Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by muchogris

Anyone know what happens when an edition goes OOP? When they negotiate the license for a title they already know how many they are going to produce and/or its time limited?

I would like to know because regardless of how much i like Twilight time and this movie there are no extras and the reviews dont convince me. So, can another label release it soon? A good design, lower price and extras would trigger me.

I know there is a UK release, i ask because i might buy it if its completely imposible to see another one.

TT has a three year exclusivity but since this was originally released in Oct 2013 that has since passed.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by muchogris

Anyone know what happens when an edition goes OOP? When they negotiate the license for a title they already know how many they are going to produce and/or its time limited?

I would like to know because regardless of how much i like Twilight time and this movie there are no extras and the reviews dont convince me. So, can another label release it soon? A good design, lower price and extras would trigger me.

I know there is a UK release, i ask because i might buy it if its completely imposible to see another one.

When Twilight Time negotiates a license for a particular title, they pay upfront for a press run of 3000 copies (on a few occasions, they've contracted for 5000, and in one case, 3500) and for exclusive US rights for a window of 3 years. It's not clear exactly when that window starts (from the date of the contract, or from the official street date, or whatever). At any rate, during those three years no one else can release that title on Blu-ray in the US (including the licensor studio, unless they and TT come to a mutual agreement).

It's been a couple of months over the 3-year mark since The Other's street date, so the licensor studio (Fox) is free to release their own edition, or to license it to someone else. But I should point out that as of yet, no one in the US has released another Blu-ray edition of any Twilight Time release, with one exception (Sony released an edition of Christine).

As I said, Twilight Time only has US rights, so labels outside the US are free to release anything that TT has released here. There's another thread for listing international releases of Twilight Time titles.

[RalphoR]

Does anyone know if TT has a three year exclusive window to sell any movie they have already released if said movie gets a 4k uhd release? I'm curious if they would get first dibs if say Fox wants to release Journey to the Center of the Earth in the 4k uhd format.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

Does anyone know if TT has a three year exclusive window to sell any movie they have already released if said movie gets a 4k uhd release? I'm curious if they would get first dibs if say Fox wants to release Journey to the Center of the Earth in the 4k uhd format.

As far as I know, Twilight Time hasn't said a single word about releasing any UHDs, so it's rather a moot point at the moment.

Apropos of something else, and a general FYI regarding orders with SAE, I got an email from them a few hours ago that my order (12 discs, placed on 11/18) have now shipped. Assuming that holiday shipments don't clog up the system, I should have my package by Monday.

[Widescreenfilmguy]

I would think they could release the film in other formats in the US seeing that Kino has the DVD rights to certain blu-rays that TT has released

[jayembee]

So I just placed a second order from SAE, for an additional 10 titles.

First order (12 titles, just shipped):

Jane Eyre
Breaking Away
The Eddy Duchin Story
Oliver!
Lost Horizon
Solomon and Sheba
Love and Death
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Broadway Danny Rose
Radio Days
Shadows and Fog
The Bounty

Second order (10 titles):

Fate Is the Hunter
Flaming Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Best of Everything
The Front
Miss Sadie Thompson
Equus
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Kings Go Forth
Heaven & Earth

And I just placed a 3-title order with TT:

Mississippi Burning
I Want to Live!
Moby Dick

[Page14]

Originally Posted by jayembee

So I just placed a second order from SAE, for an additional 10 titles.

First order (12 titles, just shipped):

[Show spoiler]Jane Eyre
Breaking Away
The Eddy Duchin Story
Oliver!
Lost Horizon
Solomon and Sheba
Love and Death
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Broadway Danny Rose
Radio Days
Shadows and Fog
The Bounty

Second order (10 titles):

[Show spoiler]Fate Is the Hunter
Flaming Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Best of Everything
The Front
Miss Sadie Thompson
Equus
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Kings Go Forth
Heaven & Earth

And I just placed a 3-title order with TT:

[Show spoiler]Mississippi Burning
I Want to Live!
Moby Dick

Nice! Thanks for the encouragement, as I'm trying to figure out one more order while trying not to go too far overboard. I think I could enjoy most of TT's titles. So hard to whittle the list down to just a few.

[oildude]

No numbers were given, but Twilight Time has said the following three are moving really quickly:

Oliver
Jane Eyre
Drums Along the Mohawk

[Merrik]

Originally Posted by jayembee

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Anytime I see someone has ordered this title I just smile. It's a truly brilliant film with a performance from Maggie Smith that is just incredible. The place she takes her character from the opening of the film to the closing of the film, the place the movie itself takes her character from the opening of the film to the closing of the film... it amazes me every single time I watch it.

Easily, what I'd consider to be one of my 15-20 favorite performances of all time.

[LetsGetATaco]

My copy of Breaking Away came with a broken case (the clips that hold the case closed were broken off). Will they send a replacement or am I SOL?

[Member-167298]

FYI - Anyone that is region-free, you can pre-order Arrow's Stardust Memories for less than $19 shipped from Amazon UK.

[Keymaster]

Originally Posted by jayembee

So I just placed a second order from SAE, for an additional 10 titles.

First order (12 titles, just shipped):

Jane Eyre
Breaking Away
The Eddy Duchin Story
Oliver!
Lost Horizon
Solomon and Sheba
Love and Death
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Broadway Danny Rose
Radio Days
Shadows and Fog
The Bounty

Second order (10 titles):

Fate Is the Hunter
Flaming Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Best of Everything
The Front
Miss Sadie Thompson
Equus
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Kings Go Forth
Heaven & Earth

And I just placed a 3-title order with TT:

Mississippi Burning
I Want to Live!
Moby Dick

That's a very impressive order jayembee. Perhaps you were inspired by my own madness, as evidenced by the shipments that arrived on my doorstep yesterday:

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[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Keymaster

That's a very impressive order jayembee. Perhaps you were inspired by my own madness, as evidenced by the shipments that arrived on my doorstep yesterday:

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No wonder everyone's orders are delayed, they've been too busy packaging all your stuff!

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Merrik

Anytime I see someone has ordered this title I just smile. It's a truly brilliant film with a performance from Maggie Smith that is just incredible. The place she takes her character from the opening of the film to the closing of the film, the place the movie itself takes her character from the opening of the film to the closing of the film... it amazes me every single time I watch it.

Easily, what I'd consider to be one of my 15-20 favorite performances of all time.

It was an interesting film, it certainly goes places I did not expect it to. I was a little apprehensive about watching it because I thought it might be your typical cliched inspirational teacher film but I got it as a signed promo so I gave it a chance. Some of the performances of the minor supporting characters are a bit dodgy, but Pamela Franklin and Maggie Smith are great in it.

[Trollhunter]

Anyone know if there's any discount codes available.

[RalphoR]

Someone mentioned in the Moby Dick thread that there's only about 20 copies left at TT and it's the #2 hot seller behind The 3 Worlds of Gulliver at SAE. These two flicks are moving really fast.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Keymaster

That's a very impressive order jayembee. Perhaps you were inspired by my own madness, as evidenced by the shipments that arrived on my doorstep yesterday:

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That's one sick order....in the very best of ways! I hope you can put you're life on hold for the next 4-6 weeks

[morg999]

Originally Posted by Keymaster

That's a very impressive order jayembee. Perhaps you were inspired by my own madness, as evidenced by the shipments that arrived on my doorstep yesterday:

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60 TITLES..!!??!!

[octobercountry]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

Someone mentioned in the Moby Dick thread that there's only about 20 copies left at TT and it's the #2 hot seller behind The 3 Worlds of Gulliver at SAE. These two flicks are moving really fast.

Yeah, I was wondering how long Gulliver would last, since the Harryhausen films tend to sell out much more quickly than the average TT title. Even though this particular picture doesn't have the typical Harryhausen creatures, I imagine many people will consider it collectible.

I was going to wait until the next sale to purchase Gulliver, but now I'm thinking, just to be safe, I'd better pick up a copy right off....

[RalphoR]

There's under 10 copies of Moby Dick left at TT. No idea how many copies at SAE. Gulliver will be around a bit longer.