THE EGYPTIAN Blu Ray on DVD July 12 from Twilight!!!!!

For people like me who love widescreen movies from the 1950s, this is very good news. I have the Spanish DVD of The Egyptian which is excellent but if this Blu-ray disc is done properly, I will happily upgrade.

Does this announcement mean that other 20th Century Fox Cinemascope movies will be issued on Blu-ray? I hope so.  

Count me in as one of the many who will buy this classic.  I hope this will be a trend on all those great Fox Films yet to be released.

I went to site for ordering and they still do not have it up yet

I just got an email from screenarchives that they will email as soon as they have it ready to order.

The only off putting sign is the dreadful cover art at High Def Digest. Makes the recent "biblical" covers look magnificent. Of course, you can change it as I and I suspect many others will do, so this is great news.

The Spanish dvd was the way to go until now but with BD PQ,sound without the PAL speedup and lossless multi channel,I can't wait till July. Hopefully, if it sells well it will encourage other Scope releases. The other releases in this series were limited to 3000.Let's hope if this is the case here, they sell out pretty quickly.

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Originally Posted by john a hunter 

The only off putting sign is the dreadful cover art at High Def Digest. Makes the recent "biblical" covers look magnificent. Of course, you can change it as I and I suspect many others will do, so this is great news.

 

That's NOT the Twilight Time cover art. It looks like the old VHS cover.

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Originally Posted by Mark Collins 

I went to site for ordering and they still do not have it up yet

They usually put the next upcoming title for pre-order when they ship the title previously preordered.  So don't expect a preorder until the Fate is the Hunter DVD is released later this month (around the 15th).  However, there might be another title being slated for June, so that title might be  put on preorder instead.

EDIT:  I was right--Woman Obsessed will be released in June, so don't expect Egyptian preordering to begin until mid-June

The Egyptian should be available to pre-ordered on DVD and Blu-ray in a few days.

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Originally Posted by ShowsOn 

The Egyptian should be available to pre-ordered on DVD and Blu-ray in a few days.

Amazon still doesn't have it listed as available for preorder.

Crawdaddy

The BluRay version will be sold by screen archives and they will only have 3000 copies.  You will need to order as soon as the title is posted.  I purchased the region 4 version in anamorphic widescreen, 16 x 9, from a DVD distributor in Australia and the video quality is very good.  The audio is monaural.

Screen Archives Entertainment has it up for pre-order today and boy are they proud of it.  The price is $39.99.  I really want this title and went ahead and pre-ordered the Blu-ray, for this is, so far, the most want title and I am afraid it will sell out soon with a limited number produced.  I really wish I could have waited for reviews and thoughts, but oh well.   By the way the DVD is listed for $19.99.

Screen Archives Entertainment is the only place to get this title.  They have the exclusive on Twilight Time titles since they own it.

Pre-Ordered I buy Film Scores from Screen Archives all the time so I would imagine the release will be as good as they can get it for the release. I am hoping we can get a confirmation on the Blu-Ray Audio for the release. I would guess they meant to list it as HD Audio.. but just didn't mention it.

BLU

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/15576/THE-EGYPTIAN-1954-BLU-RAY-PRE-ORDER/

DVD

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/15574/THE-EGYPTIAN-1954-DVD-PRE-ORDER/

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Originally Posted by ahollis 

Screen Archives Entertainment has it up for pre-order today and boy are they proud of it.  The price is $39.99.  I really want this title and went ahead and pre-ordered the Blu-ray, for this is, so far, the most want title and I am afraid it will sell out soon with a limited number produced.  I really wish I could have waited for reviews and thoughts, but oh well.   By the way the DVD is listed for $19.99.

 

Screen Archives Entertainment is the only place to get this title.  They have the exclusive on Twilight Time titles since they own it.

And good news for overseas (ie UK and Europe etc) buyers. The Blu-ray is region-free. (I checked with Twilight Time via their Facebook page). Ordered!

Alistair

I rec'd an e-mail response back from Screen Archives regarding the blu-ray Audio...

On the Blu-Ray, the feature audio is 5.1 DTS Master Audio, the score is 2.0 DTS Master Audio, and the commentary is 2.0 DTS @ 255kbps

Put in my order last night. Hopefully enough people order the bluray that Twilight Time is able to continue releasing blurays. A staggered release schedule of 5-6 discs per year would be fine by me and the high purchase prices would be easier to absorb.

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Originally Posted by Scott Calvert 

Put in my order last night. Hopefully enough people order the bluray that Twilight Time is able to continue releasing blurays. A staggered release schedule of 5-6 discs per year would be fine by me and the high purchase prices would be easier to absorb.

 I could be wrong but I would guess that the blu-ray could sell out before the DVD version. The blu-ray will be highly collectable since it will be the best image and sound quality for the film. Very curious to see the outcome.

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Originally Posted by Powell&Pressburger 

 I could be wrong but I would guess that the blu-ray could sell out before the DVD version. The blu-ray will be highly collectable since it will be the best image and sound quality for the film. Very curious to see the outcome.

My thoughts exactly.  That is why I pre-orderd yesterday, so I would not be left out.
 

If they sell out in a few days/weeks, I imagine it would be in their interest to make another run of discs, say 1000-1500. Why lose out on other potential sales? I understand the reasoning in making it a small run in order to test the waters, but if it's a smash hit, no reason to not take advantage of that.

I'm not taking any chances on this title...I just placed my order at Screen Archives!!!

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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway 

If they sell out in a few days/weeks, I imagine it would be in their interest to make another run of discs, say 1000-1500. Why lose out on other potential sales? I understand the reasoning in making it a small run in order to test the waters, but if it's a smash hit, no reason to not take advantage of that.

That seems a reasonable thought, but Screen Archives Entertainment in the past, have released many soundtrack CD's that sold out the limited run and they did not do another run.  Many of those OOP CD's are on Amazon for over $100.00 from private sellers.  I would not take a chance on it, especially the Blu-ray.

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Originally Posted by ahollis 

 

That seems a reasonable thought, but Screen Archives Entertainment in the past, have released many soundtrack CD's that sold out the limited run and they did not do another run.  Many of those OOP CD's are on Amazon for over $100.00 from private sellers.  I would not take a chance on it, especially the Blu-ray.

 

Soundtrack CDs are quite different. They are often in limited numbers due to the amount in royalties that have to be paid to musicians - the more copies the higher the fee. It's quite different for DVD/Blu-ray. The 3000 limit is more likely a marketing plan. 

...and the plan is to get folks to shell out nearly $40 for a BD release (nearly £29 shipped to the UK, excluding taxes, etc). Looks to be working too...

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Originally Posted by Douglas R 

Soundtrack CDs are quite different. They are often in limited numbers due to the amount in royalties that have to be paid to musicians - the more copies the higher the fee. It's quite different for DVD/Blu-ray. The 3000 limit is more likely a marketing plan. 

 

We will see but I just don't think this is the case.  As I understood their agreement when announced with Fox it is for limited runs. 
 

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Originally Posted by John Hodson 

...and the plan is to get folks to shell out nearly $40 for a BD release (nearly £29 shipped to the UK, excluding taxes, etc). Looks to be working too...

Well, it doesn't exactly seem like a get-rich quick scheme. If they stick to their original plan, they will gross $180,000. What will they net after licensing fees, scanning and digital work, materials, replication, packaging, taxes, etc?

...and good luck to them. And those who are willing to pay it. Seriously.

I have paid roughly the same amount for a standard Criterion DVD release. I don't mind their $39.99 price tag for the blu-ray release. I know the work this company does and have ordered many film scores from Screen Archives as well as other companies they help distrubte titles for.

What they are doing isn't cheap and I agree with others this isn't a get rich scheme, these companies like Screen Archives, Intrada, Film Score Monthly etc usually roll over any collected money back into future releases. Specific film score releases can take a lof of planning and can take years to be released by these companies. The films I am sure are different to an extent however they do have a specific contractual agreement for their Twilight Time titles and I like to think they are doing a good service. Many of these titles would have rec'd a MOD DVD-R releases from most studios. They are trying harder and are selling manufactured pressed discs. The fact they are able to release their first Blu-Ray release is great.

I will support them in future releases as well.

There is an interview on Blu-ray.com from one of the Twilight Time guys talking about THE EGYPTIAN.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6728 

In the interview he says that the THE EGYPTIAN is one of about 100 titles they have licensed from Fox and they are talking to other companies.  I still am trying to get my mind wrapped around 100 titles from Fox and can just imagine what titles there are in that group.

I can't justify a blind-buy without reading a review or two first, not at that cost.  Money's tight right now.  So I guess I'm taking a big risk waiting.  I definitely want this, though...