Joenoir

DDHE Ltd have announced their acquisition of DVD rights to a substantial library of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment film and television classics, many of which have not been released before on DVD anywhere in the world.

The list of titles include collector’s films such as Bunny Lake is Missing, Albert Finney’s Gumshoe, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Kenneth More’s Father Brown, The Admirable Crichton and Jack Hawkins’ Gideon’s Day. While the bulk of the new DVD releases will concentrate on the 1960s and 1970s, DDHE will also be raiding the Sony vaults to uncover no less than six previously unavailable George Formby films.

For collectors of British studio Hammer’s titles there’s the first DVD release of The Gorgon, plus Camp on Blood Island, The Damned, Terror of the Tongs, The Stranglers of Bombay, Taste of Fear, Creatures the World Forgot, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, The Sword of Sherwood Forest, Maniac, Cash on Demand, Don’t Panic Chaps and Watch it Sailor.

Horror fans might also be pleased to hear about the long-awaited DVD release of Night of the Demon. Plans are unconfirmed as yet, but this release may well include the American cut of the film as well as the original British release and a number of specially commissioned features. As with many DDHE collector’s releases, fans can expect a detailed behind-the-scenes booklet by film and TV historian Marcus Hearn. Japanese monster movie Mothra will also be a forthcoming guilty treat for the genre aficionados.

Classic American films due for release included an eclectic mix featuring everything from Zero Mostel and Woody Allen’s The Front to Richard Widmark's The Long Ships and 1970s pop-rock sensation Godspell. All three of Dean Martin’s cult Matt Helm spy movies are also scheduled for release.

DDHE’s deal with Sony also extends to television series and mini-series, with Casey Jones, Roger Moore’s Ivanhoe, The Last Days of Pompeii and SF series Fantastic Journey and Dark Skies are all included in the package.

All the titles above are scheduled for release between August 2007 and April 2008, with specific dates and more detailed information on features to be announced closer to each individual release.

Posted by Dave Foster on 17-05-2007 12:30 (1537 views)

MrDrakesDuck

"I thought I had to shoot Germans, not chew 'em"

allen davies

Can you please tell me the titles of the Formby films ?

julian_craster

It would be nice to have more WARWICK films on DVD, especially some ANTHONY NEWLEY titles (IDLE ON PARADE, JAZZBOAT etc).
Sony have the rights to all the
Columbia/Warwick films.....How abour a 'Warwick Films Collection' ?


and IT'S TRAD DAD, please....

julian_craster

and IT'S TRAD DAD, please....

and the three Columbia British WW2 musical films of Vera Lynn.....

Rob Compton

Whilst all the above is wholly admirable, I might feel even more favourably inclined towards DDHE if they

1. sorted out their pretty dire web site: correcting some spellings would be a start

2. Got their dispatch processes working more quickly than they have currently - you have to wait ages... If Play and DVD.co.uk can do it, why can't DDHE?

rgds
Rob

tvden

I quite agree Rob I ordered Terminus from them on the 15th April my first order with them !!! it turned up yesterday after I had emailed them canceling it, I have also ordered at a later date The Saint Ist series and am still waiting, they wont reply to emails, it takes days for your order to appear on there site they are an ABSOLUTE Shower I will not be dealing with them again, I have bought of all the other major company's with no probs

Joenoir

I would imagine these would be the films George made for Columbia: South American George; Much Too Shy; Get Cracking; He Snoops to Conquer; Bell-Bottom George; I Didn't Do It; George in Civvy Street. If only six are released I don't know which one will be dropped.

Elliot J Huntley

What's the latest on this. I've only just seen this post and my pulse is racing.

EJH

Modular

When DDHE went into administration, and were subsequently bought out and re-branded as SHE, all the former agreements and contracts will have ended (including newly planned titles).

Nobody know at this time if SHE will renegotiate for these Sony-owned titles, but in my opinion (and it's just an opinion mind you), they probably won't - at least for the time being.