Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[TechnicolorAcid]

Kino Insider confirmed this:

The Love Trap (1929)
Directed by William Wyler
Starring Laura La Plante & Holy Surprise Announcement Neil Hamilton

[domino harvey]

Another upgrade of one of their ancient DVDs

[TVC15]

Why did they even bother picking those UHD rights up if they weren't going to keep them in print for more than, what, 3 or 4 years?

This was what they said this afternoon...

We're not discussing it in public, but it should be pretty obvious whose choice it was.

[dwk]

Hanna K. (1983) Blu-ray
Brand New HD Master - From a 2K Scan of the 35mm InterPositive

Starring Jill Clayburgh, Gabriel Byrne, Jean Yanne – Shot by Ricardo Aronovich (Le Bal) – Music by Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) – Screenplay by Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers) & Costa-Gavras – Directed by Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing, Music Box).

[Grand Wazoo]

Hanna K. (1983) Blu-ray
Brand New HD Master - From a 2K Scan of the 35mm InterPositive

Starring Jill Clayburgh, Gabriel Byrne, Jean Yanne – Shot by Ricardo Aronovich (Le Bal) – Music by Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) – Screenplay by Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers) & Costa-Gavras – Directed by Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing, Music Box).

While I'm certainly amenable to the politics of this one, I remember it being a slog. Granted, that was roughly 18 years ago.

[yoloswegmaster]

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative

Foul Play (1978) Starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Brian Dennehym Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Marilyn Sokol, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Don Calfa & William Frankfather – Shot by David M. Walsh (Sleeper) – Music by Charles Fox (Happy Days, The Love Boat) – Written & Directed by Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude, Silver Streak, 9 to 5, The Best Little *****house in Texas).

Oscar Nominee: Best Song (Ready to Take a Chance Again) – Charles Fox (Music) | Norman Gimbel (Lyrics) | Barry Manilow (Vocals)

[therewillbeblus]

Oof, a movie I loved as a kid that does not hold up well in adulthood. Even if it was a good film, though, their choices for 4Ks continue to baffle

[dwk]

SAVE THE TIGER (1973) Blu-ray
Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative!

Starring Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford & Laurie Heineman – Shot by James Crabe (The China Syndrome) – Music by Marvin Hamlisch (Sophie’s Choice) – Written by Steve Shagan (Primal Fear) – Directed by John G. Avildsen (Joe, Rocky, The Karate Kid, Lean on Me).

Oscar Winner: Best Actor (Lemmon)
Oscar Nominee: Best Supporting Actor (Gilford)
Oscar Nominee: Best Original Screenplay (Shagan)

[ryannichols7]

best Kino announcement in some time. have been holding off on the Imprint disc in order for this to come to fruition. seems the wait was a new master!

[domino harvey]

Nice, I’d been considering the Imprint as well, but this is def more of a $10 movie for me

[dwk]

Kino Insider hinted that they will be releasing Richard Stanley's Hardware

[ryannichols7]

Nice, I’d been considering the Imprint as well, but this is def more of a $10 movie for me

since it's a blind buy for me I'd definitely much rather pay Kino's price of course. hoping they can port the Daniel Kremer commentary or get someone equally inticing for their inevitable track - I've only heard his commentary on The Desperate Hours but enjoyed it a good bit

as a Jack Lemmon fan I've always wanted to see the movie, and some key recommendations have had it on my radar. definitely looking forward

[domino harvey]

My write up from the 70s List

Save the Tiger (John G. Avildsen 1973) I became uneasy as the film unraveled, as this looked like your garden variety mid-life crisis mope-a-thon, but Jack Lemmon (in a justly Oscar-winning role) brings a strong lived-in despair too convincing to be reduced to mere melodramatic tics or narrative points. This is a film that understands something elemental about aging, the idea that the world we felt comfortable in has passed and what's left in its wake is not only different, but hostile to what we knew and loved (and even the ignorance is a kind of hostility, a reflection of the perceived importance of our beloved era). There's a great moment early on: Lemmon joylessly prepares for the day by taking a shower, getting dressed, reading his paper, and at the end of this ritual he turns on the stereo to listen to some music and a look of peace creeps into his face, only to be immediately crumbled away by his wife's brusque dismissal of his music. It's a wonderfully observed moment and the film is filled with them.

[Lowry_Sam]

I think some of these were actually released even more recently than that

Since these are all Criterion titles, I think we can guess what comes next

Last Year At Marienbad isn't on that list but is playing on the channel beginning with the wacky C & no Kino i.d. Looks like it's just their blu-ray encode, but it is leaving at the end of the month. If Criterion is resurrecting laserdisc titles, they're probably also would do more recent titles that they've already done work on, but would only have to upgrade the film itself to 4k. Maybe Kino got a short term limited license for the period of time that Criterion knew it already had enough to work on.

[rrenault]

Kino’s recent OOP list was limited to MGM titles (Last Year at Marienbad is StudioCanal), so the license likely expired, and they were simply outbid by Criterion on the renewal.

I wouldn’t make much of Criterion streaming a title for which Kino have the physical rights. They’ve done this regularly since the Channel’s inception. Contempt (not KL but a OOP CC title) has also streamed on the Channel at various times.

[dwk]

THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE (1983) 4KUHD and Blu-ray
Brand New HDR/DV and UHD SDR Masters – From 4K Scans of the 35mm Original Camera Negative!

Starring David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Michael Biehn, Rick Rossovich, Barbara Babcock, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton and Mark Breland – Shot by Brian Tufano (Trainspotting) – Music by Howard Blake (The Duellists) – Screenplay by Thomas Pope (Hammett) & Lloyd Fonvielle (Cherry 2000) – Based on a Novel by Pat Conroy (The Great Santini) – Directed by Franc Roddam (Quadrophenia, War Party, K2).

[domino harvey]

Is there any audience for a UHD of this??

[ChunkyLover]

Is there any audience for a UHD of this??

I could ask the same thing for 95% of their Paramount UHDs.

[Walter Kurtz]

Story of O fans might buy it based on the title.

[dwk]

ORCA (1977) UHD January 21

DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• Theatrical Trailer
• 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

[dwk]

February 4th
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIII [Rope of Sand (1949) | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) | Never Love a Stranger (1957)]
Spaghetti Western Classics [Kill Them All and Come Back Alone / The Hellbenders] 4KUHD 2020 UHD SDR Masters by StudioCanal

February 11th
Dante's Peak (1997) 4KUHD New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by KL
Play It Again, Sam (1972) Brand New 4K Master by KL
Hot Pursuit (1987) Brand New 4K Master by KL

February 18th
Summer Rental (1985) Brand New 4K Master by KL
Uncle Buck (1989) 4KUHD New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by KL
Crawlspace (1987) Kino Cult #26
Are You Being Served?: The Movie (1977) 2019 4K Master by StudioCanal
Frances (1982)

February 25th
Silent Scream (1979) 4KUHD New HDR 10 Master by KL
Graveyard Shift (1990) 4KUHD New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by KL
The Conqueror (1956)
Nobel House (1988 Mini-Series)

[captveg]

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

Dinosaurus! (1960)
Murphy's Law (1986)