Twilight Time / Redwind
- FrauBlucher
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Re: Twilight Time
That's better.
- pointless
- Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:55 am
Re: Twilight Time
Another Woman (Woody Allen, 1988)
Release Date: April 18th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 5th at 4 pm EST.
Special Features:
Release Date: April 18th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 5th at 4 pm EST.
Special Features:
- Isolated Music Track
Original Theatrical Trailer
- pointless
- Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:55 am
Re: Twilight Time
You'll Never Get Rich (Sidney Lanfield, 1941)
Release Date: April 18th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 5th at 4 pm EST.
Special Features:
Booklet art:
Release Date: April 18th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, April 5th at 4 pm EST.
Special Features:
- Isolated Music & Effects Track
Original Theatrical Trailer
Booklet art:
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- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
Re: the attempted Interiors commentary: "Just as a point of accuracy, Woody Allen's office signed off on the commentary - it was the studio that got cold feet at the last minute - a shame as the commentary was very supportive of the film and everything that it accomplished as Mr A's first dramatic endeavor." Via this post
- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
Now sold out:
The Bounty (1984)
Richard III (1995)
Low quantity update for twilighttimemovies.com only (SAE stock unclear):
Less than 50 copies remaining:
Bonjour Tristesse
Follow That Dream
Front, The
Mindwarp
Less than 100 copies remaining:
Birdman of Alcatraz
Happy Ending, The
Inherit the Wind
The Bounty (1984)
Richard III (1995)
Low quantity update for twilighttimemovies.com only (SAE stock unclear):
Less than 50 copies remaining:
Bonjour Tristesse
Follow That Dream
Front, The
Mindwarp
Less than 100 copies remaining:
Birdman of Alcatraz
Happy Ending, The
Inherit the Wind
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- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:20 am
- Location: Providence, RI
Re: Twilight Time
Redman might not be the most reliable source of objective information, but to me this is completely plausible. If the "no supplements" policy is actually part of a contract between Allen and the studio, then even if Allen's office approved the supplement for whatever reason, the studio's legal department might nix the possibility unless the contract were revised. And TT's whole business model is based around minimizing any effort whatsoever on the part of the studios licensing to TT, so they might think it's not worth it to re-draft the contract (especially since TT pays up front so the studio doesn't really care about whether TT sells more copies as a result of added-value supplements).captveg wrote:Re: the attempted Interiors commentary: "Just as a point of accuracy, Woody Allen's office signed off on the commentary - it was the studio that got cold feet at the last minute - a shame as the commentary was very supportive of the film and everything that it accomplished as Mr A's first dramatic endeavor." Via this post
- FrauBlucher
- Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
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Re: Twilight Time
Nah, Redman sounds like he is trying to save face. Why would MGM get cold feet if the Allen folks approved the commentary, which they (Allen's folks) would most likely have relayed to MGM. With Allen being notoriously anti-supplements for his releases wouldn't all parties communicating be a priority.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
Re: Twilight Time
That Allen would tell Criterion no to supplements but be A-OK with a shithole boutique label is Pizzagate-level believable
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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- knives
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:49 pm
Re: Twilight Time
Though don't trust everything the fisherman says.
- mfunk9786
- Under Chris' Protection
- Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 4:43 pm
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
Re: Twilight Time
The track being removed from the release (period) is evidence enough for me that TT is lying. If Allen actually wanted it, it'd be on there.
- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
Having been in the home video industry for 15 years I would absolutely believe a rejection by legal at MGM. I've seen some remarkably absurd reasons legal has rejected something on a release over the years.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
- Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:25 am
- Location: SLC, UT
Re: Twilight Time
Legal reason: Woody Allen will sue us if we put this out.
- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
You guys really believe they got to the announcement phase without clearing it with Allen? I know you guys see Redman as the devil and all, but do you actually think he's that obtuse? To me that simply strains reason.
- Drucker
- Your Future our Drucker
- Joined: Wed May 18, 2011 9:37 am
Re: Twilight Time
Arrow folks have already confirmed they needed to get in writing approval just to get written supplementary material on this Allen release. Hard to believe anyone okayed anything on disc.
- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
This wasn't TT's first rodeo with Allen. Presumably they would have also gone through the same process to clear all the written material on their previous Allen releases, and Interiors, too.
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Re: Twilight Time
Allen's reps signed off on the packaging without noticing the mention of a commentary on the back. They never listened to it, and certainly never "approved" it.
- Brian C
- I hate to be That Pedantic Guy but...
- Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:58 am
- Location: Chicago, IL
Re: Twilight Time
Most likely to me is that TT tried to pull a fast one on Allen's people, sneaking commentary approval in with the approval for the written material, and got Allen's office to sign off on the commentary without realizing what they were doing. Then the announcement is made, shit hits the fan, and TT pulls it.captveg wrote:This wasn't TT's first rodeo with Allen. Presumably they would have also gone through the same process to clear all the written material on their previous Allen releases, and Interiors, too.
It's consistent both with TT's statement and Allen's (well-known and unlikely to change) aversion to supplements.
- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
If that was the case I think Redman would have just said Allen's people got cold feet at the last minute rather than the studio. There's no reason to make the distinction otherwise, unless one has the conspiracy tinfoil hat on.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
Re: Twilight Time
Other than the entire history of Allen's well-established predilections towards this, sure
- The Fanciful Norwegian
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:24 pm
- Location: Teegeeack
Re: Twilight Time
It sounds a lot better to say "those damned studio meddlers stopped us from giving you the best possible edition" than to say "we tried to go against the filmmaker's repeatedly expressed wishes and got caught." If it were anybody but Twilight Time* I would be reluctant to assign such a crude, face-saving motivation, but, well, it's Twilight Time.
*Maybe Mr. Bongo too
*Maybe Mr. Bongo too
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- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
Re: Twilight Time
Well, whatever. I find it... odd to consider someone a liar because one disagrees with their business model.