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The Train is sold out. I didn't even know it was running low!

There was a 250 copy notice about it a few days ago IIRC

Again, people who follow TT on Facebook, please pass this info on to us

I saw it on one of the other message boards. I hadn't visited this thread from then until now and just assumed the info had also been shared over here too

Ah sorry, I don't actually have a Facebook account and just go onto their front page to check what the next promotion is now and again. And despite being on SAE's mailing list I never get the "running low" emails. Since I bought The Train when it first went up for pre-order, it's sort of been off my radar.

Not singling anyone out, just a general request for the future

Well, copy-pasting from another forum, posted on TT FB on Monday:

"As we have previously posted, In Like Flint, Our Man Flint, Hard Times, The Driver, Leave Her to Heaven, Bye Bye Birdie, and Bell, Book, and Candle are all getting close - of the more recent releases, the Thunderbirds twofer is moving briskly."

Is that supposed to be the notification that The Train was running out?

There's also a Facebook post from July 18:

"FROM SAE:
Fewer than 250 copies of THE TRAIN remain. Limit is strictly one per customer."

I just liked them on FB, so I'll try to post that stuff when I see it.

swo17 wrote:Is that supposed to be the notification that The Train was running out?

No. I just saw that one and since there was that request I reposted it here.

OK then! Thanks for obeying domino.

"LOW QUANTITY UPDATE - LATEST NUMBERS:

OUR MAN FLINT - Fewer than 350 remaining
AS GOOD AS IT GETS - Fewer than 500 remaining
THE DRIVER - Fewer than 550 remaining
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN - Fewer than 600 remaining
BYE BYE BIRDIE - Fewer than 700 remaining
HARD TIMES - Fewer than 700 remaining
BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE - Fewer than 750 remaining

And also continuing to move briskly:

IN LIKE FLINT
THE BLUE MAX
USED CARS
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO / THUNDERBIRD 6"

Salvador (Oliver Stone, 1986) - Release Date: September 9th, 2014

Pre-order date: Wednesday, August 20th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Director Oliver Stone
  "Into the Valley of Death" - The Making of Salvador
  Deleted Scenes
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Cover art:

The Killer Elite (1975). Also includes Noon Wine (1966) - Release Date: September 9th, 2014

Pre-order date: Wednesday, August 20th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
  Passion and Poetry: Sam's Killer Elite
  Promoting The Killer Elite
  TV and Radio Spots
  Original Theatrical Trailer
  Noon Wine (1966) - Noon Wine also has Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman

Cover art:

Just posted on HTF.

Nov/Dec lineup:

BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ (1962) BLU-RAY - November 11th

JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) BLU-RAY - November 11th

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (1986) BLU-RAY - November 11th

FLAMING STAR (1960) BLU-RAY - November 11th

BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965) BLU-RAY - November 11th

THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2002) BLU-RAY - November 11th

YENTL (1983) BLU-RAY - December 9th

FUNNY LADY (1975) BLU-RAY - December 9th

INHERIT THE WIND (1960) BLU-RAY - December 9th

HEAVEN AND EARTH (1993) BLU-RAY - December 9th

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1968) BLU-RAY - December 9th

THE FORTUNE (1975) BLU-RAY - December 9th

Ha wow, I thought Judgment at Nuremberg would be coming from Kino for sure. Heaven and Earth was a Warners release-- are Warner titles now on the table for TT?

There's a couple of surprises there, especially Heaven and Earth since i'm sure it's still Warner and would be an obvious one for an Archive release.

I was still sure Criterion would have released Jean Brodie at some point.

It might be similar to what happened with Badlands & Criterion. Warner not interested in doing a blu-ray themselves and Oliver Stone pushing for TT after a presumably good experience with Salvador.

Or Warner is the other studio they were negotiating a deal with, which would be huge.

Per TTs Facebook.

"It's a "one-off" driven by Oliver Stone who really wanted us to put it out."

Well, not surprising, but disappointing compared to what could have been.

Twilight Samurai is the one I'm really excited about. Otherwise, I've decided to lay off these guys unless I get mondo rich.

The Hongkong Blu-Ray of Twilight Samurai might work out cheaper. It's a good presentation of the film and the English subtitles are solid.

La Bamba (Luis Valdez, 1987) - Release Date: September 9th, 2014

Pre-order date: Wednesday, August 20th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Director/Writer Luis Valdez, Actors Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales, and Producer Stuart Benjamin
  Audio Commentary with Producers Taylor Hackford and Daniel Valdez
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Cover artwork:

Holy shit. Can we cross post that to worst covers ever?