Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun

[Dragon78]

Looks like we are getting Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun on Blu Ray on September 1st.

[abudgell]

As well as The Mirror Crack'd.

[hanshotfirst1138]

Has there been a U.S. release of Murder on the Orient Express yet, or just the U.K. one?

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

Has there been a U.S. release of Murder on the Orient Express yet, or just the U.K. one?

No American release of Lumet’s Murder on The Orient Express.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

No American release of Lumet’s Murder on The Orient Express.

It is controlled by Paramount in the US. Hopefully they release it or license it.

I have the UK disc, it looks great, if you're region-free.

[bigbadwoppet]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

It is controlled by Paramount in the US. Hopefully they release it or license it.

I have the UK disc, it looks great, if you're region-free.

What really pisses me off is that Paramount, even when they don't have worlwide rights to a film, can issue a region free disc, while Studio Canal can't.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by bigbadwoppet

What really pisses me off is that Paramount, even when they don't have worlwide rights to a film, can issue a region free disc, while Studio Canal can't.

Aren't most, if not all, Studio Canal discs region-locked though? I don't think that's unique to their MOTOE disc.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Looks like we are getting Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun on Blu Ray on September 1st.

I saw Death on the Nile on HBO when I was a kid, and freaking LOVED how they revisited the same scene from different possibilities. I know, not exactly groundbreaking stuff, but that was the first time I had ever seen such a thing, and it was wowzers, like doors opening. So this is what movies can do....that sorta thing. Death on the Nile will always have a great nostalgic place in my heart, looking forward to the Branagh remake later this year (assuming that it's still happening).

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Death on the Nile will always have a great nostalgic place in my heart, looking forward to the Branagh remake later this year (assuming that it's still happening).

He said in a recent interview to promote Artemis Fowl that he's currently working on post for it, he was meeting with Patrick Doyle who is currently writing the score.

I do wonder how on earth they will record the score. I read an article about how they recorded the score for the final two episodes of Mrs. America, which had to be done after lockdown. They recorded each instrument individually at each player's house and mixed them. I don't think that would be possible for a full orchestral score though, they stressed that those episodes of the show had extremely spare, intimate scores.

Honestly though, I'll be shocked if there are wide release films coming out this winter at all. I'll bet the film gets postponed.

[hanshotfirst1138]

What extras, if any, will they have? I wonder how the AV will compare with the UK release?

[James Luckard]

Death on the Nile special features:
-Audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson (new)
-The Making of Death on the Nile - 1978 featurette
-Interview with Peter Ustinov
-Interview with Jane Birkin
-Theatrical trailer
-Teaser trailer

Evil Under the Sun special features:
-Audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson (new)
-The Making of Evil Under the Sun - 1982 featurette
-Theatrical trailer
-3 radio spots

The Mirror Crack'd special features:
-Audio Commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson (new)
-Theatrical trailer
-2 TV spots

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Aren't most, if not all, Studio Canal discs region-locked though? I don't think that's unique to their MOTOE disc.

Yup, StudioCanal/Optimum are pretty adamant about region locking. There are exceptions such as "The Lavender Hill Mob", the remastered "The Third Man", and select "StudioCanal Collection" titles (Breathless, The Elephant Man, The Graduate, Pierot Le Frou to name a few).

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

What extras, if any, will they have? I wonder how the AV will compare with the UK release?

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[Dragon78]

Never even heard of the Mirror Crack'd.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Never even heard of the Mirror Crack'd.

[Dragon78]

I really hope we will get Murder on The Orient Express by next year.

[bigbadwoppet]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Aren't most, if not all, Studio Canal discs region-locked though? I don't think that's unique to their MOTOE disc.

Nope, never said so.

The double standard is that only Hollywood studios can release region free discs. Murder is not the case but Studio Canal owns worlwide rights of the majority of its catalogue and should be allowed to issue region free discs, especially when there's no interest to release these titles in region A.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

I really hope we will get Murder on The Orient Express by next year.

Paramount does seem to be diving into their deep catalog to release a weird smattering of movies lately, so it's entirely possible.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Never even heard of the Mirror Crack'd.

Lucky you. I watched in on the German Agatha Christie set, and found it a glorified TV movie with some horrendous hamming. But I must clarify here that I am not a big fan of the Peter Ustinov films either, I love Albert Finney and David Suchet's Poirot interpretations.

[bigbadwoppet]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Lucky you. I watched in on the German Agatha Christie set, and found it a glorified TV movie with some horrendous hamming. But I must clarify here that I am not a big fan of the Peter Ustinov films either, I love Albert Finney and David Suchet's Poirot interpretations.

Mirror Crack'd is certainly the worst of the lot. Lousy screenplay and too many American stars, as opposed to good actors.

Evil Under the Sun, by the same director, is a much more enjoyable film. It helps that there's a good writer behind it (Anthony Shaffer) and the cast, though less "stellar" can really act.

[Rizor]

Hey, this is pretty good news. Had been thinking of importing these from the UK.