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I do think that they would have released at some of these at some point, which is why I wrote that, but true, it's speculation on my part.domino harvey wrote:Only one of those is TT, I'm not sure they have the rest of this period's MGM titles. There's been long speculation that Criterion has Bananas, but that's been floated forever
Re-read my post. Specifically the second bullet point.Ribs wrote:They also say they'll release the complete films from that period eventually, which is a bit odd as by my count that should be 19 films!
They will all get individual releases eventually (except Annie Hall and Manhattan, which contractually must only be within their respective boxsets). Improvements, not really unless you count encoding!
I'd asked Twilight Time about this issue before (whether it was contractually mandated or just out of respect for the filmmaker and could be disregarded a la Arrow's inclusion of Thief's theatrical cut) and they didn't answer so I'm pleased to see Arrow confirm this via Michael. There have been a few interviews on his recent films, but presumably he has less control over their home video release.Ribs wrote:So given Michael has confirmed over on FB that Allen's releases do specifically contractually mandate no bonus features on the disc, could Criterion just be sitting on the US rights for Take the Money and Run (whose cast has phantom pages in the numbers immediately around Allen) with no idea what to do considering they don't want to just invest in a healthy-sized booklet as the sole feature?
It's not an MGM-held movie like all of the resthearthesilence wrote:The 1991 cut off date is a tiny bit frustrating. Husbands and Wives from 1992 is one of his better films and feels like a more logical cut off given how it's the last one he made with Mia Farrow.
As Domino says, the nineteen films from 1971-91 are all part of the same catalogue. MGM acquired both the United Artists (1971-80) and Orion (1981-91) libraries, so they can all be licensed as a job lot. (Even Annie Hall and Manhattan, which are already out on BD in the UK, but MGM allowed Arrow to include them as box-set exclusives.)hearthesilence wrote:The 1991 cut off date is a tiny bit frustrating. Husbands and Wives from 1992 is one of his better films and feels like a more logical cut off given how it's the last one he made with Mia Farrow.
I can't speak for the later Woody Allen films, but he famously had an incredibly generous contract with UA and Orion (who were effectively the same people, since Arthur Krim and colleagues left UA to form Orion) that allowed him huge control over the distribution of the 1971-91 titles. And he's famously vetoed any video extras bar theatrical trailers.Calvin wrote:I'd asked Twilight Time about this issue before (whether it was contractually mandated or just out of respect for the filmmaker and could be disregarded a la Arrow's inclusion of Thief's theatrical cut) and they didn't answer so I'm pleased to see Arrow confirm this via Michael. There have been a few interviews on his recent films, but presumably he has less control over their home video release.
I'll make sure the disc's producer is aware of this.Calvin wrote:I wonder if Arrow could 'correct' the rooftop scene in Annie Hall by restoring the original burned-in subtitles? Or, at the very least, not having them in yellow.