Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[BillieCassin]

Originally Posted by LucasM2012

I always enjoyed it when a theater would show a khartoum before the main feature.

Wow you must be old. ;-)

They haven't done that since like the 50's, have they?

[Blu2u]

I got a faulty Major Dundee disc. It's the extended cut disc. Freezes up about an hour in. Disc looks fine, with just a few minor scratches. Anyhow, does anyone have a contact address for possible replacement? I don't know who to contact. It's been about 6 months since I got it from SA.

[dsman71]

You will have to contact Ed at SAE..screen archives entertainment look for the contact us and he should assist...problem is that its been 6 months so I dont know what they can do..but you have nothing to lose !

[Blu2u]

Originally Posted by dsman71

You will have to contact Ed at SAE..screen archives entertainment look for the contact us and he should assist...problem is that its been 6 months so I dont know what they can do..but you have nothing to lose !

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[smoss469]

Mine showed up about an hour ago, first ever TT purchases:

[Bucky]

I got my signed Royal Flash yesterday along with Bye Bye Birdie, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hard Times, and Major Dundee.

Looks like somebody drew some squigly lines on the Royal Flash book, but it was free.

[widegambler2012]

Does The SAE site always send out shipping notices before actually shipping items I ordered Bell Book and Candle on Sunday and my order still says pending.

for people who have watched the movie Beloved Infidel I have been discovering some Deborah Kerr films recently and find that she is a highly underrated actress and I wondering if that would be a good one to add to my collection or not ??

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by LucasM2012

I always enjoyed it when a theater would show a khartoum before the main feature.

Originally Posted by BillieCassin

Wow you must be old. ;-)

They haven't done that since like the 50's, have they?

Smaller theaters were still doing it in the 60s. I remember seeing cartoons before the main feature back then.

And of course, these days, Pixar films are always preceded by a short.

[HyperRealist]

I used to be a completest but gave up TT for New Years. Doesn't look like I'm missing much.

[Oscar Rothman]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

I used to be a completest but gave up TT for New Years. Doesn't look like I'm missing much.

[PowellPressburger]

I've become a TT completist, until they release something that makes me go wtf lol... Wait Mindwarp! (I haven't ordered that tittle yet but probably will later on.

I placed another order today trying to catch up on titles. I ESP love their Fox CinemaScope blus. I called seeing if they could combine my preorder of this weeks releases with my new order but sadly they aren't able computer order wise. I was told they are working as fast as they can ESP since bad weather could cause shipping issues. I will just have more titles to look forward to later on. Hoping this weeks releases ship soon, hoping for a Saturday delivery cause Monday is a holiday :-(

I know most get frustrated with shipping sometimes, and I'm guilty also. I think now with 4-5 TT titles a month It will make it harder to ship faster. I've been ordering film scores from SAE for so long that I really can't bad mouth them. I know some feel differently but they have always been understanding whenever I've had a shipping issue etc.

I just wish I loved in VA I would volunteer to intern and help ship the monthly TT orders!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I've become a TT completist, until they release something that makes me go wtf lol... Wait Mindwarp! (I haven't ordered that tittle yet but probably will later on.

Even assuming that I could afford to get all of the TT titles, I wouldn't. While I like the range of vintage film titles they offer, there are just too many titles I simply am not interested in owning. Mostly the 80s/90s horror titles, but also things like The Blue Lagoon.

I mean, I don't have a problem with other people wanting them, but they're just not my thing.

[AndersonVision]

Got my Feb titles in earlier today.

Malcolm McDowell writes his signature how I sign for FedEx Packages.

[ThePhantom]

Just saw this on Facebook...

Originally Posted by Twilight Time DVD Label

For this month's promotion, uber-director Walter Hill very kindly sat with us this morning to sign a plethora of booklets from TT's Blu of his classic film, "The Driver" -- Walter's "Hard Times" signing last June was so popular he is back by request...look for the FREE signed copies next Wednesday, 19th Feb at 4 pm EST when the March pre-orders go "live"...

So we'll have to spend $100 on TT Blu-rays to get the free signed copy? I can't remember how much we have to spend...

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by widegambler2012

for people who have watched the movie Beloved Infidel I have been discovering some Deborah Kerr films recently and find that she is a highly underrated actress and I wondering if that would be a good one to add to my collection or not ??

It's probably middle-rank Kerr: she's good in it, but the film has more than its fair share of detractors among F. Scott Fitzgerald's fans, as much because of their dislike for the woman she plays as the film itself.

Despite its low reputation among devotees of the author, it's a surprisingly decent attempt to turn a self-destructive F. Scott Fitzgerald’s affair with gossip columnist Sheila Graham into a glossy CinemaScope love story in the 20th Century Fox house style of the Fifties. Not that it’s going for pure soap, with undervalued and unfairly forgotten A-list director Henry King seemingly using A Star is Born for his template, with his screenwriting career failing because he can’t adapt his style to the screen while his books fall out of favour – he can’t even find a copy of his book to buy her. The comparisons are particularly pronounced in scenes where Gregory Peck’s down on his luck author drunkenly barges in on a rehearsal for a radio broadcast and just keeps on making things worse or when he drunkenly insults an admirer on a plane while Deborah Kerr’s would-be muse sits cringing in embarrassment. Elsewhere, it draws parallels with the author’s own work as he falls for a woman who, like Jay Gatsby, has reinvented her humble origins but can’t forget them.

For all his stolid reputation, Peck was always interested in challenging his screen image and even though he’s one of the least likely casting choices imaginable for Fitzgerald, he’s clearly relishing the opportunity to cut loose in the second half of the picture with the occasional homicidal drunken rage. Kerr’s more obviously in her usual comfort zone, worrying, trying to manage a deteriorating situation and suffering as required. King’s direction is polished and intelligent, pulling off a couple of nice moments such as their first meeting being played entirely by subtle eye contact or a nightmarish tableaux giving way to a suddenly empty room near the end of the film, though this being a 50s Fox film, the Love is a Man Splendored Thingish final scene where memories give way to a title song that really struggles to find rhymes with Infidel (the most awkward aspect of an excellent Franz Waxman score) is more likely to provoke smirks than tears. It’s not the enduring classic it clearly wants to be, but it’s still a much better melodrama than its detractors might claim.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by fdm

Mine's pending too. If the past is any indication, it will be shipped on Thursday. Seems to be the day mine typically get shipped.

Shipped a day early for a change. Works for me.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by widegambler2012

Does The SAE site always send out shipping notices before actually shipping items I ordered Bell Book and Candle on Sunday and my order still says pending.

for people who have watched the movie Beloved Infidel I have been discovering some Deborah Kerr films recently and find that she is a highly underrated actress and I wondering if that would be a good one to add to my collection or not ??

I watched a little bit of it on Fox Movie Channel (in pretty crappy low res letterbox) a month or two back, watched enough to take a chance on it, and so I didn't have to watch Fox Movie Channel any more. It's in the mail... Not expecting a lot, but I suppose I'm in the same boat wrt Kerr, maybe a bit on the fence. If nothing else I can pretend I got it for free and paid for "signed" copy of Royal flash.

[AndersonVision]

Originally Posted by ThePhantom

Just saw this on Facebook...



So we'll have to spend $100 on TT Blu-rays to get the free signed copy? I can't remember how much we have to spend...

$100 after taxes to qualify.

That being said, it seems like they're trying to push Hard Times to selling out.

[jcs913]

My order has not shipped as many of others have not. This has happened before on some other orders, but as I remember correctly, they did ship by street date. This order has now not shipped by street date, which is very disappointing for releases that cost $35+ each. I know the weather sucks in Va, which is where they ship out from, but frankly, this is not good business and unfortunately has seemed to become the norm at TT lately. Just my 2 cents, but I know many others feel the same. It's too bad that their business cannot run properly, as it seemed to in years past. They seem to be more interested in posting and responding on Facebook then they do in taking care of their paying customers, but I guess they are not the only company doing this too. Hopefully these releases were worth the wait....

[Arkadin]

I would love a shipping notice myself.