Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by hammer99

Last Detail!!!! So glad this didn't go to Mill Creek after all!

Yeah, I can finally stop following the Mill Creek thread now.

[spargs]

Definitely will be buying the 2 Hal Ashby films (Bound for Glory and The Last Detail) in January. In February, I'm in for Cowboy and Where the Sidewalk Ends. Already own The Big Heat, so I'll pass on that unless TT is putting forth a substantially improved package (new scan and supplements?)

[donidarko]

No Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant and Jack Warden in "SHAMPOO"? Hal Ashby, ya know?

Nothing for me then.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by donidarko

No Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant and Jack Warden in "SHAMPOO"? Hal Ashby, ya know?

Nothing for me then.

It is coming from Criterion at some point.

[ParaOK]

I wonder if The Last Detail is one of the titles they got from Sony in exchange for giving them back Christine.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by belcherman

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (1969) / SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER (1971): Decent comedy westerns. I love westerns and James Garner. It would be great if this were offered as a 2-fer.

The fact that they're listed together with a "/" and a single date suggests that they'll be a 2-fer.

[jshaide]

Def in for:
THE BIG HEAT
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
COWBOY

Strongly considering (can anyone tell me anything about these?)
BOUND FOR GLORY
FROM THE TERRACE
THE HAPPY ENDING

The giallo is an interesting choice but I can't really find anything on this film.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Def in for:
THE BIG HEAT
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
COWBOY

Strongly considering (can anyone tell me anything about these?)
BOUND FOR GLORY
FROM THE TERRACE
THE HAPPY ENDING

The giallo is an interesting choice but I can't really find anything on this film.

Bound for Glory is a rather fictionalized and sanitized biopic of Woody Guthrie. Haskell Wexler won an Oscar for his cinematography on it. It's entertaining but I was looking for more about the real Woody Guthrie. Like many creative geniuses, he was an often complex and difficult personality and the film glosses over those aspects.

From the Terrace is a rather overwrought soap opera based on a bestselling novel by John O'Hara. It stars Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, but that's about the only reason I could suggest watching it.

I have not seen The Happy Endng.

You should really consider The Last Detail. It's great.

[antennahead]

Originally Posted by donidarko

No Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant and Jack Warden in "SHAMPOO"? Hal Ashby, ya know?

Nothing for me then.

I'm definitely up for a nice Shampoo release!

[solovoyager]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Def in for:
THE BIG HEAT
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
COWBOY

Strongly considering (can anyone tell me anything about these?)
BOUND FOR GLORY
FROM THE TERRACE
THE HAPPY ENDING

The giallo is an interesting choice but I can't really find anything on this film.

I watched Bound For Glory a few years back and found it boring to be honest and overly long.

[docc]

Originally Posted by belcherman

From the Terrace is a rather overwrought soap opera based on a bestselling novel by John O'Hara. It stars Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, but that's about the only reason I could suggest watching it.

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...plus a beautiful music score by Elmer Bernstein

[donidarko]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

It is coming from Criterion at some point.

Terrific! Thanks for the update.

[Aclea]

But of course - I just bought the French Cowboy Blu-ray...

Glad to see both of the Michener Hawaii films - and I'm sure they'll be releasing the uncut version of Hawaii. Both that and The Hawaiians/Master of the Islands are worth it just for the isolated scores.

I saw The Last Detail only a few weeks ago and it holds up astonishingly well, so it'll be nice to see a decent transfer. And Where the Sidewalk Ends and the two great James Garner comedy Westerns in particular are very welcome.

[tylerdurden10]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Jan/Feb schedule, courtesy of HTF:

Well, looks like they are going back to their old format of film releases, all older titles that most average people (under the age of 40) won't care about or even heard of.

And before anybody jumps all over me, I'm not saying that ANY of these are bad films, just not anything I'm even remotely interested in. Glad for those that these titles will appeal to.

[CriterionBlues]

The Last Detail, Bound For Glory and The Big Heat are no-brainers, and I think all candidates for eventual sell out. My bet is The Last Detail will be next.

I'll be researching the others. Not familiar with many of them, but inevitably will pick up a few.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Bound for Glory is a rather fictionalized and sanitized biopic of Woody Guthrie. Haskell Wexler won an Oscar for his cinematography on it. It's entertaining but I was looking for more about the real Woody Guthrie. Like many creative geniuses, he was an often complex and difficult personality and the film glosses over those aspects.

From the Terrace is a rather overwrought soap opera based on a bestselling novel by John O'Hara. It stars Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, but that's about the only reason I could suggest watching it.

I have not seen The Happy Endng.

You should really consider The Last Detail. It's great.

Thanks for the info on the other two. I'll need to mull those over still.

I love THE LAST DETAIL and own the DVD of it. I'm trying to steer away from upgrading unless I find it absolutely necessary, and at the TT price point I'm more interested in a) buying things I like and don't have already in any format or b) checking out something new.

[StingingVelvet]

Glad none of those Jan/Feb titles appeal to me at-a-glance.

[filmmusic]

Hope now March-April brings at least one biblical/Roman epic.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Well, looks like they are going back to their old format of film releases, all older titles that most average people (under the age of 40) won't care about or even heard of.

And before anybody jumps all over me, I'm not saying that ANY of these are bad films, just not anything I'm even remotely interested in. Glad for those that these titles will appeal to.

I'm glad they are giving the older films some love, but even as a fan of older films I think this lineup is relatively weak. Interested in the double feature and Where the Sidewalk Ends but not much else (at least not at $30). I already have The Big Heat.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by jetthead

Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Big Heat in the same month?! Quite the treat for Film Noir fans.

Many of us already have both.