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[mja345]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Allow me to add "Pacific Heights" to that list.

"Hey, Michael Keaton, you just got done playing Batman! What's next?" "Oh, I was thinking of putting down the cape and playing a complete psycho who rents an apartment from this nice couple and then proceeds to make their lives an absolute living hell."

"Pacific Heights", totally blanked on that one. That and "Unlawful Entry" are two of my favorites from that genre.

[koberulz]

Excellent. I've been going through and plugging the gaps in my Hitchcock collection and hadn't settled for a DVD of this one yet.

[BarnDoor]

Is Under Capricorn part of the Disney deal? I wasn't sure if it was part of the Selznick catalogue or not.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

So far none of these Disney licensed titles are new transfers AFAIK, so I wouldn't count on it. They are getting whatever Disney has available and it's mostly older masters. Probably why KL are adding extras to them.

Most of the Hollywood/Touchstone transfers are newer ones, some are 4K. We just don't have the info to confirm each of these.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Is Under Capricorn part of the Disney deal? I wasn't sure if it was part of the Selznick catalogue or not.

No, its from CBS, just like JOAN OF ARC.

[BarnDoor]

Do you have many more CBS titles left to announce? I was hoping you might release Royal Hunt of the Sun.

[movieben1138]

Thanks for UNDER CAPRICORN! The Hitchcock completist in me is very happy. (I just wish Cohen would re-issue their JAMAICA INN, which I missed out on.)

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by mja345

"Pacific Heights", totally blanked on that one. That and "Unlawful Entry" are two of my favorites from that genre.

I think the quality of the villain performance is really what either elevated or sunk the respective films of that genre.

Ray Liotta was pure menace in Unlawful Entry ("She's all alone, now...but don't worry, not for looong!"). Then again, Keaton was awesome in Pacific Heights. As was Rob Lowe in Bad Influence, Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female, Rebecca DeMornay in Hand That Rocks The Cradle and, of course, Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

I think the quality of the villain performance is really what either elevated or sunk the respective films of that genre.

Ray Liotta was pure menace in Unlawful Entry ("She's all alone, now...but don't worry, not for looong!"). Then again, Keaton was awesome in Pacific Heights. As was Rob Lowe in Bad Influence, Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female, Rebecca DeMornay in Hand That Rocks The Cradle and, of course, Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

"Bad Influence" is another good one. "Hider in the House" and "Blind Side" are both good because Busey and Hauer play such great psychos. Busey may actually be one. I'm surprised that Gary Oldman never played a psycho who invades someone's life, even though he was on the opposite end of that in "Criminal Law".

[thinredline]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Most of the Hollywood/Touchstone transfers are newer ones, some are 4K. We just don't have the info to confirm each of these.

Is there any chance for the Three Men and a baby/little lady movies if I may ask?

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by mja345

"Bad Influence" is another good one. "Hider in the House" and "Blind Side" are both good because Busey and Hauer play such great psychos. Busey may actually be one. I'm surprised that Gary Oldman never played a psycho who invades someone's life, even though he was on the opposite end of that in "Criminal Law".

That's right! Where Kevin Bacon was cast against type and did a good job playing a psycho as well. That film has one of the most bizarre montages I think I've ever seen:

[Show spoiler]shots of Oldman playing racquetball mixed with him vigorously pounding Karen Young in a variety of positions, and then at the end of the scene as they finish, Kevin Bacon's face becomes superimposed over Young's and Oldman looks like he's gonna punch her in the face post-climax. Truly bizarre.

I do think Oldman set the gold standard for a while with the 'psycho cop' role after his performance in "The Professional".

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by mja345

The 90s had a ton of "psychopath invades the life of an innocent person or couple and makes life a living hell" movies. "Single White Female", "Consenting Adults", "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle", "Unlawful Entry", "Poison Ivy", etc. There's also "Blind Side" with Rutger Hauer, which is hilarious. "Hider in the House" with Gary Busey is a late 80s entry into this genre. Have to imagine the success of "Fatal Attraction" inspired a lot of knockoffs.

There are so many. I would add Misery, The River Wild and the Cape Fear remake, as well as 1989's Dead Calm. I'm sure there are many others.

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by belcherman

There are so many. I would add Misery, The River Wild and the Cape Fear remake, as well as 1989's Dead Calm. I'm sure there are many others.

Those are all four superb examples that I completely spaced on.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Do you have many more CBS titles left to announce? I was hoping you might release Royal Hunt of the Sun.

Nothing more at this time.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by thinredline

Is there any chance for the Three Men and a baby/little lady movies if I may ask?

They were NOT interested in licensing them.

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[Doc Moonlight]

Originally Posted by GilaFilms

Would love to see blus of VIVA MAX, DESTINATION INNER SPACE, and CASTLE OF EVIL, the last of which did get a VHS release from Republic.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a release of VIVA MAX! Far too politically incorrect for this day and age.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming Soon on DVD and Blu-ray!
Brand New 4K Restoration!

Under Capricorn (1949)
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton and Cecil Parker
Shot by Jack Cardiff (Black Narcissus, The Vikings)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Lifeboat)

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This is terrific news! I lost hope in seeing it in a decent restoration. Not Hitch's best film by a long shot, but certainly one of his most beautiful (lensed by the great Jack Cardiff) and it features a jaw dropping long take. Famously, in 1958 Cahiers du Cinema named it one of the 12 greatest films of all time. Jacques Rivette wrote a great article on the film as well.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

That's right! Where Kevin Bacon was cast against type and did a good job playing a psycho as well. That film has one of the most bizarre montages I think I've ever seen:

[Show spoiler]shots of Oldman playing racquetball mixed with him vigorously pounding Karen Young in a variety of positions, and then at the end of the scene as they finish, Kevin Bacon's face becomes superimposed over Young's and Oldman looks like he's gonna punch her in the face post-climax. Truly bizarre.

I do think Oldman set the gold standard for a while with the 'psycho cop' role after his performance in "The Professional".

The scene in your spoiler tag reminds me of the scene in "Disclosure" when

[Show spoiler]Michael Douglas is dreaming Donald Sutherland is hitting on him on the elevator and Sutherland tries to stick his tongue in the back of Douglas' throat.

That scene always makes me laugh.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming April 24th!
First Time on DVD and 3-D/2-D Blu-ray!
Brand New 4K Restoration!

The Maze (1953)
• Digitally restored from the original left and right eye camera negatives by Paramount Pictures Archive in association with The Film Foundation. Scanned in 4K at Pro-Tek with 3-D alignment process and restoration by 3-D Film Archive!
• Interview with Star Veronica Hurst
• Audio Commentary by Film Historians Tom Weaver, Bob Furmanek, Dr. Robert J. Kiss and David Schecter
• Restored three-channel stereophonic sound by Eckhard Büttner
• Original 3-D Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Blu-ray Art

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[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

They were NOT interested in licensing them.

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Sad to say, but they don't seem too interested in releasing them, either.

Thanks for trying, though.