Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[AnthonyGG]

Originally Posted by El Sleezo

Hoping for more silents myself.

I believe the Insider confirmed no Silents in the Paramount deal.

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by Marv Inc.

That's a shame i'am sue it will it in my lifetime at some point.

While Mann's alive, I'd say the only chance is if Paramount take on the project themselves.

[DukeTogo84]

While a director's cut of The Keep would be nice, I don't need. What I need is the classic version in HD. That shouldn't be too difficult to do seeing as how we are getting really obscure films found in someone's garage in HD now.

[Nori]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

With Paramout licensing out a ton of titles, I wonder if Paramount is going to slow down with their own releases. I wouldn't be surprised if Arrow has a deal and Criterion probably picked up more titles. Will be interesting to see Paramounts output now. I hope they release The Shootist since they were unwilling to license it out for whatever reason.

Might seem that way, but on the other hand Paramount has also increased the number of releases on their own, so it might just mean we'll get a lot more Paramount content to 4k UHD's in a smaller amount of time. Maybe they want to accelerate releases while sales of UHD's are still strong enough. I could be wrong but I think that's one way to interpret the situation.

[GuruAskew]

My wishlist:

A Simple Plan
The Gift
Goin’ South
Black Sunday
Big Top Pee-wee
Back to the Beach
Bringing Out the Dead
U2: Rattle & Hum
The Warriors
Leadbelly
Coneheads
Stuart Saves His Family
Superstar
The Keep (I know)

[Nori]

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.

Would they really do Once Upon a Time in the West on UHD in the Presents line? They just did a Western, and it was only the second in the entire line (so like a ratio of 1 per year). If they did do it would probably be years away imo. Also based on hearing from KLI higher in the thread that they (Paramount) wanted to keep their John Wayne films, maybe they intend to dig more into those first.

Maybe I'm totally wrong here but I think Once Upon a Time in the West sounds like a perfect title to license to Kino if I were Paramount. They showed great love to the other 3 Sergio Leone Westerns on the format, and they know they can sweeten the deal for Kino by conceding that one.

[Nori]

Some time ago in another thread someone had collected a bunch of posts from different label owners and employees making contradictory statements in different threads over who owned Four Flies on Grey Velvet in the US. Does anyone remember where KLI stood on the matter? Did he believe Paramount owned it or that they didn't? I can't find those messages anymore.

If KLI had indicated Paramount had it, then I'm sure rumors regarding Four Flies potentially coming from Kino will be flying around (forgive the pun) for the next few months.

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

While Mann's alive, I'd say the only chance is if Paramount take on the project themselves.

Ya, it's always been Mann stopping THE KEEP, but you have to wonder how he has so much power over the studio. Does he have final say on physical media? Was that in his contract back in 1983? It's not like he was a huge name back then, and surely isn't as big a name as he once was now. Paramount put out a VHS and a laserdisc way back, he didn't stop those. Suddenly he has all this power.

Yes, I know he hates the film as is, but I'm guessing that Paramount just wants to keep him happy, or not suffer his wrath, so Paramount purposely just sits on their OWN film until Mann is gone. Just speculating.

It's all so strange. The film has always been average, but it has its fans, and it's not really an embarrassing film at all. Yes, rushed out after many production issues, so I can see why he may look at it as unfinished, but it has some really good stuff in it. Why he fights so hard to keep it squashed just brings more attention to it.

Hilarious that he didn't stop the recent Australian DVD. Maybe down under just told him to get lost.

[huskersports]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

“Lewis Skolnick” and “Lando Calrissian”

Kino should put that on the back cover description!

[TolerancEJ]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

“Lewis Skolnick” and “Lando Calrissian” in a Golan-Globus Cannon Production. This is the greatest Blu-ray news of the day.

Agent Zero too! I’ve wanted a Blu-ray release of Secret Agent OO Soul forever.

[robtw88]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Now that Kino has a deal with Paramount, perhaps it will consider the rare 1956 film noir THE SCARLET HOUR? That film will be released in Australia by Imprint/Via Vision, but maybe Kino might get it for the US? The film has a wonderful cast, including Carol Ohmart (her debut), Elaine Stritch (her theatrical debut), and other folks such as Billy "FATHER KNOWS BEST" Gray, E. G. Marshall, James Gregory, Edward Binns, and Jacques Aubuchon.

Michael Curtiz's The Scarlet Hour is also high on my list of forgotten film noirs. The forthcoming Aussie release definitely makes me hopeful for its North American debut too.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049718/?ref_=vp_close

[sonicyogurt]

Originally Posted by Nori

Does anyone remember where KLI stood on the matter? Did he believe Paramount owned it or that they didn't? I can't find those messages anymore.

From the previous Insider:

Originally Posted by MisterLime

And Four Files on Grey Velvet is no longer with Paramount.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Nori

Would they really do Once Upon a Time in the West on UHD in the Presents line? They just did a Western, and it was only the second in the entire line (so like a ratio of 1 per year). If they did do it would probably be years away imo. Also based on hearing from KLI higher in the thread that they (Paramount) wanted to keep their John Wayne films, maybe they intend to dig more into those first.

Maybe I'm totally wrong here but I think Once Upon a Time in the West sounds like a perfect title to license to Kino if I were Paramount. They showed great love to the other 3 Sergio Leone Westerns on the format, and they know they can sweeten the deal for Kino by conceding that one.

You could be right, I just feel it's a major prestige kind of title that I'd be surprised if Paramount licensed out. If Paramount were to release it themselves i have to imagine it would be in the Presents line simply because most of their titles with newer 4K scans/restorations get released under that line. Kino did say they have some major titles, so I guess we'll have to see how major they are. There are different tiers of course that can still be considered major, so it'll be interesting to see what Paramount is willing to license out.

I definitely feel there's been a shift in their philosophy compared to just a year or so ago when they took back titles from Criterion like Days of Heaven, and Don't Look Now that would obviously not sell a ton directly from them. There's also been a noticeable slow-down in the amount of catalog waves we've seen from Paramount, so I think whatever momentum they had going with catalog releases has perhaps stalled, and now are shifting back to boutique licensing. Kino got a big film deal, Arrow is rumored to have a deal, and they are likely licensing several films to Criterion too since they are putting out Virgin Suicides in 4K in July.

[Rayjg]

I’m guessing Blood and Roses would’ve been released by now if Paramount still had it?

[Nori]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

From the previous Insider:

Thank you! So we can scratch off Four Flies from all lists.

[Nori]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

You could be right, I just feel it's a major prestige kind of title that I'd be surprised if Paramount licensed out. If Paramount were to release it themselves i have to imagine it would be in the Presents line simply because most of their titles with newer 4K scans/restorations get released under that line. Kino did say they have some major titles, so I guess we'll have to see how major they are. There are different tiers of course that can still be considered major, so it'll be interesting to see what Paramount is willing to license out.

I definitely feel there's been a shift in their philosophy compared to just a year or so ago when they took back titles from Criterion like Days of Heaven, and Don't Look Now that would obviously not sell a ton directly from them. There's also been a noticeable slow-down in the amount of catalog waves we've seen from Paramount, so I think whatever momentum they had going with catalog releases has perhaps stalled, and now are shifting back to boutique licensing. Kino got a big film deal, Arrow is rumored to have a deal, and they are likely licensing several films to Criterion too since they are putting out Virgin Suicides in 4K in July.

You're right. There's definitely tiers even when discussing major titles.

Tomorrow is going to be very interesting as it might give us an indication of what "level" of titles we can expect.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by Marv Inc.

Hoping for The Keep.

Get this. At least it’s an official release and on disc even if only DVD.

[Guy LeDouche]

A few I'm hopeing for from the Paramount deal that I haven't seen mentioned yet. (some are a bit more obscure.)

1960 | The World of Suzie Wong
1960 | Walk like a Dragon
1962 | My Geisha
1981 | Gas
1984 | The River Rat
1986 | Gung Ho
1987 | From the Hip
1989 | The Experts
1990 | Crazy People
1991 | Intimate Stranger (Starring Debbie Harry)
1993 | Searching for Bobby Fisher
1997 | The Real Blonde

[playingphysicist]

Still betting the first UHD announcement is Death Wish. I thought it was odd Vinegar was putting out 2 in 4k but not 1, made me at first think Paramount was doing it or intended to do it themselves, but based on this deal it makes me think Kino was already negotiating for it.

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by playingphysicist

Still betting the first UHD announcement is Death Wish. I thought it was odd Vinegar was putting out 2 in 4k but not 1, made me at first think Paramount was doing it or intended to do it themselves, but based on this deal it makes me think Kino was already negotiating for it.

Death Wish II isn’t Paramount if I’m not mistaken. That’s probably why they didn’t get 1.