Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Sporkies]

An MGM deal would be great. Maybe we can finally get Lord of the Flies on Blu!

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Sporkies

An MGM deal would be great. Maybe we can finally get Lord of the Flies on Blu!

I think Criterion already has that in the works.

Edit: MGM also does not hold the rights to this film anymore. Just about all MGM films produced before May of 1986 are currently the property of Warner Brothers. MGM/UA's current pre-May 1986 library consists of films that they've acquired from other production studios and film libraries over the years such as United Artists and Orion Films.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

MGM, eh?

I'd be potentially interested in:
- Ivanhoe (1952) - Oscar nominated, great soundtrack by Korngold to boot;
- The Time Machine (1960) - just a classic of Sci-Fi, would sell out instantly.

MGM doesn't actually hold the rights to either of those films anymore. They're with Warner Brothers.

[Arkadin]

the most interesting thing about The Time Machine is how in 6 years Warner has never mentioned ONE thing about a possible bd release.

[BarnDoor]

Does MGM still have the rights to Khartoum? If so I would love TT to put that one out.

[JoeDeM]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

the most interesting thing about The Time Machine is how in 6 years Warner has never mentioned ONE thing about a possible bd release.

If anything maybe we'll see it as one of their Archive Collection titles.

[The Great Owl]

I just placed an order for Experiment in Terror. Thanks, everyone, for not buying all the copies of this already. *group hug*
I ordered through Amazon.com with SAE as the third-party distributor, just as I did with The Big Heat and Rapture, because I received both of those just days after placing those orders.

I really hope that the 1960 version of The Time Machine is not released in a limited edition when it is inevitably released. This is one of my all-time favorite films, and I'll be soured if I have to jump through the hoops to obtain this in time or, even worse, miss out on the sale. This movie deserves a wide release.

[JoeDeM]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I really hope that the 1960 version of The Time Machine is not released in a limited edition when it is inevitably released. This is one of my all-time favorite films, and I'll be soured if I have to jump through the hoops to obtain this in time or, even worse, miss out on the sale. This movie deserves a wide release.

No danger of that, as it was stated earlier it's a WB title.

[Hypnosifl]

Speaking of classic sci fi, any chance TT (or anyone else) could get the rights to the 1962 Day of the Triffids? Apparently there was a high-def transfer made in 2009 but it has yet to be released on blu (or even a new DVD since then)

[Sporkies]

Originally Posted by zbinks

I think Criterion already has that in the works.

Edit: MGM also does not hold the rights to this film anymore. Just about all MGM films produced before May of 1986 are currently the property of Warner Brothers. MGM/UA's current pre-May 1986 library consists of films that they've acquired from other production studios and film libraries over the years such as United Artists and Orion Films.

I should have been more clear: I meant the 1990 Lord of the Flies remake that was an MGM property. I know Criterion already has the 1963 version (not even sure off the top of my head which studio that came from originally).

[HyperRealist]

complaints about the manufacturing quality of TT discs
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=217378

[cjamescook]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

MGM, eh?

I'd be potentially interested in:
- Ivanhoe (1952) - Oscar nominated, great soundtrack by Korngold to boot;
- The Time Machine (1960) - just a classic of Sci-Fi, would sell out instantly.

I would love to see a two-fer: The 1960 version and the 2002 version of The Time Machine.

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Does MGM still have the rights to Khartoum? If so I would love TT to put that one out.

Yep, with MGM, think the United Artists film catalogue. A lot of great movies there: Run Silent, Run Deep, The Sweet Smell Of Success, The Vikings, Tom Jones, a ton of great stuff! They also own the American International catalogue. Films like: The Pit & The Pendulum, Tales Of Terror & The Masque Of The Red Death. Mind you, before anything can be released, it would need a good HD remaster.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

Yep, with MGM, think the United Artists film catalogue. A lot of great movies there: Run Silent, Run Deep, The Sweet Smell Of Success, The Vikings, Tom Jones, a ton of great stuff! They also own the American International catalogue. Films like: The Pit & The Pendulum, Tales Of Terror & The Masque Of The Red Death. Mind you, before anything can be released, it would need a good HD remaster.

Many of those already have HD remasters as they air frequently on MGM HD channel in the U.S. (especially the AIP titles). Just takes someone to license them -- here's hoping

[jah13]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

Many of those already have HD remasters as they air frequently on MGM HD channel in the U.S. (especially the AIP titles). Just takes someone to license them -- here's hoping

And, some, like SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, already exist on Blu-ray.

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by jah13

And, some, like SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, already exist on Blu-ray.

Well one, & as it's region A locked it doesn't exist for me.

[jah13]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

Well one, & as it's region A locked it doesn't exist for me.

Since it's with Criterion in the U.S. / Region A zone, it's highly unlikely that TT would get this one. Perhaps a non-U.S. label or MGM subsidiary will release it in a non-Region A iteration.

If they're not already licensed out to one of the budget labels, a lot of the genre titles controlled by MGM stand a good chance of coming out via Scream Factory.

[Akijama]

Here is a list of MGM owned titles http://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles

Evidently, some of them has been licensed to labels such as Criterion, Shout etc.

And here's the list of MGM titles that, IMO, would suite TT very nicely (I haven't bothered to mention titles that I believe will be released by Fox themselves or some other label ):

Wilder's One, Two, Three, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Fortune Cookie
Lang's The Woman in the Window
Altman's The Long Goodbye, Thieves Like Us and Images
Frankenheimer's The Train and Birdman of Alcatraz
Ashby's Bound For Glory and Coming Home
Cimino's Thunderbolt & Lightfoot and Year of the Dragon
Jewison's Rollerball
Kennedy's Support Your Local Sheriff!
Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Junior Bonner
Fosse's Lenny
Milius's Dillinger
Brooks's Elmer Gantry
Post's Go Tell the Spartans
Crichton's The Great Train Robbery
Hiller's The Hospital
Fisher's The Hound of Baskervilles
Kramer's Judgement at Nuremberg, Inherit the Wind and On the Beach
Cassavetes's Love Streams
Leone's Duck, You Sucker
Huston's Moby Dick
Herek's Mr Holland's Opus
Russells's Women in Love
Parker's Mississippi Burning
Lumet's The Offence and Equus
Edwards's The Party
Rosenberg's The Pope of Greenwich Village
Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa
Foley's At Close Range
Shear's Across 110th Street
Sherin's Valdez is Coming
Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People
De Jarnatt's Miracle Mile
Runaway Train
Spottiswoode's Under Fire

...to name a few

[BarnDoor]

How about The Last Valley?

[jah13]

Excellent list. For those not confined to Region A, there are versions of LONG GOODBYE, ALFREDO GARCIA, THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT, AT CLOSE RANGE either already out there or coming soon. T AND L was just announced by Second Sight. There are probably some others on the below list that also fit in that category.

I would add Kleiser's SUMMER LOVERS, which has never been available in 16x9 in any home video edition and also has a great Basil Poledouris--in "Vangelis mode"--score.

Originally Posted by Akijama

Here is a list of MGM owned titles http://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles

Evidently, some of them has been licensed to labels such as Criterion, Shout etc.

And here's the list of MGM titles that, IMO, would suite TT very nicely (I haven't bothered to mention titles that I believe will be released by Fox themselves or some other label ):

Wilder's One, Two, Three, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Fortune Cookie
Lang's The Woman in the Window
Altman's The Long Goodbye, Thieves Like Us and Images
Frankenheimer's The Train and Birdman of Alcatraz
Ashby's Bound For Glory and Coming Home
Cimino's Thunderbolt & Lightfoot and Year of the Dragon
Jewison's Rollerball
Kennedy's Support Your Local Sheriff!
Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Junior Bonner
Fosse's Lenny
Milius's Dillinger
Brooks's Elmer Gantry
Post's Go Tell the Spartans
Crichton's The Great Train Robbery
Hiller's The Hospital
Fisher's The Hound of Baskervilles
Kramer's Judgement at Nuremberg, Inherit the Wind and On the Beach
Cassavetes's Love Streams
Leone's Duck, You Sucker
Huston's Moby Dick
Herek's Mr Holland's Opus
Russells's Women in Love
Parker's Mississippi Burning
Lumet's The Offence and Equus
Edwards's The Party
Rosenberg's The Pope of Greenwich Village
Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa
Foley's At Close Range
Shear's Across 110th Street
Sherin's Valdez is Coming
Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People
De Jarnatt's Miracle Mile
Runaway Train
Spottiswoode's Under Fire

...to name a few