Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

KLI I know this might be premature to ask, since you just announced your first UHD yesterday, but will the Summer UHD title be an upgrade of a previously released title from your catalog or a newly acquired title?

Just like Hannibal, it's a newer film, a box office hit and was previously released on Blu-ray.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by dancerslegs

KL Insider:

When can we expect to start seeing some of the Miklós Jancsó titles you guys licensed from the Hungarian National Film Archive last year?

Not for a while, the bigger ones will be released in theaters through our repertory division and then on Blu-ray.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Just like Hannibal, it's a newer film, a box office hit and was previously released on Blu-ray.

I thought that might be the case. Daily's had visions of it being an older film (and by old I mean like 40-50 years) but youse guys still wanna make sure you get the maximum exposure for what I'm guessing is an expensive product.

If Hannibal bombs will it affect the release of the second title or are you fully committed at this stage to that second one? And will it require a new transfer?

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I thought that might be the case. Daily's had visions of it being an older film (and by old I mean like 40-50 years) but youse guys still wanna make sure you get the maximum exposure for what I'm guessing is an expensive product.

If Hannibal bombs will it affect the release of the second title or are you fully committed at this stage to that second one? And will it require a new transfer?

We will know the numbers for HANNIBAL by early April, so that's when we'll decide to either go through with the second title or not. HANNIBAL will be carried in Best Buy stores, so it's a good start.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We will know the numbers for HANNIBAL by early April, so that's when we'll decide to either go through with the second title or not. HANNIBAL will be carried in Best Buy stores, so it's a good start.

Well, you've got a guaranteed purchase here. One down, several thousand to go!

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming April 16th on DVD and Blu-ray!
The First Film Released in 3-Strip Technicolor!
Oscar Nominee: Best Actress (Hopkins)!

Becky Sharp (1935) with optional English subtitles
• Brand New 4K Restoration - from the 35mm Nitrate Negatives & Positive Separations
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jack Theakston
• Trailers

About the Restoration:
Many, many hands went into restoring this title. It is the most complex project Paramount Archives has ever worked on.

Picture & overall restoration/preservation (which happened over a 35 year span):
• Paramount Archives
• Technicolor Creative Services
• UCLA Film Archives
• Robert Gitt
• Richard Dayton
• Eric Aijala

Audio restoration:
• Deluxe Audio
• Audio Mechanics
• DJ Audio

With Special Thanks to:
• The Film Foundation

Becky Sharp (1935) Color 84 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated
In the years just preceding Waterloo, best friends Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins, Trouble in Paradise) and Amelia Sedley (Frances Dee, I Walked with a Zombie) graduate from Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Girls. The wealthy Amelia invites the penniless Becky into the bosom of her family home while the manipulative Becky plots her climb up the social ladder. Entirely lacking in scruples and unhampered by conscience or morality, Becky ascends to the very pinnacle of society, crushing anyone who stands in her path. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Rouben Mamoulian’s (Love Me Tonight, The Mark of Zorro) adaptation of Thackeray’s (The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.) epic novel Vanity Fair was the first film to be produced in three-strip Technicolor. Screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar, Frankenstein) and co-starring Cedric Hardwicke (The Lodger), Billie Burke (The Young in Heart), Nigel Bruce (Suspicion) and Alan Mowbray (I Wake Up Screaming).

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[gregmtl92]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We will know the numbers for HANNIBAL by early April, so that's when we'll decide to either go through with the second title or not. HANNIBAL will be carried in Best Buy stores, so it's a good start.

Maybe I'm too curious but could you give us a number of units you would need to sell before you go through with the summer title?

[dancerslegs]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Not for a while, the bigger ones will be released in theaters through our repertory division and then on Blu-ray.

Unfortunate to hear it won't be for awhile, although thank you for your reply.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We uploaded it to the U.S. site this week, it usually takes a few days.

He's not only talking about this one, there hasn't been a new Kino title up for PO in a while on Amazon.ca

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming April 16th on DVD and Blu-ray!
The First Film Released in 3-Strip Technicolor!
Oscar Nominee: Best Actress (Hopkins)!

Becky Sharp (1935) with optional English subtitles
• Brand New 4K Restoration - from the 35mm Nitrate Negatives & Positive Separations
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jack Theakston
• Trailers

About the Restoration:
Many, many hands went into restoring this title. It is the most complex project Paramount Archives has ever worked on.

Picture & overall restoration/preservation (which happened over a 35 year span):
• Paramount Archives
• Technicolor Creative Services
• UCLA Film Archives
• Robert Gitt
• Richard Dayton
• Eric Aijala

Audio restoration:
• Deluxe Audio
• Audio Mechanics
• DJ Audio

With Special Thanks to:
• The Film Foundation

Becky Sharp (1935) Color 84 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated
In the years just preceding Waterloo, best friends Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins, Trouble in Paradise) and Amelia Sedley (Frances Dee, I Walked with a Zombie) graduate from Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Girls. The wealthy Amelia invites the penniless Becky into the bosom of her family home while the manipulative Becky plots her climb up the social ladder. Entirely lacking in scruples and unhampered by conscience or morality, Becky ascends to the very pinnacle of society, crushing anyone who stands in her path. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Rouben Mamoulian’s (Love Me Tonight, The Mark of Zorro) adaptation of Thackeray’s (The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.) epic novel Vanity Fair was the first film to be produced in three-strip Technicolor. Screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar, Frankenstein) and co-starring Cedric Hardwicke (The Lodger), Billie Burke (The Young in Heart), Nigel Bruce (Suspicion) and Alan Mowbray (I Wake Up Screaming).

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One of the most important releases of the year, possibly the decade. While I don't think Becky Sharpe is a great film - it's a very good one and worth it just for Rouben Mamoulian's usual excellent directorial flair and that Miriam Hopkins is always wonderful in any of her 30s films - this is such a gigantic milestone both in the history of color cinema and also in home video. This has never had an acceptable release on home video.

Pre-ordering as soon as it's up.

One question: any possibility of adding the 1934 short film La Cucaracha as an extra? It was the first 3-strip live-action short film and seemed to have been restored by UCLA. It's on a Roan Group DVD of Dixiana, but that release seems to be at least 20 years old.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Just like Hannibal, it's a newer film, a box office hit and was previously released on Blu-ray.

Is it MGM or Universal?

[willo007]

@Kino Lorber Insider

Any plans of re-issuing past Kino releases in 4K?

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by barndoor

is it mgm or universal?

mgm

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by willo007

@Kino Lorber Insider

Any plans of re-issuing past Kino releases in 4K?

Probably not. At least not for a while. The only classics we would think about releasing are the Leone/Eastwood trilogy.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

The only classics we would think about releasing are the Leone/Eastwood trilogy.

... which I really hope would be issued individually, whether or not also in a box set.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We will know the numbers for HANNIBAL by early April, so that's when we'll decide to either go through with the second title or not. HANNIBAL will be carried in Best Buy stores, so it's a good start.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Well, you've got a guaranteed purchase here. One down, several thousand to go!

You mean two down, Geoffy.

And if the Hannibal UHD BD will be in Best Buy, I will order from them, either online or through picking it up in the store. I hope they have it in-store on release date.

[Egbert Souse]

Only titles that seem anywhere likely to get 4Ks would be Marty, The Thomas Crown Affair, Barton Fink, and Kundun. And that's just on film significance (Best Picture winner, big star like Steve McQueen, big directors like the Coens or Scorsese). I omitted stuff like Brick because it was likely done with 2K and I really doubt Kino is going to want to bother with 4K for an upscale.

[timothy ramzyk]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture comes to Film Forum in March before touring select cities!

New restorations presented in association with Something Weird Video and The Library of Congress.

Film Forum Link:
https://filmforum.org/series/forbidd...npExoBZXCX0QrU

Trailer:
FORBIDDEN FRUIT: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Series Trailer - YouTube

Wow, those look like a lot of fun.

I hope Kino puts them out on disk too.

I'd love to see Dwain Esper's MANIAC made the leap to HD someday as well. It's in a class by itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWfAZxPySoc

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Please be patient, we can only release 20 movies per month.

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - Original "Feed Me" -scene - YouTube

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by gates70

He's not only talking about this one, there hasn't been a new Kino title up for PO in a while on Amazon.ca

Okay, we'll ask the sales department.