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[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Excellent news.

One final question if I may. The 3 planned 4K UHD titles you mentioned a couple of weeks back - would they be from one (or both) of these two deals?

Two are from the smaller deal and one from the large one. If these do well, we plan to add some more 4KUHD releases to our slate.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

You and probably everyone else!

Yeah, I think everyone would love that, but I'm thinking that might still out of reach. Scream Factory got a deal, but it was only for a certain type of film. I would love to see Paramount open up the doors as that studio probably has the most amount of titles that people want that haven't gotten Blu-ray releases yet.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by sabdo

Hey KL Insider, do you have any favorites from the EOTD sale? I've already got my list narrowed down, but I'm curious as to whether there are any titles you'd recommend.

There are too many, but here are some in alphabetical order:

23 Paces to Baker Street
And Soon the Darkness
The Big Country
The Black Windmill
Charley Varrick
Dead of Night
Ffolkes
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Laughing Policeman
Lifeboat
The Long Goodbye
The Long Riders
Midnight Lace
The Midnight Man
Mr. Majestyk
One, Two, Three
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Package
Prime Cut
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Road to Utopia (Morocco is my favorite, but that's at the regular 40% discount)
Revenge of the Ninja
Robbery
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Satan Bug
The Sicilian Clan
The Silent Partner
Silkwood
Sudden Terror
They Shoot Horses, Don't They
Thirst
The Thomas Crown Affair
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Trouble Man
When Eight Bells Toll
White Lightning
Winter Kills

[DWeickerSr]

If you do any new deals with MGM (or already have one in place/in the works), I hope that you consider Pieces Of April ('03) for a BD upgrade.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

I just never got why some studios prefer to license out rather than issuing themselves in this day and age but hey, if there are companies that do a pretty good job then I'm all for it. But I wonder what we're missing out on in terms of bonus features. Probably been discussed in the previous 1826 pages of the thread!

It costs them four to five time more to release a Blu-ray, don't ask me why, but it does. Also, some of these smaller titles are not worth their time, 1500 to 2000 units maybe okay with some of the boutique labels, but not the major studios.

Not sure what you mean by missing bonus features, all their extras are usually available to their licensees.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by DWeickerSr

If you do any new deals with MGM (or already have one in place/in the works), I hope that you consider Pieces Of April ('03) for a BD upgrade.

Sorry, but we're not interested in it. More of a DVD title.

[gregmtl92]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Two are from the smaller deal and one from the large one. If these do well, we plan to add some more 4KUHD releases to our slate.

Can't wait! I'll buy any 4K disc you guys release (unless it's The Adventures of Pluto Nash).

[sabdo]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

[Show spoiler]There are too many, but here are some in alphabetical order:

23 Paces to Baker Street
And Soon the Darkness
The Big Country
The Black Windmill
Charley Varrick
Dead of Night
Ffolkes
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Laughing Policeman
Lifeboat
The Long Goodbye
The Long Riders
Midnight Lace
The Midnight Man
Mr. Majestyk
One, Two, Three
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Package
Prime Cut
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Road to Utopia (Morocco is my favorite, but that's at the regular 40% discount)
Revenge of the Ninja
Robbery
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Satan Bug
The Sicilian Clan
The Silent Partner
Silkwood
Sudden Terror
They Shoot Horses, Don't They
Thirst
The Thomas Crown Affair
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Trouble Man
When Eight Bells Toll
White Lightning
Winter Kills

Great list! I'm definitely looking to pick up The Long Goodbye, One Two Three, and The Ox-Bow Incident. I've also got my eye on The Big Country. I haven't seen it, but I love Wyler and his other big western, The Westerner, and the special edition looks fantastic.

[jmclick]

KL Insider, I've been so happy with Kino's releases of classic Paramount titles like Easy Living, The Spoilers, Pittsburgh, Reap the Wild Wind, I Walk Alone, Desert Fury, etc., etc., and I'm looking forward to adding Supernatural, The General Died at Dawn, The Ghost Breakers, and others to my library.

I'd like to ask you about a few other titles that I'm hoping Kino might be considering:

Private Worlds (1935)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946 - using the materials Paramount Home Video used for their superior DVD release)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
The Mating Season (1951)

Thank you for any news you might be able to share.

[BluConniseur]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

I would guess ITV.

Oh, okay. It was produced by Tomorrow Entertainment, but seems to have lapsed into the public domain.

[Dailyan]

Finally decided on my order:


"Marty" is a re-buy. It was one of my first Kino purchases, I had sold it off for the Eureka release but I was disappointed that the Eureka release is missing a scene.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

I think we're done.

We're close to signing two new studio deals, one very large, the other small.

Superb news. Long live physical media. Thanks for all the great releases and sales this year. If the first three months are any indication, 2020 from Kino Lorber is going to be another great year of superb films.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by jmclick

KL Insider, I've been so happy with Kino's releases of classic Paramount titles like Easy Living, The Spoilers, Pittsburgh, Reap the Wild Wind, I Walk Alone, Desert Fury, etc., etc., and I'm looking forward to adding Supernatural, The General Died at Dawn, The Ghost Breakers, and others to my library.

I'd like to ask you about a few other titles that I'm hoping Kino might be considering:

Private Worlds (1935)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946 - using the materials Paramount Home Video used for their superior DVD release)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
The Mating Season (1951)

Thank you for any news you might be able to share.

The only one of these we acquired through Paramount was I Walk Alone, the others were through Universal, who control most of Paramount's 1930-1949 films. The two 30s titles are with Universal, the two 40s and one 50s are with Paramount. We don't have any of them. The Mating Season may need some legal clearance.

[DWeickerSr]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Sorry, but we're not interested in it. More of a DVD title.

Thanks for the response (although not the answer I was hoping for).

Anyway, keep the great releases coming.

[UnionJackMix]

Seeing a Betty Grable title there in the EOTD link makes me wonder again why we never ever got a home video release of How To Be Very Very Popular, the pseudo-sequel to How To Marry A Millionaire which I have I think in German taped off tv many years ago which I remember not being very good but I would love to see it at some point!

[Jobla]

I have no idea which studios Kino will be accessing next year, but here are a few wants of mine:

THIEF OF BAGHDAD (1961)---MGM---Now available on PAL in Germany
THE ALAMO (1960)---UA/MGM
LADY IN A CAGE---Paramount
GIRLS TOWN (1959)---Paramount
RED SKY AT MORNING---Universal
THE SKI BUM---Avco/Embassy
LIGHT FANTASTIC (1964)---Avco/Embassy
THUMB TRIPPING---Avco/Embassy

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by DWeickerSr

Thanks for the response (although not the answer I was hoping for).

Anyway, keep the great releases coming.

I have always wondered if a BLU for PIECES Of APRIL would ever get a release.

I always think of it as the forgotten but well reviewed THANKSGIVING film, that is a good Katie Holmes double feature with THE ICE STORM.

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Does OLIVE still do MGM titles? I could almost see them doing a BLU for it?

or maybe MVD ?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I have always wondered if a BLU for PIECES Of APRIL would ever get a release.

I always think of it as the forgotten but well reviewed THANKSGIVING film, that is a good Katie Holmes double feature with THE ICE STORM.

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Does OLIVE still do MGM titles? I could almost see them doing a BLU for it?

Yes. Granted, Olive titles have almost ground to a halt.

[GeoffOliver]

Speaking of 4K UHDs, I’m wondering if Kino would’ve done them for RoboCop and The Terminator if they were able to license them (like they supposedly tried before Arrow and possibly Shout got them, respectively).

[Cooper67]

Just ordered