richie (different from Criterion's DVD, which has filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns, instead)
The Wizard of Oz - film historian Ronald Haver (different from MGM's Ultimate Oz LD and Warner's DVD/BD)

Feel free to make any additions/modifications/corrections.

TLK :cool:
Author:  admin [ 07 Oct 2011, 19:28 ]
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Great list! I made it a sticky post.

I will edit it to amend/append/modify its data if further is posted below.

Julien
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 16 Jun 2012, 19:27 ]
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It looks like The Game will be off of this list on September 25th:

http://www.criterion.com/films/28058-the-game

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TLK :cool:
Author:  nissling [ 08 Jul 2012, 10:21 ]
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Sansho the Bailiff has a commentary by Thomas Gunnning. The Dvd from Criterion has a commentary by Jeffrey Angles.
Author:  laserdiscoking [ 09 Jul 2012, 04:24 ]
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lizardkingjr wrote:
It looks like The Game will be off of this list on September 25th:

http://www.criterion.com/films/28058-the-game

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TLK :cool:


Looks like my Criterion The Game Laserdisc will be worth about $10 now :D
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 15 Jul 2012, 21:04 ]
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nissling wrote:
Sansho the Bailiff has a commentary by Thomas Gunnning. The Dvd from Criterion has a commentary by Jeffrey Angles.

Interesting. I'll have to check this out!

TLK :cool:

EDIT: It checks out! Change made! :D
Author:  nissling [ 27 Jul 2012, 10:01 ]
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Give it a watch if you ever get your hands on it, it's an amazing film.

EDIT: Seems like Ugetsu has different commentaries as well. The LD has a commentary by Donald Richie, Keiko McDonald, and Norman Yonemoto while the Dvd has a commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns. Great film as well.
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 12 Aug 2012, 02:36 ]
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nissling wrote:
Give it a watch if you ever get your hands on it, it's an amazing film.

EDIT: Seems like Ugetsu has different commentaries as well. The LD has a commentary by Donald Richie, Keiko McDonald, and Norman Yonemoto while the Dvd has a commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns. Great film as well.

Change made. Thanks! :thumbup:

TLK :cool:
Author:  Guest [ 07 Oct 2012, 14:55 ]
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lizardkingjr wrote:
It looks like The Game will be off of this list on September 25th:

http://www.criterion.com/films/28058-the-game

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TLK :cool:



The cover s look more s**t and s**t everyday :thumbdown:
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 08 Oct 2012, 18:11 ]
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nllaserdiscnl wrote:
The cover s look more s**t and s**t everyday :thumbdown:

Thanks for reminding me... The Game has been removed from the list.

TLK :cool:
Author:  remington [ 08 Oct 2012, 22:53 ]
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Is Robinson Crusoe On Mars the same commentary as the dvd/bd? I have both (dvd/LD) but never checked for differences.
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 09 Oct 2012, 02:27 ]
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remington wrote:
Is Robinson Crusoe On Mars the same commentary as the dvd/bd? I have both (dvd/LD) but never checked for differences.

I'll have to check it out. I have both the BD and the LD. I've always assumed that they were the same recording.

TLK :cool:
Author:  nissling [ 10 Oct 2012, 10:20 ]
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nllaserdiscnl wrote:
The cover s look more s**t and s**t everyday :thumbdown:


Indeed, I hate their new covers. They feel stone-dead and ugly. Just look at their new cover for 12 Angry Men, kind of reminds me of a terrible painting with Marylin Monroe. They were good in the old days, both on LD and Dvd (just a C don't go far). Also, their cover of Breathless on Dvd/BD would work out as Godard's tombstone. And The red shoes, seriously... It's ridicilous.
Author:  jdeavs [ 12 Oct 2012, 16:38 ]
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Doesn't the Criterion version of "This Is Spinal Tap" have a different commentary than the DVD releases? I have both, but haven't yet played through the commentaries.

This Is Spinal Tap: Special Edition #238 (1984) [CC1390L]

je
Author:  starman15317 [ 26 Nov 2012, 04:22 ]
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Which versions of the Bond laserdiscs have the commentaries? From this listing of From Russia With Love, I was under the impression that it's the versions with the smaller Criterion logo on the cover (the ones released in 1991), but both Criterion versions of Goldfinger have the commentary listed as a feature.
Author:  nissling [ 28 Nov 2012, 11:42 ]
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I'll look it up when I get home, I know I have Goldfinger by Criterion in CLV. But I remember that the commentary was released on a cassette-tape so you could synchronize the cassette-tape with the movie, interesting.

EDIT: Just tried it out and no, it doesn't have a commentary (which isn't a surprise). However, it has this included if someone is interested to read.

[Reveal] Spoiler:
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Author:  starman15317 [ 29 Nov 2012, 16:39 ]
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Interesting. So other than the cassettes (which I'm sure are hard to find) the commentaries are on the CAV versions. Thanks!
Author:  jjhunsecker [ 01 Dec 2012, 09:23 ]
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jdeavs wrote:
Doesn't the Criterion version of "This Is Spinal Tap" have a different commentary than the DVD releases? I have both, but haven't yet played through the commentaries.

This Is Spinal Tap: Special Edition #238 (1984) [CC1390L]

je

As I recall, on the "Special Edition" DVD the actors stay in character and do the commentary as the Spinal Tap band mates. On the Criterion LD Michael McKeon, Chris Guest, and Harry Shearer speak their commentary as themselves. Rob Reiner has a separate commentary track to himself, where he begrudgingly talks about the movie (he doesn't believe in commentaries because he thinks they spoil the magic of the movie). I think the Criterion commentary is much better.
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 25 Dec 2012, 04:08 ]
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starman15317 wrote:
Which versions of the Bond laserdiscs have the commentaries? From this listing of From Russia With Love, I was under the impression that it's the versions with the smaller Criterion logo on the cover (the ones released in 1991), but both Criterion versions of Goldfinger have the commentary listed as a feature.

It's the CAV versions. Spines 124 (not 124A), 131 (not 131A), and 132 (not 132A).

Dr. No: Special Edition #124 (1962) [CC1234L]
From Russia with Love: Special Edition #131 (1963) [CC1266L]
Goldfinger: Special Edition #132 (1964) [CC1267L]

TLK :cool:
Author:  lizardkingjr [ 24 Feb 2013, 23:31 ]
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For those of you interested, you can get The Princess Bride with the two exclusive commentary tracks on that four-lettered auction site relatively cheaply.

Princess Bride, The: Special Edition #320 (1987) [CC1472L]

TLK :cool:
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