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knives wrote:You can always hit mute and throw on your own music.

Or go the Langlois route and keep it muted!

Network acquire the rights to 450 British films from the StudioCanal library.

antnield wrote:Network acquire the rights to 450 British films from the StudioCanal library.

Any chance the deal would include Hitchcock silents so we could get a box-set?

eerik wrote:

antnield wrote:Network acquire the rights to 450 British films from the StudioCanal library.

Any chance the deal would include Hitchcock silents so we could get a box-set?

The list doesn't mention British International Pictures, which produced the Hitchcock silents, though the piece only says "including", so it may not be complete. I completely agree that it would be very handy indeed for all nine silents to end up under one roof.

The Ealing Rarities Collection Volume 1
The Ealing Rarities Collection Volume 2
The Ealing Rarities Collection Volume 3

Work by directors such as Carol Reed, Alberto Cavalcanti, Edward L. Cahn & Basil Dearden.

Those sets look terrific. In my limited experience, the lesser known Ealings are often lesser known simply because they don't fit the established mould of 'the Ealing Comedy', not because they're mediocre or flawed in any way.

The Ealing sets are part of The British Film Collection - Network have announced the April to June titles already, including a couple of Blus.

Separate dvd and blu-ray listings of "Perfect Friday" getting merged to a single Dual Format, which means that you can get a cheap pre-order in at amazon: £7.50

Over at the Blu-ray.com forum poster BigNickUK pointed out that Network's online store http://networkonair.com/ currently has a sale on with 40% off all items. It ends next Thursday.

I picked up The Lodger, This Happy Breed and The Prisoner : The Complete Series Blus and was really tempted by the David Leland Tales out of School set, but had kind of run out of money by then!

If I'm reading this right, overseas shipping is 40 pounds!

Caveat emptor.

zedz wrote:If I'm reading this right, overseas shipping is 40 pounds!
Caveat emptor.

Well, thats not entirely true. I freaked out when I saw that too, but then I went to place an order, and that wasn't the case.

I had two larger items and they only want 7.85 for shipping, which isn't too bad. Two dvds went for 3.85

The only weird thing, if I added anything else to my 7.85 shipping order, then it shot up to 40 pounds! Why wouldn't anybody just place two separate orders then? Just keep track of your shipping costs (it will say in your basket) before you checkout.

Its a tremendous deal either way. Network discounts titles by 50% already, then you get the 40% off sale, and foreigners get VAT removed (17.5%). So it works out to about 75% off MSRP!

Minkin wrote: The only weird thing, if I added anything else to my 7.85 shipping order, then it shot up to 40 pounds! Why wouldn't anybody just place two separate orders then? Just keep track of your shipping costs (it will say in your basket) before you checkout.

It's a similar situation even for UK buyers - postage is free until you order over a certain amount at once, then they charge £3.60. But no charge if you split the order into separate batches (which is more letterbox-friendly too...)

This Sporting Life is getting a Blu-ray release on May 5th.

Also in May...



A bargain at just over £9 each.

I will preorder VICTIM, there is no reason to wait for a Criterion upgrade (especially when its an Eclipse title). This is really a great film and I am a Dearden fan. I am really excited for this. I will wait for a Criterion upgrade of This Sporting Life. I hope Criterion will not wait too long. Never heard about the 3rd film.

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SPECIAL FEATURES
[] Painting with Light: a documentary on Jack Cardiff
[] Audio Commentary with Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese
[] A Profile of Black Narcissus featurette
[] Original theatrical trailer
[] Extensive image galleries
[] Commemorative booklet and original promotional material PDFs



[] Audio commentary with Angharad Rees and horror historians Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
[] Original theatrical trailer
[] Image gallery including promotional material
[] Commemorative Booklet PDF by Stephen Jones



SPECIAL FEATURES
[] Original theatrical trailer
[] Archive 1973 interview with Ralph Richardson
[] Image galleries



SPECIAL FEATURES:
[] Image Gallery

SPECIAL FEATURES
[] Contemporary interviews recorded on location in Berlin with George Segal, Alec Guinness, Senta Berger, Max Von Sydow, director Michael Anderson and producer Ivan Foxwell
[] Music audio track featuring John Barry's score
[] Original theatrical trailer
[] Textless material
[] Four image galleries, including extensive promotional and behind-the-scenes shots
[] promotional material PDFs

Release Date: July 7th

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Music suite featuring John Barry's outstanding film score
Original theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Promotional material PDF


Release Date: July 14th

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Music suite featuring John Barry's outstanding film score
Original theatrical trailer
Image gallery
The Jonathan Smith Collection
Time-Lapse Titanic
Press Material Gallery
Promotional material PDF


Release Date: July 28th

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Michael Caine is Harry Palmer - exclusive interview with Sir Michael Caine
Exclusive interview with production designer Sir Ken Adam
Commentary with director Sidney Furie and film editor Peter Hunt
Michael Caine Goes Stella comedy short
1969 documentary: Candid Caine
Original theatrical trailer and US radio commercials
Stills gallery


Release Date: August 11th

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Original Theatrical Teaser and Trailer
Image Gallery
Promotional material PDF


Release Date: August 18th

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Original theatrical and teaser trailer
Deleted scenes
Image gallery
Promotional material PDF

If you want a taste of the gloriously awful Legend of the Lone Ranger (and to find out why the lead, Klinton Spilsbury, never made another film), take a look at this Cinema Snob video!

Network seem to be releasing an eclectic mix of classics, solid entertainments, rarities and loveable turkeys.

Sony's lowering of authoring fees and the existence of so many off-the-shelf HD masters mean that Network can release an under-a-tenner Blu-ray virtually every week from now on. Good times ahead. Second Run take note (please).

Another two confirmed...


Release Date: August 11th

Special Features:
Original theatrical trailer
Stills gallery


Release Date: August 25th

Special Features:
Original Theatrical and TV Trailers
Restoration Demonstration
Four Image Galleries
The Trial of King Richard the Third

RossyG wrote:Sony's lowering of authoring fees and the existence of so many off-the-shelf HD masters mean that Network can release an under-a-tenner Blu-ray virtually every week from now on. Good times ahead.

I hope they won't be cutting some corners here by not including subtitles. I have only one blu-ray from Network and it (Odd Man Out) has English subtitles.

I love the "18 TBC" on Bad Timing - what else is it going to get?

Another couple of Blu-Rays have appeared on their site


Release Date: 21st July

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Image Gallery
Promotional material PDF


Release Date: 4th August

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Original Theatrical Trailer
What If…? The Making Of “Capricorn One”
On Set With Capricorn One: Desert Filming
Image gallery

And still more:

1st September

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Full Frame Version
Original Theatrical Trailer
Image Gallery


8th September

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Audio commentary with director Jack Gold, Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
Destroying the Abbey: behind the scenes footage
Original Theatrical Trailer


15th September

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Dolby 5.1 mix on main feature
‘Director’s Cut’ option (SD only) with commentary
Alternate ending
The Art of Seduction - making of documentary
Original theatrical trailer
Tomorrow I Die – an episode of Fallen Angels
Commemorative booklet

Quite why they're offering a "full frame version" of Insignificance, I don't know.