BDs That Are Out of Print (OOP)

[win200]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Sunshine, that's a good sign to me. That's relatively low profile (not Studio Classics low profile, but compared to their big properties...).

Part of me is selfishly hoping that none of the titles I've picked up come back into print, so my binge-buying will just appreciate in value...

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Torrente

Die Hard 4, Exodus, The day the earth stood still comes to mind as they were OOP last time I checked. And they were made available again a few days ago for 15€ MSRP. There are more.

And a few pre-orders have just been made available for some re-releases in October, as boxsets for: Planet of the apes, Maze runner, Avatar, Titanic, Alien, Sunshine (some of those were OOP for quite some time from Fox).

But then again, those aren't obscure/less-known/less-appreciated titles, so...

These are new releases with Disney packaging? Or do you mean old Fox stock that reappeared in stores.

I looked on Amazon.fr and didn't see anything, but the Amazon search engines are atrocious.

[ShellBeacher]

Originally Posted by HotTastyChili

Does anyone know if Jack's Back from Scream Factory is OOP? I heard from a friend that it was, and it's been taken off Amazon. It's still for sale on Shout's website though.

It's on Amazon Prime, just a different listing; I just verified it now. I know this because I had it in my queue way back, and just discovered it again. These Amazon Prime titles are increasingly wonky... Some will disappear, and that means the licensing agreement changed. But some will go defunct and just show back up as another listing within a month or two.

As long as it's still available (and not greyed out, saying "OUT OF PRINT"), then it's still available from SHOUT. And it wasn't part of their recent OOP announcement batch, either. I think it's safe...for now.

Originally Posted by win200

Part of me is selfishly hoping that none of the titles I've picked up come back into print, so my binge-buying will just appreciate in value...

Yeah, I did my "Better to be safe than sorry" bit with FOX titles over the past few months. Given that everything is unusual/unprecedented due to the pandemic, anything is possible (there could be hundreds of copies of WORKING GIRL still sitting in a wharehouse somewhere, getting transferred to Disney facilities). But my gut feeling generally agrees with @James Luckard here in that I think 85% of these FOX titles are dwindling out of existence on disc.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by ShellBeacher

Yeah, I did my "Better to be safe than sorry" bit with FOX titles over the past few months. Given that everything is unusual/unprecedented due to the pandemic, anything is possible (there could be hundreds of copies of WORKING GIRL still sitting in a wharehouse somewhere, getting transferred to Disney facilities). But my gut feeling generally agrees with @James Luckard here in that I think 85% of these FOX titles are dwindling out of existence on disc.

Yep, you never know. OOP simply means no more are being manufactured. It's different from unavailable, though their Venn diagrams usually overlap almost completely. Still, there are always retailers that have stock of a certain title long after it is technically OOP, and Amazon is forever clearly finding boxes of long-OOP titles and relisting them at the original price. I found Amadeus, which has been OOP for years, that way about two months ago, when they had it in stock for about a day, and I found The Fall, which has also been OOP for years, a year or two ago the same way.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Hamilton Books may have copies at five bucks right now.

[Torrente]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

These are new releases with Disney packaging? Or do you mean old Fox stock that reappeared in stores.

I looked on Amazon.fr and didn't see anything, but the Amazon search engines are atrocious.

So true.

Older listings said "20th Century Fox" but when the same titles came back with the 07/01 Pre-order release date for 15€ MSRP, they were all listed with the updated "20th Century studios" mention.
I still have to grab at least one or go to a store to see if they sport new logos or anything else to differentiate them form the older Fox releases. I'll try to give an update here if I don't forget about it.
I should have saved a screen grab because you sound like you don't believe me but I assure you, it surprised me as it really came out of the blue since Disney France is the worst when it comes to communicate about physical media releases. You just have to check Amazon and such from time to time to keep track.

Also I didn't check on Amazon Germany but Disney gave an ultimatum to retailers for returning their stock of all the Fox titles. They had until June so it may be interested to check the status of all the Fox titles there, now.

[Mr. Romberg]

A CTU mole informs me these Fox titles may be OOP.

[Monterey Jack]

Dammit...!

[CelestialAgent]

some 88s, Arrows, Eurekas have been going OOP - check their threads for details

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

some 88s, Arrows, Eurekas have been going OOP - check their threads for details

If you know any specific ones, can you post them here? It's difficult to keep up with so many other threads if I don't check them regularly. Thanks!

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

If you know any specific ones, can you post them here? It's difficult to keep up with so many other threads if I don't check them regularly. Thanks!

88 have a "Last Chance" section - titles that have disappeared include Trancers, Mother's Day, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Nail Gun Massacre, Tromeo and Juliet, The Pit and the Pendulum, Creepshow 2, Hitch-Hike - basically, if it's Troma or Full Moon, expect that it will go.

https://88-films.myshopify.com/colle...-to-buy?page=1

I don't know if any other pages do this, but boutiquebluray greys out Eureka releases that have fallen OOP. Recently, Two for the Road, Cruel Story of Youth, Boomerang!, Satyricon were listed as discontinued on their website, and I've had to order a couple of titles like Too Late Blues and The Gang's All Here after they went OOP, and Hands Over the City has gone too.

https://www.boutiquebluray.com/wiki/...u-ray_releases

Some Arrow titles no longer appear on their website, including King of New York, Lady Snowblood, Blow Out. In the MVD sale in the US, it seems to put a moratorium on some MGM licenses with some $5 titles like Dillinger, Black Mama White Mama, Ronin, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Terror in a Texas Town.

The BFI has their Fox licenses either already OOP or about to go OOP, with titles like Night and the City, Cry of the City, The Innocents, The Leopard, Otto Preminger, Carmen Jones. But there's some other OOP titles over the years too, including a couple of Flipside titles, Chronicle of a Summer, A Bigger Splash, the Jarman sets, the Alan Clarke set, The Jacques Tati releases, 3 disc editions of Deep End, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.

For the Artificial Eye thread, I put together a list of seemingly OOP titles.

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I had it in my head that Transit had a commentary track on it, but I think I’m mixing it up with Sunset which did indeed have a commentary on it. Although, Barbara was another Petzold that turned out as a barebones DVD only title as well.

BTW, if anyone wants a list of seemingly OOP titles (based on Amazon):

Artificial Eye:

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Katyn
The Mizoguchi Collection
Classic Bergman
La Cérémonie
The Tango Lesson
Goodbye First Love
Ginger & Rosa
McCullin
What Richard Did
Amateur
The Unbelievable Truth
Lore
Simple Men
Family Viewing
Me and You
The Adjuster
The Coward
Something in the Air
The Lonely Wife
The Hero
The Big City
The Holy Man
Mouchette
The Satyajit Ray Collection
Couscous
Fill the Void
Shoot the Pianist
Venus in Fur
Stolen Kisses
The Soft Skin
Anne & Muriel
Lilting
The Woman Next Door
The Roy Andersson Collection
The Circus
Timbuktu
Monsieur Verdoux
The Gold Rush
The Chaplin Revue
Limelight
A King in New York
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Things to Come
It's Only the End of the World

Curzon Film World:

Beware of Mr. Baker
A Late Quartet
Breathe In
Life of Crime

[Rampage09]

Originally Posted by HotTastyChili

Does anyone know if Jack's Back from Scream Factory is OOP? I heard from a friend that it was, and it's been taken off Amazon. It's still for sale on Shout's website though.

If it was going out of print, then Shout would have it for sale under their Going Out of Print sale section. This is not listed there, so one must assume it is not out of print and Amazon just does not have any any stock. Not uncommon at all.

[laidbacklarkin]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Hamilton Books may have copies at five bucks right now.

Nope

[thecalm_7]

Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin

Nope

Check CVS for it. A few had it recently through Florida in little bins. I can check if you’d like.

[laidbacklarkin]

Originally Posted by thecalm_7

Check CVS for it. A few had it recently through Florida in little bins. I can check if you’d like.

Thank you, I already have a copy.

[LMFAObros]

I don't know 100% if this will be the case but it seems Disney and Fox merged their distribution together in Germany and as a result, many titles have gone oop that were released by Fox(including MGM titles) but it seems quite a few are being rereleased according to JPC.de saying this "voraussichtlicher Liefertermin ist der 7.8.2020." on quite a few oop Fox titles. I'm not too sure if Disney will be rebrading/remastering these or they will just be more pressings handled by the mouse kinda like when Warner Bros and Village Roadshow merged distribution in Australia and just pressed more copies of the Warner bros discs with the same art.

[ol_Dut]

Originally Posted by Mr. Romberg

A CTU mole informs me these Fox titles may be OOP.

Maybe they're finally going to do a full series boxed set. It's well past time for that. This was a "groundbreaking" series, afterall.

[Rayjg]

Missed the Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring Shout release. When was that one announced? I keep up on these and I still missed it. It's amazing considering how many I buy.

[CelestialAgent]

Some more disappeared Arrows: Ronin, The Manchurian Candidate, Black Mama White Mama, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Terror in a Texas Town

[Password_is_Mattress]

Do Arrow ever say ahead of time what titles are going out of print?