Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3) (8 Viewers)

[TheSteig]

KL Insider, I know it gets tiresome if we ask you incessant "Do you have...?" questions, but I'm hoping your Paramount deal remains in place and that the Paramount-owned Regal Productions are part of that... especially 1957's The Unknown Terror. These more obscure widescreen genre titles are ripe for the blu-ray pickings.

I thought that was with Fox, IMDB says they were a distributor. Maybe it is with Paramount. It probably falls into the minor B movies, like Devil Girl From Mars most of which I enjoy more than the Oscar Award Winning titles
I like the movie, fungus movies are awesome. Id love Blu-rays for SpaceMaster X7 and Mutiny in Outer Space. Id love for some company to release them.

 

[JamesSmith]

Please, please someone tell me more Universal comedies are in the works?

--James

 

[Camps]

I thought that was with Fox, IMDB says they were a distributor. Maybe it is with Paramount. It probably falls into the minor B movies, like Devil Girl From Mars most of which I enjoy more than the Oscar Award Winning titles
I like the movie, fungus movies are awesome. Id love Blu-rays for SpaceMaster X7 and Mutiny in Outer Space. Id love for some company to release them.

At least some of the Regals reside in the Paramount library, I believe. She Devil (1957) for example was distributed thru Fox but was issued on blu ray by Olive Films I believe via Olive's Paramount deal. All part of the tangled web involving National Telefilm Associates (NTA), Republic and Paramount (space forbids getting into it all here).

Unknown Terror, Back from the Dead and Spacemaster X-7 were all distributed thru Fox. Spacemaster X-7 has been shown on Fox Movie Channel, so it may be under Fox ownership. Kronos of course has been issued on DVD (albeit not in proper aspect ratio) via Image Entertainment's deal with Wade Williams.

Unknown Terror had its last TV airing (of which I'm aware) back in the '90s on the old Sci-Fi Channel back when it was co-owned by Paramount and Universal and was airing movies from the Paramount library.

BTW, the best available DVDs (I know of) are as follows:

Kronos: the Italian DVD under the title "Kronos - Il Conquistatore Dell'Universo"

Spacemaster X-7: the German DVD under the title "Raum Rakete X-7"

Unknown Terror: ??? (I'm forced to satisfy myself with my old copy off the Sci-Fi Channel)

Back from the Dead: ?????

 

[TheSteig]

At least some of the Regals reside in the Paramount library, I believe. She Devil (1957) for example was distributed thru Fox but was issued on blu ray by Olive Films I believe via Olive's Paramount deal. All part of the tangled web involving National Telefilm Associates (NTA), Republic and Paramount (space forbids getting into it all here).

Unknown Terror, Back from the Dead and Spacemaster X-7 were all distributed thru Fox. Spacemaster X-7 has been shown on Fox Movie Channel, so it may be under Fox ownership. Kronos of course has been issued on DVD (albeit not in proper aspect ratio) via Image Entertainment's deal with Wade Williams.

Unknown Terror had its last TV airing (of which I'm aware) back in the '90s on the old Sci-Fi Channel back when it was co-owned by Paramount and Universal and was airing movies from the Paramount library.

BTW, the best available DVDs (I know of) are as follows:

Kronos: the Italian DVD under the title "Kronos - Il Conquistatore Dell'Universo"

Spacemaster X-7: the German DVD under the title "Raum Rakete X-7"

Unknown Terror: ??? (I'm forced to satisfy myself with my old copy off the Sci-Fi Channel)

Back from the Dead: ?????

I have these two.
Kronos: the Italian DVD under the title "Kronos - Il Conquistatore Dell'Universo"
Spacemaster X-7: the German DVD under the title "Raum Rakete X-7"
I have some off-brand release of Unknown Terror , not sure where I got it exactly
I also have an Italian DVD of The Amazing Colossal Man

 

[Barnduke98]

Please kino lorber might still have more horror universal release this year october plan anytime these still more out them?

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming September 29th!

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
• NEW Audio Commentary by Star Chick Vennera and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 117 Minutes 1.85:1 Rated R
From Robert Redford, the award-winning director of Ordinary People, A River Runs Through It, Quiz Show, The Horse Whisperer and The Legend of Bagger Vance, comes this absolutely delightful comedy of everyday people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. When Chicano handyman Joe Mondragon (Chick Vennera, Last Rites) from the Milagro Valley decides to irrigate his small beanfield by “borrowing” some water from a large and potentially destructive site, he unknowingly sets off a chain reaction that erupts into a humorous culture clash. The developers then try to stamp out the modest plantings, forcing the handyman’s friends to team up with the spirited “rebel” to protect and preserve their way of life. The stellar cast includes Rubén Blades (Color of Night), Sônia Braga (The Rookie), Melanie Griffith (A Stranger Among Us), John Heard (Deceived), Daniel Stern (Celtic Pride), Christopher Walken (King of New York), M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple) and music legend Freddy Fender. The Milagro Beanfield War won an Oscar for Best Original Score by the great Dave Grusin (Fuzz, Havana).

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

KL Insider, I know it gets tiresome if we ask you incessant "Do you have...?" questions, but I'm hoping your Paramount deal remains in place and that the Paramount-owned Regal Productions are part of that... especially 1957's The Unknown Terror. These more obscure widescreen genre titles are ripe for the blu-ray pickings.

The rights are with Fox, some of the later Regal titles like this and the Charles Bronson film, Gang War were distributed by Fox and became their property. If and when we do another deal with Disney/Fox, I doubt this title would be on our radar.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

I thought that was with Fox, IMDB says they were a distributor. Maybe it is with Paramount. It probably falls into the minor B movies, like Devil Girl From Mars most of which I enjoy more than the Oscar Award Winning titles
I like the movie, fungus movies are awesome. Id love Blu-rays for SpaceMaster X7 and Mutiny in Outer Space. Id love for some company to release them.

The sales for similar titles have been poor, so I doubt we would take on any of these, unless we receive a restored master and the asking price is not too high.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Please, please someone tell me more Universal comedies are in the works?

--James

I'm pretty sure we still have some unannounced Universal comedies.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Please kino lorber might still have more horror universal release this year october plan anytime these still more out them?

We don't have too many unannounced horror titles left, some TV movies and one newer one.

 

[Barnduke98]

We don't have too many unannounced horror titles left, some TV movies and one newer one.

thanks you reminds of us. great best seller universal horror title stuff, i can't wait get buried alive tim matherson. i really want wait for the colony john ritter horror scifi tv movie 1995 another universal horror and the companion 1994 would be nice first time on dvd and blu-ray. might be still more universal horror and universal television tv movie scifi and horror maybe still there out like curcu beast of the amazon and the spider woman strikes back and the missing guest and murder by the clock and the unseen and the incredible shrinking man and still barebone hammer film universal like nightmare freddie francis and captain clegg and paranoic on blu ray barebone edition double dip and the crying child are still not on dvd.

 

[TheSteig]

The sales for similar titles have been poor, so I doubt we would take on any of these, unless we receive a restored master and the asking price is not too high.

Well at least there's a chance ! It's too bad the sales were poor. I love B movies and classic sci-fi from the 50s so much.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray September 29th from Kino Classics!

Variety (1983)
Directed by Bette Gordon
Written by Kathy Acker
Starring Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard Davidson, Luis Guzman, Nan Goldin
Music by John Lurie

NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE OVERSEEN BY DIRECTOR BETTE GORDON

Bette Gordon's Variety is a landmark independent film that challenges common notions about feminism and pornography, which Kino Classics is proudly presenting in a director-approved 2K restoration from the original camera negative. It follows Christine (Sandy McLeod, Something Wild), a bright and unassuming young woman, after she takes a job selling tickets at a porno theater near Times Square. Christine soon develops an obession that begins to consume her life, finding self-expression through an interest in porn.

Special features:
*Anybody's Woman (1981, a short film directed by Bette Gordon)
*Audio commentary with director Bette Gordon moderated by writer Hillary Weston
*Booklet essay by film critic Amy Taubin (Blu-ray only)
*Gallery of production stills by Nan Goldin
*Gallery of storyboard illustrations by Bette Gordon
*Gallery of location scouting photographs by Bette Gordon
*Reversible cover art (Blu-ray only)
*Trailers
*Optional English SDH subtitles

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming September 29th!

Havana (1990)
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Sergio Mims
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 144 Minutes 1.85:1 Rated R
A gambler who trusted no one… A woman who risked everything… And a passion that brought them together in the most dangerous city in the world! From Sydney Pollack, the outstanding director of They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, The Yakuza, Three Days of the Condor, Absence of Malice, Tootsie and The Firm, comes this epic drama set in pre-Castro Cuba. High-rolling poker player Jack Weil (Robert Redford, The Natural) is trying to make one big score in 1958 Havana, a pleasure-seeker’s paradise on the verge of revolution. But his plan doesn’t include falling for Roberta (Lena Olin, Romeo Is Bleeding), the beautiful, enigmatic wife of revolutionary Arturo Duran (Raul Julia, The Addams Family). After Arturo is removed by the police, Jack is drawn closer to Roberta, who ignites a passion that threatens his last chance for the big score. The top-notch cast includes Alan Arkin (The In-Laws), Tomas Milian (The Big Gundown), Richard Farnsworth (The Grey Fox), Tony Plana (¡Three Amigos!), Mark Rydell (The Long Goodbye) and Dennis Farina (Manhunter). Havana received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score by the great Dave Grusin (Fuzz, The Milagro Beanfield War).

 

[Jack P]

Hope things are still on track for "SOS Titanic" with both cuts of the film.

 

[Barnduke98]

KL Insider I just really want ask for you did you wish love get KEn Russell The DEvils Director's cut and craze freddie fracis and never been released on dvd. that is some point for radar for warner bros deal stuff maybe will happen working along with sony pictures deal and package maybe working just nice suprises one title?

 

[Alan Tully]

KL Insider I just really want ask for you did you wish love get KEn Russell The DEvils Director's cut and craze freddie fracis and never been released on dvd. that is some point for radar for warner bros deal stuff maybe will happen working along with sony pictures deal and package maybe working just nice suprises one title?

I think you're barking up the wrong tree with The Devils (oh well, I have it on DVD, better than nothing), but...The Music Lovers. I believe now owned by MGM, I'd have thought it would have been licensed out by now, but nothing yet.

 

[Barnduke98]

I think you're barking up the wrong tree with The Devils (oh well, I have it on DVD, better than nothing), but...The Music Lovers. I believe now owned by MGM, I'd have thought it would have been licensed out by now, but nothing yet.

thanks you reminds of billy batson. i saw vikings season 6 has been lincense mgm and warner bros now first time. i love to see the devils ken russell. i see at horror convention like chiller threate and horrrorhound just sell off bootleg dvd director's cut and theatrical version before. would be nice kino lorber lincense warner bros or paramount.

 

[TheSteig]

The Devils is with Warner last I heard, and is often rumored to be a Criterion release, but internet rumors are a dime a dozen

 

[Worth]

The Devils is with Warner last I heard, and is often rumored to be a Criterion release, but internet rumors are a dime a dozen

I saw a screening of The Devils with Guillermo del Toro speaking about it, and he said that someone with pull at Warner Bros. hates the film and does't want it released.

Guillermo del Toro Slams Warner Bros. for Censoring Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’

The director said the studio has blocked the DVD and Blu-ray release in North America

www.hollywoodreporter.com