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post #31 of 55
2/16/11 at 3:26pm

Here's the link:

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/14942/THE-KREMLIN-LETTER-1970-PRE-ORDER/

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post #32 of 55
2/16/11 at 3:29pm

Thanks for the heads up, just placed my pre-order.

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post #33 of 55
2/16/11 at 7:07pm

A friend notified me that it was put up for presale today, but I'm glad you posted it here as well so that those who are interested can get it.

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post #34 of 55
3/8/11 at 11:22am

I have pre-ordered this and will post again when it arrives. Looking forward to hearing reviews and finding out if the missing opera scene is on the dvd.

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post #35 of 55
3/9/11 at 6:24am

Thanks, Reggie!

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post #36 of 55
3/10/11 at 7:36am

No problem, Tom, I expect they will be shipping The Kremlin Letter shortly if not already as they did announce on the SAE facebook page the dvds had arrived and they would be shipping soon. In an odd turn of events that message is now gone but hopefully that is not an indication that there is a problem.

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post #37 of 55
3/10/11 at 10:04am

Well, SAE has posted again on Facebook about the launch of the Twilight Time DVD event and how The Kremlin Letter kicks things off...so, great news!

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post #38 of 55
3/15/11 at 12:11am

I received an email yesterday from SAE announcing The Kremlin Letter availability.  It included added info regarding upcoming releases from their new DVD label, TWILIGHT TIME, to wit:

 

"The March 15th debut of The Kremlin Letter will be followed by a new release on the second Tuesday of each month, with a potential ramp-up of titles after a trial run.  Currently on the schedule:  director Richard Fleischer's cult favorite noir melodrama, Violent Saturday (1955); the aviation thriller, Fate Is the Hunter (1964); the romantic drama, Woman Obsessed (1959); and the legendary The Egyptian (1954), directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, and Gene Tierney.
 
Each TWILIGHT TIME release will be a DVD (not a DVDr) properly pressed from a restored transfer.  Each will be accompanied by a collectible 8-page booklet complete with original essay, stills, and poster art.  And each TWILIGHT TIME DVD will offer, whenever possible, that extra most coveted by cinemusic enthusiasts:  an isolated score.  Upcoming highlights include stand-out music from exemplary composers:  The Kremlin Letter by Robert Drasnin, Violent Saturday and Woman Obsessed by Hugo Friedhofer, Fate Is the Hunter by Jerry Goldsmith, and The Egyptian by no less than two giants, Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Newman.
 
TWILIGHT TIME will be focusing its initial efforts on bringing out heretofore unreleased-on-DVD films from the 1950s and 60s:  what Redman calls "the Cinemascope period, those gorgeous widescreen entertainments that had it all-beauty, glamour, drama."  But, he adds, "We will also be selectively tackling the earlier years-the 1930s and 40s-and sampling every genre, presenting, hopefully, something for everyone."

 

All this sounds great to me!

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post #39 of 55
3/15/11 at 2:57am

And what happened to the previously announced APRIL LOVE?

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post #40 of 55
3/15/11 at 5:35am
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And what happened to the previously announced APRIL LOVE?



That was going to be my question as well. That and The Egyptian were the two I was most enthusiastic about!

 

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post #41 of 55
3/15/11 at 3:50pm

Just got an e-mail saying my copy of The Kremlin Letter has shipped.

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post #42 of 55
3/15/11 at 6:01pm

Nothing in the E Mail from SAE about what extras, if any,  might be included on these beyond the isolated score.  I am particularly interested in the original trailers and whether or not they will be on some of these.

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post #43 of 55
3/15/11 at 7:29pm

Got the email today -- it's on its way!  Looking forward to seeing the first of this series, and to seeing The Kremlin Letter for my first time.

 

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post #44 of 55
3/16/11 at 11:09am

Got The Kremlin Letter in today's mail. Didn't watch it yet but put it in and scanned it. It's a nice clean anamorphic 2.35 transfer in mono. No extras other than the isolated score. There is a nice booklet with the film's original theatrical poster on the back which I wish they had used for the DVD's jacket.

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post #45 of 55
3/16/11 at 11:17am

Same.  Arrived in one day.  I'll echo that sentiment, but I am thrilled to have it.

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post #46 of 55
3/16/11 at 12:51pm

The included booklet addresses the missing footage:

 

"It should be noted that speculation has swirled about a missing one minute and eight seconds of footage apparently included -  according to some fascinating reportage by Brad Stevens in the May/June 2010 issue of Video Watchdog - in a pan-an-scan transfer of the film screened in the 1980s on UK television's ITV channel. The cut material, which takes place, in part, at a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet, was reportedly accompanied by music from the ballet.

 

And in fact, while preparing this release, the folks at Twilight Time did discover approximately a minute of music from Giselle on the foreign music-and-effects track. This would seem to indicate that the cut was made early on in post-production, with the footage left, for one reason or another, in some foreign versions of the film. But that footage was not and never has been part of any U.S. release print - and further, the cut was not implemented, as has sometimes been speculated, by anyone other than Huston, himself."

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post #47 of 55
3/17/11 at 2:39am

Can someone who has received this DVD tell me what the UPC number is (ALL the numbers under the barcode)? Thanks!

 

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post #48 of 55
3/17/11 at 6:12am

851789003009

 

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post #49 of 55
3/17/11 at 3:39pm

How hard can it be to locate and include the trailer? I may have to stick with my Fox Movie Channel copy, though it's not anamoprhic.Maybe I can find someone who has Fox Movie Channel HD and get a 16x9 copy.  I enjoy the film, but I don't need to spend the money right now just to get it enhanced and have a booklet.

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post #50 of 55
3/26/11 at 11:13am

There is a review of Screen Archive's/Twilight Time's DVD release of The Kremlin Letter on DVD Beaver.

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post #51 of 55
4/1/11 at 10:37am

In the DVD Beaver review it mentions the word 'interlaced'. Is that a good or bad thing?

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post #52 of 55
4/1/11 at 5:24pm
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In the DVD Beaver review it mentions the word 'interlaced'. Is that a good or bad thing?

It's bad. There is no need for a DVD made of film content to be encoded interlaced, it just means there will be an extra step of processing required before it is displayed on a TV, which means reduced image quality than what would other wise be the case if the DVD was encoded as progressive.
 

 

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post #53 of 55
5/23/11 at 3:16pm

The BBFC added a new listing to their website today for The Kremlin Letter. It is being released on DVD in the UK by Eureka! DVD. The link to the BBFC page for The Kremlin Letter is below:

 

 

The Kremlin Letter (1970) (Eureka! DVD title) - BBFC page

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post #54 of 55
5/24/11 at 6:18am
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It's bad. There is no need for a DVD made of film content to be encoded interlaced, it just means there will be an extra step of processing required before it is displayed on a TV, which means reduced image quality than what would other wise be the case if the DVD was encoded as progressive.
 

 


Nevertheless it's an upgrade from the print aired on Fox Movie Channel.  I have it and I'm not displeased.  (Extras -- other than music! -- would be nice though.) 
 

 

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post #55 of 55
5/26/11 at 8:20am

Amazon UK have a pre-order listing page up for The Kremlin Letter, with a release date of Monday 25th July.

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