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domino harvey wrote:A bunch of New Line titles just went OOP, I'm not sure it has anything to do with one rights holder

I sent an email to the estate via the official Harold Lloyd website. The New Line box was discontinued because their rights expire later this year and they will not be signing a new deal. The estate did not mention if they've even started looking for a new home for these films yet. Bonnie, who replied to my email doesn't think we will see any blu rays or rereleases for at least another year in the US, if not longer.

Criterion or Kino are the only two companies I can see being interested in these films. Will be interesting to see who winds up with the Harold Lloyd catalog. Sounds like it's going to be a bit of a wait....

With the Studio Canal/Optimum set so low in price, and better than the New Line set, just go for that one for ones who are contemplating.

Beware buying anything fulfilled by RainyDayEntertainment-- they are fucking UPC cut-outs and I'm dealing with the hassle of returning them now. Amazon has no clue what I'm even talking about-- "I'm sorry your package was damaged in delivery"... Christ. This is really their new business model?

I've had a similar experience with a resealed Blu in a generic case without an insert sold as Brand New. As soon as I used the word "counterfeit" they hopped to. Hopefully that helps.

domino harvey wrote:Here you go

Thanks!

Looks like there are a few titles I will need to pick up before it's too late.

domino harvey wrote:Beware buying anything fulfilled by RainyDayEntertainment-- they are fucking UPC cut-outs and I'm dealing with the hassle of returning them now. Amazon has no clue what I'm even talking about-- "I'm sorry your package was damaged in delivery"... Christ. This is really their new business model?

You are going to find a lot of people selling these DVDs on Amazon and ebay having those same UPC cut out versions. Many of these re-sellers acquired the items like that either directly from the distributor or through retail stores like Ross, Marshalls, TJ Maxx or Big Lots.

Casualities this week include Seven Days in May and Vera Drake.

Warners also discontinued the dvd of McCabe and Mrs. Miller but it's still available in one of those TCM 4-packs.

domino harvey wrote:Beware buying anything fulfilled by RainyDayEntertainment-- they are fucking UPC cut-outs and I'm dealing with the hassle of returning them now. Amazon has no clue what I'm even talking about-- "I'm sorry your package was damaged in delivery"... Christ. This is really their new business model?

I just found out my order on Cabaret was fulfilled by these bastards and so I got the snapper version hidden in a slipcover. Amazon's willing to refund me, but I'd rather have a replacement.

Is there a reason why Amazon suddenly is using third parties to take orders? I've been noticing a lot of their DVDs running low on stock that aren't OOP in the past few months so I'm wondering if this is just temporary while they reload stock.

Murdoch wrote:Is there a reason why Amazon suddenly is using third parties to take orders? I've been noticing a lot of their DVDs running low on stock that aren't OOP in the past few months so I'm wondering if this is just temporary while they reload stock.

Is not that they are using third parties, is that as a seller there is a deal where you can send them all your stock to them and for a fee, Amazon will list it, sell it and ship it. That's why you will see that even if is not the lowest price, Amazon will promote the items from third party sellers for which they have it in their company's wherehouse.

knives wrote:I just found out my order on Cabaret was fulfilled by these bastards and so I got the snapper version hidden in a slipcover. Amazon's willing to refund me, but I'd rather have a replacement.

I thought that Cabaret was only ever released in a snapper. They've changed the cover art (to emphasize the Chicago connection when that film was released), and later added the Academy Awards marketing sleeve, but I've never seen it available in a keepcase. I believe all releases are also non-anamorphic.

All of the 2008 re-releases of the snappers I've run into put things into a regular case though I never expected it to be anamorphic.

dx23 wrote:

Murdoch wrote:Is there a reason why Amazon suddenly is using third parties to take orders? I've been noticing a lot of their DVDs running low on stock that aren't OOP in the past few months so I'm wondering if this is just temporary while they reload stock.

Is not that they are using third parties, is that as a seller there is a deal where you can send them all your stock to them and for a fee, Amazon will list it, sell it and ship it. That's why you will see that even if is not the lowest price, Amazon will promote the items from third party sellers for which they have it in their company's wherehouse.

Ah, okay, thanks.

knives wrote:All of the 2008 re-releases of the snappers I've run into put things into a regular case though I never expected it to be anamorphic.

This image of the re-release's back cover from DVD Empire (who apparently still have it in stock) indicates that it's enhanced for widescreen TVs.

People on the internet say that's a misprint and the discs are still nonanamorphic

domino harvey wrote:Beware buying anything fulfilled by RainyDayEntertainment-- they are fucking UPC cut-outs and I'm dealing with the hassle of returning them now. Amazon has no clue what I'm even talking about-- "I'm sorry your package was damaged in delivery"... Christ. This is really their new business model?

If it's a factory sealed DVD with a hole punched in the bar code, it's probably a promo. If you tell Amazon that this person is probably selling promotional DVDs under the guise of brand new legitimate product, that should get their attention.

It terms of buying Amazon fulfillments, everyone should probably use the same caution that you would with any regular marketplace purchase. Many high volume sellers don't give exact descriptions of what they're selling, or aren't honest. There's some used book store (or used to be) that sells a ton of stuff on Amazon, and just uses a generic "book may show wear" or something for every description, even if it's a DVD! I've even gotten several bootlegs buying stuff from Amazon marketplace, although that's been pretty rare (unlike Ebay).

The Bishop's Wife is OOP, but still available in this box and this box for cheap, so snatch it up while you can.

The Children's Hour is OOP too, might as well kill two birds

Texasville
Adam's Rib (though Hepburn/Tracy box still in print)
Lost in America

Paper Moon back in stock at Amazon for $10.

Cash Flagg wrote:Texasville

Knew its time was near when I found a copy at a dollar store last month.

Does anyone know whether or not the MGM Movie Collection including The Children's Hour/The Bishop's Wife/The Apartment is close-captioned? I could not find this information online.

Much like their Warner counterparts the MGM sets are just repacking of the original discs so if there were subtitles in the original release than there will be some in the movie packs.

A few recently (I think - these may be old news) OOP New Line titles that caught my attention:

The Agronomist (Demme)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (van Sant)
Gummo (Korine)
Julien-Donkey Boy (Korine)
Human Nature (Gondry)
Kansas City (Altman)
Storytelling (Solondz)
The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan)
Vera Drake (Leigh)

"Cowgirls" and "Vera Drake" have actually been OOP for quite a while now. :-"