List of Movies to View

[Scott]

These are movies within my grasp in local rental form.

Layer Cake (based on recent post about it. Sounds good.)
The Devils Rejects
High Tension
Orange County
The Royal Tannenbaums
Underworld (before the sequel comes out)
Run Lola Run
So Close
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Saw
The Grudge
Oceans Eleven (the remake)
King of the Death Matches (from Japan)
Lonesome Dove (VHS)
The Train Robbers (VHS)
Diobolique (VHS)

My Elusive Film List (Films I can't seem to get a hold of)

El Topo
Faster p***ycat Kill Kill
Face to Face (Spaghetti Western)
Race With the Devil
The Hunting Party
The Grand Duel (Lee Van Cleef)
El Condor (Lee Van Cleef)
The Last Hard Men
A Town Called Hell
The Nightcomers
Land Raiders
Tepepa

My Source for Movies right now is:

TCM
Encore Channels
HBO
Showtime
AMC
FLIX
Sundance Channel

Blockbuster Video (a dozen coupons rent one get one free)

20 Cheapie  $1 Dollar DVD's waiting to be viewed on my shelve.
25 Kung Fu VHS's without a VHS player to play them on.

Found a neat DVD rental store that has an excellent looking and large Asian Cinema section, but haven't rented from them yet, because they want the first rental to be from a credit card to verify that you card is active. Store policy. Haven't tried it yet. I don't like giving out my credit card especially to a local store that just flew in. I'm sure they are fine and maybe next year I'll join them.

This is it till I can get back to Netflix sometime next year. Netflix has about 200 films that I wouldn't mind looking at.

[ulthar]

Scott, there is no doubt in my mind that you are KING of this board.  I think you watch more movies in a given time (say a week) than any three of us put together.

(Oh yeah, I MIGHT get to see one per day, but they are usually Hello Kitty, Finding Nemo, The Tigger Movie, etc)

:)

[LilCerberus]

A few of the titles on your Elusive Film List can be found at Xploitedcinema.com.

El Topo
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/search.asp?search=El+Topo&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=6

Faster p***ycat! Kill! Kill!
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/search.asp?search=FASTER+p***yCAT&SUBMIT.x=4&SUBMIT.y=5

Face to Face
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=4733
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=2328

The Grand Duel
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=5592

Nightcomers
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=761

Tepepa
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=2687

These are imports, so they may or may not be compatable with older US Region1 players, but I haven't had any serious player issues with the Region0 & Region2 DVDs.
As for not wanting to give out your credit card #, Xploited Cinema accepts personal checks & money orders, which is handy for me because I don't have a credit card.
Hope it helps.

[Menard]

I've tried that with Scott before. He doesn't want to spend the money; he wants to rent them. Who can blame him; with the number of movies he watches in any given month it would take a small fortune to buy them, especially import DVDs.

The lowest price I have found for El Topo, other than searching eBay for a DVD-R copy, is $9.99 on vhs from an Amazon.com seller, which can be found here.

Here's an idea (probably need to start a new Scott tribute thread for this....heh..heh). Anybody who has a copy of one or more of the rare titles Scott is trying to find, and who has the capability to do such, make a copy on VHS or DVD and send it to Scott. Any takers?

[Menard]

I could swear that I have seen A Town Called Hell on a budget DVD. Like either a dollar DVD or one of these cheap double-feature DVDs. I'll check into that and see what I can find.

[LilCerberus]

Menard Wrote:
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> I've tried that with Scott before. He doesn't want
> to spend the money; he wants to rent them. Who can
> blame him; with the number of movies he watches in
> any given month it would take a small fortune to
> buy them, especially import DVDs.
>

Makes sense. I've got a few stacks around here that I haven't gotten to yet.

> Here's an idea (probably need to start a new Scott
> tribute thread for this....heh..heh). Anybody who
> has a copy of one or more of the rare titles Scott
> is trying to find, and who has the capability to
> do such, make a copy on VHS or DVD and send it to
> Scott. Any takers?
>

I've got a copy of the Red River VHS release of El Topo that I picked up at a swap meet a few years ago. It's pretty low quality & missing a few scenes, and my VCR chewed it up in a couple of places.

Speaking of which, I recall hearing at the Jodorosky forum Yahoo group that Kline & Jodorosky had finally reached a settlement, but I don't recall if there was any word on an official release yet.
Of course, even if there were an official DVD or VHS release, I'm not sure how many stores would actually cary it, considering Brontis spends the first thirty minutes wearing only a hat.
But that's a topic for another thread.

[Menard]

I believe the copies of El Topo they have on Amazon is the Red River distribution, which is the same one I have. It is a little muddy and the sound could be better.

[Menard]

The Grand Duel is available on a Platinum DVD with 3 other Lee Van Cleef Westerns. You can find it here.

The review on the page is mine, so don't forget to vote 'yes'. (:

[ThadC]

Scott,

I have some of the movies on CDR:
The Devils Rejects
High Tension
Underworld
Run Lola Run
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Diobolique
Oceans Eleven (the remake)
The Grudge

They are on an .avi format. I could send them to you if you want them. They play well on a DIVX player.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Scott,

I have most of the films you want to rent on DVD, but my DVD burner is shot for the time being.  I'll send you an email when I have it up and running.  I'd be more than willing to help out.

[Scott]

Wow, thanks for the offers. Like Menard said I don't want to purchase unless it's for like under $4.00 and I don't have a VHS player anymore. Would be awesome to get copies of:

El Topo
Faster p***ycat Kill Kill
Face to Face (Spaghetti Western)
Race With the Devil
The Hunting Party
The Grand Duel (Lee Van Cleef)
El Condor (Lee Van Cleef)
The Last Hard Men
A Town Called Hell
The Nightcomers
Land Raiders
Tepepa

And I would be more than willing to share the titles above with others if I received copies.

ThadC not sure I can do that on my computer, but thank anyway.

Oh, and Ulthar I've never been a King before. This is truely wonderful.

[ThadC]

Hey Scott,
You should be able to use Divx on your PC. Go to the web page, and try it. I downloaded the free version on my crap box laptop, and it worked just fine. Actually any video file player should work. I burn my disks as data files to save a little room. I compress the files with a Divx converter, so they work better on that, but my windows player works also. If you want them to try, I can ship the copies to you. I have a 500 pack of blank disks just sitting around. In a few weeks when my new PC is delivered I will be able to burn DVD in a zone free format. At the moment I have over 200 movies, and TV shows on an external HD.

[The Burgomaster]

These are movies within my grasp in local rental form.

High Tension - Bought the DVD a couple of weeks ago.  Recommended.
Run Lola Run - I've had this in my collection for a few years.  Interesting concept, fast paced, and enjoyable.
Saw - I bought the uncut version a few weeks ago.  Pretty good, but not great.  Has a few nice twists.
Oceans Eleven (the remake) - I like both the original and the remake.  
The Train Robbers - I haven't seen this one in about 20 years.
Diobolique - The original, I assume?  I have it on DVD and it's great.

My Elusive Film List (Films I can't seem to get a hold of)

Race With the Devil - I have the DVD.  One of my "guilty pleasures."  I love the ending.
The Hunting Party - I have the DVD.  Solid, violent western, but I can see why some people might not like it.
 

[Scott]

I'll take a look at the DIVX when I get a chance. Thanks.

Burgomaster I know you have mentioned both THE HUNTING PARTY and RACE WITH THE DEVIL during the past year.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Scott Wrote:
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> These are movies within my grasp in local rental
> form.
>
> Layer Cake (based on recent post about it. Sounds
> good.)
> The Devils Rejects
> High Tension
> The Royal Tannenbaums
> Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy


Scott,

Got the DVD burner working.  Let me know if you want these films, they are ones I currently have in my posession.  Keep in mind though that my copy of Rejects ia screener DVD and that my copy of High Tension is a Korean cut of the film so it's not uncut.

Email me at "george@sipen.com" if you want any of these.