Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by jimqk

Hello Kino Insider. What's going on with Dr. Cyclops? Looking forward to that release.

We should receive the 4K master in September. Most likely January or Feb of 2020.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

Is this the 1961 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Perkins? It was released on MGM/UA home video and also received a MOD MGM DVD release several years ago. Now there are legal issues tying up a blu ray release? Damn that sucks. I thought this one would have easily been a future Kino release.

It was released on VHS.

Never received an official MOD release, unless you mean the old Amazon ones?

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

It was released on VHS.

Never received an official MOD release, unless you mean the old Amazon ones?

Yeah, I've seen a few DVDs on Amazon for it but they're all PAL European ones. One edition even has that "World Cinema" moniker that the old MGM DVD box set of Bergman titles displayed. Too bad legal issues are tying it up. For the longest time I was thinking "oh this is a definite from Kino".

Alan Rudolph's Remember My Name from Sony is another Tony Perkins flick I'd love to have on blu but apparently music rights issues are a problem with that one too.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

As someone who has actually seen the film many times, I’d be thrilled if Kino or anyone else were to release The Two Jakes. While it doesn’t reach the heights of Chinatown, it’s a worthy sequel and its “unfinished” script is still more intelligent and intriguing than most mystery films out there.

I completely agree. The gist of the original post you are responding to just seemed to be some kind of attempt to denigrate the movie purely based on stuff he read in a book. All that other talk of hoping it doesn’t get released in favor of other more deserving titles seems like some kind of awkward smoke screen, which only got more and more clumsy with each successive post. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt cuz I usually enjoy his posts, but when he admitted to never having even seen the movie I didn’t know what to make of any of it.

Regardless, THE TWO JAKES is a very fine film on many levels and just because it doesn’t equal its predecessor does not automatically disqualify everything that is worthwhile about it. I would also be thrilled to see it on Blu.

[trentdiesel]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

While it's not as good as the first film, I still think it's entertaining on its own merits. I loved the action pieces in this, and felt that the duo of Nolte and Murphy was still fresh and unique. In a nutshell, it's an entertaining film that you can just sit back and relax and enjoy the show.

I however, would love to see the director's cut at some point, but that's doubtful to happen.

I'm not sure it's clear cut that the first film is superior, I love both but I find myself watching the sequel more often. Maybe its nostalgia from wearing out my taped off HBO VHS that I had, but something about the sequel brings me back more often. I also watch back to the future 2 far more often so maybe I just like the tie ins between the first and second and the nods to the first film that you get in those two sequels.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Also, Brion James in a key role is always a good thing. I'm probably in a pool of one who enjoyed the sequel more than the original. And I'd certainly love to see a longer cut.

Yeah, I love Brion James and loved that he had more to do in this film than the first. Always enjoy him showing up in a film and he wish he didn't go so young.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

If Kino ever makes a Sony deal, Panic Room is my hopeful release tbh (COUGH 4k disc please COUGH)

TT had Panic Room at one time, but they traded for other titles when Sony asked if they could have it back. Of course, Sony did nothing with it.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

[Show spoiler]Coming November 12th!

Winter Kills (1979) with optional English subtitles
• Brand New 4K Master
• NEW Audio commentary with Writer/Director William Richert moderated by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
• 2003 Audio Commentary with Writer/Director William Richert
• Who Killed WINTER KILLS? - Interviews with William Richert, Stars Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer, Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and Production Designer Robert Boyle
• Reunion - William Reichert and Jeff Bridges reminisce about making WINTER KILLS
• Star Stories - William Reichert remembers his WINTER KILLS cast
• Radio Spot
• Theatrical Trailer

Color 98 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated R
Screen legend Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, 8 Millions Ways to Die) stars as Nick Kegan, the son of world-famous tycoon Pa Kegan (John Huston, Chinatown) and half-brother of the late US President Timothy Kegan, who was slain by a lone assassin 19 years earlier. But when a long-rumored “second gunman” makes a secret deathbed confession, Nick begins to unravel a trail of suspects that includes a billionaire war-freak (Sterling Hayden, The Killing), a murderous mob boss (Ralph Meeker, Kiss Me Deadly), a shady nightclub owner (Eli Wallach, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), a Cuban kingpin (Tomas Milian, Face to Face), an eccentric computer expert (Anthony Perkins, Psycho) and a mysterious Washington madam (Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra). Belinda Bauer (Robocop 2), Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo), Dorothy Malone (The Tarnished Angels), Richard Boone (Big Jake), Brad Dexter (99 River Street), Joe Spinell (Maniac), Tisa Farrow (And Hope to Die), Erin Gray (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) and Camilla Sparv (The High Commissioner) co-star in this one-of-a-kind black comedy-thriller from acclaimed writer/director William Richert (A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon) and based on the best-selling novel by Richard Condon (Prizzi’s Honor, The Manchurian Candidate).

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I'm in for any film with that diverse cast and these types of thrillers appeal to me a lot.

[kngtmat]

Originally Posted by grrrarg

Is there any chance for a future Halloween release?

Thanks!

I hope them or someone does. I don't care if it's just a DVD at this point because I would take it over nothing.


Also it would be nice if someone released a Soundtrack for it.

[Spirit07]

Originally Posted by seagal

The most important thing is to release the movie with a good master.

Yes, and a willing slave!

[grrrarg]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

No and there was no sync issue.

Awesome, thank you for the reply, I very much appreciate it. I've been wondering for years if it would get repressed, so now I know.

Out of 2000+ Blu-rays, Modern Girls remains the only one I have to adjust the audio sync on when playing back.

When it was first released it seemed off to me so I spent about 5 hours comparing it to 2 tv recordings, the original vhs, and a streaming HD version and the Kino Blu-ray remains out of sync about 96ms compared to every alternative source on my equipment.

No one else seems to have noticed though... so it is probably just me. I have tried probably 4 different Blu-ray players, 3 tvs, and even the PowerDVD pc software... so I probably just have defective equipment

I sincerely thank you again for taking the time to reply and not just ignoring my question!

[HipsterTrash]

Does anyone know the chance for Fox titles to get a release. I'm sure Disney have an iron grip now, considering what they're doing with the titles for small independent theatres. But before that would there have been a chance for Fox and Fox Searchlight titles to get a Kino release? I mean I would have loved to have seen A Good Year and Thank You For Smoking get Region A releases before the mouse got them.

[AnthonyGG]

So what's the deal with all the Paramount talk lately? Can anyone clarify? I know that Scream obtained a few films from them recently and Criterion has released several as well. KL Insider stated that PM will release a few blu's of catalogue titles next year also.

Are we certain that Kino will release additional PM titles in 2020? And have all the titles licensed from PM to Shout/Scream been announced and that's it? I'd love it if Kino started putting out the PM titles that the studio still has rights to (anything pre-1950 from PM is with Universal of course).

[Dailyan]

From FB:

Coming 2020!
Brand New 2K Master!

Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) Starring Burt Lancaster, Scott Glenn, Rod Steiger, John Savage, Diane Lane, Amanda Plummer, William Russ, Buck Taylor, John Quade & Michael Conrad – Shot by Larry Pizer (Phantom of the Paradise, Grace Quigley) – Screenplay by David Eyre (Wolfen) and Robert Ward (Based on his Novel) – Directed by Lamont Johnson (The Groundstar Conspiracy, The McKenzie Break, The Last American Hero).

[BarnDoor]

Aside from one last 60s title - previously released by another label, and not public domain - to be announced in 2020, the latest MGM deal is now fully disclosed. For a reminder, here's the list:

[Show spoiler]The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
My Gun is Quick (1957)
Time Limit (1957)
Anna Lucasta (1958)
The Gun Runners (1958)
Vice Raid (1958)
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)

The Revolt of the Slaves (1960)
Konga (1961)
The Magic Sword (1962)
Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1965)
Return from the Ashes (1965)
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
The Group (1966)
Lord Love a Duck (1966)
The Whisperers (1967)
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)

The Landlord (1970)
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Kidnapped (1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Return to Macon County (1975)
Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday (1976)
Street People (1976)
Semi Tough (1977)
Force 10 From Navarone (1978)
High Ballin' (1978)

The Earthling (1980)
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Summer Lovers (1982)
Get Crazy (1983)
Losin' It (1983)
The Bounty (1984)
Ordeal By Innocence (1984)
She (1984)
Grace Quigley (1985)
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
The Whistleblower (1986)
Youngblood (1986)
Bat 21 (1988)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
Ten Little Indians (1989)

Bright Angel (1990)
Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
Untamed Heart (1993)
Radioactive (1997)

Hannibal (2001)

[glowingwabbit]

Hey Kino Insider since some Sautet films are scheduled any chance we'll see some Techine films (Thieves, My Favorite Season, Wild Reeds) from that StudioCanal deal at some point.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I completely agree. The gist of the original post you are responding to just seemed to be some kind of attempt to denigrate the movie purely based on stuff he read in a book. All that other talk of hoping it doesn’t get released in favor of other more deserving titles seems like some kind of awkward smoke screen, which only got more and more clumsy with each successive post. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt cuz I usually enjoy his posts, but when he admitted to never having even seen the movie I didn’t know what to make of any of it.

But I admitted that in my very first post, so it really isn't fair to denigrate my posts as a "smoke screen" based on your lack of reading comprehension, is it?

Edit: Okay, to be fair, it was my third post. I thought I had mentioned it in the first, but I didn't.

With that said, I appreciate the compliment and am happy to hear you usually enjoy my posts. They can't all be winners. (Although I personally don't think there's anything wrong with anything I said.)

Just one last thing to say on the matter: I hope all of you people begging Kino for The Two Jakes plan to buy it day one or at least in the first sale it's offered in (hey, I am DaBargainHunta after all). Otherwise, I won't be in the least bit surprised if/when Kino Lorber Insider admits what a poor seller it turned out to be.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Does anyone know the chance for Fox titles to get a release. I'm sure Disney have an iron grip now, considering what they're doing with the titles for small independent theatres. But before that would there have been a chance for Fox and Fox Searchlight titles to get a Kino release? I mean I would have loved to have seen A Good Year and Thank You For Smoking get Region A releases before the mouse got them.

Not sure I follow. Kino Lorber released a number of Fox titles pre-Disney. I have The Good Son and The Crucible, and I know they did quite a few others.

[GeoffOliver]

If Kino could do another Disney deal, they should try to get some of the Disney Channel Original Movies that aren’t even on DVD. Maybe not all of them, but some like Don’t Look Under the Bed have cult followings. They don’t even have to be Blu-ray releases. I would even get that on DVD.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

So what's the deal with all the Paramount talk lately? Can anyone clarify? I know that Scream obtained a few films from them recently and Criterion has released several as well. KL Insider stated that PM will release a few blu's of catalogue titles next year also.

Are we certain that Kino will release additional PM titles in 2020? And have all the titles licensed from PM to Shout/Scream been announced and that's it? I'd love it if Kino started putting out the PM titles that the studio still has rights to (anything pre-1950 from PM is with Universal of course).

Paramount just licensed out a bunch of titles in Australia and have made some unexpected announcements this year. They seem to be off whatever hiatus or internal thing thing that had them clamped down for the past few years.