Twilight Time / Redwind

[domino harvey]

No Down Payment would be an incredible release that they'll never sell out of

[domino harvey]

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1970) BLU-RAY - Dec 19th

THE HOSPITAL (1971) BLU-RAY - Dec 19th

ALICE (1990) BLU-RAY - Dec 19th

FOREVER AMBER (1947) BLU-RAY - Dec 19th

THE L-SHAPED ROOM (1962) BLU-RAY - Dec 19th

[domino harvey]

L-Shaped Room is pretty good, and Forever Amber is glossy junk though a Blu-ray properly color timed would be worthwhile indeed. Haven't seen the Hospital but have long wanted to

[oldsheperd]

The Hospital finally! Great companion piece with Network

[pointless]

Captain from Castile (Henry King, 1947)

Release Date: October 17th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 4th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historians Rudy Behlmer, Jon Burlingame, and Nick Redman
  Tyrone Power: The Last Idol
  Tyrone Power And His Leading Ladies
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[pointless]

Wild Bill (Walter Hill, 1995)

Release Date: October 17th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 4th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music Track
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[pointless]

Play Dirty (Andre DeToth, 1968)

Release Date: October 17th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 4th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[pointless]

The Pirates of Blood River (John Gilling, 1962)

Release Date: October 17th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 4th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Audio Commentary with Writer Jimmy Sangster, Art Director Don Mingaye, and Film Historian Marcus Hearn
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[Rayon Vert]

Is Captain from Castile considered one of the swashbuckler films?

[vidussoni]

Exclusive to Screen Archives. A few titles have sold out since the sale started yesterday.

September 20th - 10 DAY TWILIGHT TIME SALE! ALL TITLES LISTED BELOW FOR ONLY $9.95!
SALE BEGINS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH AT 4PM EDT AND ENDS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 4PM EDT!
ORDERS MUST BE PLACED DURING THE SALE PERIOD TO OBTAIN THE SALE PRICING. NO PREVIOUS, CURRENTLY PENDING OR FUTURE ORDERS QUALIFY.

YENTL
FUNNY LADY
INHERIT THE WIND
HEAVEN AND EARTH
THE FORTUNE
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
FLAMING STAR
AUDREY ROSE
THE BELIEVERS
THE VANISHING
UNDER FIRE
THE KILLER ELITE
SALVADOR
THE DOGS OF WAR - SOLD OUT!
CHE!
FOLLOW THAT DREAM - SOLD OUT!
SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
RIFF-RAFF / RAINING STONES
VIOLENT SATURDAY
RADIO DAYS - SOLD OUT!
SAVE YOUR LEGS!
RESURRECTED
FATE IS THE HUNTER
THE FIRM
MR HOBBS TAKES A VACATION
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO
FEVER PITCH
CONRACK - SOLD OUT!
TITUS

[tenia]

Posted this morning on TT's FB :

Yentl is now Sold Out. It is our (drumroll) 100th Blu-ray to do so - and we think it's particularly appropriate that Yentl is the milestone, being of course that we are big fans of Miss S. and have championed 3 of her films on TT to date.

For those statistically minded, we have now released (including 8 reissues and our upcoming October slate) 294 films on the hi-def format since we began in 2011, which shows that our sold out to still-in-print ratio is approximately 1 in 3, clearly demonstrating that the 3 000 unit limited edition is not only a success, but quite accurate in its prediction that 3 000 copies is more than adequate for most deep catalogue titles.

While we wish it wasn't strictly the case (we'd love to sell more and have greater funds to spend on additional titles), the encouragement that we receive from the hardcore collectors who keep the candle still burning for physical media is all the motivation we need to keep bringing a mixture of classics, odd forgotten gems and downright rare esoterica to those hardy souls who believe in what we do and generously give of their hard-earned resources to keep this enterprise afloat.

To all of you - we say, thanks afor everything !

Awfully long sentences aside, i'm not sure how many points I can challenge in this : the "hardcore collectors" that probably are just stuck with TT or nothing (because that's how the video rights work), the 3 000 LE business being a success despite still having plenty of 5 years old LEs in their stock they have to heavily discount to get rid of, or the accuracy of a system that misses in 70% of the cases.

But yeah, I guess : whatever works.

[nitin]

Posted this morning on TT's FB :

Yentl is now Sold Out. It is our (drumroll) 100th Blu-ray to do so - and we think it's particularly appropriate that Yentl is the milestone, being of course that we are big fans of Miss S. and have championed 3 of her films on TT to date.

For those statistically minded, we have now released (including 8 reissues and our upcoming October slate) 294 films on the hi-def format since we began in 2011, which shows that our sold out to still-in-print ratio is approximately 1 in 3, clearly demonstrating that the 3 000 unit limited edition is not only a success, but quite accurate in its prediction that 3 000 copies is more than adequate for most deep catalogue titles.

While we wish it wasn't strictly the case (we'd love to sell more and have greater funds to spend on additional titles), the encouragement that we receive from the hardcore collectors who keep the candle still burning for physical media is all the motivation we need to keep bringing a mixture of classics, odd forgotten gems and downright rare esoterica to those hardy souls who believe in what we do and generously give of their hard-earned resources to keep this enterprise afloat.

To all of you - we say, thanks afor everything !

Awfully long sentences aside, i'm not sure how many points I can challenge in this : the "hardcore collectors" that probably are just stuck with TT or nothing (because that's how the video rights work), the 3 000 LE business being a success despite still having plenty of 5 years old LEs in their stock they have to heavily discount to get rid of, or the accuracy of a system that misses in 70% of the cases.

But yeah, I guess : whatever works.

I think what they are saying is that because 70% of their titles havent sold out, 3000 copies is a more than generous print run for their catalogue of titles. The accuracy of that statement is obviously up for debate but I dont think they are saying we are a success because 70% of our titles havent sold out.

[tenia]

For sure, 3000 copies is more than enough for plenty of cases and that these figures support this. But then, they could have done 5000 copies, still being in the current situation where many of these titles don't even sell 300 copies / year and have the same speech, which says a lot.

I agree it can be seen as more than adequate based on the same logic, since they now have to sell them with a discount to be able to get rid of most of their backlog. I believe that with a limited edition system, it's not supposed to take years and multiple discounts to sell out your products. It's supposed to take much less time and also to "force" people to buy these "full price". In France, I was told regular releases are projected to break even after 2 years, so if a LE is still in stock after 4 years, I tend to suppose it missed its goal.

So in practice, it looks to me that most of these are overproduced, while a handful of them had way too small print runs, and some of the remaining ones look properly adjusted.

But as I wrote : whatever works. I mean, this post is first a PR piece, so I understand how it has to put things in a positive perspective anyway.

[pointless]

Sayonara (Joshua Logan, 1957)

Release Date: November 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[What A Disgrace]

The title of the movie is also my reaction.

[pointless]

Bananas (Woody Allen, 1971)

Release Date: November 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:
Isolated Music Track
Original Theatrical Trailer



Booklet art:

[vidussoni]

HUSBANDS & WIVES (1992) BLU-RAY - January 23rd

BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (1969) BLU-RAY - January 23rd

MY COUSIN RACHEL (1952) BLU-RAY - January 23rd

DRAGONWYCK (1946) BLU-RAY - January 23rd

[pointless]

Doctor Dolittle (Richard Fleischer, 1967)

Release Date: November 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music Track
  Audio Commentary with Songwriter/Screenwriter Leslie Bricusse and Film Music Historian Mike Matessino
  Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King
  Original Theatrical Trailer

From TT's Facebook page:

NOTE: This presentation of Doctor Dolittle on Blu-ray is a brand new 4K transfer taken from the Todd-AO 70mm original negative. The PQ and audio (5.1) are stunning!

Booklet art:

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

Dolittle is Fleischer

[pointless]

Dolittle is Fleischer

Thanks, Nabob - I had Eddie Murphy's Dolittle director!

[What A Disgrace]

I never knew that was Richard Fleischer, but now I think I know why he's not inducted into the Masters of Cinema series.

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

To paraphrase Michael Caine.. To maintain a very high standard of living you often have to undertake a very low standard of work.

[whaleallright]

The PQ and audio (5.1) are stunning!

Shame about the film, though.

To be fair, Fleischer followed up the debacle of Doctor Dolittle with some of his most adventurous work. John Gregory Dunne's book The Studio, which takes a "new journalism" approach to the workings of 20th Century Fox in this key period, offers some insight to Fleicher's career at this point.

[dwk]

Over the weekend, TT posted at the Home Theater Forum that they are done with MGM/UA titles

...plus the most important thing, which is the quality of that studio's masters are way below the others in regard to their readiness for blu-ray - they also pressure us to release too many all at once , and we prefer a more manageable pace - so this December's slate represents the last of MGM/UA as far as we're concerned.

[domino harvey]

Suuuuuure it has nothing to do with KL releasing tons of MGM titles with better extras and normal pricing