Criterion and Paramount

[jaredsap]

Anyone see this?

Apparently a new 35mm print of Jerzy Skolimowski's DEEP END is hitting NYC in a few months. People are already randomly speculating -- i.e. blindly hoping -- this might signal an eventual Criterion release. There's no supporting evidence, but DEEP END does seem a perfect (and very exciting imo) candidate for the Paramount deal.

Filmbrain also recently blogged about DEEP END after it made Sight & Sound's August list of "75 Hidden Gems: The Great Films Time Forgot."

[LightBulbFilm]

So far what are all the titles Paramount has released to Criterion, just for clarification...

[Jeff]

So far what are all the titles Paramount has released to Criterion, just for clarification...

If...
Ace in the Hole
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Days of Heaven
The Naked Prey
White Dog

Bergman's Face to Face is close to confirmed as well, and One-Eyed Jacks and Don't Look Now have been floated as reasonable possibilities.

[dadaistnun]

I emailed Turrell about Deep End (as well as Demy's Pied Piper) back in July and never got any response.

[justeleblanc]

Don't forget The Spy who Came in from the Cold.

[glaswegian tome]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that Under The Volcano was also a Paramount title.... isn't it?

Edit: Nevermind. Universal.

[Cinephrenic]

With Costa-Gavras's The Missing rumoured from Criterion, and even possibly the OOP Z, what if they can get his The Confession from Paramount (if they still have the rights)???

[justeleblanc]

Actually, I think MISSING is more than rumored. I'm not sure where but I remember this being solidly confirmed.

[Gigi M.]

With Costa-Gavras's The Missing rumoured from Criterion, and even possibly the OOP Z, what if they can get his The Confession from Paramount (if they still have the rights)?

Z is very much in print and very cheap.

[Cinephrenic]

I remember it being out of print, so that's news to me.

[Awesome Welles]

Who owns State of Siege? Perhaps an Eclipse box of Costa-Gavras would be more fitting? With Sleeping Car Murders, Special Section and The Confession. I imagine Missing would be one for it's own spine?

[flyonthewall2983]

I'm sure it's somewhere in this thread, but for sake of laziness does anyone know the terms of the deal Paramount has with Criterion? Is it similar to the one they had with Fox and New Line, basically just giving them a handful of titles to release?

[miless]

I'm sure it's somewhere in this thread, but for sake of laziness does anyone know the terms of the deal Paramount has with Criterion? Is it similar to the one they had with Fox and New Line, basically just giving them a handful of titles to release?

it's probably in return for some old special features (like some commentaries from past LD's).

[Matt]

Who owns State of Siege?

I think it's still Sony, alas.

[moviefan]

The Extraordinary Seaman has the rep as a cinematic abortion, but I'd like to see it.

The Extraordinary Seaman showed on Turner Classic Movies during the middle of an August day. Hopefully they will show it again. The movie was okay. I liked some of his other films (for example Grand Prix, Ronin, and The Manchurian Candidate) better.

[flyonthewall2983]

... does anyone know the terms of the deal Paramount has with Criterion? Is it similar to the one they had with Fox and New Line, basically just giving them a handful of titles to release?

it's probably in return for some old special features (like some commentaries from past LD's).

What Criterion LD's were from Paramount?

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Only Robinson Crusoe.

[jaredsap]

Whoa. This should make a lot of people here very happy.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Sterile Cuckoo's not on the list but we should get to some silent Sternberg's before too long.

[souvenir]

... we should get to some silent Sternberg's before too long.

With Underworld getting a brand new print shown at the New York Film Festival, it would seem a likely candidate.

[Cinephrenic]

Paramount's Sternberg silents include The Last Command, Underworld, It (on Kino), Children of Divorce, The Docks of New York, The Case of Lena Smith, Street of Sin.

But aside from silents, Paramount has many Sternbergs not on DVD. It would be nice if Criterion got The Saga of Anatahan.

[Cinephrenic]

I know Anatahan its not Paramount.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Where's the love for Stroheim?

Isn't Wedding March Paramount?

[Cinephrenic]

I keep forgetting that everything Paramount released prior to 1949 is controlled by Universal. In which, is ok. Since Criterion has worked with them as well.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

I keep forgetting that everything Paramount released prior to 1949 is controlled by Universal. In which, is ok. Since Criterion has worked with them as well.

Yeah, I forgot too.

[Cronenfly]

I know it was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I think that it bears repeating that A New Leaf is definitely a title Criterion should be pursuing. The HVE Mikey and Nicky indicated at least a partial interest in May (though that could've been more for Cassavetes, to fit in with the Five Films boxset, but I digress...), and the exclusivity would surely be appealing. As well, they could reinstate the original score (missing on home video) and, though I'm not at all optimistic, try to revive May's longer cut for release. Even on a crappy VHS tape with elevator music score, I still thought this was a winner, comprable to the best of Preston Sturges once it got going, almost like a gender-inverse The Lady Eve meets Unfaithfully Yours.