Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by Rafows

BarnDoor, how are we with the noir speculation?

Lots of speculation on noir and 40s titles within:

[Show spoiler]Firstly, we are waiting on 1 or 2 50s noir, with the only possibilities as far as I can see The Unguarded Moment and The Restless Years. So Kino will have at least one of these, possibly both.

As for the 40s, if we assume that The Suspect and Night Has a Thousand Eyes are the two new-to-DVD noir titles, that appears to leave 2 from 5, since there are no more 1949 titles in the deal:

Smooth As Silk (1946)
All My Sons (1948)
An Act of Murder (1948)
So Evil My Love (1948)
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

I think this might be the key to unlocking the remaining 40s titles in the deal. All things considered, I'd say Smooth as Silk is unlikely, and that the remaining 2 noir titles will be from 1948. This is important, because we're waiting on 4 1948 titles, and we can be fairly certain that Whispering Smith and Night Has a Thousand Eyes are two of them. So I'm thinking:

1948 - Whispering Smith, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, and 2 of All My Sons/An Act of Murder/So Evil My Love/A Woman's Vengeance

This is also significant because there are 2 Deanna Durbin candidates from 1948. So with these removed, we're down to 5, with only 4 more 40s Durbin titles coming.

Let me start with 1947. If the above theory is accurate, I think there are 4 realistic possibilities (we're only getting 2):

1947 - I'll Be Yours, Something in the Wind, California, Where There's Life

So at least one of these will be a Durbin title, possibly both. I have a suspicion that Where There's Life will be one of the 2 Bob Hope titles to miss out, but you never know.

Now on to 1946, which offers 3 realistic prospects (we're getting 2):

1946 - Because of Him, Monsieur Beaucaire, The Virginian

So another Durbin and another Bob Hope here. I say The Virginian because Kino have one more Joel McCrea title, and there's at least one 40s western we can't account for (though it may well be California, or indeed both).

Now on to 1944, which should be:

1944 - The Suspect plus one of Can't Help Singing, The Great Moment or Frenchman's Creek (this last one seems unlikely)

1942 is more complicated. But Kino have one 40s WWII film which is very likely Wake Island, and the Bob Hope seems certain, so I'm thinking:

1942 - Wake Island, My Favorite Blonde, plus one of Arabian Nights, Lucky Jordan or The Mystery of Marie Roget (this one seems unlikely because they've said no 40s horror, which this might be categorized as)

Looking at 1941, it will be 5 from 7. They only have one Fields title, so I think Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is an unlikely prospect. So that means:

1941 - The Shepherd of the Hills (basically confirmed), Nice Girl?, Caught in the Draft, Louisiana Purchase, Nothing But the Truth, Skylark

If I had to guess, it would make most sense if the 3 Bob Hope titles in the box set were all from 1941, with My Favorite Blonde a solo release (after all, My Favorite Brunette was). This would mean that Monsieur Beaucaire and Where There's Life miss out. This all means that Skylark would be the unfortunate 1941 title, along with Never Give a Sucker an Even Break.

Finally 1940, which will very likely be:

1940 - Seven Sinners, When the Daltons Rode


I may well be wrong here but here's what we've got to account for:

6 Durbin
4 Bob Hope
1 WWII film (surely Wake Island)
4 noir (2 new-to-disc)
3 or 4 westerns

I hope that's all clear lol!

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

As for the 40s, if we assume that The Suspect and Night Has a Thousand Eyes are the two new-to-DVD noir titles

The Suspect was unfortunately ruled out via process of elimination a little while back.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

The Suspect was unfortunately ruled out via process of elimination a little while back.

I believe it was ruled out when the Insider said no Ella Raines, only to be put back on the table when he corrected himself to say there was one Ella Raines title.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

I believe it was ruled out when the Insider said no Ella Raines, only to be put back on the table when he corrected himself to say there was one Ella Raines title.

Correct

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray in May from Kino Lorber and Menemsha Films!

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel
Directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger
Release date: May 5th
From the USA

A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, Heading Home charts the underdog journey of Israel's national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic.
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Shoelaces
Directed by Jacob Goldwasser
Release date: May 12th
From Israel

Shoelaces tells the story of a complicated relationship between an aging father and his special-needs son, whom he abandoned while he was still a young boy. Reuben's (60) kidney's are failing and his son Gadi (35), wants to donate one of his own kidney's to help save his father's life.
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The Mover
Directed by Davis Simanis
Release date: May 19th
From Latvia

This award-winning Latvian feature film offers a gripping account of Žanis Lipke, a blue-collar worker honored as one of the 'Righteous Among the Nations' for his heroic deeds during World War II.
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Redemption
Directed by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Release date: May 26th
From Israel

Menachem, a former frontman for a rock band, is now religious, and a father to a six-year-old. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must find a creative solution to fund the expensive treatments.

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[BarnDoor]

Kino Insider - can you reveal if your sole W.C. Fields title is from the 30s or 40s? Thanks.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray May 5th from Kino Lorber!


The Road to Mother
Directed by Akan Satayev

The Kazakhstani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, The Road to Mother is a sweeping yet personal epic that follows several generations of a Kazakh family through war, famine, collectivization, and separation.

Special features:
*The Making Of "The Road to Mother"
*Trailers

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[slasherdisc]

Got in my order today from the sale!
Many thanks !

[movieben1138]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray May 5th from Kino Lorber!


The Road to Mother
Directed by Akan Satayev

The Kazakhstani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, The Road to Mother is a sweeping yet personal epic that follows several generations of a Kazakh family through war, famine, collectivization, and separation.

Special features:
*The Making Of "The Road to Mother"
*Trailers

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Great news! I'm currently on a kick of collecting and watching all of the Best Foreign Language Film nominees, so this is perfect! Is there any chance Kino intends to upgrade their DVD release of AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (2004) or have access to MONSIEUR VINCENT (1947) via the Studio Canal deal?

**I see now that this one was a "submission," and did not actually earn the nomination. But I'm no less interested.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Aclea

The disappointment was pretty tangible, with people trying to focus on the bits that worked to mitigate it a bit.

This. Yeah, it was a failure over all, but I still thinking of it as an interesting failure. The good parts were too few and far between to save it, but they make the occasional rewatch bearable.

The opinion that such-and-such a book is "unfilmable" is overused. Some books present problems with adaptation, but aren't really "unfilmable". But I think the very structure of Bradbury's book really does make it count as unfilmable. They did give it the old college try, though, I'll give them that.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

I believe it was ruled out when the Insider said no Ella Raines, only to be put back on the table when he corrected himself to say there was one Ella Raines title.

Nice. I missed that. I really hope it is The Suspect.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Nice. I missed that. I really hope it is The Suspect.

Me too. No director can make you WANT your protagonist to kill one of their loved ones like Robert Siodmak can... a seemingly common theme among many of his work.

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by hky828

Any more Claude Chabrol?

Ten Days' Wonder would be nice but not sure with whom the rights reside.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray May 26th from Kino Lorber and IndieCollect!

Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)
Directed by Nancy Kelly
Starring Rosalind Chao (The Laundromat, The Joy Luck Club) and Chris Cooper (Adaptation, American Beauty)

Set in a mining town in the 1880s, Thousand Pieces of Gold tells the real-life story of Lalu (Chao), a young Chinese woman whose desperately poor parents sell her into slavery. Eventually Charlie (Cooper) wins her in a poker game and slowly gains her trust. It is a breathtaking feminist Western waiting to be rediscovered, presented in a new 4K restoration.

Special features:
*Radio interview with director Nancy Kelly
*Audio commentary with Nancy Kelly and producer Kenji Yamamoto
*Booklet essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Anne Makepeace (Blu-ray only)
*Trailer

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[DukeTogo84]

KLI, will we be getting new announcements this weekend? (I think we all could use more good news) If so, what studios and decades?

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming June 9th!

WESTERN CLASSICS I

When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Toby Roan
Optional English Subtitles
Theatrical Trailer
The Virginian (1946)
Audio commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Actress/Film Historian Rutanya Alda
Optional English Subtitles
Theatrical Trailer
Whispering Smith (1948)
Audio Commentary by Film Critic and Author Simon Abrams
Optional English Subtitles
Theatrical Trailer

WHEN THE DALTONS RODE Art: Coming Soon!

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[BarnDoor]

Kino Insider - how many Western Classics volumes do you have planned? Also, will the proposed Audie Murphy set (being all westerns) be one of these, or billed differently?

Finally, is that it for 40s westerns in the Universal deal?

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by hky828

Any more Claude Chabrol?

No.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Jobla

KL Insider,

any films produced by Robert Radnitz in the second Universal deal?

No.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

KLI, will we be getting new announcements this weekend? (I think we all could use more good news) If so, what studios and decades?

Yes, still figuring out what?