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| Author: | brenner [ 07 Apr 2012, 23:25 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Gene Shalit's Critics Choice | ||
I have these titles showing a film strip at the bottom of the cover with Gene Shalit: Double Indemnity The Plainsman A Touch Of Evil The Invisible Man International House The Wolfman Anyone know of other titles? Touch Of Evil is an example where they published both versions using the same number on the spine.
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| Author: | rein-o [ 08 Apr 2012, 03:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
i never kept a list of them but i do know they made a bunch. it was so hard to find some of the non shalit covers, just the encore edition which i think are cooler. |
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| Author: | ratkins [ 08 Apr 2012, 10:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
Add to the list: The Palm Beach Story The Lady Eve and that's it. They actually are Encore Series titles in that they were prepared by the same team and all have Theatrical Trailers with them. There were a lot of titles released on VHS of the Gene Shalit series and I think these were the most popular ones so they tried to keep the name to increase sales. In 1985/86 MCA released one Encore title per month. In 1987 they alternated months with the Gene Shalit's. After these 8 titles they only released their classic films in the Encore series and the ones they repressed, (Wolfman, Touch of Evil, ect..) were re-released under the Encore banner. Ron |
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| Author: | brenner [ 08 Apr 2012, 10:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
ratkins wrote: Add to the list: The Palm Beach Story The Lady Eve and that's it. They actually are Encore Series titles in that they were prepared by the same team and all have Theatrical Trailers with them. There were a lot of titles released on VHS of the Gene Shalit series and I think these were the most popular ones so they tried to keep the name to increase sales. In 1985/86 MCA released one Encore title per month. In 1987 they alternated months with the Gene Shalit's. After these 8 titles they only released their classic films in the Encore series and the ones they repressed, (Wolfman, Touch of Evil, ect..) were re-released under the Encore banner. Ron Great information. Thanks Ron. I have seen some VHS releases. But not all of the VHS versions were done in Laserdisc. |
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| Author: | ratkins [ 08 Apr 2012, 20:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
Most were eventually done but released as Encore titles. A few, like The Ipcress File were never released on laserdisc at all. Ron |
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| Author: | rein-o [ 09 Apr 2012, 05:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
wow, i can't believe they only release that few. i always wanted to keep the covers as encore editions myself but it's kind of cool that they only have some with shalit. |
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| Author: | brenner [ 12 Apr 2012, 01:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
So The Invisible Man (Critic's Choice version) is a completely different cover using the same number on the spine. Shouldn't there be a separate entry in the LDDb? |
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| Author: | rein-o [ 12 Apr 2012, 01:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
yep, all of these should be seprate since they have the same numbers. |
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| Author: | brenner [ 15 Oct 2012, 12:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
Jumping on my own dead thread. Yes, I am still working on this collection. What is puzzling is the Barcode number. Entry for Wolf Man, The (1941) [40031] at LDDb has 025192400315. My copy does not have the 5 at the end. Same with Lady Eve, The (1941) [40353]. LDDb has 025192403538 for a Barcode number. My copy has no 8 at the end. So my question is where is the extra digit coming from. Are there copies out there that have the full Barcode number listed on LDDb? |
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| Author: | publius [ 16 Oct 2012, 16:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
brenner wrote: Jumping on my own dead thread. Yes, I am still working on this collection. What is puzzling is the Barcode number. Entry for Wolf Man, The (1941) [40031] at LDDb has 025192400315. My copy does not have the 5 at the end. Same with Lady Eve, The (1941) [40353]. LDDb has 025192403538 for a Barcode number. My copy has no 8 at the end. So my question is where is the extra digit coming from. Are there copies out there that have the full Barcode number listed on LDDb? It's a check digit. It's calculated from the preceding 11 digits. So, although on early barcodes it wasn't actually present, its value is known. LDDb is set up to accept, I think, barcodes which are one digit short, but they may be displayed with the check digit, due to the way the 'barcode generator' application works. Either that or a later reissue with the same UPC had the check digit. |
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| Author: | brenner [ 17 Oct 2012, 13:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
publius, Thanks for the info. I thought something wasn't right. I submitted The Invisible Man to the LDDb and the pending submission says the barcode string is too short. The reprint Encore edition has a barcode of 025192230073. My Gene Shalit version has 02519223007. Can we assume the Shalit version has the 3 at the end? Here is my submission: http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/submit/50 ... %281987%29 |
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| Author: | nems [ 17 Oct 2012, 15:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
brenner wrote: My Gene Shalit version has 02519223007. Can we assume the Shalit version has the 3 at the end? Yes, a 3 at the end is correct. You can always confirm missing check digits via the Check Digit Calculator: http://www.upcdatabase.com/checkdigit.asp |
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| Author: | brenner [ 18 Oct 2012, 03:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
nems wrote: brenner wrote: My Gene Shalit version has 02519223007. Can we assume the Shalit version has the 3 at the end? Yes, a 3 at the end is correct. You can always confirm missing check digits via the Check Digit Calculator: http://www.upcdatabase.com/checkdigit.asp Wow. A Check Digit Calculator. Who would of thunk it. |
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| Author: | chente [ 26 Oct 2012, 04:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
Ratkins, Ipcress File was released on LD Ipcress File, The (1965) [RGL9642] It's pretty rare, though. One of the few Roans I don't own. |
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| Author: | ratkins [ 27 Oct 2012, 05:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
chente wrote: Ratkins, Ipcress File was released on LD Ipcress File, The (1965) [RGL9642] It's pretty rare, though. One of the few Roans I don't own. Wow, I've never seen it. Thank you for pointing it out. Universal must have lost the rights to it. Makes sense. Ron |
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| Author: | chente [ 27 Oct 2012, 06:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
ratkins wrote: chente wrote: Ratkins, Ipcress File was released on LD Ipcress File, The (1965) [RGL9642] It's pretty rare, though. One of the few Roans I don't own. Wow, I've never seen it. Thank you for pointing it out. Universal must have lost the rights to it. Makes sense. Ron There was one on Ebay yesterday. Probably still there, but it was going for $70 which is too much for my blood. |
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| Author: | brenner [ 27 Oct 2012, 10:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
chente wrote: ratkins wrote: chente wrote: Ratkins, Ipcress File was released on LD Ipcress File, The (1965) [RGL9642] It's pretty rare, though. One of the few Roans I don't own. Wow, I've never seen it. Thank you for pointing it out. Universal must have lost the rights to it. Makes sense. Ron There was one on Ebay yesterday. Probably still there, but it was going for $70 which is too much for my blood. $70 is steep indeed. The copy I keep seeing is $99.98. Colonelcorn has that one listed. Is there another copy? Ratkins- You collect all the Roans? |
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| Author: | cessnaace [ 01 Dec 2012, 05:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gene Shalit's Critics Choice |
chente wrote: Ratkins, Ipcress File was released on LD Ipcress File, The (1965) [RGL9642] It's pretty rare, though. One of the few Roans I don't own. Well, it was a limited edition and a late release to boot. The only Roan release I have on LD is the classic "Suddenly." STAY AWESOME! 
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