Captain Newman, M.D. will finally be released on DVD Nov. 4, 2008, as part of another Universal box set, The Gregory Peck Film Collection.
Also included are three other new-to-DVD films, The World in His Arms, Mirage and Arabesque, plus the long-available original Cape Fear and the special edition of To Kill a Mockingbird.
MSRP is $59.99. New titles not available separately.
Hey Hob, don't tell me you like THIS gem too!
shareHi, MrPie -- yes, indeed! I'm a big Greg Peck fan too, and very much looking forward to this set.
Now I'm really glad we met up through the World Without End site. That's the nice thing about IMDb -- meeting all the other people who appreciate and can discuss the same things you do -- or just disagree respectfully. See you soon, I hope!
hob
This is GREAT news! CNMD was filmed about three miles from my home -- the officer's club and the infamous water tower are still there.
At least this boxed set doesn't include Greg Peck films I already own......"Pork Chop Hill", "Twelve O'Clock High", "On The Beach", etc.
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Hi phantomsever -- where is your home, and what is/was the place they filmed for CNMD? Was it a real base, or something else, and is it used for something today?
This box set wouldn't have contained any of the other Greg films you mentioned as it's confined exclusively to movies he made for Universal (the ones you mentioned were for UA, Fox, and UA again, respectively). What's a bit annoying is that the set will include two films already available separately (Cape Fear and TKAM) but still omits the one remaining Peck film for Universal, 1971's Shoot Out. It was once issued as a low-grade, pan & scan disc from the cheap outfit Goodtimes, but this film still awaits a proper DVD release from its home studio. Too bad they didn't include it here, an obvious venue for it.
I live in southern Arizona and the installation is actually Ft. Huachuca (pronounce "wah-CHOO-ka"). The airfield on the post, dating back to the WWII era, was in fact called Colfax AAF up until the late '60s, when it was renamed Libby AAF. The base is still quite active, being home to the Army's Electronic Proving Ground (for whom I worked), Information Systems Command, and the Military Intelligence Center & School.
I remember "Cape Fear" quite well. I saw it as a kid and Robert Mitchum was absolutely terrifying. The remake paled in comparison IMO though DeNiro did have a shining moment or two. Thanks for the intel, Hob Nob -- I appreciate it.
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Oh, I know Ft. Huachuca (even its pronunciation!), though I've never actually been to it -- just driving nearby! I have family in AZ and have been going out there since I was a kid, in 1957, and own property in the Phoenix area (though I live outside NYC). I knew CNMD was filmed in AZ, where it takes place, but never thought about where it was shot.
Completely agree with you about the 1962 Cape Fear -- infinitely superior to the remake (which, with his cameo, is Peck's other Universal film). I thought the '91 version fell apart when it veered into "Friday the 13th" territory toward the end. DeNiro was okay but so cartoonish it got ridiculous. Mitchum was vastly more terrifying because he was realistically drawn.
Anyway, thank you very much for the information, phantomsever -- I appreciate yours too! Enjoy the box set.
Totally agree about DeNiro and the "Friday The 13th" analogy -- it's like he consciously worked to become a caricature of the gratuitous gore genre. Hitchcock got the same job done through *implied* terror. Never been much of a DN fan actually......loved him in "Men Of Honor" though.
We got friends stationed up at Luke Field near Litchfield so we know the Phoenix metro area pretty well. Two seasons up there -- autumn, and <<HOT>>.
I just ordered another film that was shot down here -- "Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came", with Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ivan Dixon, and Susan Pleshette. I saw it first-run in a theater back in '70 or '71. Anybody wanna know where they got the story-line for "Tank" (with James Garner and Shirley Jones), there's your answer.
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Pauline Kael (a critic for whom I usually had little use) called the 1991 Cape Fear Martin Scorsese's worst film, and here I do think she was right. Peck owned the rights to the book (his own production company had produced the first film) and when MS asked if he could buy them for the remake Greg said fine -- but initially turned down Scorsese's request that he do a cameo. He finally relented when he learned Mitchum and Martin Balsam would appear also. Initially Scorsese wanted him to play either the judge or the police chief but Greg settled on the role of the sleazy attorney representing De Niro, which he seemed to have a good time playing (roughly the role played by Jack Kruschen in the original). Remarkable to realize that that small part represented GP's final big screen appearance.
AZ is always great for location work -- westerns obviously (and overwhelmingly), but even recent films like Bad Santa, as well as older films such as Lillies of the Field, did well being set in the state. Still, I must admit I liked it better in the 50s and 60s when there were a lot fewer people -- and a lot more open desert -- than today. But I guess that pretty much applies to most of the world, doesn't it?
But an interesting aspect about Arizona and the movies relating to Gregory Peck: in 1951, he starred in the film David and Bathsheba, a Biblical tale set of course in the ancient Holy Land but filmed in Arizona. Twenty-two years later, in 1973, he starred in a western called Billy Two Hats, which takes place in Arizona, but was shot -- in Israel!
Filmmaking!
<which takes place in Arizona, but was shot -- in Israel!>
LMAO!
Same way with Don Johnson's "In Pursuit Of Honor" (which was recently released to DVD)......supposedly set in southeastern Arizona (Ft. Huachuca?) but shot entirely on location in Australia. The terrain and sunlight are similar but as I watched the disc I knew something wasn't kosher when there was no local flora (ocotillo, saguaro, creosote, mesquite, tumbleweeds, etc) to be found.
I've done some film work out here as an extra -- "The Roswell Incident", "Firebirds", and "Groom Lake" (a sci-fi reeker from Bill Shatner) -- and it never ceases to amaze me how versatile the locale can be.
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Yeah, but apparently not versatile enough for some people to actually use it even when the movie's supposed to take place there!
On the other hand, when they filmed Oklahoma! in 1955, they shot it all in Arizona because, the producers said, Arizona in 1955 looked a lot more like Oklahoma in 1907 than Oklahoma did anymore.