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Re: The Only Game in Town (1970)

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 8:07 pm
by lefeufollet
pointless wrote:The Only Game in Town (1970)
That's a bit on the nose, coming from TT.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 8:41 pm
by knives
med wrote:Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter with freakishly large arms who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches.
He's actually a shaved silver back.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 8:55 pm
by EddieLarkin
med wrote:Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter with freakishly large arms who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches.
Until this post, I thought those "arms" were Coburn's legs, and that Bronson was giving him a piggy back.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 10:37 pm
by Feego
EddieLarkin wrote:
med wrote:Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter with freakishly large arms who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches.
Until this post, I thought those "arms" were Coburn's legs, and that Bronson was giving him a piggy back.
That's EXACTLY what I thought at first glance!

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 11:52 pm
by Gregory
Little-known fact: James Coburn had opposable thumbs on his feet.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 5:43 pm
by captveg
So now you guys aren't happy when TT uses the original poster art? Or is complaining your real hobby instead of enjoying films?

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Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 5:54 pm
by knives
I'm sure there is poster art out there where Bronson doesn't look deformed.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 6:00 pm
by EddieLarkin
captveg wrote:So now you guys aren't happy when TT uses the original poster art? Or is complaining your real hobby instead of enjoying films?
Original art of no, it's a terrible cover. But for what it's worth, I think the typical TT cover is a good one. Rapture, Nicholas and Alexandra, Major Dundee, Bell, Book and Candle, Experiment in Terror, Christine. All fine covers.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 10:33 pm
by domino harvey
At Long Last Love Blu-ray is available for June 4th pre-order from Amazon for only $17 and change... this is no longer a Twilight Time release I assume?

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 10:42 pm
by swo17
Well, it never was going to be a Twilight Time release, but it was supposed to be a Screen Archives exclusive. That must have changed.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 10:55 pm
by knives
Thank god for that. Can't afford to be completely gouged.

Re: The Only Game in Town (1970)

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 11:48 pm
by pointless
The Only Game in Town booklet art:
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Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 12:01 pm
by CSM126
To borrow a line from Mr. Plinkett: "What's wrong with her faaaaaaaacccce?!"

At Long Last Love

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 1:40 am
by pointless
Although released by Fox, the At Long Last Love Blu-ray release is being produced by Twilight Time and will include the isolated score as an extra.
It's now up for pre-order at Amazon.com with a release date of June 4th.

Cover art:
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Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:05 am
by domino harvey
It looks like Fox supplied Twilight Time with the same master as their DVD-- the colors did NOT look like that on the 35mm print making the rounds a few years back

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:36 am
by EddieLarkin

Re: At Long Last Love

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 7:31 pm
by Perkins Cobb
pointless wrote:Although released by Fox, the At Long Last Love Blu-ray release is being produced by Twilight Time and will include the isolated score as an extra.
It's now up for pre-order at Amazon.com with a release date of June 4th.
Now that this is back on track, I really, really need for Shout Factory to cough up an acceptable edition of Saint Jack.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:48 pm
by Kirkinson
Leave Her to Heaven does look pretty disappointing. I saw that recent print when it made the rounds, too, and I remember the colors being far more vibrant and, well, colorful than those screenshots.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 12:36 am
by captveg
As counterpoint, Robert Harris believes LHtH is basically the best that can be done.

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Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 12:55 am
by Moe Dickstein
david hare wrote:My response to that doesn't bear posting. But of course this is Twilight Time.
Far more concerning to me is where is the Film Foundation 35mm restoration? Is this it?
Yes.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:24 am
by EddieLarkin
david hare wrote:Far more concerning to me is where is the Film Foundation 35mm restoration? Is this it?
Harris states that a restoration as such cannot be performed on this title, that bringing it back to its original technicolor glory is impossible without original elements. Instead, this CRI-based transfer has been touched up digitally (Film Foundation were involved), and when you look at other technicolor films released by Twilight Time that were from non-original elements (PONY SOLDIER, COVER GIRL), well, I'd say this is pretty impressive. For what it is I mean. Expecting something like THE RED SHOES is futile.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 8:03 pm
by PfR73
The Way We Were in November 2013.
The Man From Laramie in 2014.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 8:30 pm
by warren oates
PfR73 wrote:The Man From Laramie in 2014.
I guess this is better than nothing. But here's a title that really deserves Criterion treatment or at least Olive distribution and pricing. Hopefully the HD transfer won't be from half a decade ago.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 8:39 pm
by PfR73
I haven't seen the article, but reports are from a recent interview with Grover Crisp in Cinema Retro Magazine, he's been currently working on The Man From Laramie.

Re: Twilight Time

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 2:48 am
by kingofthejungle
warren oates wrote:
PfR73 wrote:The Man From Laramie in 2014.
I guess this is better than nothing. But here's a title that really deserves Criterion treatment or at least Olive distribution and pricing.
[-( Twilight Time gets its first essential western. However, it is shameful that The Man From Laramie isn't going to Criterion. It's the best of the Mann/Stewart cycle, and one of the all time great westerns. Now I get to look forward to paying $35 for a barebones disc that may or may not have a quality transfer/encoding. As much as I appreciate the two Daves westerns Criterion are releasing this month, this film is far more Collection-worthy. I'm sure this may have been part of an initial agreement between Sony and TT or something, because otherwise this move makes little sense.

I shudder at the thought of the atrocious cover-art Twilight Time will invariably dream up for this gem.