Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Reivers (1969)

[yoloswegmaster]

Kino has started a new sublabel line called "Kino Cult," and

Spoiler

the titles will be sorted by spine numbers.

[therewillbeblus]

I bet we'll be getting a bunch of the stuff from the streaming channel of the same name, which includes a lot of Indicator's horror output of late. Makes sense, considering Indicator has been one-upping Kino releases for so long - one has to wonder if there's a slight motive of retaliation! Or if it'll result in a fight for certain catalogs' rights on U.S. soil

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Summer of Sam (1999)

And titles that have returned to the WSL sale after being assumed OOP:

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Hangover Square (1945)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
Up the Creek (1984)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

[FrauBlucher]

Today’s announcement…

COLUMBO: THE 1970s
SEASONS 1-7

• RESTORED IN 4K BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES
• NEW Audio Commentaries for PRESCRIPTION: MURDER/BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER/A STITCH IN CRIME/A FRIEND IN DEED/TROUBLED WATERS/LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE/TRY AND CATCH ME by Author Mark Dawidziak
• NEW Audio Commentaries for RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN/DEATH LENDS A HAND/THE MOST DANGEROUS MATCH/DOUBLE SHOCK/PUBLISH OR PERISH/BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT/PLAYBACK/A DEADLY STATE OF MIND by Author/Historian Scott Skelton
• NEW Audio Commentaries for MURDER BY THE BOOK/LADY IN WAITING/REQUIEM FOR A FALLING STAR/LOVELY BUT LETHAL/CANDIDATE FOR CRIME/NEGATIVE REACTION/IDENTITY CRISIS/THE BYE-BYE SKY HIGH IQ MURDER CASE/MAKE ME A PERFECT MURDER/HOW TO DIAL A MURDER by Author/Historian Jim Benson
• NEW Audio Commentaries for RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN/MURDER BY THE BOOK by Screenwriter/Historian Gary Gerani
• NEW Audio Commentaries for DEAD WEIGHT/DAGGER OF THE MIND/ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM/DOUBLE EXPOSURE/SWAN SONG/AN EXERCISE IN FATALITY/FORGOTTEN LADY/NOW YOU SEE HIM.../OLD FASHIONED MURDER by Author/Historian David Koenig
• NEW Audio Commentary for ÉTUDE IN BLACK by Authors/Historians David Koenig and Scott Skelton
• NEW Audio Commentaries for SHORT FUSE/THE GREENHOUSE JUNGLE/THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME/A CASE OF IMMUNITY/MURDER UNDER GLASS by Writers/Authors Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• NEW Audio Commentary for A MATTER OF HONOR by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes
• NEW Audio Commentary for FADE IN TO MURDER by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes and Author/Podcaster Daniel R. Budnik
• NEW Audio Commentary for MIND OVER MAYHEM by Historian/Filmmaker Craig Bream with Special Guest Bill Malone
• NEW Audio Commentary for THE CONSPIRATORS by Television Music Historian Reba Wissner
• Selected Commentaries Include Excerpted Interviews with Peter Falk, Dick Van Dyke, Patrick McGoohan, Vincent Price, Martin Sheen, Richard Levinson, William Link, Lee Grant, Steven Bochco, Suzanne Pleshette, Norman Lloyd, Robert Butler, Stanley Ralph Ross and Many More!
• Shorter 71 Minute-Cut of ÉTUDE IN BLACK
• Booklet with Essay by Author Mark Dawidziak and Episode Guide
• Optional Music and Effects Audio Tracks for Every Episode
• Newly Commissioned Slipcase Cover Illustration by Tony Stella
• Optional English Subtitles

1968-1978 Color Approx. 3800 Minutes (20 Discs) 1.33:1 Not Rated
Columbo is the landmark series that set the standard for the murder mystery genre. Remastered in 4K by Universal, Columbo: The 1970s includes the first seven seasons of this enduring classic on Blu-ray! Starring Peter Falk in his four-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant, this 20-disc collection includes every criminally entertaining episode from the series’ first seven seasons.

[Maltic]

The real heads will listen to every one of those commentaries.

[What A Disgrace]

No UHD? Hard pass!

(I'm kidding)

[yoloswegmaster]

KL will be releasing Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS and its 3 sequels on 4K UHD.

[pistolwink]

Capitalizing on the surprising-but-very-welcome memeification of Columbo! Whatever works...

No UHD? Hard pass!

We need to see every wrinkle in his coat!

[What A Disgrace]

I know for certain that there is at least one more further thing that can be revealed with HDR.

[Gregory]

It's a show I really enjoy, but I'd be lying if I said I've even come close to getting all the way through the 100-hour Complete Series DVD set I acquired two years ago. And I do think the 90-minute episodes generally suffered from a lack of economy, but I've also never been interested in truncated versions of those either.

[therewillbeblus]

I’ve been meaning to get to this series for a while, so I’m excited for this push to finally do it - it’s also nice to see the seasons are relatively short, which makes it feel like less of an undertaking. I’d prefer longer eps with a brief episode count than staring in the face of The West Wing’s overwhelming numbers

[domino harvey]

I mean, you only need to watch the first four seasons of the West Wing

[brundlefly]

Capitalizing on the surprising-but-very-welcome memeification of Columbo! Whatever works...

And I was hoping that -- considering the recent lip service he's given the show while promoting his mystery movies and series, his involvement with Kino's release of Brick, and his availability apparently being open enough to appear on Second Sight's May -- someone would enlist Rian Johnson (and also of course Natasha Lyonne, and maybe even Jamie Lee Curtis) to gush under an episode or two. But the world only has room for so much fun.

[hearthesilence]

I'm not a fan of The West Wing - wish I could be but it seemed marred by everything I don't like about Aaron Sorkin (condescending tone from a guy whose simplistic ideas aren't nearly as edifying as he makes them out to be) - but what little I've seen from the last season seemed worthwhile for Alan Alda alone. I never got into the TV adaptation of MASH, but he's been a really great supporting actor, especially for Woody Allen but also for Scorsese in The Aviator (probably the best and least-mannered performance in that movie) and especially Marriage Story. Plus his science programs (where I first really saw him on TV) are wonderful. He just seems like a great human being and I hope he gets to do much more of all of that.

[Drucker]

Kino has to drop all the new essays and commentaries they produced from their Columbo set.

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Inspector Clouseau (1968)
The Laughing Policeman (1973)

And titles that have returned to the WSL sale after being assumed OOP:

Fuzz (1972)
Highway to Hell (1991)

[captveg]

Kino has to drop all the new essays and commentaries they produced from their Columbo set.

Hopefully Universal makes this up to them in their next deal. Really sucks for Kino to go through the efforts and expense to produce all that material only to have Universal discover that some agreement related to the show prevents Kino from releasing that material.

[MichaelB]

As one of the single-figure number of people who actually saw Indicator’s Ishtar release before Sony pulled the plug, I can’t sympathise enough.

[Finch]

I am aware that the representatives of the boutiques on here cannot divulge specific details but when something like this happens this late in the game with Ishtar and now the Columbo set, how do the studios tend to "compensate" (if at all?) for all the inconvenience caused? I guess it varies on a case by case basis though I can't imagine (perhaps naively?) that any (or most) studio would leave an independent label completely hanging? First dibs on titles in demand? Lower licensing costs on other titles? Or is it, well,tough luck?

[therewillbeblus]

I am aware that the representatives of the boutiques on here cannot divulge specific details but when something like this happens this late in the game with Ishtar and now the Columbo set, how do the studios tend to "compensate" (if at all?) for all the inconvenience caused? I guess it varies on a case by case basis though I can't imagine (perhaps naively?) that any (or most) studio would leave an independent label completely hanging? First dibs on titles in demand? Lower licensing costs on other titles? Or is it, well,tough luck?

They definitely have the upper hand and aren't the ones hustling for business deals, so I'd be surprised if there was any compensation, especially 'big' licensers who aren't counting on physical media for revenue. The physical media companies are the ones in a submissive position, relying on studios for their business. Not a lot of space for morality in capitalism.

[Dr Amicus]

As Murder By The Book was directed by Spielberg, would this have been the first commentary on something he directed?

[Maltic]

As Murder By The Book was directed by Spielberg, would this have been the first commentary on something he directed?

The plot thickens

[Finch]

Kino have a commentary on a Night Gallery episode he'd done.

[FrauBlucher]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative


Charley Varrick (1973) Starring Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andy Robinson, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Jacqueline Scott & Marjorie Bennett – Shot by Michael C. Butler (The Missouri Breaks) – Music by Lalo Schifrin (Prime Cut) – Written by Howard Rodman (Coogan’s Bluff) & Dean Riesner (The Enforcer) – Directed by Don Siegel (Madigan, Dirty Harry, The Black Windmill, Escape from Alcatraz).