Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[onetet]

Originally Posted by onetet

From their facebook page, some details about specs + special features on some upcoming releases (pardon if these have already been posted).

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: Wednesday Oct 23rd at 4 pm EST:

THE WAY WE WERE (1973)
Director: Sydney Pollack
Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Viveca Lindfors, Murray Hamilton, Sally Kirkland, Connie Forslund, James Woods, Patrick O'Neal, Susan Blakeley

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Director Sydney Pollack / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman / "Looking Back" Featurette / Original Theatrical Trailer

LANGUAGE: English
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 2.35:1
AUDIO: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA
SUBTITLES: English SDH
1973 / Color / 118 MINUTES / RATED: PG
REGION FREE
Limited Edition of 3,000 Units
Release Date: November 12th, 2013
Retail Price: $29.95

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OLIVER! (1968)
Director: Carol Reed
Composer: Lionel Bart
Starring: Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Harry Secombe, Sheila White, Hugh Griffith

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Behind-the-Scenes Featurette / Meeting Oliver! / Meeting Fagin! / 8 Sing-alongs / 3 Dance Instructions / 3 Dance & Sing-alongs / Original Theatrical Trailer

LANGUAGE: English
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 2.35:1
AUDIO: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA
SUBTITLES: English SDH
1968 / Color / 153 MINUTES / RATED: G
REGION FREE
Limited Edition of 3,000 Units
Release Date: November 12th, 2013
Retail Price: $29.95

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JANE EYRE (1944)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O' Brien, Henry Daniell, John Sutton, Agnes Moorehead, Elizabeth Taylor, Peggy Ann Garner

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Biographer Joseph McBride and Actress Margaret O' Brien / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo, Nick Redman, and Steven C. Smith / "Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind Jane Eyre" Featurette / "Know Your Ally Britain" United States War Department Film Directed by Robert Stevenson / Original Theatrical Trailer

LANGUAGE: English
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 1.33:1
AUDIO: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA
SUBTITLES: English SDH
1944 / B & W / 96 MINUTES / NOT RATED
REGION FREE
Limited Edition of 3,000 Units
Release Date: November 12th, 2013
Retail Price: $29.95
PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS FILM TO BLU-RAY USING THE BEST SOURCE MATERIAL AVAILABLE.

Interesting that all three of these come with a relatively robust selection of extras.

[onetet]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

What's that all about? Must be something wrong with it.

Originally Posted by bluknight1

Well, the original nitrate is gone (along with the rest of Fox's nitrate negs), so the remaining safety element must not be of great quality. However, the DVD actually looks fine, and I'm presuming the same source element will be used for the Blu. If anything, that's probably why this film went to Twilight Time, because I was certain that Fox would release this themselves at some point. The trend I've observed over the past few years is that Fox seems to be handing off titles with element issues to Twilight Time (Demetrius and the Gladiators, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Song of Bernadette, Leave Her to Heaven, Drums Along the Mohawk).

Here's what they've said to this question on their FB page:
"Just as a heads-up, some folk have asked about the disclaimer we have placed on this title: "PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS FILM TO BLU-RAY USING THE BEST SOURCE MATERIAL AVAILABLE." It is nothing too serious, it is the same disclaimer that Fox put on their own release of the film on DVD, and in good faith we are adding it to the pre-order information. Those familiar with the DVD will know that JANE EYRE is one of the titles for which the original elements no longer exist, and that surviving prints are all that is left to work from...this blu-ray is derived from the same master as the DVD but of course is going to be in 1080p and those who love the film won't be too disappointed."

[HyperRealist]

yep i just made this..

[benbess]

I'm liking the extras on these titles, esp. the commentaries by Julie Kirgo and Redman. Some good titles here and coming up!

[NoirFan]

I believe all of those extras are ported from the DVDs.

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by jws

TT is the only distibutor that I will not blind buy from given the price. The only movies that have either sold out or have the potential of selling out before or around the release date (hence, timely reviews) are movies that I already love and won't hesitate to buy from TT.

TT's releases that I am unfamiliar with won't sell out before I've had a chance to watch the movie and determine if I want to buy the release.

I totally agree. Why would anyone blind buy at those prices? I suppose if money is no object. I'm not having a go at TT, I have two of their titles that I'm very happy with, even though they cost an arm & a leg, The Egyptian & Mysterious Island. A TT Blu costs $40 to the UK, & I have to REALLY love that movie to pay that.

[Lemmy Lugosi]

I'm a Harryhausen fan, but I think I may pass on the two Sinbad blus coming soon. Just getting tired of all the hassle involved in amassing home-viewable media. And the cost doesn't help, even though I have all the green in need, easily. I just can't justify the costs.

[onetet]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I believe all of those extras are ported from the DVDs.

I think most of them are--but it seems that until recently, TT releases typically didn't port forward most of the special features that earlier DVD editions had offered.

[klauswhereareyou]

Usually if a title had extras previously on a studio released disc, TT will carry them over. Not always, but most of the time.

As far as new extras as of know only in rare instances (Drums Along the Mohawk with the John Ford Documentary) has a TT title had them, save for their usual practice of offering isolated score tracks.

[Scottie]

Has anybody seen / can recommend Picnic?

[Aunt Peg]

I have TT's Picnic and can highly recommend it.

Captures more of the frame then the DVD and vastly improved picture quality.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Aunt Peg

I have TT's Picnic and can highly recommend it.

Captures more of the frame then the DVD and vastly improved picture quality.

How is it story / rewatchability wise?

[oildude]

Originally Posted by iScottie

How is it story / rewatchability wise?

I wrote my thoughts on it here a year or so ago. I have since posted it under the blu-ray.com listing, so feel free to read it there. The story has some darker themes than are initially visible on the surface, and it has some iconoclastic elements similar to Bigger Than Life. It is a gorgeous looking blu-ray,

[benbess]

Originally Posted by oildude

I wrote my thoughts on it here a year or so ago. I have since posted it under the blu-ray.com listing, so feel free to read it there. The story has some darker themes than are initially visible on the surface, and it has some iconoclastic elements similar to Bigger Than Life. It is a gorgeous looking blu-ray,

Yes.

And looked at in a certain way, one of the characters might almost be a prequel to Vertigo.

[*PREACHER*]

Originally Posted by oildude

I wrote my thoughts on it here a year or so ago. I have since posted it under the blu-ray.com listing, so feel free to read it there. The story has some darker themes than are initially visible on the surface, and it has some iconoclastic elements similar to Bigger Than Life. It is a gorgeous looking blu-ray,

Very good read as far your review goes...I am more sold on it now than before so I thank you sir!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by oildude

I wrote my thoughts on it here a year or so ago. I have since posted it under the blu-ray.com listing, so feel free to read it there. The story has some darker themes than are initially visible on the surface, and it has some iconoclastic elements similar to Bigger Than Life. It is a gorgeous looking blu-ray,

Thank you. I think I'll order it in the not-so-distant future.

[LucasM2012]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Thank you. I think I'll order it in the not-so-distant future.

Next Sunday, A.D.?

[BarnDoor]

Given that they've recorded a new commentary for Zulu, I guess this means they aren't restricted to old extras for MGM titles, and can infact make/add new ones? Should be interesting.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by LucasM2012

Next Sunday, A.D.?

There was a guy named Joel ..............

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by dsman71

There was a guy named Joel ..............

Not too different from you or me....