Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[El Sleezo]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We may do a noir set, but nothing is confirmed. Three of the films we renewed from the previous deal will now be released as a set.

Interested to see if it's the 3 3D films I spent a bit too much on lol.

[BNex99]

I'm hoping for Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet at some point, either on BD or UHD. There's a 4K restoration of it that's just been sitting on a hard drive somewhere for the past 6 years or so, while the old, squished HD master continues to be distributed on disc in various countries (though not the US).

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

It's either coming from another label or by the studio, we asked for it, it was originally cleared, but then removed.

Hmm. That's interesting to say the least. I wonder if someone was still in negotiations for it when you asked for it initially. If so, could be Shout if they made another deal or Arrow with their rumored deal. Either way, would have been nice to have another John Frankenheimer film under Kino.

[exzachary]

Originally Posted by cloudnine

I hope so too, but the Insider recently said most of Paramount's Euro titles negatives reside in Europe so I highly doubt it.

Thanks, I missed that. I guess that probably also rules out Visconti’s adaptation of The Stranger.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by cloudnine

I hope so too, but the Insider recently said most of Paramount's Euro titles negatives reside in Europe so I highly doubt it.

Are there any Euro Paramount titles that already have good HD scans that haven't been put on Blu-ray in the US? The ones that Kino wouldn't have to restore since it's already been done.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by willo007

@ Kino Lorber Insider, is there communication with Universal for the Savoy Pictures library, Last Of The Dogmen is coming out soon, but am wondering when these are getting a BD release:

No Escape, A Bronx Tale, Lightning Jack, Exit to Eden, Three Wishes, Steal Big Steal Little , White Man's Burden and The Walking Dead (military movie)

Most of these, if not all are no longer with Universal.

We acquired DOGMEN from the producer.

[NeilZ]

So the latest means we can scratch off the following from the UHD potentials as they had no USA blu ray releases:

Romeo and Juliette (1968)
Match Point
Double Jeopardy
Red Eye

I’m sure some others?

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by willo007

@ Kino Lorber Insider, is there communication with Universal for the Savoy Pictures library, Last Of The Dogmen is coming out soon, but am wondering when these are getting a BD release:

No Escape, A Bronx Tale, Lightning Jack, Exit to Eden, Three Wishes, Steal Big Steal Little , White Man's Burden and The Walking Dead (military movie)

Kino got Last Of The Dogmen from one of the producers (Pathe?)

No Escape/Escape from Absolom is with one of it's Australian or UK producers (who Umbrella licenced their BD from).

TriBeCa Productions acquired US distribution rights to A Bronx Tale from Universal. They wanted a high asking price and a label (believed to be Criterion) supposedly met their ransom price and were working on a new restoration.

Lightning Jack was produced by Village Roadshow (with VS releasing it in Australia, Savoy in the US, and Buena Vista overseas). US rights are now believed to be with Warner distributing for Village Roadshow (Warner are VS's main distribution and production partner).

All the Rysher productions that Savoy distributed (which includes Three Wishes, Exit to Eden, White Man's Burden, ect.) are with Paramount (they own the Spelling Entertainment unit that purchased Rysher).

I know for a fact Universal controls Steal Big, Steal Little and The Walking Dead (1996) as there were HD streams with a Focus Features logo attached.

[colbyco82]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

They've all sold well, the silent films we had released had performed poorly. We have no plans of releasing the rest of these at least not as part of the next deal we're working on.

Kino has done really well by Fields, releasing all of what I would consider his essential films. The only one I thought strange to be left out was Poppy (1936). It’s not top shelf Fields, but it’s still has Fields playing one of his signature characters during his prime.

[cloudnine]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

I don't know about The Shadow of Chikara, if I had to guess, I'd say no, it's been bootlegged multiple times. But I think the other Bing Crosby Productions and with Paramount. In the past we've released other BC productions like Special Delivery and The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.

Kino Insider - Can you or your boss ask Paramount specifically for these 2 titles: Arnold and Terror in the Wax Museum? As you know, horror is the top collected genre and these would be big enough sellers.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Paramount only had TV rights to Chikara (inherited from Viacom). It's probably with the producers no doubt.

Terror in the Wax Museum has some sort of film elements issues. The TV cut (currently streaming in HD at places like AV) seems to be the only surviving version as the elements to the theatrical cut are lost or were destroyed.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

TriBeCa Productions acquired US distribution rights to A Bronx Tale from Universal. They wanted a high asking price and a label (believed to be Criterion) supposedly met their ransom price and were working on a new restoration.

.

Well, hopefully it's coming with a new restoration. Fantastic film.

[drumber42]

I refresh this thread all day because I don't wanna miss The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly slipcover sale lol. Does anybody know of a way to set up an alert with keywords? Either natively in the form, or RSS, etc? TIA

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by drumber42

I refresh this thread all day because I don't wanna miss The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly slipcover sale lol. Does anybody know of a way to set up an alert with keywords? Either natively in the form, or RSS, etc? TIA

Don't let them catch you slipping!

(Sorry. And I hope you get one!)

[BorisKarloffice]

Has Dragonslayer been ruled out as one of the 80s titles for any reason? That's one of my most desired Paramount flicks

[BunyipPouch]

The new 4K restoration of Monsieur Hire looks gorgeous, a new trailer just came out a few days ago. Can't wait for this to be announced by Cohen/Kino.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQJHsjZ3QBY

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by BNex99

I'm hoping for Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet at some point, either on BD or UHD. There's a 4K restoration of it that's just been sitting on a hard drive somewhere for the past 6 years or so, while the old, squished HD master continues to be distributed on disc in various countries (though not the US).

Brother Sun, Sister Moon would be nice as well

[captveg]

Originally Posted by BorisKarloffice

Has Dragonslayer been ruled out as one of the 80s titles for any reason? That's one of my most desired Paramount flicks

No, it has not been ruled out for a BD release, as it could be one of the 43 not yet released on BD in the US that they licensed. However, it has been ruled out for a 4K UHD release.

Dragonslayer is a title that makes sense for Kino to license since Paramount only has US rights (Disney has international rights), so Paramount may have less incentive to release it themselves. Paramount did end up releasing Popeye themselves despite similar circumstances, however, so who really knows.

[jkoffman]

Originally Posted by drumber42

I refresh this thread all day because I don't wanna miss The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly slipcover sale lol. Does anybody know of a way to set up an alert with keywords? Either natively in the form, or RSS, etc? TIA

You can subscribe to the thread and then use a filter with your email service.

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[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by NeilZ

So the latest means we can scratch off the following from the UHD potentials as they had no USA blu ray releases:

Romeo and Juliette (1968)
Match Point
Double Jeopardy
Red Eye

I’m sure some others?

I'll take all of those in Blu-ray especially Match Point. I'd put money on the table that Red Eye is with Shout and maybe Double Jeopardy. Maybe. Match Point is the one I want the most out of those though.