Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[RICKBONDOO7]

Saturday Night Fever 4K please ! It's the 45th Anniversary this year ! Long over due in UHD.

[dkelly26666]

We need some of those Anthony Perkins Paramount titles.

Like "The Tin Star", "Fear Strikes Out", "Desire Under the Elms", "Catch-22", and "Mahogany".

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

We need some of those Anthony Perkins Paramount titles.

Like "The Tin Star", "Fear Strikes Out", "Desire Under the Elms", "Catch-22", and "Mahogany".

YES, YES, YES! Honestly, not a fan of Catch-22 though Tony is very funny in it but the others, absolutely! And don't forget The Lonely Man starring Perkins and Jack Palance, released by Paramount in 1957. Another one for the collection.

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by gpn

While I would say they didn't receive top-of-the-line restorations like War of the Worlds, both When Worlds Collide and Naked Jungle look really nice for the most part and are way better than the DVDs. If Kino doesn't release them, I'm still satisfied with the Imprint releases.

The KLI said in my post that When Worlds Collide wasn't available to them. I was hoping they would do a new remaster.

Shout Factory might have it as I believe they still have a deal with Paramount. Although if they do, it'll probably look no better than Imprint's release. So yeah, stick with Imprint's version, as I am.

[hammer99]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

All new 2K/4K masters need extensive work, as I said yesterday, we're planning to remaster two to three dozen titles.

We have a few titles previously released by Imprint, we will take a close look at the masters and decide if we'll go ahead as is or do a new 2K/4K transfer. And the decision may also depend on the film, the potential big sellers will receive new transfers, the smaller ones, most likely won't.

I don’t know if it would sell enough to warrant an upgrade, but Imprint’s The Out-of-Towners is really bad and I would be all over an upgrade to it, one of my favs.

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by iaragorn1

If it is a part of the Paramount deal, one thing on Kino's side is that they have prior experience with Ritrovata Yellow Fetish Syndrome.

Honestly I think that Once Upon a Time in the West makes the most sense as tomorrow's UHD announcement.

We're about to get the two other Leone westerns next week, so the timing would be perfect to announce the crown jewel. Not to mention it's arguably the most likely title picked up for UHD in this deal, so gets the obvious out of the way, and starts the Paramount reveals with a bang.

[MifuneFan]

If Kino got Once Upon a Time in the West, I feel the Presents line would likely be on life support. That's easily a title that should be part of that line as a wide 4K release.

[MasterAS]

I hope to see the Max Fleischer stuff from you guys. Is that possible?

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by hammer99

I don’t know if it would sell enough to warrant an upgrade, but Imprint’s The Out-of-Towners is really bad and I would be all over an upgrade to it, one of my favs.

Never bought the Imprint because of how poorly it was reviewed but yeah, I'd pick up a copy if Kino did a new transfer and released it. I usually enjoy Jack Lemmon's work.

[Mightythor]

Originally Posted by MasterAS

I hope to see the Max Fleischer stuff from you guys. Is that possible?

They said no animation due to earlier poor sales.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by SanCarolina59

From HTF, when someone posted a very long wishlist of 1950s-1960s films that have not been released on DVD before (quoted below), the KLI said this:

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We have three of the titles from the above list and asked for a fourth one that wasn't available.

So when you consider the strong likelihood that the 3D title is The Man Who Wasn't There, that leaves another 4 new-to-disc titles. I'm really hoping for some late 60s/70s stuff (to my knowledge none of these got an official US DVD release):

The Vulture
The Penthouse
Inadmissible Evidence
The Strange Affair
The Long Day's Dying
Where's Jack?
The Lawyer
The Deserter AKA The Devil's Backbone (if still with Paramount)
A Gunfight
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Fear is the Key
The Man
Ash Wednesday
Three Tough Guys
Terror in the Wax Museum
Arnold
W
Mean Dog Blues (if with Paramount)
The Shadow of Chikara (if still with Paramount)

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by RICKBONDOO7

Saturday Night Fever 4K please ! It's the 45th Anniversary this year ! Long over due in UHD.

No way Paramount would license Saturday Night Fever. Besides, they could be already preparing it for UHD later this year.

[Dailyan]

Coming Soon!
Brand New 2K Master!

Number One with a Bullet (1987) Starring Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts, Mykelti Williamson & Jon Gries – Produced by Golan & Globus – Directed by Jack Smight (Harper, Damnation Alley).

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

If Kino got Once Upon a Time in the West, I feel the Presents line would likely be on life support. That's easily a title that should be part of that line as a wide 4K release.

I agree, but maybe the Presents line is on life support. They took too long to get to UHD's. Last year Almost Famous launched simultaneously in the Presents line and outside the line as a UHD, which was already an odd move. Then in the last few months just as the Presents line announced their first UHD, Paramount proper noticeably increased their 4K UHD output for titles released outside of the line. Now on top of that they've moved to licensing out UHD's to labels (probably Arrow and Criterion too, although at this point that's just speculative). Hard to see how that leaves the Presents line with the same kind of freedom in terms of selection.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

[Show spoiler]

Between this announcement and the Fighting Back news, it's already quite the weekend.

[GuruAskew]

I think I’ve seen most of my Paramount wish-list titles mentioned in the last few pages, but seeing the dreaded Jim Belushi credited on the poster of today’s announcement reminded me that the last John Belushi title trapped on DVD, Goin’ South, is a Paramount title and right up KL’s alley.

[BarnDoor]

This latest announcement means the following are not part of the MGM deal:

The Assisi Underground
Detective School Dropouts
Haunted Summer
The Rose Garden

There are still 2 80s Cannon titles left to reveal. 1 was previously released on DVD, and should come from this pool:

Mata Hari (1985)
King Lear (1987) (almost certainly with Criterion)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989)
Crack House

The other is new to disc, and is one of the following:

Thunder Alley (1985)
Duet for One
Hanna's War

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Mata Hari
King Lear (almost certainly with Criterion)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Crack House

Are you referring to the 30's Greta Garbo Mata Hari or the 80's one (hope it's the former)?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by NeilZ

Are you referring to the 30's Greta Garbo Mata Hari or the 80's one (hope it's the former)?

Don't think Cannon was around in the 30's

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Don't think Cannon was around in the 30's

Good point.