Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[BagheeraMcGee]

I haven't seen "Cutter's Way", but "At Close Range" would be a day-one preorder. It's seriously underrated. Sean Penn is terrific in it, and Christopher Walken, for my money, has never been more chillingly evil than in this film. I liked "Miami Blues" quite a bit (both Fred Ward and Alec Baldwin were terrific), and "State of Grace" had three great performances in it (Penn, Ed Harris, and especially Gary Oldman), but it had the bad timing of coming out around the same time that "Goodfellas" did, so it suffered by comparison.

Two other Sean Penn films that Orion released that I wouldn't mind seeing TT get their hands on are "The Falcon and The Snowman" and "Colors".

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by lobo81865

Give me Dr. Syn-Alias the Scarecrow on blu, and I'll be a happy man.

I have that on DVD and the PQ is decent, considering the age of the feature:

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Syn-Scarecr...+syn+scarecrow

I'm glad I was able to get it when it was first released - paying $30 was much better than the $300 that it goes for now! But, I would also love to have the BD.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Two other Sean Penn films that Orion released that I wouldn't mind seeing TT get their hands on are "The Falcon and The Snowman" and "Colors".

The Falcon and the Snowman would be great for them. It really calls for an isolated score track. That is some of my favorite Metheny group stuff, especially the rendition with David Bowie.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Musicguy

Once it's released it will be all over the net no matter who releases it, I think Disney wants to bury it forever or else they will look pretty foolish if they suddenly turn around and release it after all these years (It not a very good film either, I remember having to sit through this on a double bill with some animated feature - wasn't a fun film for me as a kid)

There are already several vendors selling bootlegs based on previous VHS and laserdisc releases. I don't see how they would look "foolish" by eventually releasing it, as long as it's done properly. All they would have to do is play up the historical significance of the film, heavily promote the fact that James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an Oscar (albeit honorary) for his warm-hearted portrayal and so forth. I've seen it a couple of times myself, once as a kid and more recently as an adult. I agree it's not a great film, but I don't agree with your assessment that it's not very good.

[salad]

I would love an isolated score track for Nitzsche's 'Cutter's Way' music.

[Imrahil2001]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Good title, but given a preference, I'd rather go with Something Wicked This Way Comes. I'm assuming that Disney would want to hold onto something like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Something Wicked would be a great choice. Would please the Horner fans out there with an isolated score track, and it's a great little movie to boot.

[Emcg0211]

Whether they put it out themselves or license it out, Disney will still catch heat for releasing Song of the South. Doing a small scale TT release wouldn't be worth the negative press they would most definitely get. It would also sell out in no time. Look at the Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, they had much larger print run and all (if I remember correctly) sold out quickly. SOTS and other classic Disney titles seem to have to much demand to be released by TT. That being said, I can see them handing over rights to Touchstone/Hollywood Pictures releases.

[Jaymole]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

On TT's Facebook page someone posted asking about Cutter's Way, At Close Range, Miami Blues and State of Grace. TT replied back indicating that 2 of those mentioned titles would be released within the next couple of years. Hoping one of those is Cutter's Way.

4 great suggestions.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

On TT's Facebook page someone posted asking about Cutter's Way, At Close Range, Miami Blues and State of Grace. TT replied back indicating that 2 of those mentioned titles would be released within the next couple of years. Hoping one of those is Cutter's Way.

Haven't seen AT CLOSE RANGE, but I would love that!

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

I completely agree. I actually submitted Song of the South as a suggestion to Criterion a couple years ago. Of course it's a shot in the dark, but there's always hoping.

I am willing to bet that Song of the South will never be released again.

What would be a great Criterion release/ Twilight Time/ etc.. would be a small film that came out in 1981 called High Risk. It starred James Brolin, Anthony Quinn, James Cobun, Ernest Borgnine, Clevon Little and Lindsay Wagner. It has never even had a proper DVD release in anamorphic widescreen also has a great soundtrack. It has been released on DVD that looks like it was ported over from a VHS tape. The film was released by American Cinema but as far as I know it is public domain so not sure how that would effect someone aquiring the rights to it. It sure would be nice to have this fim preserved. If interested you can take a look over at youtube as the entire film is uploaded over there.

[lobo81865]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

I have that on DVD and the PQ is decent, considering the age of the feature:

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Syn-Scarecr...+syn+scarecrow

I'm glad I was able to get it when it was first released - paying $30 was much better than the $300 that it goes for now! But, I would also love to have the BD.

I have it too, and bought it when it was released, luckily. Now the after-market price is astronomical. I would surely love to have it on blu though.

[Oscar Rothman]

"May 29th - Low Quantity Alert - Less than 250 copies remain of Twilight Time's STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989)!"

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Elvis

What would be a great Criterion release/ Twilight Time/ etc.. would be a small film that came out in 1981 called High Risk. It starred James Brolin, Anthony Quinn, James Cobun, Ernest Borgnine, Clevon Little and Lindsay Wagner. It has never even had a proper DVD release in anamorphic widescreen also has a great soundtrack. It has been released on DVD that looks like it was ported over from a VHS tape. The film was released by American Cinema but as far as I know it is public domain so not sure how that would effect someone aquiring the rights to it. It sure would be nice to have this fim preserved. If interested you can take a look over at youtube as the entire film is uploaded over there.

If the film is in the Public Domain, then that would have no effect at all on someone acquiring the rights to it. Being in the Public Domain means that there's no active copyright on it.

[atfree]

Originally Posted by Elvis

I am willing to bet that Song of the South will never be released again.

What would be a great Criterion release/ Twilight Time/ etc.. would be a small film that came out in 1981 called High Risk. It starred James Brolin, Anthony Quinn, James Cobun, Ernest Borgnine, Clevon Little and Lindsay Wagner. It has never even had a proper DVD release in anamorphic widescreen also has a great soundtrack. It has been released on DVD that looks like it was ported over from a VHS tape. The film was released by American Cinema but as far as I know it is public domain so not sure how that would effect someone aquiring the rights to it. It sure would be nice to have this fim preserved. If interested you can take a look over at youtube as the entire film is uploaded over there.

Another one like this I'd love to see is 1976's "Sky Riders" with James Coburn rescuing his ex-wife and her kids from terrorist in Greece using a hang-gliding troop! Maybe Shout Factory could do a double pak with it and "High Risk" since they both feature Coburn.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by jayembee

If the film is in the Public Domain, then that would have no effect at all on someone acquiring the rights to it. Being in the Public Domain means that there's no active copyright on it.

It also means having no access to the negative or decent master material and having to rely on finding a decent copy of the film. Most PD releases end up being extremely low-quality fifth-generation dupes that look terrible on DVD and would look even worse on BD.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Aclea

It also means having no access to the negative or decent master material and having to rely on finding a decent copy of the film. Most PD releases end up being extremely low-quality fifth-generation dupes that look terrible on DVD and would look even worse on BD.

True enough. But some P.D. labels manage to do a better job of it than others. Cary Roan, who released a lot of P.D. material on DVD under The Roan Group label, had some misses, but a surprising number of hits in tracking down superior source material.

Delta/Laserlight also had found good sources for some of their releases, though unfortunately, when they had a real good-quality release, it would be watermarked so that no one else could just rip it and release it themselves.

[Wooden Lens]

Originally Posted by Oscar Rothman

"May 29th - Low Quantity Alert - Less than 250 copies remain of Twilight Time's STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989)!"

Thank you! Went ahead a picked up Steel Magnolias and Rollerball...
good excuse to get the latter

[wzollinger1]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

On TT's Facebook page someone posted asking about Cutter's Way, At Close Range, Miami Blues and State of Grace. TT replied back indicating that 2 of those mentioned titles would be released within the next couple of years. Hoping one of those is Cutter's Way.

At Close Range, Miami Blues and State of Grace are all at the top of my want list (The Falcon and the Snowman would be great as well). I already have the Australian releases of State of Grace and The Falcon and the Snowman, but I'd double dip for both titles, especially the former. I wish someone would get around to releasing The Pope of Greenwich Village as well.

[stephenwilson04]

Originally Posted by wzollinger1

At Close Range, Miami Blues and State of Grace are all at the top of my want list (The Falcon and the Snowman would be great as well). I already have the Australian releases of State of Grace and The Falcon and the Snowman, but I'd double dip for both titles, especially the former. I wish someone would get around to releasing The Pope of Greenwich Village as well.

I'd kill for a blu-ray of Miami Blues, probably a Hare Krishna by breaking his wrist and giving him a heart attack (it's in the film people, before I get moaned at lol).

[Aunt Peg]

I received my most recent Twilight order last week:

Broadway Danny Rose
The Thunderbirds Films
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Used Cars
Rollerball