Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

I’ll get the ball rolling with a couple Kino titles:

Madigan
Coogan’s Bluff

Originally Posted by AKORIS

The Laughing Policeman

Hickey & Boggs

Busting

Thank you both, I’ll be looking more into those. Too bad Hickey and Boggs appears to be OOP.

[Rzzzz]

[mja345]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Ive been really into 70s, 80s gritty cop films lately (Dirty Harry type). Any recommendations of such films released by Kino (or any other label)? Ive picked up a few lately & have a couple of others coming in the mail like Bullitt & The Stone Killer. I got Brannigan last week also.

Below is a list that loosely fit your criteria that I really like:

Busting
Cops and Robbers
I, The Jury
The Laughing Policeman
Madigan
Newman's Law
PJ
The Black Marble
Report to the Commissioner (OOP, great film worth tracking down)
The Silent Partner (not a cop film, but gritty 70s crime film)
Across 110th Street (OOP, but great film that just got a new release from Imprint)

[trentdiesel]

Originally Posted by mja345

Below is a list that loosely fit your criteria that I really like:

Busting
Cops and Robbers
I, The Jury
The Laughing Policeman
Madigan
Newman's Law
PJ
The Black Marble
Report to the Commissioner (OOP, great film worth tracking down)
The Silent Partner (not a cop film, but gritty 70s crime film)
Across 110th Street (OOP, but great film that just got a new release from Imprint)

Great list, I second all the recommendations, lots of solid films here, PJ may be my pick of the bunch, but I enjoyed all of these quite a bit

[Tom Sharky]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Ive been really into 70s, 80s gritty cop films lately (Dirty Harry type). Any recommendations of such films released by Kino (or any other label)? Ive picked up a few lately & have a couple of others coming in the mail like Bullitt & The Stone Killer. I got Brannigan last week also.

I included some movies on my list below that weren't straight cop thrillers but were more crime thrillers instead. "Bullitt" was a very good pick on your part. I like "The Stone Killer", as I'm a Bronson fan but some people don't like it.

Non-Kino movies:
"The French Connection" (probably should be near the top of your list)
"Sharky's Machine" (not as gritty as Dirty Harry and cheesier but I enjoy it)
"Heat" (90s crime movie but I really like this one)
"48 Hrs"

Kino movies:
"The Laughing Policeman"
"Across 110th Street"
"Charley Varrick" (not a cop movie but a crime thriller)
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (also not a cop movie but a crime thriller)

[HorrorBlu]

Did they say they have some Republic Pictures in their Paramount deal? Maybe Kino is the one doing Invisible Maniac?

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Tom Sharky

I included some movies on my list below that weren't straight cop thrillers but were more crime thrillers instead. "Bullitt" was a very good pick on your part. I like "The Stone Killer", as I'm a Bronson fan but some people don't like it.

Non-Kino movies:
"The French Connection" (probably should be near the top of your list)
"Sharky's Machine" (not as gritty as Dirty Harry and cheesier but I enjoy it)
"Heat" (90s crime movie but I really like this one)
"48 Hrs"

Kino movies:
"The Laughing Policeman"
"Across 110th Street"
"Charley Varrick" (not a cop movie but a crime thriller)
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (also not a cop movie but a crime thriller)

Thanks. I have Sharky’s Machine just haven’t seen it yet. French Connection, Heat, Taking of Pelham 123 & 48 hrs I have seen. Bullitt & The Stone Liller we’re both blind buys for me based on the trailers.

[EVOLVIST]

Say, has there been many KL releases that have gone OOP, yet have come back into print at some point?

[hawkikwah]

This thread really needs to shake the Beach Party sand out of it’s vag

[Shanghai Express]

Originally Posted by hawkikwah

This thread really needs to shake the Beach Party sand out of its white boomer ballsack

Fixed

[drumber42]

Originally Posted by Shanghai Express

Fixed

*perpetuated

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by evolvist

say, has there been many kl releases that have gone oop, yet have come back into print at some point?

f/x

[albert_m2]

Originally Posted by Tom Sharky

I included some movies on my list below that weren't straight cop thrillers but were more crime thrillers instead. "Bullitt" was a very good pick on your part. I like "The Stone Killer", as I'm a Bronson fan but some people don't like it.

Non-Kino movies:
"The French Connection" (probably should be near the top of your list)
"Sharky's Machine" (not as gritty as Dirty Harry and cheesier but I enjoy it)
"Heat" (90s crime movie but I really like this one)
"48 Hrs"

Kino movies:
"The Laughing Policeman"
"Across 110th Street"
"Charley Varrick" (not a cop movie but a crime thriller)
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (also not a cop movie but a crime thriller)

Good list and also, yeah Charley Varrick isn't a cop movie, but two great leads from that era and just a fun movie.

[EVOLVIST]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

f/x

That 1986 film?

[Jorvic]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Ive been really into 70s, 80s gritty cop films lately (Dirty Harry type). Any recommendations of such films released by Kino (or any other label)? Ive picked up a few lately & have a couple of others coming in the mail like Bullitt & The Stone Killer. I got Brannigan last week also.

I would recommend Aldrich's Hustle – though as far as I am aware, it is still not released on Blu-ray.

[jkoffman]

Originally Posted by EVOLVIST

That 1986 film?

Yes, both went out of print and were rereleased as a set.


Similarly with these two sequels which went out of print and then were rereleased with these collections.

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by EVOLVIST

That 1986 film?

Yes, reissued as a double feature with F/X2.

The first Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema box set went out of print and is being reissued next month.

A bunch of Code Red/Scorpion limited runs have been reissued this year if I remember correctly.

I'm sure I'm missing others but it's not very frequent, especially compared to the total number of titles KLSC releases. The titles most recently added to WSL would be likely candidates if their rightsholders permitted it: KLI has said that Dan Curtis TV movies all sold well, but Disney would not permit them to renew, and the Bava titles are going out of print because the new rightsholder is asking too much to renew. But (from an outsider's perspective) it is unusual for KL to choose not to renew a license and then go back and reacquire it for a release in the same format.

[rdf8585]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

The Laughing Policeman

Hickey & Boggs

Busting

Haven't seen Hickey & Boggs but the other two are a lot of fun.

Laughing Policeman features Walter Matthau in a great role with tons of location shooting in San Francisco, really brings you back to another time. It's a Fox title so who knows how much longer it will be out there.

Busting is another great one of the era - here's one of the film's best scenes, if you want to peek.

[rocknblues81]

Originally Posted by ZzZzZzZ

I've never cared for those movies, but really, there's always been a ton of women who love those films. It's not one of your "white man" problems.

It's so tired.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Yes, old pros Bob Cummings and Dorothy Malone are quite prominent in BEACH PARTY, rather than just doing cameos.

"Hooting, Hooting"

Robert Cummings and Dorothy Malone are not big enough stars, we've released films by both, but always co-starring bigger actors.