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I would like to see Olive release Roger Vadim's BLOOD AND ROSES, assuming that Criterion isn't interested in it.

Olive films is posting over at HTF and they said that all 27 of these films are Newly Remastered (HD Transfer) DVDs and in some cases BLU-RAY and will be released in their original aspect ratios. The first batch of these should be released in the summer.

Jaymole wrote:Olive films is posting over at HTF and they said that all 27 of these films are Newly Remastered (HD Transfer) DVDs and in some cases BLU-RAY and will be released in their original aspect ratios. The first batch of these should be released in the summer.

Whoa...did not see that coming! Here is the thread. Their website says, "we are a growing company working towards including more titles in order to better serve our growing clientele. We welcome directors inputs and interests in film production and distribution. Also, we are always interested in obtaining copyrights to films that match our criteria." It sounds like their motto should be, "Give me your tired, your poor, your neglected late-period auteur curiosities yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming back catalog. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Between all the major studios (sans Warner) being willing to license out their "lesser" catalog, and the major studios (including Warner) no longer licensing from smaller rights holders, its possible that the smaller labels (Criterion, Kino, Olive, Blue Undeground, Shout, etc.) could see a bit of a DVD boom in 2010-2011.

Ashirg wrote:Sands of the Kalahari (1965)

YESSSSSSS!!!!!

Damn. Best DVD news of the year so far.

The movies will, indeed, be released on pressed discs! Ohhhh...pleasure overload here!

Is Sand of the Kalahari as fun as the poster shows?

It seems that we may see The Savage Innocents on blu-ray.

Just looking at the lurid poster for Sands of the Kalahari and the cast/production credits, I'm tempted to list this in my all-time Top 10 and I haven't even seen it yet! I can't believe I've never heard of that film before.

Thank you, Olive Films, for picking up such a great slate of titles! At least one DVD company still recognizes the potential audience for the largely untapped well of buried studio treasures...

I've never seen Sands of the Kalahari either, but given the above poster I've always wanted to.

scotty2 wrote:WUSA is just all wrong. Politically confused, underdeveloped characters, nothing going for it but Newman's blues, and those don't take us very far. It is like a misfire of an Altman misfire (I love Altman). It hardly seems possible that Rosenberg followed Cool Hand Luke with this. A collection of actors and New Orleans locations and not much more.

For the lowdown on WUSA from the author of the novel and screenplay, check out Robert Stone's altogether excellent memoir, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties. "I had my alibis ready in advance," says Stone (or words to that effect), "and I'm sticking by them."

The film's a trainwreck, but I'm glad it's getting a proper release on DVD.

Has anyone heard anything new about the eventual release of these films lately?

shouldn't those be in the "worst cover art" thread?

$24.95 list price for bare-bones catalog titles is absurd.

Agreed. I was actually rather excited about the titles and then saw the list price. Even at pre-order prices they're too much.

It's a little out of line, but think I can live with the pricing. It's five dollars more than Criterion charges for their Essential Art House line, but Olive is licensing these from Paramount, who is probably getting a pretty good chunk of that SRP as a royalty. I'll certainly be willing to pay the 18 bucks or whatever for Face to Face and the Premingers.

Amazon has listed an additional Olive/Paramount title for release for July 13th: Hannie Caulder.

CRACK IN THE WORLD and three noir titles have been announced for the initial release batch.

It will be sad if there is no subtitles. Unlike most of you, I usually need English subs for English-speaking movies.

Amazon has these four titles plus Hannie Caulder for pre-order.

Ashirg wrote:Amazon has these four titles plus Hannie Caulder for pre-order.

I can't find them(I know ClassicFlix have announced them). Could you provide me with the direct links, please?

manicsounds wrote:shouldn't those be in the "worst cover art" thread?

Hey, for your information, at least they used the original poster art for Crack in the World for the cover!