Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Akijama]

U.S. classic film distributor Twilight Time has pacted with London-based Protagonist Pictures on U.S. distrib rights to a package of Film4 movies.

Announced at the Lumiere Festical’s first Classic Films Market in Lyon, the acquisitions pack a powerful punch, catching a part Film4-driven renaissance in British filmmaking. They include: Four Ken Loach films – “Riff Raff,” “Raining Stones,” “Carla’s Song” and “Fatherland” – the debut features from Neal Jordon (1982’s “Angel”) and Paul Greengrass (1986’s “Resurrected”), anti-nuclear war animated feature “Where the Wind Blows,” Shekhar Kapur’s “Bandit Queen,” “A Month in the Country,” starring a young Colin Firth and Kenneth Brannagh, and Alan Clarke’s “Rita, Sue and Bob Too!”

U.S releases will be half and half, 2014/15, made on 3,000-unit Blu-ray issues.

http://variety.com/2013/film/interna...rk-1200750794/

[onetet]

Originally Posted by Akijama

http://variety.com/2013/film/interna...rk-1200750794/

U.S. classic film distributor Twilight Time has pacted with London-based Protagonist Pictures on U.S. distrib rights to a package of Film4 movies.

Announced at the Lumiere Festical’s first Classic Films Market in Lyon, the acquisitions pack a powerful punch, catching a part Film4-driven renaissance in British filmmaking. They include: Four Ken Loach films – “Riff Raff,” “Raining Stones,” “Carla’s Song” and “Fatherland” – the debut features from Neal Jordon (1982’s “Angel”) and Paul Greengrass (1986’s “Resurrected”), anti-nuclear war animated feature “Where the Wind Blows,” Shekhar Kapur’s “Bandit Queen,” “A Month in the Country,” starring a young Colin Firth and Kenneth Brannagh, and Alan Clarke’s “Rita, Sue and Bob Too!”

U.S releases will be half and half, 2014/15, made on 3,000-unit Blu-ray issues.

Hmm... some great and important films there, and mostly titles I wouldn't have expected to see on US BD anytime soon. I'm definitely in for the Paul Greengrass and Alan Clarke films, unless we see cheaper/superior releases in other regions first.

[EddieLarkin]

I assume if they do see U.K. releases they'll be from 4dvd, who have been very spotty when it comes to Blu-ray (a lot of 1080i50 crap jobs), so I guess it's good there will be other options if necessary.

[krasnoludek]

Thank you SAE for not updating the links on your homepage to the preorders, despite them now being live in your searchable catalog*. And where is the signed promo for Oliver!?!?!

*Links up now, but 5 minutes after preorder time. (updated 4:05pm)

[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

I assume if they do see U.K. releases they'll be from 4dvd, who have been very spotty when it comes to Blu-ray (a lot of 1080i50 crap jobs), so I guess it's good there will be other options if necessary.

well who do you think would be supplying TT with the masters/transfers?
wouldn't it be the same people?
just wondering.

[DrunkenPumpkin]

So where are they?

[Arkadin]

btw: Oliver, Jane Eyre, The Way We Were pre-orders are LIVE now.

[SpartanIre]

Originally Posted by krasnoludek

Thank you SAE for not updating the links on your homepage to the preorders, despite them now being live in your searchable catalog*. And where is the signed promo for Oliver!?!?!

*Links up now, but 5 minutes after preorder time. (updated 4:05pm)

The pre-orders are in the middle of the page for "New DVD Releases" window...
And I did not see the pre-order for the signed Oliver either.

[Arkadin]

here for the regular pre-orders--
http://www.screenarchives.com/displa...m?category=546

[EddieLarkin]

They never put up the promo discs on the same day as the pre-orders, for blindingly obvious reasons. They usually come a month after.

Originally Posted by Arkadin

well who do you think would be supplying TT with the masters/transfers?
wouldn't it be the same people?
just wondering.

Ah, yeah I guess you're right for the most part, unless 4dvd tinker about at the encoding stage.

[Arkadin]

well hopefully 1080i/50 won't be happening--cause that ain't gonna work for most people in the US.

[Skorpius]

In for Oliver! and Jane Eyre. Added Roots of Heaven, too.

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

They never put up the promo discs on the same day as the pre-orders, for blindingly obvious reasons. They usually come a month after.

Never? Promo copies of Christine were the same day as the pre-order.

[EddieLarkin]

Originally Posted by krasnoludek

Never? Promo copies of Christine were the same day as the pre-order.

No they weren't.

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

No they weren't.

Yeah you're right, they were something like 3 weeks after the pre-order went up I think.

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

No they weren't.

Man, here I went looking up my order from SAE thinking it for sure sold the same day the regular copies sold out, but you're right, the autographed release was March 8. What a feeding frenzy both dates were, the original and then the signed copy.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Akijama

http://variety.com/2013/film/interna...rk-1200750794/

The Film4 deal is undoubtedly great news, though I can't say I'm totally enthused by any of the specified titles. I'd be very happy if the deal resulted in Blu-Ray releases of Bille August's The Best Intentions, Terence Davies' The Neon Bible or Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books.

The most exciting part of that article though is this:

“We want to have world cinema, not just American cinema,” Redman said at the Lumiere Festival’s Marche du Film Classique, which he attended with Jamieson to begin negotiating French titles.

It's great that TT are finally expanding their horizons, as it's what I've always thought their model was perfect for - plucking out the jewels of cinema from relative obscurity and giving them HD releases. I have high hopes.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Yami

The Film4 deal is undoubtedly great news, though I can't say I'm totally enthused by any of the specified titles. I'd be very happy if the deal resulted in Blu-Ray releases of Bille August's The Best Intentions, Terence Davies' The Neon Bible or Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books.

The most exciting part of that article though is this:



It's great that TT are finally expanding their horizons, as it's what I've always thought their model was perfect for - plucking out the jewels of cinema from relative obscurity and giving them HD releases. I have high hopes.

well thanks for dashing my hopes on THOSE two titles

[Skorpius]

I've wanted Fatherland for a long time. I'll be looking forward to that.

[Paul.R.S]

Originally Posted by Akijama

http://variety.com/2013/film/interna...rk-1200750794/

"Neal Jordon"? Sorry to nitpick at Variety here but sheesh their copy editing has gone to the dogs since the sale of the company. I could forgive misspelling "festival" in the second sentence. But Neil Jordan won an Oscar. One would think the (once-) leading movie biz trade paper could spell his name right.