Twilight Time / Redwind

[lefeufollet]

The Only Game in Town (1970)

That's a bit on the nose, coming from TT.

[knives]

Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter with freakishly large arms who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches.

He's actually a shaved silver back.

[EddieLarkin]

Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter with freakishly large arms who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches.

Until this post, I thought those "arms" were Coburn's legs, and that Bronson was giving him a piggy back.

[Feego]

Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter with freakishly large arms who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches.

Until this post, I thought those "arms" were Coburn's legs, and that Bronson was giving him a piggy back.

That's EXACTLY what I thought at first glance!

[Gregory]

Little-known fact: James Coburn had opposable thumbs on his feet.

[captveg]

So now you guys aren't happy when TT uses the original poster art? Or is complaining your real hobby instead of enjoying films?

[knives]

I'm sure there is poster art out there where Bronson doesn't look deformed.

[EddieLarkin]

So now you guys aren't happy when TT uses the original poster art? Or is complaining your real hobby instead of enjoying films?

Original art of no, it's a terrible cover. But for what it's worth, I think the typical TT cover is a good one. Rapture, Nicholas and Alexandra, Major Dundee, Bell, Book and Candle, Experiment in Terror, Christine. All fine covers.

[domino harvey]

At Long Last Love Blu-ray is available for June 4th pre-order from Amazon for only $17 and change... this is no longer a Twilight Time release I assume?

[swo17]

Well, it never was going to be a Twilight Time release, but it was supposed to be a Screen Archives exclusive. That must have changed.

[knives]

Thank god for that. Can't afford to be completely gouged.

[pointless]

The Only Game in Town booklet art:

[CSM126]

To borrow a line from Mr. Plinkett: "What's wrong with her faaaaaaaacccce?!"

[pointless]

Although released by Fox, the At Long Last Love Blu-ray release is being produced by Twilight Time and will include the isolated score as an extra.
It's now up for pre-order at Amazon.com with a release date of June 4th.

Cover art:

[domino harvey]

It looks like Fox supplied Twilight Time with the same master as their DVD-- the colors did NOT look like that on the 35mm print making the rounds a few years back

[EddieLarkin]

The LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN transfer is from 2010, and generated with assistance from Martin Scorsese's Foundation. Needless to say, it is stunning.

[Perkins Cobb]

Although released by Fox, the At Long Last Love Blu-ray release is being produced by Twilight Time and will include the isolated score as an extra.
It's now up for pre-order at Amazon.com with a release date of June 4th.

Now that this is back on track, I really, really need for Shout Factory to cough up an acceptable edition of Saint Jack.

[Kirkinson]

Leave Her to Heaven does look pretty disappointing. I saw that recent print when it made the rounds, too, and I remember the colors being far more vibrant and, well, colorful than those screenshots.

[captveg]

As counterpoint, Robert Harris believes LHtH is basically the best that can be done.

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[Moe Dickstein]

My response to that doesn't bear posting. But of course this is Twilight Time.
Far more concerning to me is where is the Film Foundation 35mm restoration? Is this it?

Yes.

[EddieLarkin]

Far more concerning to me is where is the Film Foundation 35mm restoration? Is this it?

Harris states that a restoration as such cannot be performed on this title, that bringing it back to its original technicolor glory is impossible without original elements. Instead, this CRI-based transfer has been touched up digitally (Film Foundation were involved), and when you look at other technicolor films released by Twilight Time that were from non-original elements (PONY SOLDIER, COVER GIRL), well, I'd say this is pretty impressive. For what it is I mean. Expecting something like THE RED SHOES is futile.

[PfR73]

The Way We Were in November 2013.
The Man From Laramie in 2014.

[warren oates]

The Man From Laramie in 2014.

I guess this is better than nothing. But here's a title that really deserves Criterion treatment or at least Olive distribution and pricing. Hopefully the HD transfer won't be from half a decade ago.

[PfR73]

I haven't seen the article, but reports are from a recent interview with Grover Crisp in Cinema Retro Magazine, he's been currently working on The Man From Laramie.

[kingofthejungle]

The Man From Laramie in 2014.

I guess this is better than nothing. But here's a title that really deserves Criterion treatment or at least Olive distribution and pricing.

[-( Twilight Time gets its first essential western. However, it is shameful that The Man From Laramie isn't going to Criterion. It's the best of the Mann/Stewart cycle, and one of the all time great westerns. Now I get to look forward to paying $35 for a barebones disc that may or may not have a quality transfer/encoding. As much as I appreciate the two Daves westerns Criterion are releasing this month, this film is far more Collection-worthy. I'm sure this may have been part of an initial agreement between Sony and TT or something, because otherwise this move makes little sense.

I shudder at the thought of the atrocious cover-art Twilight Time will invariably dream up for this gem.