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Posted: **Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:03 pm**

EddieLarkin wrote:A couple of interesting FB snippets: Twilight Time are "hopeful" that they'll be getting Tourneur's Night of the Demon,

....and with the recent announcement, I was ecstatic they were on such a roll (of titles that I didn't want to buy). I came so close to buying the French blu ray on my Amazon.fr binge last week, but decided there was a wee chance it might turn up on Criterion, so I held off. Oh well.

Posted: **Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:19 pm**

It's not like it'll cost you any more from TT than it would have from France. Also, the French disc appears to use a dated DVD master and I can't see Grover Crisp allowing it out like that in the States. I wouldn't be surprised to see it get a new 4K transfer first.

Posted: **Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:41 pm**

EddieLarkin wrote:It's not like it'll cost you any more from TT than it would have from France..

Actually it would. It's part of the buy 2 blu rays, get one free sale, but not many of the other Wild Side blu rays are in the sale. the cheapest I've gotten a TT title is about $26.

Posted: **Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:57 pm**

EddieLarkin wrote: and are trying to licence Sam Peckinpah's 1960 TV series The Westerner, for a box set release. As far as I can see it would be its home video debut, if it happens.

This would be incredible. It's a brilliant show - sensitive, bleak, thematically mature, but also not afraid of swinging in the other direction for episodes where absolutely nothing happens other than light, drunken hanging out. It really stands out as something unique in the mass of Western tv shows of that time, and it's aged quite well. It's certainly major Peckinpah, and as someone wholly resistant to Twilight Time up to this point, I would pre-order this in a split second.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:54 pm**

Grisbi wrote:
EddieLarkin wrote: and are trying to licence Sam Peckinpah's 1960 TV series The Westerner, for a box set release. As far as I can see it would be its home video debut, if it happens.
This would be incredible. It's a brilliant show - sensitive, bleak, thematically mature, but also not afraid of swinging in the other direction for episodes where absolutely nothing happens other than light, drunken hanging out. It really stands out as something unique in the mass of Western tv shows of that time, and it's aged quite well. It's certainly major Peckinpah, and as someone wholly resistant to Twilight Time up to this point, I would pre-order this in a split second.

Your description has certainly got me interested. At 13 episodes it would be 3-discs at most, so I'm guessing somewhere in the $49.95-59.95 range.

Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:31 pm**

Twilight Time wrote:THE BLOB has now been limited to 1 per person at SAE in order to prolong its blobby life that little bit longer...if on the fence it's time.

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:52 pm**

If you want to buy The Blob, do so right now or you will lose your chance to do so. From Facebook, another update:

THE BLOB UPDATE:
SAE has informed us that as of last night there are approximately 1,500 copies remaining...the 1 per person limit will remain in place until sell-out, which is expected to be in the next 2-3 days...

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:10 pm**

Huston's Moby Dick and Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles confirmed as 2015 MGM titles via Facebook.

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:11 pm**

The DVD for Moby Dick looks awful, I wonder what kind of restorative work MGM (or was that a Fox release?) did before passing it off to TT

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:16 pm**

TT have released a handful of stinkers image wise, but for whatever reason they seem to have got the pick of the litter when it comes to MGM's catalog, compared to Kino et al. Only Zulu was subpar but they released that primarily because it's one of Redman's favourites. They apparently rejected some MGM transfers that ended up with other labels due to image quality, so hopefully that indicates everything they've got from them will be above average.

Posted: **Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:29 am**

domino harvey wrote:The DVD for Moby Dick looks awful, I wonder what kind of restorative work MGM (or was that a Fox release?) did before passing it off to TT

It looked pretty dreadful on MGM HD too. (Didn't make it through much of it, with lots of other options rapidly filling up the dvr at the time.)

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:31 am**

Release Date: November 11th, 2014
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 22nd at 4 pm EST.
Special Features: Isolated Score Track / In Conversation with Abby Mann and Maximilian Schell / The Value of a Single Human Being / A Tribute to Stanley Kramer / Original Theatrical Trailer

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:57 pm**

When the Wind Blows (Jimmy T. Murakami, 1986)
also includes Jimmy Murakami: Non-Alien (Sé Merry Doyle, 2010)

Release Date: November 11th, 2014
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 22nd at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

Isolated Music & Effects Track
Audio Commentary with First Assistant Editor Joe Fordham and Film Historian Nick Redman
The Wind and The Bomb - The Making of “When The Wind Blows”
An Interview with Raymond Briggs

Cover art:

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:01 pm**

Birdman of Alcatraz (John Frankenheimer, Charles Crichton, 1962)

Release Date: November 11th, 2014
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 22nd at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

Isolated Score Track
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo, Paul Seydor, and Nick Redman
Original Theatrical Trailer

Cover art by Saul Bass:

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:41 pm**

On Facebook they said they have at least one of the MGM Truffaut titles.

I was hoping Criterion had picked them all up.

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:09 pm**

Diabolik has the region-free Blu-ray of Fright Night for $24.99

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:24 pm**

vidussoni wrote:On Facebook they said they have at least one of the MGM Truffaut titles.

I was hoping Criterion had picked them all up.

Redman said in the KillerPOV podcast that The Bride Wore Black (1968) is coming in January.

He also mentioned that Zardoz (1974) is possibly going to be scheduled for February.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:52 pm**

captveg wrote:He also mentioned that Zardoz (1974) is possibly going to be scheduled for February.

ahh, fuck. I hate this company. All they do is ruin everything I ever hope for (Criterion Zardoz). Arrow, you guys know what to do now.

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:10 pm**

January/February schedule

THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (1968) BLU-RAY - Jan 20th

THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) BLU-RAY - Jan 20th

BREAKING AWAY (1979) BLU-RAY - Jan 20th

FRIGHT NIGHT: 30th Anniversary Special Edition (1985) BLU-RAY - Jan 20th

BANDIT QUEEN (1994) BLU-RAY - Jan 20th

LENNY (1974) BLU-RAY - Feb 10th

LOVE AND DEATH (1975) BLU-RAY - Feb 10th

THE ST VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE (1967) BLU-RAY - Feb 10th

STORMY WEATHER (1943) BLU-RAY - Feb 10th

TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967) BLU-RAY - Feb 10th

ZARDOZ (1973) BLU-RAY - Feb 24th

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:26 pm**

John Doe wrote:
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) BLU-RAY - Jan 20th

LOVE AND DEATH (1975) BLU-RAY - Feb 10th

*soft sobbing heard from a distance*

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:56 pm**

I always hoped that Criterion would release Breaking Away, but I'm glad to see it coming out on Blu-ray.

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:27 pm**

Minkin wrote:
captveg wrote:He also mentioned that Zardoz (1974) is possibly going to be scheduled for February.
ahh, fuck. I hate this company. All they do is ruin everything I ever hope for (Criterion Zardoz). Arrow, you guys know what to do now.

Happy to see a hopefully terrific looking blu-ray of this regardless of which company releases it. First Point Blank this year, then The Heretic, The Emerald Forest and now Zardoz...good times for us Boorman fans! Hopefully Hell in the Pacific and The General aren't far behind, and I'd love to see a BD of Leo the Last as well. And there's also Queen and Contry which I doubt I'll be able to see at the cinema, but a home video release can't be too far away.

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:29 pm**

Have there been any rumors of UK editions of any/all the MGM Allen films? I'd much rather save a few hundred dollars and skip the TT editions.

Posted: **Sun Oct 05, 2014 3:35 am**

When the Wind Blows booklet cover artwork:

Posted: **Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:12 am**

John Doe wrote: ZARDOZ (1973) BLU-RAY - Feb 24th

ZARDOZ! I don't care that it's TT, I'm so hyped for this!

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