Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by iHorrornews0

I once heard that John Wayne was really 5'7 and stuffed his boots with cardboard to appear taller.

Actually that was Robert Deniro.....

[T. Warren Scollan]

"Hondo", while owned by the John Wayne estate (headed by Gretchen Wayne), is currently licensed to Paramount for an undetermined period of time. While Paramount has released a DVD and a flat Blu-ray of the film, they have made it quite clear they have no interest in doing a 3D release. That's a bit surprising as a 3D digital master is known to exist. It's even been rumored to have been seen in DCP!

[dommie]

So is Warlock (1959) Blu still on tap for the announced May 21 release date? Three weeks out and I have yet to see a pre-order option on Twilight Time or Screen Archives, or Amazon for that matter.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by dommie

So is Warlock (1959) Blu still on tap for the announced May 21 release date? Three weeks out and I have yet to see a pre-order option on Twilight Time or Screen Archives, or Amazon for that matter.

Unless something is announce between now and then it still is on for May 21st.

[Dailyan]

I was initially going to sit out this sale but I decided to nab "Garden of Evil".

[javy]

I wonder if Gloria, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and Appassionata will ever go on sale....

[slm]

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

There's been multiple international region free Blus of "Steel Magnolias" for years and you're only now annoyed?

[slm]

Yes. I'd have to say, yes, I'm only now annoyed. (I rarely buy international.)

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

No more or less annoyed than I am whenever any bluray gets a re-release or upgrade, etc. I missed out on the TT release of 1984, had to import the German release from MGM, and now there’s a superior Criterion release on its way. It is what it is.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

An complete indifference. It's always great that a film is more readily available for others. For as many TT films that get re-released by other labels there are just as many or more films that never would come to BluRay if not for labels like TT.

[slm]

^^ Well, those are both good attitudes to have, since there will always be more re-releases and upgrades. (No shortage of double and triple dip opportunities in our hobby!)

[English Patient]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

I'm actually pleased - because it shows that there's still strong enough demand for physical copies of certain titles that the larger studios are willing to release them themselves instead of just banishing them to boutique labels. To me it was always a bit alarming that the boutique labels had a lot of films that were pretty popular (and many Academy Award-winning titles among them) - it's like the major studios were saying there wasn't enough demand for these titles to justify getting involved in releasing them, which is a bit sad.

[Page14]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

I'm happy any time a film is available to buy for anybody. But it does make me rethink the urgency on buying a "limited edition" blu-ray.

Personally, I missed out on buying Steel Magnolias when it was available from TT. So I bought a copy at an inflated price on eBay. Of course, had I known somebody else was going to release it, I would have waited.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

Originally Posted by Page14

I'm happy any time a film is available to buy for anybody. But it does make me rethink the urgency on buying a "limited edition" blu-ray.

Personally, I missed out on buying Steel Magnolias when it was available from TT. So I bought a copy at an inflated price on eBay. Of course, had I known somebody else was going to release it, I would have waited.

Considering is sold out in 2014 and has been off the US market since then, the 3 year license expired no later than early 2015, and the fact that nobody re-released in that period says something about the lack of demand for this type title. I bought it $30 in 2012 and have no bad feelings that I overpaid for what I've been able to have for 7 years. Even with the $15-16 German version out in late 2014 I got my money's worth with the TT release

It took 660 day to sell out so it wasn't even that fast. It sold out shortly after the 3rd Birthday Sale (TT First Sale) where is was $19.95 for a few days

Do you think they'll more than 3000 of the new release in 2 years even once it starts having sale prices?

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.) I'm annoyed for myself, but also happy for the folks that didn't get it yet. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to pull the trigger on popular TT titles, since they inevitably end up with mass market releases. (I understand the argument that the sales from popular TT titles help fund the release of less popular titles etc. etc. etc.) I'm just venting.

I don't think that there was ever any promise that Twilight Time titles would never get released by someone else after the three year exclusive window expired. I just wish someone would release Bye Bye Birdie now. That's my biggest Twilight Time regret.

[Page14]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Considering is sold out in 2014 and has been off the US market since then, the 3 year license expired no later than early 2015, and the fact that nobody re-released in that period says something about the lack of demand for this type title. I bought it $30 in 2012 and have no bad feelings that I overpaid for what I've been able to have for 7 years. Even with the $15-16 German version out in late 2014 I got my money's worth with the TT release

It took 660 day to sell out so it wasn't even that fast. It sold out shortly after the 3rd Birthday Sale (TT First Sale) where is was $19.95 for a few days

Do you think they'll more than 3000 of the new release in 2 years even once it starts having sale prices?

I didn't mean to sound like I had bad feelings about buying the TT release, even at a higher than normal price. I'm very happy to have it in my collection, no matter who releases it. I bought my TT copy about 2 years ago off of eBay for $37 and change. I guess I didn't buy it right away because I wasn't sure that I wanted a "soap-opery" kind of movie in my collection. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought it should be in my collection ... maybe for the ensemble cast alone.

I'm not sure if you were asking that last question genuinely or just making a comment ... but to answer the question, I have no idea how to answer that. I was kind of surprised that the TT release sold out as fast as it did.

[oildude]

Pre-orders begin May 8, 2019, at 4 pm EST

Now on hi-def Blu-ray: The To Kill a Mockingbird team of producer Alan J. Pakula, director Robert Mulligan, screenwriter Horton Foote and composer Elmer Bernstein reunite for the starkly dramatic tale of a firebrand, would-be rockabilly musician torn asunder by his abusive family past, striving to mend his own self-destructive ways and his fraught relationships with his wife and child. A close-to-the-bone project for Texas native Foote and its hell-for-leather star Steve McQueen that benefits from burnished location lensing and a scorching title tune by Bernstein and Ernie Sheldon.

Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer

Informative article about the film at TCM: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67873.../articles.html


Directed by Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird, Up the Down Staircase, Love with the Proper Stranger, Summer of '42, The Other)

Starring:

Steve McQueen (The Blob, Bullitt, Papillon, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Le Mans, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Sand Pebbles, Tom Horn)

Lee Remick (Experiment in Terror, Wild River, The Long Hot Summer, A Face in the Crowd, Anatomy of a Murder, Days of Wine and Roses, The Omen)


Music by Elmer Bernstein, one of the greats, who scored over 250 films as varied as The Ten Commandments, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Gypsy Moths, True Grit, The Shootist, Stripes, An American Werewolf in London, Devil in a Blue Dress, and My Left Foot, to name only a few.

Cinematography by Ernest Laszlo (Judgment at Nuremburg, Stalag 17, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Fantastic Voyage, Logan's Run, Kiss Me Deadly, While the City Sleeps, Airport)


Trailer

Baby the Rain Must Fall - Trailer (1965) - YouTube

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by slm

How does everyone feel about Steel Magnolias getting a mass market release? (And probably a better one than TT's.)

That specific one doesn't bother me; I think it's a good movie, but I was never remotely tempted by the OOP prices, or even the full TT price, so I don't own it. When they're the same, it doesn't bother me at all. When they're upgrades, it annoys me a little bit, but no moreso than any other double dip upgrade.

[oildude]

Pre-orders begin May 8, 2019, at 4 pm EST

A bountiful cast comprised of Hollywood legends and a deep bench of character-actor favorites highlights this woolly Western roundup about an outlaw gang racing to outride the law and a brace of Mexican bandidos in the Southwestern badlands. From the veteran director of McLintock!, The Devil’s Brigade and The Wild Geese comes an outdoor adventure rich in wry humor and thunderous action making its North American Blu-ray debut, complete with a fabulous Jerry Goldsmith score.

Special Features: Isolated Music Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Tony Latino, Lee Pfeiffer, and Paul Scrabo / Original Theatrical Trailers

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen (The Wild Geese, Hellfighters, Chisum, The Devil's Brigade, The Last Hard Men)

Starring:

James Stewart (It's a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, Rear Window, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Anatomy of a Murder)

Dean Martin (Rio Bravo, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Young Lions, Ocean's 11, Bells are Ringing, The Silencers)

Raquel Welch (Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Hannie Caulder, The Last of Sheila, Bedazzled, 100 Rifles, Lady in Cement)

George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke, Charade, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Earthquake, The Eiger Sanction, Just Before Dawn, Airport)


Music by Jerry Goldsmith, who scored over 250 films, including Alien, Planet of the Apes, Patton, The Blue Max, Seconds, The Sand Pebbles, Von Ryan's Express, and Total Recall.

Cinematography by William H. Clothier (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The Alamo, Donovan's Reef, Big Jake, Rio Lobo, Hellfighters, The Devil's Brigade, The War Wagon)


Trailer

Bandolero (1968) - Trailer - YouTube

Opening Credits with Jerry Goldsmith's Main Theme Music

Bandolero ! Western-Main Title-Soundtrack - YouTube