Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[johnny]

I also scored an Autographed copy, Nancy Kwan is Great and absolutely Gorgeous in "The World of Suzie Wong", Her Bio is quite interesting which I also had purchased earlier in DVD with the autographed Disc.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Why would I want to listen to two TT employees talk about the movie? I'd rather they get actors, directors, writers, or a film historian, someone who might know a lot about the genre to do a commentary instead. But that's just me, some people would like to hear the TT employees discuss the movie.

Because they are knowledgeable? It's not like we're talking about the janitor and the mail-room boy. Nick Redman is one of the founders of Twilight Time, and he and Julie Kirgo are billed as "film historians" on The Train). In fact, in a lot of respects, I preferred the Kirgo, Redman, and Payl Seydor commentary track on The Train more than the John Frankenheimer commentary.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

All of my Twilight Time blind buy purchases have been nice surprises.

These generally aren't Best Picture winners or highly-acclaimed masterpieces, and, instead, they're the sort of movies that are great just to chill out to on a Sunday afternoon.

The titles from the supposed lower end of the spectrum from the careers of John Ford or John Huston are still darn entertaining, as are the throwaway drive-in theater offerings.

One upcoming release, The Believers, is a movie that I saw about 20 times back when I was in high school and had a bad dubbed VHS copy. That movie falls perfectly in line with the above logic. It never won any awards, but it's a downright engaging story.

I guess that's why I became quite enthusiastic this month. These all seem to be enjoyable flicks.

Yes.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by benbess

For anyone who has this title, how would you rank it in terms of your Westerns on blu-ray? Does it make it into your top 5 in terms of the movie as well as in terms of the PQ? Thanks.

It's not in my top five in terms of Westerns on Blu-ray, but it's a terrific film nonetheless, and the PQ on the TT release is outstanding.

[jetthead]

Pre-ordered Born Yesterday. Very excited!

[onetet]

From their Facebook:

REVISED LOW QUANTITY ALERT FROM SAE:
OUR MAN FLINT - fewer than 300 remain
WILD AT HEART - fewer than 300 remain
ROLLERBALL- fewer than 350 remain
MY COUSIN RACHEL (DVD) - fewer than 400 remain
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA - fewer than 450 remain

Edit: with the follow-up comment: "In Like Flint is not that far behind -- closing in on 500 remaining."

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by onetet

From their Facebook:

REVISED LOW QUANTITY ALERT FROM SAE:
OUR MAN FLINT - fewer than 300 remain
WILD AT HEART - fewer than 300 remain
ROLLERBALL- fewer than 350 remain
MY COUSIN RACHEL (DVD) - fewer than 400 remain
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA - fewer than 450 remain

Edit: with the follow-up comment: "In Like Flint is not that far behind -- closing in on 500 remaining."

Excuse the pedant inside me who is relieved to finally see them announce the low quantities as "fewer than X remain" instead of "less than X remain." We'll see if SAE follows suit as well, but if I recall TT had made "less than" announcements in the past.

Anyway, I'm glad I bought In Like Flint this time around. I would have been kicking myself for not having bought it after having bought Our Man Flint blindly a year ago and finding myself appreciating that movie more with time.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Because they are knowledgeable? It's not like we're talking about the janitor and the mail-room boy. Nick Redman is one of the founders of Twilight Time, and he and Julie Kirgo are billed as "film historians" on The Train). In fact, in a lot of respects, I preferred the Kirgo, Redman, and Payl Seydor commentary track on The Train more than the John Frankenheimer commentary.

That's why I said some people do enjoy the commentaries.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Dang. I want at least 6 of the current/upcoming titles. I don't have the $$$ for this.

[Keyser Soze.]

Originally Posted by johnny

I also scored an Autographed copy, Nancy Kwan is Great and absolutely Gorgeous in "The World of Suzie Wong", Her Bio is quite interesting which I also had purchased earlier in DVD with the autographed Disc.

Agreed. Kwan is a natural beauty; really glad I was able to grab her signature this go round. I'd love to see TT get their hands on Flower Drum Song, and or Suzi Wong. Those movies deserves a nice release on blu (with commentary, trailers, photo gallery).

[Strontium Dog]

Just received my first order from Twilight Time, all blind buys: The Train, The Man from Laramie, and All the King's Men. Looking forward to watching them!

[ScorpionReleasing]

Originally Posted by Aclea

It depends how professionally you go about it. Most are done in recording booths (which usually translates as four hours studio time), have to be edited and then approved by lawyers to ensure there's nothing you can get sued over. Or you could just take the fly by the seat of your pants approach and talk into a digital recorder and hope for the best. In either case, payment to cast or crew is incredibly rare - most studios won't pay for cast/crew contributors to commentaries on principle, though some indies do.

yep, had to pay an actor once 700 dollar for on camera and audio commentary, then had to pay an actress once 500 to do an audio commentary, then an actor/director 2 grand for 2 commentaries, etc, etc, etc, it all depends on how friendly agents and/or the talents are to participate.

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by Aclea

It depends how professionally you go about it. Most are done in recording booths (which usually translates as four hours studio time), have to be edited and then approved by lawyers to ensure there's nothing you can get sued over. Or you could just take the fly by the seat of your pants approach and talk into a digital recorder and hope for the best. In either case, payment to cast or crew is incredibly rare - most studios won't pay for cast/crew contributors to commentaries on principle, though some indies do.

You base this on what? If a crew member is part of the IA you can bet your ass they have to be paid. SAG actors are all paid for their commentaries. Producers and Directors probably have their "fees" cover it, but to say that they wouldn't pay a union DP "on principle" is 100% wrong: they'd get in trouble with his union for trying an end run. Not to mention it would be professionally insulting to ask him to work for free.

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by johnny

I also scored an Autographed copy, Nancy Kwan is Great and absolutely Gorgeous in "The World of Suzie Wong", Her Bio is quite interesting which I also had purchased earlier in DVD with the autographed Disc.

I got one of the Nancy Kwan signatures as well. I'd been on the fence about FATE IS A HUNTER but I had four definite purchases to take care of so this pre-order was an easy sell... especially since I needed to pull the trigger on Rollerball.

RADIO DAYS
ROLLERBALL
THE MAN FROM LARAMIE
THE TRAIN

My next preorder will be the Sept. 9th batch with SALVADOR and KILLER ELITE.

[chrisron]

Just ordered Radio Days and The Train.

The Train has now a limit of 1 per customer.

[widegambler2012]

Originally Posted by chrisron

Just ordered Radio Days and The Train.

The Train has now a limit of 1 per customer.

I haven't ordered my copy of The Train yet. I don't get paid until tomorrow I hope it doesn't sell out today

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by widegambler2012

I haven't ordered my copy of The Train yet. I don't get paid until tomorrow I hope it doesn't sell out today

I feel your pain. I was actually going to hold off ordering anything until September, but I'll probably go ahead and order this along with one of the July titles (Radio Days more than likely).

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by widegambler2012

I haven't ordered my copy of The Train yet. I don't get paid until tomorrow I hope it doesn't sell out today

Since TT hasn't mentioned there are less than 500 copies left, maybe they are getting close to that # but are just being pro-active by dropping the limit to 1 per cust so more people have a chance at getting the title. I doubt it would be sold out by Saturday. You should be fine (I think I am right?)

[wormraper]

wow, I didn't expect the train to start selling that fast. Impressive

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by wormraper

wow, I didn't expect the train to start selling that fast. Impressive

It looks like the MGM dvd is out of print, so maybe that's why. The dvd is going for 69 bucks brand new on Amazon.