UFOria 4K UHD (1984)

[sonicyogurt]

Coming on 4KUHD and Blu-ray!
Brand New HDR/DV Master!

UFOria (1984) Starring Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward & Harry Carey Jr. – Shot by David Myers (THX 1138) – Music by Richard Baskin (Welcome to L.A.) – Written & Directed by John Binder (Endangered Species).

[brainofj72]

Kino is definitely the weirdest UHD label.

[notops]

Originally Posted by brainofj72

Kino is definitely the weirdest UHD label.

I doubt they were champing at the bit to release UFOria. Kino buys packages of titles from studios and have to put out all of them to get their hands on the ones they truly want. Expect to see more baffling titles from Universal coming soon.

[brainofj72]

Originally Posted by notops

I doubt they were champing at the bit to release UFOria. Kino buys packages of titles from studios and have to put out all of them to get their hands on the ones they truly want. Expect to see more baffling titles from Universal coming soon.

I know, but surely the studios aren't dictating which titles of those packages get BDs and which ones get UHDs. A label obtaining BD & UHD rights wouldn't mean they have to release that title on UHD. Those freaky weirdos at Kino are still making that call.

[jt839]

This has to be one of Kino's most "meh" weekends in a while and that's saying something.

[surfinhank]

Well on a more positive note... I think this is great news! Instead of re-releasing (and re-re-releasing) a movie that already has a decent disc, this one hasn't had a release since VHS. Kino has rescued some real forgotten gems.

[NormanBatesStuffedBird]

as someone who buys stuff unseen if it is a VHS cover I recognize from the video store shelf of my old store - I am IN.

[captveg]

Ebert gave it fours stars back in the day. Seems to be a well reviewed film that never found an audience, not even on a second run on cable, and became forgotten.

[RetroRobert]

Day 1 purchase for me! I can’t wait. Cindy Williams as a clerk in a supermarket?! I’ll plunk down the cost of the disc for THAT alone!

[SpaceBlackKnight]

I wonder if this indeed comes from the latest Universal deal or perhaps Video Mercury/StudioCanal (who control the Melvin Simon catalog).

[hungrywives]

This is insane, almost as insane as the lukewarm responses. I never thought I would see the day. Such a charming little movie with a lot of character. Any word if this will include the theatrical soundtrack? The VHS had some music replaced. Of course that's the only version I know so it's not exactly a deal breaker.

[fattyjoe37]

This is an announcement to get excited about, not Blu-ray re-releases with a new historian commentary and a slipcover. Now I can retire my VHS copy of this charming, never-before-on-disc film.

[KillerCannibal]

Originally Posted by captveg

Ebert gave it fours stars back in the day. Seems to be a well reviewed film that never found an audience, not even on a second run on cable, and became forgotten.

Ebert turned me on to it a couple years ago when I watched the underrated gems episode of S&E and I found it to be such a fun, quirky, charming, weird film.

VERY happy to see it's not only finally hitting disc but getting the 4K treatment. It deserves a wider audience.

[Trekkie313]

Long OOP movie is coming out, let me ***** about slipcovers and re-releases not pertaining to the topic at hand...

[PT Ryan]

Originally Posted by surfinhank

Well on a more positive note... I think this is great news! Instead of re-releasing (and re-re-releasing) a movie that already has a decent disc, this one hasn't had a release since VHS. Kino has rescued some real forgotten gems.

Agreed. Anyone complaining hasn't seen it. It's a reminder of how impressive an actress Cindy Williams was, playing a potentially unbearable character with subtlety and empathy. Similarly, Ward walks a fine line between charm and loathsomeness as her mercenary boyfriend. Besides, any movie with Harry Dean Stanton as a shifty travelling preacher is worth a look.

Kudos yet again to Kino Lorber for licensing this one.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by notops

I doubt they were champing at the bit to release UFOria.

UForia being released on Blu-Ray isn't a surprise at all -- but on UHD? Yeah, it certainly doesn't seem to make a lot of sense by most any metric.

So many of these baffling decisions are personal ones coming from a KL employee, Tarzi I'm guessing, being a champion of a certain film. That this is coming in UHD while FLETCH didn't makes zero sense, but is probably evidence someone there is a big fan of one movie and not much of a fan of the other. Same thing happened with Nick Redman at Twilight Time, in some/most instances it was about getting out what he liked and wanted to see released.

I still think it's great for fans. Where I have a problem is when these boutique labels talk about the financial struggle to make UHDs feasible and yet they release stuff like this and THE LAST CASTLE.

[surfinhank]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

UForia being released on Blu-Ray isn't a surprise at all -- but on UHD? Yeah, it certainly doesn't seem to make a lot of sense by most any metric.

So many of these baffling decisions are personal ones coming from a KL employee, Tarzi I'm guessing, being a champion of a certain film. That this is coming in UHD while FLETCH didn't makes zero sense, but is probably evidence someone there is a big fan of one movie and not much of a fan of the other. Same thing happened with Nick Redman at Twilight Time, in some/most instances it was about getting out what he liked and wanted to see released.

I still think it's great for fans. Where I have a problem is when these boutique labels talk about the financial struggle to make UHDs feasible and yet they release stuff like this and THE LAST CASTLE.

Are you taking into account what's been said multiple times: a lot of it depends on what the studio has already remastered and ready to go for UHD. Otherwise the boutique label would have to take on the expense of doing the remaster (if the studio would even allow it).

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by surfinhank

Are you taking into account what's been said multiple times: a lot of it depends on what the studio has already remastered and ready to go for UHD. Otherwise the boutique label would have to take on the expense of doing the remaster (if the studio would even allow it).

I fully get that, and apparently FLETCH was one of those where there wasn't a 4K remaster in existence. Still there have been ample titles that got a 4K scan KL only put out on Blu-Ray. Why they'd chose for UHD a bomb like THE LAST CASTLE and this movie, which is (the movie's quality excepted) highly obscure and unlikely to sell a lot of units in this format, is very curious given how we're told that the labels have to be much more selective about UHD than Blu-Ray.

[Metalbeast]

Excited about this release. Always great to see films like this making their HD debut.

[marcocolo]

Great cast but this over "Paul"???