Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

[tenia]

King Creole is visibly DNRed too.
It's not TCAT bad for sure, but it takes a newer remaster and makes it look like an old HD master.

[Ribs]

The first wave of Miramax reprints are coming in September: nothing new that I can tell, just Jackie Brown, 3 by Kevin Smith, Bridget Jones, etc, but encouraging to see them finally reappearing meaning that all the t's have been crossed and i's dotted that new releases can happen.

[bamwc2]

I wonder if Paramount's deal with Miramax allows them to license to third parties like Criterion. There are some laserdisc titles that I'd love to see come back.

[domino harvey]

The first wave of Miramax reprints are coming in September: nothing new that I can tell, just Jackie Brown, 3 by Kevin Smith, Bridget Jones, etc, but encouraging to see them finally reappearing meaning that all the t's have been crossed and i's dotted that new releases can happen.

Is Dogma one of the titles? I know that one has been going for a lot on the resale market in recent years

[yoloswegmaster]

I wonder if Paramount's deal with Miramax allows them to license to third parties like Criterion. There are some laserdisc titles that I'd love to see come back.

I think that they have licensed some of the Miramax titles to Criterion since Exotica (and a couple of the earlier Atom Egoyan films) was confirmed to be getting a Criterion disc release.

[knives]

Though those could be back with the original Canadian company. Miramax's owners haven't really tried to renew rights in the past.

[Stefan Andersson]

Home Theater Forum, Leonard Maltin and Andrea Kalas chat about the restoration of Roman Holiday:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... st-4897394

[dwk]

Is Dogma one of the titles? I know that one has been going for a lot on the resale market in recent years

No, that is owned by Bob Weinstein and his serial rapist brother as they bought it from Miramax/Disney when the mouse house refused to distribute it.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Good news about Jackie Brown. I literally tried bidding on an auction for it yesterday, but $25 felt like too much to pay for a Blu-ray I saw going for half of that for years. I knew it would inevitably reprinted.

I feel like the current woke Criterion would not want to release anything with Harvey Weinstein’s name attached. Exotica makes sense as it was a title picked up by Miramax, thus not having the Weinstein name attached to the credits. I bet it’s back in the hands of the Canadian distributors.

[dwk]

They've streamed plenty of Miramax titles on the channel this past year, so I doubt if they'd have any problems releasing Miramax films on disc.

[dwk]

For some goddamn reason Paramount is releasing The Haunting remake as part of their Paramount Presents line.

[RitrovataBlue]

Probably an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the source material, but it’s a couple years late to the party. It’s a wretched film, so I’m sure it’ll fade back into obscurity soon.

[bamwc2]

I'm most surprised at Private Parts; I thought I remembered reading that Stern tried to have the movie put out of print a few years ago.

Really? I don't remember caring for it apart from putting Paul Giamatti on the map, but wasn't it fairly popular both with audiences and critics? You'd think he'd want something people liked associated with him

IIRC, it may have something to do with his ex-wife and/or the depiction of his prior marriage.

I've listened to his show a few times since getting SiriusXM as a gift, and his callers bring it up frequently. He still talks about it warmly.

[FrauBlucher]

It's a Wonderful Life, yet again, this time a 4k bluray. And for those of you that can't do without the color version. It's included

[tenia]

It has already been released on UHD, but the colorized version wasnt included anymore, not even just on the companion BD.

[HJackson]

This is a transparent scam to make Ted Turner double dip.

[captveg]

Titles get repackaged in steebooks all the time.

[FigrinDan]

For some goddamn reason Paramount is releasing The Haunting remake as part of their Paramount Presents line.

Probably an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the source material, but it’s a couple years late to the party. It’s a wretched film, so I’m sure it’ll fade back into obscurity soon.

Doesn't Paramount own the Robert Wise 1963 The Haunting?
A far superior film deserving of an upgrade.

[kcota17]

No it’s with Warner

[Calvin]

Altman's Popeye is up for pre-order on some retailers with a date of December 1st

[Calvin]

According to the press release, amongst other extras, the release of Popeye will include "an interview with director Robert Altman from 2014" but no word on who performed the seance.

[The Narrator Returns]

You think that's impressive, Paramount also resurrected Michael Ritchie to supervise the new restoration of The Golden Child.

[domino harvey]

Trading Places somehow escaped the blackface pandemonium and will be rereleased yet again in the new Paramount line in December

[hearthesilence]

Trading Places somehow escaped the blackface pandemonium and will be rereleased yet again in the new Paramount line in December

They can include a shaming of Dan Aykroyd as an exclusive bonus feature.

Actually, in all seriousness, if they really wanted to go the extra mile, they might as well bring it up if they record anything new with him. Just have him be upfront, yeah it's wrong but in this context in 1983, it never occurred to him and many of his peers that it could be viewed as hurtful. It's probably why it was broadly accepted in mainstream entertainment for the next few decades.

[domino harvey]

Martin and Lewis' the Stooge coming in November