Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Children's Hour (1961) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
Deranged (1974) (BD)

[FrauBlucher]

announcement hints coming this weekend...
1970s MGM
2000s Universal 4K UHD

[hearthesilence]

announcement hints coming this weekend...
1970s MGM
2000s Universal 4K UHD

If they mean actual release dates, I guess the latter is probably Eternal Sunshine.

[nitin]

It should be an announcement for an as yet unrevealed UHD.

[dwk]

Savage Sisters (1974) is the 70s MGM announcement.

[swo17]

Incidentally, WB is putting out a 4K set of all the Mad Max movies next month. Does that have any implications on Kino's release of the first film?

[EddieLarkin]

WB are only releasing standalone versions of 2 and 3, so it seems obvious they negotiated with MGM/Kino for the first film to be included in the box set, rather than Kino losing the rights or anything.

And it could turn out that the Kino disc remains the superior option for the first film, as it has Dolby Vision, which WB rarely use (and the discs of 2 and 3 don't appear to have), and it has the original Australian mono, which has been missing from many previous editions and could be from WB's. Then again, it could just be a straight copy of the Kino disc, making that disc redundant for those that want the box set.

[swo17]

Thanks for that perspective, I wasn't aware of the possibility that the Kino might end up superior

[dwk]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the Universal UHD.

[FrauBlucher]

I watched this way back when. One of those shows I looked forward to every week. I probably haven't seen it since. I wonder how it holds up

Kolchak, The Night Stalker.... Beaver

[L.A.]

Coming December 14th!
https://www.kinolorber.com/product/the- ... le-blu-ray

The Brass Bottle (1964)
• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin - Includes an Exclusive Interview with Star Barbara Eden
• Theatrical Trailer (Newly Restored in HD)
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 89 Minutes 1.85:1 Not Rated
Tony Randall (The Odd Couple), Burl Ives (The Big Country) and Barbara Eden (Harper Valley P.T.A.) conjure up laughs and magic in The Brass Bottle—an enchanting comedy classic that inspired the hit TV series that made Eden an icon, I Dream of Jeannie. When architect Harold Ventimore (Randall) buys an antique Arabian bottle at auction, he ends up freeing the centuries-imprisoned genie, Fakrash (Ives). Forever indebted and ready to serve his new master, Fakrash grants Harold his every wish. But things quickly go from bad to worse when his beautiful fiancée (Eden) discovers a herd of camels living in his garage, belly dancers in his house, and a pack of elephants marching through the streets! Now the whole town thinks that he’s gone off the deep end, and Harold has got to make everything right and convince his fiancée that he’s not crazy. Wonderfully directed by Harry Keller (The Female Animal), this tale of a madcap genie and his zany antics will grant your wish for comedy!

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Assassination (1987) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
Cyborg 2087 (1966) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) (DVD) (BD still available)
Heart of Midnight (1988) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

A Bullet for Joey (1955) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)

[goblinfootballs]

Some Milestone titles are included in Kino's Roctober Sale, including the Shirley Clarkes and Losing Ground.

[L.A.]

Vera Cruz @ Beaver

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Life Stinks (1991) (BD)
Ruby Gentry (1952) (BD) (DVD still available)
Tobor the Great (1954) (BD) + (DVD) - May have gone OOP earlier and I missed it

[L.A.]

Coming December 14th on Blu-ray & DVD!
https://www.kinolorber.com/product/bedt ... ry-blu-ray

Bedtime Story (1964)
• Brand New 2K Master
• Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
• Theatrical Teaser (Newly Remastered in 2K)
• Two Theatrical Trailers (Newly Remastered in 2K)

Color 99 Minutes 1.85:1 Not Rated
Screen greats Marlon Brando (The Night of the Following Day), David Niven (Separate Tables) and Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry) star in Bedtime Story, the classic comedy caper about two cunning conmen on the French Riviera. The caddish Freddy Benson (Brando) enjoys setting up elaborate ruses to seduce women. The suave Lawrence Jameson (Niven) likes to pose as a prince to swindle the wealthy. When the two men meet, each perceives the other as an interloper and a threat. Upon the arrival of vacationing soap heiress Janet Walker (Jones), the two sweet-talking scoundrels compete to trick her out of both her clothes and her fortune. Written by Stanley Shapiro (Pillow Talk) and Paul Henning (Lover Come Back), directed by Ralph Levy (Do Not Disturb), and later remade as 1988’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bedtime Story is the funniest story ever put between covers!

[therewillbeblus]

Wow, excellent news! Merry Christmas to domino harvey

[domino harvey]

I guess they finally found an acceptable master. Great news, this is a laugh out loud funny sex comedy that I thought was never going to get released (it never even had a DVD anywhere)

[hearthesilence]

Life Stinks (1991) (BD)

I wish there was a feature-length compilation of Mel Brooks's work, because nearly every film he's done is incredibly spotty with absolutely hilarious moments scattered throughout. Life Stinks is a perfect example of this - I have no desire to sit through it all, but there are definitely scenes I'd love to revisit.

[Blutarsky]

I wish there was a feature-length compilation of Mel Brooks's work, because nearly every film he's done is incredibly spotty with absolutely hilarious moments scattered throughout. Life Stinks is a perfect example of this - I have no desire to sit through it all, but there are definitely scenes I'd love to revisit.

I would say after Young Frankenstein, his work became sort of the template for great YouTube compilations. I never cared much for High Anxiety, but its spoof of the shower scene in Psycho might be his all time funniest moment, right up there with the studio fight/premiere of Blazing Saddles.

[FrauBlucher]

Blutarsky, I totally agree. Young Frankenstein is the only one that has aged well in its entirety. It’s still laugh out loud funny. But much of Brooks’ cannon has not aged well. But there are scenes in each of his films that are still hysterical. Which really speaks to his early days working with Sid Caesar on the sketch comedy TV show, Your Show of Shows

[hearthesilence]

I'm tempted to add Blazing Saddles but I haven't seen it in a while. I don't think The Producers has aged that well. The filmmaking was always pretty clumsy (which is probably understandable since it was his first feature) and IIRC the outrageous Nazi jokes were still hilarious, but there's some real cringe-inducing material - ironically they generally involve jokes that were probably "safer" and more acceptable in 1968.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

I'm tempted to add Blazing Saddles but I haven't seen it in a while. I don't think The Producers has aged that well. The filmmaking was always pretty clumsy (which is probably understandable since it was his first feature) and IIRC the outrageous Nazi jokes were still hilarious, but there's some real cringe-inducing material - ironically they generally involve jokes that were probably "safer" and more acceptable in 1968.

Middle-aged Dick Shawn as "LSD" has aged like a sliced avocado, but the rest of the movie remains funny in my mind. Maybe they casted him as he played the most leathery faced, Frankie Avalon-type youth in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. It's been nearly fifteen years since I last saw Blazing Saddles, but that was one of my favorite as a teen and recall it being quite funny which is partially aided by the fact it has so many writers.

I remember that sense of inconsistency with Brooks' work even as a child. Spaceballs is burned into my mind as a much discussed film in the schoolyard as a kid, which has some okay laughs, but recall by the end being quite checked out at age 7-8. When I watched it as a teen, I felt more or less the same. I tried watching Dracula: Dead and Loving It a few years ago and turned it off after a few minutes. Oddly enough, his maligned produced work, Fatso (directed by his wife, Anne Bancroft) is sort of amateurish, but very charming and sweet in a way that I love. It's a shame Bancroft only made this one film.

[beamish14]

I'm tempted to add Blazing Saddles but I haven't seen it in a while. I don't think The Producers has aged that well. The filmmaking was always pretty clumsy (which is probably understandable since it was his first feature) and IIRC the outrageous Nazi jokes were still hilarious, but there's some real cringe-inducing material - ironically they generally involve jokes that were probably "safer" and more acceptable in 1968.

Middle-aged Dick Shawn as "LSD" has aged like a sliced avocado, but the rest of the movie remains funny in my mind. Maybe they casted him as he played the most leathery faced, Frankie Avalon-type youth in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. It's been nearly fifteen years since I last saw Blazing Saddles, but that was one of my favorite as a teen and recall it being quite funny which is partially aided by the fact it has so many writers.

I remember that sense of inconsistency with Brooks' work even as a child. Spaceballs is burned into my mind as a much discussed film in the schoolyard as a kid, which has some okay laughs, but recall by the end being quite checked out at age 7-8. When I watched it as a teen, I felt more or less the same. I tried watching Dracula: Dead and Loving It a few years ago and turned it off after a few minutes. Oddly enough, his maligned produced work, Fatso (directed by his wife, Anne Bancroft) is sort of amateurish, but very charming and sweet in a way that I love. It's a shame Bancroft only made this one film.

As a child, I thought that History of the World, Pt. 1 was virtually flawless. I haven't seen it in many years, but parts of still sporadically appear in my mind, like the human chess board ("Everyone jump queen!"). Life Stinks tries hard to inject more pathos and social concerns into Brooks' style of comedy, and it doesn't congeal well.

It's amazing that he released Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein within the same year, with the latter being written in the evening by him and Gene Wilder. Both are now in the National Film Registry, making him and Coppola the only filmmakers with two features from the same year to be in it (Coppola's, incredibly, being also from 1974).

I've been meaning to read Patrick McGilligan's apparently very warts-and-all biography of Brooks which came out recently.