We're still having theatrical films not getting Blu-ray releases!

[JoePo]

No blu of Parasite?

[mu3zzer]

Originally Posted by JoePo

No blu of Parasite?

Hasn't even had a theatrical release yet, comes out 7th Feb

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by mu3zzer

Hasn't even had a theatrical release yet, comes out 7th Feb

I wouldn’t expect it until at least May or June, and I’d be shocked if the extras are anything more than a Q&A (unless they’re able to license the PLAIN extras that are coming out on the French release). Curzon’s last windowed release, The Handmaiden, was an April theatrical release and took a further 4 months to arrive on disc in early August.

[Ben_C]

Crossing all available appendages for a Parasite UHD...

[JoePo]

Hadn't realised it had not been on cinemas yet! There's a French UHD so fingers crossed.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

[Show spoiler]I suppose I keep going on about this, but I'm really confused about what eOne is doing with this film. A top British cast in a modern British drama, with good audience and critic reviews from the theatrical release in October 2019 (almost two months after the US theatrical release). The Australian and German theatrical releases from eOne came over a month later, yet the German Blu-ray is already set for 26 March and the Australian Blu-ray is set for 4 March, less than two months away.

Yet in the UK, eOne has not even announced a DVD release date, yet. There is nothing on Base and no video classification on the BBFC, although the cast and crew interviews that will likely make up the disc extras were passed last month. The Amazon and HMV DVD listings have been updated, but still there is no UK release date.

Interestingly, it seems that the UK DVD will have German audio and subtitles, likely meaning that the UK, Australian and German DVDs are identical, and thus, that the Australian and German Blu-rays will be identical, too. Unsurprisingly, this would also mean that the same Blu-ray could be issued in the UK if eOne desired.

I mean, I'm happy that the film is being released on Blu-ray, but at least give this British film some kind of British home video release.

Here is the Aussie back cover for Official Secrets:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...2#post17311032

There is still no UK Blu-ray or DVD release date and the Amazon listing remains inactive even after being updated. Interestingly, I did just notice that the film seems to be coming to Amazon digitally on 10 February, so maybe this film has been chosen as some kind of unfortunate "test case"?

[ptb2010]

Originally Posted by JoePo

Hadn't realised it had not been on cinemas yet! There's a French UHD so fingers crossed.

Only French subtitles though on French release.

[McCrutchy]

The UK production Ethel & Ernest (2016), a hand-drawn animated film based on the book by Raymond Briggs, is finally getting a Blu-ray release from TC Entertainment in Japan on May 8th, 2020:

[Cinematt]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Here is the Aussie back cover for Official Secrets:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...2#post17311032

There is still no UK Blu-ray or DVD release date and the Amazon listing remains inactive even after being updated. Interestingly, I did just notice that the film seems to be coming to Amazon digitally on 10 February, so maybe this film has been chosen as some kind of unfortunate "test case"?

iTunes has it listed as ‘expected’ 1st June. Same say amazon has for the physical release. I’m hoping we get an announcement on the US Criterion release date before then.

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by Cinematt

iTunes has it listed as ‘expected’ 1st June. Same say amazon has for the physical release. I’m hoping we get an announcement on the US Criterion release date before then.

Official Secrets is available to buy and view on iTunes now for £9.99
If you only want to recent you need to wait until 24th Feb.

[Cinematt]

Originally Posted by malcy30

Official Secrets is available to buy and view on iTunes now for £9.99
If you only want to recent you need to wait until 24th Feb.

Sorry, totally asleep still and hit reply on the wrong post, I meant to reply to the Parasite post about it maybe being out May/June time!

[CrockettandTubbs]

Just caught the end of Stakeout (John Badham, 1987) on Sony Movies Classic.

Emilio Estevez, Richard Dreyfuss, Madeline Stowe (never liked her really) and Aidan Quinn - remember him?

Where's a blu-ray release? Don't bother with Another Stakeout though - it's terrible!

[bigmoorer]

It’s probably not something that people here want, but just incase...

Patrick was only released here last year on DVD. It was later released in America on Blu-ray however, I believe it is region locked. Fortunately, it can be purchased from Amazon Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07TLP9H97/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I found this one especially surprising considering it is a British film.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

Just caught the end of Stakeout (John Badham, 1987) on Sony Movies Classic.

Emilio Estevez, Richard Dreyfuss, Madeline Stowe (never liked her really) and Aidan Quinn - remember him?

Where's a blu-ray release? Don't bother with Another Stakeout though - it's terrible!

Another Stakeout is awesome, very funny. At least that one has a blu but I'd love it if the first Stakeout got a long overdue blu.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by bigmoorer

It’s probably not something that people here want, but just incase...

Patrick was only released here last year on DVD. It was later released in America on Blu-ray however, I believe it is region locked. Fortunately, it can be purchased from Amazon Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07TLP9H97/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I found this one especially surprising considering it is a British film.

Disney controls it over here so maybe they didn’t see value in it. Prefer the Richard Franklin myself

Looks like Richard Jewell will be DVD only

[IanSchultz23]

Richard Jewell blu-Ray only WTF

[chip75]

Originally Posted by IanSchultz23

Richard Jewell blu-Ray only WTF

It's better than DVD only!

[levcore]

It's so annoying when distributors deprive us of a Blu Ray release, in this day and age.

[pferreira]

With The Wizard (1989) being released by Shout Factory in the US is there any chance Arrow could release it for the UK?

[CelestialAgent]

I wasn’t aware Samurai Marathon had already been released here, but it dropped on VOD in January from Signature Entertainment. Frustrating because they usually at least come out with barebones Blu-rays or token theatrical releases.