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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:48 pm 
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dustysomers wrote:
Has anyone with a subscription received a shipment lately? My last shipment was in early October, and I was under the impression they went out every other month. Emails to their customer service address go unanswered.

I'm in the same boat. But I haven't been charged for awhile, either.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:04 pm 
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Strange. I've been charged every month. FWIW, I just talked to a rep on the phone and they said the next shipment will likely be going out this week.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:32 pm 
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From ClassicFlix:
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More Paramount titles via Olive Films have been announced with a March 27th release date. They are:

Frank Sinatra (DVD & Blu-Ray):

Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
Assault on a Queen (1966)

Jerry Lewis (DVD & Blu-Ray):

It's Only Money (1962)
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

Some 1950's dramas on DVD:

No Man of Her Own (1950)
Something to Live For (1952)


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:37 pm 
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I assume these Lewis-Tashlin films are gonna be Region A locked? Forget Criterion, this is going to force me to go multi-region.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:26 pm 

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No Man of Her Own is up in Netflix Instant for folks wanting to taste test before buying. Sadly, I think it's one of the only Olive titles you can get from them in any form. ](*,)


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:23 pm 

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If you're in NYC, I've noticed that the public library gets a lot of Olive releases (which would theoretically make them good candidates for ILL if you're not in New York). Won't help with the Blu-rays, though.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:53 pm 

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Can someone please post a link to the subscription service sign up? I can't seem to locate it anymore...


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:04 pm 
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I grabbed meself a copy of this label's new transfer/disc of THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK. The disc is pretty barebones, but the film has been screaming out for this kind of treatment for a very long time... this is a title that should be in the process of receiving repeated reccs on the Horror List thread.

Eeeeeerie film, definite and little mentioned precursor to ROBOCOP only far more effective and chilling.

The plot is pretty pedestrian and one that's seen innumerable reworkings since Whale's Frankenstein: young brilliant scientist gets killed prematurely, and his father, a brilliant scientist himself, keeps his young son's brain alive. and eventually plops it into a fully automatized human assembly that lopes around and speaks in a monotone that comes and goes like a short wave station in correspondence to the brains strength of connection to the robot at any given moment.

Since this is a sci-horror film, things don't quite go as planned, and the hand of fate must smack dad down for fucking with the natural forces of life in the universe. But this colossus is one of the most chilling "monsters" in all the genre; the makers thought through their premise completely, to therefore render what it would actually be like--what one would initially witness-- were such a thing to be accomplished.

You see the wobbling cobweb clearing as the thing becomes aware of itself... feeling down into the contraption it now inhabits as father tutors it on how to automate it and walk and talk. . the sense of horror at the first glimpse in the mirror . . . the voice coming and going like a poorly received radio station as the brain initially fails to master its inner dashboard.

Similarities also abound to the Golem, what with a small child having access to shutting the behemoth down with a single simple action . . . .

This movie was a relatively late discovery for me-- I didn't see it for the first time until about 2 yrs ago, which made its unexpected excellence that much more of a surprise and a delight. Hugely recommend this disc.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:42 am 
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April 24th for Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:14 pm 
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Sweet, Melvin Frank's the Jayhawkers is coming out in April on Blu (You'll hear me wax more on Frank and Panama in the 50s thread)

Not so sweet is the shipping delays for the two Tashlin Blus, even though I pre-ordered. Boo, Amazon


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:24 pm 
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andyli wrote:

Placeholder for moaning about the idiocy of the subtitles being fixed.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:25 pm 
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My pair shipped [/smug bastard]


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:29 pm 
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andyli wrote:

Three-disc collector's edition with gorgeous art no less. Can't wait!
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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:35 am 

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They're using the original poster art for the cover. Nice!


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:38 am 

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Also, Pony Express, the 1938 version of The Buccaneer, Hit!, and Badge 373 are listed on Amazon for release on April 24th. The latter two will also be available on Blu-ray. Olive is really opening the floodgates on Paramount titles over the next couple of months, aren't they?


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:51 am 

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Just got through watching Sands of Kalahari, and man was this an absolutely unexpected treat. I went into it thinking it would be just some generic story about a bunch of people who crash in the middle of the desert and try to survive. While that was the basic set up of the piece I was just taken aback by the absolute sheer brutality of the film, particularly the violence which for 1965 was very graphic. I really can't believe this one is virtually unknown and have to give props to Olive for restoring it (although there were zero features on the dvd). Gorgeous cinematography, top notch performances and a surprisingly effective surreal/quiet ending. Makes a great double bill with The Naked Prey. Highly recommended.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:42 am 
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It seems the previously unannounced Secret of the Incas is coming from these guys or at least I haven't heard anything from this board about it yet.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:51 am 
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stroszeck wrote:
Just got through watching Sands of Kalahari, and man was this an absolutely unexpected treat.
Cy Endfield and Stanley Baker! Count me in!


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:12 pm 

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knives wrote:
It seems the previously unannounced Secret of the Incas is coming from these guys or at least I haven't heard anything from this board about it yet.

For a second there I confused this one with NAKED JUNGLE and got excited about seeing Charlton Heston shoot at fire ants in Blu-Ray.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:05 pm 
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If anyone has still got an Olive membership, please PM me.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:51 pm 

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Amazon has just listed Silver City, Denver and Rio Grande, and Run for Cover for pre-order; the projected release date is May 22nd.

Here's the official announcement from ClassicFlix.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:59 pm 
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Based on this pattern it looks like most if not all of those streaming Paramount titles on Netflix are unannounced Olive titles


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:55 am 

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domino harvey wrote:
Based on this pattern it looks like most if not all of those streaming Paramount titles on Netflix are unannounced Olive titles

Maybe with aspect ratio fixes, though? Is Run For Cover 4:3 on NF streaming?

If that's the case, it would've been nice to get a box set of those Mitchell Leisens, instead of just No Man of Her Own.


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:38 am 
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It's open-matte like a lot of their VistaVision titles, probably left over transfers from Encore-- I have no doubt the DVDs with be widescreen


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 Post subject: Re: Olive Films
PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:09 pm 
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Cassavetes' Too Late Blues on May 22


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