Twilight Time indicates they will re-license some sold-out titles. BREAKING! (1 Viewer)

[Flashgear]

Oh, great...I just picked up a half dozen blu-rays in the recent TT fourth anniversary sale...thinking that I'd get The Driver next time....for those incredible car chase stunts and a young and stunning Isabelle Adjani...I think I'll jump on a couple of those low stock titles you mentioned...thank you ROclockCK...


Oh, well, I may be up to a hostage taking by some third party buccaneer...if the price isn't too egregious...


In the meantime, I will comfort myself in knowing what Kino and Criterion have coming...and the occasional WAC offering, like

Wolfen...

 

[ROclockCK]

With Birdie's return to the army, TT's sold out list now looks like this:




Christine - 1st Edition, 2013 (Blu-ray):
Feb. 15, 2013 - Feb. 15, 2013
< 1 Day (4.5 to 5 hours)



Fright Night - 2nd Edition (30th Anniversary), 2014 (Blu-ray)***:
Dec. 30, 2014 - Jan. 1, 2015
2 Days



Night of the Living Dead '90 (Blu-ray):
Sept. 14, 2012 - Sept. 22, 2012
8 Days



Body Double (Blu-ray):
July 24, 2013 - Aug. 14, 2013**
18 Days **



The Blob '88 (Blu-ray)***:
Sept. 24, 2014 - Oct. 22, 2014**
28 Days *



Fright Night - 1st Edition, 2011 (Blu-ray):
Nov. 15, 2011 - Dec. 19, 2011
35 Days



The Train (Blu-ray):
May 21, 2014 - Jul 20, 2014
60 Days **



The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Blu-ray):
Nov. 20, 2013 - Jan. 20, 2014
61 Days **



Rollerball (Blu-ray):
Apr 23, 2014 - Jun 26, 2014
64 Days **



Journey to the Center of the Earth - 1st Edition, 2012 (Blu-ray):
Apr. 13, 2012 - July 11, 2012
90 Days



Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Blu-ray):
Nov. 20, 2013 - Feb. 19, 2014
91 Days **



Wild at Heart (Blu-ray):
Mar 19, 2014 - Jun 26, 2014
99 Days **



Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Blu-ray):
Jan. 22, 2014 - May 10, 2014
108 Days **



Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Blu-ray):
Feb. 19, 2014 - Jul. 11, 2014
142 Days **



The Fury (Blu-ray):
Feb. 15, 2013 - Aug. 31, 2013**
190 Days **



Mysterious Island (Blu-ray):
Oct. 14, 2011 - July 13, 2012
277 Days



The Big Heat (Blu-ray):
Apr. 13, 2012 - Aug. 6, 2013
490 Days (1 year, 4 months, and 3 days)



Enemy Mine (Blu-ray):
Sept. 14, 2012 - Feb. 16, 2014
520 Days (1 year, 5 months, and 2 days) **



The Flim-Flam Man (DVD):
Aug. 9, 2011* - Jan. 28, 2013

538 Days (1 year, 5 months, and 19 days) *



Fate is the Hunter (DVD):
May 10, 2011* - Jan. 23, 2013

625 Days (1 year, 8 months, and 14 days) *



Steel Magnolias (Blu-ray):
Aug. 17, 2012 - Jun. 1, 2014
653 Days (1 year, 9 months, and 13 days) **


The Driver (Blu-ray):
July 3, 2013 - Apr. 22, 2015
659 Days (1 year, 9 months, and 20 days) **


The Left Hand of God (DVD):
Oct. 14, 2011 - Aug. 5, 2013**
661 Days (1 year, 9 months, and 19 days) **



The Egyptian (Blu-ray):
Jun. 16, 2011 - April 25, 2013
679 Days (1 year, 10 months, and 9 days) **



Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (Blu-ray):
June. 15, 2012 - May 11, 2014
695 Days (1 year, 10 months, and 25 days) **



Leave Her to Heaven (Blu-ray):
April. 19, 2013 - March 26, 2015
707 Days (1 year, 11 months, and 8 days) **



Our Man Flint (Blu-ray):
Dec. 19, 2012 - Jan. 14, 2015
756 Days (2 years, 23 days) **



The Egyptian (DVD):
Jun. 16, 2011 - Sept. 12, 2013
819 Days (2 years, 2 months, and 25 days)



Stagecoach (DVD):
Oct. 11, 2011* - Feb. 27 2014
870 Days (2 years, 4 months, and 16 days) *



As Good As It Gets (Blu-ray):
May 18, 2012 - Feb 17,, 2015
1005 Days (2 years, 8 months, and 27 days) **


My Cousin Rachel (DVD):
Sept. 13, 2011* - June 23, 2014**
1014 Days (2 years, 9 months, and 10 days) *


Bye-Bye Birdie (Blu-ray):
July 20, 2012 - April 29, 2015
1014 Days (2 years, 9 months, and 10 days) **


Bell Book and Candle (Blu-ray):
March 16, 20112- April 7, 2015
1118 Days (3 years, 23 days) **


Picnic (Blu-ray):
Dec. 16, 2011 - April 3, 2015
1210 Days (3 years, 3 months, and 19 days) **



* Calculated from Release Date. Exact Pre-Order Date Unknown, so add approximately 30 days to the date ranges shown here.

** Sell out date on SAE; residual quantities might have remained available via TCM for a period of days or weeks afterwards.

*** 5000 units available instead of standard 3000 limited run.



TOTAL: 34 (28 Blu-rays + 6 DVDs)

 

[JohnMor]

Twilight Time's blu-ray of Hard Times is now sold out.


Soon I imagine we'll hear a few, "Now I've missed getting one my favorite films on blu!! Thanks TT for making that film unavailable to real fans!!"

 

[ROclockCK]

Where Hard Times lands in the list above:


Leave Her to Heaven (Blu-ray):
April. 19, 2013 - March 26, 2015
707 Days (1 year, 11 months, and 8 days) **


Hard Times (Blu-ray):
May 17, 2013 - May 6 2015
720 Days (1 year, 11 months, and 20 days) **


Our Man Flint (Blu-ray):
Dec. 19, 2012 - Jan. 14, 2015
756 Days (2 years, 23 days) **

 

[Malcolm R]

Twilight Time's blu-ray of Hard Times is now sold out.


Soon I imagine we'll hear a few, "Now I've missed getting one my favorite films on blu!! Thanks TT for making that film unavailable to real fans!!"

I doubt anyone thinks that for a film that takes nearly two years to sell out.

 

[JoHud]

Man, news of that 150 limit on both BBB & HT sure hit like wildfire. Me-thinks Ebay resalers caught wind of their impending rarity.


I recall that In Like Flint was reported as having less than 100, yet that took an additional 2 months or so to actually sell out.

 

[Brandon Conway]

A re-seller certainly jumpd on those two when they got below 50 left, as they were gone real quick afterwards.

 

[ROclockCK]

A re-seller certainly jumpd on those two when they got below 50 left, as they were gone real quick afterwards.

Just as likely a lot of those 2 year fence-sitters simply panicked and jumped on it Brandon. But assuming you're correct, at least those enterprising resellers had their wits about them and knew when to move. I mean, this is not a new phenomenon with either limited releases in general or TT's product in particular. Depending on the desirablity of a title, when anything drops below 100, and then especially below 50, it's going to run down faster. As I recall, some of TT's sellouts hit 50 and were gone within mere minutes.


But the larger issue remains the same; fans had 2 YEARS to buy this Blu-ray! At what point in its run does its limited availability get real for some people?

 

[ROclockCK]

Okay, now that we have re-issues of Fright Night and Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Mysterious Island has just been announced for Christmas, any hints about what will be TT's 4th title? Originally, that was supposed to be Christine, but Sony recently repatriated that title for their own run.


Any speculation what will replace it? The Big Heat? Body Double?? Or maybe both Sinbads??? TT did say they'd only be re-releasing titles they can improve in some way. Yet none of their remaining sellouts seem like obvious choices to me...or maybe I'm missing something?

 

[Konstantinos]

Some say that there isn't a 4 title and that TT said this when they thought they would re-release Christine, so that was the 4th title..

I am not sure what is the situation.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I would buy The Big Heat again if the package was enhanced. There is a very nice (and expensive) French release which is tempting.

 

[Randy Korstick]

The 2 Sinbads seem like likely candidates for reissue

 

[skylark68]

The 2 Sinbads seem like likely candidates for reissue

I really hope so. I didn't know about the Sinbad films being released on blu until they were already sold out. I definitely don't mind paying $30 or so from TT if they are released, but I refuse to pay $80 or $90 to a reseller on ebay.

 

[atfree]

Okay, now that we have re-issues of Fright Night and Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Mysterious Island has just been announced for Christmas, any hints about what will be TT's 4th title? Originally, that was supposed to be Christine, but Sony recently repatriated that title for their own run.


Any speculation what will replace it? The Big Heat? Body Double?? Or maybe both Sinbads??? TT did say they'd only be re-releasing titles they can improve in some way. Yet none of their remaining sellouts seem like obvious choices to me...or maybe I'm missing something?

I'd vote for The Big Heat, for which the 3 year window is up in December of this year (based on release date). Body Double would be eligible in August of 2016, and the 2 Sinbad's aren't up til December of 2016.


Like you, can't see many of the remaining sell-outs being no-brainer re-issues.

 

[Craig Beam]

I'm really hoping Mysterious Island is getting a new 4K remaster like Journey to the Center of the Earth did for its second TT release.... otherwise I ain't bitin'.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

I'm really hoping Mysterious Island is getting a new 4K remaster like Journey to the Center of the Earth did for its second TT release.... otherwise I ain't bitin'.

I'm pretty certain the first release of MI was a 4k master.

 

[Craig Beam]

I'm pretty certain the first release of MI was a 4k master.

Ew. I hope not. It's pretty rough looking. The back cover of the TT blu-ray indicates it's a "pristine new transfer," but there's nothing about 4K (the second JTTCOTE specifically touted the 4K restoration).

 

[DalekFlay]

Glad Mysterious Island is being re-released. I want to own all the Harryhausen movies eventually and this was a glaring hole in that plan when it was OOP. Same for Sinbad, but I might import them from Australia.

 

[RolandL]

Ew. I hope not. It's pretty rough looking. The back cover of the TT blu-ray indicates it's a "pristine new transfer," but there's nothing about 4K (the second JTTCOTE specifically touted the 4K restoration).

A lot better than the DVD

 

[Stephen_J_H]

A further note regarding the transfer quality of Mysterious Island. Because Journey to the Center of the Earth was a CinemaScope production and Mysterious Island was shot flat, the negative area used on MI is less, yielding a lower resolution picture (.825" x .497" vs. .839" x .715"). Further, I doubt that both productions had the same budget, being as Schneer/Harryhausen productions were largely regarded as "B" productions; Journey's budget was ~$3.5 million, which translates to about $28 million in today's dollars. My best guess is that MI would have had about a third of that, which trickles down to all costs associated with the film, including film stock.


Simply put, even with a 4K scan, Mysterious Island will never look as good as Journey to the Center of the Earth. A 4K scan might help, but the difference may simply be numbers and not readily apparent on the screen.