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I think the significant thing mentioned is this came from their publicity dept. That entire post (in red) is spin.

People on the Blu-ray.com forums are saying that the BD-r titles are only burned if you order them from Amazon. It seems that, at least, Deep Discount has changed their photos for those titles and they all now have the official Blu-ray logo on the packaging.

Update: This Home Theater Forum thread has pictures of the pressed copy of Funeral in Berlin.

Oh, that’d be lovely. My copy of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever is set to arrive from Bull Moose this weekend — I’ll keep my fingers crossed and everyone posted.

Amazon is currently showing only 15 units in stock for the earlier To Catch a Thief Blu, without "more on the way." Now is probably the time to grab it if you haven't already before the new monstrosity is the only one available.

soundchaser wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 4:08 am Oh, that’d be lovely. My copy of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever is set to arrive from Bull Moose this weekend — I’ll keep my fingers crossed and everyone posted.

Arrived today, and it sure looks like a pressed disc to me. The Blu-Ray logo is splattered all over the packaging, too.

Yep, that’s pressed! None of the Paramount titles out on this format interest me yet, but that’s good news for when they start digging into their terrific back catalog

Feego wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 6:52 pmAmazon is currently showing only 15 units in stock for the earlier To Catch a Thief Blu, without "more on the way." Now is probably the time to grab it if you haven't already before the new monstrosity is the only one available.

This is for the 2017 blu - or is this identical to the 2012 blu?

I believe they're identical, so you can switch between the listings if one sells out. My understanding is that there is no difference in image quality or extras

You can select the second line on that page in "additional blu ray options", and get the 2012 one.

I'm reading on another forum that the 2017 is a repackaging that should be the same as the 2012.

Yes, they should be essentially the same. I believe the only difference is that one package will have Warner Bros. branding (from when WB was distributing lots of Paramount releases) and the other Paramount.

A number of titles have popped up with a release date of September 15th:
The Sons of Katie Elder
Private Parts
The Two Jakes
Uncommon Valor
The Phantom
Barefoot in the Park
Vampire in Brooklyn
Timeline
Stephen King 5 Films (The Dead Zone, Pet Semetery, Pet Semetery remake, The Stand, Silver Bullet)

Can’t say I’m thrilled by their choices yet again but that’s an impressive number of releases, so hopefully another round is more fruitful. I reckon I’ll pick up the Two Jakes at some point

REALLY annoyed the only way to get The Dead Zone (one of the best King adaptations) is to buy it in a boxed set with four other movies (two of which are terrible and the other two I already own). I know there's a cheap Aussie release, but I was hoping that Scream Factory might announce it soon.

Still, nice to see Paramount stepping up the back catalogue game. Hopefully Dead Again is released at some point.

I'm most surprised at Private Parts; I thought I remembered reading that Stern tried to have the movie put out of print a few years ago.

willoneill wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:29 pm I'm most surprised at Private Parts; I thought I remembered reading that Stern tried to have the movie put out of print a few years ago.

Really? I don't remember caring for it apart from putting Paul Giamatti on the map, but wasn't it fairly popular both with audiences and critics? You'd think he'd want something people liked associated with him

Monterey Jack wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:25 pm REALLY annoyed the only way to get The Dead Zone (one of the best King adaptations) is to buy it in a boxed set with four other movies (two of which are terrible and the other two I already own). I know there's a cheap Aussie release, but I was hoping that Scream Factory might announce it soon.

They still could do a Special Edition release of it. In fact, I feel it's highly likely considering the other releases in this set have BDs already, including a Scream Factory release of Silver Bullet. I can even see the Dead Zone being an October title for Scream Factory.

captveg wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:59 pm They still could do a Special Edition release of it. In fact, I feel it's highly likely considering the other releases in this set have BDs already, including a Scream Factory release of Silver Bullet. I can even see the Dead Zone being an October title for Scream Factory.

This is why I'm holding out. Worst-case scenario is I import the Aussie disc for under $20 shipped.

domino harvey wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:49 pm

willoneill wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:29 pm I'm most surprised at Private Parts; I thought I remembered reading that Stern tried to have the movie put out of print a few years ago.

Really? I don't remember caring for it apart from putting Paul Giamatti on the map, but wasn't it fairly popular both with audiences and critics? You'd think he'd want something people liked associated with him

IIRC, it may have something to do with his ex-wife and/or the depiction of his prior marriage.

domino harvey wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:49 pm

willoneill wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:29 pm I'm most surprised at Private Parts; I thought I remembered reading that Stern tried to have the movie put out of print a few years ago.

Really? I don't remember caring for it apart from putting Paul Giamatti on the map, but wasn't it fairly popular both with audiences and critics? You'd think he'd want something people liked associated with him

I tried to remember where I read this on the internet, and lo and behold, it was here!

The new slew of Paramount Blu-ray titles have a much lower MSRP of 14.99 and some are available for 9.99 preorder on Amazon (assuming that's now safe to get pressed discs?)

Unlike the other releases, these have the Blu-ray logo on the spine artwork itself, so are very likely safe to be pressed from everywhere.

Roman Holiday releasing via Paramount Presents September 15

Years of waiting and now I’m terrified Paramount is gonna make it look like To Catch a Thief...

The rest of the Presents line has been great and clear improvements from the previous releases, so I’d just take To Catch a Thief as a bad foot to start on. Though the rest of the releases have all been for “newer” movies that they maybe might think don't “need” DNR to look better...

Though I am curious if all these titles are going to go the HMV brand in the UK or if there’s a chance that MoC might have nabbed it - seeing as Criterion didn’t get it it seems like one they’re trying to keep in-house but maybe things’ll be different abroad.

They've also confirmed via The Digital Bits that A Place in the Sun (1951) is a future Paramount Presents title.

Some good info about the restoration efforts on Roman Holiday in that article, BTW.