Don't let the opening old Universal logo scare you. Resolution takes off as soon as the movie starts. Very nice and one of my favorite fun movies of all time.

Don't let the opening old Universal logo scare you. Resolution takes off as soon as the movie starts. Very nice and one of my favorite fun movies of all time.
Nice, I'm definitely picking this up today... completely underrated De Niro movie. I also consider it his only quality comedy film.

Jimmy Serrano: Don't say a word to me, Sidney, don't say a f#$%^& word to me. I'll get up and I'll bury this telephone in your head.

Oh man, so many great lines in that movie...

I pre-ordered this one several weeks ago and I was very uncertain about the PQ, but this is good news.

Oh man, so many great lines in that movie...

I'm with ya on that, you'e gonna suffer from fista phobia, you ever hear of Arterial Sclerosis.

My favorite, go f myself, everybody's telling me to go f myself. lol

Enjoy the movie.

"Jack, you're a grown man. You have control over your own words."

"You're g------n right I do. So here come two words for you. Shut the f--- up!"

Great movie, and I'm off to go buy this one ASAP!

Nice, I'm definitely picking this up today... completely underrated De Niro movie. I also consider it his only quality comedy film.

just ordered this today, but it takes a back seat to analyze this in my book which i watched over the weekend after seeing it so many times it still killed me

Midnight run is part adventure movie which keeps it interesting and the casting is great. Now that I've watched most of the movie today you'll see some frames that are softer then the rest of the movie but they're far and few between. We all know the SD version was is a pretty ruff and NA. The HD version has none of the video noise plus the blacks coloring are rendered very well.

Funny Jack just threw the Duke off the freight train. "Jack the trains have regular stops. That's so people can get off the train when it stops. They don't throw themselves off the train. :) :) :)

one of the best movies of all time is a understatement, I have to order this now as I forgot about it :eek:

"did you do the Litmus configuration?" :D

-Gary

This is one of my favorite movies. I ordered it today after seeing Tom's post.

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Axel

These things go down! These things go down!

I love this flick. How did I miss that it came out today? Bah - now I have to go to Fry's tonight...

I didn't realize it was out today either. Just happened to stop at Fry's as I was near there and it was Tuesday/new release day. I picked up Flags of our Fathers which is a movie I haven't seen yet. $19.95 for the Midnight Run, Flags is a little high at $28.99.

Effin sweet. This is an all time great. Marvin look out! So many lines to quote... if I were your accountant... this and Planes/Trains are the best mismatched cross country trips ever...

Effin sweet. This is an all time great. Marvin look out! So many lines to quote... if I were your accountant... this and Planes/Trains are the best mismatched cross country trips ever...
Oooh Planes, Trains... Great movie. The scene at the car rental counter is worth the price of the movie alone.

Universal, please!

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just ordered this today, but it takes a back seat to analyze this in my book which i watched over the weekend after seeing it so many times it still killed me

oh man, sorry no way analyze this comes even close.
You need to watch midnight run about 12x to full realize the greatness of this film.

Right after college, i couldnt afford cable, so i watched tapes of this (and blazing saddles) literally every night before going to bed.

I'm cracking myself up reading some of the quotes on this thread. LOL




"I'M MOSLEY!!!"

Eddie, I swear to God, don't start with me now or I'll shoot him and dump him in the swamp. :D :D :D

Classic film. Absolute must have. Keep the reviews coming.

I just watched the movie a few weeks ago as I learned it was coming to HD DVD. I enjoyed it...and definitely enjoyed the interplay betwen Deniro and Grodin.

Hell even Joey Pants was the typical Joey Pants in this one..which is good.

Plus it was fun seeing "Taggart" get clocked a few times.

I bought the remaster about a year ago.

Love the movie but Im gonna pass for now. Maybe I can get it down the line extra cheap and pick one up.

I'll go buy this one after work @ fry's

Seems there's quite a large fan club of this movie and rightfully so. The outdoor scenes filmed in Arizona look marvelous. The added special feature the making of Midnight Run is interesting, you see the large scope it took to make the movie.

Just watched this, the transfer is very good, some of the night and indoor scenes have fairly heavy grain but outdoor scenes are lovely, colours excellent and the more or less 3.0 soundtrack is surprisingly hifi.

Most importantly the film is great.

I bought the remaster about a year ago.

Love the movie but Im gonna pass for now. Maybe I can get it down the line extra cheap and pick one up.

It is cheap why hurt yourself you've got HD-DVD. You can now watch this movie in HD never really getting sick of it just like before.

"You wouldn't have change of a thousand?" Looks like I'm walkin.

Then the very catchy title tune, how's it go? :)

Seems there's quite a large fan club of this movie and rightfully so.
Damn straight. I remember - years ago (could it really be fifteen years or more?) - watching this with my dad on HBO, laughing our butts off. Definitely a classic.

Was this DeNiro's first comedy? I know he did "We're No Angels" sometime in the 80s, but I'm thinking this was first.

Great movie. I didn't realize it was out today either. And I just came home from shopping. Oh well, I guess I'm going back out!

I didn't realize it was out today either.

Methinks folks need to may more attention to the Release Calendar:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=766588



;)

Was this DeNiro's first comedy? I know he did "We're No Angels" sometime in the 80s, but I'm thinking this was first.

I think We're No Angels came out a year later. Does Brazil count as a comedy?

Fantastic film,one of my favorites as well. No time till the weekend ,but a must have.

Art

Personally, I don't consider Midnight Run a comedy although there are some scenes that bring a huge smile to my face.
With a good script, Charles Grodin can play a part like this brilliantly.
A must have.
Now, if we could only have Get Shorty!

Now, if we could only have Get Shorty!
Never heard of it.





They say the f'ing smog is the f'ing reason we have such beautiful f'ing sunsets...

I'm not surprised by the PQ accolades. The HD version on cable(on Uni-HD) looked fantastic.

When I saw this was becoming available for HD-DVD I was eustatic. Love to see It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World next. On the more dramatic The Pope of Greenwich Village would be great. Charlie! they took my Thumb!/ The summer wind, came rolling in, from across the Sea. :)

Love a great movie.

Never heard of it.Seriously? You've never heard of Get Shorty?
Elmore Leonard story w\ John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Dennis Farina, Rene Russo.
IMO, Travolta's best and a great movie.
Rent the DVD. Unless you're above all that now :D

Get Shorty would be great for the HD collection. Very well done slick and funny movie.

Sure he heard of it, one of the gut buster lines if you know LA.
"They say the f'ing smog is the f'ing reason we have such beautiful f'ing sunsets... "

This is one of the best "buddy" movies ever.

"I have just two words for you:

Shut the f*ck up!"

:D

No ones said it but MR does have some warm moments, mainly the ending scene. "It's not a bribe you already let me go". Well rounded movie.

Never seen this movie, but I just read some reviews, so I just ordered this and 12 Monkeys from Amazon. Now hopefully someone makes some custom cover art for Midnight Run. :)

Seriously? You've never heard of Get Shorty?
Elmore Leonard story w\ John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Dennis Farina, Rene Russo.
IMO, Travolta's best and a great movie.
Rent the DVD. Unless you're above all that now :D
:D As guitarman pointed out, the line in my post was from the movie. A line uttered by the great Dennis Farina. Get Shorty is one of my favorites (the sequel, not so much.)

Other great Elmore Leonard adaptations include Jackie Brown and Out of Sight.

Never seen this movie, but I just read some reviews, so I just ordered this and 12 Monkeys from Amazon. Now hopefully someone makes some custom cover art for Midnight Run. :)
For most HD-DVDs I want custom art covers, but not for Midnight Run... its the original art! I think it suits the movie just fine. I mean, its not a trainwreck like the Children of Men cover or anything. :)

PQ looks good - not "WOW" HD stuff, but solid, especially the outdoor scenes. The AQ is a letdown for me. The theme tune (which is great!) sounds better in the menu than in the movie. There's hardly any rear surround use and there is no dynamics or punch to the AQ at all, e.g. the shotgun blast in the opening scene is flat! They could have made a little more effort on this.

...but the most important thing is that its a great film!

PQ looks good - not "WOW" HD stuff, but solid, especially the outdoor scenes. The AQ is a letdown for me. The theme tune (which is great!) sounds better in the menu than in the movie. There's hardly any rear surround use and there is no dynamics or punch to the AQ at all, e.g. the shotgun blast in the opening scene is flat! They could have made a little more effort on this.

...but the most important thing is that its a great film!

If it's faithful to the original soundtrack, I'm fine with that. I'd rather have that then The Jerk where Universal slapped on some new sound FX which sounded nothing like the original. Just compare the English and French tracks on the "he hates these cans!" scene to see what I mean.

If it's faithful to the original soundtrack, I'm fine with that. I'd rather have that then The Jerk where Universal slapped on some new sound FX which sounded nothing like the original. Just compare the English and French tracks on the "he hates these cans!" scene to see what I mean.

I suppose you are right. But its a shame the music isn't more "surrounding". if you compare the music over the menu to that within the film you'll see what I mean. Mind you, some films they have done a decent job of adding new & improved sound effects, e.g. The Terminator, Star Wars Ep IV to name a few.

...i guess he just doesn't like universal....
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/midnightrun.html

:D

:D As guitarman pointed out, the line in my post was from the movie. A line uttered by the great Dennis Farina. Get Shorty is one of my favorites (the sequel, not so much.)
Other great Elmore Leonard adaptations include Jackie Brown and Out of Sight.
Steeb, sorry for being so dense. :o
Loved Jackie Brown! Man I forgot how good that movie was\is.
Is that still a Weinstein property?

Steeb, sorry for being so dense. :o
Nah - no biggie.

Loved Jackie Brown! Man I forgot how good that movie was\is.
Is that still a Weinstein property?
My understanding is that the older flicks stayed with Disney, with the new ones going to the Brothers. I may be wrong, but I'm thinking Jackie Brown will be BD-exclusive.

LMK what you're watching Midnight Run on? Art S you don't have to speak up I know what you watch a pure animal setup. It really looked great on my 720p HD2+ projector, with a dark gray screen.

I watched it all but a second viewing is due real soon. You wanna feel good, pop on the Midnight Run in HD. :)

Midnight Run is one of the most underrated/unknown films ever made. So many people I come across have never seen it. It's an absolute classic, and one of De Niro's best efforts, IMO. I was shocked when he was on the Actor's Studio with James Lipton there was no mention of it whatsoever :(.

I just watched this last night. I'm very impressed with the PQ. Very happy with the purchase. The movie was as good as I remembered it too!

I just have to share this from the IMDB forums, on "Midnight Run"

My Mother gave me this video as a present for my sixth birthday in 1989. She thought it was a film about chickens with insomnia. I watched it at least once a week from then-on until December last year. After every viewing I'd put a mark on the cover, and at last count there were 1788 marks. I know it word-for-word.
I don't think having seen it at such a young age or so many times has had any adverse effect on me, and when I get released, the first thing I'm gunna do is watch it again. I just wish it wasn't banned in Australian prisons.

True? I don't care. I laughed anyway. :)

I am most impressed with this release. If you like this movie, which I'm sure just about everyone does, then don't let the rather negative "professional" reviews dissuade you. The video quality is often impressive and the audio gets the job done. There is good stereo separation for the musical score and ambient effects.

Now I hope Universal soon gives us The Hard Way, which is another good buddy movie that stars James Woods and Michael J. Fox.

Now I hope Universal soon gives us The Hard Way, which is another good buddy movie that stars James Woods and Michael J. Fox.

It's funny that you mention this, I was thinking about this movie while watching Midnight Run and how I haven't seen it in a long, long time.

Nobody but me saw a ton of edge enhancement on this?

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/showthread.php?p=3168796

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=857021

Didn't notice excessive edge enhancement my 1st time thru. I'll have to see it again.

Nobody but me saw a ton of edge enhancement on this?

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/showthread.php?p=3168796

Nope, if it was there I wasn't bothered by it. I feel for you brother, I mean to be so bothered.

Picture looked great, I saw a little more this morning and thought again how nice it was over the standard. This will be one of my favorite pop in on feel good HD movies. Along with Trading Places and Army of Darkness. Where is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World? :)

PQ was pretty good for a old movie. Its not gonna blow anyone away. but it suprised me. Movie was pretty good. Not a classic. Not the funniest buddy comedy, but it entertained me for 2 hours.

I'm unsure if anyone mentioned this before, but the dialog on the audio track is terribly shrill whenever an actor speaks loudly, yells, or screams. Also at times, it's quite hard to understand what is being said. I know the film is certainly dated, but it's very distracting.

I'm unsure if anyone mentioned this before, but the dialog on the audio track is terribly shrill whenever an actor speaks loudly, yells, or screams. Also at times, it's quite hard to understand what is being said. I know the film is certainly dated, but it's very distracting.
Totally. Especially Joey Pants. I'm thinking it was a low budget flick and they used less than ideal recording equipment, but I could be wrong.

I finally got my rental for this.
It is funny how movies change, this wouldn't work in today's age of cell phones.

Still loved it even with its liberal use of one of the worst movie cliches ever.

The one punch knockout when you want a character to "turn off".
They must have done the one punch knock out about 12 times in this movie.
I would think there would be some permanent damage if someone actually had the strength and know how to punch someone unconscious everytime.

The one punch knockout when you want a character to "turn off".
They must have done the one punch knock out about 12 times in this movie.
I would think there would be some permanent damage if someone actually had the strength and know how to punch someone unconscious everytime.
Heh - that was one of the things I mentioned when I was describing the movie to my wife. I mentioned that, while it contains some violence, it's more of a "comic" violence, with people getting knocked out from a single punch all the time.

I thought the PQ was so-so. Sometimes great, sometimes, not so much. A good rental. If it didn't come out on HD-DVD, I would never have watched it again. Thank you Universal.

I got this sitting in my saved for later cart at amazon but dont know if I should jump on it or not. The trailer looks great and it is a movie that I've never seen before so it would basically be a blind buy for me. Ahhhh choices choices choices

Personally i think the quality is prety top notch:
http://www.hdmovies.co.nz/catalog/midnight%20run.html

I got this sitting in my saved for later cart at amazon but dont know if I should jump on it or not. The trailer looks great and it is a movie that I've never seen before so it would basically be a blind buy for me. Ahhhh choices choices choices
If you even REMOTELY liked Planes Trains and Automobiles, buy it. If you liked The Ref, buy it. You know what, just buy it. So many funny lines, and the actors... DeNiro, Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, Dennis Farina, John Ashton, Joe Pantoliano... pitch perfect.

MEC2

^^^
What he said...

Yeah, I went ahead and ordered along with 4 other HD DVD's I've been meaning to get. Should arrive on Thursday.

very average PQ, but this is one of the best movies I have ever seen...

Awesome chemistry between Grodin and De Niro, and there was never a dull moment. Much much better than a lot of movies made today.

I was looking at Martin Brest's directing credits, most recently he did....Gigli. I hope that didn't sink his career, because his movies are very entertaining.