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Just to be clear, when someone on Facebook asked about the Lime Green extras, at first Twilight Time said "not sure about special features at this point - the release is a little ways off." Then the person said the extras were likely controlled by Lynch, and Twilight Time replied by saying "yes, we'll definitely be looking into it." So who knows what will happen.

The only reason TT has ever not had features on a release is due to studios not allowing it, or requesting ownership of produced extras.

If the materials are owned/supplied by Lynch I see zero reason they wouldn't use them if Lynch would like them to be had.

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger booklet art:

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad booklet art:

Titus - Release Date: Jan 21st, 2014

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Director Julie Taymor / Audio Commentary with Composer Elliot Goldenthal / Audio Commentary with Actors Anthony Hopkins and Harry Lennix / Making-Of Documentary / Q & A with Julie Taymor / Trailers

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Khartoum - Release Date: Jan 21st, 2014

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

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Zulu - Release Date: Jan 22nd, 2014

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Lem Dobbs and Nick Redman / Original Theatrical Trailer

What exactly makes Nick Redman a film historian or expert on these films? The man comes across as a raging narcissist.

Nick has been studying film and making film documentaries for decades. He is eminently knowledgable.

Have you listened to one of his commentaries?

The same qualities, I imagine, that gives Dobbs those rights.

ianungstad wrote:film historian or expert

ianungstad wrote:raging narcissist

You say that as if those two things were mutually exclusive. If only.

Looking forward to that one! I find the classic 3D titles to be very interesting.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974) BLU-RAY - March 10th
EQUUS (1977) BLU-RAY - March 10th
CONRACK (1974) BLU-RAY - March 10th
ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949) BLU-RAY - March 10th
FEVER PITCH (1996) BLU-RAY - March 10th

BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984) BLU-RAY - April 8th
WILD AT HEART (1990) BLU-RAY - April 8th
MR HOBBS TAKES A VACATION (1962) BLU-RAY - April 8th
USED CARS (1980) BLU-RAY - April 8th
RITA, SUE, AND BOB TOO (1986) - April 8th

I bet they get Manhunter

EddieLarkin wrote:BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974) BLU-RAY - March 10th
BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984) BLU-RAY - April 8th

Two of my favorites. Jesus, I've never bought anything from these people before, I may have to break that embargo.

Part of me's upset at paying $35+ for Broadway Danny Rose, but the rest of me's just glad it made it to Blu-ray at all

EddieLarkin wrote: CONRACK (1974) BLU-RAY - March 10th
ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949) BLU-RAY - March 10th
BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984) BLU-RAY - April 8th

Bad news. Both of these are likely to sell out quickly. It's $70-80 or never get them on blu-ray.

Can't think of for the life of me why Danny Rose wouldn't get a wider release. It's a joke, you know.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:I bet they get Manhunter

A cut of Manhunter on blu-ray plus two bonus features, including a middling Ridley Scott and a pretty good Jonathan Demme -- all for around $10 less than most Twilight Time editions.

None of those titles you list are at risk of selling out quickly Shell. Despite everyone over at Blu-ray.com's best efforts to stir up a panic over the this months new Harryhausen pre-orders, they're both still available nearly 2 weeks later, only just passing the half way mark recently. They were limited to 3 copies per order for the first 1,500, 2 copies now. I doubt any of yesterday's new announcements will move even that fast, apart from maybe Wild at Heart (and even then, that's only if it turns out to be significantly better than the Region B discs in the extras department).

The main thing is those titles are going to be priced $30+ and they really don't have to be (Esp since a title like Danny Rose won't have any extras). Other boutique labels would be happy to the issue them at a lower price point. Heck, MGM (Fox) should be packaging its WA films and releasing them as a set.

TTs deal with MGM is brand new, so other boutique labels have had years to secure some Allen films from them. No one has. So er, yes, maybe they do have to be priced more than you would expect. I agree that MGM should be putting these films out instead, and I find it strange that they are not considering they've already released four catalogue Allen titles. But then, that applies to all studios, doesn't it? If MGM, Fox and Sony were more invested in releasing their back catalogues on BD, TT wouldn't exist.

Most new titles list around $30 - you just don't pay that because retailers mark them down.

if TT sold to more than one retailer then you'd probably see prices under $30, but it's not like their prices as listed are so far off what other companies are doing. These complaints are so old and have been explained so many times at this point.

Moe Dickstein wrote:if TT sold to more than one retailer then you'd probably see prices under $30

Well, that's basically the whole problem. If we could get the discs for $15-20 there would be drastically fewer complaints about pricing, even if the "list price" remained the same. People are complaining about a $30 list price plus shipping precisely because it's not the same as when most other labels list something at $30.

Moe Dickstein wrote:if TT sold to more than one retailer then you'd probably see prices under $30, but it's not like their prices as listed are so far off what other companies are doing.

TT titles are also sold through the TCM store. Perhaps there will hope for discounted releases yet.