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dwk
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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#101 Post by dwk » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:28 am

Unless you speak Italian, that track is kind of worthless as it only has dubtitles. Which to me is the biggest disappointment with the set.

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#102 Post by nitin » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:34 am

The dubtitles are another mark against the LE but the voice acting in the English dub(s) is abysmal so I think there is value in the Italian track for the better sounding performances (at least from a non-Italian speaking perspective).

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#103 Post by dwk » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:25 pm

Ronin is doing the 35% off when you spend $50 on select titles again, and the Opera limited edition is part of the sale. (amusingly/annoyingly it is $49.99, so you have to get something else to get the discount.)

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#104 Post by black&huge » Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:48 pm

dwk wrote:
Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:25 pm
Ronin is doing the 35% off when you spend $50 on select titles again, and the Opera limited edition is part of the sale. (amusingly/annoyingly it is $49.99, so you have to get something else to get the discount.)
Yep. Still unsure if to get the LE but there are two other titles I kinda want so choosing to pick one to add with Opera will give me a shipped total of $50 which I feel much more comfortable with than paying that much on Opera alone. Will probably pull the trigger later tonight.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#105 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:49 am

Anyone get Card Player? If so how does it look?

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#106 Post by black&huge » Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:05 am

Sleepless is officially coming soon:

https://roninflix.com/collections/comin ... /sleepless

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#107 Post by Ashirg » Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:11 pm

That cover deserves a better movie.

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#108 Post by dwk » Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:36 pm

Details on Scorpions remaster of The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Coming June 16 from Scorpion Releasing!
Distributed by Kino Lorber!

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
• Brand New 2019 HD Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• NEW Interview with Star Sarah Miles
• NEW Interview with Writer/Director Lewis John Carlino
• NEW Interviews with Crew Members Anthony Wayne, Robin Vidgeon, Graham Attwood and Hugh Harlow
• Optional English Subtitles
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Reversible Art
• Trailers

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#109 Post by dwk » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:19 pm

Scorpion is going to release Rollerball

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#110 Post by M Sanderson » Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:15 am

According to Mondo Digital, The Card Player is superior to the German Blu-ray, due to fresh scan, better colours and all scenes being in HD. Count me in!

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#111 Post by dwk » Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:07 pm

It appears that Scorpion has a deal with Universal as they announce that they are releasing Grace of My Heart

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#112 Post by M Sanderson » Fri Apr 24, 2020 6:35 am

Just watched The Church. So good to finally view with Italian audio. The transfer really does justice to this heavy, dripping gothic atmosphere. First time I really started to notice some of the subtleties in terms of recurring motifs and images. Very happy with this and have already ordered The Sect. And will do the same with Card Player and Sleepless.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#113 Post by dwk » Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:16 pm

Here are the special features for Ronin's The Gates of Hell/City of the Living Dead (coming out on June 2nd)
NEW 2020 4K color grading and restoration of the film from a 4K scan of the original camera negative

NEW Audio Commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson

Audio Commentary with director of photography Sergio Salvati and camera operator Roberto Forges Davanzati, moderated by film professor Paolo Albiero (In Italian with English Subtitles)

We are the Apocalypse – an interview with writer Dardano Sacchetti

Through Your Eyes – an interview with actress Catriona MacColl

Dust in the Wind – an interview with camera operator Roberto Forges Davanzati

The Art of Dreaming – an interview with production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng

Tales of Friendship – an interview with cinematographer Sergio Salvati

I Walked with A Zombie – an interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice

They Call Him Bombardone – an interview with special effects artist Gino De Rossi

The Horror Family – an interview with father and son actors Venantino and Luca Venantini

Building Fulci’s City – a video appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci

Reflections of Fulci – a new appraisal of Fulci’s Gothic period by actor, writer, director Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories)

The Dead Are Alive! – a video essay by Kat Ellinger on Lucio Fulci and the Italian zombie cycle

Alternate Title Sequences

Trailers and TV Spots

Radio Spots
All, but the commentaries, seem to be from the Arrow release.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#114 Post by dwk » Fri May 01, 2020 3:49 am

As of right now, Ronin Flix is down to the last 44 copies of the 3-disc Opera. It is currently part of a sale (save an extra 35% when you spend $50 on select titles, and of course the Opera disc is $49.99)

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#115 Post by M Sanderson » Fri May 15, 2020 6:10 am

The old German Blu of Sleepless was very good. Mondo Digital said this one is a bit better. Blu-ray.com liked the Scorpion, and awarded it a 4.5/5 for PQ.

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#116 Post by dwk » Tue May 26, 2020 8:40 pm

A Different Story (1978), distributed by Kino, is due on August 11th.

And trailers for the following are on the recent Johnny Cool Blu-ray:
Nicolas Roeg’s Cold Heaven (1991)
Clifford (1994)
Killer Force (1976)
Last Rites (1988)

The Following have recently been added to the coming soon section of Ronin:
3:15
A Small Town in Texas
Body and Soul
Night Visitor
P.O.W. The Escape

And Gates of Hell/City of the Living Dead and The Mechanic are supposed to go on sale next Tuesday

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#117 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Tue May 26, 2020 9:37 pm

I can’t be the only one stoked for Clifford, right? Might be the comedy release of 2020 for me.

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#118 Post by domino harvey » Tue May 26, 2020 9:42 pm

If Clifford doesn’t have a Scharpling and Wurster commentary, it will be the missed opportunity of the year

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#119 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Tue May 26, 2020 9:53 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Tue May 26, 2020 9:42 pm
If Clifford doesn’t have a Scharpling and Wurster commentary, it will be the missed opportunity of the year
They skipped the chance on that for Cabin Boy. Not holding my breath for it here.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#120 Post by jazzo » Wed May 27, 2020 10:59 am

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:
Tue May 26, 2020 9:37 pm
I can’t be the only one stoked for Clifford, right? Might be the comedy release of 2020 for me.
You absolutely aren't. Me too.

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#121 Post by beamish14 » Wed May 27, 2020 12:52 pm

Count me in on the Clifford love train. Martin Short has a great anecdote in his autobiography of how Nicolas Cage stopped him in
an airplane to tell him that he watched that film so many times that he destroyed his VHS player.

I saw Nic Roeg's Cold Heaven at a retrospective shortly after his passing. It's an admirable work, and like the far more successful
The Rapture, it's very sincere in trying to explore how religious phenomenology can be processed in the modern age, but the story
just doesn't really gel, and I'm not especially fond of Mark Harmon.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#122 Post by mizo » Wed May 27, 2020 1:15 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Tue May 26, 2020 9:42 pm
If Clifford doesn’t have a Scharpling and Wurster commentary, it will be the missed opportunity of the year
With Wurster playing a whole round table of characters Tom has to watch the movie with, oh man...

If Scorpion doesn't approach them, they could still make a commentary track and put it on the Best Show Patreon. I'm sure people are bugging them about it already, haha

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#123 Post by M Sanderson » Thu May 28, 2020 5:03 pm

beamish14 wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 12:52 pm
Count me in on the Clifford love train. Martin Short has a great anecdote in his autobiography of how Nicolas Cage stopped him in
an airplane to tell him that he watched that film so many times that he destroyed his VHS player.

I saw Nic Roeg's Cold Heaven at a retrospective shortly after his passing. It's an admirable work, and like the far more successful
The Rapture, it's very sincere in trying to explore how religious phenomenology can be processed in the modern age, but the story
just doesn't really gel, and I'm not especially fond of Mark Harmon.
I’m excited for Cold Heaven. Never seen it.

Would love to see Puffball on Blu-ray also.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#124 Post by L.A. » Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:44 am

dwk wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:16 pm
Here are the special features for Ronin's The Gates of Hell/City of the Living Dead (coming out on June 2nd)
NEW 2020 4K color grading and restoration of the film from a 4K scan of the original camera negative

NEW Audio Commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson

Audio Commentary with director of photography Sergio Salvati and camera operator Roberto Forges Davanzati, moderated by film professor Paolo Albiero (In Italian with English Subtitles)

We are the Apocalypse – an interview with writer Dardano Sacchetti

Through Your Eyes – an interview with actress Catriona MacColl

Dust in the Wind – an interview with camera operator Roberto Forges Davanzati

The Art of Dreaming – an interview with production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng

Tales of Friendship – an interview with cinematographer Sergio Salvati

I Walked with A Zombie – an interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice

They Call Him Bombardone – an interview with special effects artist Gino De Rossi

The Horror Family – an interview with father and son actors Venantino and Luca Venantini

Building Fulci’s City – a video appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci

Reflections of Fulci – a new appraisal of Fulci’s Gothic period by actor, writer, director Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories)

The Dead Are Alive! – a video essay by Kat Ellinger on Lucio Fulci and the Italian zombie cycle

Alternate Title Sequences

Trailers and TV Spots

Radio Spots
All, but the commentaries, seem to be from the Arrow release.
Mondo Digital.

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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#125 Post by dwk » Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:09 pm

Thw following trailers are reportedly on The Mechanic
Death Wish 3
Delta Force
Who'll Stop the Rain
The Killer Elite
Rollerball (original)
The Dogs of War

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