Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[NoirFan]

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TT would never release ANY of those films in a million years.

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by jah13

I'm talking about:
STEWARDESS SCHOOL
GIVE ME AN "F"
PORKY'S and sequels
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
BACHELOR PARTY
MISCHIEF
etc.

I don't think there's a Goldsmith or Herrmann in there.

Gotcha - misunderstood your post.

Although a digital version of Adrian Zmed's song would be oh so fine...

[jah13]

Originally Posted by popeflick

No, you seem to imply their 'scores' are songs from not very noteworthy composers. Bernard Hermann? Goldsmith? Top notch guys, but you should know that here...

I thought I made clear that TT has been releasing films with scores from top composers, the maestros of the field. My initial post was questioning the "score merits" of the aforementioned '80s sex comedies.

[filmczy]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

I'm approaching The Only Game In Town like The Wayward Bus...yet another lost red-haired stepchild finally coming home. Same level of curiosity Blu-Velvet...especially regarding its Jarre score, which I've never heard. Coming at the tail-end of Taylor's mid/late-60s string of 'serious actrice' flops, I just can't resist its odd - probably more like strange - fading star allure. Which alone makes it a TT natural...much like Woodward's The Stripper if they ever decide to resurrect that one too.

"yet another lost red-haired stepchild finally coming home"

WTF does that mean?

[jah13]

Originally Posted by popeflick

gotcha - misunderstood your post. although a digital version of adrian zmed's song would be oh so fine...

ok.

[jah13]

Originally Posted by filmczy

"yet another lost red-haired stepchild finally coming home"

WTF does that mean?

He means a much-maligned--later to be mostly forgotten--film from a well-known director, and that therefore has gained something of a curiosity factor over the years due to the big names involved and the unavailability of the title.

[Banned User]

I hope any future contracts TT makes with studio's they try and get in a clause where if a title sells out on preorder they are allowed to print 1000 more or something. Its not the consumers fault or TT's that the studio's misjudge the audience for a film.

[ROclockCK]

Originally Posted by filmczy

"yet another lost red-haired stepchild finally coming home"

WTF does that mean?

"Lost" = missing in action (stuck in the studio vault).

"Red-haired stepchild" = a child who is obviously not your own, a child who is treated worse than other children in the family (an unwanted, neglected video title).

"Coming Home = returning to the family (finally getting a home video release)

Just shorthand filmczy...

[Yojimbo]

Here are all the amounts of copies remaining as of the time of this post for anyone that is interested. The only one I couldn't get a count on was The Fury.

419- The Egyptian
463- Bye Bye Birdy
725- The Big Heat
856- Our Man Flint
1077- Lost Horizon
1084- Experiment in Terror
1102- Steel Magnolias
1169- Enemy Mine
1178- In Like Flint
1217- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
1299- Nicholas and Alexandra
1344- As Good as It Gets
1355- High Time
1397- Cover Girl
1436- Bonjour Tristesse
1451- The Wayward Bus
1511- The Rains of Ranchipur
1551- Bell, Book and Candle
1559- The Sound and the Fury
1691- Beloved Infidel
1712- Demetrius and the Gladiators
1726- Picnic
1749- Pony Soldier
1868- The Blue Lagoon
1964- Swamp Water
2039- Pal Joey
2081- Bite the Bullet
2159- Rapture
2160- The Roots of Heaven
2166- Desiree

[larry47591]

The fury - 1645

[Yojimbo]

Originally Posted by larry47591

The fury - 1645

Thanks! Here's the full list...

419- The Egyptian
463- Bye Bye Birdy
725- The Big Heat
856- Our Man Flint
1077- Lost Horizon
1084- Experiment in Terror
1102- Steel Magnolias
1169- Enemy Mine
1178- In Like Flint
1217- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
1299- Nicholas and Alexandra
1344- As Good as It Gets
1355- High Time
1397- Cover Girl
1436- Bonjour Tristesse
1451- The Wayward Bus
1511- The Rains of Ranchipur
1551- Bell, Book and Candle
1559- The Sound and the Fury
1645- The Fury
1691- Beloved Infidel
1712- Demetrius and the Gladiators
1726- Picnic
1749- Pony Soldier
1868- The Blue Lagoon
1964- Swamp Water
2039- Pal Joey
2081- Bite the Bullet
2159- Rapture
2160- The Roots of Heaven
2166- Desiree

[NoirFan]

I guarantee there are more on the way for Bye Bye Birdie (no 'below 500' notice yet, and doubtful this has sold 2,500 copies regardless), Lost Horizon, and maybe a few others, but the Big Heat and Enemy Mine numbers are likely 'final'.

[BarnDoor]

Is that official? I don't remember there being an announcement on the stock of Bye Bye Birdy.

Might have to jump on The Big Heat if that one goes to 500 soon.

[JoeDeM]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

856- Our Man Flint
1178- In Like Flint

I would have thought that anyone who bought Our Man Flint would also pick up In Like Flint. Maybe they're waiting for the sale on Mar 8

[jah13]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I guarantee there are more on the way for Bye Bye Birdie (no 'below 500' notice yet, and doubtful this has sold 2,500 copies regardless), Lost Horizon, and maybe a few others, but the Big Heat and Enemy Mine numbers are likely 'final'.

Meaning that this cart count may be reflective of what SAE has in stock for each title not the total number of unsold units...am I correct that this is what you're getting at?

[NoirFan]

Yes, although for some titles, in-stock and total remaining are the same - Egyptian, and probably the others I listed.

[Yojimbo]

Originally Posted by JoeDeM

I would have thought that anyone who bought Our Man Flint would also pick up In Like Flint. Maybe they're waiting for the sale on Mar 8

Are there actually sales for TT?

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

Are there actually sales for TT?

they mean the sale as in Buy over $100.00 worth of TT DVDs/ Blus and you can get an autographed copy of Christine by keith gordon starts at 4pm CST.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

Thanks! Here's the full list...

419- The Egyptian
463- Bye Bye Birdy
725- The Big Heat
856- Our Man Flint
1077- Lost Horizon
1084- Experiment in Terror
1102- Steel Magnolias
1169- Enemy Mine
1178- In Like Flint
1217- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
1299- Nicholas and Alexandra
1344- As Good as It Gets
1355- High Time
1397- Cover Girl
1436- Bonjour Tristesse
1451- The Wayward Bus
1511- The Rains of Ranchipur
1551- Bell, Book and Candle
1559- The Sound and the Fury
1645- The Fury
1691- Beloved Infidel
1712- Demetrius and the Gladiators
1726- Picnic
1749- Pony Soldier
1868- The Blue Lagoon
1964- Swamp Water
2039- Pal Joey
2081- Bite the Bullet
2159- Rapture
2160- The Roots of Heaven
2166- Desiree

This list is helpful. I just placed an order for Those Magnificent Men, Lost Horizon, Nicholas and Alexandra, As Good As it Gets and Experiment in Terror. I'd hate to wait too long and miss out. thanks

[LucasM2012]

Originally Posted by JoeDeM

I would have thought that anyone who bought Our Man Flint would also pick up In Like Flint. Maybe they're waiting for the sale on Mar 8

Not for me. I love Our Man Flint, but In Like Flint goes into camp instead of just strong tongue-in-cheek nudging of the spy genre. In In Like The acting is poor (i.e. a few flubbed lines), the core plot concept isn't strong enough or fleshed out enough to sustain a feature film (at least the way it is presented), and Flint himself is turned into a chauvinist @$$hole to top it all off.

So I'm not all that surprised at the numbers for 'In Like' being lower than 'Our Man'. Frankly, I'm surprised the sales numbers are as close as they are.