Olive Films

[captveg]

5/13/14

Flying Tigers (1942)
Home of the Brave (1949)

Per amazon.com

[FrauBlucher]

Anyone familiar with any of this trio....Johnny Come Lately (1943), The North Star(1943) and Up the Junction (1968).....and care to give an overview?

[knives]

The North Star's pretty good at developing a sense of terror just based on what you know could happen. Definitely one of Milestone's best films.

[FrauBlucher]

Blu-ray.com on Pawnbroker

[Lowry_Sam]

Blu-ray.com on Pawnbroker

Glad to see that at least the PQ is pretty good, though the lack of any extras (not even a trailer), will have me waiting til the price drops before picking it up, as I neglected to unload my dvd when it was going for a good mint on Ebay.

[captveg]

Great to see that The Pawnbroker is a high quality presentation. I never got the old open matte DVD, and this was easily my most anticipated title from the upcoming Olive 2014 schedule.

[domino harvey]

Olive to distribute 108 Media's releases

[captveg]

I wonder if this means that once they finish up with the Republic library they will be moving on from licensing from Paramount?

[John Doe]

Press Release: Olive Films picks up Cult Epics titles for distribution

CHICAGO, IL – Olive Films has entered into an exclusive multi-year distribution agreement with Cult Epics, the independent label known for its catalog of cult classic horror, art-house and erotica titles from the 1920s to the present. The deal includes all North American distribution rights across all platforms including theatrical, packaged media, digital, VOD, television and more. The deal was announced by Olive Films/Martini Entertainment Senior Vice President Eric D. Wilkinson.

“I’m excited to bring the Cult Epics studio under the Olive Films’ family of labels that also includes our recent partnership with 108 Media,” stated Wilkinson. “Cult Epics’ catalog of titles is a great compliment to our existing library and we look forward to working with Nico and taking the brand to the next level.”

Nico Bruinsma, Cult Epics CEO concurs, "I have known and done business with Olive Films from the early days of selling DVDs and am very excited to trust them with the complete and exclusive distribution and representation of my library."

Originally founded in the Netherlands in 1991, Cult Epics has been in business in the U.S. & Canada for over 15 years. The Cult Epics catalog represents some of the most legendary cult directors such as Fernando Arrabal, Rene Daalder, Tinto Brass, and Radley Metzger. Its library boasts over 100 films including In a Glass Cage, Viva La Muerte, Un Chant D’amour, Radley Metzger’s Score, The Lickerish Quartet, Camille 2000, PIG/1334 and Bettie Page. Under this new agreement, Olive Films will be premiering Cult Epics high definition Blu-ray™releases of Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, Tinto Brass’ Black Angel and the German horror classic Nekromantik, including theatrical promotional screenings across the country.

This deal was initiated by Eric D. Wilkinson on behalf of Olive Films/Martini Entertainment and negotiated with Nico Bruinsma for Cult Epics.

[John Doe]

Coming in July.

Operation Petticoat

So This Is New York

Good Sam

Caught (Max Ophuls)

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

The Lost Moment

Arch of Triumph

Armored Attack! (Extra: THE NORTH STAR (1943): The complete original extended theatrical cut.)

Forever Female

The Other Love

[captveg]

Also a DVD-only 108 Media release of Daisy: A Hen Into the Wild (2014)

[matrixschmatrix]

Caught (Max Ophuls)

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[domino harvey]

Armored Attack! (Extra: THE NORTH STAR (1943): The complete original extended theatrical cut.)

That's one hell of an "extra"

[knives]

I'd put good money down they phrased it that way under the assumption that Armored Attack! with exclamation point action will sell more discs that The North Star.

[Feego]

My first thought was that perhaps The North Star doesn't exist in as good a condition as Armored Attack!, so by promoting it as an extra rather than the main feature, they can temper people's expectations.

[domino harvey]

I didn't realize Armored Attack (which I'd never heard of) was just a recut of the North Star:

The film was rereleased in 1957 under the title of Armored Attack. This version starts with the entry of the German column into the town and ends with narration of Hungarians fighting the Red Army during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.

Why would the version recut fourteen years after the initial release be the default title offered?

[whaleallright]

it's strange that they would re-release that film in 1957 of all times given that it is a piece of wartime pro-Soviet propaganda for which a few "premature antifascists" would get in trouble during the McCarthy period.

[knives]

Oddly that's part of why it was rereleased. It was one of the titles specifically called out by HUAC and was rereleased edited to show that it wasn't Soviet propaganda. Wrap your head around that.

[zedz]

Oddly that's part of why it was rereleased. It was one of the titles specifically called out by HUAC and was rereleased edited to show that it wasn't Soviet propaganda. Wrap your head around that.

In which case, issuing it under a different title would seem to be rather counterproductive.

[EddieLarkin]

Why would the version recut fourteen years after the initial release be the default title offered?

I fear it'll be because the proper version will only be available in SD, or in otherwise really poor form.

[kekid]

Is there any update on Bo Widerberg films on DVD and/or Blu Ray? It has been some time since they were mentioned.

[Ashirg]

Wow, some of those covers look ugly.

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I don't get Lost Moment cover and Mr. Peabody and The Mermaid looks like was done by swimminghorses.

[domino harvey]

Really? I think they're clearly bringing some Criterion-aping A Game. I mean, if anyone on this board knows me, they know I hate Caught but that's an AMAZING cover:

[zedz]

Mr. Peabody and The Mermaid looks like was done by swimminghorses.

You know nothing of my work.

[Gregory]

Not sure why Bel Geddes looks like a ghost. If designers want to mimic old avant-garde photography, that can be okay, but the choices should make sense vis-a-vis the film.
"Opuls"?