The Mill Creek Buena Vista Blu-ray Bargain Bonanza Appreciation Thread
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WAVE 0 (March 22nd, 2011)
Note: Prior to this wave, Mill Creek provided no subtitles on its Buena Vista releases. Now Mill Creek offers English subtitles for all releases in addition to alternate audio tracks for French and Spanish speakers and the films' original theatrical trailers.
WAVE 5 (October 24th, 2012)
- Ernest Goes to Camp / Ernest Goes to Jail (double feature)
Technical Specifications: 1080i 2.35:1 (Ernest Goes to Camp) / 1080p 1.85:1 (Ernest Goes to Jail); DTS-HD MA 2.0, PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 2.0
- Another Stakeout
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 (Note: The film's original soundtrack is that of 5.1.) - Betsy's Wedding
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Big Business
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Consenting Adults
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Gross Anatomy
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - An Innocent Man
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Marrying Man
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Money For Nothing
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 (Note: The film's OAR is 2.40:1.) - My Father the Hero
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Straight Talk
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - V.I. Warshawski
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35:1; DTS HD-MA 4.0 - Ernest Goes to Camp
Technical Specifications: 1080i 2.35:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 (Note: The film, despite a lack of lossless audio like the double-feature, has a higher video bitrate.) - Ernest Goes to Jail
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 (Note: The film, despite a lack of lossless audio like the double-feature, has a higher video bitrate.) - Ernest Scared Stupid
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 - Holy Matrimony
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Last Dance
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Miami Rhapsody
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Play It To The Bone
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 (Note: The film's original soundtrack is that of 5.1.) - Scenes From a Mall
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - The Tie That Binds
Technical Specifications: 1080i 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 (Note: The film's original soundtrack is that of 5.1.) - The War at Home
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 (Note: The film's original soundtrack is that of 5.1.)
- Aspen Extreme
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Camp Nowhere
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.78:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Disorganized Crime
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Indian Summer
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0
Note: Prior to this wave, Mill Creek provided no subtitles on its Buena Vista releases. Now Mill Creek offers English subtitles for all releases in addition to alternate audio tracks for French and Spanish speakers and the films' original theatrical trailers.
- Before and After
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 5.1 - Born Yesterday
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 5.1 - D.O.A.
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Duets
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 5.1 - Gone Fishin'
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 5.1 - Holy Man
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35.1; DTS-HD MA 5.1 - Mr. Wrong
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 (Note: The film's original soundtrack is that of 5.1.) - New York Stories
Technical Specifications: 1080p 1.85:1; DTS-HD MA 2.0 - Terminal Velocity
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.40:1; DTS-HD MA 5.1 - White Squall
Technical Specifications: 1080p 2.35:1; DTS-HD MA 5.1
WAVE 5 (October 24th, 2012)
- Billy Bathgate / Blaze
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - Color of Night (Director's Cut) / Playing God
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - Deep Rising / The Puppet Masters
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - The Doctor / Stella
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - Father Hood / Life with Mikey
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - The Good Mother / Angie
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - Mafia! / The Crew
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - One Good Cop / A Stranger Among Us
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed - A Simple Twist of Fate / Unstrung Heroes
Technical Specifications: Unconfirmed
- Big Trouble (2002)
- Boys (1996)
- Crossing the Bridge (1992)
- Deceived (1991)
- First Do No Harm (1997)
- Funny Bones (1995)
- Green Card (1990)
- Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
- Hello Again (1987)
- Hope Springs (2003)
- Kazaam (1996)
- Mr. Destiny (1990)
- Mumford (1999)
- Nixon (1995; previously released by Buena Vista on Blu-ray)
- Oscar (1991)
- Prefontaine (1997)
- The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
- Roommates (1995)
- Spaced Invaders (1990)
- Summer of Sam (1999)
- Swing Vote (2008; previously released by Buena Vista on Blu-ray)
- Taking Care of Business (1990)
- Two Much (1996)
- The Wrong Guy (1997)
- The Associate (1996)
- Bad Company (1995)
- Blame It On the Bellboy (1992)
- Cabin Boy (1994)
- Celtic Pride (1996)
- Country (1984)
- Cradle Will Rock (1999)
- Feast of July (1995)
- Fire Birds (1990)
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
- Gun Shy (2000)
- High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
- The Inkwell (1994)
- Jefferson in Paris (1995)
- Just Visiting (2001)
- Kundun (1997)
- Mad Love (1995)
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
- My Science Project (1985)
- New Port South (2001)
- Paradise (1991)
- Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
- The Scarlet Letter (1995)
- The Sixth Man (1997)
- South Pacific (2001)
- A Thousand Acres (1997)
- Veronica Guerin (2003)
- Washington Square (1997)
- Where the Heart Is (1990)
Last edited by Matthew Chmiel; 08-30-12 at 06:27 PM.
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Damn, so it looks like only Another Stakeout is going on Blu-ray... Hopefully Buena Vista still owns it and plans on releasing it on BD in the future.
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It doesn't surprise me that they're going the bargain Blu-ray route with these titles as they did the same thing with these titles on DVD. Almost all of them when they finally saw a DVD release had an SRP of $9.99, were hard to come by, and varied in quality. Some were rehashes of old LD transfers, others were brand new anamorphic transfers. Who knows what the quality will be like here, but I'm sure knowing Mill Creek that this is just the beginning.
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I'll be in for a couple of those. If they do end up at $5 during sales, I'll probably be in for many more after future batches.
A number of Hollywood Pictures and Touchstone Pictures titles seemed to live in heavy rotation on TBS, TNT and various other channels (some still do). 'Taking Care of Business' was on during one of the free movie preview weekends recently and looked pretty good (Loryn Locklin also).
DVDAf seems to have a fairly comprehensive listing of these studios if one wants to browse them.
Hollywood Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
A number of Hollywood Pictures and Touchstone Pictures titles seemed to live in heavy rotation on TBS, TNT and various other channels (some still do). 'Taking Care of Business' was on during one of the free movie preview weekends recently and looked pretty good (Loryn Locklin also).
DVDAf seems to have a fairly comprehensive listing of these studios if one wants to browse them.
Hollywood Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
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V.I. Warshawski?
Haha. Never thought I'd see that getting a BD release. There's nothing listed I'm interested in.
Haha. Never thought I'd see that getting a BD release. There's nothing listed I'm interested in.
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According to Amazon it's Mill Creek.
By the same token, I'm not sure how high the quality standards – both in terms of transfer and features – are with Mill Creek's releases. It's the old you get what you pay for.
Originally Posted by davidlynchfan
Criterion should follow this method of pricing.
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I'll pick up Money For Nothing and My Father The Hero (which is dated for a 4/12 release). The price is right and I'm glad to see some lesser catalog titles getting some love.
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I'd love to get An Innocent Man.
Best line - "I'm gonna take that piece and fuck you with it, punk."
Classic.
Best line - "I'm gonna take that piece and fuck you with it, punk."
Classic.
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would love to see them do a release of Bicentenial Man since its probably not a title disney is in much of a rush to release themselves.
I wonder if they will also be licensing out some of the older live action disney films like they did with Anchor Bay back in the 1990s.
I wonder if they will also be licensing out some of the older live action disney films like they did with Anchor Bay back in the 1990s.
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pre ordered My father the hero, wonder if that dates accurate since all the others are set for may
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Yeah, I think Lionsgate probably got to pick what they wanted and then Max/Dimension took the leftovers to the highest bidder. I guess there must have been some preliminary deal with Anchor Bay that fell through, because early announcements were made from them as well. I wonder how much they were outbid? Anchor Bay would have probably done a great job with some of the genre titles. We probably would have seen the different versions to some of the films the Weinstiens hacked up over the years, we probably won't ever see them now.
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Yeah, I think Lionsgate probably got to pick what they wanted and then Max/Dimension took the leftovers to the highest bidder. I guess there must have been some preliminary deal with Anchor Bay that fell through, because early announcements were made from them as well. I wonder how much they were outbid? Anchor Bay would have probably done a great job with some of the genre titles. We probably would have seen the different versions to some of the films the Weinstiens hacked up over the years, we probably won't ever see them now.
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I'll take 1 new release @ $25 over any 5 titles @ $5 each listed in this thread, absolutely nothing I would ever want to watch, let alone buy... but here's to future releases that are more to my liking.