Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[hockeyshark91]

Originally Posted by Herandar

Wait, what?? The whole conversation which led to the TT insider leaving this site and at least one person being banned was amplified by shenanigans over how the last copies of that title were sold.

Always come here on my lunch break, went over to TT, clicked on "going fast" and there it was. It was up for maybe ten minutes between the time I saw it first and then disappeared. A glitch?

I didn't get too excited cause I already own this title but I decided to let this community know in case someone missed out on it.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by TwilightTimeMovies

Hi All,

Don here from TwilightTimeMovies.com again. The sale has officially ended. Thanks to all who participated - our warehouse is working very hard to ensure all your orders reach you in a timely manner. Please contact support with any issues.

Gotta say this is the first time I'm disappointed with the TTM customer service. I've used both the "Contact Us" form and sent an email to support@twilighttimemovies.com and have not received a response back from customer service via either avenue. Unfortunately, it's too late.

[baheidstu]

My order of two titles from Twilight Time arrived today. This was my maiden order direct from Twilight Time and was ordered during the sale. It shipped on April 18th and arrived ten days later. For shipping to Canada, that's crazy fast. Shipments from SAE usually take about three weeks. My only dislike, the movies were in a huge padded envelope which seemed to have lots of room for bouncing around, but alas there was no damage whatsoever. The customs sticker included a value of $5 for each title. For any Canadian customers out there, I would not hesitate to order from them.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

My only dislike, the movies were in a huge padded envelope which seemed to have lots of room for bouncing around, but alas there was no damage whatsoever.

Wait...you wanted there to be damage?

[RiderNation]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

My order of two titles from Twilight Time arrived today. This was my maiden order direct from Twilight Time and was ordered during the sale. It shipped on April 18th and arrived ten days later. For shipping to Canada, that's crazy fast. Shipments from SAE usually take about three weeks. My only dislike, the movies were in a huge padded envelope which seemed to have lots of room for bouncing around, but alas there was no damage whatsoever. The customs sticker included a value of $5 for each title. For any Canadian customers out there, I would not hesitate to order from them.

I wholeheartedly agree! I have ordered from TT directly several times before and they arrived on average within 10-12 days. My latest order, from their recent sale, arrived in 7 days (from Tennessee to Miami to Vancouver to Calgary!). SAE has been 3 weeks for me (other than the 7-week nonsense earlier this year, but not SAE's fault)!

I order a lot of clothes from the UK and movies from the USA, and so far I've been lucky not to have had paid customs charges (and now that I've said that, my shirts from ASOS Marketplace will arrive with a customs charge to be paid ).

[Worship.my.wreck]

My orders of Vampires and Strange Invaders arrived Wednesday/Thursday this week.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Wait...you wanted there to be damage?

LOL, no. THANKFULLY there was no damage.

[The Great Owl]

I just finished watching my Twilight Time Blu-ray of Birdman of Alcatraz, and I am glad that I finally took the time to get this one out of my still-unwatched stack.

Birdman of Alcatraz is loosely based on the true story of Robert Stroud, who kept birds in his cell in Leavenworth and became a highly respected ornithologist, but was not allowed to keep the birds when he was transferred to Alcatraz. The legendary Burt Lancaster shines in the title role, and gives a fascinating portrayal as a violent man who gradually becomes a noted intellectual. Karl Malden (Where the Sidewalk Ends, On the Waterfront) is excellent as a warden whose career parallels Stroud's imprisonment, Neville Brand (Riot in Cell Block 11, Stalag 17) delivers a great role as a guard who eventually befriends Stroud, and Thelma Ritter (Rear Window, All About Eve) is multi-layered as Stroud's mother. Director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds) helms a lengthy, but well-paced film here as an early effort. I saw bits and pieces of Birdman of Alcatraz during my childhood, and I'm glad that I've finally, at long last, seen in full this iconic story about the importance of individuality over conformity.

I'm now listening to the commentary track as I post online, and I'm really enjoying the debates about the movie's accuracy regarding Robert Stroud.

The Blu-ray is impressive in terms of both audio and video presentations, and Kirgo's booklet packs a lot of quality info into four pages.

[Rory]

I watched my copy of BORN FREE this morning. Fine transfer and great commentary track that reminded me of how great John Berry was.

[solovoyager]

Originally Posted by Rory

I watched my copy of BORN FREE this morning. Fine transfer and great commentary track that reminded me of how great John Berry was.

He was almost as good as John Barry.

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by solovoyager

He was almost as good as John Barry.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by solovoyager

He was almost as good as John Barry.

But not as good as Frank N. Berry.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Rory

I watched my copy of BORN FREE this morning. Fine transfer and great commentary track that reminded me of how great John Berry was.

Loved this bd! The commentary is great but the isolated score is amazing. This movie still makes me tear up.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I just finished watching my Twilight Time Blu-ray of Birdman of Alcatraz, and I am glad that I finally took the time to get this one out of my still-unwatched stack.

[Show spoiler]Birdman of Alcatraz is loosely based on the true story of Robert Stroud, who kept birds in his cell in Leavenworth and became a highly respected ornithologist, but was not allowed to keep the birds when he was transferred to Alcatraz. The legendary Burt Lancaster shines in the title role, and gives a fascinating portrayal as a violent man who gradually becomes a noted intellectual. Karl Malden (Where the Sidewalk Ends, On the Waterfront) is excellent as a warden whose career parallels Stroud's imprisonment, Neville Brand (Riot in Cell Block 11, Stalag 17) delivers a great role as a guard who eventually befriends Stroud, and Thelma Ritter (Rear Window, All About Eve) is multi-layered as Stroud's mother. Director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds) helms a lengthy, but well-paced film here as an early effort. I saw bits and pieces of Birdman of Alcatraz during my childhood, and I'm glad that I've finally, at long last, seen in full this iconic story about the importance of individuality over conformity.

I'm now listening to the commentary track as I post online, and I'm really enjoying the debates about the movie's accuracy regarding Robert Stroud.

The Blu-ray is impressive in terms of both audio and video presentations, and Kirgo's booklet packs a lot of quality info into four pages

.

I watched this film as well recently and enjoyed it as well. Interesting that they never showed that he was

[Show spoiler]actually homosexual. Probably that subject matter was too controversial at the time, and I doubt Burt Lancaster would agree to a role that would portray him as one.

[Rory]

Originally Posted by solovoyager

he was almost as good as john barry. :d

d'oh!

[TwilightTimeMovies]

rdodolak,

I'm really sorry to hear that. We take this sort of thing very seriously, and I can't find anything in our system from you. If you could please PM me the pertinent into (email address), I would like to dig in and find out what happened.

Don

[Jobla]

I don't think that revealing the Lancaster character as being gay would have made him sympathetic to the audiences of the day.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

I watched this film as well recently and enjoyed it as well. Interesting that they never showed that he was

[Show spoiler]actually homosexual. Probably that subject matter was too controversial at the time, and I doubt Burt Lancaster would agree to a role that would portray him as one.

From what a friend who worked at Hecht Hill Lancaster told me, Lancaster would probably been okay with it and had a couple of projects he could never get off the ground in the 70s where he would have played gay characters (though that wasn't the focus of the films), but it would have been an incredibly hard sell to a studio at the time. Even in the 70s at the height of his fame Paul Newman was never able to find a studio that would back him playing a gay coach who falls in love with the male athlete he's training in The Front Runner, and that was based on a book that sold ten million copies.

[easydreamer]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but you can buy some of the Flicker Alley releases at the TT site now. There are 10 titles listed, including the Chaplin Mutual & the Dziga Vertov Box.

[hockeyshark91]

If a TT title is priced higher than $29.99, does that indicate low stock? Should I hurry and make the purchase?