31/03/02, 11:54
Films lost to the vagueries of VHS:
Making Mr Right
Casual Sex?
The Smallest Show on Earth
The Pope Must Die
Dr Strangelove
Ben Elton’s Stark
Time Bandits
Edward Scissorhands
Dune
She Devil
The Man In The White Suit
Passport To Pimlico
Little Shop of Horrors
Alan Bleasdale – Self-Catering
Earth Girls are Easy
White Goods
Alan Bleasdale – Pleasure
High Spirits
The Battle of the Sexes
Two Way Stretch
Blue Steel
The Ladykillers
Gorky Park
The Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn.
Some Girls
Heavens above
Up the Creek
Only Two Can Play
The Mouse That Roared
Batteries Not Included
Monte Carlo or Bust
The Lavender Hill Mob
Eskimo Day
Rear Window
I Love a Man in Uniform
Mannequin
Bugs Bunny & Road Runner – The Movie
Alan Bleasdale – Requiem Apache
Sneakers
Withnail & I
Drop Dead Fred
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Her Alibi
Logans Run
Wilt
Love on a branchline
Some of these are still watchable, but some have failed completely. This is in some cases due to the fact that I couldn’t afford decent videotape when I was younger (Mmm, yum, International Brand, Oh look, it’s an Astor tape….). And to be fair some of these tapes are over 10 years old.
But as you can see, quite a lot of them aren’t available on DVD. I’ve actually spent some time tracking down some others on DVD – to replace failing videotape. Malcolm was one of them….
Only on release in Australia that one….
But early sellers stuff – and ‘not very popular stuff (Wilt for example) is very unlikely to come out on DVD….so I’ll have to wait and then capture it off tv…..not that it’s exactly shown often.
Those that are on DVD, I guess I’d have bought eventually – but it’s annoying that the videos have packed up….
16:38
Wow, I’ve got an original AcornSoft Aviator poster…..
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Kate E
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