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Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:10 am
by justeleblanc
Belmondo in THE PROFESSIONAL comes to DVD 7/20 from Lionsgate
I'm surprised they are still releasing pre 1995 titles. Maybe there's still hope for Rivette's THE NUN. (I kid, no way in hell.)
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:13 pm
by Matt
It looks to me like it's only getting released as a desperate Jacques Audiard tie-in.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:33 pm
by FerdinandGriffon
Matt wrote:It looks to me like it's only getting released as a desperate Jacques Audiard tie-in.
Does it deserve anything more? I remember it as an almost criminally bad, offensive film.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:07 pm
by domino harvey
So the film's as good as it's DVD cover then?
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:12 am
by lemmylermontov
It's an entertaining film, a great soundtrack And The Audiard connection is Michel, Jacques Father
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:33 pm
by Matt
Jacques is also credited as one of the screenwriters.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:37 pm
by Zombie-Luv
Is there any chance that Lionsgate would have to rights to Breaking the Waves? Just wondering.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:03 pm
by Jeff
Zombie-Luv wrote:Is there any chance that Lionsgate would have to rights to Breaking the Waves? Just wondering
The film's U.S. distributor was October Films. October didn't have home video distribution in 1996, so they licensed it to Live Entertainment (which subsequently became Artisan, and was bought by Lionsgate). That deal should have expired three or four years ago though. That means that the rights should have reverted to the successor of October Films, Focus Features (Universal). There is some reasonable speculation that
Breaking the Waves is among the Focus titles licensed to Criterion.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:19 pm
by Zombie-Luv
Jeff wrote:Zombie-Luv wrote:Is there any chance that Lionsgate would have to rights to Breaking the Waves? Just wondering
The film's U.S. distributor was October Films. October didn't have home video distribution in 1996, so they licensed it to Live Entertainment (which subsequently became Artisan, and was bought by Lionsgate). That deal should have expired three or four years ago though. That means that the rights should have reverted to the successor of October Films, Focus Features (Universal). There is some reasonable speculation that
Breaking the Waves is among the Focus titles licensed to Criterion.
Seeing
Breaking the Waves on Criterion would be a dream come true. I've been fascinated with Von Trier's work ever since I heard about all of the press surrounding
Antichrist and I'd love to watch this.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:50 pm
by Zot!
Actually the only uncensored US release of Breaking The Waves is still the original Criterion laserdisc.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:58 pm
by Astroman
True. But it doesn't have Bowie's "Life On Mars" over the epilogue title card, which broke my heart when I saw Breaking the Waves in the theatre. I still have the LD, but would nab a DVD toot suite if the Bowie song is restored. I'm sure it's a rights issue, but I hope it would be addressed before a DVD release is put together.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:36 pm
by Zot!
Hmmm...Thanks for that info. I saw it in the theater too, but didn't remember that, what did it get replaced with?
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:38 pm
by Astroman
"Your Song" - Elton John. Utterly wrecked the mood for me when I first watched it at home. I thought "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" worked great earlier in the film, but...
Replacing "It's a god-awful small affair/to the girl with the mousey hair"
with
"How wonderful life is while you're in the world"
Anyway...
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:49 pm
by willoneill
Breaking the Waves is the last VHS I ever watched, 5 years ago, and I was groggy at the time. Which song would have been over the credits of the VHS in Canada?
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:14 pm
by Matt
willoneill wrote:Breaking the Waves is the last VHS I ever watched, 5 years ago, and I was groggy at the time. Which song would have been over the credits of the VHS in Canada?
"The Power of Love" by Celine Dion in Quebec, and "New World Man" by Rush everywhere else.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:18 am
by Jeff
^ *snort*
I hope that Lionsgate never loses the rights to "Young Americans" as that would pretty much ruin Dogville for me.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:25 pm
by dx23
From
blu-ray.com:
Lionsgate Announces Delicatessen, The Third Man on Blu-ray
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Posted July 5, 2010 04:37 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate FilmsLionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that it will release two films on Blu-ray on September 14 as part of its StudioCanal Collection: Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991); and The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) - the latter previously released by Criterion in a now out of print edition. Both will be presented in 1080p video with 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks.
Special features include:
Delicatessen
* Director audio commentary
* New retrospective documentary with Jean-Pierre Jeunet
* Making-of featurette
* The Archives of Jean-Pierre Jeunet
* Twenty-page collectible booklet written by Empire contributing editor Kim Newman
The Third Man
* New audio commentary with assistant director Guy Hamilton, actor Simon Callow and crew member Angela Allen
* The Third Man interactive Vienna Tour
* The Third Man on the Radio – audio interviews with Joseph Cotten and Graham Greene
* Alternative opening with Joseph Cotton voiceover
* Interview with and zither performance by Cornelia Mayer
* Stills gallery
* Original trailers
* Twenty-page collectible booklet written by film historian Charles Drazin
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:28 pm
by domino harvey
Four new Blu-rays out October 5: Secretary, Bad Lieutenant (The Keitel one), Wonderland... and Hard Candy! \:D/
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:29 pm
by knives
domino harvey wrote:Bad Lieutenant (The Keitel one)
Now they're just being dicks about it.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:41 pm
by domino harvey
domino harvey wrote:Four new Blu-rays out October 5: Secretary, Bad Lieutenant (The Keitel one), Wonderland... and Hard Candy! \:D/
A couple more on the same date:
Open Water/Open Water 2, The Blair Witch Project, High Tension
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:56 pm
by Flike
Am I right in assuming American Zoetrope working on Apocalypse Now means Lionsgate will be less likely to somehow muff it?
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:15 pm
by HarryLong
Never underestimate Lionsgate.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:45 pm
by Matt
I would assume that American Zoetrope will take care of everything except manufacturing and distribution, but yeah, wise words, HarryLong.
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:22 pm
by eerik
I only own one Lionsgate Blu-ray, Requiem for a Dream, and I think it is fantastic (and very reasonably priced). I have high expectations for Apocalypse Now release but I'm still waiting for Pi...
Re: Lionsgate
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:35 pm
by perkizitore
I hope Coppola didn't let Storaro 'Univisiumize' Apocalypse Now...