Roman Polanski on Blu-ray

[Richard--W]

This collector's box with swag is highly recommended:

[James Luckard]

Coming June 23:

Written by Polanski.

[Fabi T]

Nice, I knew about the film but never watched it. About time, plus Peter Sellers is always worth watching.

[James Luckard]

FYI, for anyone living in New York, AN OFFICER AND A SPY is getting its US premiere with a two-week run at the Film Forum.

https://filmforum.org/film/an-officer-and-a-spy

They're programming it themselves, it's not being released in the US through a distributor, so this is not a sign of a physical media release in the future.

Six years after its premiere, the French-language film has still never had a home video release anywhere in the world with English subtitles.

[James Luckard]

The long-OOP Presumed Innocent/Frantic US BD has been reprinted by WB.

Here's hoping they reprinted the corrected version, and not the faulty first pressing.

Atomic stocks it:
https://www.atomicmoviestore.com/pro...double-feature

Amazon has a page for it, but doesn't seem to stock it yet:
https://www.amazon.com/Presumed-Inno.../dp/B0FCCKGC2J

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

FYI, for anyone living in New York, AN OFFICER AND A SPY is getting its US premiere with a two-week run at the Film Forum.

https://filmforum.org/film/an-officer-and-a-spy

They're programming it themselves, it's not being released in the US through a distributor, so this is not a sign of a physical media release in the future.

Six years after its premiere, the French-language film has still never had a home video release anywhere in the world with English subtitles.

The Palace never got a US or even English release anywhere too, right? I really want to see both. Crazy how he became an arthouse darling again to begin the century, winning an Oscar, getting a standing ovation, and then back into the wilderness again as if no one knew about his past deeds years earlier

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

The Palace never got a US or even English release anywhere too, right? I really want to see both. Crazy how he became an arthouse darling again to begin the century, winning an Oscar, getting a standing ovation, and then back into the wilderness again as if no one knew about his past deeds years earlier

The Palace never had a theatrical release in any English-speaking market, same as An Officer and a Spy.

The only BD of The Palace was in Italy. It had optional English subs, but only for the entire movie, not just for the non-English language scenes. That BD quickly went OOP, and no other market has released a BD. It was an Italian-financed film, it was only released theatrically in a couple of other countries.

[RiFiFi1955]

Wish Criterion would put out a 4K or even a blu of A Knife in the Water, long overdue!

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

The long-OOP Presumed Innocent/Frantic US BD has been reprinted by WB.

Here's hoping they reprinted the corrected version, and not the faulty first pressing.

Atomic stocks it:
https://www.atomicmoviestore.com/pro...double-feature

Amazon has a page for it, but doesn't seem to stock it yet:
https://www.amazon.com/Presumed-Inno.../dp/B0FCCKGC2J

Thats good news

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by RiFiFi1955

Wish Criterion would put out a 4K or even a blu of A Knife in the Water, long overdue!

Criterion will never touch another of his films, I would put money on that.

Unfortunately, they have US rights to that title, so nobody else can do it here.

There's an OOP UK BD that looks nice, which I have.

If it ever gets a UHD, it'll be overseas, I think.

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Criterion will never touch another of his films, I would put money on that.

Unfortunately, they have US rights to that title, so nobody else can do it here.

There's an OOP UK BD that looks nice, which I have.

If it ever gets a UHD, it'll be overseas, I think.

Yeah I got an HD digital copy to hold me over. Shame Criterion are just holding the rights if they don't plan to do anything with them.

[James Luckard]

AN OFFICER AND A SPY has US distribution at last.

A company called Vitagraph Films is releasing it:

Theatres include:
Angelika Film Center (18 W. Houston)
Cinemas 1, 2, 3 (1001 3rd Avenue at 59th) Ends Sept. 6!
Look Cinemas (W. 57th Street at Westside Hwy.) Ends Sept. 4!
New Plaza Cinema (Upper Westside) One show 9/27!

Opens 9/5:
Angelika Film Center & Café - Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Angelika Film Center & Cafe at Mosaic (Fairfax, VA)
Angelika Pop Up at Union Market (Washington DC)
Cinema Arts (Huntington, NY)
Montgomery Cinemas (Skillman, New Jersey)
Reading Cinemas at Cal Oaks (Murrieta, CA)
Tower Theatre, Sacramento
UA Regal (E. Hampton, NY)

Opens 9/12
North Shore Towers Cinema (Queens, NY)

More info at their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/VitagraphFilms

I hope this means there will finally be a Blu-Ray with English subtitles eventually.

Weirdly, I see no showings anywhere near Los Angeles.

[James Luckard]

Vitagraph Films posted on Facebook, AN OFFICER AND A SPY will be coming to Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on September 19!