As in the 2007 movie, I have a bucket list, a film bucket list. This is my top 10 films I would like to see before I die:

1) The Day The Clown Cried (1972) - I would pay any $ to see this film. I really really really want to just watch it, not own it, just watch it... Mr. Jerry Lewis if you see this, Please, I promise I wont tell anyone

2) Back To The Future (1985) - The Eric Stoltz footage... the rumor is there is 30+ minutes of produced footage and nearly the whole movie of rough footage. Just let me see.

3) The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2000ish) - I know Terry Gilliam did not finish this but I wanna know; Was it funny like Holy Grail, trippy like Time Bandits, dark like 12 Monkeys, or just ok like Brothers Grim...

4) Fear and Desire (1953) - We all know the story that Kubrick tried to have all prints destroyed. We know that Kodak owns the master. We know there are crappy bootlegs... but come on... I love Kubrick's work and he has been dead long enough... someone at Kodak needs to work with WB and give us a DVD copy.

5) Disney's Song of the South (1946) - I have seen it... the bootleg version on all torrent sites but a DVD release would be nice.

6) Rad (1986) - I own an original VHS, I have a copy on my ipod (about as good as the VHS) but I really want a DVD with commentary, reunion, Where are they now... and maybe modern day BMXers interviews on how it influenced them.

7) Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) - It is best said on Wikipedia: "Previously, availability was limited to two brief VHS releases in the 1980s and a laserdisc release in 1991. In 2005, Cheezy Flicks attempted to release the film on DVD, but due to legal issues, the disc was quickly pulled." I have a VHS scan... 

8) Inchon (1982) - Said to be the worst movie ever... SO why has this never been released on VHS or Laser Disc, or DVD... There are Fan sites... People love the worst of.... Remember the song "Barbi Girl", people paid for that... Let us see Inchon in all its glory.

9) The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) & The Dirt Bike Kid (1985) - I put them together... but lets face it... The 80s gave us GREAT bad cinema... I mentioned I wanted Rad... I have been lucky enough to see the releases of Breakin', The Monster Squad, Eddie and the Cruisers, and soon Howard The Duck... add The Legend of Billie Jean and The Dirt Bike Kid (both released on VHS only) to that list of 80s DVDs!

10) Lastly, a real, high quality release of the carrer of 'Iron' Mike Tyson. Owned mostly by King Productions, it is a gold mind. I would pay $50ish for a 3-5 disk set of the Mike Tyson PPVs. I have 2 VHS tapes of about 8-10 fights... I can watch them anytime.

You have to decide what was better, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park or Attack of the Phantoms? If you have been lucky enough to see them both, its tough.

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (USA/NBC televised version currently unavailable): slightly less running time, more dialog and one-liners, non-kiss bad 70s horror music.

Attack of the Phantoms (European/theatrical version currently available in the Kissology 2 box set): added deleted scenes but Ace Freeley fans claim that most of his lines were cut, but some dialog was cut... better production value and scene cuts, score removed and Kiss songs added (from the solo cds).

I guess my wishlist includes both... but i perfer Phantom of the Park

5) Disney's Song of the South (1946) - I have seen it... the bootleg version on all torrent sites but a DVD release would be nice.

The only way this will happen is if Michael Eisner dies, retires or resigns.  In an interview back in the 90's he was asked about Disney up coming DVD lineup.  When he was done with the list the interviewer said, "What about Song of the South."  His answer was simple and very pointed, "Not while I am around."  Eisner always found Song of the South very distasteful.  That is why when you are on Splash Mountain there is no tar baby and Briar Rabbit is covered in Honey not Tar.

I think it is safe to say we will not see this until he is gone and only then if he is succeeded by someone with different views.

Not that it changes anything but Eisner isn't with the company anymore is he?

Quoting bigdaddyhorse:

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There was a beautiful HD2DVD custom dvdr torrent of Legend of Billie Jean going around a while back (16X9, 5.1), but the site I got it from has shut down and I don't see it on the site I go to now.
It's as good, if not better than, your average bargin bin dvd.

There was a nice HD2DVD of Rad (1986) floating around too. I own the VHS and will probably always keep it, but it's nice to see the film in 16x9 widescreen! Now, if they would only release a special edition somewhere in the world sometime in this century I would be ecstatic! It has a sizeable and dedicated fanbase out there, and it's hard to believe it's never yet officially been released on DVD. Bill Allen who played Cru Jones in the film has a website if anyone's interested.

Well, I'd like to see Greed (1924) just because of it's reputation.

London after Midnight (1927) just because I won't be able to ever see it.

Theoretically available but never on home video, as far as I know, would be Orson Welles's take on Falstaff, Chimes at Midnight, a.k.a. Campanadas a medianoche. Technically compiled under considerably less than idea circumstances, it is nonetheless supposed to be a superb piece of work, and complete, unlike Welles's try at Cervantes.

I'm unsure whether the "missing" parts of Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes were ever actually filmed. If so, the film apparently was lost, since the DVD attempted a sort of summary. I was at a sneak preview for Sherlockians some decades back and recall being puzzled by references on the program card which corresponded to nothing in the movie.

I'd like to see the Warner Oland Fu Manchu movies, particularly Daughter of the Dragon with Myrna Loy doing her imitation Asian femme fatale (as well as Oland's own imitation Asian fiendish mastermind).

Quoting sillybarry:

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[u][b]10) Lastly, a real, high quality release of the carrer of 'Iron' Mike Tyson. Owned mostly by King Productions, it is a gold mind. I would pay $50ish for a 3-5 disk set of the Mike Tyson PPVs. I have 2 VHS tapes of about 8-10 fights... I can watch them anytime.

I saw a press release for the upcoming Philadelphia Film Festival and one of the handful of titles mentioned is TYSON, a documentary about Mike Tyson's life (with his participation).  Maybe something could be done in conjunction with the eventual DVD release.  At least the film should be filled with highlights (and in some cases, the entire fight, since a few only lasted 30 seconds or so).  I was never a fan (thought he ducked way too many legit challengers in order to take on the easy fights that would add to his legend as a destroyer in the ring, which ultimately led to his downfall when he underestimated Buster Douglas's power), but the documentary sounds interesting.