Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[slybone]

Originally Posted by jmclick

I'm fortunate enough to live within 45 minutes of the flagship Vintage Stock in Joplin, Missouri. The amount of stock in the store is unreal ... it's easy to spend up to three hours just to shop the blu-ray offerings. They also carry a huge selection of used CDs, vinyl, books, games, and electronics. The store is so large they have two entrances, and two sets of registers. Taking the time to look closely is really beneficial since there's so much stuff and shoppers tend not to put stuff back in alphabetical order. Funny thing is, with all that inventory, I rarely find any Kino titles. Perhaps they hold them for website orders.

Vintage Stock also operates a chain of stores named "Entertainment Mart." There's a huge store in Springfield, Missouri. They are exactly the same as Vintage Stock (pricing, labels, discounts) and they run the same sales. I don't find Kino discs among their inventory, either.

This coming weekend all the stores are holding one of their Buy 2, Get 1 Free Sales. Three or four times per year they have Buy 1, Get 1 Free sales. That said, Kino's in-house sales are always so spectacular that they're virtually unbeatable. I prefer to order directly from them and thereby increase their sales figures and bottom line, so I can support potential future releases from Kino.

I’m surprised that you don’t see many Kino titles. In fact, I remember after Kino released “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” the slipcover edition sold out online quickly, and I remember a few people on this forum lamenting that fact, then a few weeks later I was in the Topeka store and they had not one, but 2 copies with slip. Maybe the Kino titles just sell exceptionally well in Topeka.

[vortexx]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

At this point we have no plans of releasing any other Bing Crosby films, we've only released the Road pictures, Blue Skies with him and Astaire and the one directed by Billy Wilder.

What if it's a horror film with Bing? (Although it may not be available).

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by vortexx

What if it's a horror film with Bing? (Although it may not be available).

Dr Cook's Garden. Very nicely done performance by Bing in that one. That'd be a definite pick up for me too. Never available on any home video format ever.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Making it official!

Coming Soon!
Brand New 2K Master!

Counsellor at Law (1933) Starring John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewel, Thelma Todd & Melvyn Douglas – Shot by Norbert Brodine (Deluge) – Screenplay by Elmer Rice (Holiday Inn) – Directed by William Wyler (The Good Fairy, The Big Country).

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[Gunsnroses092789]

One more DVD to get rid of Sold!

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by gates70

I've been going through my collection and I noticed that I have replacement discs for both The Outer Limits and Madhouse in a separate case. Problem is I don't remember if I swapped for the good discs or not in the sets. How do I know which ones are the good discs for both these movies? Thank you.

The audio for Madhouse was noticeably out of sync, so it should be pretty easy to figure out which one's the good disc.

The Outer Limits episode (Soldier) audio was less noticeable, it had a fluttering sound throughout, the fixed ones sounds fine.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

I'm down for any and all Bing if and/or when Kino licenses some more. I understand he's probably not as big a seller as his buddy Bob (whose films I will also buy all of from Kino) but there's a lot of good stuff in that Bing back catalogue - Rhythm on the River, College Humor, Here Come the Waves, A Connecticut Yankee, etc.

And hopefully someone else will release them.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by SkinnyTwist

Damn shame, I'd have bought all five (even though "Cancel My Reservation" was rather abysmal...) Is it possible those elements might one day surface or is it reasonable to assume they're forever in a celluloid graveyard?

We would need the film elements and not just a worn out print.

And like I said the only one we would be interested in releasing is The Great Lover.

[Ferretferret]

Hoping some 3-D titles go up for pre-order before the sale ends! I did find a couple more things I want, but, hitting that free shipping minimum is nice.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Anyone ever find Kino titles at Best Buy? I watched a recent Youtube video where someone was filming as they shopped and there was a Kino BD on the shelf. They also had RoboCop UHD chipboard, which I was genuinely surprised by. Would be cool to walk into a brick and mortar and buy boutique label titles again

We've sold them the 4K releases of MAD MAX, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, HANNIBAL and a couple of others.

[BarnDoor]

Kino Insider - You mentioned there being 3 former Twilight Time titles in the MGM deal. Are you able to say yet what decades these are from? Thanks.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Kino Insider - You mentioned there being 3 former Twilight Time titles in the MGM deal. Are you able to say yet what decades these are from? Thanks.

One from the 60s and two from the 70s.

[Shanghai Express]

How close are we to confirmation of that next Uni deal and will it include as many Paramounts and/or pre-codes as the last one

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Shanghai Express

How close are we to confirmation of that next Uni deal and will it include as many Paramounts and/or pre-codes as the last one

Not anytime soon, we still have lots of unannounced titles from the current deal. I'm sure there'll be a few Paramount and pre-code titles.

[Doc Moonlight]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

You guys are lucky. There used to be a good variety of physical media shops in the NYC area both independent and national chains but they all went belly up. Kim's Video was my favorite in Manhattan. They carried all kinds of stuff, even Warner Archive. Really miss shopping in-store.

Alamo Drafthouse is reopening Kim's.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

RIP Michel Bouquet.

https://deadline.com/2022/04/michel-...96-1235001545/

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by playingphysicist

You're right, I was thinking of Tomb of Ligeia. Since that means Shout did not renew Vol 2's films, I guess I will get the Kino versions of the ones I am interested in after all. But if they renewed the films off of 1, how was Kino able to do the first Phibes film? Or did they only renew some of them?

Someone else had the same question back in January. Technically Dr. Phibes is still with Shout:

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

It's not out of print, none of the other titles on VP volume 1 are available, the rights for those films are exclusively with Shout. We were allowed to release Dr. Phibes double billed with it's sequel and they're allowed to continue to sell VP volume 3 which includes Master of the World.

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by Doc Moonlight

Alamo Drafthouse is reopening Kim's.

They reimported the rental inventory but it doesn't look like they will be doing any sell-through (nor adding any titles, which means no releases from the last 13 years).

[playingphysicist]

Originally Posted by gudemameshiba

Someone else had the same question back in January. Technically Dr. Phibes is still with Shout:

Yeah, from my end problem solved because vol 1 came back in stock at Shout directly (and starting to filter down to the other sites now, appears not all have new stock yet still) so I will be able to get all the Poe cycle films after all without paying an arm and a leg. From what I can tell, they are done with vol 2 though but thats OK as I am just going to get the Kino releases of those films.

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by captveg

Looks like Life Stinks (1991) has returned to the website, so there must have been cancellations and/or some copies found.

Life Stinks is gone again.