Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[Rayjg]

Hopefully they re-license Cast a Giant Shadow. Somehow I completely missed that one.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Shanghai Express

March 28th title coming up?

We've announced everything for March, I made a mistake and said there were four March 28th titles to be announced during the holiday week when in reality there were only two, the others were for March 14th and 21st.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Hopefully they re-license Cast a Giant Shadow. Somehow I completely missed that one.

Sorry, but it didn't do well on Blu-ray, it was actually a much better selling title on DVD, which outsold the Blu-ray 7/8 to 1.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by gkolb

Wow! Martha Raye gets top billing, Bob Hope, and Andy Devine. I think I’ve seen this once long ago on late night tv.

Can’t wait. Day One. The Big Broadcast of 1938 next, please!!!

Yeah, Dorothy Lamour was billed ahead of Hope for the first ROAD TO movie.

[cloudnine]

Kino Insider - would you know if Terror In The Wax Museum is with another label?

[SanCarolina59]

KLI,

Great news about The Glass Web, I'm very happy to see the issues surrounding it get resolved. In the same vein, I was wondering for the 1940s noirs in the Uni deal, are any of them also films that have had prior/solved legal issues, at least to your recollection? Thanks again.

[Shanghai Express]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We've announced everything for March, I made a mistake and said there were four March 28th titles to be announced during the holiday week when in reality there were only two, the others were for March 14th and 21st.

I was thinking of Search For Beauty, for which I'm eagerly awaiting the cover art and specs.

[Jlouisbarrett]

KL Insider, what are the odds of Kino releasing the 90s Parker Posey black comedy classic, “The House of Yes” on Blu-ray? Fun City announced “Party Girl” today which reminded me of the fact that THoY still has no Blu-ray release anywhere in the world, and this must be corrected ASAP!

[FrancisP]

Originally Posted by Jobla

On a special episode of Siskel and Ebert, entitled "Buried Treasures," Ebert spoke glowingly of Paul Bartel's PRIVATE PARTS (1972), as well as INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS.

Invasion of the Bee Girls sounded so ridiculous that I looked at it. I found it to be an enjoyable movie. It was co-written by Nicholas Meyer.

[OceanBlue]

Feel like I've checked out the Jennifer Jones/Joseph Cotton-starring film Love Letters (1945) before, but I might be getting confused with a Warner Bros. film with a similar plot. The mention of "film noir" initially was the hook for me with the KL announcement of Love Letters, but the more I read, the more I wanted to put it on the list of recently announced KL titles I hope to eventually get. Nice front cover artwork as well.

[SkinnyTwist]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Feel like I've checked out the Jennifer Jones/Joseph Cotton-starring film Love Letters (1945) before, but I might be getting confused with a Warner Bros. film with a similar plot. [...]

I had the same feeling, was sure I'd seen that one before. but it's not in my Ratings database, so I must be confusing it with something else. Looking forward to it, though.

[Fdup Flix]

Originally Posted by Jaymole

Yes, I remember her, she was in the Filipino film Breakfast at Jollibee's

I don’t know if I’m the only who got this joke, but i cannot stop laughing.

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by Jlouisbarrett

KL Insider, what are the odds of Kino releasing the 90s Parker Posey black comedy classic, “The House of Yes” on Blu-ray? Fun City announced “Party Girl” today which reminded me of the fact that THoY still has no Blu-ray release anywhere in the world, and this must be corrected ASAP!

Would love to see Dinner At Fred’s get a release. I’m not even sure if this is available on any kind of format in the world. I’m pretty sure def not in the USA at all. Same era of Parker Posey as House of Yes. She’s not the lead but has a good supporting role. Quite a quirky Christmas movie. I randomly saw it streaming on Amazon Prime a handful of years ago. It looked like it was ripped from a laserdisc or something. I believe it may not even be available digitally any longer. Would love to see this obscure Posey oddity get some life.

[hawkikwah]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Hopefully they re-license Cast a Giant Shadow. Somehow I completely missed that one.

I missed it too but then ended up catching it on streaming and thought it was kind of a bust, especially considering the cast. Plus if I’m recalling correctly, the disc is absolutely bare bones w no special features at all.

[BarnDoor]

I think most of us figured the 40s Paramount title would be Sorry, Wrong Number, but with Shout releasing that in March, it'll be interesting to see what it actually is.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by playingphysicist

In America, they entered PD with the film itself on Jan 1st, except the titles and scores used (though since Metropolis had a score written for it when it was released, some one else can just play the same music). Restorations are not copyrightable separately in the US.

Then there is hope for all the Disney movies, since they have been doing tons of restorations for the sake of exploiting the copyright laws for a while now (including the original versions of Star Wars and Song Of The South).

The downside of the restorations entering the public domain is that some studios will just ax their plans to restore old movies and deem it unprofitable, when in reality we'd still pay for quality restorations of PD movies.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

My favorite back and forths involving Ebert are:

1. His evisceration of all things Deuce Bigalow, in spite of Rob Schneider's protestations.
2. His rejoinder to Vincent Gallo, who called Ebert fat after Ebert tore apart The Brown Bunny. Ebert's response: "He is angry at me because I said his 'The Brown Bunny' was the worst movie in the history of the Cannes Film Festival. It is true that I am fat, but one day I will be thin, and he will still be the director of 'The Brown Bunny'.”

Originally Posted by whiteberry

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...4#post20733194

You two just made my day. Between the hard laugh I got over the Brown Bunny remark and the joy I got over Little Darlings (which I just missed an OG copy of during a bout with Covid), this is gonna be a good day.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by cloudnine

You may be right about MC's release but Umbrella (Australia) will do it right, remastered and in the correct 1.66:1 ratio. I believe they obtained it from Studio Canal.

MC most likely ported either a 16mm print or a VHS tape for their DVD. Like I said earlier, something would have to go seriously wrong at Umbrella for their Blu-ray to not be significantly better than the MC DVD.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by cloudnine

What other Paramount titles are held up besides Goodbar, The Keep, The Godfather re-shuffle?

"Held up"? As in there's a certain force stopping it besides Paramount just didn't drop it? Aside from those three and Darlings, the only title that may qualify (thanks to some money-hungry plaintiffs and/or their lawyers) is Romeo And Juliet from 1968, which I assume we'll find out one way or another if that's still on with Criterion.

Originally Posted by cloudnine

The Kino Insider said it's coming in 2023 from another label so you know it's happening.

As long as it doesn't devolve into a Drop Dead Fred situation, I'll be happy. The labels I think would have it are Paramount Presents (who can charge more than regular Paramount and get away with it), Shout (bit of a long shot there), or Lionsgate/Vestron (who were rumored to have the rights back in the day). We know KL doesn't have it for two reasons, one they said so right now, and two they said they weren't taking on any Paramount titles with music issues.

If I'm not mistaken Darlings was estimated at close to $1 million by KLI, and Goodbar was estimated by KLI at "millions".

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Sorry, but it didn't do well on Blu-ray, it was actually a much better selling title on DVD, which outsold the Blu-ray 7/8 to 1.

Didn't realize the DVD format is still as relevant as the day it premiered. I guess there are enough people out there who will never know, or care, about the benefits of higher quality formats