Glengarry Glen Ross was produced by Zupnik Enterprises and GGR, but theatrical and video distribution rights were scattered about worldwide. In the US, New Line Cinema was the US theatrical distributor but did not pick up video and TV rights, which went went to Live Entertainment and through the various mergers of Artisan/Trimark and so forth explains how the most recent BD and streaming release was through Lionsgate (Ironically, the New Line Cinema logo remains intact on all of Live and Artisan/Lionsgate's releases).
My hunch tells me Lionsgate's rights expired (as did Warner's theatrical rights), hence why the BD went OOP so quickly and also got pulled from streaming. This development means the rights are with the films producers, who were willing to licence it out to Shout Factory
Rank was the UK distributor, which lead to the Carlton DVD and the ITV Blu-ray releases using the same US based master. Also ironic that the ITV release went OOP, as their UK rights inherited from Rank likely expired. There is a more recent 2017 BD from Odyssey Video/Three Wolves, who probably licensed from the producers. Specs and info about the newer UK BD is sparse, especially in regards to the transfer and PQ.
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