The StudioCanal Collection Discussion thread

[samdaman94]

I've heard The Third Man might be in this wave. It better had be. Does anyone know what is in this wave?

[rezpekt]

Peeping Tom (Michael Powell)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
La grande illusion (Jean Renoir)
That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel)
The Third Man (Carol Reed)

Based on the French schedule (2010 Blu-ray Release Planning), third wave is coming in May.

[reallyagi]

I thought I read somewhere that the US Studio Canal releases will have the standard blue plastic cases (boring). Can someone confirm? If so, I'll probably get the imports.

Also, can anybody list Studio Canal titles that are unlikely to be released in the US by other distributors, especially by Criterion.

I appreciate the help.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by reallyagi

I thought I read somewhere that the US Studio Canal releases will have the standard blue plastic cases (boring). Can someone confirm? If so, I'll probably get the imports.

That's what someone said in the US StudioCanal thread.
Main reason I imported, I really enjoy these, they look great. (cases that is, haven't had time to watch the films yet).

[barend]

The first wave had original speech language and several common subtitle languages, Dutch one of them.
Anyone knows if the 2nd wave has these too?
Pierrot le Fou and A bout de souffle (breathless) can now be ordered from zavvi.co.uk for GBP 15.49 only.
Anyone?

[barend]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

FWIW, I e-mailed Optimum on the possibility of Senso. I was initially directed to buy their 2007 DVD release (quite odd, as it seems to be OOP), and then I clarified:



And I received this response from Tom Austin:



Given that, thus far the OFLC has not classified Senso for release in Australia, the future looks dim for an English-friendly release...at least for now.

Senso can be ordered from Amazon.fr:
http://www.amazon.fr/s?__mk_fr_FR=%C...=senso&x=0&y=0
It is included in the second wave.

[rezpekt]

"The Ladykillers" has Dutch subtitles, don't know about the others, yet.

[barend]

Ah, this is certainly good news, as I ordered The Ladykillers in the UK too!
Feeling pretty confident, going to order the two others now...
Thanks!

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by barend

Senso can be ordered from Amazon.fr:
http://www.amazon.fr/s?__mk_fr_FR=%C...=senso&x=0&y=0
It is included in the second wave.

Yet it isn't likely to include English subtitles or English-friendly video extras if it isn't available in the UK or Australia. I believe this lies with Criterion/Janus in the USA, though, so we could see a Criterion disc.

[jacobsever]

Tried ordering 3 Days of the Condor from JB HiFi, got this email a week after placing my order.

ORDERED ITEM(S)
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SKU: 8273010
Item: THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (BLU-RAY) - HARDBOOK PACKAGING PLUS BOOKLET (JB EXCLUSIVE)
Availability: Sorry, this item no longer available from selected supplier **.
CURRENT STATUS: DELETED from order

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Unfortunately we are no longer able to supply the above item(s) marked "Deleted" in your order. All items are offered for sale in good faith based on current supplier catalogues, but occasionally items can become unavailable.

[barend]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Yet it isn't likely to include English subtitles or English-friendly video extras if it isn't available in the UK or Australia. I believe this lies with Criterion/Janus in the USA, though, so we could see a Criterion disc.

The first wave had E subs on all releases of F films,most had a loosely gummed back page different per selling country.
So who knows- will check A bout de souffle and Pierrot le Fou I've just ordered and keep you posted if the Wave 1 specs are still the same.

[Shanester]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Tried ordering 3 Days of the Condor from JB HiFi, got this email a week after placing my order.

You can order from Amazon.de I recieved mine last week.

Great film and Blu!!

[jacobsever]

Does anyone know if amazon.uk will be getting Breathless or Senso?
Right now I can only find both titles at amazon.fr.

[BillyJack]

Looks like The Avengers (the TV show) is Studio Canal as well. And all the Avengers A&E sets are now OOP. A shame since A&E did a good job with "The Prisoner" set.

[pro-bassoonist]

Added some specs.



http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Senso-Blu-ray/8521/

Pro-B

[McCrutchy]

So was anyone ever able to find out from StuduioCanal why Senso will only have French and German subtitles?

I still haven't heard back...

[angrywolf]

Originally Posted by Bruce Morrison

According to the ReleaseLists site (http://www.releaselists.com), the next batch of releases in the Studio Canal Collection are due in the Spring and will include:

La Grande Illusion (Renoir)
That Obscure Object of Desire (Buñuel)
Mulholland Dr. (Lynch)
Peeping Tom (Powell)
The Third Man (Reed)

I'm especially interested in the Buñuel and Lynch titles - let's hope this turns out to be a better release of 'Mulholland Dr.' than the recent Scandinavian effort.

I'm a Buñuel fan (I have seen all of his movies except Cela s'appelle l'aurore), hopefully we can finally get some his films on Blu-ray here in the States. Too bad Miramax owns the rights to "Belle de Jour", their DVD release of that movie was pretty crappy, which from what I understand they simply used Criterion's LD release and imported it to DVD. I can't wait to see That Obscure Object of Desire on Blu-ray.

[barend]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

So was anyone ever able to find out from StuduioCanal why Senso will only have French and German subtitles?

I still haven't heard back...

I own a few Wave Ones where just a few subs were mentioned on the cardboard back, but more were actually on the disc...
Difficult to be sure though...

[rich_adamson]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

So was anyone ever able to find out from StuduioCanal why Senso will only have French and German subtitles?

I still haven't heard back...

No ideas why it is not english firendly, but my disc of it did arrive today, and I can officially confirm that it is indeed Region B only, and it has no english audio or subtitle tracks. The details listed on the SC Collection website are accurate. Hope that helps.