I find it really sad and kind of disappointing that "Song of the South" is so hard to get a hold of. I understand the controversy (specially having spent far too long in the south), but I find it say that the things that the movie should be remembered for are swept under the rug. First, James Baskett (uncle Remus), was the first African American man to win any sort of Oscar, and while it was honorary, it should still be remembered. Plus the Uncle Remus stories are stories based off the African American Slave oral story traditions. Yes, the writer heard these stories from being on a plantation, but shouldn't the stories be kept alive anyway?
That's why Harris, the author, recorded and published them. He never tried to pass them off as his own work. And they were not recorded on a slave plantation, they were recorded some years after slavery had ended. The Uncle Remus character was based on former slaves, though.
James Baskett was a pure delight in that role. The kind of older adult friend a child would cherish. Sadly, he died not long after the honorary Oscar was awarded. Like Paul Robeson, Butterfly McQueen, Hattie McDaniel (who actually DID win a competitive Oscar - in 1939 yet) and so many, many Black actors, timing was everything. All would likely be big stars today, or at least regularly working. The US film industry really did itself a disservice when it denied roles for incredibly talented POC actors for so long. Slowly, it’s changing, but not fast enough!
This list needs Superstar - The Karen Carpenter Story; early Todd Haynes film, controversially told the story of the late Carpenters singer using Barbie dolls, as a pointed satirical comment. None of the music was licensed, so it always was going to be shut down, but I saw it at a film festival once. Great film-making.
I saw Song of the South in the theatre when I was 8. I knew nothing of the controversies tied to it. All I saw was a film about a nice man who, through kind words, songs, and stories, spread joy from his heart to make other people happy. I remember very little about the film itself, but it does make me sad that things got complicated to the point that now it's considered a bad film.
"Things got complicated" is an interesting way to avoid stating the fact that the US have turned into a leftist totalitarian terror state. I'm sure happy I don't live there, as there was a chance for my family emigrating there in the early 1990s.
The movie that is impossible to find is Ravaged Earth, a WW2 documentary about the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. It was released in 1942 and no one under 16 was allowed to see it. It's so gone, it's not even listed on IMDB.
Song of the South should be released. Just add the disclaimer of how things were during that time and era. How can we learn from history of we can't see it?
THANK YOU! I've been freaking saying that for years. They already do that with some of their older stuff, why not this one? Not to mention the man who played uncle Remus was the first African American man to win any sort of Oscar. While it was honorary, it's still a shame that's swept under the rug.
Thank you for proving my point that the whole point of the movie was lost of the generations due to not having a home release and a real conversations about it. It absolutely DOES NOT need a disclaimer. The Uncle Remus stories was a product of the time but that was the whole point. Joel Chandler Harris straight recorded the oral tradtions and folk lore of the black people from the actual former slaves to preserve and pass them on to future generations. By not releasing the movie and urging the reading of the books. We are letting it die which was everything the black ancestors did not want to happen to this culture. To put some silly woke disclaimer on this piece would be a direct slap in the face of the ancestors and the black culture. Disrespect of the highest form. Only the suppression itself is a worst disrespect.
Using the argument against "Song of the South", they would also have to suppress "Gone With the Wind". I could probably think of others, but it's late and I'm tired.
You can actually watch those 100 minutes on the documentary Bruce Lee A warrior’s journey. You can catch it on UA-cam, or see it on the special features of Enter The Dragon.
"Little Darlings" (1980) starring Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neill is incredibly hard to find outside of its initial VHS release from the 1980's and Region 0 DVD's
it's from the 80's...a lot of films from the 80's were creepy...why do you think people choose to overlook the fact that Patrick Swayze's 25-year old slacker is banging Jennifer Grey's 15-year old virgin in that movie with the "bump and grinds"...
As a child I loved Song of the South, but I always thought it was called Zip Pa De Do Da. As a kid I didn't see racism or slavery. I just saw live action and cartoon mixed with catchy music. That is the great thing as a child. We don't see the bad only the good.
Because their was no racism in the movie. It was a exact telling of oral traditions recorded by Joel Chandler Harris from former slaves. In hope to preserve and educate future generations of the history and folk lore of the black people. Thanks to the NAACP blocking the home release. They achieved exactly the opposite of what the purpose of the books/movie was about and what their own ancestors didn't want to happen.
Song of the South is a truly great movie. It's too bad that people have demonized it. Yet at the same time slaughter movies, and grotesque torture movies are readily available.
There’s one called Silent Night, about a terminally ill kid that lives with his grandparents over Christmas. About 1967 I think. I’ve been looking for it, for decades.
9:05 I bought a copy of Song of the South off of eBay many years ago. It was the European version of VHS, so I had it transferred to an NTSC VHS tape. I bought it because I had vaguely fond memories of watching as a kid. I watched it once as an adult and let's just say watching as an adult gives you a different perspective of the film.
I’m hoping you aren’t thinking now it’s some racist horrible movie . Because it’s not. But I can see anyone indoctrinated into leftists ideology being triggered.
Stanley Kubrick''s The Shinning first day release. It had a different ending and Stanley didn't like the reaction people were having to it, so he called the studio and had all of the movies destroyed and from then on they showed the alternate ending. People that went to see the movie a second time were like "whaaaaat?".
I can’t believe you didn’t have “Last Summer” from 1969 in here. It was considered lost for years until a singular and the only film reel was found in Australia 7 years ago. Since then it’s hard to find even online and has only been shown once on TCM on cable 5 years ago. It’s literally one of the most rare films of all time plus is an all around amazing film
I actually saw a full screening of Song of the South AT Disney World in the early 90's at the Fort Wilderness Campground. After the "Chip n Dale's campfire sing along" they showed the entire movie on the outdoor theater.
I am dying to watch Nothing Lasts Forever. I am a big fan of modern black-and-white films. But it seems I'll have to wait a long time till I get hold of this movie. Also there's "Twilight of the Ice Nymphs", another rare movie that is nowhere to be found, except for a few clips on UA-cam. I just love the dreamy color schemes of Ice Nymphs. Then there's an Indian movie called "Tattva", part black-and-white, part color, that was released around 1992. This film is so rare that it has no mention anywhere on the internet, not even on imdb! I clearly remember having watched this almost surreal movie on national television here in India. And I am damn sure the name was Tattva, and nothing else. Fyi, Tattva (/ˈtʌtvə/) is a Sanskrit word meaning 'thatness', 'principle', 'reality' or 'truth'. Sometimes I feel like contacting the movie's lead actress Pallavi Joshi and ask her point-blank: "What the hell happened to 'Tattva'? Did it just vanish into thin air, or was it aired in some parallel universe I was part of?"
We had a vhs copy of "Song of the South" back in my country (Chile), dubbed to Spanish, watched it multiple times as a kid. It's a wonderful film, and to me it actually celebrates black culture. Also, there's a scene of a poor white mom with kids, using slang to talk. Then I came to Canada, and saw some clips in original language. And I understood how could be offensive to many people in the African American community
I would have put “The Day The Clown Cried” at #1 just because of the controversy surrounding the subject of the film and the fact that virtually no one outside of Jerry Lewis’s inner circle has seen it.
Pandemonium (1982 film) LOVE THIS MOVIE Pandemonium is a 1982 American parody slasher film. It was directed by Alfred Sole and featured an ensemble cast including Eileen Brennan, Phil Hartman, Tab Hunter, Carol Kane, David Lander, Eve Arden, Paul Reubens, and Tom Smothers. The film went into production under the working title of Thursday the 12th.
Another one I've seen here on UA-cam at one point, I always try to download them onto a hard drive before they get removed. They recently released a Blu-ray of his other movie COMMUNION aka HOLY TERROR the one that stars the dark haired actress from LIQUID SKY and an early appearance from Brooke shields too...
A lot of Disney films are hard to find, and when you do find them, they're usually expensive. I just looked up "So Dear to my Heart," which I saw in the theater when I was a kid, and it's still stuck with me all these years (about 70). But they're usually worth finding---if you remember them fondly.
Most of the hard to find Disney movies are the TV movies that aired as part of the Wonderful World of Disney. Some got VHS releases but very few got DVD releases.
writerpatrick I know, I have tracked down a couple of my favorites and there are companies releasing them with sort of VCR to DVD picture quality. Still, if that's the only copy you can find, you take it, and can enjoy it anyway. I think Disney is making a big mistake by not bring them out of their own archives, with superior quality---at reasonable prices. Many of them are timeless and tell stories you won't find elsewhere. The thing that makes me smile is the fact that most of their movies from the old B&W TV days were shot in color and were shown after the TV networks made the change to all-color in the 1960s. Walt and Roy Disney might've been dreamers, but they had a knack of seeing ahead!
Oldenweery when you said that you looked up "So Dear to my Heart," I'm not sure if you were looking solely for the DVD but if you were (and had a hard time finding the flick), you can rent the digital version on UA-cam. Typically, if you can rent it on YT, that means you can purchase the digital copy from Google.
Here’s the complete list: 10) The Original Un-Altered Star Wars Cut 9) Looking for Mr. Goodbar 8) Naked Tango 7) A Fist Full of Fingers 6) Wired 5) The Day the Clown Cried 4) Let It Be 3) Cocksucker Blues 2) Nothing Lasts Forever 1) Song of the South
I do have the full uncut version of the movie "Song Of The South" both on VHS and DVD. I ordered it from a website online several years ago. But they were pretty slick on how they sold it. What they did was they had you buy a picture and then they gave you the movie for free. My friends still until this day either want to come over to my place to watch it with their kids or have me bring it to their house to watch it. I only have one other friend who has this same movie, and that's because he had bought it first. And when I saw that he had it, I wanted it too, so he told me where I could buy it.
Saw "Let It Be" recently for the first time. The legendary arguing & acrimony we've all heard so much about for 50 years is basically that one scene with George & Paul. It looks as though the upcoming Peter Jackson release will finally put that tall tale to bed.
I watched the original Let It Be at the cinema when it was released here in Norway. Arguing and no love between those guys. Beatles had said All You Need Is Love, but they proved that to be B. S.
Difficult to find but not impossible. At the same fan convention where I got to meet Ken Russell in person and got an autograph. Later that day I found The Devils on DVD and watched it shortly after.
I do love it when Uncle Remus sings “Zippity Doo Dah.” I saw that film in the theatre as a tiny child, and I loved it. It was sparkly and fun! (To my small eyes and ears and knowledge). Surprised the Beatles’ doc is unavailable - pretty much every college campus in the US showed it, often, during the 1980s. Great film.
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT with Lon Chaney from 1927. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_After_Midnight_(film) You are pretty much out of luck to find a copy of that movie. Might be the "most lost" movie in film history.
"The last known copy of the film thought to exist was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire, making London After Midnight one of the most famous and eagerly sought after of all lost films. In 2002, Turner Classic Movies aired a reconstructed version, produced by Rick Schmidlin, who used the original script and film stills to create this version" >> ua-cam.com/video/umqgeW8zS4c/v-deo.html
One film that's sorta hard to find is Fritz The Cat, the first X-rated animated film in America. It's gotten a VHS and DVD release, and nothing beyond that. But for some reason the DVDs are semi-rare, since they're out of print. And copies can go for $50+
If you're looking for "Song Of The South" I just bought it in July of 2018 on Amazon. It's the international version, but it worked on a DVD player I bought at Wally World (Wal-Mart) I've never understood all the crap surrounding that movie, I think it's actually rather good, as the boy learns lessons from the stories of "Uncle Remus".
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 It's seen that way because the term became a racist insult, but that was long after the book was first published and probably after the movie was released. The story itself, like all the Uncle Remus stories, as an old African folk town that had been passed down through generations of slaves and was related to Joel Chandler Harris after the Civil War.
the film is rather good i think and what people fail to understand is that it was a film made nearly 80 years go now when things were more accepted and there are films more racist that are out yet song of the south much like gone with the wind is a product of it's time and should be on bluray or 4K by now. Disney showed the film in (1973) and again in (1986) on the big screen a few other re-releases i'm sure i missed but they really should put it out
I saw it originally in 1978 it sucked watched a version on UA-cam I remember how horrible it was I got thru about 20 minutes or so I couldn't take it total garbage
I actually have "Let It Be" on DVD, and it wasn't too difficult to find. I go to local geek conventions sometimes, and there's always a vendor there who specializes in movies that are hard to find domestically.
I’ve got a bootleg VHS & DVD copy of Let It Be. I think that movie has been superseded more recently by the Get Back DVD since it gave you much more good footage than the original film and was more even handed
Pretty sure my grandma honey has it, remember watching it as a kid at her house with all my cousins around Christmas while opening presents and our parents and grandparents talked and what not. Dont remember anything racist about it either. We all loved singing along to it as all of us kids grew up watching it due to my grandma having a mass collection if disney movies n shit like that.
I'm 39 years old, but I saw this is a small local theater as a kid! They used to run old Disney stuff pretty regularly. I also saw Dumbo and Pinocchio there too.
@@AtheistOrphan Movies back then, you have to understand, were re-released from time to time. And so when I was little, it came out in theaters again. But for me, it was the first time parrot so although it's original run came out in 1946, it was back in the late 70's when I saw it. And I'm 47, btw. 🙂
Speaking of Wired, if you watch Seinfeld and look closely at Jerry’s shelf, you’ll see a VHS copy of Wired, alongside Child’s Play II, Back to the Future III, 2 copies of True Colors, The Crying Game, the Hunt for Red October, Goodfellas, Pretty Woman, Benny Hill’s Video Follies, Copacabana, Arachnophobia, 2 Golf videos: Driving for Distance and Saving Par from the Sand, and 4 NES Games: Tetris, World Cup Soccer, Sim City (SNES) and Super Spike V Ball. There’s a couple I’m missing as one of the tapes is obscured my masking tape.
I remember watching Song of the South years ago as a kid. One of the big misconceptions was that the movie took place during slavery, it didn't. It actually takes place during the Reconstruction Era. This movie was also James Baskett final performance. He was also the first African American male to receive an Academy Award in 1948.
Please do another top 10 movies that are incredibly hard to find, & include the 20th Century Fox Films from the 50s & 60s, that have never been released on any home video format. Some examples are Freckles (1960), The 1959 remake of The Blue Angel, Of Love and Desire (1963), Shock Treatment (1964), etc.
Its very easy to find in the UK. There are dvd copies floating about all over the place, both online and in second-hand dvd stores like CEX (and their website). Its also on UA-cam.
Mogshade - I remember watching that movie when I was 15 when it was first shown in the States. I used to be a big horror movie fan as a kid, but no horror film scared the living shit out of me like Threads did. How scared was I after watching this movie? Let's just say that I had trouble sleeping for two days after watching that movie. This was life growing up during the Cold War.
I actually have a copy of Song of the South. It was released in the U.K. years ago. Live action and animated parts. It is …. interesting about how the main characters were portrayed. I think that there was more racism in the 1970`s version of Roots.
I don't know, maybe this video was posted before the announcement, but later this year (2021), Peter Jackson is releasing a brand new documentary called "The Beatles: Get Back" that features fully restored, never-before-seen footage that was originally shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for "Let It Be", and as a bonus, he's also including a newly restored version of the original "Let It Be", all from the original 16mm negative (not the 35mm blowup that was originally used to show "Let It Be" in theaters). So it should look better than ever, and you all can finally get rid of your bootlegs!
Most of these are not that hard to find, they're just not available on DVD. And there are films that are still hard to find despite DVD releases. It's rumored that The Day The Clown Cried was never actually finished. Song of the South shouldn't be number one. It got a UK DVD release so it's easy enough to find for someone who really wants to see it.
There's a couple of William Friedkin movies that are hard to get at a reasonable price, Sorcerer and Jade. They are hard to find and what's out there is expensive, and they are both great movies, especially Sorcerer.
The hardest movie to find, and one which could land you some serious jail time is... "New Wave Hookers" starring Tracy Lords. Why would you go to jail for having that movie? Tracy Lords was sixteen years old (16 y/o) when it was filmed, and is classified as child porn. She had fake ID when she showed up to film it...so, they filmed it not knowing her real age.
I remember seeing "Song of the South" in the theater with my Dad as a child in 1971. I was fortunate enough to find it on DVD at a flea market in the early 2000s (I still have it). Censorship has no place in a free society, in my humble opinion. It's a true classic that modern audiences would enjoy; Uncle Remus telling stories is very enjoyable.
LITTLE DARLINGS (Kristy McNichol, Tatum O’Neill). Original VHS (Blue Box) and laserdisc had original artist recordings. VHS reissues had soundalikes, and never made it past that stage. TCM has aired the film once in original 2.35:1 widescreen with original recordings intact.
Remember a Disney summer movie event in my hometown, a local movie theater had the idea to have a special program where kids could watch three Disney movies a day, lunch, soda and popcorn all included for one price, a way of giving the kids something to do and giving the parents a break, they played all the Disney movies including Song of the South, although I found out later that movie was not planned, it just happened to be packed with the other movies
I seem to recall Song of the South being re-released theatrically in the late 70’s as part of Disney’s practice of theatrically releasing their classic films every few years. This must’ve been before home video
Some others I know are: -Masters of menace(1990) -Stitches(1986) -Stewardess school(1986) -John Carpenter’s Better late than never(1979) -Summer job(1989)
To my knowledge he was based off of a Black man who fought for the South/Confederate Army in the Civil War & wanted to remain a slave after it ended lol.
One film NOT on your list was “FM” from 1977-78. The film about an LA radio station was thought to be the inspiration for WKRP in Cincinnati. It was on VHS for a time but never DVD. I’m guessing because of music rights issues, one of its producers was Irving Azoff who managed the Eagles. When the film bombed he basically disowned it. I last saw it on UA-cam and all the music was there EXCEPT for Life in the Fast Lane which plays over an important scene early in the film Supposedly Jerry Lewis owned the only complete copy of The Day the Clown Cried After all the scandal regarding Cocksucker Blues, the Stones made a more straightforward concert film called Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones which got a brief theatrical release before becoming a staple of the midnight movie circuit and bootlegs. It finally got a DVD release a few years ago.
Humor Risk (Marx Brothers, 1921). A Woman of the Sea (Charlie Chaplin, 1926) Star Wars Holiday Special For all we know, the first two movies are lost forever, and the third one is locked away by Lucasarts.
I would add "Saved From The Titanic", made shortly after the event occurred & starring one of the survivors, wearing the same clothes she had on when she was rescued.
I had a copy of Song of the South on VHS that I got at a comic show. It was from Japan and it was still in English with Japanese words and it was bootlegged. I watched it once or twice and then I lost it in a fire, wished I still had it
The Secret Life of Plants documentary. It had an accompanying double album soundtrack performed by Stevie Wonder but from my understanding (if memory serves me correctly) the movie was never officially released. I first caught wind of it via public television (at least the segment with Stevie singing) back in the '80s. I've seen some of it in recent years on UA-cam (though the upload is of the entire documentary). That flick could've easily fit in that top ten list.
Lots of them were contractually obligated to be collaborations, and multi national productions, I'm more of a giallo fan but it's the same case with that genre.
I had a rough time finding The Whole Wide World, 1996, starring Vincent D’Onofrio as Conan the Barbarian’s creator Robert E. Howard and Renée Zellweger as Novalyne Price.
try getting Harmy's Despecialized. it is a HD version of the original edit put together from a million different sources, you can find it on Pirate Bay.
I used to work in a video/game rental store and we had one copy of Song of the South on VHS! I knew it was going to be a rarity to get a hold of, so I bought it when I had the chance.
@@teenagebrains8187 but some sites will cause your device to not work because their are viruses that can destroy your device so I don’t want to risk it
Song of the South was in every video store back in the 80s. I've never thinked of it as a racist movie. Its a 40's movie, which sets the colonial american era. The movie doesn't support the slavery at all. It is just a movie which lead role is a black man who was a slave. There are several movies setted on the holocaust, and none of them are pro-nazi. There was several racist moments in early Disney movies, i agree, but i don't think Song of the South was one of them.
Gazpaviles actually it was set after the civil war and it was implied that uncle remes and the other black workers were freemen that worked the farm, hence why and how the uncle remes character started to leave at one point in the film. And from what I've researched about the film, The filmmakers made an effort by sending a copy of the script to the NAACP BUT when they didn't hear back from them, they just did what had been done in Hollywood for years and the result ended up looking like every other movie at the time where black people were just their stereotype. And aside from the wonderful performance of The actor that plays Uncle Remes and the animated segments...the movie is just boring. If any Disney movie needs a reboot (just so that splash mountain makes sense as a Disney Park IP) it's this one.
Only difficult to find if you want to stick with what's legal! Almost anything once it appears anywhere is somewhere to be found on the web. I just looked for Five Easy Pieces and found it in about 5 seconds. The copyright holders are in a constn
Five Easy Pieces used to be on Netflix, not sure if it is now. It's a shame if it isn't, because it's a really fantastic movie, and it shows why Jack Nicholson was such a highly respected actor before he became a giant self-parody.
I've used "Zippity-Do-Dah" as my password for years...I'll have to change that now, I guess. Such a great movie; I'd no idea my DVD was hard to obtain!
@@sarahhenry5577 I'm not sure. My DVD is at home and I'm out here doing my cross-country truck driving thing. I think it's a standard Disney release. I won't buy BS bootleg/counterfeits.
"The Last Movie" is reportedly getting a Blu-Ray release this year. My personal list: (1) Richard Harris' "Golden Rendezvous" based on the Alstair MacLean novel and featuring a great Jeff Wayne soundtrack, has been released on DVD in Australia and Japan (both OOP now) but nowhere else; (2) UK goofball comedy "Crust," about a retired boxer seeking to exploit a giant mutant Boxing Shrimp, released on DVD only in Japan; (3) Romain Gary's "Kill!," starring Jean Seberg and James Mason (the only known English-language DVD release was an Italian bootleg with VHS audio); (4) Romain Gary and Jean Seberg's infamous "Birds in Peru," not released on home media anywhere ever; and (5) all the AIP horror movies being sat on by Susan Hart--including "The Amazing Colossal Man," "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" and "Teenage Frankenstein," "Terror from the Year 5000," and "Invasion of the Saucer Men."
The original Star Wars Trilogy, or Why I Still Own a VCR.
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Good thing we have Disney+
@@Comic-94x1n Why? They aren't available there, either.
@@reh3884 Yes they are. They’re all on Disney+
Me too
I find it really sad and kind of disappointing that "Song of the South" is so hard to get a hold of. I understand the controversy (specially having spent far too long in the south), but I find it say that the things that the movie should be remembered for are swept under the rug. First, James Baskett (uncle Remus), was the first African American man to win any sort of Oscar, and while it was honorary, it should still be remembered. Plus the Uncle Remus stories are stories based off the African American Slave oral story traditions. Yes, the writer heard these stories from being on a plantation, but shouldn't the stories be kept alive anyway?
The overall issue is censorship. We have too many people, particularly corporate decision makers, with-holding this kind of material.
That's why Harris, the author, recorded and published them. He never tried to pass them off as his own work. And they were not recorded on a slave plantation, they were recorded some years after slavery had ended. The Uncle Remus character was based on former slaves, though.
James Baskett was a pure delight in that role. The kind of older adult friend a child would cherish. Sadly, he died not long after the honorary Oscar was awarded. Like Paul Robeson, Butterfly McQueen, Hattie McDaniel (who actually DID win a competitive Oscar - in 1939 yet) and so many, many Black actors, timing was everything. All would likely be big stars today, or at least regularly working. The US film industry really did itself a disservice when it denied roles for incredibly talented POC actors for so long. Slowly, it’s changing, but not fast enough!
I guess Hattie McDaniel doesn't mean anything to you - yes, I saw you said "Man", but she won a COMPETITIVE Oscar.
I don’t know how, but I have an un cut version of song of the south on dvd, but somehow to the internet, it doesn’t exist.
This list needs Superstar - The Karen Carpenter Story; early Todd Haynes film, controversially told the story of the late Carpenters singer using Barbie dolls, as a pointed satirical comment. None of the music was licensed, so it always was going to be shut down, but I saw it at a film festival once. Great film-making.
I saw Song of the South in the theatre when I was 8. I knew nothing of the controversies tied to it. All I saw was a film about a nice man who, through kind words, songs, and stories, spread joy from his heart to make other people happy. I remember very little about the film itself, but it does make me sad that things got complicated to the point that now it's considered a bad film.
Hey- I am genuinely curious what you mean by "things got complicated enough" for it to be considered a "bad" film.
I was like you, saw it as a child, and thought the exact same thing.
@@mckinleycason8884 Same here!
"Things got complicated" is an interesting way to avoid stating the fact that the US have turned into a leftist totalitarian terror state. I'm sure happy I don't live there, as there was a chance for my family emigrating there in the early 1990s.
That’s why they don’t like it. It shows people getting along. Doesn’t go with the agenda.
Don’t forget “Superstar” - the Karen Carpenter story performed with Barbie dolls
Just posted the same-great minds think alike 😸.
The movie that is impossible to find is Ravaged Earth, a WW2 documentary about the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. It was released in 1942 and no one under 16 was allowed to see it. It's so gone, it's not even listed on IMDB.
Song of the South should be released. Just add the disclaimer of how things were during that time and era. How can we learn from history of we can't see it?
THANK YOU! I've been freaking saying that for years. They already do that with some of their older stuff, why not this one? Not to mention the man who played uncle Remus was the first African American man to win any sort of Oscar. While it was honorary, it's still a shame that's swept under the rug.
Thank you for proving my point that the whole point of the movie was lost of the generations due to not having a home release and a real conversations about it. It absolutely DOES NOT need a disclaimer. The Uncle Remus stories was a product of the time but that was the whole point. Joel Chandler Harris straight recorded the oral tradtions and folk lore of the black people from the actual former slaves to preserve and pass them on to future generations. By not releasing the movie and urging the reading of the books. We are letting it die which was everything the black ancestors did not want to happen to this culture. To put some silly woke disclaimer on this piece would be a direct slap in the face of the ancestors and the black culture. Disrespect of the highest form. Only the suppression itself is a worst disrespect.
Like Dr Seuss
@@jaxong.2701 I can read Dr. Suess anytime I want
Using the argument against "Song of the South", they would also have to suppress "Gone With the Wind". I could probably think of others, but it's late and I'm tired.
Do another top 10 movies that are incredibly hard to find.
100 minute footage of Bruce Lee Game of death are in golden harvest vaults i believe
I agree.
You can actually watch those 100 minutes on the documentary Bruce Lee A warrior’s journey. You can catch it on UA-cam, or see it on the special features of Enter The Dragon.
They tried but could't find any
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"Little Darlings" (1980) starring Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neill is incredibly hard to find outside of its initial VHS release from the 1980's and Region 0 DVD's
Probably because it's a creepy movie
it's from the 80's...a lot of films from the 80's were creepy...why do you think people choose to overlook the fact that Patrick Swayze's 25-year old slacker is banging Jennifer Grey's 15-year old virgin in that movie with the "bump and grinds"...
I believe you can purchase it on Prime Video.
Finally found it on VHS and the quality was horrible. It was probably a bootleg
I saw it.
I would add Dogs in Space, Dreamchild , the Tangerine Dream scored version of Legend and Last Summer - all great movies
Legend is easy to get in the US with the Ultimate Edition Blu-ray
And Legend is streaming on Google Play.
Dreamchild is on cable a lot, but yeah.
That's my favourite version of Legend; Tangerine Dream's score made a huge difference.
And I still say ... you can see the fairy's arse! :-D
Is Your ❤️❤️ Strong Enough is a under-rated song.Masterpiece.
As a child I loved Song of the South, but I always thought it was called Zip Pa De Do Da. As a kid I didn't see racism or slavery. I just saw live action and cartoon mixed with catchy music. That is the great thing as a child. We don't see the bad only the good.
Same, it was a great movie
Inocent eyes 💔
Because their was no racism in the movie. It was a exact telling of oral traditions recorded by Joel Chandler Harris from former slaves. In hope to preserve and educate future generations of the history and folk lore of the black people. Thanks to the NAACP blocking the home release. They achieved exactly the opposite of what the purpose of the books/movie was about and what their own ancestors didn't want to happen.
Not seeing the bad is not always optional for some people, even from childhood.
@Pizza Man There're still tons of us around; we just don't make a lot of noise or harp on and on about it. :-D
I'm kinda surprised that Michael Mann's "The Keep" isn't even an honorable mention.
Song of the South is a truly great movie. It's too bad that people have demonized it. Yet at the same time slaughter movies, and grotesque torture movies are readily available.
i still enjoy song of the south
There’s one called Silent Night, about a terminally ill kid that lives with his grandparents over Christmas. About 1967 I think. I’ve been looking for it, for decades.
I can’t even find any info on this movie
That actually sounds like a 1969 movie called When Wolves Cry and/or The Christmas Tree starring William Holden.
It 1968 and it is called Legend Of Silent Night. hard to find...
9:05 I bought a copy of Song of the South off of eBay many years ago. It was the European version of VHS, so I had it transferred to an NTSC VHS tape. I bought it because I had vaguely fond memories of watching as a kid. I watched it once as an adult and let's just say watching as an adult gives you a different perspective of the film.
So did I, I love that movie!
I’m hoping you aren’t thinking now it’s some racist horrible movie . Because it’s not. But I can see anyone indoctrinated into leftists ideology being triggered.
Stanley Kubrick''s The Shinning first day release. It had a different ending and Stanley didn't like the reaction people were having to it, so he called the studio and had all of the movies destroyed and from then on they showed the alternate ending. People that went to see the movie a second time were like "whaaaaat?".
I can’t believe you didn’t have “Last Summer” from 1969 in here.
It was considered lost for years until a singular and the only film reel was found in Australia 7 years ago.
Since then it’s hard to find even online and has only been shown once on TCM on cable 5 years ago.
It’s literally one of the most rare films of all time plus is an all around amazing film
I’ve been trying to find Last Summer for years.
I actually saw a full screening of Song of the South AT Disney World in the early 90's at the Fort Wilderness Campground. After the "Chip n Dale's campfire sing along" they showed the entire movie on the outdoor theater.
I am dying to watch Nothing Lasts Forever. I am a big fan of modern black-and-white films. But it seems I'll have to wait a long time till I get hold of this movie. Also there's "Twilight of the Ice Nymphs", another rare movie that is nowhere to be found, except for a few clips on UA-cam. I just love the dreamy color schemes of Ice Nymphs. Then there's an Indian movie called "Tattva", part black-and-white, part color, that was released around 1992. This film is so rare that it has no mention anywhere on the internet, not even on imdb! I clearly remember having watched this almost surreal movie on national television here in India. And I am damn sure the name was Tattva, and nothing else. Fyi, Tattva (/ˈtʌtvə/) is a Sanskrit word meaning 'thatness', 'principle', 'reality' or 'truth'. Sometimes I feel like contacting the movie's lead actress Pallavi Joshi and ask her point-blank: "What the hell happened to 'Tattva'? Did it just vanish into thin air, or was it aired in some parallel universe I was part of?"
I find it funny that a movie that's sought after by movie buffs for being rare has "Looking For" in the title! :-D
Hmmm ... I think I've finally found a subject for that documentary I want to make someday ---
_Looking For "Looking For Mr Goodbar"_
That was a great book
Two of the greatest films ever made that have never been issued on DVD/Blu in North America and aren't on this list: "Greed" and "The Crowd."
I don't know about "Greed",
but "The Crowd" has been made available on DVD
at various times, from
various sources, including ebay.
We had a vhs copy of "Song of the South" back in my country (Chile), dubbed to Spanish, watched it multiple times as a kid. It's a wonderful film, and to me it actually celebrates black culture. Also, there's a scene of a poor white mom with kids, using slang to talk. Then I came to Canada, and saw some clips in original language. And I understood how could be offensive to many people in the African American community
Why?
I love my vhs tapes and DVDs and I will never let them go
I always wanted to see Song of the South because the way the film was made with the REAL and the animation together somewhat like Mary Poppins.
I would have put “The Day The Clown Cried” at #1 just because of the controversy surrounding the subject of the film and the fact that virtually no one outside of Jerry Lewis’s inner circle has seen it.
I bought Song of the South on DVD from Goodwill. I do have it.
Bootleg ? Can t imagine it was "offically" released on DVD. I could be wrong.
It must be a bootleg or something similar. If that movie was ever officially released by Disney, it would have been big news.
Who cares if it's just a bootleg, it has the real movie in it.
Pandemonium (1982 film) LOVE THIS MOVIE Pandemonium is a 1982 American parody slasher film. It was directed by Alfred Sole and featured an ensemble cast including Eileen Brennan, Phil Hartman, Tab Hunter, Carol Kane, David Lander, Eve Arden, Paul Reubens, and Tom Smothers. The film went into production under the working title of Thursday the 12th.
Debralee Scott, too, yes?
@@laustcawz2089 yes she played a character named Sandy
@@h0rnhead
She was quite adorable.
Another one I've seen here on UA-cam at one point, I always try to download them onto a hard drive before they get removed.
They recently released a Blu-ray of his other movie COMMUNION aka HOLY TERROR the one that stars the dark haired actress from LIQUID SKY and an early appearance from Brooke shields too...
A lot of Disney films are hard to find, and when you do find them, they're usually expensive. I just looked up "So Dear to my Heart," which I saw in the theater when I was a kid, and it's still stuck with me all these years (about 70). But they're usually worth finding---if you remember them fondly.
Most of the hard to find Disney movies are the TV movies that aired as part of the Wonderful World of Disney. Some got VHS releases but very few got DVD releases.
writerpatrick I know, I have tracked down a couple of my favorites and there are companies releasing them with sort of VCR to DVD picture quality. Still, if that's the only copy you can find, you take it, and can enjoy it anyway. I think Disney is making a big mistake by not bring them out of their own archives, with superior quality---at reasonable prices. Many of them are timeless and tell stories you won't find elsewhere. The thing that makes me smile is the fact that most of their movies from the old B&W TV days were shot in color and were shown after the TV networks made the change to all-color in the 1960s. Walt and Roy Disney might've been dreamers, but they had a knack of seeing ahead!
Oldenweery when you said that you looked up "So Dear to my Heart," I'm not sure if you were looking solely for the DVD but if you were (and had a hard time finding the flick), you can rent the digital version on UA-cam. Typically, if you can rent it on YT, that means you can purchase the digital copy from Google.
Here’s the complete list:
10) The Original Un-Altered Star Wars Cut
9) Looking for Mr. Goodbar
8) Naked Tango
7) A Fist Full of Fingers
6) Wired
5) The Day the Clown Cried
4) Let It Be
3) Cocksucker Blues
2) Nothing Lasts Forever
1) Song of the South
I’m glad I still have my VHS copy of “Let It Be”.
I also have a VHS copy.
You can always transfer that to DVD or to a digital format.
I do have the full uncut version of the movie "Song Of The South" both on VHS and DVD. I ordered it from a website online several years ago. But they were pretty slick on how they sold it. What they did was they had you buy a picture and then they gave you the movie for free. My friends still until this day either want to come over to my place to watch it with their kids or have me bring it to their house to watch it. I only have one other friend who has this same movie, and that's because he had bought it first. And when I saw that he had it, I wanted it too, so he told me where I could buy it.
Saw "Let It Be" recently for the first time. The legendary arguing & acrimony we've all heard so much about for 50 years is basically that one scene with George & Paul. It looks as though the upcoming Peter Jackson release will finally put that tall tale to bed.
I watched the original Let It Be at the cinema when it was released here in Norway. Arguing and no love between those guys. Beatles had said All You Need Is Love, but they proved that to be B. S.
Can't believe you left out The Devil's (1971) by ken russel. That's a notoriously hard to find movie
Difficult to find but not impossible. At the same fan convention where I got to meet Ken Russell in person and got an autograph. Later that day I found The Devils on DVD and watched it shortly after.
I managed to find a copy through Interlibrary Loan.
An awful film.
I do love it when Uncle Remus sings “Zippity Doo Dah.” I saw that film in the theatre as a tiny child, and I loved it. It was sparkly and fun! (To my small eyes and ears and knowledge). Surprised the Beatles’ doc is unavailable - pretty much every college campus in the US showed it, often, during the 1980s. Great film.
It’s not hard to find the original Star Wars trilogy untouched. It’s called a swap meet kids and it will always be your greatest friend.
Where's Shazaam with Sinbad?
No such movie exists. A film called Kazaam (with a "k") was released in the mid '90s starring Shaquille O'Neal.
And Nelson Mandela died in prison lol
Stefan
#RealFakeNews
Alex V i swear its real
I have it, it's stored in my closet next to my monopoly with the guy with the monocle.
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT with Lon Chaney from 1927.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_After_Midnight_(film)
You are pretty much out of luck to find a copy of that movie. Might be the "most lost" movie in film history.
karagarga.in/details.php?id=5502
FooFighterzz never heard of it
"The last known copy of the film thought to exist was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire, making London After Midnight one of the most famous and eagerly sought after of all lost films. In 2002, Turner Classic Movies aired a reconstructed version, produced by Rick Schmidlin, who used the original script and film stills to create this version" >> ua-cam.com/video/umqgeW8zS4c/v-deo.html
This is a list about hard to find films, not lost films.
I think a lot of silent movies were destroyed during WW2 for their silver content. I'd love to see the Theda Bara "Cleopatra", but it'll never happen.
One film that's sorta hard to find is Fritz The Cat, the first X-rated animated film in America. It's gotten a VHS and DVD release, and nothing beyond that. But for some reason the DVDs are semi-rare, since they're out of print. And copies can go for $50+
The Devils by Ken Russell. Got it on VHS, can't find it on disc!🗿
Grandier!
and it based on true events albeit very loosely.
Theres a UK dvd from BFI that is really good. I bought it maybe five years ago.
If you're looking for "Song Of The South" I just bought it in July of 2018 on Amazon. It's the international version, but it worked on a DVD player I bought at Wally World (Wal-Mart) I've never understood all the crap surrounding that movie, I think it's actually rather good, as the boy learns lessons from the stories of "Uncle Remus".
i thought wally world was the fictitious amusement park in national lampoon's vacation.
The "Tar Baby" scene is supposedly racist... Out of context, perhaps - in context with the film and the rest of the scene, no.
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 It's seen that way because the term became a racist insult, but that was long after the book was first published and probably after the movie was released. The story itself, like all the Uncle Remus stories, as an old African folk town that had been passed down through generations of slaves and was related to Joel Chandler Harris after the Civil War.
the film is rather good i think and what people fail to understand is that it was a film made nearly 80 years go now when things were more accepted and there are films more racist that are out yet song of the south much like gone with the wind is a product of it's time and should be on bluray or 4K by now. Disney showed the film in (1973) and again in (1986) on the big screen a few other re-releases i'm sure i missed but they really should put it out
@@jpbart1390 It is, but it's also the nickname given to Wal-Mart
Number 1: star wars chrismas special... THANK GOD
You can watch it on UA-cam xD
I own a copy; consider yourself lucky that you do not. :)
I downloaded. I never have been able to make it more than 15 minutes in. It is so bad
Lord Arryn i have a bootlwg copy on vhs juat because nobody has it at all and my god is it bad but i wouldnt sell it for 100 grand lol
I saw it originally in 1978 it sucked watched a version on UA-cam I remember how horrible it was I got thru about 20 minutes or so I couldn't take it total garbage
Disney's Uncle Remus
What’s that?
back then disney made this one movie this is when black people werent given rights so they gave uncle remus a typical stereo type
Ohhh
Thanks
no problem dude
It's called Song of the South, buddy
5:41 Fun fact: The guy who asked that question is Bill Allen, star of Rad, a film that for years, also hadn’t been released on DVD.
I actually have "Let It Be" on DVD, and it wasn't too difficult to find. I go to local geek conventions sometimes, and there's always a vendor there who specializes in movies that are hard to find domestically.
Most likely a bootleg
I’ve got a bootleg VHS & DVD copy of Let It Be. I think that movie has been superseded more recently by the Get Back DVD since it gave you much more good footage than the original film and was more even handed
I remember seeing song of the south when I was a little kid and I still love singing Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
I saw "Song of the South" as a girl, and I disagree that there was any racism it. It is a GREAT film for kids.
@@vickiebohy1742 it’s unclear if it takes place during slavery or after
Pretty sure my grandma honey has it, remember watching it as a kid at her house with all my cousins around Christmas while opening presents and our parents and grandparents talked and what not. Dont remember anything racist about it either. We all loved singing along to it as all of us kids grew up watching it due to my grandma having a mass collection if disney movies n shit like that.
I'm 39 years old, but I saw this is a small local theater as a kid! They used to run old Disney stuff pretty regularly. I also saw Dumbo and Pinocchio there too.
@@__yt9081it takes place in the reconstruction era.
The violent animations "Watership Down", "The Plague Dogs", and "Felidae".
Watership down was released by a criterion collection on DVD
Restored as the theatrical release left out Woundwort and Bigwigs bloody final battle in the burrow.
Watership down is on Amazon it’s not very hard to find
Michael Mann’s “the Keep” and Arch Oboler’s “Five” are two titles I want in my movie collection shelf 😔
I remember seeing "Song of the South" when it came out in theaters. I LOVED that movie! It really is a shame that it's not out on DVD.
How old are you? It was released 75 years ago!
@@AtheistOrphan Movies back then, you have to understand, were re-released from time to time. And so when I was little, it came out in theaters again. But for me, it was the first time parrot so although it's original run came out in 1946, it was back in the late 70's when I saw it. And I'm 47, btw. 🙂
Speaking of Wired, if you watch Seinfeld and look closely at Jerry’s shelf, you’ll see a VHS copy of Wired, alongside Child’s Play II, Back to the Future III, 2 copies of True Colors, The Crying Game, the Hunt for Red October, Goodfellas, Pretty Woman, Benny Hill’s Video Follies, Copacabana, Arachnophobia, 2 Golf videos: Driving for Distance and Saving Par from the Sand, and 4 NES Games: Tetris, World Cup Soccer, Sim City (SNES) and Super Spike V Ball. There’s a couple I’m missing as one of the tapes is obscured my masking tape.
I remember watching Song of the South years ago as a kid. One of the big misconceptions was that the movie took place during slavery, it didn't. It actually takes place during the Reconstruction Era. This movie was also James Baskett final performance. He was also the first African American male to receive an Academy Award in 1948.
I found it hard, it's hard to find
Oh well, whatever, never mind.
2021
I feel stupid, and contagious
@@jaxong.2701 Here we are now, entertain us! 🤘
Looking For Mr Goodbar is on UA-cam - it's an incredibly dark movie ...
ua-cam.com/video/9zgUF59n-4g/v-deo.html
@@PianoVampireit’s been removed
@@kissfanmac lol
No - It's "A movie of color".
How about a list of Top 10 Lost Films in the future?
All of them, eventually.
@@teptime I probably should have worded that better and thank you for reminding me of a comment I forgot I added
Please do another top 10 movies that are incredibly hard to find, & include the 20th Century Fox Films from the 50s & 60s, that have never been released on any home video format. Some examples are Freckles (1960), The 1959 remake of The Blue Angel, Of Love and Desire (1963), Shock Treatment (1964), etc.
I believe TCM on occasion airs "The Blue Angel" remake; I believe "Shock Treatment" is available either on HBO Max or Amazon Prime.
Be well.
Missing Link is impossible to find and is a excellent movie about a prehistoric man's struggle for survival. It is visually stunning.
Saw "Song of the South" as a black market DVD for sale at 2017 C2E2 in Chicago!
I want to imagine it was like a transaction scene in a movie...Trench coats...a dangerous alley... *Mickey Mouse*
Another movie that is incredibly hard to find is the 1984 nuclear war move "Threads" that was produced for the BBC.
Recently been released on bluray
Its very easy to find in the UK. There are dvd copies floating about all over the place, both online and in second-hand dvd stores like CEX (and their website). Its also on UA-cam.
David Reynolds
Fantastic film 💚👍
Mogshade - I remember watching that movie when I was 15 when it was first shown in the States. I used to be a big horror movie fan as a kid, but no horror film scared the living shit out of me like Threads did.
How scared was I after watching this movie? Let's just say that I had trouble sleeping for two days after watching that movie. This was life growing up during the Cold War.
David Reynolds one of the darkest nuclear war flicks made. Good film.
I ❤️ "Song of the South". Saw it at the Drive-In movies when I was a kid.
Saw it in the 80s at a 1 screen small town movie theater in TN.
I actually have a copy of Song of the South. It was released in the U.K. years ago. Live action and animated parts. It is …. interesting about how the main characters were portrayed. I think that there was more racism in the 1970`s version of Roots.
In Italy "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" is still shown in TV. Sometimes the "condom scene" with Diane Keaton and William Atherton is cut out.
it’s such a good movie really good MuSic.
I don't know, maybe this video was posted before the announcement, but later this year (2021), Peter Jackson is releasing a brand new documentary called "The Beatles: Get Back" that features fully restored, never-before-seen footage that was originally shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for "Let It Be", and as a bonus, he's also including a newly restored version of the original "Let It Be", all from the original 16mm negative (not the 35mm blowup that was originally used to show "Let It Be" in theaters). So it should look better than ever, and you all can finally get rid of your bootlegs!
Michael Chiklis also played Curly of the Three Stooges in a biopic
He was decent in it. Saw it in on tv a long time ago.
@matt fahringer that's true lol
It can be hard to believe anything with The Beatles would be hard to find
Most of Beatles music is taken down from internet
Believe it
Most of these are not that hard to find, they're just not available on DVD. And there are films that are still hard to find despite DVD releases.
It's rumored that The Day The Clown Cried was never actually finished.
Song of the South shouldn't be number one. It got a UK DVD release so it's easy enough to find for someone who really wants to see it.
There's a couple of William Friedkin movies that are hard to get at a reasonable price, Sorcerer and Jade. They are hard to find and what's out there is expensive, and they are both great movies, especially Sorcerer.
John Sayles’ Amigo, Abel Gance’s Napoleon, Alan Arkin’s Little Murders, and E. Elihas Merhige’s Begotten.
Pretty sure LITTLE MURDERS has turned up here on UA-cam at one point.
I thought London after midnight would be #1 since its one of the holy grails of horror movies
That's a lost film not a hard to find film. There are no known copies unfortunately
Not qualified for this list, it's likely lost forever but that's why we never saw a home video or theatrical re release.
The hardest movie to find, and one which could land you some serious jail time is...
"New Wave Hookers" starring Tracy Lords.
Why would you go to jail for having that movie?
Tracy Lords was sixteen years old (16 y/o) when it was filmed, and is classified as child porn.
She had fake ID when she showed up to film it...so, they filmed it not knowing her real age.
Yes, that is contraband, and you'll go to jail if they catch you with it.
I think a version with her segment cut out has been released.
I remember seeing "Song of the South" in the theater with my Dad as a child in 1971. I was fortunate enough to find it on DVD at a flea market in the early 2000s (I still have it). Censorship has no place in a free society, in my humble opinion. It's a true classic that modern audiences would enjoy; Uncle Remus telling stories is very enjoyable.
Same. I have a dvd of Song of the South but from what I’ve seen at least on UA-cam, the dvd American version doesn’t exist.
@@drawzamation39This movie has never been officially released on DVD anywhere in the world. If you have a DVD of theis movie, it is a pirate.
LITTLE DARLINGS (Kristy McNichol, Tatum O’Neill). Original VHS (Blue Box) and laserdisc had original artist recordings. VHS reissues had soundalikes, and never made it past that stage. TCM has aired the film once in original 2.35:1 widescreen with original recordings intact.
I already know that Song of the South was going to be on here
What about Todd Haynes' "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story"?
joeypropeller funny, I just saw that on my recommended vids the other day. 🤣
I've downloaded the "Barbie" version.
Cool movie.
That is the only version. That is what it is.
i didn't know about that one! i did see the tv movie with cynthia gibb, though.
I saw Looking for Mr Goodbar on UK TV a while back. Excellent film.
Remember a Disney summer movie event in my hometown, a local movie theater had the idea to have a special program where kids could watch three Disney movies a day, lunch, soda and popcorn all included for one price, a way of giving the kids something to do and giving the parents a break, they played all the Disney movies including Song of the South, although I found out later that movie was not planned, it just happened to be packed with the other movies
I seem to recall Song of the South being re-released theatrically in the late 70’s as part of Disney’s practice of theatrically releasing their classic films every few years. This must’ve been before home video
Some others I know are:
-Masters of menace(1990)
-Stitches(1986)
-Stewardess school(1986)
-John Carpenter’s Better late than never(1979)
-Summer job(1989)
Stewardess School...that's a classic!
What if Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks is actually the parody of Uncle Remus from Song of The South?
margareth michelina i’m pretty sure it is
Uncle Remus had reverse vitiligo?
Henry Robles all similarities don't have to be present in order for something to be a parody.
margareth michelina it is
To my knowledge he was based off of a Black man who fought for the South/Confederate Army in the Civil War & wanted to remain a slave after it ended lol.
Now do Top 10 Lost films.
I also have that one JoJolion book
That's a good idea. I bet the number one or honorable mention would be the movie "Him".
Can't find "Love Bites" starring singer Adam Ant as a vampire.
One film NOT on your list was “FM” from 1977-78. The film about an LA radio station was thought to be the inspiration for WKRP in Cincinnati. It was on VHS for a time but never DVD. I’m guessing because of music rights issues, one of its producers was Irving Azoff who managed the Eagles. When the film bombed he basically disowned it. I last saw it on UA-cam and all the music was there EXCEPT for Life in the Fast Lane which plays over an important scene early in the film
Supposedly Jerry Lewis owned the only complete copy of The Day the Clown Cried
After all the scandal regarding Cocksucker Blues, the Stones made a more straightforward concert film called Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones which got a brief theatrical release before becoming a staple of the midnight movie circuit and bootlegs. It finally got a DVD release a few years ago.
Humor Risk (Marx Brothers, 1921).
A Woman of the Sea (Charlie Chaplin, 1926)
Star Wars Holiday Special
For all we know, the first two movies are lost forever, and the third one is locked away by Lucasarts.
I would add
"Saved From The Titanic",
made shortly after
the event occurred
& starring one of the survivors,
wearing the same clothes
she had on when she was rescued.
I had a copy of Song of the South on VHS that I got at a comic show. It was from Japan and it was still in English with Japanese words and it was bootlegged. I watched it once or twice and then I lost it in a fire, wished I still had it
Where’s Zapped?! (1982) with Scott Baio?
That’s on Blu Ray now
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a classic horror film should be here.
Amazon has it on Blu-ray.
A classic.
It's not hard to find, I have it on DVD.
I don't think it's that hard to find. I watched it on Amazon Prime Video not all that long ago.
Agree, it was easy to get official DVD release a few years back, probably had mine 15 years.
I would add Big Time by Tom Waits to this list. I got a VHS copy a long time ago on Ebay but have never seen it in its entirety on UA-cam.
The Secret Life of Plants documentary. It had an accompanying double album soundtrack performed by Stevie Wonder but from my understanding (if memory serves me correctly) the movie was never officially released. I first caught wind of it via public television (at least the segment with Stevie singing) back in the '80s. I've seen some of it in recent years on UA-cam (though the upload is of the entire documentary). That flick could've easily fit in that top ten list.
Spaghetti westerns weren't, in fact, made in Italy. They were made in Spain with italian directors.
Lots of them were contractually obligated to be collaborations, and multi national productions, I'm more of a giallo fan but it's the same case with that genre.
What about “Waiting” from 1991, with The Naked Swimming Pregnant Woman?❤️📺🎶
What is this like the 20th vid on this channel to have Song of the South as #1?
I had a rough time finding The Whole Wide World, 1996, starring Vincent D’Onofrio as Conan the Barbarian’s creator Robert E. Howard and Renée Zellweger as Novalyne Price.
I have a legal, not bootleg, VHS copy of the Beatles, Let It Be.
I bought it before it was pulled off the store shelves.
I have the original Star Wars on DVD and I won't buy the Blu Ray version until I can get the original
try getting Harmy's Despecialized. it is a HD version of the original edit put together from a million different sources, you can find it on Pirate Bay.
It’s a mission in my life to see every Disney movie I need to see Songs of the South
its online dude
I used to work in a video/game rental store and we had one copy of Song of the South on VHS! I knew it was going to be a rarity to get a hold of, so I bought it when I had the chance.
@@teenagebrains8187 but some sites will cause your device to not work because their are viruses that can destroy your device so I don’t want to risk it
I'll be happy to send you a copy
You can occasionally find a bootleg copy of the Euro release vhs on eBay. If you see it, buy it quick because it won’t be on there very long.
Song of the South was in every video store back in the 80s. I've never thinked of it as a racist movie. Its a 40's movie, which sets the colonial american era. The movie doesn't support the slavery at all. It is just a movie which lead role is a black man who was a slave. There are several movies setted on the holocaust, and none of them are pro-nazi. There was several racist moments in early Disney movies, i agree, but i don't think Song of the South was one of them.
You do release Disney removed the really back stuff, right?
Gazpaviles actually it was set after the civil war and it was implied that uncle remes and the other black workers were freemen that worked the farm, hence why and how the uncle remes character started to leave at one point in the film. And from what I've researched about the film, The filmmakers made an effort by sending a copy of the script to the NAACP BUT when they didn't hear back from them, they just did what had been done in Hollywood for years and the result ended up looking like every other movie at the time where black people were just their stereotype. And aside from the wonderful performance of The actor that plays Uncle Remes and the animated segments...the movie is just boring. If any Disney movie needs a reboot (just so that splash mountain makes sense as a Disney Park IP) it's this one.
I thinked you’re an idiot
If these movies are so hard to find then how did you get the clips
I love song of the south i have original on VHS and a dvd copy, its hard to find but a must have! Best Disney movie.
Do some research, A Fistful of Fingers is being released on Blu-ray later on in the year.
TK 421 also the Spaghetti westerns were filled in Spain
God, another idiot on the internet telling people to "do some research."
RE H As always
There are a lot of 70's movies that are not talked about today that are very difficult to find. Stuff like five easy pieces, carnal knowledge, etc.
Only difficult to find if you want to stick with what's legal! Almost anything once it appears anywhere is somewhere to be found on the web. I just looked for Five Easy Pieces and found it in about 5 seconds. The copyright holders are in a constn
battle of Whack-a-Mole with the bootleggers!
Five Easy Pieces used to be on Netflix, not sure if it is now. It's a shame if it isn't, because it's a really fantastic movie, and it shows why Jack Nicholson was such a highly respected actor before he became a giant self-parody.
It may be out of print by now but I know criterion released a box set with 5 EASY PIECES and the other BBS films, including HEAD the monkees movie.
I've used "Zippity-Do-Dah" as my password for years...I'll have to change that now, I guess. Such a great movie; I'd no idea my DVD was hard to obtain!
Keep it, change the i’s to 1’s, the o’s to 0’s etc.
You have a DVD copy? Asian copy or what? Mine is a bootleg asian vhs copy. LOL
@@sarahhenry5577 I'm not sure. My DVD is at home and I'm out here doing my cross-country truck driving thing. I think it's a standard Disney release. I won't buy BS bootleg/counterfeits.
That was My Porn name in the 80's....
"The Last Movie" is reportedly getting a Blu-Ray release this year.
My personal list: (1) Richard Harris' "Golden Rendezvous" based on the Alstair MacLean novel and featuring a great Jeff Wayne soundtrack, has been released on DVD in Australia and Japan (both OOP now) but nowhere else; (2) UK goofball comedy "Crust," about a retired boxer seeking to exploit a giant mutant Boxing Shrimp, released on DVD only in Japan; (3) Romain Gary's "Kill!," starring Jean Seberg and James Mason (the only known English-language DVD release was an Italian bootleg with VHS audio); (4) Romain Gary and Jean Seberg's infamous "Birds in Peru," not released on home media anywhere ever; and (5) all the AIP horror movies being sat on by Susan Hart--including "The Amazing Colossal Man," "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" and "Teenage Frankenstein," "Terror from the Year 5000," and "Invasion of the Saucer Men."
I was lucky enough to see "Let It Be" in the theatre!
Same, in the late 70s.