Don't know if the list has already been posted, but K-L has announced quite a few of the 70 titles they licensed from MGM. This was originally posted on the Home Theater Forum.
Across 110th Street (09-09-14) A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (09-09-14) Billion Dollar Brain (10-07-14) Breakheart Pass (08-12-14) Cast A Giant Shadow (08-26-14) Children's Hour, The (08-12-14) Coming Home (11-18-14) Cotton Comes to Harlem (09-09-14) Desperately Seeking Susan (10-14-14) Duel at Diablo (07-29-14) Elmer Gantry (09-23-14) Flesh & Blood (09-16-14) Gator (11-11-14) Gorky Park (10-21-14) Great Train Robbery, The (09-16-14) Juggernaut (09-09-14) Last Embrace (10-14-14) Long Goodbye, The (11-25-14) Man of the West (11-04-14) Married to the Mob (10-14-14) Marty (07-29-14) Meteor (09-16-14) More Dead Than Alive (11-11-14) Mr. Majestyk (08-12-14) Mulholland Falls (10-07-14) Naked Face, The (10-21-14) On The Beach (08-26-14) Paris Blues (07-29-14) Party, The (09-16-14) Pocketful of Miracles (11-18-14) Private LIfe of Sherlock Holmes, The (07-22-14) Run Silent, Run Deep (09-23-14) Sabata (07-22-14) Sam Whiskey (11-11-14) Scalphunters, The (07-22-14) Separate Tables (07-29-14) Taras Bulba (09-23-14) Thieves Like Us (11-25-14) Topkapi (10-07-14) True Confessions (10-07-14) Unforgiven, The (08-12-14) Viva Maria! (11-04-14) What's New Pussycat? (08-26-14) White Lightning (11-11-14) Witness for the Prosecution (07-22-14) Young Savages, The (09-23-14) Bloody Mama (09-23-14) The First Power (10-07-14) Jennifer (10-14-14) To All a Goodnight (10-21-14) Planet of the Vampires (10-28-14) Drum (11-04-14) tentative Cult of the Damned aka Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969) (TBD) The Wicked Lady (1983) (TBD)
Some additional titles announced for Dec 2nd;
Hickey and Boggs The Quatermass Xperiment The Offence The Package The Emerald Forest
Greg Espinoza
And add "Kings Of The Sun" and "The Secret Invasion" which I just found out about will be on Blu ray from Fox Lorber next month (followed by "The Satan Bug").
Just read that Kino-Lorber will be releasing Sergio Sollima's excellent spaghetti western, Faccia A Faccia (Face To Face).
That got me excited till I read the run time listed on Amazon for the Blu-ray is listed at 93 minutes, when is should be 107 minutes. Same debacle as the Eureka release back in 2010. Eventually Eureka did release the full version.
"The version re-mastered in HD is the American English language version which has a running time of 93 minutes. The Kino Lorber DVD and BD release includes the HD version of the 93 Minute English language version and the SD version of the 107 minute Italian version as an extra."
It's nice to get the 107 minute version, but why only in SD? The longer version is the superior one.
Kino Classics will release on Blu-ray Rupert Julian's The Phantom of the Opera (1925/1929), starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on October 13.
Synopsis: Regarded by many as the first great horror film, and certainly the best of the silent era, the earliest version of The Phantom of the Opera stars Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces. Chaney is Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Pairs Opera. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful prima donna, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair, where he is destined to have a showdown with her fiance and the secret police.
DISC ONE: 24 frames-per-second version (78 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox) Music composed and performed by Alloy Orchestra (2.0 Stereo) Theatre organ score arranged and performed by Gaylord Carter (2.0 Mono) 20 frames-per-second version (92 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox) Musical setting composed by Gabriel Thibaudeau (2.0 Stereo). Performed by I Musici de Montréal. Conducted by Yuri Turovsky. Claudine Côté, Soprano Audio commentary by film historian Jon Mirsalis (2.0 Mono)
DISC TWO: 1925 Version (114 Min.) Standard Definition (4x3) Musical Setting Arranged and Performed by Frederick Hodges (2.0 Mono) SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: Original Screenplay (91 Min. video scroll) Montage of Stills (13 Min.) Interview with composer Gabriel Thibaudeau (9 Min.) Two travelogues by Burton Holmes, depicting Paris in 1925: Paris from a Motor (3 1/2 min). A Trip on the Seine (3 1/2 min).
When is "The Satan Bug" coming out? Kino-Lobber said that it was going to be in the Summer, and now it's August. Will it be next month?
The Satan Bug blu-ray is available to preorder now at $11.49. Trying to find some reviews, but I'll probably get it anyway as it's so cheap, due to the Amazon K-L sale.
Kino Classics will release on Blu-ray Rupert Julian's The Phantom of the Opera (1925/1929), starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on October 13.
Synopsis: Regarded by many as the first great horror film, and certainly the best of the silent era, the earliest version of The Phantom of the Opera stars Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces. Chaney is Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Pairs Opera. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful prima donna, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair, where he is destined to have a showdown with her fiance and the secret police.
DISC ONE: 24 frames-per-second version (78 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox) Music composed and performed by Alloy Orchestra (2.0 Stereo) Theatre organ score arranged and performed by Gaylord Carter (2.0 Mono) 20 frames-per-second version (92 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox) Musical setting composed by Gabriel Thibaudeau (2.0 Stereo). Performed by I Musici de Montréal. Conducted by Yuri Turovsky. Claudine Côté, Soprano Audio commentary by film historian Jon Mirsalis (2.0 Mono)
DISC TWO: 1925 Version (114 Min.) Standard Definition (4x3) Musical Setting Arranged and Performed by Frederick Hodges (2.0 Mono) SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: Original Screenplay (91 Min. video scroll) Montage of Stills (13 Min.) Interview with composer Gabriel Thibaudeau (9 Min.) Two travelogues by Burton Holmes, depicting Paris in 1925: Paris from a Motor (3 1/2 min). A Trip on the Seine (3 1/2 min).
The absence of Carl Davis' excellent score (and he usually never disappoints in any of his silent film scores) is a big letdown. I have it on my Image DVD set, and was hoping to see that on this BD release.
Do you think SATAN BUG will sell for less than $11.49 in the future?
Hi Dragon. I can't say for sure, but I think it will go up. There was one previous K-L sale and prices on discounted items did go back up. I don't know how long this sale will last, but the current pre-order price on Satan Bug is pretty good. WAY lower than I would have expected.
I was looking at prices on older Kino releases and they dropped over a period of time, so I was wondering if SATAN BUG might be cheaper in the future.
I'm thinking about getting THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY and RUN SILENT RUN DEEP. I've seen both on dvd, and they didn't impress me, but that was a long time ago. Another possibility is THE WHITE BUFFALO which I've never seen---but it has a great cast.
Kino-Lorber seems to acquired some of the films in the CBS theatrical film library (Cinema Center Films) for release on Blu-ray. These films were released on DVD by Paramount. Amazon has pre-orders up for:
THE REVENGERS (August 25th release) THE REIVERS (August 25th release) PRIME CUT MONTE WALSH
Paramount has already released Blu-rays of these Cinema Center Films:
BIG JAKE LE MANS LITTLE BIG MAN A MAN CALLED HORSE RIO LOBO SCROOGE
It looks like a fire sale at MGM, so many titles licensed out by so many small companies. Some transfers very good, some not so good. ---------------------------------------------------------------- So true. There are Blu-rays being issued by Shout/Scream Factory, Kino-Lorber, Twilight Time, and MGM itself. Any others?
It looks like Olive Films is also releasing some of the MGM catalog.
They have issued Blu-rays of the AIP films:
BEACH BLANKET BINGO COFFY COOLEY HIGH FOXY BROWN FRIDAY FOSTER MUSCLE BEACH PARTY PSYCH-OUT THE THING WITH TWO HEADS
and from UA they've issued:
ALICE'S RESTAURANT CAVEMAN HAMMER A HOLE IN THE HEAD HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE KISS ME, STUPID NED KELLY THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S PORK CHOP HILL ROAD TO HONG KONG TEACHERS WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, DADDY?
and from Orion they've issued:
BEST SELLER BLUE SKY LITTLE MAN TATE WITHOUT A CLUE
and from Cannon they've issued:
ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD FIREWALKER
and they have plans to issue BLACK CAESAR and SLAUGHTER on September 22nd. Plus they've issued titles from other MGM-held companies such as Filmways, the Samuel Goldwyn Company, and Trans World Entertainment.
Apparently, MGM cannot license these things fast enough.
Kino Classics will release on Blu-ray F.W. Murnau's Faust (1926), starring Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, and Camilla Horn. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on November 17.
Synopsis: This special edition contains the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung's meticulous HD restoration of the original German release version of the film, as well as a DVD of the lengthier alternate cut prepared by the Ufa Studios in 1930 for distribution in the U.S.
Content and technical specs:
Disc One Original German release version (Blu-ray) 1926 | 106 min | B&W | 1920x1080p 1.33:1 | 2.0 Stereo German intertitles with optional English subtitles
Disc Two U.S Release version (DVD) 1930 | 116 min | B&W | 720x480 4x3 1.33:1 | 2.0 Stereo Special Features: Piano score by Perez de Azpeitia, adapted from the original 1926 orchestral arrangement Orchestral score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra Orchestral score by Timothy Brock, performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra (U.S. Release version) "The Language of Shadows: Faust" - A 53-minute documentary on the making of the film and its subsequent restoration Screen test footage of Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned 1923 production Marguerite and Faust
