The Killer Elite (1975) (Limited Edition)

[Akijama]

Coming out sometime in '14. Source

[Show spoiler]

Caan, Duvall; directed by Peckinpah....this can't be bad, right?

The Killer Elite (1975) Trailer - YouTube

[Flex Mentallo]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of my favorite Peckinpah films. Day one preorder for sure.

Twilight Time is really stepping it up this year.

[Robert George]

If Twilight Time got the same master as Wild Side used for the French release, fans should be pleased. The French disc is startlingly good. A real eye-opener (pun very much intended ).

[Race Bannon]

Day one purchase and thread subscribed.

[AKORIS]

damn... this is the third film I'm gonna pay too much for.... been wanting to get a quality release of this one forever.....

[Member-222782]

Don't think I've ever seen this one. I was confusing it with the Clint Eastwood mountain-climbing thriller (the title escapes me but I thought it was similar to "Killer Elite"). Anyway, this will be a sure blind-buy. I'm glad many of these neglected movies are getting new lives, even if they make us a little poorer in the process . Gotta say, though, I much prefer they receive the deluxe treatment rather than continue mired in $5 barebones dump-bin editions.

[KilloWertz]

I will likely get this. It may be a bit depending on the release date, but like somebody else said, they are stepping it up lately. This is the third Twilight Time thread today that I've posted in about purchasing.

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by cine74

Don't think I've ever seen this one. I was confusing it with the Clint Eastwood mountain-climbing thriller (the title escapes me but I thought it was similar to "Killer Elite"). Anyway, this will be a sure blind-buy. I'm glad many of these neglected movies are getting new lives, even if they make us a little poorer in the process . Gotta say, though, I much prefer they receive the deluxe treatment rather than continue mired in $5 barebones dump-bin editions.

You were thinking of The Eiger Sanction, another title that needs to be released. Good news about Killer Elite coming out though.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by cine74

Don't think I've ever seen this one. I was confusing it with the Clint Eastwood mountain-climbing thriller (the title escapes me but I thought it was similar to "Killer Elite"). Anyway, this will be a sure blind-buy. I'm glad many of these neglected movies are getting new lives, even if they make us a little poorer in the process . Gotta say, though, I much prefer they receive the deluxe treatment rather than continue mired in $5 barebones dump-bin editions.

The Eiger Sanction. Sadly, still not out on blu-ray. Great film.

[HotRats]

The Wild Side disc is good so it'll have to offer something more to get me to buy this as well. A fully uncut version would be nice but I doubt the footage still exits. Anchor Bay did a really nice double DVD of The Osterman Weekend, its about time it made an appearance on blu.

[jawsfan1975]

Good to see all these Caan films coming out lately like Thief. Now how about Freebie And The Bean!

[dvdmrp]

VERY excited by this news. I never got around to importing the French Blu-ray, so it will be nice to replace my old non-anamorphic dvd. The one title that I so want them to release is Meteor. I love disaster flicks and Sean Connery movies. That film has also only been released in cruddy 4x3 letterbox. I have the 16:9 german dvd but the Pal speedup is noticeable.

[klauswhereareyou]

I had a feeling they would do this one since it's already out overseas, and it's a UA film, plus it's Peckinpah!

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

I had a feeling they would do this one since it's already out overseas, and it's a UA film, plus it's Peckinpah!

Is this a good way of predicting what TT will release? What other UA films have been released overseas that might be released in the US? I'm hoping for ON THE BEACH. This was thought to be coming from Criterion. I don't really care who releases it as long as there's a quality edition.

[tim_p]

Originally Posted by HotRats

The Wild Side disc is good so it'll have to offer something more to get me to buy this as well. A fully uncut version would be nice but I doubt the footage still exits.

My sentiments exactly. The Wild Side disc is nice though annoyingly the original UA blue T flower opening logo has been substituted. It'll certainly do for me unless TT pull some kind of rabbit out the hat and have access to the original cut/uncut version but the likelihood of that is somewhere between slim and non-existent.

[UseY0ur1llusi0n]

Originally Posted by Robert George

If Twilight Time got the same master as Wild Side used for the French release, fans should be pleased. The French disc is startlingly good. A real eye-opener (pun very much intended ).

Agree, the French disc is very good indeed.

[AgentOrange]

For Comcast customers this is available free on demand - via MoviePlex(?). Not sure if that's a channel or what, but it shows up as a free movie in the on demand section.

No idea if it has anything to do with Twilight Time, or just a coincidence, but several of the titles licensed by Twilight Time have popped up there..."Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" was also on there. There were a bunch more that have come and gone, not sure what's still up... I just happened to notice Killer Elite was a new one.

Looked pretty good too, even though it was 1080i.

[belcherman]

I may have have to break my no Twilight Time rule and order this one. As much I dislike TT's business model, this is a great guy flick. Caan, Duvall, Peckinpah.

[Akijama]

Release date: September 9, with Noon Wine.

[the1tyrant]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Release date: September 9, with Noon Wine.

Don't forget Dogs of War, as well.

Excellent. I'll be pre-ordering this and Dogs of War when they become available. Pretty awesome action picture 1-2 punch, right there. Can't wait...