I have ordered a few times from them and never paid customs or tax - they just show up in the mail. If you order a large amount it might be different, but I usually only order 3 at a time.
I have gotten the same "out of stock" notice from Deep Discount for the titles I want for several weeks now as well. There must be a production problem somewhere.
What makes me think it is a possibility is they are having a Fathom event where they are screening the film this fall. If the master they have is not good enough for a blu-ray then it probably wouldn't be good enough for the Fathom event so a restoration might be happening. Might not be true -...
Well, I am very pleased about The Yearling. A very good movie with beautiful, Oscar winning cinematography - much of it filmed on location. From all accounts it was a bitch of a shoot with that technicolour camera. Has some great sequences such as the bear hunt and when Jody runs with the deers...
Just saw this as well. THE PIRATE makes me very happy as I found the DVD kind of dark, with little contrast and no "pop" to the colours, and let's face it the production design and the costumes are two of the big pluses for this film. Also really enjoy "Be A Clown", "Nina" and "Mack the Black"...