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vedderstapp · 05-15-2002, 07:49 AM

I was thinking about this yesterday, and was wondering if there's any films that people think will never make it on to DVD. For me, I think things like Married..... With Children and Cheers won't ever come out.

Ravenous · 05-15-2002, 08:06 AM

MWC better come out dammit! I know peopel who will get this, no question

But I want the Chuck Norris classic, and hit, Firewalker! I love this movie and my VHS is getting very worn out.

Pyrosecht · 05-15-2002, 08:45 AM

All of Pauly Shore's movies.

Sorcerer · 05-15-2002, 09:14 AM

Normally I'd fear no such thing. If the market is anything like VHS, there will be opportunities for everything. Blockbusters, indie cult films, 50's nudist colony flicks...

That said I'm worried about ED WOOD. I heard that the reason it hasn't shown up on this medium yet was that it was on Divx, under a contract that said it couldn't be released to the rival medium. I hope someone fixes that soon...

vedderstapp · 05-15-2002, 10:18 AM

Hasn't Ed Wood been announced already?

George McFly · 05-15-2002, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vedderstapp
Hasn't Ed Wood been announced already?

Yes it has been

Velvet G · 05-15-2002, 11:31 AM

Private School, an old horror spoof called Student Bodies, 8 Days a Week, The Color of Friendship (Disney), a re-release of The Prince of Darkness (actually quite pissed it's out of print)

fischerj · 05-15-2002, 11:50 AM

"What's Up Doc?"

Prancer · 05-15-2002, 12:02 PM

Hmmm..........Lets see, here are some that I fear may not see it to DVD:

Flashdance
Horseman on theRoof
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Kiss Me Goodbye
Max Dugan Returns
Once Bitten
Ridicule
Santa Sangre
The Reflecting Skin
The Money Pit
The Quiet Earth

AAaaand last but certainly not least: What's Up Doc?

dvds'r'us · 05-15-2002, 12:14 PM

The Stupids
The Joyriders
The Man Who Wasn't There

Damian · 05-15-2002, 12:20 PM

I'm STILL waiting on that classic Patrick Swayze flick....ROAD HOUSE!

run1 · 05-15-2002, 12:47 PM

Once upon a time in america

BWilliams · 05-15-2002, 01:10 PM

Here's a few films I think will probably never see the light of day on DVD:

- Superman II Special Edition (with all of the lost Marlon Brando scenes and other scenes directed by Richard Donner before Donner was fired and replaced by Richard Lester, though some of those scenes made it to the extended TV version)
- Superman IV (the complete 134-minute version)
- Schindler's List
- Grease
- Saturday Night Fever

Now as for what should have never seen the light of day on DVD to begin with:

- anything by those pitiful "moviemakers" Trey Parker :barf: , Matt Stone :barf: , and Kevin Smith :barf:

Marq · 05-15-2002, 01:23 PM

- Freaks and Geeks (TV): definately fear this great TV show will never get its first (and only) season released on DVD. I loved this show and was devastated when NBC cancelled it . I heard A&E was trying to put together a DVD but that didn't pan out. the music rights issues alone might prevent this from seeing the light, as each episode included several classic songs, mostly from the late 70s, early 80s.

- Undelcared (TV): see Freaks and Geeks, but substitute NBC with FOX.

- Death Spa : nuff said

- Trust : love this Hal Hartley film, unlike DVD distributers

- Lost Highway and Wild at Heart : I'm actually pretty hopeful these will get released. Not sure exactly when though.... soon please!

- Hoop Dreams : perfect documentary

- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills : see Hoop Dreams

- The Thin Blue Line: see Hoop Dreams

- Short Cuts : not sure what the hold up is on this masterpiece

- Repulsion : I'd love to see Criterion release this great Roman Polanski film. Seems unlikely though.

- Palookaville : never saw this film, but would love the opportunity

- Laws of Gravity: see Palookavile

- Living in Oblivion : oblivion is where the plans for the DVD seem to exist

- Krush Goove , Beat Street, Breakin' , and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo : need more early hip-hop culture movies on DVD!!!!

- Glengarry Glen Ross: I keep hearing rumours, but keep getting disappointed by a lack of foreseable release.

- Freaks: another title I'd love to see Criterion do

- Day for Night, and Blow-Up: see Freaks

I could keep going, but I'll stop for now

chrisw · 05-15-2002, 01:33 PM

Hi,

There is a horror movie from 1972 called The Other about twin brothers: one evil, one good. Great movie. It never made it to laserdisc, and I hold out very little hope for dvd. I have the VHS tape. I work in an A/V section, and we are planning to buy a dvd recorder. This will be the first movie I record! I think it will be the only way to ever get it on dvd.

Others I am STILL waiting for are all Warner titles that I have on laserdisc, but would rebuy if they had extras:

-All the Barbra Striesand films (What's Up, Doc? imparticular, and as mentioned by someone else)
-Wait Until Dark..
and most of their older, vintage titles. They took centuries to get them to laserdisc, so I guess it will take just as long for dvd. What is wrong with them??

Saturday Night Fever IS coming out this year, but Grease is STILL tied up in legal music rights so I hear. Eventually we will see it, but who knows when. The LD goes for MAJOR bucks on ebay!

Mostly everything else that is odd that I want has been released, so I guess I am lucky.

Thanks, and have a great day!

Chris

slymer · 05-15-2002, 01:33 PM

North Shore. Why isn't this movie out? It's a classic.
I'm worried man! I'm worried!

05-15-2002, 01:35 PM

Song of the South

Also-
The Thin Man Series
The Andy Hardy Series
Lots of WB's classic b-film noirs
Hullabaloo (starring Frank Morgan, not the tv show)

chiprocks1 · 05-15-2002, 01:44 PM

The one movie that I can think of never being released and want on DVD is:

Three o'clock High

I love this movie!!!!.....It's basically film school in one movie. You gotta love all the camera moves...lol.

Oh yeah....great fight scene at the end

Too bad my copy on VHS is about finished. Release it already!!!

Peace out:thumb

Drexl · 05-15-2002, 02:05 PM

the original versions of Star Wars: Episodes 4-6

the uncut version of Greed (really, I think that one's a lost cause

)

SilentFace · 05-15-2002, 02:08 PM

An Adult Swim DVD.....in volumes

tripps · 05-15-2002, 02:11 PM

Nothing!

With my Mac's "Superdrive" and a DV camcorder, anything I can find on tape or LD can be converted to DVD. Quality might not be so great... but, hey...

Beware_the_Creeper · 05-15-2002, 02:31 PM

Space: Above & Beyond - the one-season FOX tv show in a box set of all uncut episodes...

Kolchak: the Night Stalker - the series episodes in a one-shot boxset...

Thriller - either two seperate season boxsets or one large boxset to go with my The Veil boxset

any Abbot & Costello features that haven't been released yet - most importantly Hold that Ghost, Who Done It?, ...Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, ...Meet the Invisible Man, ...Meet Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde, and Time of Their Lives...

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken - a classic Don Knotts thriller-comedy. The organ music playing in this still creeps me out more than those crappy Haunting, House on Haunted Hill, and Thir13een Ghosts remakes...

a full anamorphic widescreen edition of Private Eyes - a thriller-comedy with Don Knotts and Tim Conway...

an anamorphic special edition of A Fish Called Wanda with an audio commentary with John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Palin...

The Missionary with Michael Palin...

an anamorphic special edition of Scream...

and the following tv series on DVD in season-based boxsets: Night Court, Three's Company, Knight Rider, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

The Creeper

Lord Crumb · 05-15-2002, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BWilliams
Now as for what should have never seen the light of day on DVD to begin with:
- anything by those pitiful "moviemakers" Trey Parker :barf: , Matt Stone :barf: , and Kevin Smith :barf:

BWilliams, what is your problem? Why do you feel the need to CONSTANTLY bash these filmmakers every chance you get? You don't like them? SO WHAT! We know, already!!! You've posted the same statement numerous times. Time to give it a rest.

Back on topic, I'm worried about the following not making it to DVD:

-BLOODBATH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH (a great horror parody starring the great Vincent Price)
-BETTER OFF DEAD (IMO the best John Cusak movie)
-I know there are others, I just can't think of them right now. I need to go through my very small vhs collection...

Beware_the_Creeper · 05-15-2002, 02:52 PM

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BETTER OFF DEAD (IMO the best John Cusak movie)
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I thought that Better off Dead already had a release date. It's listed in Amazon as coming out July 16th of this year.

The Creeper

The Riddler · 05-15-2002, 02:58 PM

Fright Night II - I don't feel complete without this one in my collection.

Phantasm II & III - Both under Universal....c'mon Universal.

Cemetary Man - Michele Soavi's horror classic starring a very young Rupert Everett. Great love scene where he's lickin' some girls' cooty at a cemetary!

Lord Crumb · 05-15-2002, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beware_the_Creeper
I thought that Better off Dead already had a release date. It's listed in Amazon as coming out July 16th of this year.

Thanks for the info!
BUT IT'S NOT A S.E.!!! Grrrrrrr......

BWilliams · 05-15-2002, 03:33 PM

Their movies are not fit to watch, period. Truth is truth, facts are facts. If the truth bothers you, I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is. Let's leave it at that.

tripps · 05-15-2002, 03:39 PM

You're saying your opinion concerning certain filmmakers is actually truth/fact? Sorry, that sounds a wee bit delusional.

coffeeman · 05-15-2002, 03:54 PM

heres my list:
barfly
henry fool
battle royale-region 1
to live and die in l.a.
kafka
homicide: life on the street
don't look now
el topo
trust
last house on the left
the hills have eyes
cemetary man

i'm sure i'm forgetting some, but these'll do for now.

manigrasso · 05-15-2002, 04:11 PM

I'll second Song of the South, for sure.

Night Gallery eps

SNL with the original cast in box sets (I like that E! is repeating 60-minute versions of the shows, but thos entertainment headlines they throw at the bottom of the screen really steams my clams. "Excuse me, this is television history. If Liz Taylor is selling her wedding gowns on ebay, I can wait until 8 or later to find this out. Leave SNL alone!)

Battle Royale (I believe it's omcing out in R1, but I'll believe it when I see it)

Orca (come on! A killer whale with a vendetta against Richard Harris! Jaws 4 basically is a ripoff of Orca, which was a ripioff of Jaws!)

I'll also second Phantasm 2 and 3...someone call Anchor Bay, stat!

Electric Dreams-probably another movie that'll be a music rights nightmare

A Polish Vampire in Burbank

Piranha II: The Spawning

Napoleon

oh, & bwilliams' comments on Parker/Stone & K Smith are like mosquito bites: ignore them and they'll stop being so goddamn irritating.

HomeTheater911 · 05-15-2002, 04:34 PM

I think they are called.

Mr. Boogidy

The Bride of Boogidy

I think they are Disney movies from a long time ago. I would even be happy with VHS versions of these movies. But Laserdisc would be way better.

Has anyone else heard of these?

05-15-2002, 07:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
vedderstapp Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: London, England	Films you fear will never make it on to DVD I was thinking about this yesterday, and was wondering if there's any films that people think will never make it on to DVD. For me, I think things like Married..... With Children and Cheers won't ever come out. __________________ My DVD Collection: http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=vedderstapp

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Ravenous Actor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Antonio. TX	MWC better come out dammit! I know peopel who will get this, no question But I want the Chuck Norris classic, and hit, Firewalker! I love this movie and my VHS is getting very worn out. __________________ Eat Me! Damn, way too many DVDs

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Pyrosecht Do not trade with this user Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, GA	All of Pauly Shore's movies. __________________ pyrosecht's DVDs

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vedderstapp Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: London, England	Hasn't Ed Wood been announced already? __________________ My DVD Collection: http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=vedderstapp

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fischerj Actor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Michigan	"What's Up Doc?" __________________ "A man's fate is a man's fate -- and life is but an illusion." My Collection

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Sorcerer Actor Join Date: Nov 2001	Normally I'd fear no such thing. If the market is anything like VHS, there will be opportunities for everything. Blockbusters, indie cult films, 50's nudist colony flicks... That said I'm worried about ED WOOD. I heard that the reason it hasn't shown up on this medium yet was that it was on Divx, under a contract that said it couldn't be released to the rival medium. I hope someone fixes that soon...

05-15-2002, 11:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
Velvet G Actor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Asteroid M (sometimes the philly suburbs when it gets too hot)	Private School, an old horror spoof called Student Bodies, 8 Days a Week, The Color of Friendship (Disney), a re-release of The Prince of Darkness (actually quite pissed it's out of print)

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Prancer Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD-USA	Hmmm..........Lets see, here are some that I fear may not see it to DVD: Flashdance Horseman on theRoof Jumpin' Jack Flash Kiss Me Goodbye Max Dugan Returns Once Bitten Ridicule Santa Sangre The Reflecting Skin The Money Pit The Quiet Earth AAaaand last but certainly not least: What's Up Doc? __________________ "I hope that when the world ends, I can breathe a sigh of relief because there will be so much to look forward to…”

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dvds'r'us Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: St. Louis Area	The Stupids The Joyriders The Man Who Wasn't There __________________ Dave Matthews Band Forever! 31 Shows And Counting! 20,000 Miles travelled...Shows Seen

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Damian My dad can beat up your dad. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Mississippi	I'm STILL waiting on that classic Patrick Swayze flick....ROAD HOUSE!

05-15-2002, 12:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
run1 Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norway	Once upon a time in america __________________ My ever-growing collection "You cannot eat plutonium" -Colin Powell

05-15-2002, 01:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
BWilliams Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Jackson, MS, USA	Here's a few films I think will probably never see the light of day on DVD: - Superman II Special Edition (with all of the lost Marlon Brando scenes and other scenes directed by Richard Donner before Donner was fired and replaced by Richard Lester, though some of those scenes made it to the extended TV version) - Superman IV (the complete 134-minute version) - Schindler's List - Grease - Saturday Night Fever Now as for what should have never seen the light of day on DVD to begin with: - anything by those pitiful "moviemakers" Trey Parker :barf: , Matt Stone :barf: , and Kevin Smith :barf: __________________ "The Force is strong with this one."

05-15-2002, 01:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
Marq Actor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ottawa	- Freaks and Geeks (TV): definately fear this great TV show will never get its first (and only) season released on DVD. I loved this show and was devastated when NBC cancelled it . I heard A&E was trying to put together a DVD but that didn't pan out. the music rights issues alone might prevent this from seeing the light, as each episode included several classic songs, mostly from the late 70s, early 80s. - Undelcared (TV): see Freaks and Geeks, but substitute NBC with FOX. - Death Spa : nuff said - Trust : love this Hal Hartley film, unlike DVD distributers - Lost Highway and Wild at Heart : I'm actually pretty hopeful these will get released. Not sure exactly when though.... soon please! - Hoop Dreams : perfect documentary - Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills : see Hoop Dreams - The Thin Blue Line: see Hoop Dreams - Short Cuts : not sure what the hold up is on this masterpiece - Repulsion : I'd love to see Criterion release this great Roman Polanski film. Seems unlikely though. - Palookaville : never saw this film, but would love the opportunity - Laws of Gravity: see Palookavile - Living in Oblivion : oblivion is where the plans for the DVD seem to exist - Krush Goove , Beat Street, Breakin' , and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo : need more early hip-hop culture movies on DVD!!!! - Glengarry Glen Ross: I keep hearing rumours, but keep getting disappointed by a lack of foreseable release. - Freaks: another title I'd love to see Criterion do - Day for Night, and Blow-Up: see Freaks I could keep going, but I'll stop for now

05-15-2002, 01:33 PM	#15 (permalink)
chrisw Actor Join Date: Oct 2001	Hi, There is a horror movie from 1972 called The Other about twin brothers: one evil, one good. Great movie. It never made it to laserdisc, and I hold out very little hope for dvd. I have the VHS tape. I work in an A/V section, and we are planning to buy a dvd recorder. This will be the first movie I record! I think it will be the only way to ever get it on dvd. Others I am STILL waiting for are all Warner titles that I have on laserdisc, but would rebuy if they had extras: -All the Barbra Striesand films (What's Up, Doc? imparticular, and as mentioned by someone else) -Wait Until Dark.. and most of their older, vintage titles. They took centuries to get them to laserdisc, so I guess it will take just as long for dvd. What is wrong with them?? Saturday Night Fever IS coming out this year, but Grease is STILL tied up in legal music rights so I hear. Eventually we will see it, but who knows when. The LD goes for MAJOR bucks on ebay! Mostly everything else that is odd that I want has been released, so I guess I am lucky. Thanks, and have a great day! Chris

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slymer Actor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Slums of Escondido	North Shore. Why isn't this movie out? It's a classic. I'm worried man! I'm worried! __________________ "Look into my eye"

05-15-2002, 01:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
frulad	Song of the South Also- The Thin Man Series The Andy Hardy Series Lots of WB's classic b-film noirs Hullabaloo (starring Frank Morgan, not the tv show)

05-15-2002, 01:44 PM	#18 (permalink)
chiprocks1 Actor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Diego, CA	The one movie that I can think of never being released and want on DVD is: Three o'clock High I love this movie!!!!.....It's basically film school in one movie. You gotta love all the camera moves...lol. Oh yeah....great fight scene at the end Too bad my copy on VHS is about finished. Release it already!!! Peace out:thumb

05-15-2002, 02:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
Drexl Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	the original versions of Star Wars: Episodes 4-6 the uncut version of Greed (really, I think that one's a lost cause )

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SilentFace Actor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Orleans, La.	An Adult Swim DVD.....in volumes

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tripps Actor Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Michigan	Nothing! With my Mac's "Superdrive" and a DV camcorder, anything I can find on tape or LD can be converted to DVD. Quality might not be so great... but, hey... __________________ ~sometimes my arms bend back~

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Beware_the_Creeper Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Longmeadow, MA, USA	Space: Above & Beyond - the one-season FOX tv show in a box set of all uncut episodes... Kolchak: the Night Stalker - the series episodes in a one-shot boxset... Thriller - either two seperate season boxsets or one large boxset to go with my The Veil boxset any Abbot & Costello features that haven't been released yet - most importantly Hold that Ghost, Who Done It?, ...Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, ...Meet the Invisible Man, ...Meet Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde, and Time of Their Lives... The Ghost & Mr. Chicken - a classic Don Knotts thriller-comedy. The organ music playing in this still creeps me out more than those crappy Haunting, House on Haunted Hill, and Thir13een Ghosts remakes... a full anamorphic widescreen edition of Private Eyes - a thriller-comedy with Don Knotts and Tim Conway... an anamorphic special edition of A Fish Called Wanda with an audio commentary with John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Palin... The Missionary with Michael Palin... an anamorphic special edition of Scream... and the following tv series on DVD in season-based boxsets: Night Court, Three's Company, Knight Rider, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. The Creeper

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The Riddler Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Where Most "Fogies" Are Discounted & Votes Often Miscounted!	Mine are mostly horror..... Fright Night II - I don't feel complete without this one in my collection. Phantasm II & III - Both under Universal....c'mon Universal. Cemetary Man - Michele Soavi's horror classic starring a very young Rupert Everett. Great love scene where he's lickin' some girls' cooty at a cemetary! __________________ "What's Green, Sits in a bathtub & Whistles?"

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BWilliams Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Jackson, MS, USA	Their movies are not fit to watch, period. Truth is truth, facts are facts. If the truth bothers you, I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is. Let's leave it at that. __________________ "The Force is strong with this one." Last edited by BWilliams : 05-15-2002 at 09:27 PM.

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tripps Actor Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Michigan	You're saying your opinion concerning certain filmmakers is actually truth/fact? Sorry, that sounds a wee bit delusional. __________________ ~sometimes my arms bend back~

05-15-2002, 03:54 PM	#29 (permalink)
coffeeman Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Austin, Texas	heres my list: barfly henry fool battle royale-region 1 to live and die in l.a. kafka homicide: life on the street don't look now el topo trust last house on the left the hills have eyes cemetary man i'm sure i'm forgetting some, but these'll do for now.

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manigrasso Forum Sage Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ	I'll second Song of the South, for sure. Night Gallery eps SNL with the original cast in box sets (I like that E! is repeating 60-minute versions of the shows, but thos entertainment headlines they throw at the bottom of the screen really steams my clams. "Excuse me, this is television history. If Liz Taylor is selling her wedding gowns on ebay, I can wait until 8 or later to find this out. Leave SNL alone!) Battle Royale (I believe it's omcing out in R1, but I'll believe it when I see it) Orca (come on! A killer whale with a vendetta against Richard Harris! Jaws 4 basically is a ripoff of Orca, which was a ripioff of Jaws!) I'll also second Phantasm 2 and 3...someone call Anchor Bay, stat! Electric Dreams-probably another movie that'll be a music rights nightmare A Polish Vampire in Burbank Piranha II: The Spawning Napoleon oh, & bwilliams' comments on Parker/Stone & K Smith are like mosquito bites: ignore them and they'll stop being so goddamn irritating. __________________ manigrasso I used to have a little cropped mustache and wear brown shirts with swastika armbands. Then I read about this guy named "Hitler." Man, was my face red! No wonder why Inga was the only girl who'd go to Prom with me!

05-15-2002, 04:34 PM	#31 (permalink)
HomeTheater911 Actor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Escanaba, MI 49829	I think they are called. Mr. Boogidy The Bride of Boogidy I think they are Disney movies from a long time ago. I would even be happy with VHS versions of these movies. But Laserdisc would be way better. Has anyone else heard of these?