Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[captveg]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Kino Insider - Does the Universal deal include any more titles that were released on HD-DVD but are still awaiting the jump to Blu-ray? If so, can you say how many? I think the list is down to just these:

Accepted
Balls of Fury
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Channels
Evening
Half Baked
The Hitcher (2007)
The Pianist (is this with StudioCanal now?)
The River
White Noise 2

White Noise 2 was just released by Mill Creek as a double feature with Rosewood Lane under it's alternate title White Noise: The Light.

You forgot The War (1994).

Channels was released by Vanguard, not Universal.

(And before someone else mentions it, The Getaway (1994) was released on HD-DVD by Universal, but the rights are now with Warner).

[rocknblues81]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

So my order has said processing since March 7th. Is anyone in the same boat? It normally doesn't take this long, and just wanted to see if I was the only one having this issue right now?

Placed mine on the 8th and it still says “new”.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

Placed mine on the 8th and it still says “new”.

OK, I'm guessing they just have a ton of orders or something.

[Cooper67]

Mine was placed on the 11th and its shipped and arriving on saturday. Everything i ordered must have been in stock.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming Soon From Scorpion Releasing!
Distributed by Kino Lorber!

Pretty Smart (1987)
• Brand New 2K Master
• Optional English Subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer

A young woman (Tricia Leigh Fisher, Stick, CHUD 2) is forced to attend a posh finishing school in the Mediterranean. She vents her anger by rebelling against the cruel and sicko headmaster. When she discovers that he has been taking pictures of the students behind their backs, she teams up with the other girls (including Patricia Arquette, True Romance, Stigmata, Trouble Bound) and rebel against him. Co-starring Joely Fisher (TVs Ellen, Till Death, Inspector Gadget) and Dennis Cole (TVs Felony Squad, Brackens World).

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[whiteberry]

Pretty Smart Trailer - YouTube

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Cooper67

Mine was placed on the 11th and its shipped and arriving on saturday. Everything i ordered must have been in stock.

Hmm. Is there a way of knowing what's out of stock? It didn't seem like anything I ordered was out of stock.

[Shanghai Express]

@KLI When will the March 31st releases be shipped?

[Cooper67]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Hmm. Is there a way of knowing what's out of stock? It didn't seem like anything I ordered was out of stock.

I dont think there is anyway to tell. You may have to call their 1 800 number to find out.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by cjamescook

How about:

KL Insider:

I note that copyright expirations have finally started to move forward again. Would you please comment how this does/does not make acquisitions by KL any easier?

(By expirations, I meant that anything copyrighted 1923 or earlier expired in 2019. The copyright for anything copyrighted in 1924 or earlier expired in 2020. I admit that films in the 1920s were silent, but it's still a valid question. It will be interesting when movies copyrights from the 1930s start expiring.)

Just trying to do my part to get away from "do you have" or "does <insert studio> have" questions. And I'm genuinely interested.

Thanks in advance.

We're not a PD company waiting for titles to become Public Domain, so we could care less about copyright expiration. You still need to deal with the studio to get access to the needed and best film elements. So even if a film is PD, it would still require a deal between our label and the studio.

The PD labels could of course release these films once the film's copyright expires, but it would most likely be from a print.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by larrys

KL Insider:

Would you be able to give a general timeframe of when you expect to release The Black Marble and Tender Mercies? Thank you.

No dates yet. Maybe in the Fall.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Kino Insider - Does the Universal deal include any more titles that were released on HD-DVD but are still awaiting the jump to Blu-ray? If so, can you say how many? I think the list is down to just these:

Accepted
Balls of Fury
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Evening
Half Baked
The Hitcher (2007)
The Pianist (is this with StudioCanal now?)
The River
The War

We announced Hollywoodland which was an HD-DVD release. The Pianist is with Studiocanal and another label. We currently have 2 of these, maybe more later.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We announced Hollywoodland which was an HD-DVD release. The Pianist is with Studiocanal and another label. We currently have 2 of these, maybe more later.

I'm hoping one of them is Half Baked. Pretty surprised this never got a Blu-ray before.

I'm guessing the other label is Criterion with the Pianist.

[BarnDoor]

I think one is almost certainly The River, since they have 5 titles from 1984 and there are only 6 candidates. I'd be very surprised if that was the one to miss out.

Given the yearly breakdowns, the other will be one of these:

The War
Half Baked
Balls of Fury/The Hitcher/Evening (only 1 title from 2007 in any case)

I don't think it will be The Hitcher since the Insider mentioned having a 2010s horror when I asked if they had any 2000s horror (suggesting they don't have any from the 2000s). Also, Balls of Fury seems unlikely. The 1990s titles seem stronger bets.

[mja345]

"Half-Baked" is the all-time stoner comedy IMO. Anyone who went to college between 2000 and 2010 probably saw that movie ten times just by accident. I actually had a guy in my freshman dorm that we nicknamed Chris "Gravity Bong in the Morning" Cook who was disturbingly similar to Steven Wright's The Guy on the Couch. The guy was ALWAYS in bed, always baked. He would do the nice move of hitting a gravity bong first thing in the morning before class, thus removing any desire he had to go to said class. If you're familiar with gravity bongs, the idea of hitting one before you have to do something remotely important is unbelievably hilarious.

[Eschenpod]

Absolutely love Half Baked.

[gimmeshelter]

I just finished watching THE SWEENEY, the first feature on the Kino double feature with SWEENEY 2 that was released last week. Anyone who was thinking they might want to get this, BUY IT. It was so much fun. I've never seen the TV show, but after watching the first movie I placed an order with Amazon for Series Three (I usually hate the first season of most shows, so I start in the middle). The first movie is violent, sexy, inappropriate, and totally dated. Everyone smokes, drinks, and walks on orange-patterned carpet, or shag carpet, or has bathroom walls with weird blue 1970s designs on them, or has a horrible 1970s haircut, or looks like they fell out of the 'Sabotage' video. The movie has scenes that are shocking, surprising, and unexpected. It is FUN. I listened to the commentary track for the film and knew I wanted to buy one of the TV seasons, and they're all inexpensive on Amazon. Can't wait to watch SWEENEY 2 while trying to avoid the coronavirus!

[trentdiesel]

Originally Posted by gimmeshelter

I just finished watching THE SWEENEY, the first feature on the Kino double feature with SWEENEY 2 that was released last week. Anyone who was thinking they might want to get this, BUY IT. It was so much fun. I've never seen the TV show, but after watching the first movie I placed an order with Amazon for Series Three (I usually hate the first season of most shows, so I start in the middle). The first movie is violent, sexy, inappropriate, and totally dated. Everyone smokes, drinks, and walks on orange-patterned carpet, or shag carpet, or has bathroom walls with weird blue 1970s designs on them, or has a horrible 1970s haircut, or looks like they fell out of the 'Sabotage' video. The movie has scenes that are shocking, surprising, and unexpected. It is FUN. I listened to the commentary track for the film and knew I wanted to buy one of the TV seasons, and they're all inexpensive on Amazon. Can't wait to watch SWEENEY 2 while trying to avoid the coronavirus!

SOLD. You had me at violent, sexy, inappropriate and dated but then the orange pattern and shag carpets put it over the top.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by mja345

"Half-Baked" is the all-time stoner comedy IMO. Anyone who went to college between 2000 and 2010 probably saw that movie ten times just by accident. I actually had a guy in my freshman dorm that we nicknamed Chris "Gravity Bong in the Morning" Cook who was disturbingly similar to Steven Wright's The Guy on the Couch. The guy was ALWAYS in bed, always baked. He would do the nice move of hitting a gravity bong first thing in the morning before class, thus removing any desire he had to go to said class. If you're familiar with gravity bongs, the idea of hitting one before you have to do something remotely important is unbelievably hilarious.

We saw Half Baked in the theatre and it was at the same time Spice World debuted in Canada, that was an interesting mix of crowds.

[Mister_Kidd]

Lot of people throw around “day 1” on here, but if Half Baked gets released, Day 1.