The Envelope Please, 80th Annual Oscars

Complete list of winners at the 80th annual Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture: "No Country for Old Men."

Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood."

Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose."

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men."

Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."

Foreign Language Film: "The Counterfeiters," Austria.

Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."

Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno."

Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille."

Art Direction: "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood."

Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."

Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."

Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli.

Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

Costume: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."

Documentary Feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side."

Documentary Short Subject: "Freeheld."

Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."

Makeup: "La Vie en Rose."

Animated Short Film: "Peter & the Wolf."

Live Action Short Film: "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (`The Mozart of Pickpockets')."

Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass."

Dont Forget to Watch the Oscars this Sunday!!!

We will follow up with reports on Monday. Enjoy this years 80th Oscar celebration. Im just glad that the writers strike is over so we can enjoy the ceremonies. As they say... on with the show!!!

'Black Lagoon' star Ben Chapman, 79

Ben Chapman, best known for playing the title character in the 1954 horror film "Creature From the Black Lagoon," died yesterday at Tripler Medical Center. He was 79.

Chapman was a retired real estate executive. But his role as the Gill Man — the quintessential 1950s monster in Universal Pictures' black-and-white film in 3-D — became his worldwide calling card and made him a darling on the collectibles and sci-fi circuit throughout the world. The gig brought him enduring pleasure, said his son, Ben Chapman III, of Honolulu.

"His 'Creature' fans kept him going and he looked forward to trips to the Mainland. But over the past year, he was slowing down because of heart problems; he had breathing problems," his son said.

"He had created a 'Creature' Web site (www.the-reelgillman.com) where his fans would reach him," said Chapman, who was among family members at his father's bedside when he died shortly after midnight yesterday.

Chapman also appeared in "Wake of the Red Witch," a 1949 sea saga starring John Wayne and which also featured Duke Kahanamoku.

"Creature" was released in 1954, when Chapman was a contract player at Universal. In a 1993 Advertiser interview he said: "I never knew, when I did the movie at age 25, that it would be such a monster film," — pun intended.

A Tahiti native, Chapman got the Gill Man part because of his size, 6 feet 5. He wore a foam rubber suit that defined his character: part-amphibian, part-man.

Ilene Wong, who, with Wayne Maeda, produces the summertime Hawai'i All-Collectors Show at Blaisdell Center, said Chapman took part in the show every year since 1999.

"He was always very happy and so giving. People would ask him about the movie, or Hollywood, and he would always provide the answers, help out," Wong said. "Ben would bring his briefcase and inside he had his memorabilia —posters, 8-by-10 glossies — and a good pen for autographs. He was just wonderful. In fact, we expected him this year. I think we will make a shrine for him."

As Chapman explained in a 1993 interview, there were actually two actors who played the Gill Man. He was the creature on land; Ricou Browning was the actor in water sequences.

In publicity photos, Chapman was the one beneath the foam-rubber body suit and the large-lipped headpiece, posing with Julia Adams, the object of the Gill Man's affection in what he once likened to a beauty-and-the-beast tale: a soul with a ghastly exterior falling in love with the woman of his dreams.

The Gill Man is shot and stabbed in the final moments and he sinks into the depths of the water, only to return in a pair of sequels — neither with Chapman — that never replicated the success of the original.

The Gill Man's place in the Universal monster lineage was a priority for Chapman, since he was the longtime lone survivor in a parade of horror monster flicks that dated to the 1920s. He cited predecessors Lon Chaney Sr. in "Phantom of the Opera" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" in the 1920s, Bela Lugosi in "Dracula" and Boris Karloff in "Frankenstein" in the 1930s, and Lon Chaney Jr. in "The Wolf Man" and "The Mummy" in the 1940s.

Will Hoover, a friend and Advertiser reporter, said, "Ben — even at 79 — was nothing but an overgrown kid, always laughing, always joking, never serious. He was a shinning example of the adage 'You're only young once — but you can be immature forever.' "

Island actor Branscombe Richmond, now based in Los Angeles, is a distant cousin of Chapman's. "I can reflect about so many memories about Ben," Richmond said. "Ben and my Dad, Leo C. Richmond, were among the first Polynesians to appear in films in the 1940s."

Richmond added: "As a child, we were all in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' with Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Hugh Griffith. It took two years to make, and the movie filmed in Tahiti and in Hollywood, but everyone spent a good year in Tahiti and by the time the film was done, so many of the crew had Tahitian wives."

Chapman was born Oct. 29, 1928, in Oakland, but was reared in Tahiti till age 12 or 13, then relocated to San Francisco.

He was a Korean War veteran, earning both a Silver Star and Bronze Star. He also earned two Purple Hearts for battle injuries to his legs. Chapman's son said doctors wanted to amputate his legs. Instead, Chapman nursed himself back to health.

`Trek' boldly goes to summer 2009

"Star Trek" fans will have to wait a bit longer to see where the crew of the starship Enterprise is boldly going next.

The release of J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek," with a new cast taking on the roles of Capt. James Kirk, Spock and other original characters, has been moved from Christmas Day to May 8, 2009, distributor Paramount said Thursday.

Studio spokesman Michael Vollman said the switch was a business move, not because of any problems with the film caused by the Writers Guild of America strike that just ended.

"Star Trek" will be finished by fall in time for its original release date, but studio executives decided to hold it until next summer, the film could pull in more money, he said.

"`Star Trek' is in fantastic shape," said Paramount spokesman Michael Vollman. "This is all about box-office potential. Summer is where you see the `Star Wars' and the `Spider-Mans' and the `Shreks' and the `Transformers.' `Star Trek' is in that league."

The movie had been in production without its screenwriters on hand for revisions during the strike, which began Nov. 5. The guild reached a deal with producers last week, and writers voted Tuesday to end the walkout.

The strike had left a few holes in 2009's summer blockbuster schedule, leaving the May 8 date up for grabs, Vollman said.

"Star Trek" will open a week after 20th Century Fox's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," the "X-Men" spinoff starring Hugh Jackman, and a week before Sony's "Angels & Demons," Ron Howard and Tom Hanks' follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code."

Directed by "Lost" creator Abrams, "Star Trek" recounts an early adventure of Kirk, Vulcan scientist Spock and their shipmates. Chris Pine plays Kirk, a role originated by William Shatner, and Zachary Quinto plays the young Spock, a part created by Leonard Nimoy, who returns to play the Vulcan in older age.

Paramount and DreamWorks, both owned by Viacom Inc., shuffled other release dates, including Ben Stiller's comedy "Tropic Thunder," moving from this July 11 to Aug. 15; Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett's fantasy "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" from this Nov. 26 to Dec. 19; and Eddie Murphy's comedy "Nowhereland" from this Sept. 26 to June 12, 2009.

Clinton, Obama & McCain Who? Here Pryce is President!

Latino Review is reporting that Jonathan Pryce ("Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy) has been cast as President of the United States in Stephen Sommer's live-action G.I. Joe adaptation at Paramount Pictures.

The site says the President has a small but integral part in the film. Pryce is joining an ensemble cast that includes Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.

The studio is targeting an August 7, 2009 release for the action-adventure.

T-minus one year till the US analog shutoff: are you ready?

Believe it or not, today marks the final one-year countdown of the digital TV transition here in the US of A. Just a dozen months ago, we reminded Americans everywhere that there was just two years left to enjoy those analog broadcasts in their lackluster glory, and needless to say, quite a bit has happened in the meantime. Granted, we wouldn't be surprised to see the date actually slip a little when crunch time rolls around, but there's no sense in banking on chance. That being said, we'd like to offer up achecklist to make sure all your ducks are in a proverbial row -- click on through to get started!

First and foremost, we're not here to get you worked into a panic. Contrary to what some folks would have you believe, not everyone will be affected by the looming DTV transition. If you're one of the many Americans who receive their broadcast stations -- you know, the NBCs, ABCs, CBSs and FOXs of the world -- via a cable, satellite or fiber provider, you can wipe the sweat from your brow and enjoy the rest of your Sunday. However, if you've vowed to never spend a single red cent on a programming provider until everything is offered up à la carte, yet you still can't resist tuning in to your locals via the tried and true antenna, here's what you need to know.

Background

The US government has set aside a hefty chunk of funds in order to dish out $40 coupons to any citizen that will be needing a DTV converter box to continue receiving digital broadcast signals after February 17, 2009. Essentially, the local broadcasts that you've grown so fond of will no longer be understood by your analog set (read: a TV that lacks a built-in digital [ATSC] tuner but includes an analog [NTSC] one) after the aforementioned date, thus, you'll need to either snag one of these fancy converter contraptions or cough up the coinage for an all new television that features an ATSC tuner internally. Also of note, this cutover has nothing to do with high-definition in and of itself -- even those hoping to tune into SD versions of their local stations 366 days from now will have to have a digital-to-analog converter or a TV with a digital tuner built-in.

Needless to say, the former option is much more cost efficient than the latter, and if you have absolutely no plans to ditch that dust-covered 1991 Magnavox for a swank new flat-panel (or similar), here's the long and short of making sure you 1) get your rightful coupon, 2) understand where to find a converter box and 3) don't miss a single second of your local news this time next year.

Steps to take

First things first: apply for your $40 government-issued voucher that can be used towards most every digital-to-analog converter box soon to be on the market. The only notable exception is high-definition set-top-boxes, and if you'd like our take on that, simply head here. Citizens have until March 31, 2009 to request a coupon, but we'd highly recommend doing it right now to ensure that totally unforeseen events don't subvert your plans to "do it later" -- things like funds running dry, aliens swooping in to steal them all or corruption in your Outlook calendar, for starters.

Once you've applied, you could simply kick back and wait for it to arrive. Instead, we'd recommend taking a nice long look at the full list of coupon-eligible converter boxes and picking out one or two that you wouldn't mind setting up in your den. If you're just looking for what retailers will actually be stocking these oh-so-important boxes, look no further. At least a few of 'em will soon be available at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Kmart, RadioShack, Target, Sears and Sam's Club. If you somehow aren't within driving distance of one of these mega-stores, about 100 smaller retailers have been certified to stock them, so give your local mom n' pop electronics outfit a call and make sure one will be waiting for you.

Once you've done your duty and selected the store you'll be heading to the moment that coupon arrives, you're almost ready to wash your hands of this mess. Upon receiving the coupon, simply bolt out to one of the previously mentioned locales and fork over the difference (it shouldn't be much) between the cost of the unit and your voucher, and head on back to your domicile. From here, we'd recommend putting the converter box in a safe place so you aren't scrambling to relocate it when your locals make the leap to digital. Remember, these boxes won't be required at all until that jump is made, and while we don't envision too many areas making the cutover before this day next year, the FCC has established rules that enables stations to do so early "if doing so is necessary to achieve their transition." Bottom line: you're better off snagging a converter box now and sitting on it until switchover day arrives than rushing out with every other person in your community to grab wrestle over one in the future.

Wrap-up

Looking for the Cliffs Notes version? Here goes:

1) Acknowledge that you own a television that lacks a digital (ATSC) tuner.
2) Apply for your $40 government-issued voucher here.
3) Take a look at the full list of coupon-eligible converter boxes here.
4) Scan the list of certified retailers and make sure you have access to one.
5) Upon receiving your coupon, dart out to your local certified retailer and come away happy.
6) On the day of the DTV switchover (or now, if you'd like!), hook up your converter and continue to receive local broadcasts sans issues.

Sets too shabby for latest TVs force EastEnders out of town

The Queen Vic’s windows are cracked and the walls are peeling. So run-down has the old place become that EastEnders are being evicted because the shabby sets do not meet the scrutiny of HighDefinition (HD) television.

The BBC is preparing to move Albert Square from the 16-acre Elstree studios in Borehamwood, Hertford-shire, which have formed the backdrop to the flagship soap since 1985. EastEnders is expected to share space with 007 at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, under proposals being recommended by BBC bosses.

The 28-mile move is required because, after more than 20 years, the Elstree sets are showing the wear and tear of Walford’s stormy history. Never designed as a permanent fixture, Albert Square has been patched up over the years, often in bursts of late-night activity. One operation involving scaffolding even had to be written into the script.

The effects of cut-price renovation jobs are all too clearly visible on HD. A source said: “You can see every crack, chipboard flake and Blu-Tack solution. HD also shows that the set isn’t built of real brick.”

A BBC memo to drama producers warns: “Using HD will highlight scenery defects such as repeat taping and painting over scenery flattage joins, knocks and damage, dirt and scuff marks. Knocks, scratches, general wear and tear are distinctly noticeable and need additional time and effort to rectify.” The memo says producers must add in the cost of “repairs and revamping scenery” at a time when BBC budgets are being cut.

The cost-effective solution for EastEnders is a move to a new brick and concrete-built set at Pinewood, allowing the Elstree studios to be sold. The hospital series Holby City, another Elstree drama, is also expected to move and show the benefits of an HD “deep clean”, along with Casualty.

The “warts and all” reality of HD, which enhances sports and natural history programmes, is unforgiving when it comes to close-ups. Cosmetic surgeons reported a surge in business from actors and newsreaders when the technology hit the high street.

The BBC launched its own HD channel last year to showcase programmes such as Planet Earth and Bleak House. All new programmes intended for international sale must be shot in HD to meet the demands of US broadcasters.

A research group, Screen Digest, forecasts that by the end of the year 11.3 million (40 per cent) of British homes will be equipped with HD-ready televisions, compared with the current 6.5 million homes.

Albert Square was designed by the late Keith Harris, the senior designer in the EastEnders production team. Extensions including a fictional Tube station have been added over the years. Executives are in talks with Pinewood Shepperton for about 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sq m) of studio space. Other sites in contention for Albert Square include Bristol, Cardiff and Belfast.

BREAKING NEWS: NHK reports-TOSHIBA officially gives up HDDVD

This comes as no surprise to us here but around 8 O'clock Beijing time(40 min ago our time), japanese TV Channel NHK reports that TOSHIBA announced that they decided to give up HDDVD, HDDVD player production has ceased according to this decision. the reports also said, by June, the HDDVD fomat will no longer exist on earth. the estimated loss will be over one billion Yen.

THE FORMAT WAR IS OVER!!!

Blu-Ray Disc is now the format of choice.

Taps for HD DVD as Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray

SAN FRANCISCO — HD DVD, the beloved format of Toshiba and three Hollywood studios, died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was determined to be the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only high-definition DVDs and players using the Blu-ray format.

There are no funeral plans, but retailers and industry analysts are already writing the obituary for HD DVD.

The announcement by Wal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest retailer of DVDs, that it would stop selling the discs and machines in June when supplies are depleted comes after decisions this week by Best Buy, the largest electronics retailer, to promote Blu-ray as its preferred format and Netflix, the DVD-rental service, to stock only Blu-ray movies, phasing out HD DVD by the end of this year.

Last year, Target, one of the top sellers of electronics, discontinued selling HD DVD players in its stores, but continued to sell them online.

“The fat lady has sung,” said Rob Enderle, a technology industry analyst in Silicon Valley. “Wal-Mart is the biggest player in the DVD market. If it says HD DVD is done, you can take that as a fact.”

Toshiba executives did not return calls asking for comment. Analysts do not expect the company to take the product off the market but the format war is over. Toshiba had been fighting for more than two years to establish the dominance of the format it developed over Blu-ray, developed by Sony.

The combined weight of the decisions this week, but particularly the heft of Wal-Mart, signals the end of a format war that has confounded and frustrated consumers and that had grown increasingly costly for the consumer electronics industry — from hardware makers and studios to retailers.

Andy Parsons, a spokesman for the Blu-ray Disc Association, an industry trade group, said retailers and movie studios had incentives to resolve the issue quickly because it was costly for them to devote shelf space and technology to two formats. Besides, he noted, many consumers have sat on the sidelines and not purchased either version because they did not want to invest in a technology that could become obsolete.

Thus far, consumers have purchased about one million Blu-ray players, though there are another three million in the market that are integrated into the PlayStation 3 consoles of Sony, said Richard Doherty, research director of Envisioneering, a technology assessment firm. About one million HD DVD players have been sold.

Evenly matched by Blu-ray through 2007, HD DVD experienced a marked reversal in fortune in early January when Warner Brothers studio, a unit of Time Warner, announced it would manufacture and distribute movies only in Blu-ray. With the Warner decision, the Blu-ray coalition controlled around 75 percent of the high-definition content from the major movie and TV studios. The coalition includes Sharp, Panasonic and Philips as well as Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox studios.

Universal, Paramount and the DreamWorks Animation studios still back HD DVD; none of those studios responded to requests for comment Friday.

“It’s pretty clear that retailers consumers trust the most have concluded that the format war is all but over,” Mr. Parsons said. “Toshiba fought a very good battle, but the industry is ready to move on and go with a single format.”

Because movie and entertainment technology has become integrated into a range of consumer electronics, the high-definition movie format war has created unusually wide-ranging alliances. The battle included, for example, video game companies; Microsoft has backed the HD DVD standard and sold a compatible player to accompany its Xbox 360 video game console.

Sony has pushed vigorously for the Blu-ray standard, not just because it is a patent holder of the technology, but also because it has integrated the standard into PlayStation 3. Sony has argued that consumers will gravitate to the PlayStation 3 because of the high-definition movie player.

Netflix Goes Blu-ray Exclusive, Dumps HD-DVD

The popular online video rental service Netflix has announced that they have decided to support Blu-ray exclusively for high definition movie rentals. Pointing to the Warner Brothers exclusivity announcement as the main reason for the shift, Netflix will no longer purchase movies in the rival HD DVD format, and once the life cycle for those discs has ended, they will no longer stock the format for rent.

Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix commented, "The prolonged period of competition between two formats has prevented clear communication to the consumer regarding the richness of the high-def experience versus standard definition. We are now at the point where the industry can pursue the migration to a single format, bring clarity to the consumer and accelerate the adoption of high-def. Going forward, we expect that all of the studios will publish in the Blu-ray format and that the price points of high-def DVD players will come down significantly."

While only a small percentage of Netflix users rent high definition movies, the majority of those who do take advantage of the services are renting Blu-ray. They expect that the shift to a single format will ultimately allow Netflix to provide a better service to those high definition customers.

If you have a Hi-Def Television and havent checked out Blu-Ray- Its way ahead of DVD in terms of picture quality. Give it a try, you will be glad you did and its the future of DVD!

Warner Bros 85th Anniversary Details Revealed

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS:
THE WARNER BROS. STORY

New Documentary is Centerpiece of
Warner Home Video’s Year-Long
Celebration of Studio’s 85th Anniversary
Directed by Richard Schickel, Narrated by
Clint Eastwood and Produced in Partnership with PBS’ American Masters, Comprehensive Five-part Work Documents Studio’s Storied History
from Rin Tin Tin to Harry Potter

MORE THAN 50 RESTORED WARNER BROS. CLASSICS TO MAKE DVD DEBUT THROUGHOUT ANNIVERSARY YEAR

Burbank, Calif., February 5, 2008 – On April 24, 1923, four brothers from Youngstown, Ohio (Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack L. Warner) officially incorporated their new motion picture company which to this day continues to entertain the world with great films.

Throughout 2008, Warner Home Video (WHV) will celebrate Warner Bros. (WB) Studios’ 85th anniversary with an initiative that will debut more than 50 new-to-DVD feature films along with its centerpiece, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, an illuminating new documentary produced, written and directed by award-winning filmmaker and Time magazine Senior Film critic Richard Schickel. Clint Eastwood narrates.

As part of the partnership with American Masters, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story will be broadcast nationally as a three-part special in September 2008.

Susan Lacy, the creator and executive producer of American Masters, which is produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, noted "Given our long co-producing relationship with Warner Bros. -- on such projects as George Cukor, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland and John Ford/John Wayne - it is thrilling and appropriate that American Masters can bring You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story to PBS."

“PBS’ American Masters is acclaimed for its exceptional documentaries illuminating our collective past, whether through individual achievements, or in this case, through the vision of a film studio,” said John F. Wilson, Sr. Vice President and Chief TV Programming Executive, PBS. “Exploring this impressive body of Warner Bros. films to more fully understand America’s unique place in history will be a wonderful and entertaining journey for our viewers.”

The DVD debuts in September. Simultaneously, a 550-page full-color companion book -- written by Schickel and George Perry, with an introduction by Eastwood -- will be published worldwide. George Perry is the former The Times of London film critic and is the author of many books on film.

In the documentary, Schickel chronicles the history of Warner Bros. in an unprecedented way, using excerpts from hundreds of Warner Bros.’ films to illustrate how many of the studio’s films have served as a mirror of the values, mores and attitudes of the eras in which they were produced.

“This documentary is definitely in Richard’s DNA. His fascination with Warner Bros. goes back to his boyhood in Milwaukee where the only theatre in town was owned by Warner,” said George Feltenstein, Senior Vice President, Theatrical Catalog Marketing, and Warner Home Video. “It’s a groundbreaking work that, rather than dealing with executive intrigue, contract disputes or casting couch adventures, focuses on the studio’s films as a microcosm of America’s cultural and social history. It’s a unique cinematic achievement which has never been attempted on this level ever before - for this or any studio.”

To help celebrate the 85th anniversary year, from the vast WB library among the industry’s most celebrated movies, more than 50 are being restored for their DVD release this year including: All This And Heaven, Too, The Beast With Five Fingers, Black Legion, Brother Orchid, Deception, Flamingo Road, Gold Diggers Of 1937, Inside Daisy Clover, Kid Galahad, Lady Killer, The Mayor Of Hell, Night Nurse, None But The Brave, Pete Kelly’s Blues, San Antonio, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Three On A Match, Virginia City and Watch On The Rhine.

New special editions of Warner Bros. Pictures favorites including Bonnie and Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Gypsy, Risky Business, and Splendor in the Grass are also set for the anniversary year celebration. A number of other new-to-DVD special editions and thematic box sets drawn from Warner’s classic MGM and RKO collections will also be part of this anniversary slate.

Each quarter of 2008 will be marked with the release of several timeless collections, such as Frank Sinatra, Dirty Harry, Gangsters, Super Heroes, Musicals, Westerns, Oscars and more.

On August 31, the Hollywood Bowl’s “Big Picture” night will honor the studio’s magnificent movie music legacy with a special Warner Bros. musical concert to be held at the famed 18,000 seat amphitheatre. The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, led by one of Hollywood’s foremost composers, David Newman, will perform music to accompany pivotal and well-known scenes from classic Warner Bros. films.

More about the Schickel Documentary

Clint Eastwood, who has worked with Richard Schickel on a number of projects, will narrate the documentary. The creative force behind many earlier works about Warner’s talented stars and directors, Schickel now takes on the task of telling the studio's entire history, with each sequence underscoring the crucial roles Warner Bros. and its films have played in portraying our society, a role the studio still plays today, some 85 years after its incorporation.

Through the use of rare archival interviews, some of which have not been seen for decades, as well as a great deal of newly photographed material, Schickel celebrates the colorful legacy of Warner Bros. throughout the decades, featuring cleverly assembled film clips from literally hundreds of films. Each of the documentary's hour-long sequences focus on a specific period in the studio's history, from the silent movie days and the development of sound, the depression, WWII, the advent of television, the onset of new technologies, and even the broadening and diversification of media companies in recent years.

Schickel engagingly retraces the legendary insights and demystifies the myths of some of Hollywood’s most magnificent productions such as The Jazz Singer, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, To Have and Have Not, A Streetcar Named Desire, Giant, Bonnie and Clyde, The Exorcist, All The President’s Men and the Batman and Harry Potter films; and talent from the likes of legends such as Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Newman, James Dean, Doris Day, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert DeNiro, Barbra Streisand and George Clooney. As the films from Warner Bros. studios have served as a roadmap and mirror of our social history, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story is sure to be viewed as an entertaining and unique roadmap to the colorful history of Hollywood and filmed entertainment.

For more information about Richard Schickel and his work, visit Home :: Richard Schickel

Q1 - Oscars and Warner Gangsters
Bonnie and Clyde UCE, Special Edition
GoodFellas: Special Edition
Heat: Special Edition
Once Upon a Time in America: Special Edition
True Romance: Special Edition
Film Noir Classics Collection: Volume 1
Film Noir Classics Collection: Volume 2
Film Noir Classics Collection: Volume 3
Film Noir Classics Collection: Volume 4
Warner Bros. Tough Guys Collection (6-Pack)
Warner Gangsters Collection (6-Pack)

Q2 - Sinatra and Dirty Harry
2 New-To-DVD Frank Sinatra Box Sets:
The Golden Years & The Early Years
The Man with Golden Arm
None But the Brave
Some Came Running
The Tender Trap
Marriage on the Rocks
Double Dynamite, Step Lively
It Happened In Brooklyn
The Kissing Bandit
New WHV 3-Film Box Set:
Sinatra & Kelly Collection
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
On the Town
Anchor’s Aweigh
New Rat Pack Ultimate Collector’s Edition with exclusive “first-run” stamps, a music CD, and rare collectibles
Ocean’s Eleven
4 for Texas
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Sergeants 3
All five Dirty Harry films in an Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Dirty Harry 2-Disc Special Edition (1971)
Magnum Force Deluxe Edition (1973)
The Enforcer Deluxe Edition (1976)
Sudden Impact Deluxe Edition (1983)
Dead Pool Deluxe Edition (1988)
Bonus Disc Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Q3 – Superheroes, Musicals, Westerns
Batman Begins Limited Edition Gift Set
Batman Anthology BD
How The West Was Won UCE
How The West Was Won Special Edition
How The West Was Won HD-BD
Errol Flynn Westerns
Western Classics Collection

Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory Volume 3
· Hit The Deck
· Kismet
· Deep in My Heart
· Broadway Melody of 1936/ Broadway Melody of 1938
· Born to Dance/Lady Be Good
· Nancy Goes To Rio/Two Weeks With Love

Q4 - Horror/Sci-Fi and Holiday
A new classic DVD Horror collection starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre among others
Warner Bros Holiday Collection
A Christmas Story Ultimate Collector’s Edition