Region B Indicator Titles

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MichaelB · #1 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:20 am

In common with most boutique labels, Indicator's policy is to release region-free whenever contractually possible.

However, especially when it comes to major studio licenses, it isn't always possible - and this is the current list of Region B-locked titles (up to and including June 2023 releases):

Abandoned
Affair in Trinidad
Badge 373
The Beast Must Die
Belle of the Nineties
Bellman & True
Between Midnight and Dawn
The Big Fix
The Big Gundown
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Blonde Venus
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Blue Collar
The Border
The Brides of Fu Manchu
The Brigand of Kandahar
Britannia Hospital
Broken Lullaby
The Brothers Rico
Buffalo Bill and the Indians
A Bullet is Waiting
Bullfighter and the Lady
Captain Clegg
The Castle of Fu Manchu
The Chalk Garden
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Charley Varrick
Charlie Bubbles
Chicago Syndicate
Cisco Pike
City of Fear
Connecting Rooms
Convicted
Corruption
Creatures the World Forgot
Crimewave
The Criminal Code
Death of a Gunfighter
The Dark Past
The Day of the Dolphin
Dead Reckoning
Deported
Devil in a Blue Dress
The Devil is a Woman
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Dishonored
Dragonwyck
Drive a Crooked Road
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Endless Night
Escape in the Fog
Eve
Every Day's a Holiday
Eye of the Cat
The Face of Fu Manchu
The Family Secret
5 Against the House
Force 10 From Navarone
Framed
Freud
The Garment Jungle
Geronimo: An American Legend
Goin' to Town
Go West Young Man
Gray Lady Down
The Harder They Fall
The Heat's On
Hellfighters
I'm No Angel
I, Monster
Invincible
Irréversible
Jagged Edge
Johnny O'Clock
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Klondike Annie
Knock On Any Door
Larceny
The Last Hurrah
The Last Movie
Light Sleeper
The Lineup
Little Murders
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Long Gray Line
MacArthur
Madigan
Midway
Ministry of Fear
Missing
The Missionary
The Mob
Morocco
Moscow on the Hudson
Murder by Contract
Murphy's War
My Little Chickadee
Naked Alibi
Night After Night
Nightmare
The Night of the Following Day
The People Next Door
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Pirates of Blood River
Pushover
Remember the Night
Roadgames
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Scarlet Blade
The Scarlet Empress
Secret Ceremony
7-11 Ocean Drive
The Shadow of the Cat
Shanghai Express
She Done Him Wrong
Sirocco
The Snake Pit
The Sniper
A Soldier's Story
Someone To Watch Over Me
State of the Union
Strait-Jacket
The Strange One
Sweet Charity
The Swimmer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
They Might Be Giants
Things Change
The Third Secret
Tight Spot
Tokyo Joe
Track 29
The Triple Echo
Twentieth Century
The Undercover Man
The Valachi Papers
The Valdez Horses
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Visa to Canton
Walk a Crooked Mile
Walk East on Beacon!
Watermelon Man
The Web
The Whole Town's Talking
Winter Kills

...and this title is locked to Regions A and B, so won't play on unmodified Region C equipment:

Hoffman

tenia · #2 Post by **tenia** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:22 am

Can we assume that basically all Universal and Fox titles will be Region B locked ?

MichaelB · #3 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:23 am

So far, every licensor that Powerhouse has dealt with who isn't Sony has required region-locking as a contractual condition.

#4 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:42 am

Thanks Michael! For some reason I thought all Indicator titles were region free

MichaelB · #5 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:47 am

They were up to January this year, but ever since they started licensing titles from rightsholders other than Sony region-locking has been compulsory for virtually all non-Sony acquisitions.

But Sony titles will remain region-free - and at present they still constitute a clear majority of upcoming titles over the next year or so.

MichaelB · #6 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:21 am

As you've probably seen from the latest announcement, sadly the latest Sony acquisitions are not region-free, and I'm afraid that will be the situation going forward.

tenia · #7 Post by **tenia** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:31 am

I'm quite surprised by this. Is this coming for them licensing more and more stuff over the world and trying to "please" everyone ?

MichaelB · #8 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:33 am

You'll have to ask them - but I suspect you're probably right.

Ribs · #9 Post by **Ribs** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:07 am

I have to imagine that will put a significant dent in Indicator's sales - obviously it's out of their control but still seems a shame

tenia · #10 Post by **tenia** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:11 am

While it technically is likely to prevent some sales, I'm not sure the dent will be that significant, for at least 3 reasons : it might be that US buyers are actually zone free anyway, sales for Indicator might be good enough even region locked so that they wont see a non-negligible impact, and I'm not sure if Indicator imports are significant in the US compared to Region B countries like France or Germany.

MichaelB · #11 Post by **MichaelB** » Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:33 pm

Spring Night Summer Night is now confirmed as region-free, so I’ve taken it off the list.