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Dennis Christopher signed copies of Breaking Away available April 1st 4pm EST for buyers with at least $149.75 of TT product in their order. Birthday promo titles included.

Also, Zardoz has sold ~3000 copies so far.

Hooray, I actually managed to get one of the freebies, even with having to reenter all my payment info when I tried to check out. Glad I was waiting to put in an order from the Anniversary Sale anyways!

Silly question, but I can't quite seem to figure this out on my own...

If you order $150 worth of TT, you get a free copy of Breaking Away?

It was only available for like five minutes, there's a $0.00 version of the giveaway title that pops up on the TT page and you add that to your cart

Thanks, good to know for the future.

Fewer than 25 copies of Picnic left, will likely sell out today

domino harvey wrote:Fewer than 25 copies of Picnic left, will likely sell out today

And now officially gone

American Buffalo (Michael Corrente, 1996)

Release Date: May 12th, 2015
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 29th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:
Isolated Score Track
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
Original Theatrical Trailer

Hombre (Martin Ritt, 1967)

Release Date: May 12th, 2015.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 29th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:
Isolated Score Track
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Lee Pfeiffer and Paul Scrabo
Original Theatrical Trailer

Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker, 1988)

Release Date: May 12th, 2015.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 29th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:
Isolated Score Track
Audio Commentary with Director Alan Parker
Original Theatrical Trailer

BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE is now SOLD OUT at SAE

Disc was in print exactly for 3 years (short of 3 days).

That blatant True Detective copying for Mississippi Burning is pretty bad

Its still better than every company making any vampire film in their catalogue look like Twilight.

Why why why do they put that filter over their covers?

After having two separate deliveries, I can say that for UK orders SAE are now marking each item as $3 instead of $5. Meaning that bulk buyers can buy up to 7 titles in one order (saving a great deal on international shipping), rather than just 4, without having to worry about customs, at least theoretically (because of course, if they check the package they're going to require you prove the items really cost $3 each, though in over 10 years of ordering marked down packages from the US, this has never once happened to me).

i worry that we'd be liable for false declaration

I'm not sure how that works. SAE (and many other places) do this by default. Does that mean any customer could be liable for something they don't necessarily have any knowledge of, or power over? I doubt it. A bit of quick research suggests that if customs are suspicious of a declared value, they will hold the package and request from you an accurate invoice. If you provide a fake one, then you become liable, but as long as you're honest and and pay the resulting fee, you've nothing to worry about.

I worry full stop!

Carla's Song (1996)

Release Date: May 12th, 2015
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 29th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Audio Commentary with Director Ken Loach and Screenwriter Paul Laverty
  Deleted Scenes

Home Theater Forum has been given the announcement of the July/August releases:

THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT (1964) BLU-RAY - July 14th

THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (1989) BLU-RAY - July 14th

THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (1959) BLU-RAY - July 14th

PLACES IN THE HEART (1984) BLU-RAY - July 14th

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (1987) BLU-RAY - July 14th

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SEX COMEDY (1982) BLU-RAY - Aug 11th

SUMMER LOVERS (1982) BLU-RAY - Aug 11th

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967) BLU-RAY - Aug 11th

HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955) BLU-RAY - Aug 11th

THE LITTLE HOUSE (Chiisai Ouchi) (2014) BLU-RAY - Aug 11th

I'll probably pick up Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, if only because the cinematography should look stunning on Blu-Ray (it's one of Allen's best-looking color movies, even as it's one of his worst movies overall).

Interesting slate!

The Best of Everything!!!! YES, very excited to see this get the Blu-ray treatment. I don't know if anyone on the board other than David Hare and I are fans though (It was one of my orphans in the 50s list)

I thought Henry Orient was for sure with Criterion but I lose that bet.

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy will be the first TT Allen film I don't pick up, it's among his worst (though that guy who thought it was Allen's third best film will surely be pleased, though I don't know if TT's Blu-rays play in whatever region Bizarro World uses).

Summer Lovers is making its debut in the correct aspect ratio. I fondly remember this from Siskel's guilty pleasures feature where he praises it solely on the fact that it made him horny (seriously).

House of Bamboo is now the first of what will hopefully be many, either via Fox themselves or TT, of the Noir line getting Blu-ray treatment. (EDIT: I forgot about Laura and Boomerang, whoops)

I am still stunned Sony palmed Guess Who's Coming to Dinner off on TT

Incidentally, the SUMMER LOVERS HD transfer was supervised by director Randal Kleiser.

If Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is among Allen's worst, guess I better stop procrastinating and watch the rest of his worst, as I'm apparently still in for some pretty good rides yet.