Sleuth

[drb124]

I just wondered if anyone saw Sleuth and if it was any good. I have it preordered with my 10% discount so I'm, just curious if it was worth $24?

[OokieSpookie]

The cast is great and Kenneth Brannagh is a great film maker so I would say yes.
When does it hit on blu?

[drb124]

Its supposed to come out on March 11.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

The cast is great and Kenneth Brannagh is a great film maker so I would say yes.
When does it hit on blu?

Unfortunately, accdg. to reviews, it doesn't add up--
The original Caine/Olivier was a classic, but Harold Pinter's weird new interpretation reportedly cuts off the original "third" twist ending (which we could SPOILER if the forum had a Hide Text feature), which was the whole climax of the original play.

Moral: Don't mess with the classics.

[OokieSpookie]

Great great f'ing movie.
May not be for everyone, but the performances are phenomenal.
Jude Law and Michael Caine are at the top of their game.
PQ is quite good, sharp picture ith vivid colors.
AQ is good, nothing overly showcase worthy due to the dialogue driven nature of the film.

[zombieking]

Good to hear. This one piqued my interest, I'll have to check it out

[danielpwnz]

I am somewhat interested in this, however I think I'll check and see if Blockbuster has it rather than blind buy.

[EricJ]

Rent the original (with Caine and Olivier)--
It doesn't have Cool Techno sets, and it doesn't screw up the ending.

[cpiad]

Sleuth Blu-Ray would not play in my BDP-S300 with firware 3.8. Sent email to Sony Technical Support. They wanted me to call them, but offered no other support via email. Has anyone had a similar problem with Sleuth? BTW ...I tried two BR disks.

[NoQuestion]

I just put in slueth into my samsung 1400 and it started up with no problem. you may just have a faulty disc.

[headhunter01]

Originally Posted by cpiad

Sleuth Blu-Ray would not play in my BDP-S300 with firware 3.8. Sent email to Sony Technical Support. They wanted me to call them, but offered no other support via email. Has anyone had a similar problem with Sleuth? BTW ...I tried two BR disks.

May be like Crank 2--Wouldn't play in my box either..I put a 2 gig thumb drive in the back of my blu player and it played all right..No prob's..Same thing happened with Crank 2...Guess the newer B ray players with internal memory doesn't need extra from a thumb drive for the fancy menues..Dunno

[moviestar]

are there any news for a blu-ray release (Sleuth 1972)?

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by moviestar

are there any news for a blu-ray release (Sleuth 1972)?

Unfortunately not at this point, maybe soon though

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by moviestar

are there any news for a blu-ray release (Sleuth 1972)?

It's stuck in rights hell. The Bristol-Myers/Squibb people own the original (along with some others they financed with Edgar J. Shereck's Palomar label in the early 1970's, such as the original Heartbreak Kid and the original Stepford Wives) and won't license to anyone for some reason (they were last in print in the early 2000's, when Disney/ABC had licensed most of the library and had Anchor Bay or MGM release them on DVD). Apparently, Paramount showed interest for the titles as they had remade The Stepford Wives, distributed the remake of The Heartbreak Kid for DreamWorks, and held foreign rights to the Sleuth remake but nothing was worked out.

Oddly, ABC owns the rights to the original film's score and licensed that to Intrada a few years back.

[Peachy]

I almost had a heart attack when I saw the thread, but no it's just a wrong alert

[bigshot]

All I want is the 1972 one. The sequels aren't anywhere near as good.

[tylergfoster]

At my weekly movie night, someone picked the original, and then a few months later, someone picked the remake. The original is great, the remake, not so much. Wish the rights could be worked out already.

[sandboxgamer]

Sleuth (2007) is frankly not a very good film. I will say the cinematography is quite nice with some striking shots. As far as performances go Michael Caine is quite good as usual but jude law falls flat. The blu ray picture quality is very good as well as audio.

[DaylightsEnd]

This is a fair assessment, but I still found it entertaining enough, and a big enough improvement over my old dvd copy, while we wait to see if the 1972 film will ever drop on blu. Caine certainly did kill it, as usual. He's top shelf.

[pseudolongino]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

This is a fair assessment, but I still found it entertaining enough, and a big enough improvement over my old dvd copy, while we wait to see if the 1972 film will ever drop on blu. Caine certainly did kill it, as usual. He's top shelf.

is this coming out finally or what? bluray extracts are present on various sites, u understand...