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[jw007]

Originally Posted by iScottie

They've found out my secrets and are making you all suffer as a result.

I called it! iScottie, you're one step too far ahead of everyone else. Slow down and for the sake of everyone, don't check the Criterion website anytime during the middle of the month.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by PipesDonatello

I'd be all for a nice upgrade of Duck, You Sucker. Not too impressed with MGM's wobbly transfer.

Since he's my favorite director, I would take any Leone film they could get their hands on, but I would prefer Once Upon a Time in America, especially if there were any special features pertaining to the long development of the project. A copy of Harry Grey's book The Hoods would be nice too. That thing is so damn expensive.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Only marginally related, but I just bought a December 26 ticket to the 70mm Roadshow of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. I'm pretty fired up about that.

So does the roadshow count as a release to get Oscar nominations this February, or do they go off of the wide release date?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

So does the roadshow count as a release to get Oscar nominations this February, or do they go off of the wide release date?

The Hateful Eight is listed on the Internet Movie Database as a 2015 release. It would make sense to categorize it as such, even with the standard version of the movie not taking place until January 1, 2016.

[Buscemi]

The roadshow version is the version that will count for Oscars. It's also the version that's been screened for awards.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The Hateful Eight is listed on the Internet Movie Database as a 2015 release. It would make sense to categorize it as such, even with the standard version of the movie not taking place until January 1, 2016.

Phew, I was worried it was getting the "bury it in the new year" treatment for some reason!

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

Since he's my favorite director, I would take any Leone film they could get their hands on, but I would prefer Once Upon a Time in America, especially if there were any special features pertaining to the long development of the project. A copy of Harry Grey's book The Hoods would be nice too. That thing is so damn expensive.

Re-watched the 'Director's Cut' of Once Upon A Time In America on Saturday and that film haunts the hell out of me. The way the film plays out, the surrealistic touches on display are both beautiful and haunting, and what's more, it is so beautifully backed up by Morricone's phenomenal score (his best score to date and one of the greatest score ever written in movie history)

Can't wait for Hateful Eight the actors, the music... As someone who has not been happy with Tarantino's work since Jackie Brown I still live in hope, but honestly if it wasn't for the calibre of actors (Bruce Dern... effing legend) and the music... then I probably wouldn't give a damn.

[broganreynik]

So, have we decided that "Criterion Announcement Day" is officially the 16th of every month yet?

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

So, have we decided that "Criterion Announcement Day" is officially the 16th of every month yet?

There is no official "Criterion Announcement Day".

[KCota15]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

There is no official "Criterion Announcement Day".

Yes there is. It has been the 15th forever

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

There is no official "Criterion Announcement Day".

The first rule of Criterion Announcement Day is not to talk about Criterion Announcement Day.

Sorry. Slow day.

[jw007]

We are on page # 6999. Whoa.... almost the big 7000. Lucky number.

Proud to be a part of the last 4,500 or so pages!

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by jw007

We are on page # 6999. Whoa.... almost the big 7000. Lucky number.

Proud to be a part of the last 4,500 or so pages!

Hoping my post will take us to 7000#

And my mother said I'd never amount to anything.

**edit** rats she was right!

[CriterionBlues]

I'm sure there are behind-the-scenes reasons for the delays, but they are taking the 'event' out of the 15th announcement day. Of course this is an event they created themselves.

[joie]

I wonder whether Criterion isn't passing on some releases. Recently "Au Revoir Les Enfants" and "Elevator to the Gallows" have had region free releases in France.

[llj]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

If the phantom pages are any indication, then nothing quickens my pulse so far.

This is not necessarily a bad thing.

These days, with my still-unwatched stack of Blu-rays and with the upcoming announcements from the likes of Kino Lorber or Arrow, I'm always oddly relieved when monthly announcements for any given studio do not feature anything that intrigues me.

A Brighter Summer Day doesn't quicken your pulse? People have been waiting for this from Criterion for over FIVE YEARS!

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

So does the roadshow count as a release to get Oscar nominations this February, or do they go off of the wide release date?

To qualify for Oscar consideration during a given year, a film has to be shown theatrically in Los Angeles on or before December 31.

That rule has created some strange awards anomalies over the years. For example, Casablanca was shown theatrically in New York City and in other cities before the end of 1942. Accordingly, it won a lot of 1942 film prizes from other groups. But it didn't screen in Los Angeles until January of 1943, so it was ineligible for the 1942 Academy Awards, and Mrs. Miniver went on to win the Best Picture Oscar for 1942. A year later, Casablanca was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar of 1943, and won.

An even more extreme example involved Charlie Chaplin's film, Limelight. It was released in New York in 1952, and won several awards that year from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle. However, it didn't play at any theatres in Los Angeles until 20 years later, in 1972. Having finally qualified for Oscar consideration, it received a nomination for the Best Original Score of 1973 ... and won!

One final anecdote, this time revolving around cuts and prints rather than release dates. The roadshow version of A Star Is Born debuted in 1954 to almost universal critical acclaim. But a week after the premiere, Warner Brothers famously recut the film. A debate still rages about how and why Judy Garland failed to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the film, with many of her supporters maintaining that if Oscar voters had all seen the original cut, she would never have lost to Grace Kelly in The Country Girl. The point here being that regardless of which version of a film gets nominated, in the end the most important factor is which version of a film the Academy members actually see.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by joie

I wonder whether Criterion isn't passing on some releases. Recently "Au Revoir Les Enfants" and "Elevator to the Gallows" have had region free releases in France.

Au Revoir is already on Blu. https://www.criterion.com/films/549-...ir-les-enfants

I'm sure Gallows is coming someday. I would guess 2016.

[thecalm_7]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The Hateful Eight is listed on the Internet Movie Database as a 2015 release. It would make sense to categorize it as such, even with the standard version of the movie not taking place until January 1, 2016.

Forgive my ignorance but what's different between the roadshow and standard version? I've been in the dark of late with health, family, and a newborn.

[joie]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

Au Revoir is already on Blu. https://www.criterion.com/films/549-...ir-les-enfants

But it's lately been released region free in France with English sub's and higher rated video. Gallows has English sub's too.