Criterion and Sony
- Matt
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This is fantastic news. I do hope a distribution relationship with one major studio does not jeopardize Criterion's relationships with others (Universal, Fox). I wouldn't really expect so, but then again it seems that half of the business decisions in Hollywood are made out of spite.
- Jeff
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No more so than before. Criterion has been licensing Sony films for a few years now, and I'm sure they'd love to handle Before Midnight. The first two films still belong to Warner though.Harmonov wrote:Is Linklater's Midnight Trilogy now in play?
I don't think it will. It's all one big key party of rights and distribution in the home media world these days. Fox distributes for MGM, Warner distributes for Paramount, dogs and cats living together, etc.Matt wrote:This is fantastic news. I do hope a distribution relationship with one major studio does not jeopardize Criterion's relationships with others (Universal, Fox). I wouldn't really expect so, but then again it seems that half of the business decisions in Hollywood are made out of spite.
- bainbridgezu
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Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive would be a great place to start.ianungstad wrote:Who wants to bet that this will result in Criterion releasing first run titles from Sony Classics in the not too distant future.
- FrauBlucher
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This is tremendous news. Plus, I would expect Grover Crisp to play a role in CC's restoration endeavors.
- Drucker
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And hopefully The Lady From Shanghai 4k Restoration isn't too far behind.bainbridgezu wrote:Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive would be a great place to start.ianungstad wrote:Who wants to bet that this will result in Criterion releasing first run titles from Sony Classics in the not too distant future.
- FrauBlucher
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And hopefully, some of Capra's best.Drucker wrote:And hopefully The Lady From Shanghai 4k Restoration isn't too far behind.
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Besides using the new Sony deal for releasing Tootsie and The Big Chill, are there any other titles that Sony is known to be working with Criterion at the moment which have not been announced or authoritatively rumored? We'd all love The Lady from Shanghai, but that could go the way of From Here to Eternity and be released directly by Sony themselves.
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Amen to that!And hopefully The Lady From Shanghai 4k Restoration isn't too far behind.
- FrauBlucher
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- Finch
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His Girl Friday, A Lonely Place, The Man From Laramie, The Tall T, and Black Book please.
- chatterjees
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The Man From Laramie has been confirmed as coming from TT in 2014. If you meant In a Lonely Place (1950), thenFinch wrote:His Girl Friday, A Lonely Place, The Man From Laramie, The Tall T, and Black Book please.
Criterion has already confirmed that they don't have it in the last year's Wexner talk.
- jindianajonz
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Well, I guess technically this is a true statementThe Criterion Collection features more than 150 movies.
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How is Sony handling distribution for Criterion different than when Image did it? It's just back-end stuff, right? Obviously it confirms that Criterion and Sony have a cozy relationship at the moment but we already knew that. Am I missing something more newsworthy about this announcement?
- FrauBlucher
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I think it just confirms that the relationship between Sony and CC will allow more Sony titles to be handled by CC. And this has probably been in the works for a long time. CC would get to release many Sony titles (Anatomy for a Murder, On The Waterfront, 5:10 to Zuma and more) and CC would sign a distribution deal when the one with Image ends. Remember, Sony has given up their own distribution rights to Mill Creek and TT on titles they would not be interested releasing on their own. It is all very interesting.Perkins Cobb wrote:How is Sony handling distribution for Criterion different than when Image did it? It's just back-end stuff, right? Obviously it confirms that Criterion and Sony have a cozy relationship at the moment but we already knew that. Am I missing something more newsworthy about this announcement?
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Sony will license a lot more to Criterion because they've just doubled their profits. Sony would get cash from licensing and royalties plus their markup for distribution. It is in their own financial interest to do so. (with niche titles)
I think we've already seen this start to take place. When Sony discontinued thousands of releases this summer; I don't think they nixed titles like The White Ribbon and Waltz with Bashir because they licensed them to Mill Creek.
I think we've already seen this start to take place. When Sony discontinued thousands of releases this summer; I don't think they nixed titles like The White Ribbon and Waltz with Bashir because they licensed them to Mill Creek.
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Hoping we get some Rita Hayworth classics like Gilda, Lady from Shanghai & Miss Sadie Thompson
- Moe Dickstein
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I think Sadie Thompson might go to TT
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Shame. Criterion could have given it a good release & bundled "Rain" with Joan Crawford as an extra.
- Moe Dickstein
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CC also haven't shown any more interest in 3D either...
- Cinephrenic
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Holy shit, somebody opened the flood gates
- Jeff
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Agreed. This arrangement doesn't really have anything to do with licensing. Criterion is simply paying an annual fee for Sony to replicate, house, and distribute their discs for them. Sony will get the same distribution fee from Criterion no matter who the titles were licensed from. Yes, if Sony licenses a title to Criterion, they'll get their usual royalties for that title, but that's always been the case. I can guarantee that Grover Crisp, who already has his hands full with Sony properties, won't be farmed out to Janus to help them restore their stuff.Perkins Cobb wrote:How is Sony handling distribution for Criterion different than when Image did it? It's just back-end stuff, right? Obviously it confirms that Criterion and Sony have a cozy relationship at the moment but we already knew that. Am I missing something more newsworthy about this announcement?
- Moe Dickstein
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Wonder if this means no more packages from KY
- Minkin
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MY thoughts exactly! I really hope Sony's warehouse isn't in California. Best part of Criterion's site sales = no sales tax.Moe Dickstein wrote:Wonder if this means no more packages from KY
- zedz
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Why yes it does. It also features more than twelve movies and more than seven hundred.John Doe wrote:"[. . .]The Criterion Collection features more than 150 movies. [. . .]"
- Moe Dickstein
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It sure ain't in Tokyo...Minkin wrote:MY thoughts exactly! I really hope Sony's warehouse isn't in California. Best part of Criterion's site sales = no sales tax.Moe Dickstein wrote:Wonder if this means no more packages from KY