Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[Mose Harper]

Originally Posted by gudemameshiba

Dang, you're right! (The DVD is still available.)

Portrait of Jennie appears also to be out of print (though the DVD is still available on that one too).

I don't think I saw Jennie when I placed my order Sunday morning, otherwise that's one I would have thrown in.

Now I have to treat my sole copy as the precious gem it is.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

Originally Posted by Nice Guy Eddie

Any chance of a Dead Presidents release from Kino?

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We don't have a new deal with Disney, we couldn't even renew some of our previously released titles (The Night Stalker, Trilogy of Terror, etc.).

Just another reason (in a long line) to hate that company.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Nice Guy Eddie

Just another reason (in a long line) to hate that company.

Those titles are sadly likely never to be released on physical media again.

[EVOLVIST]

I wish there was a list of Three-strip Technicolor films on-tap from KL.

I've just ordered three more:

The Garden of Allah (1936)
Blue Skies (1946) w/corrected audio
Under Capricorn (1949)

Right now it's kind of hunt 'n' pick. I really need to set aside the time to make a spreadsheet for myself.

[Benoit Blanc]

Disney owns Kolchak?! **** me!

[SGFfilmfan]

Originally Posted by Zygmunt22

Unfortunately, the Weinsteins have US rights, along with El Cid, Circus World, and 55 Days at Peking. They still retain the rights after the dismantling of their company.

No, I think those rights were sold off after all the mess went down.

[Member-222782]

Tried to buy the two upcoming Spaghetti Western 4Ks direct but I forgot Kino doesn't accept Paypal for preorders. Bummer. Anyone know if the slipcovers for these are close to selling out?

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by BunyipPouch

I'd like that title but that was too rich for my blood. I'm sure it'll get re-released down the road by another label. I'd see someone like BFI put out a Leos Carax boxset like they did with Hirokazu Koreeda.

Carax’s first 3 features are all being restored in 4K at the present. I just truly hope that POLA X and its longer TV edit finally get Blu-Rays

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by exzachary

I hope Kino can pickup The Beast (1988) if it's not included in their current Sony deal.

This was long rumored for Twilight Time, too. I just sprang for Imprint’s upcoming disc. Haunting, gorgeous film with an incredible Mark Isham score. Maybe the only American film of the Cold War to show Soviet soldiers in a sympathetic light, and it’s achieved new depth in light of current events

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Been waiting YEARS for this. Really hope there are some good features on Dennis Potter and Jim Henson

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by mja345

An excellent Anthony Mann film that I discovered in the past year is "Reign of Terror" aka "Black Book" with Richard Basehart and Robert Cummings. It's in the Noir Archive Vol. 1 set released a couple years ago and it's an absolute gem.

Anthony Mann + John Alton = Brilliance. It really deserves a stand-alone release.

[horroru]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Tried to buy the two upcoming Spaghetti Western 4Ks direct but I forgot Kino doesn't accept Paypal for preorders. Bummer. Anyone know if the slipcovers for these are close to selling out?

You can order on the release date from Kino and use Paypal - I've done that and gotten a slipcover for every blu/4K that I've ordered (Good/Bad/Ugly, Silence of the Lambs, Bodysnatchers, Misery, Touch of Evil, etc)

[latehong]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Mann's my favorite director and anything of his is worth a watch, but it's a shame that he never got to finish it (or to finally make his cherished dream project, a Western version of King Lear that was slated as his next picture) and that - unless Sony have given it one of their impressive remasters since the UK and German discs - an already compromised film will have one more strike against it with a weak master.

It is characteristic of Mann yet feels a bit odd at the same time that his dream project was a western version of King Lear, because, in my mind, he already did that at least three times in The Furies (1950), The Man from Laramie (1955) and Man of the West (1958). Sure, it would have been ecstatic to see a more literal adaptation of the story (especially with three strong female casts) in Mann's west, but I guess I'm not that heartbroken about missing it in this case.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Anthony Mann + John Alton = Brilliance. It really deserves a stand-alone release.

Yeah, it's a fantastic film. Alton's camerawork and Mann's direction create an intensely suffocating, almost fever dream-like atmosphere that underlines the stalking presence of death throughout the film. It's one of the best noirs with a pretty small profile that I've seen.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by latehong

It is characteristic of Mann yet feels a bit odd at the same time that his dream project was a western version of King Lear, because, in my mind, he already did that at least three times in The Furies (1950), The Man from Laramie (1955) and Man of the West (1958). Sure, it would have been ecstatic to see a more literal adaptation of the story (especially with three strong female casts) in Mann's west, but I guess I'm not that heartbroken about missing it in this case.

No casting was announced at the time but if he managed to convince his choice, John Wayne, to play The King it could have been fascinating. If nothing else, as Mann said, Wayne would have handled the silences beautifully. "The words, of course, are another matter."

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by mja345

Yeah, it's a fantastic film. Alton's camerawork and Mann's direction create an intensely suffocating, almost fever dream-like atmosphere that underlines the stalking presence of death throughout the film. It's one of the best noirs with a pretty small profile that I've seen.

Yeah, it’s an unconventional noir because it’s a costume drama set during the French Revolution, but Mann/Alton make it noir. Its small profile is probably due to its poverty row origin and its lapsing into the public domain.

[iaragorn1]

Originally Posted by Zygmunt22

Unfortunately, the Weinsteins have US rights, along with El Cid, Circus World, and 55 Days at Peking. They still retain the rights after the dismantling of their company.

Originally Posted by SGFfilmfan

No, I think those rights were sold off after all the mess went down.

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

It's part of the same Samuel Bronston Productions package owned by Harvey Weinstein in perpetuity, other key titles are El Cid, The Fall of the Roman Empire and 55 Days at Peking.

This is what the insider has said in the past

I was lucky and got to see the 70mm reconstruction of El Cid over 20 years ago.

I really wish that a good 4k of this would get released.

[Aclea]

Maybe for a hundred cigarettes and being moved from laundry duty to the prison library he'll cut a deal. Not that he'd keep it. I sourced the missing footage from the original roadshow cut of Roman Empire for their DVD release but when they decided not to use it - Miramax actually putting cut footage back in a film? - they decided not to pay for it either. Not that they're the only label to pull that one.

[SanCarolina59]

Originally Posted by EVOLVIST

I wish there was a list of Three-strip Technicolor films on-tap from KL.

I've just ordered three more:

The Garden of Allah (1936)
Blue Skies (1946) w/corrected audio
Under Capricorn (1949)

Right now it's kind of hunt 'n' pick. I really need to set aside the time to make a spreadsheet for myself.

Here you go (I included Cohen releases distributed by Kino as well):

In Print (for now at least):

[Show spoiler]
A Star Is Born is also available from WAC as well.

WSL/OOP:

[Show spoiler]

Sets Only:

[Show spoiler]

Two-Color Technicolor:

[Show spoiler]
Lights Of Old Broadway, Seven Chances, The Phantom Of The Opera, and Glorifying The American Girl are inserts only – full films are not in color.

Two-Color WSL/OOP:

[Show spoiler]
Stage Struck has an insert only – full film is not in color.

EDIT: Forgot to include one film released only in a set. I'll make sure to update this list with future deals or changes in print status.

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by beamish13

Carax’s first 3 features are all being restored in 4K at the present. I just truly hope that POLA X and its longer TV edit finally get Blu-Rays

Where did you hear about the Carax films getting 4K restorations? I was interested in checking out his films, but figured I'd hold off if his first three films are getting new restorations.