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The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:53 pm
by scottyoz
Being advertised on tv here atm, is a fortnightly dvd release "The Classic Australian Movie Collection". Mad Max is featured in the commercial, and I gather it will be one of the releases eventually. Here's the site link:
http://www.deagostini.com.au/australian/index.htm
Scottyoz
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:50 pm
by The Guzzolene Express
Just purchased the chain reaction for 9.00 after watching the trailer. Never heard about this before - AWESOME MOVIE!!
What was the movie in the trailer when the guy get his arm chopped off while holding the hand gun?
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:08 pm
by Bad cop
This should be the collection:
Mad Max
The Chain Reaction
Running On Empty
Midnite Spares
The Cars That Ate Paris
Dead End Drive-In
Razorback
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:00 pm
by Peter Barton
Guzzolene, where did you grab Chain Reaction from? Have not seen this one about on DVD before.
There's a few DVDs in this collection I'd be interesting in getting, but at 60 DVDs times $20 each, I won't be subscribing for the whole lot ($1200!) - I already have a bunch of the important ones, and don't care about some of the others. Would prefer to just buy the ones I want in store, but not sure where to look.
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:56 pm
by Bad cop
Theres a DVD released in the US thats region free,Looks like it was taken from a VHS,but It's worth it. I liked the movie so a piece from here a piece from there...
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:56 pm
by Bad cop
Theres a DVD released in the US thats region free,Looks like it was taken from a VHS,but It's worth it. I liked the movie so a piece from here a piece from there...
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:38 pm
by The Guzzolene Express
Chain Reaction is avaiable on DVD for 9.00 at JB HI-Fi!! REGION FREE!
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:57 am
by gosling1
Bad cop wrote:This should be the collection:
Mad Max
The Chain Reaction
Running On Empty
Midnite Spares
The Cars That Ate Paris
Dead End Drive-In
Razorback
You need to add 'Stone' to this list mate .... but being from the US, you have probably never heard of it ?
Peter Weir was filming 'The Cars That Ate Paris' during 1973, at the same time Sandy Harbutt was filming 'Stone' in Sydney. TCTAP was being filmed up behind the Blue Mountains, a short-ish drive away from Sydney, and Weir and Harbutt would go halves in the cost of a small charter plane to get stunt men backwards and forwards between each movie set !!
Unlike 'Stone', TCTAP was actually a stepping-stone for Peter Weir to an incredible career. Sandy Harbutt has never made another movie since Stone....
The magic of combining the 'youth gone wild / world gone mad' car-based theme of TCTAP, with the 'untamed bikers take over the world' theme of Stone......set the ball rolling for Mad Max. Even George Kennedy acknowledged this at the time MM was made...
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:21 pm
by Bad cop
I have heard of STONE, I just haven't seen it. There is a huge video store in Porland OR that has every movie ever made,I saw STONE there on VHS,but didn't rent it. Is there a region free I can buy somewhere?
Re: The Classic Aussie Movie Collection
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:32 pm
by March Hare
i found my copy of "The Chain Reaction" at a pawn shop for $2.00 u.s.... Mel's in that movie for only about 2 seconds but it's HIS face on the cover of the case. With his name in HUGE letters... Go figure.. Almost gave it away to an old , long gone, member of this forum ("TheGirlforGoose") because she had a thing for Bisley and it showed his bare arse in one scene..