Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

That's a good list! I would love Cutter's Way. I'd like Irma La Douce and How to Succeed in Business without Really trying also.

The ABC titles MGM distributes. They all need new transfers because I believe none of them are Anamorphic. Silkwood and The Flamingo Kid are others.

Isn't Ghost World a future Criterion? Or was that just speculation.

Thx

Criterion editions of Ghost World, The Long Goodbye and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia are nothing but wishful thinking at this point. So, Twilight releases are likely. Criterion have yet to get around to releasing MGM titles that you mentioned previously (+ two Fellini's and How I Won the War). It's hard to tell and predict "who gets what" in this bussiness. For all we know, maybe even Shout is in the mix for some of the aforementioned titles.

[captveg]

No one knows exactly what titles Criterion has left on their MGM deal. The most recent MGM release from them is Qatsi Trilogy, though I'm pretty sure the upcoming La Cage aux Folles is licensed from MGM.

Here's the current rundown from MGM-licensed Criterions:

RELEASED

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
House of Games (DVD only)
The Fugitive Kind (DVD only)
Paths of Glory
The Night of the Hunter
Sweet Smell of Success
Kes
Blow Out
Something Wild
Kiss Me Deadly
The Killing
Cul-de-Sac
12 Angry Men
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Trilogy of Life (The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights)
Heaven's Gate
The Qatsi Trilogy (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi) (Naqoyqatsi licensed from Miramax via Lionsgate)

ANNOUNCED

La Cage aux Folles

OFFICIALLY HINTED AT THROUGH NEWSLETTER

Scanners

STRONGLY RUMORED

The Brood
Burn!
Europa Europa
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Long Goodbye
King of Hearts
My Beautiful Laundrette
Red River
Roma
Satyricon
Thief



I'm not as familiar with what they have on their Hulu channel, so there may be more officially confirmed via streaming availability.

[Member-222782]

Whether it's coming from Criterion or Twilight Time, the fact is, THIEF will cost me at least $30 to acquire. Thankfully, I happen to think it's a great film and deserves the best treatment so I won't complain about the price. MINDWARP, on the other hand...

I hope these rumors turn out to be true

[Trekkie313]

Is Mindwarp going to have special features and commentary? It better because it's a Bruce Campbell film and it had a making-of-feature.

[fdm]

Doubt it's on anybody's radar, but I watched Tempest (1982) last night, grabbed from Sony movie channel a few weeks back. Wouldn't mind seeing that appear on blu-ray from somebody.

[dsman71]

I noticed they have confirmed Ray Harryhausens First Men In the Moon for a Blu Ray release in 2015 - there is something to look forward to
As for MGM/UA Id love The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes or any genre title that Scream Factory said "we don't have it"

[nagysaudio]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I noticed they have confirmed Ray Harryhausens First Men In the Moon for a Blu Ray release in 2015 - there is something to look forward to
As for MGM/UA Id love The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes or any genre title that Scream Factory said "we don't have it"

Twilight is releasing First Men in the Moon?

[dsman71]

Yeah its on their comments on their FB Home Page

[ROclockCK]

Christine (Blu-ray):
Feb. 15, 2013 - Feb. 15, 2013
< 1 Day (4.5 to 5 hours)

Night of the Living Dead '90 (Blu-ray):
Sept. 14, 2012 - Sept. 22, 2012
8 Days

Fright Night (Blu-ray):
Nov. 15, 2011 - Dec. 19, 2011
35 Days

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Blu-ray):
Apr. 13, 2012 - July 11, 2012
90 Days

Mysterious Island (Blu-ray):
Oct. 14, 2011 - July 13, 2012
277 Days

The Big Heat (Blu-ray):
Apr. 13, 2012 - June 21, 2013
435 Days (1 year, 2 months, and 9 days)

The Flim-Flam Man (DVD):
Aug. 9, 2011* - Jan. 28, 2013
538 Days (1 year, 5 months, and 19 days)*

Fate is the Hunter (DVD):
May 10, 2011* - Jan. 23, 2013
625 Days (1 year, 8 months, and 14 days)*

The Egyptian (Blu-ray):
July 12, 2011* - April 25, 2013
654 Days (1 year, 9 months, and 14 days)*

* NOTE: Calculated from Release Date. Exact Pre-Order Date Unknown, so add approximately 30 days to the date ranges shown here.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

Christine (Blu-ray):
Feb. 15, 2013 - Feb. 15, 2013
< 1 Day (4.5 to 5 hours)

Night of the Living Dead '90 (Blu-ray):
Sept. 14, 2012 - Sept. 22, 2012
8 Days

Fright Night (Blu-ray):
Nov. 15, 2011 - Dec. 19, 2011
35 Days

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Blu-ray):
Apr. 13, 2012 - July 11, 2012
90 Days

Mysterious Island (Blu-ray):
Oct. 14, 2011 - July 13, 2012
277 Days

The Big Heat (Blu-ray):
Apr. 13, 2012 - June 21, 2013
435 Days (1 year, 2 months, 9 days)

The Flim-Flam Man (DVD):
Aug. 9, 2011* - Jan. 28, 2013
538 Days (1 year, 5 months, and 19 days)*

Fate is the Hunter (DVD):
May 10, 2011* - Jan. 23, 2013
624 Days (1 year, 8 months, and 13 days)*

The Egyptian (Blu-ray):
July 12, 2011* - April 25, 2013
624653 Days (1 year, 9 months, and 13 days)*

* NOTE: Calculated from Release Date. Exact Pre-Order Date Unknown, so add approximately 30 days to the date ranges shown here.

Wow, the Big Heat sold out fast after their < 500 announcements. A lot of the TT DVD movies were given out as freebies during a number of their promotion...not comparable to their Blu-ray counterparts .

[ROclockCK]

Neither Fate Is The Hunter nor The Flim-Flam Man were among TT's promotional DVD offerings Blu-Titan. TT didn't need to offer them that way because these were always strong sellers and did just fine despite being SD-only titles.

[krasnoludek]

The Big Heat sold out already?!?! Ouch. I thought I could wait a week after their announcement of 500 copies to make my purchase, since I had been a little too trigger-happy with a recent Criterion sale. Luckily, my intent was to buy a spare copy to maybe give as a gift, since I already had bought a copy for myself last October (my first TT purchase, actually). There goes that idea.

[chriszilla]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I noticed they have confirmed Ray Harryhausens First Men In the Moon for a Blu Ray release in 2015 - there is something to look forward to

Yes, indeed! Even though it's a bit of a bummer to know there's still a 2-year wait, at least it's great to know that it's in the pipeline for a future release!!

As for the Harryhausen/Columbia titles, that just leaves 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER and the two SINBAD films. Fingers crossed!

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Wow, the Big Heat sold out fast after their < 500 announcements. A lot of the TT DVD movies were given out as freebies during a number of their promotion...not comparable to their Blu-ray counterparts .

Holy crap, I was not expecting The Big Heat to sell out that fast after the announcement. I've had my copy for quite a while now, but I know that if I see a title go under 500 that I don't have, I better pounce...

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468

Holy crap, I was not expecting The Big Heat to sell out that fast after the announcement. I've had my copy for quite a while now, but I know that if I see a title go under 500 that I don't have, I better pounce...

Head's up, then, as there's three titles that are close.

Our Man Flint is at 537.

Major Dundee is at 660.

Leave Her to Heaven is at 743, which is not the lowest out of the remaining titles, but it's worth mentioning since this one just came out and has been moving at a fast clip since its release.

Also, I should add that Bye Bye Birdie is at 259, but that one's been under 500 for months without any special announcement from SAE, so SAE must not have started with the full 3000 initially. The counts for the other three are much more likely to be accurate.

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I noticed they have confirmed Ray Harryhausens First Men In the Moon for a Blu Ray release in 2015 - there is something to look forward to
As for MGM/UA Id love The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes or any genre title that Scream Factory said "we don't have it"

They also confirmed another Harryhausen film "on the near horizon." I hope it's either The Golden Voyage of Sinbad or One Million Years B.C.

[dsman71]

I just hope whatever it is , the extras are included ( if its a Sinbad movie)
I hope its One Million Years BC and it is uncut like the laserdisc and the Warner DVD from overseas...

[Mrlovkim]

I am confused on how to order the ones coming out or cant you? I might order Body Double but how does this work to buy them? no pre-ordering?

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by Mrlovkim

I am confused on how to order the ones coming out or cant you? I might order Body Double but how does this work to buy them? no pre-ordering?

Twilight Time typically set a pre-order date a month or so before the release date. Since Body Double isn't slated for release until August 13th, they won't begin pre-orders until sometime next month. TT titles are exclusive to Screen Archives' website, so that's where you'll need to go to pre-order.

[Member-222782]

Publishing the number of remaining copies of TT titles is a double-edged sword. One one hand, it lets people know that something is running low and they should place an order before it's too late. On the other, it gives scalpers the fuel they need to ramp up their plans to snatch up multiple copies to resell for profit. That's what I suspect happened to THE BIG HEAT. It was the first TT release I missed the boat on - was waiting for THE DRIVER preorder to come up to order a copy. Oh well.