Bryan^H
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I'd love to see Bright Lights Big City from Twilight Time. It deserves their care.
In thinking more on the subject, I left out several great movies from UA, Khartoum (1966), Solomon and Sheba (1959), Judgement at Nuremberg (1961), The Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming!, Pocketful of Miracles (1961), Irma La Douce (1963), The Party (1968), Man of La Mancha (1972)RobertSiegel said:Hats off again to Twilight Time. MGM/UA titles are now in the hands of the experts who care.
There are so many great films owned by MGM-UA. Personally, my top title would be the roadshow version of Exodus (1960). The film has been showing on the MGM-HD channel and looks stunning, so I can imagine what the Blu-ray would look like (and sound because the stereo sound is definately remastered.)
The other films topping my list are the Pink Panther films. It would be nice to see the first box set from Twilight Time with all of the Pink Panther titles (perhaps Twilight Time can get the rights to The Return of the Pink Panther which I don't believe is owned by MGM).
I would also LOVE to see Meteor, in my opinion a very under-rated disaster film, though recent showings on cable, even though in beautiful high-def, are mono. I saw this film in stereo in the theaters and it was either on cable or its first video release was stereo. Hawaii (1966) would be great as well, hoping the stereo tracks are available, they must be lurking somewhere and MGM just didn't use them.
If MGM owns the rights to Electric Dreams, it would be fantastic on Blu-ray considering it was skipped on DVD. I am wondering if music rights were an issue with the film. Also The Earthling (William Holden) is such a great movie. Halleluujah Trail has been showing on the MGM HD channel with a great soundtrack and includes overture, ect. This would make a great release as well.
The Australian BD is pretty nice. It could be a little cleaner as far as debris. It has the kind of opticals where they don't cut back to the original footage until the end of the shot, so there are some sections with longer dupes than I would like. I doubt that would change with a TT release. I prefer opticals where it pops out of the dupe as soon as it is completed, even if you can see the point of change. Long dupe sections are rather annoying to me.Robin9 said:Glenn Lovell's book about John Sturges says the rights to Hour Of The Gun passed to MGM/UA in 1992, presumably from Mirisch and Sturges. If that is correct, then this is the film more than any other I'd like Twilight Time to release on Blu-ray.
There is already an Australian BRD which I haven't seen.
Khartoum is coming from Twilight Time on January 21.Keith Cobby said:I particularly want the large format films as I think they look best on blu-ray. Top of my list would therefore be Khartoum, Exodus, The Hallelujah Trail.
Very good news. Very good news indeed.Richard Gallagher said:Khartoum is coming from Twilight Time on January 21.
Let's hope Zulu is better than the poor UK edition. ( Cue certain people entering the thread and saying Zulu looks great )Didier R said:Khartoum
Zulu
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
!!!
Brilliant!
Some people thought there was too much DNR (smoothness, lack of grain). The luminosity and color on the disc are pretty fabulous though.Mike*HTF said:Definitely on board for Man in the Dark and Khartoum.
I have the UK-release of Zulu and thought it was quite good - was there some problem?
I welcomed the UK Blu-ray of Zulu because it is head and shoulders above every DVD release of the film. I'm looking forward to comparing it to the TT release.John Hermes said:Some people thought there was too much DNR (smoothness, lack of grain). The luminosity and color on the disc are pretty fabulous though.
There was more to it than just DNR.John Hermes said:Some people thought there was too much DNR (smoothness, lack of grain). The luminosity and color on the disc are pretty fabulous though.
3D Blu spec requires a 2D version be included, either on the same disc or an extra disc.Matt Hough said:I'm not speaking for Twilight Time, of course, but I can't imagine that both 2D and 3D won't be in the package. Classic 3D is a very niche market, so trying to sell 3,000 of these only in 3D would be commercial suicide.