Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by CV19

Another film(s) from Vincent Price I haven't seen are the Dr. Goldfoot movies he made in the mid-60's, for example, Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine. I think he made possibly 3 in total, and they sound like comedies (with titles like that what else could they be), but I've no idea if they're any good or not.

There are two- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine(1965) and Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs(1966- directed by Mario Bava). They are not upper echelon Vincent Price movies, but they are supposed to be comedies.

[CV19]

Originally Posted by JasonMichael

There are two- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine(1965) and Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs(1966- directed by Mario Bava). They are not upper echelon Vincent Price movies, but they are supposed to be comedies.

Thanks JasonMichael. I'm very tempted to make a blind purchase seeing as they are available on blu-ray.

Vincent Price has always been one of my favourite actors and for me, even if the film isn't a particularly great one, his presence in it is enough to make that film very watchable indeed.

[JasonMichael]

He is great. This morning I was watching a TV special he appeared in back in 1975, The Nightmare, which was Alice Cooper performing his Welcome To My Nightmare album. Price was in the hour and six minute show for about 5 minutes total, but was great. The show is only available on DVD, but that doesn't matter too much as it was shot to video tape. Picture quality was good considering the source, and the booklet includes a reproduction of a note from Vincent and his wife to Alice and his manager thanking them and hoping to do more together in the future. As classy a guy as he was talented as an actor.

[Doc Moonlight]

DR GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS is by Price's admission his least favorite film.

Another great Price comic performance is HIS KIND OF WOMAN, available on DVD from the Warner Archive.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by movieben1138

I realize BIRTH OF A NATION is from a new restoration, but doesn't this kind of break one of TT's own guidelines? I thought they strictly weren't going to release films that had previously been released on blu in Region A. Only debuts.

Did they have such a guideline? I don't recall seeing that. I know they said they wouldn't do re-issues of movies they already released anymore.

[Starchild]

Originally Posted by JasonMichael

He is great. This morning I was watching a TV special he appeared in back in 1975, The Nightmare, which was Alice Cooper performing his Welcome To My Nightmare album. Price was in the hour and six minute show for about 5 minutes total, but was great. The show is only available on DVD, but that doesn't matter too much as it was shot to video tape. Picture quality was good considering the source, and the booklet includes a reproduction of a note from Vincent and his wife to Alice and his manager thanking them and hoping to do more together in the future. As classy a guy as he was talented as an actor.

I still own my original Betamax release of the Nightmare.

Was very grateful when the DVD was finally released.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by movieben1138

I realize BIRTH OF A NATION is from a new restoration, but doesn't this kind of break one of TT's own guidelines? I thought they strictly weren't going to release films that had previously been released on blu in Region A. Only debuts.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Did they have such a guideline? I don't recall seeing that. I know they said they wouldn't do re-issues of movies they already released anymore.

Yeah, I don't recall that they ever said that, either.

Besides, in this case, and depending on the level of work done on a new restoration, it could reasonably considered a "debut".

[movieben1138]

Oh, yes...back when they first began in 2011, their original mission statement was to bring to disc (DVD at first, blu-ray a few months later) movies that had never received a home video release at all. That, of course, quickly changed (when they signed their deal with Sony and released MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and FRIGHT NIGHT), but they were still only releasing films on blu-ray that were format debuts in North America. I followed them on the forum at Film Score Monthly at the time and recall instances when they shot down requests for re-issues of films which had gone out of print elsewhere because they only wanted to do format debuts.

Unfortunately, each new announcement and request was a completely new thread, so it'll take me some searching. I'll see if I can't find examples tomorrow. In the meantime, this link is to the first thread with their launch announcement. The third paragraph from the bottom in the first post mentions their original intention:

http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/po...threadID=74464

[CV19]

Originally Posted by JasonMichael

He is great. This morning I was watching a TV special he appeared in back in 1975, The Nightmare, which was Alice Cooper performing his Welcome To My Nightmare album. Price was in the hour and six minute show for about 5 minutes total, but was great. The show is only available on DVD, but that doesn't matter too much as it was shot to video tape. Picture quality was good considering the source, and the booklet includes a reproduction of a note from Vincent and his wife to Alice and his manager thanking them and hoping to do more together in the future. As classy a guy as he was talented as an actor.

I have seen a couple of interviews Vincent Price did here in the UK, and he always came across as a very warm, gentle person who was perfectly happy to talk about his films. A true gentleman, greatly missed. Here is one he did with David Frost back in 1970:

Vincent Price interview - David Frost 1970 - YouTube

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by Dec 14, 2010

"Our label is called Twilight Time,” explains Redman, “because that is what we are facing: the sun setting on the world of physical media."

[Dan_Shane]

Originally Posted by CV19

Thank you for that.
It's one of those films I've heard of, but have never actually seen. I'm about to put in another TT order for some blu-rays shortly, so I'll add this title to that.

You won't regret it. It's top-tier Vincent Price, and we get Ronald Coleman to boot.

[Jobla]

Another Ronald Colman/Vincent Price masterpiece: THE STORY OF MANKIND.

[oildude]

Pre-order date: Wednesday, March 7th at 4 pm EST

Special Features: Isolated Music Track of the Don Ellis Film Score / Isolated Music Track of the Unused Johnny Mandel Score / Audio Commentary with Film Historian Richard Harland Smith / Introduction by Director-Producer Philip D’Antoni / The Seven-Ups Connection / A Tony Lo Bianco Type / Real to Reel / Cut to the Chase / Anatomy of a Chase: Behind the Scenes of the Filming of The Seven-Ups / Randy Jurgensen’s Scrapbook / Super 8 Version / Lobby Cards, Stills and Media Gallery / Original Theatrical Trailers / Brand New 4K Transfer

[easydreamer]

Originally Posted by oildude

Pre-order date: Wednesday, March 7th at 4 pm EST

Bought the S1 in the sale just before the TT announcement, but this is an easy double dip for sure

[latehong]

Originally Posted by easydreamer

Bought the S1 in the sale just before the TT announcement, but this is an easy double dip for sure

Other than to support Twilight Time, is there any reason why it's an easy double dip?

[BarnDoor]

The Signal One disc does not feature the 4K restoration.

[Dan_Shane]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Another Ronald Colman/Vincent Price masterpiece: THE STORY OF MANKIND.

Well, they are both in the movie. That's all I have to say about that.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by Dan_Shane

Well, they are both in the movie. That's all I have to say about that.

Aside from being listed in The 50 Worst Movies of All Time, The Story of Mankind features this amazing cast:

• Ronald Colman as The Spirit of Man
• Vincent Price as Mr. Scratch
• Hedy Lamarr as Joan of Arc
• Groucho Marx as Peter Minuit
• Harpo Marx as Sir Isaac Newton
• Chico Marx as Monk
• Virginia Mayo as Cleopatra
• Agnes Moorehead as Queen Elizabeth I
• Peter Lorre as Nero
• Charles Coburn as Hippocrates
• Sir Cedric Hardwicke as High Judge
• Cesar Romero as Spanish Envoy
• John Carradine as Khufu
• Dennis Hopper as Napoleon Bonaparte
• Marie Wilson as Marie Antoinette
• Helmut Dantine as Mark Antony
• Edward Everett Horton as Sir Walter Raleigh
• Reginald Gardiner as William Shakespeare
• Marie Windsor as Joséphine de Beauharnais
• George E. Stone as Waiter
• Cathy O'Donnell as Early Christian Woman
• Franklin Pangborn as Marquis de Varennes
• Melville Cooper as Major Domo
• Henry Daniell as Bishop Cauchon
• Francis X. Bushman as Moses
• Jim Ameche as Alexander Graham Bell
• Austin Green as Abraham Lincoln
• Bobby Watson as Adolf Hitler

This needs to be on blu!

[Jobla]

I'd like to see THE STORY OF MANKIND in Blu-ray. I'm not certain that the MOD from WA is in the correct aspect ratio.

I don't think that the Marx Brothers appear together, which is kind of cool in itself.

[RCRochester]

Some of those casting choices sound like something out of a spoof.