Season 3 DVD Release

News regarding season 3 release (source: Falcon Crest Fanclub):

The WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION asks for some more patience concerning the season 3 release date. The season will definitely be released as an MOD edition in the USA. Due to the extensive picture remastering, an exact release date cannot be given at this time.
In the meantime, however, WARNER BROS. offers many season 3 episodes on Amazon Instant Video in their original U.S. version. These videos are not remastered and can be downloaded only by people using a U.S. IP address and with a U.S. residence and credit card.

With WARNER HOME VIDEO's current product policy for older shows and due to unsatisfactory sales of seasons 1 and 2 in total, a season 3 box release with regularly pressed discs has become rather unlikely on the German speaking market unfortunately. However, according to WHV Marketing Director KAI UWE MARNER (06/25/2012), season 3 is likely to be released as an MOD edition (manufactured on demand - burnt discs); this seems also possible for later seasons. In a conversation with DFCF President THOMAS J. PUCHER, the Marketing Director said that, compared to an MOD edition in the USA, which includes the original audio only, an MOD edition in the German speaking market is much more difficult from a technical point of view as the current MOD versions are only compatible with the DVD-5 format, which is not suitable for a second audio layer and, hence, would only allow for the German audio to be put on. The release will make sense only as soon as an MOD edition compatible with the DVD-9 format can be produced.
This means for the German speaking market:

• Season 3 will not be released before it is released in the USA.
  The DFCF welcomes this decision in the interest of remastered picture quality, which the German speaking market will profit from also.
• Waiting for the technical improvements to create a DVD-9 compatible MOD edition will enable the MOD edition to be fully equipped with both German and English audio layers.
  The DFCF informed WHV that, in the interest of choosing between the German dubbing and the original English audio, further delays are not welcome, but acceptable. The DFCF emphasized the importance of both audio layers for the markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• The MOD release will result in a higher price per box compared to "usual" retail sales since each DVD box will be individually manufactured for a very limited target group.

Not the news we hoped for but anyway: It's coming. We just have to be patient. I'll let you know as soon as more news are available.

Celeste Holm dies at 95

Sad news: Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm (Anna Rossini from Falcon Crest's seasons 4 & 5) died at her home in New York on Sunday at the age of 95, her great-niece, Amy Phillips, confirmed.

Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration. She asked her husband on Friday to bring her home and spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, who answered the phone at Holm's apartment on Sunday.

Holm died around 3:30 a.m. at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, located in the same building where Robert De Niro lives and where a fire broke out last month, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her," she said.

 Holm won an Oscar for best supporting actress in Elia Kazan’s 1947 movie about anti-Semitism Gentleman’s Agreement which starred Gregory Peck. She later was also nominated in the category for All About Eve and Come To The Stable.

Holm was born and raised in New York City and began acting in school plays. She studied acting in college and eventually embraced it as a career. Her first major Broadway role came in a 1940 revival of The Time of Your Life, co-starring fellow newcomer Gene Kelly. Holmes then starred in Rodgers & Hammersteien’s Broadway blockbuster Oklahoma! before her movie career took off in the late 1940s. Other movies included The Tender Trap with Frank Sinatra, High Society with Bing Crosby and The Snake Pit with Oliva de Havilland. In TV, she was nominated for Emmys for Insight and Backstairs at the White House. Holm also appeared in several TV shows during the 1970s and ’80s including Fantasy Island, Falcon Crest and Archie Bunker’s Place. She also appeared in Third Watch, Touched By An Angel and Promised Land. Holm was married five times.

On her 87th birthday she wed opera singer Frank Basile who now survives her. She is also survived by two sons and three grandchildren.

Celeste Holm with Cesar Romero and Anne Archer in "Falcon Crest" (1985)

Susan Sullivan & Gregory Harrison at SAG Golf Classic

Falcon Crest Stars Susan Sullivan and Gregory Harrison attended the 3rd Annual SAG Foundation Golf Classic at Lakeside Golf Club on June 11, 2012 in Burbank, California.

The Golf Classic is a charity tournament benefiting the Foundation’s Catastrophic Health Fund and Assistance Programs. The event hosted by Ron Perlman, had stars of television and movies out to support the worthy cause.
The Golf Classic brings together golf enthusiast from the sports and entertainment communities to raise funds for the foundation, which provides vital support to the acting community in times of need.

Susan looks great as always. Nobody would ever think of her turning 70 this fall. And so does Gregory Harrison. A few weeks ago he turned 62... who would have guessed?

Susan Sullivan and JoBeth Williams ("Poltergeist", "Private Practice")

Gregory Harrison

Gregory Harrison

Season 6 Teaser & Opening

Love this teaser! Episode #128 "Aftershocks"

Happy Weekend!

It's weekend time. The best time to meet good friends!
Enjoy the weekend :-)

Spring Mountain Promo Video

Another promo video from Spring Mountain with beautiful shots of the manor house, the winery and the vineyards

Spring Mountain-- Day in the Life with Jac Cole - Click here for funny video clips

Spring Mountain Video

Have you seen this promotional video from Spring Mountain Vineyards? In this short video you can watch the beautiful landscape of Spring Mountain as well as shots of Villa Miravalle and the winery building. Enjoy.

Jamie Rose & Dana Sparks in new movie

This is funny: both Vickies in one movie! Jamie Rose (Vickie 1981-1983) and Dana Sparks (Vickie 1986-1988) will both be starring in the upcoming movie 'Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 - Either-Or'.
 
Jamie will play the part of Sarah Connelly, Dana will be Reception Guest #2.

Next surprise: The movie is produced by Falcon Crest producer Jeff Freilich, who was responsible for seasons 6 and 7 (1986 - 1988).

Many other well-known stars will appear:  Jason Beghe, Kim Rhodes, D.B. Sweeney, John Rubinstein, Robert Picardo and Ray Wise are just some of them. The movie is scheduled for fall 2012, no specific release date was announced yet.

'Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 - Either-Or' is based upon  the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear at the hands of the unknown. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis - found abandoned amongst the ruins of a once productive factory, a miraculous motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching. It's a race against the clock to find the inventor before the motor of the World is stopped for good.

More information can be found on the official website or on the movie's facebook page.

William R. Moses in new movie 'Assumed Memories'

William R. Moses will be starring in the upcoming independent suspense thriller "Assumed Memories" with Casper Van Dien, Armand Assante and Eric Roberts.

Billy will play the part of Dr. Green. The movie, which is written and directed by Bernard Salzman, is scheduled to be released in the US on September 1, 2012.

For more information please visit the movie's facebook site.


Official Synopsis: Award winning news reporter Daria Valdez Morrow was investigating a series of murders caused by a local serial killer when she gets into a car accident and suffers from Retrograde Amnesia. When she comes to, she begins to suspect that her husband, Sam Morrow is the serial killer and begins to build a case against him... follow us as we take this journey with Daria. Is she right, or is she wrong?

Falcon Crest DVD Release Campaign on Facebook

There is a Facebook page which is dedicated to the future release of seasons 3 through 9 of Falcon Crest in all worldwide regions. This is an effort to prove to Warner Bros that there is a dedicated fan base for this series and it is in high demand for continued releases on DVD.

 Please click the "Like" button on this Facebook page to help convince WARNER BROS. to speed up the release of the remaining seasons (3 through 9).
This campaign was started by fans in the U.S., headed by Tom Tagliente.

By clicking the LIKE button, you are not only supporting the cause, you are also supporting the release of seasons 3 through 9 of FALCON CREST on DVD in all territories

Please help, click the like button and share it on Facebook.