Movies That Have Fallen Off the Face of the Earth

[LoboTBL]

But the winner is:

Song of the South

Supposedly even Disney's CEO hates this one because of racial stereotypes.

I suspect this movie will cease to exist in any form and all memories of it will be wiped from history.

That one was almost impossible to find on VHS. I was able to get a copy and would love to find it on DVD. I will probably have to get my VHS tape put on a DVD though.

[Firefly]

Belieb it or not we actually got to watch Song of the South for movie day in like 2nd grade. Zipadee do dah, Uncle Remus, and Brer Rabbit and all.

Nobody thought it was racist. Like none of the black kids or anybody. I just figured he was an old dude who sang songs and hung out showing cartoons. Never thought he was a slave.

Kids dont care about social justice, just cartoons and catchy songs.

ETA but Secret of NIMH kinda messed me up. And An American Tail kinda struck me as dark once I caught it on TV as a college kid. It never really occurred to me that Fievel was a Russian Jew mouse escaping a pogrom. I just thought it was about how in America the streets were paved with cheese.

Also screw Bambi's mom. Littlefoot's mom dying was no shit traumatizing.

[Bubba FAL]

If anyone is interested, Grit is showing Carbine Williams tonight. 8:30 central time.

[Peshawar]

X rated version of Soldier Blue. I saw it as a little kid on cable. Terrified me. I think it’s basically impossible to find.

[OH58D]

I just had an epiphany and remembered three obscure films, all by director David Lynch:

Eraserhead - 1977
Blue Velvet - 1986
Wild at Heart - 1990

All three are considered "art films", but they are weird...especially Eraserhead and Wild at Heart.

[ramairthree]

I just had an epiphany and remembered three obscure films, all by director David Lynch:

Eraserhead - 1977
Blue Velvet - 1986
Wild at Heart - 1990

All three are considered "art films", but they are weird...especially Eraserhead and Wild at Heart.

Obscure Firefly and Steryaug can do in their sleep.
I was getting more along the lines of bigger, popular films that disappeared. Or had famous people, etc.

Like, I would like to watch the original Vanishing Point, followed by the Vigo Mortessin one, but despite having a renown actor it is not easy to find vs the other ones.

[SteyrAUG]

Obscure Firefly and Steryaug can do in their sleep.
I was getting more along the lines of bigger, popular films that disappeared. Or had famous people, etc.

Like, I would like to watch the original Vanishing Point, followed by the Vigo Mortessin one, but despite having a renown actor it is not easy to find vs the other ones.

Try and find "Secrets" with Jacqueline Bisset. Lots of early "show some skin" films featuring actresses who made it big are kept out of print.

[Firefly]

The original Gone in Sixty Seconds.

Not the lame Nicolas Cage one but the original.

The point wasn't that Eleanor was super rare, but that there was so much heat on that getting a 71 Mach One Fastback when they were relatively ubiquitous proved difficult.

No CGI, no lame people. All the cars were real as were the wrecks.

[Five_Point_Five_Six]

The original Gone in Sixty Seconds.

Not the lame Nicolas Cage one but the original.

The point wasn't that Eleanor was super rare, but that there was so much heat on that getting a 71 Mach One Fastback when they were relatively ubiquitous proved difficult.

No CGI, no lame people. All the cars were real as were the wrecks.

I came across the original in a pawn shop last summer on DVD for $2. The chase at the end never gets old.

[OH58D]

Obscure Firefly and Steryaug can do in their sleep.
I was getting more along the lines of bigger, popular films that disappeared. Or had famous people, etc.

Like, I would like to watch the original Vanishing Point, followed by the Vigo Mortessin one, but despite having a renown actor it is not easy to find vs the other ones.

Blue Velvet (1986) included Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, Isabella Rossellini (Ingrid Bergman's daughter).

Wild at Heart (1990) starred: Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella Rossellini

Some of the previously listed films in this thread were never huge box office successes, but did have some big name actors.

One Clint Eastwood film that isn't seen too often is Play Misty for Me (1971) and was Eastwood's first film he directed.

Another film not seen too often is Dennis Weaver's Duel from 1971, directed by Steven Spielberg (I think his first major film). It was considered a loser by the studio and released in Europe first. After success there, it was released in the US as a TV movie of the week. A blooper in that film is when Dennis Weaver is in a phone booth. You can see the reflection of a young Spielberg in the background.