Twilight Time / Redwind

[Big Ben]

I suppose this film exists only in my memory as the one they thought was going to be a hit and instead Star Wars happened. Has anyone seen it?

[Lost Highway]

The synopsis reads as so absurdly melodramatic, I’ve alwas been tempted to check it out.

[KJones77]

On their Facebook page, someone asked if the film was any good and TT responded, "Good fun trash!"

Probably as good of an endorsement as any film would need.

[domino harvey]

Fun fact: this was one of the very last films Fox put out on DVD before abandoning non-MOD DVD releases

[Roger Ryan]

Back in the late 70s, there were a couple of film publications (I believe "Movies On TV" was one) that confused this film with Welles' unfinished The Other Side of the Wind. How appropriate then that Midnight rears its head again just as the finally-completed Welles feature premiers! Sorry, I've never seen this film...I saw Star Wars instead.

[domino harvey]

My Beaver Eileen

The color palette is darker (though I suspect the initial Sony DVD was a lot paler and more subdued than one would expect for a film of the era), but wow at that increased detail-- look at the comparison of Betty Garrett talking to Kurt Kaznar on the stoop-- you can actually see her shirt's pattern now!

Watched the TT Blu of My Sister Eileen last night and it looks very good, though I'm still uneasy about how dark it is, which seems to be a common issue with TT Blus. The increased detail is remarkable, though. The sound was unfortunately less impressive. Better than the DVD, sure, but overall don't be like me, wait for a sale (or start regularly attending your local Indicator Release prayer circle)

[pointless]

The Bravados (Henry King, 1958)

Release Date: September 18th, 2018.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, September 5th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music Track
  Fox Movietone Newsreels
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[domino harvey]

Less than 60 copies of Dragonwyck left, and it's on sale for $15 til Friday afternoon (if it lasts that long)

[Feego]

November's title have been announced at the HTF
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1972)

I just noticed that Antony and Cleopatra was previously released on DVD by Warner Bros. Does this mark the first release of a WB film by Twilight Time, or have the rights changed hands?

[okcmaxk]

November's title have been announced at the HTF
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1972)

I just noticed that Antony and Cleopatra was previously released on DVD by Warner Bros. Does this mark the first release of a WB film by Twilight Time, or have the rights changed hands?

They released Heaven & Earth, which is owned by WB, but only at the insistence of Oliver Stone IIRC. I don’t think they have an ongoing deal.

[domino harvey]

Charlton Heston's estate actually controls the rights, which were licensed to Warners and expired

[domino harvey]

Sale on Sony titles

[mistakaninja]

The Demy and Quine have been discounted surprisingly quickly. I've been holding off in the hope of Indicator releases that will only be announced once I've succumbed to importing, and the accompanying ransom note I'll receive from the GPO to eventually free the discs into my possession, so I might as well jump onto that causality mobius strip now.

[KJones77]

Very concerning news regarding The Iron Horse with larger implications about the Fox/Disney deal and its impact on boutique labels.

A message from Twilight Time posted by a user on blu-ray.com:

Just a heads-up we have decided to postpone for the time being our upcoming blu-ray release of John Ford's classic, THE IRON HORSE (1924). We face an uncertain future with the pending sale of Fox to Disney, regarding whether or not restoration work will continue or cease on the Fox catalogue, but we figured that just on the off-chance more work might be done on this title, we'll put our decision off for a while.

[pointless]

Sword of Sherwood Forest (Terence Fisher, 1960)

Release Date: October 16th, 2018.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 3rd at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[domino harvey]

Very concerning news regarding The Iron Horse with larger implications about the Fox/Disney deal and its impact on boutique labels.

A message from Twilight Time posted by a user on blu-ray.com:

Just a heads-up we have decided to postpone for the time being our upcoming blu-ray release of John Ford's classic, THE IRON HORSE (1924). We face an uncertain future with the pending sale of Fox to Disney, regarding whether or not restoration work will continue or cease on the Fox catalogue, but we figured that just on the off-chance more work might be done on this title, we'll put our decision off for a while.

I'm not a lawyer, but since when do valid contracts get voided by something like this? Wouldn't any existent deal stand?

[nitin]

The license still exists, they have just decided to wait to see if it will be restored (it seems as if Disney may have indicated that funds may not be allocated to restorations, or perhaps a decrease in restoration funding).

[tenia]

A HD master already exists. It's certainly isnt brand new but it's suitable for a BD release. It has actually been released in France already a few years ago on BD. I'm thus not sure what TT is doing. If they have planned to release it already, surely, they know what is available or if they had to wait for new restoration work ?

[nitin]

They are not canceling though, just taking a wait and see we approach in case it does get restored?

[tenia]

It does look like it.

[jedgeco]

"[W]e figured that just on the off-chance more work might be done on this title, we'll put our decision off for a while" seems like (marginally) good news, no?

[pointless]

The Adventures of Hajji Baba (Don Weis, 1954)

Release Date: October 16th, 2018.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 3rd at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet art:

[pointless]

Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)

Release Date: October 16th, 2018.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 3rd at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historian Alan K. Rode
  Ginger Rogers at 20th Century Fox
  Gene Tierney: Final Curtain for a Noir Icon
  Original Theatrical Trailer
  New 4K Transfer

Booklet art:

[pointless]

Short Night of Glass Dolls (Aldo Lado, 1971)

Release Date: October 16th, 2018.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, October 3rd at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historians David del Valle and Matteo Molinari
  English and Italian Language Trailers

Booklet art:

[What A Disgrace]

I was really hoping Short Night would be a barebones release so I wouldn't feel tempted to buy it again.