Looking for VHS or DVD of this movie... - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) Discussion

[–] ChiBear 18 years ago

We found DVDs of the 1973 version and the 1995 version on Ebay. We bought each around Nov. 15, 2005.

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[–] pawness 16 years ago

I own the 1973 version but I can't find the 1995 version. I take that back - I did find it and it was $200 + !!! I am a teacher and I would love to share the film with my students after we read the book but that is just too much money! I show them the 1973 version but I have it on VHS and there are no English subtitles (which I assume the new DVD has). As I am a teacher in Japan, the subtitles can help when the speaking gets to fast or too regional (in accents and casual language). Any ideas? Or anyone want to sell theirs - it's a good cause! My students would enjoy it so much and it would help their studies, too!

Any ideas would be welcome.
Thanks!

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[–] pinkservice 18 years ago

got mines for the library

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[–] cactusvalleypools 16 years ago

I got DVD

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[–] Mindelan 16 years ago

So you probably have it by now or something, but I bought a "10 All Time Classic Movie" DVD which has Charade, To Kill A Mockingbird, The 39 Steps etc. and not realising that The Hideaways meant this movie haven't watched it til now. I saw the 1995 version once but didn't remember the name and have been searching for this movie for years! IMDb doesn't list it with many helpful keywords...
I don't know if you can find the DVD where you are, but that's how I came across it and pretty cheaply too.

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[–] cookiet74 15 years ago

Mindelan - can you tell me where you found the "10 All Time Classic Movie" DVD and if that is the exact title? I've been looking for this but can't afford the $200 that they are selling it for on amazon.com and ebay.

Thanks!

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[–] LainieBlueEyes 15 years ago

Hi, cookiet74 ~
You can get this on VHS from sellers on Amazon. There are several copies from twenty to thirty dollars. (There's also a DVD, but a reviewer says it's a bad transfer plus it costs about ninety dollars. Feh.)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6301915720/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8 &condition=all

If the link doesn't work, go to Amazon and search "The Hideaways". Hope that helps!

LBE

*****
Just shove a bezoar down their throats.

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[–] angelicatty 14 years ago

Netflix has the 1995 version on their instant queue...would love the 1973 version

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[–] bboisvert 13 years ago

http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-WB-Site/default/Search-Show?q=1000180245&adid=0911WACNRdEml&src=EWA911D

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[–] solovoyager 13 years ago

This is available now on DVD from WBshop.com.

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[–] CineSight 11 years ago

I first saw this movie on HBO circa 1974-75 under its original title, although I could swear I remember it as "From The Crazy Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" and have had a fondness for it ever since. I even saw Sally Praeger in NYC on the street circa 1976. Seems like the title was changed sometime before Home Video...

I remember spending way too much on a VHS for this, and the DVD that was briefly distributed by a no-name company was a bad pan-scan transfer that I think was cut.

SInce Warner got it I hope they at least did a decent uncut transfer... it's listed as 1.85, so maybe it's decent?

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[–] Wonka2009 9 years ago

My library has this listed as The Hideaways
see if you can find it that way

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