Keith Cobby
Senior HTF Member
Like the Warners list, too many to mention. However if I had to pick one it would be Khartoum.
Thought it was WB through one of the Turner purchases. I could be wrong and it is in fact MGM. If so, perhaps through Twilight Time we'll get a blu ray release!Matt Hough said:It came out on an MGM MOD a couple of years ago (distributed by Fox) that I reviewed on this site. When did Warners get it?
I agree, unless either MGM or TT are able to remaster into HD, I think the number of titles that TT would even be able to use from MGM is pretty modest.ROclockCK said:My wish for TT? Please don't touch anything in the MGM/UA library unless it's been properly remastered for HD. MGM's legacy on DVD has become a disappointing blur of incorrect 1.66:1 aspect ratio transfers...letterboxed no less! Some great titles in that library, but unfortunately last seen from MGM on DVD in pretty dicey form.
I mean, did MGM suddenly find a wad of capital to restore and remaster?
Since this thread's question relates to MGM, it's kind of difficult because on both a price and extras front at least, I would rather see a Criterion release. However, if there is one MGM film that I imagine Criterion would not go for but Twilight Time might that I would buy in a heartbeat, it's Khartoum. So please, let it be so!Mark Pytel said:Here are some of the titles that I would love for TT to release
Khartoum 2:76 aspect ratio master showing on MGM HD
Thief
Exodus
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Rollerball
On the Beach
Judgement at Nuremberg
Moby Dick
Great Train Robbery
Cuba
The Train
Valdez is Coming
Yankee Zephyr
I'd say that's a good start
Plus I beleive that all of those already have HD masters that are showing or have shown on MGM HD. Plus these would be GREAT upgrades as all of the mentioned discs previously had non-anamorphic dvd's...or in the case of Yankee Zephyr..no release at all!
When I see the $cope of some of the titles on these lists, especially the large format roadshows, I have difficulty believing that even a fraction of them have received the needed level of re$toration and rema$tering. However worthy or hotly anticipated most of that stuff might be, it strikes me as unrealistic to think that chronic cash-strapped MGM has done much with them to date. Gladly be proven wrong there, but what is reaching us from MGM via their own label continues to give me some 'heebie-jeebies' (The Great Escape anyone?).JoHud said:I agree, unless either MGM or TT are able to remaster into HD, it think the number of titles that TT would even be able to use from MGM is pretty modest.
It was a UA a release and never part of the final Turner purchase, which ended up at Warner's. .Paul Rossen said:Thought it was WB through one of the Turner purchases. I could be wrong and it is in fact MGM. If so, perhaps through Twilight Time we'll get a blu ray release!
That's what I thought too. I don't understand this thread.dana martin said:wasn't aware that Twilight Time had a distribution agreement with MGM, thought it was only with Sony and Fox,
If you go back to the initial post in this thread, you'll see that the Twilight Time owners hinted that an announcement about a possible deal with MGM was imminent. That's why folks are speculating what they'd want IF such a deal becomes a reality.Robin9 said:That's what I thought too. I don't understand this thread.