Olive Films

[domino harvey]

Come Back to the Five and Dime is no longer listed as an Olive release on Amazon, and the list price is an absurd $40

[Lowry_Sam]

Come Back to the Five and Dime is no longer listed as an Olive release on Amazon, and the list price is an absurd $40

+180 Studio, looks like a record label (who released XTC's polarity-corrected edition of Skylarking this year on cd....not sure if they're also doing the blu-ray audio disc scheduled for 2016, but XTC's 1st blu ray was on Panegyric label). Also looks like the extra was dropped.

Would be nice if it means a dual-layered disc, but I won't hold my breath.

[flyonthewall2983]

+180 Studio, looks like a record label (who released XTC's polarity-corrected edition of Skylarking this year on cd....not sure if they're also doing the blu-ray audio disc scheduled for 2016, but XTC's 1st blu ray was on Panegyric label).

Wikipedia says that as of this past April the multi-track tapes for the album necessary for a surround mix had not been recovered.

[Bob Furmanek]

The first reviews on DRAGONFLY SQUADRON:

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[FrauBlucher]

Fedora....bluray.com......with the terrific PQ, it makes this one of the stronger bluray releases from Olive.

[Michael Kerpan]

Fedora -- seemingly no connection to the French play by Sardou turned into an Italian opera by Giordano. ;-}

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Fedora....bluray.com......with the terrific PQ, it makes this one of the stronger bluray releases from Olive.

What a major missed opportunity that they didn't license the Fiction Factory documentary like they did for the Fassbinder and Aldrich releases.

[domino harvey]

Olive set to release Slasher // Video titles, several of which were former Code Red titles. Countdown to the Code Red guy's meltdown in 3, 2...

[Bob Furmanek]

I've put links to additional reviews of our inaugural 3-D blu-ray release on the home page of our website at http://www.3dfilmarchive.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They include Robert A. Harris, Leonard Maltin, Glenn Erickson and Lou Lumenick. There's also an interview with Archive Technical Director Greg Kintz on the painstaking stereoscopic restoration process.

Thanks!

[christopher_NOBODY]

Coming to blu from Olive on December 23:

Appointment With Danger
Dark City
Rope of Sand
Union Station
Hurry Sundown
Skidoo
Such Good Friends

The first 4 of which were already available together in Olive's Film Noir Collection V.1.
The last 3 were in the Otto Preminger set, so really nothing new.

[tenia]

Olive set to release Slasher // Video titles, several of which were former Code Red titles.

"Known for its carefully-curated and handsomely-packaged releases"

Are we still talking of Olive there ? :-k

[captveg]

1/20/15

Track the Man Down (1955)
The Weapon (1956)


That leaves the following remaining from Paramount/Republic deal (22):

The Adalen Riots (1969)
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
The Beat Generation (1959)
Beware, My Lovely (1952)
A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
The Eternal Sea (1955)
Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
Hell's Five Hours (1958)
The Invisible Monster (1950)
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
Man of Conquest (1939)
No Man's Woman (1955)
Outrage (1950)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
The Quiet Gun (1957)
The Shanghai Story (1954)
The Sound of Fury (1950)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Stranger at My Door (1956)
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
World for Ransom (1954)


And the following DVD-only releases should get upgraded to Blu-ray at some point (6):

The Buccaneer (1938)
The Lawless (1950)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Pony Express (1953)
Something to Live For (1952)
Tropic of Cancer (1970)


Also, here are the titles that will not be released due to poor/missing film elements:

Blood on the Sun (1945)
Breakthrough (1979)
Cadence (1990)
Dakota (1945)
Fighter Attack (1953)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
The Last Command (1955)
A Man Alone (1955)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Oregon Trail (1936)

[Ashirg]

The Turning Point (1952) was another title that they cancelled due to poor film elements.

[domino harvey]

I wish they'd put out the "poor elements" films in budget DVDs at least. Better than circulating VHS rips!

[Ashirg]

Here is the complete list from 2012:

According to a couple posts over at the HTF by our friend Mr. Lime, Olive is no longer going to release the following films:
Baja (1995)
Black Day Blue Night (1995)
Bulletproof Heart (1994)
Count Dracula (1970)
Dorian Gray (1970) <===== released by Raro
Fear is the Key (1972)
Femme Fatale (1991)
The Final Cut (1996)
The Long Day's Dying (1968)
Macaroni (1985)
Promise Her Anything (1965)
The Proud and Profane (1956)
The Savage (1952)
The Savage Innocents (1960)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
Shanks (1974) <===== eventually released in May 2013
The Turning Point (1952)
Warpath (1951)
Witchboard III (1995)

[Ashirg]

They are also releasing Alain Robbe-Grillet's La belle captive on January 20.

[JamesF]

Disappointing news for fans of low-budget Michigan-shot sci-fi cheese - according to posts in the Blu-Ray.com forum, Olive's Blu-Ray of Moontrap apparently uses the same uber-DNR'ed transfer as the notorious German release.

[pointless]

Covers for January 20th releases:

[rockysds]

Also getting released January 20th:
Woman They Almost Lynched and World for Ransom.

[Drucker]

Great covers.

[captveg]

Down to 20 Paramount/Republic titles left (and the 6 other BD upgrade needed titles)

[Gregory]

Come Back to the 5 & Dime at Blu-ray.com. Not sure a 20 min. interview justifies a $40 MSRP but I'm just glad to see this finally out.

[CSM126]

Moontrap, or the case of the VHS-rip transfer at blu-ray.com

[John Doe]

Few MGM titles are coming to BD from Olive on 1/27.

Amazing Grace (1974)
A Hole in the Head (1959)
King (Mini-series) (1978)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Return to Me (2000)

They're available for pre-order on Amazon.

[captveg]

More MGM on 2/17:

Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Road to Hong Kong (1962)