Twilight Time joins forces with Sony Pictures to release BD editions of classic Columbia Titles

Awesome!

Here's hoping the Boetticher/Scott westerns are included in this program!

I'm sure we can all offer ideas about which movies from the Columbia catalogue would be most welcome on Blu-ray. I wonder if Twilight Times' ideas will be the same as ours.

OK: the floor is open. Any suggestions? I'll start proceedings with Pal Joey , Picnic, Oklahoma Crude and Lost Command.

I've never heard of Twilight Time.

 

First Lionsgate and now some other company releasing Sony's catalog titles? I would feel more confident if Sony themselves put these out. It will be way too easy to screw-up Mysterious Island if left in the wrong hands.

 

I suppose at this point in the game Sony feels it is better to let other entities take over the less popular titles?!? A shame because I thought Mysterious Island was every bit as good (if not better) than Jason and The Argonauts.

 

 

 

 

 

Twilight Time has released some Fox titles with great results.  Here was their last Fox Blu-ray:

HTF review of the Egyptian on Blu-ray

 

Robert Harris' A Few Words About The Egyptian on Blu-ray

 

Matt has reviewed some of their DVD titles recently too, most recently The Flim Flam Man on DVD:

 

Also, if Grover Crisp is looking forward to it that is good too.

 

 

I believe it's Image Entertainment, not Lionsgate, that has been releasing some Sony catalog titles. By all reports these have been solid releases.
 

 

I have absolutely zero interest in this as I'm not a Blu guy, but questioning how Twilight Time will handle these films shouldn't even be a consideration. At the end of the day, it isn't they who are overseeing the transfers, etc. They will simply take what Sony gives them and then create a decent package to present it.

Picnic Suddenly Last Summer From Here to Eternity this is fantastic news!!!!! So many titles!!! The Frank Capra Movies you could go on and on. The first 3 would be my top choice's then It happened one Night Mr Smith Goes to Washington Bell Book and Candle. From Fox I'd Cimb the Highest Mountain ......BTW Peyton Place Song of Bernadette and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea all aired on HBO HD

I second that request for the Boetticher/Scott westerns on BD!

 

I'd much rather have Man From Laramie than the Boetticher/Scott films (which I also would like)

 

I'm very happy for Mysterious Island coming out, not excited over the prospect of having to pay through the nose for these Columbia titles though.

 

I'll resist the urge to rattle off a list of titles I'd like to get on Blu-ray. 

 

 

 

It is Image, but the titles are re-releases of previous Blu-ray that went OOP.  I am happy that we will get 12 new Sony Blu-ray catalog titles a year, but I do have some reservations of where, not only Sony, but also other companies are going with their older titles. 
 

 

 

There are only 12 a year, let's spread it around.  How about Oliver, Lord Jim, Nicholas & Alexandra, and Funny Girl. 

 

 

Actually, the only Image/Sony release that was a reissue of an OOP Sony disc was The Deep. Everything else is new to Blu-Ray.

 

Oh, great. More $40 limited edition Blu-rays.

I'd like to get "Mysterious Island", but at $40, no thanks.

Yeah, my wallet just let out the most pathetic little cry upon hearing this otherwise wonderful news.

How about Bell, Book And Candle

I second that!

If it comes down to $40 for a movie you really want or not being able to get it since its not going to sell enough to be worth a large studios time, I'd gladly spend the $40.

 

Why stop at $40?  Let's see some $60 or better yet $100 limited edition BD's!!  Oh happy happy days indeed!

 

Now I'll probably spend the $40 for Mysterious Island but not gladly....oh no.

 

On the flipside a reasonably priced BD of Fright Night would've been an easy sell to me.  However FN is just not worth $40 to me so I'll be passing on that. 

 

I'm sure the douchbag speculators will be all over these releases.  We'll probably see these titles going for $200 a pop on Ebay this time next year.

It's more like $47 with p&p. I bit the bullet & bought The Egyptian & am glad I did, but there's probably only about five titles I'd do that for (if nothing else I can't afford it!). I'm not one of those people who can't watch DVD anymore, it still looks pretty good to me. If it's this or nothing, then it's a good thing, but for the most part it's, include me out!

Well that's shipping to the UK, it must be a few dollars less in the US. They don't mention the price, I'm hoping it'll be less than $40. I just can't see that as a business model with things as they are these days (esp when checking my orders, Ben Hur here in the UK & Mutiny On The Bounty '62 imported from the US added together comes in at nearly £3 cheaper than a single Twilight Time Blu-ray). We'll see.
Edited by Billy Batson - 9/1/11 at 8:30am

Everybody is assuming Twilight will charge $40 for Fright Night because that's what they charged for The Egyptian. My feeling is they'll charge whatever they'll charge on a case by case basis. The Egyptian retailed for forty because some money was invested in the restoration. Fright Night doesn't need a restoration, just a fresh transfer. Still, it wouldn't surprise me if FN ends up retailing in the $25 to $30 range because of the limited nature of the release. Still a bit steep for a catalog title but I'll grab it regardless - this is a personal favorite.

You guys are right, the $40 price is just an assumption at this point. Hopefully these Sony discs will come in lower.

 

However, the real problems here are that Twilight Time discs are (1) limited editions designed to make consumers pony up full price so they don't miss out on a desired title, and (2) sold exclusively through an anointed retailer who specializes in high-priced, low-volume "Collector's Editions". Even if the price is dropped to, say, $30, there will be NO discounts, and exorbitant (IMO) shipping costs. 

 

I really wish Sony had just licensed these titles to Criterion... 

Good to know. Thanks!
 

 

Lionsgate released a 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray of Memento.

You could be right but, unfortunately, every company knows that horror fans are very devoted. Many will bitch about the price but they will still buy it so there's no reason for Twilight Time to drop down to $30 or $35. I think, even at $40, Fright Night will sell-out very quickly because of its cult following.

For the rest of their releases, they probably need to lower the price or lower the number they make. If they couldn't even sell-out their first release in a few months, I don't know how much hope they have for the future when the novelty of them releasing smaller titles is gone and people are just pissed that a movie they want is only available through them for a higher price tag.

That may be true in this case but it doesn't always work out that way. Mill Creek and Echo Bridge are two companies I have no interest in buying products from given what they have done with certain titles.