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Richard Valley	Stairway to Heaven	Lead	[-]
Posts: 54081 Mar 17 01 8:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I much prefer the title STAIWAY TO HEAVEN to the British A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, which is certainly to the point but rather too dry, eh, wot? What's the word on the Street about this film? Like it? Dislike it? Lukewarm about it?
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len2476buster	Re: Stairway to Heaven	#1	[-]
Posts: 7251 Mar 17 01 10:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Love it, love it, loooo-ove ittt!
Ken Hanke	Re: Stairway to Heaven	#2	[-]
Posts: 71497 Mar 18 01 1:23 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The word is I haven't seen it since 1977, but recall liking it a great deal.
nitesho	stairway to heaven	#3	[-]
Posts: 545 Apr 9 01 2:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"... AH! TECHNICOLOR!" Wonderful movie, rarely shown nowadays....where is the CRITERION disc of this classic?
Unregistered(d)	Stairway to Powell	#4	[-]
Posts: 0 Apr 13 01 4:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AMOLAD is the best Michael Powell film I've seen, just ahead of I Know Where I'm Going by a hair. AMOLAD is eccentric and very memorable...sorely due for re-release on video but fortunately occasionally broadcast on the AMC station in a very nice technicolor print.
len2476buster	Re: Stairway to Powell	#5	[-]
Posts: 7251 Apr 14 01 2:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got a copy about a year or so ago of STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN on VHS from Columbia Home Video, and I'm very happy with it. However, I've heard that an even better copy has been found - I think I'm correct in stating this - and hopefully, it may be out on DVD soon!
Richard Valley	Re: Stairway to Powell	#6	[-]
Posts: 54081 Apr 14 01 5:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I believe it IS out on DVD already. Anyone . . .?
Unregistered(d)	AMOLAD	#7	[-]
Posts: 0 Apr 14 01 7:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Definitely not out on DVD domestically. I'm not even sure if it was ever released on laserdisc...if so it must be an old pressing. I always use the website DVD Express for reference as they seem to list upcoming releases before anyone else does. When it IS announced I'll be first in line with a pre-order...
nitesho	STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#8	[-]
Posts: 545 Apr 16 01 9:45 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know it has been released on a budget label in ENGLAND....
Brian Norliss	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#9	[-]
Posts: 2737 Dec 12 01 11:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Speaking of Peewee Herman, I was surprised to see a naked boy sitting on a beach at the beginning of this movie. Didn't England have some sort of production code of its own about this sort of thing?
77Jerry	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#10	[-]
Posts: 4481 Dec 12 01 10:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Poor Pee-Wee. As for production codes in England I assume there was some sort of equivalent to the US Hayes Code. My general impression is that England was perhaps a tad laxer in regards to sex/nudity (and most definitely laxer with non-sexual nudity such as you cite) while being more concerned than America with violence in movies. Seems that many a horror film that was passed easily in the U.S. was slapped with the X in Britain whereas I've seen many UK films from 50's, 60's and 70's that contain a certain amount of "casual" nudity. While our freedoms here in the US have allowed for the proliferation of hard-core pornography, in terms of general releases America has ALWAYS been more squeamish about nudity than Britain. The debacle with Eyes Wide Shut just confirms that this hasn't changed...
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freddybastion	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#11	[-]
Posts: 2774 Jan 22 02 5:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I LOOOVE this film (I was just given a lovely poster repro from the recent British re-issue), one of very few I can watch over and over without becoming bored. I'm told that it has been given not one, but two restorations. But still no DVD! Powell's films (even his 1930's quota-quickies) seem to be bathed in a serene, warm, natural light. I can't explain this, as he worked with several different cinematographers. Of course, there's much more to A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (In this case, I prefer the BRITISH title) than just visual splendor. The screenplay and performances are wonderful. I especially like the work of Roger Livesey (I want friends like that) and Marius Goring: "I joined in ze zo-called zecond germinale of ze zo-called gloriouz French Revoluzion." Little known (I think) trivia: In 1994 the film was adapted as a stage musical in Great Britain. It was supposedly pretty good. Though I doubt it would have a fighting chance against the film, I would love to have seen it.
Richard Valley	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#12	[-]
Posts: 54081 Jan 23 02 1:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've been looking for the DVD in the local emporiums, but have yet to find it. Guess I'll have to order it from . . . wait a minute; I can order it from Scarlet Street!
freddybastion	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#13	[-]
Posts: 2774 Jan 24 02 6:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Can you? IS it available?
Jim Donahue	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#14	[-]
Posts: 43 Mar 26 02 7:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My #1 favorite movie! This probably isn't much help, but I recall an online chat session with a rep from Columbia Home Video a while back, and he said that, yes, AMOLAD would find its way on to a Region 1 DVD eventually, but not anytime soon. The implication was 2003. Wish I still had the link to this, but I don't. I'd love to have a new copy of a British TV documentary that led to my obsession with the Archers. It was an episode of the South Bank Show tied in to Powell's first volume of memoirs, and made me want to run out and see every one his films. I recorded it off of New York's Ch. 13, and, unfortunately, the tape is pretty much shot. I even tracked down a copy of an original movie-tie-in book of AMOFAD (thank you, eBay)! Richard, did you end up buying the Region 2 DVD? How does it look? Jim
Richard Valley	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#15	[-]
Posts: 54081 Mar 26 02 9:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>>Richard, did you end up buying the Region 2 DVD? How does it look?<< Nope, never got it. I figure I can wait a year . . .
amanaplan1	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#16	[-]
Posts: 1453 Mar 20 05 3:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got it, uncut (as A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH), a few days ago from www.amazon.co.uk. It is REGION 2 ONLY! Cost me 16.69. (Amazon.co.uk also sells a paperback on the making of the film.)
amanaplan1	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#17	[-]
Posts: 1453 Aug 3 05 8:38 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's a beautiful Technicolor print. Carlton released it, although only in Region 2 (PAL).
Richard Valley	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#18	[-]
Posts: 54081 Aug 3 05 12:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm really surprised that there hasn't been a Region 1 release yet . . .
luluthebeast	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#19	[-]
Posts: 7857 Aug 3 05 3:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I checked Amazon and it's on pre-order with no firm date. I will be looking forward to this, though!
amanaplan1	Re: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN	#20	[-]
Posts: 1453 Aug 6 05 11:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You should be able to play it on any DVD player that's region-free, or has a region code hack you can find online.
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