Olive Films

[JamesF]

TAM LIN!!!!!!! One hope they'll at least be able to include the Roddy McDowall introduction that was on the old VHS.

[Perkins Cobb]

I have a hard time getting excited about these lists of scores of films that Olive has the rights to, because you know the DVD market will crater, or maybe I'll just keel over dead, before they get all of those out. Even if they keep up or slightly increase their rate of output, this latest list plus the Republics is 5 years' worth, easy. I just can't imagine the market will support them that long, although I'd love to see it happen (and I'm doing my part via importcds!).

[Frankinho007]

10/30/2012 Twilight's Last Gleaming
RESTORED IN HD
SPECIAL FEATURE:
ALDRICH OVER MUNICH
a making-of documentary directed by Robert Fischer
2012 | Color | 69 Minutes | Not Rated

[eerik]

Sidney Lumet's Long Day's Journey Into Night is also scheduled for October 30th.

[stagefright50]

Sidney Lumet's Long Day's Journey Into Night is also scheduled for October 30th.

Exciting news! Way too much thought went into that cover though.

[Fred Holywell]

Way too much thought went into that cover though.

Yes, way too much thought for way too little result. Probably the most artistically ugly cover in recent memory. (That image is supposed to move more product that Hepburn's incredible face?) The original release artwork wasn't much, but would have at least been more appropriate. A great and powerful film, from an even greater play. Glad it's finally available on disc.

[Grand Wazoo]

That cover reminds me of a college dorm poster explaining "different kinds of drunk".

[colinr0380]

So you are all saying that you think Olive's cover is 'vial'?

[warren oates]

The Olive cover for Long Day's Journey seems like it may have been inspired by this pb cover, which is less cluttered. So how good is the Aldrich film anyway?

[Props55]

Olive is supposed to be staffed by a skeleton crew of six (according to Tarzi) so who pissed away valuable man hours on that ridiculous "artwork". And yes Grand Wazoo it does look a lot like some dumbass PSA. That or an upscale booze ad in Esquire or Playboy back in the day. I though they were full steam ahead producing more releases but apparently they're playing MAD MEN

[med]

Twilight's Last Gleaming gets a nice-sized, brand-new special feature and all the people on this page can do is crab about the (admittedly lame) cover for LDJIN. No wonder Tarzi is so foul-tempered!

[Gregory]

The crucial question here is whether LDJIN is going to finally be available in widescreen.

[jurora13]

The crucial question here is whether LDJIN is going to finally be available in widescreen.

According to Amazon, yes

[captveg]

Beaver on Private Hell 36

Gotta love the hyperbole of "The original 1.85:1 has been bastardized to 1.78." I'd guess that 85%+ of the 1.85:1 theatrical releases are 1.78:1 on Blu-ray. Theatrical presentations probably varied far more wildly than that, I reckon.

[The Narrator Returns]

I got my Johnny Guitar Blu-Ray today, and I noticed this on the back cover:

SPECIAL FEATRUES
MARTIN SCORSESE
INTRODUCTION of JOHNNY GUITAR

[Feego]

What about it?

[starmanof51]

I got my Johnny Guitar Blu-Ray today, and I noticed this on the back cover:

SPECIAL FEATRUES
MARTIN SCORSESE
INTRODUCTION of JOHNNY GUITAR

Wow, you're right. Well, there's that staff of six again.

[swo17]

I'm sure it's just the same Scorsese intro that was on the old R2 release.

[krnash]

Are you saying they misspelled "features"? Or was that you?

[med]

The Scorsese intro also appeared on the old U.S. vhs, which is I how first saw it. It was in the one film studies class I took in college. The professor sold Johnny Guitar—a film completely unfamilar to me at the time—to us as if it was the highest in high camp, a total hoot. So it was a bit confusing when Scorsese came on, sounding as if he was talking about an entirely different film.

[Fred Holywell]

Beaver on Private Hell 36

Gotta love the hyperbole of "The original 1.85:1 has been bastardized to 1.78." I'd guess that 85%+ of the 1.85:1 theatrical releases are 1.78:1 on Blu-ray. Theatrical presentations probably varied far more wildly than that, I reckon.

Agree. Has Gary ever seen some of the (mostly) European discs that bastardize 2.35:1 to 1.78? Now, that's scary!

[stagefright50]

For anyone who's interested, Deep Discount is having an Olive sale. Up to 40% off.

[swo17]

Lots of those are cheaper right now at importCDs.

[stagefright50]

Yup. You're right. Thank you because I was about to go nuts.

[eerik]

The Otto Preminger Collection and Film Noir Collection Vol. 1 coming later this year.

The Otto Preminger Collection (3BD set)
1. Hurry Sundown (1967)
2. Skidoo (1968)
3. Such Good Friends (1971)

Film Noir Collection Vol. 1 (4BD set)
1. Union Station (1950)
2. Appointment With Danger (1951)
3. Dark City (1950)
4. Rope of Sand (1949)