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geoffcowgill wrote:Now that Olive is releasing several titles on DVD and BluRay simultaneously, does anyone know what this means for subscriptions? Do subscribers get both a DVD and a Blu of a title, or only one or the other (and if so, which?). Has anyone recieved Sands of the Kalihari via subscription yet? The description of the offer on their site hasn't changed since Blu entered the picture for them, so it says specifically a DVD. But if they give you an BluRay version of everything too (or instead), as Titus' post seems to indicate, that subscription price of $25 is actually looking pretty nice with all those Gaumonts on the horizon.

If history is any indcation, you probably will receive both.
I had one of the original subscriptions and received both a DVD and a BR each of Crack in the World and Hannie Caulder.

htdm wrote:If history is any indcation, you probably will receive both.
I had one of the original subscriptions and received both a DVD and a BR each of Crack in the World and Hannie Caulder.

A made a phone call to them that confirmed this a couple of weeks ago, but thanks for the response. I don't remember seeing it mentioned on here, so I thought it would be worth noting that they send subscription shipments only every other month. I figured those who had already subscribed had figured this out, but anyone who is considering that offer might be interested to know that.

It doesn't seem like anyone has mentioned this, but the Face to Face release (which is good) comes with the Studio Canal logo. I don't see anything on the packaging mentioning it, but the clouds still appear before the movie.

knives wrote:It doesn't seem like anyone has mentioned this, but the Face to Face release (which is good) comes with the Studio Canal logo. I don't see anything on the packaging mentioning it, but the clouds still appear before the movie.

The film is licensed from Paramount. It's probably just the transfer that is courtesy of StudioCanal.

Does anyone know where to get information that analyses the differences between the TV version & film version of FACE TO FACE? In other words what scenes or parts of scenes were cut out?

This page gives the timings of each version which suggests that an hour of material was cut for the 135 minute film. I understand there is also a 114 minute version as well.

Any word on the Uncut version of The Stationmaster's Wife that they said they have?

All of these are now listed under Olive Films (DVD & BLU-RAY) in IMDB:

1900 (1976) Bernardo Bertolucci – Robert DeNiro, Gerard Depardieu, Burt Lancaster
Assault on the Queen (1966) Jack Donohue - Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi
Badge 373 (1973) Howard W. Koch - Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom
Boeing Boeing (1965) John Rich - Jerry Lewis, Tony Curtis
The Buccaneer (1938) Cecil B. Demille – Fredric March, Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Quinn
The Buccaneer (1958) Anthony Quinn – Yul Brynner, Clair Bloom, Charlton Heston
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) Mitchell Leisen – Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix
Child's Play (1972) Sidney Lumet – James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges
Denver and Rio Grande (1952) Byron Haskin – Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden
Come Blow Your Horn (1963) Bud Yorkin – Neil Simon – Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb
Fire with Fire (1986) Duncan Gibbins – Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen
Firstborn (1984) Michael Apted – Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Sarah Jessica Partner
Geisha Boy, The (1958) Frank Tashlin – Jerry Lewis, Suzanne Pleshette
The Hangman (1959) Michael Curtiz – Robert Taylor, Tina Louise
Hit! (1973) Sidney J. Furie - Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor
It'$ Only Money (1962) - Frank Tashlin – Jerry Lewis, Jack Weston
The Jayhawkers (1959) Melvin Frank – Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Henry Silva
The Lawless (1950) Joseph Losey – Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell
The Long Day's Dying (1968) Peter Collinson – David Hemmings
Macaroni (1985) Ettore Scola – Jack Lemmon, Marcello Mastroianni
Man on a Swing (1974) Frank Perry – Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey
Man-Trap (1961) Edmond O’ Brien – Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Stella Stevens
My Son John (1952) Leo McCarey – Helen Hayes, Van Hafflin, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker
A New Leaf (1971) Elaine May – Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, James Coco
The Night of the Grizzly (1966) Clint Walker, Keenan Wynn, Jack Elam
Nijinsky (1980) Herbert Ross – Alan Bates, Alan Badel
No Man of Her Own (1950) Mitchell Leisen – Barbara Stanwyck, James Lund
The Perfect Weapon (1991) Mark DiSalle, Jeff Speakman, Mako, James Hong
Pony Express (1953) Jerry Hopper – Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker
Project X (1968) William Castle – Christopher George
The Proud and the Profane (1956) George Seaton – William Holden, Deborah Kerr
Rock-a-Bye-Baby (1958) Frank Tashlin – Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, James Gleason
Run for Cover (1955) Nicholas Ray – James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, Ernest Borgnine
The Savage (1952) George Marshall – Charlton Heston
Shanks (1974) William Castle – Marcel Marceau, Larry Bishop
Silver City (1951) Byron Haskin – Edmond O’Brien, Yvonne DeCarlo, Barry Fitzgerald
The Slender Thread (1965) Sidney J. Furie – Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas
Something to Live For (1952) George Stevens – Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland
Spirit is Willing, The (1967) William Castle – Sid Caesar, Vera Miles
Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969) Alan J. Pakula – Liza Minnelli
Tales That Witness Madness (1973) Freddie Francis – Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins
Too Late Blues (1961) John Cassavettes – Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards
Train of Life (1999) Radu Mihaileanu – Lionel Abelanski
Trap, The (1959) Norman Panama – Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb
The Turning Point (1952) William Dieterle – William Holden, Alexis Smith
Up Tight! (1968) Jules Dassin – Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Brown
Warpath (1951) Byron Haskin – Edmond O’Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Polly Bergen
Who's Got the Action (1962) Daniel Mann – Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Walter Matthau
Who's Minding the Store (1963) Frank Tashlin – Jerry Lewis, Jill St. John

I don't understand...they stick mostly to pre-1970 catalogue titles, but make an exception for the 1991 Jeff Speakman vehicle The Perfect Weapon? On the other hand, it's good to see Sterile Cuckoo finally coming out.

misterlime wrote:My Son John (1952) Leo McCarey – Helen Hayes, Van Hafflin, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker
A New Leaf (1971) Elaine May – Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, James Coco
Run for Cover (1955) Nicholas Ray – James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, Ernest Borgnine
Up Tight! (1968) Jules Dassin – Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Brown

I'll second Cold Bishop's at those titles, especially A New Leaf. I think Criterion had their eye on it at one point. Thrilled to finally get The Sterile Cuckoo too, and a Blu-ray of 1900 has the potential to look amazing. This is how the news of the original Olive/Paramount titles broke. I'd imagine it's true and that Olive is adding the listings to IMDb themselves. I know one forum member who'll be pleased to see all those Tashlin Blus.

Holy poo! I just noticed Shanks which is no joke one of the best movies ever made. The greatness isn't immediate, but it creeps up on you slowly.

I like the basic conceit (Old Horror vs. New Horror), but I think the movie needed to have a little more teeth once the bikers showed up for it to really work. Still, it's fun.

It's not really the horror conceits that make me love it so much as the relationship between the mute and the girl. It's definitely a case of it being more strange than actual horror, but I think the way that those strange elements come together for something much mroe personal than Castle normally does is fairly great.

Since The Conformist isn't on that list, I'm going to guess that Criterion was able to pick it up.

Too Late Blues! It may not be the release of Love Streams I so desperately want, but any new Cassavetes available is alright with me.

Ah sweet, Jeff Speakman! I, for one, welcome cheesy early-90's action schlock any day.

Something to Live For (1952) George Stevens – Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland

Finally... the picture Stevens made between "A Place in the Sun" and "Shane". Said to be a disappointment, but still it's got to be worth a look.

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These were just announced for DVD & Blu-ray

The Geisha Boy
Rock-A-Bye Baby
Boeing Boeing
The Perfect Weapon

Street date: February 14, 2012

Considering how good those Tashlins already look in SD, they may legitimately end up being some of the most impressive Blus ever

Are the non-Tashlins any good?

If Perfect Weapon is this then probably not (Although shirtless sweaty fighting might look good in HD).

I guess that's good enough until the next Transporter movie comes out.