Longest time between direct sequels?, Does the new TRON set a record?

NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE is available for purchase on DVD from the NFB website. There are few Canadian dramas from that era that available on DVD (let alone Blu). WEDDING IN WHITE (1972), the debut feature from William Fruet (who wrote GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD as well as Don Shebib's subsequent film RIP-OFF) came out several years back. Carol Kane and Donald Pleasence are the stars, but the supporting cast includes Paul Bradley & Doug McGrath, the protagonists from ROAD. Larry Kent's THE APPRENTICE (1971) - an early film for Susan Sarandon - earned a DVD release, and last fall the soap hockey star-meets pop singer romantic drama FACE-OFF (1971) came out both on Blu and standard DVD. Similar to the GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD release it includes the SCTV parody of the film.

I know that THE LUCK OF GINGER COFFEY (1964) is available as an R2 DVD but I don't believe there has yet to be an R1 for the movie. THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ came out a few years back. Scorpion released a special edition of the George Kaczender film THE GIRL IN BLUE (1973, aka U-TURN). Some of Denys Arcand's earlier films such as REJEANNE PADOVANI (1973) and GINA (1975) had DVD releases but as French-language only without subtitle options. Frank Vitale's MONTREAL MAIN (1974) is available as a special edition DVD.

Some key films like THE ROWDYMAN (1972) remain frustratingly unavailable - I do not believe it earned so much as a cassette release in North America. Ditto for Don Shebib's BETWEEN FRIENDS (1973) and Don Owen's PARTNERS (1976). A few others like RIP-OFF (1971), PAPERBACK HERO (1973), THE HARD PART BEGINS (1974), SKIP TRACER (1977), and WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? (1977) at least made it to VHS.

Thanks for mentioning the NFB website, I had no idea they sold movies. I have immediately ordered NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE (1965) as that is one I have wanted to see again for years and years - I only saw it once, probably in 1965 or so, whenever it was screened in the U.S.

Don Owen made something of a sequel to NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE in 1984, titled UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Peter Kastner and Julie Biggs reprise their characters from the first film, but the main focus in the story is on their teenage daughter (played by Isabelle Mejias). It isn't anywhere near as good as NWG.

@Robert

Thanks for the info---actually if you go on the NFB site or whatever site I went to (I found a link to it on NWG's IMDB message board, it's been a while since I've been there) the film itself is available to watch on it---or at least it was when I first went there.

I used to read reviews on this site called Canuxploitation:Your Complete Guide to Canadian B-Film---haven't been over there in a while either---that's where I read reviews of almost every movie you're mentioned. I just checked and apparently it's gotten a makeover with brand new reviews, including HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN, of course:

http://www.canuxploitation.com/

Also some good news for Detroit for a change---the govenor of Michigan finally came back to his senses after cutting down the film incentive tax credits that made Michigan in general the go-to hot spot for film production from 2009-2011, and has decided to restore said credits to an extent, which makes sense, seeing that giving big corporations huge tax breaks hasn't exactly jump-started the sluggish economy/helped break the high unemployment numbers here. It also looks like a local film restoration company might get a piece of the pie,so to speak. Here's the story:

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18919735...troit-this-summ

I notice amazon.ca now lists the GOIN DOWN THE ROAD/DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN/SCTV VERSION Bloo as temporarily out of stock which is an improvement. I suspect it will be along shortly, probably appear this month as you originally suggested.

And, Kim, Washington State also restored our film tax credits, and other incentives, this year - a person I know in the film crew catering business now has many more people to feed after a dry spell of a year or so.

This post has been edited by Wade Sowers on Jul 4 2012, 04:07 PM

It doesn't quite break the record, but I was delighted to discover that after 20 years Baraka now has a sequel. The trailercertainly looks lovely.

While not the champ, GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. (2003) is pretty close. I watched it last night and it is a direct sequel to MOTHRA (1961) and even brings back the male lead Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Chujo. 42 and a half years isn't bad.