The Thin Red Line (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] (1998)

[evo007]

Hi guys,

any1 in the loop on the Region B release for this movie - The Thin Red Line (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] (1998)? I use PS3 for my movies/blu-rays.

ive contacted Criterion, however they just punted me off saying they didnt have the rights outside of good ole US of A, and mentioned 20th Century Fox probably would be the distributor. So far that is where the trail has gone cold for my research.

any1 know anything?

cheers

[Anamnesis]

It is FOX here in Australia and does not appear on any release sheets at present I am afraid...

[tachyon]

Unfortunately Criterion has never released (and probably never will) their BD in region B. I owned a few myself and purchased a region free BD player specifically for that reason.

And I am also anticipating The Thin Red Line

[Anamnesis]

Originally Posted by tachyon

Unfortunately Criterion has never released (and probably never will) their BD in region B. I owned a few myself and purchased a region free BD player specifically for that reason.

And I am also anticipating The Thin Red Line

Criterion did have deals for their DVD releases in some countries though... here in Australia, Aztec & Shock released a few Criterion DVD's (Namely Walkabout, Clerks & Chasing Amy). It is highly unlikely that we will see any Criterion discs now as the rights to the films they release are held by different distributors.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by tachyon

... and purchased a region free BD player specifically for that reason.

Can I ask a few questions:
1. what brand region-free BD player did you buy?
2. where did you buy it from?
3. how much did you pay?
4. are you located in Australia?

I came close to getting my Panasonic player modified to be region-free, but the price held me back a bit (close to AUD$200). I wanted to know if it would just be cheaper or easier to buy a region-free player, so any advice would be welcome.
The list of locked Region-A discs keeps getting bigger...

[Anamnesis]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

Can I ask a few questions:
1. what brand region-free BD player did you buy?
2. where did you buy it from?
3. how much did you pay?
4. are you located in Australia?

I came close to getting my Panasonic player modified to be region-free, but the price held me back a bit (close to AUD$200). I wanted to know if it would just be cheaper or easier to buy a region-free player, so any advice would be welcome.
The list of locked Region-A discs keeps getting bigger...

You can pick up a Kogan player for around $150, alternatively JBHIFI are selling a Soniq BD Player for $99. Neither of these are technically "Region Free" as that is actually illegal. They are however, able to be set to a specfic region using a remote control code, but only whilst the unit is on (In other words as soon as you turn the unit off, it reverts back to Region B Oddly, the Kogan is Region Free for DVD (no code required)

[tachyon]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

Can I ask a few questions:
1. what brand region-free BD player did you buy?
2. where did you buy it from?
3. how much did you pay?
4. are you located in Australia?

I came close to getting my Panasonic player modified to be region-free, but the price held me back a bit (close to AUD$200). I wanted to know if it would just be cheaper or easier to buy a region-free player, so any advice would be welcome.
The list of locked Region-A discs keeps getting bigger...

I own a Pioneer BDP-LX52, professionally multi-region chipped by Gatti Audio

The LX52 costs about $800 last time I checked, my one was $700 (ex-model)

I am in Melbourne btw.

[evo007]

Originally Posted by tachyon

I own a Pioneer BDP-LX52, professionally multi-region chipped by Gatti Audio

The LX52 costs about $800 last time I checked, my one was $700 (ex-model)

I am in Melbourne btw.

if a person had the pioneer VSX-1020 they probably wouldnt need the full specs of the LX52, could that be said?

[evo007]

any new information guys? thanks

[kobeson]

I have about 18 Criterion titles, I have a Panasonic BRD player region-free'd by gattiweb also. You can get the cheaper Panasonic players done also, doesn't have to be the higher spec'd players.

Have a look at their website, because the Criterion Blu-Rays are among the best of my 220+ collection. They are still the best distributor of home video in the world.

[Anamnesis]

This has just appeared on Fox's B2B site with a release date of 30th March 2011

[tachyon]

My preorder has been shipped! Now, with a wee bit of luck I might actually be able to watch it by the release date...

[LordCrumb]

Personally I think the film is a bore, and find it odd that it got a perfect 5 on the review (US). I think there is a little biased opinion when it comes to films being released by Criterion, they all get 5/5 regardless.