Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[AllAboutMatt]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

And Dorothy McGuire surpasses all of them easily

Very easily

I'm surprised TT never did this title, it fits with the other melodrama's they have done.

[Aclea]

It's Warner Bros.

[Brandon K]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

I've actually thought on more than one occasion that it would be great if the OP had a complete list of the signed editions, including information on each signer.

I always feel this way about OPs. So much useful information and discussion happens about a release, and it's a pain to read through sometimes hundreds of pages when OPs could be better.

Originally Posted by belcherman

The Wikipedia police took down the Twilight Time release information on the grounds that it represented an “online catalog.”

I often lookup good info on Wikipedia, but stuff like this is why I always prefer independent sites.

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Not quite that complete, but the basic release schedule and Jayembee's old Autograph Information (thanks again)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

Nice! Thanks again to everyone sharing info about this!

[AllAboutMatt]

Originally Posted by Aclea

It's Warner Bros.

But Twilight Time's a boutique label, so they aren't limited by a certain studio. But, Warner might have kept a tight grip on it I guess...

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by AllAboutMatt

But Twilight Time's a boutique label, so they aren't limited by a certain studio. But, Warner might have kept a tight grip on it I guess...

Outside of Criterion and Shout, Warner is pretty un-friendly for sub-licensing to most labels. TT did release "Heaven & Earth", a Warner-owned title, but that was due to Stone pushing for it.

[noirjunkie]

I went back through my orders, and it looks like I have four signed editions:

Che
The Fantasticks
Harlock: Space Pirate 3D
The Incident

I should have jumped on the signed copy of The Driver when it was available.

[TheHistorian]

If we're in list making mode, has anyone figured out which titles had promotional magnets? And were those in every copy, or actually a separate promotion?

[cgurley]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

The one's I see missing from your list. Not sure if you have them and forgot to add them. Mighty impressive. May have to get an extra copy of U-turna and track Oliver Stone down.
U Turn 2015 09 02 Oliver Stone
10 to Midnight 2016 04 06 Pancho Kohner & John Crowther
Baby Boom 2018 08 08 Charles Shyer (turns out it was the last one)

50 total editions of 46 different films (48 individual releases)
Fright Night and Fright Night 30th
Journey to Center and Journey Remastered
Murphy's Law twice
U-turn twice

Didn't realize Stone actually did 3 like Walter Hill -- Salvador, Heaven and Earth, and U-Turn

Judy Geeson also did 3 -- Brannigan, To Sir With Love, and 10 Rillington Place

Thanks! Missed 10 to Midnight, so added it to the list.

So looks like I ended up missing two then, as U-Turn must be the Oliver Stone I am missing. Also, do not have and was unaware of Baby Boom. I actually do have a extra copy of U-Turn and would love to get it signed. Seems like it would be sort of “cheating” though to not get it through the sale.

Disappointing to be so close.

[johnpaul2]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

Sheet 1 is mostly about the Clearance Sale

I always wondered about how fast those were selling and how fast sales would be emptying the stocks, so thanks for these. It's always interesting to see if there is a interest lasting enough to clear remaining stocks or not, and the difference in sales from a week to the next is quite interesting to see.

It's also interesting to see that while the time it takes for the sold out releases to sell out hasn't changed over the years in average (about 1000 days), fewer and fewer releases sold out at all since 2015 (which is interesting considering Jamieson stated that their sales peaked in 2016).

[hoytereden]

I figured I better pick this one up before it goes oop at SAE:



I saw this for the first time recently and really enjoyed it. A bonus was seeing one of my favorite actors in it-Charles Bickford. One of my TT regrets was missing out on The Song of Bernadette with another excellent Bickford performance.

I was also considering getting one of these in the next few days:



Any opinions of one of these over the other?

[omenboy]

Originally Posted by TheHistorian

If we're in list making mode, has anyone figured out which titles had promotional magnets? And were those in every copy, or actually a separate promotion?

I don't have access to the magnets I have at the moment, but off the top of my head the ones that I can list that I have are Fright Night, Picnic, Bell, Book and Candle, The Big Heat, Pal Joey, Mysterious Island and Cover Girl. Possibly one or two more that I received, but there were definitely more since that was their gimmick in the early days - many releases came with a free magnet (that was so cheaply made the front peeled away if you weren't careful with it. Never happened to me, but I recall people mentioning it).

The Egyptian also had a magnet but I unfortunately missed out on that release (but luckily grabbed the Soul Media release before it went OOP).

The magnets that existed were not a separate promotion - they were included in every copy while supplies lasted.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I was also considering getting one of these in the next few days:

[Show spoiler]

Any opinions of one of these over the other?

"Beneath the 12-Mile Reef" is a decent little adventure film. It was the third CinemaScope film released and it really showed off how well the format could look with on-location scenery.

[octobercountry]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

"Beneath the 12-Mile Reef" is a decent little adventure film. It was the third CinemaScope film released and it really showed off how well the format could look with on-location scenery.

Plus, it has a Bernard Herrmann score, which is always a big plus, in my book.

[brainofj72]

Originally Posted by AllAboutMatt

I love them as well! I've been dying for A Summer Place to come to Blu-Ray...

Maybe some day...

I’m really surprised WAC hasn’t given this one a BD. Their selections can be awfully strange.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by TheHistorian

If we're in list making mode, has anyone figured out which titles had promotional magnets? And were those in every copy, or actually a separate promotion?

The list is pretty short, so......

They were part of the sale of a lot of the early releases and not a specific promotion. I'm not sure exactly when they stopped and not all items had a specific Title magnet -- some came with just a generic nonrelated magnet. Later on they'd just thrown and unrelated magnet into an order until they were gone (PAL JOEY was popular throw in)

I have 9 title magnets, plus 2 for "BATTLE OF NERETVA: The COMPLETE FILM SCORE BY BERNARD HERRMANN including THE NAKED AND THE DEAD"

FRIGHT NIGHT (12/2011)
PICNIC (1/2012)
PAL JOEY (2/2012)
BELL BOOK AND CANDLE (4/2012)
DESIREE (4/2012)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (5/2012)
AS GOOD AS IT GETS (6/2012)
COVER GIRL 7/2012)
THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (7/2012)

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As far as I'm aware -- these are the one's I don't have
Twilight Time Generic Magnet -- I know I had this at one point, but must have tossed it somewhere

THE EGYPTIAN (7/2011)
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (8/2011)
THE BIG HEAT (5/2012) -- I bought my first TT disc sometime in early 2012 so not too surprising I missed the 1st 2, but I'm not sure why I never got this one since I think I bought it as a preorder)

[BluProofie]

Still no movement on my second order after two weeks. I hope that doesn’t mean I won’t get the titles that sold out later.

[RodChester]

Are these shipping out of Rochester, NY? I have a shipping label created for a package from there and can’t think of what else it could be.

[ShellBeacher]

Originally Posted by RodChester

Are these shipping out of Rochester, NY? I have a shipping label created for a package from there and can’t think of what else it could be.

No, they mostly come out of Texas, I think. That's where my recent one did. Some even more devoted buyers here can clarify; I think we were just having this discussion last week.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Any opinions of one of these over the other?

You should consider getting them both. Others have commented on the attributes of Beneath the 12-Mile Reef; I'll only add that Edward Cronjager's lovely CinemaScope color cinematography was Oscar-nominated, and deservedly so.

The L-Shaped Room is an entirely different kind of film. It's main allure is a stunning performance by leading lady Leslie Caron, who won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards (and was Oscar-nominated) for her turn as an unmarried pregnant woman who moves into a boarding house in London that is filled with odd characters. It's definitely worth adding to your collection.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by RodChester

Are these shipping out of Rochester, NY? I have a shipping label created for a package from there and can’t think of what else it could be.

TTM ships out of Texas (Carrollton/Dallas)

SAE ship outs of Virginia -- near Linden