Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by widegambler2012

I Wasn't Going to Pre-Order My Copy of Leave Her To Heaven Until Late Next week..
will they still have some left at that time??

Probably only a couple of thousand copies left. I wouldn't sweat it.

Horror titles sell quickly...weeks, days, even hours.

Everything else? Not so much.

[HyperRealist]

Leave Her to heaven is on TCM right now.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by widegambler2012

I Wasn't Going to Pre-Order My Copy of Leave Her To Heaven Until Late Next week..
will they still have some left at that time??

I have never purchased anything from twilight time and so I don't know how fast do they generally hit the 3,000 copy's limit ??

Just to give you an idea, I purchased Pal Joey about 3 weeks ago and it was originally released in February 2012.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

It's also our job as classic fans to share them with the cinematically illiterate younger generations. That way the classics will be kept alive. I'm not refering to BD specifically, just classic films in general. It's absolutely astounding how uncultured most of today's teenagers are when it comes to movies.

Hear, hear! My five-year-old girl likes dancing so the other day I put on Easter Parade for her. I had to skip through all the talking parts (hey, she's five) but she enjoyed the music, so I consider that a small triumph to get the love of classic movies ingrained in her early!

[MTRodaba2468]

I know the cart game isn't always accurate, but for those that are keeping track of it, it shows The Egyptian being down to 14 copies...

[rdodolak]

This just in ...

Originally Posted by Twilight Time DVD Label

NEWS UPDATE:

Our release of Walter Hill's THE DRIVER (1978) now has a new street date--July 23rd. This is to take advantage of a brand new master / DCP currently in the process of being created at Fox. The slight delay will be well worth the wait.

In other news, Sony's technical services and mastering department have informed us that the stunning new transfer of Brian De Palma's BODY DOUBLE (1984) has been completed, and has been personally supervised by veteran cinematographer Stephen H. Burum. However, Mr Burum has apparently revisited the color timing of certain scenes, so sections of the film may look different to previous homme-video incarnations. We don't have any more details and have not yet seen the finished product, but as we promised you after NOTLD90, if we got word that changes had been made to a film's look, we would pass it along. We will remind fans again of this before pre-orders go up.

Revised schedule is as follows:

PHILADELPHIA (1993) BLU-RAY - May 14th
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945) BLU-RAY - May 14th
HARD TIMES (1975) BLU-RAY - June 11th
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN (1970) BLU-RAY - June 11th
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993) BLU-RAY - July 9th
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING (1955) BLU-RAY - July 9th
THE DRIVER (1978) BLU-RAY - July 23rd
BODY DOUBLE (1984) BLU-RAY - Aug 13th
SEXY BEAST (2000) BLU-RAY - Aug 13th
THE DISAPPEARANCE (1977) BLU-RAY - Aug 13th

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

...Mr Burum has apparently revisited the color timing of certain scenes, so sections of the film may look different to previous homme-video incarnations...

Forgive me, but I thought much of the appeal of Body Double was in its femme-video incarnations.

[bluknight1]

Originally Posted by krasnoludek

Forgive me, but I thought much of the appeal of Body Double was in its femme-video incarnations.

Originally Posted by rdodolak

This just in ...

Let the controversy begin...

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

Let the controversy begin...

Hopefully TT will provide a little bit more detailed explanation before this goes up for pre-order.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

Let the controversy begin...

Well TT keep to their word and are giving customers a heads up in advance; that's all you can ask of them. Gotta give them kudos for that. Sony and Mr. Burum are responsible for any color timing changes so that lies solely with them.

EDIT: Anyone else notice with the last round of preorders that the SAE email went out right around the time the new TT titles went up for preorder? I received the email 8 minutes after the preorders went live. Gotta give SAE kudos for getting the emails out early as well.

[klauswhereareyou]

Hope De Palma has some input on how the film looks.

[Lutz]

Originally Posted by krasnoludek

Forgive me, but I thought much of the appeal of Body Double was in its femme-video incarnations.

I think they mean because Body Double doesn't exactly pass the Bechdel test.

[dsman71]

I wish I liked the film to want to own it

[HyperRealist]

Sexy Beast.... meh... I already have it on HD DVD

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

Let the controversy begin...

Outside of the usual people that like to ***** about Twilight Time for the sake of *****ing about Twilight Time, there shouldn't be any this time around. They're keeping their word about finding out this info ahead of time and relaying it to the customers in advance before pre-orders go up.

Now if the customers don't like the color timing, that's fine, but they can't say they weren't warned in advance...

[rdodolak]

Alright, I haven't seen Rapture before except for a bits and pieces of it on YouTube. From what I seen so far it has me intrigued so I think I'm going to bite on this one. Does any one else have any other suggestions on other TT titles to consider, which I don't already have in my collection, before I order?

EDIT: To make it easier these are the titles I already own or have on order.

[Show spoiler]As Good As It Gets
Bell, Book, and Candle
The Big Heat
Bite the Bullet
Christine
The Egyptian
Enemy Mine
Experiment in Terror
Fright Night
The Fury
In Like Flint
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Mysterious Island
Nicholas and Alexandra
Night of the Living Dead
Our Man Flint
Philadelphia
Steel Magnolias

[HyperRealist]

^ The Big Heat

EDIT: oops you already have it

[ROclockCK]

Easy, peasy...'Renoir in America', aka Swamp Water.

Coincidentally, I just finished rewatching Désirée tonight. I've listened to North's beautiful score isolated a couple of times, just pumping the sound into the next room without actually watching it. But for some reason, I was in the mood to see this movie again in its entirety. As ever, Brando was mesmerizing as Napoleon, but it's really Simmons' show as the titular character...she carries the thing heart, mind, and soul. Probably not for everyone, but I have a continuing shine for it.

Or for pure 70mm "don't-make-'em-like-that-anymore" fun, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.

[Sporkies]

Swamp Water would be a great film to order with Rapture. Also, I don't know if you have any interest in it as a film, but the Blue Lagoon transfer is absolutely stunning if you do.

[R o d]

Picnic.