Pre-Order Sony Pictures Classics 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Collection (4K UHD) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Nick*Z]

Well, for a Sony Pictures Classics box set NOT to include their very first - Howards End in 4K is rather insulting. Indochine, Layer Cake, The Jane Austen Book Club, Being Julia, A Midwinter's Tale and the grotesquely underrated, A Man of No Importance need to be on that list too.

 

[Jeffrey D]

Well, for a Sony Pictures Classics box set NOT to include their very first - Howards End in 4K is rather insulting. Indochine, Layer Cake, The Jane Austen Book Club, Being Julia, A Midwinter's Tale and the grotesquely underrated, A Man of No Importance need to be on that list too.

Being Julia is a good film.

 

[jayembee]

Woody's films are being released by some company called Sandpiper Pictures

Sandpiper is only (so far) releasing the WA films from MGM/UA/Orion. There's nothing to suggest that Sandpiper has or will have the rights to any of Allen's other films. Just like Twilight Time before it...although TT did manage to release two that were originally from TriStar: Husbands and Wives and Manhattan Murder Mystery (but not a third: Sweet and Lowdown).

With respect to the subject at hand, though, Sony Pictures Classics released seven of WA's films from 2009 to 2015. I think that's what plektret was hoping for.

 

[Konstantinos]

The info is up on Amazon!

 

[Ronald Epstein]

The info is up on Amazon!

Thank you for this. Will update the first post with this screenshot and any new information Amazon is providing.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Sony Pictures Classics with this limited edition box set:

• Limited edition gift set includes fully remastered 4K UHD disc debuts for ORLANDO, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE CELLULOID CLOSET, RUN LOLA RUN, SLC PUNK, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, VOLVER, SYNECDOCHE NEW YORK, STILL ALICE and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD, plus CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON with Dolby Vision

• All eleven films presented with Dolby Vision HDR for the most premium presentation possible

• CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON also includes Dolby Atmos audio; all films include original theatrical audio, as well

• Includes hours of special features across the films: a mix of archival materials and exciting new content

• Also includes a booklet with an all-new essay about the legacy of Sony Pictures Classics and details about the included films

 

[Konstantinos]

This line "the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD", doesn't sound optimistic for individual releases...

 

[jayembee]

Limited edition gift set includes fully remastered 4K UHD disc debuts for ORLANDO, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE CELLULOID CLOSET, RUN LOLA RUN, SLC PUNK, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, VOLVER, SYNECDOCHE NEW YORK, STILL ALICE and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD, plus CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON with Dolby Vision

Ack! I have CTHD already, but of the other ten, there are at least six that I want, and four of those I really, really want.

This line "the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD", doesn't sound optimistic for individual releases...

Well, I would say that there is an understood "yet" at the end of that clause. There wasn't an individual 4K release for Lawrence of Arabia until there was.

 

[JoshZ]

This line "the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD", doesn't sound optimistic for individual releases...

I read that as "the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD... right now." Not necessarily that they will always be exclusive to the box.

 

[JoshZ]

Ack! I have CTHD already, but of the other ten, there are at least six that I want, and four of those I really, really want.

I just bought City of Lost Children on Blu-ray recently, assuming it was unlikely to ever make the cut for UHD.

 

[jayembee]

I just bought City of Lost Children on Blu-ray recently, assuming it was unlikely to ever make the cut for UHD.

Thanks for taking that bullet...

 

[JoshZ]

Thanks for taking that bullet...

Well, I wasn't going to buy any of these studio collection box sets anyway, so it'll be at least another year before that particular title gets a standalone UHD edition.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Official Sony Press Release in first post

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Well, for a Sony Pictures Classics box set NOT to include their very first - Howards End in 4K is rather insulting.

Given that Cohen Media Group now controls the Merchant Ivory library, not a helluva lot SPC could do about it.

 

[jayembee]

Given that Cohen Media Group now controls the Merchant Ivory library, not a helluva lot SPC could do about it.

Well, they could try to work out a deal...

 

[Douglas Bailey]

I'd love a 4K UHD release of La Cité des Enfants Perdus, a long-time favourite of mine, but I'm not interested in the opportunity to pay for the 10 other films into the bargain. I'll live with my Blu-ray edition until/unless Sony releases a standalone 4K UHD version.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Well, they could try to work out a deal...

Yeah, but there's that whole "exclusive deal with KinoLorber" business......

 

[Mark-P]

This line "the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD", doesn't sound optimistic for individual releases...

It also probably kills my chances for 4K upgrades of the titles I already own digitally.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Sony Pictures Classics with this limited edition box set:
Limited edition gift set includes fully remastered 4K UHD disc debuts for ORLANDO, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE CELLULOID CLOSET, RUN LOLA RUN, SLC PUNK, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, VOLVER, SYNECDOCHE NEW YORK, STILL ALICE and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – the only way to get these movies on 4K UHD, plus CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON with Dolby Vision

• All eleven films presented with Dolby Vision HDR for the most premium presentation possible

• CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON also includes Dolby Atmos audio; all films include original theatrical audio, as well

• Includes hours of special features across the films: a mix of archival materials and exciting new content

• Also includes a booklet with an all-new essay about the legacy of Sony Pictures Classics and details about the included films

Even with the pricing discounted 30% at $210.00, I'll be passing on this box set as it's just too expensive for my budget.

 

[BRAD1963]

Well, for a Sony Pictures Classics box set NOT to include their very first - Howards End in 4K is rather insulting. Indochine, Layer Cake, The Jane Austen Book Club, Being Julia, A Midwinter's Tale and the grotesquely underrated, A Man of No Importance need to be on that list too.

If Sony still had the rights to Howard's End I'm sure it would have been in this collection.