Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Insurance is extra: when SAE hiked up their shipping costs a few years ago, they wouldn't replace lost items unless the customer paid the highest shipping rate. There's also the problem that the USPS can inspect parcels in case of prohibited items being sent and they're notorious for not resealing the parcel properly, so it's not unheard of for customers to receive an empty envelope or damaged disc.

But that was for international customers since the USPS can't enforce that another country's postal service will scan a package or be responsible for the loss.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

What about insurance then? Does Media Mail cover something that is damaged in the mail?

Ah, I didn't realize you were in Canada. That changes things.

Insurance in the US is always extra, regardless of the shipping classification. But neither SAE or TT were purchasing it before when they were shipping First Class or Priority, and I doubt they're going to start now.

[octobercountry]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

I think it's been a while since you ordered. SAE has eliminated the optional shipping option in the last week or two.

Ah, so I see. I had just ordered from Screen Archives a couple of weeks ago, before the change. Well, if that's the case, if you have the option of ordering the same discs from either SAE or TT, I believe that TT has a slightly lower rate.

[octobercountry]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Insurance in the US is always extra, regardless of the shipping classification. But neither SAE or TT were purchasing it before when they were shipping First Class or Priority, and I doubt they're going to start now.

I'm not sure that's accurate. When sending small packages in the US by Priority Mail (as I did this past Christmas) they are automatically insured up to $50, no additional charge. If you want more insurance than that then you have to pay extra.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Here's the problem with this line of thinking: all Media Mail packages are tracked by default, and the tracking number does not cost any extra (at least when purchasing postage online, which businesses do anyway). If someone is claiming they didn't receive a package, it doesn't matter if it was shipped through Media Mail or First Class, because either way, it has a tracking number. So the argument that "we're losing too many packages via Media Mail" is completely bogus.

Absolutely right. I ship via USPS all the time and Media Mail is FAR more reliable, and also faster, than it was 5-10 years ago. The days of Media packages taking 10-14 days are pretty much over. Depending on where you ship there's really not a lot of difference, transit time wise, between Media and 1st Class unless you are going coast to coast.

And you can get a tracking # the same way you get any other tracking number. Was SAE not spending the money on tracking? That makes no sense that they were "losing packages" shipping Media.

Really looks like another way for them to jack up shipping rates. They are the worst offender of any of these independent outlets in that regard, always have been.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

Absolutely right. I ship via USPS all the time and Media Mail is FAR more reliable, and also faster, than it was 5-10 years ago. The days of Media packages taking 10-14 days are pretty much over. Depending on where you ship there's really not a lot of difference, transit time wise, between Media and 1st Class unless you are going coast to coast.

And you can get a tracking # the same way you get any other tracking number. Was SAE not spending the money on tracking? That makes no sense that they were "losing packages" shipping Media.

Really looks like another way for them to jack up shipping rates. They are the worst offender of any of these independent outlets in that regard, always have been.

Tracking has been built into MM for at least 2-3 years now at no extra cost. SAE routinely sent the tracking in the shipment email and added it to the order history

[bonehica]

Decided to grab 3 more titles before the bundle sale ended at SAE:

[Blu_Beard]

Inspired, picked up these three myself:

[SlamDawg78]

Does the Twilight Time version of Body Double use the same transfer as the Indicator release?

[dwk]

Originally Posted by SlamDawg78

Does the Twilight Time version of Body Double use the same transfer as the Indicator release?

Yes, but the Indicator release has a much better encode.

[klauswhereareyou]

I always thought The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955) would've come out from Twilight Time (or Kino). Between Twilight Time's uncertain future, Kino not putting out anymore Fox titles, and Disney not licensing out much Fox catalog stuff I just went ahead and bought the DVD today.

[SlamDawg78]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

I always thought The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955) would've come out from Twilight Time (or Kino). Between Twilight Time's uncertain future, Kino not putting out anymore Fox titles, and Disney not licensing out much Fox catalog stuff I just went ahead and bought the DVD today.

I don't think there's much demand for The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit to warrant a hi-def release.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by SlamDawg78

I don't think there's much demand for The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit to warrant a hi-def release.

Certainly not enough for Disney to release it themselves, but it's possible Disney could license out Fox titles to a label like Kino in the future. Then this title and others become possibilities again.

[Reddington]

I haven't caught up with this thread for a while, and it's a bit sad to see the downturn in activity. I'm not the biggest TT collector, but do own 46 titles. In checking my records, I'm sorry to say I didn't buy a single TT release in 2019. I have a few titles on my wish list - but in all honesty, with so many must-have releases from so many labels, I'm holding out for a sale to pick them up.

I can't claim to have posted here much but I do consider myself a fan, and TT has released some essential films in my collection. I really hope we haven't seen the last of the label, or of lively discussion in this thread.

[Acer2010]

Originally Posted by captveg

Certainly not enough for Disney to release it themselves, but it's possible Disney could license out Fox titles to a label like Kino in the future. Then this title and others become possibilities again.

Disney could also license Fox movies to Criterion.

[StarDestroyer52]

Happy Valentine's Day!

Select titles on sale starting at $4.95
Thank you once again for choosing to order your films direct from Twilight Time Movies. In honor of Valentine's Day, we have some very select Twilight Time and Flicker Alley titles on sale.

Flicker Alley has informed us that several of their films are almost out of print. Judex

is one of these titles -- we have only one copy remaining.

Shipping: We have discontinued Media Mail as an option for US shipments. While it was economical, it didn't meet the high standards we require in a shipping service. We just added a new, low-cost 2-day express option from FedEx.

We have had a number of shipments returned lately because they are going to a multi-unit building without indicating that it's for an Apartment or Suite If you are shipping to a multi-unit building, please make sure that you include "Apt." or "Ste." in the address before the unit number, e.g. "Apt 5D", not just "5D"

Customs: We have had customs agents in several countries reach out to us about our low valuations. We were told that they would start placing holds on all our shipments unless we started using actual valuations. Effective today we will be complying and use the actual purchase price for the custom's value. We realize that this may be an inconvenience for our international customers, but we felt this was the best action to ensure product delivery.

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All Sale Titles

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A Month In The Country (Blu-ray)
Absolute Beginners (Blu-ray)
Angel [AKA Danny Boy] (Blu-ray)
The Best Of Everything (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 20 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
Carla's Song (Blu-ray)
Fatherland [AKA Singing The Blues in Red] (Blu-ray)
Twilight Samurai (Blu-ray)
Scorpio (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 15 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
The World Of Henry Orient (Blu-ray) (TTM exclusive - fewer than 20 remain before sold out)

$7.95
Along Came Jones (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)
Miss Annie Rooney (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)

$8.95
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (Blu-ray)
10 Rillington Place (Blu-ray)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Blu-ray)
A Prayer For The Dying (Blu-ray)
Alexander The Great (Blu-ray)
Alice (Blu-ray)
Another Woman (Blu-ray)
Appassionata (Blu-ray)
April Love (Blu-ray)
The Black Stallion Returns (Blu-ray)
Born Free (Blu-ray)
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (Blu-ray)
The Children of Huang Shi (Blu-ray)
Comes A Horseman (Blu-ray)
Count Yorga, Vampire (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 65 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
Cowboy (Blu-ray)
The Detective (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 10 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Blu-ray)
Emperor In August (Blu-ray)
Fat City (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 15 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
From Noon Till Three (Blu-ray)
From The Terrace (Blu-ray)
Gran Bollito AKA Black Journal (Blu-ray)
Harry and Walter Go to New York (Blu-ray)
In My Country (Blu-ray)
In The French Style (Blu-ray)
Julia (Blu-ray)
Kings Go Forth (Blu-ray)
La Bambola Di Satana AKA The Doll Of Satan (Blu-ray)
The Little House [Chiisai Ouchi] (Blu-ray)
The Member of The Wedding (Blu-ray)
Moscow On The Hudson (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 50 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
Nicholas Nickleby (Blu-ray)
The Most Beautiful Wife (La Moglie Piu Bella) (Blu-ray)
The Night of the Generals (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 35 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
September (Blu-ray)
Short Night of Glass Dolls [La Corta Notte Della Bambole Di Vetro] (Blu-ray)
Stanley and Iris (Blu-ray)
The Stone Killer (Blu-ray)
Strange Invaders (Blu-ray) (Fewer than 75 remain at Twilight Time Movies)
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey (DVD)
The Valachi Papers (Blu-ray)
The Virgin Soldiers (Blu-ray)
Wuthering Heights (Blu-ray)
Year Of The Comet (Blu-ray)

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Casanova Brown (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)
I Met My Love Again (ClassicFlix DVD)
Merrily We Live (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)
The Noose Hangs High (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)
Tomorrow is Forever (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)
You Only Live Once (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)

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Blondie - The Complete 1957 TV Series (ClassicFlix DVD)
The Complete PRC Michael Shayne Mystery Collection (ClassicFlix DVD)
Out of the Blue (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)
Stand-In (Blu-ray) (ClassicFlix Blu-ray)

$14.95
Public Defender - The Official First Season (ClassicFlix Silver Series DVD)

$19.95
Public Defender - The Official Second Season (ClassicFlix Silver Series DVD)
Sunshine (Blu-ray)

$24.95
Solstice (25th Anniversary Blu-ray) (Fewer than 15 remain at Twilight Time Movies)

[thatguamguy]

There's also an E-mail from Screen Archives; I'll spoiler tag the list, it's mostly the same but there are some titles exclusive to each site so you might get lucky.

[Show spoiler]
PRICE BRACKET #1 $8.95:

8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG (1997)
10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971)
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956) - LOW QUANTITY
ALICE (1990)
ANOTHER WOMAN (1988)
APPASSIONATA (1974)
APRIL LOVE (1957)
THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS (1983)
BLACK WIDOW (1987)
BORN FREE (1966) - LOW QUANTITY
BOUND FOR GLORY (1976)
BRUTAL TALES OF CHIVALRY (AKA SHOWA ZANKYO-DEN / REGION A ONLY / 1965)
THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI (2008)
COMES A HORSEMAN (1978 / PLEASE SEE TRANSFER NOTE)
COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE (1970) - LOW QUANTITY
COWBOY (1958) - LOW QUANTITY
THE DETECTIVE (1968) - LOW QUANTITY
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE MOON MARIGOLDS (1972)
THE EMPEROR IN AUGUST (NIHON NO ICHIBAN NAGAI HI KETTEIBAN / 2015 - REGION A ONLY) - LOW QUANTITY
FAT CITY (1972) - LOW QUANTITY
FLAMING STAR (1960) - LOW QUANTITY
FROM NOON TILL THREE (1976)
FROM THE TERRACE (1960)
GRAN BOLLITO (BLACK JOURNAL / 1977)
THE HAPPY ENDING (1969) - LOW QUANTITY
HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK (1976)
THE HAWAIIANS (1970) - LOW QUANTITY
IN MY COUNTRY (2004)
IN THE FRENCH STYLE (1963)
JULIA (1977)
KINGS GO FORTH (1958)
LA BAMBOLA DI SATANA (THE DOLL OF SATAN / 1969)
LA MOGLIE PIU BELLA (THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WIFE / 1970)
THE LITTLE HOUSE (CHIISAI OUCHI / 2014)
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (1952)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY (1982)
MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (1984)
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (2002)
A PRAYER FOR THE DYING (1987)
SEPTEMBER (1987)
SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (LA CORTA NOTTE DELLA BAMBOLE DI VETRO / 1971)
STANLEY & IRIS (1990)
THE STONE KILLER (1973)
STRANGE INVADERS (1983)
TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967) - LOW QUANTITY
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2002) - LOW QUANTITY
THE VALACHI PAPERS (1972) - LOW QUANTITY
THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS (1969)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1970)
YEAR OF THE COMET (1992)


PRICE BRACKET #2 $4.95:

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (1986)
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982)
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (1959) - LOW QUANTITY
ALAMO BAY (1985) - LOW QUANTITY
AMERICAN BUFFALO (1996) - LOW QUANTITY
BANDIT QUEEN (1994)
CARLA'S SONG (1996)
CHE! (1969)
THE FANTASTICKS (1995-2000)
FATHERLAND (AKA SINGING THE BLUES IN RED / 1986)
FEVER PITCH (1997)
THE FIRM (2009)
THE FORTUNE (1975) - LOW QUANTITY
THE FRONT (1976) - LOW QUANTITY
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (1987)
RESURRECTED (1989)
RIFF-RAFF (1991) / RAINING STONES (1993)
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO (1987)
SAVE YOUR LEGS! (2012)
SCORPIO (1973) - LOW QUANTITY

PRICE BRACKET #3 $2.50:

VIOLENT SATURDAY (DVD / 1955)
WOMAN OBSESSED (1959) (DVD)

[brainofj72]

So let me get this straight: lots of people have said repeatedly in recent years that the biggest hurdle stopping them from ordering more TT titles (especially during sales) is their crazy expensive shipping. So their solution is to...eliminate their cheapest shipping option? Seriously? Everyone uses media mail - why is it so supposedly unreliable for TT (and seemingly TT alone)?

[Rzzzz]

I was going to get the 2 Charles Bronson films. Saw from Noon Till Three at the theater when it came out and didn't like it all but thought I would give it another chance. The Stone Killer is ok and I have the Indicator release but I like Paul Talbots commentaries and was going to get it for that. Once I got to the shipping and they wanted $7 for 2 movies, I lost interest. Maybe some other time...

[surfinhank]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

There's also an E-mail from Screen Archives; I'll spoiler tag the list, it's mostly the same but there are some titles exclusive to each site so you might get lucky.

PRICE BRACKET #1 $8.95:

SEPTEMBER (1987)

This one still shows regular price on SAE, is it definitely listed in the email?