Fox Catalog Titles on Blu
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The Tora! Tora! Tora! blu contains the Japanese release version, 10 minutes longer than the US release.
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"the set contains the entire Japanese release version of the movie, which includes ten minutes of footage not seen in the American cut. Not surprisingly, the extra footage is dedicated to the Japanese sequences and contains one bizarre, largely superfluous sequence centering on two cooks aboard one of the war ships."
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http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php - Dec. 07, 2021 post
According to the post, this version is not listed on the packaging.
Relevant quote:
"the set contains the entire Japanese release version of the movie, which includes ten minutes of footage not seen in the American cut. Not surprisingly, the extra footage is dedicated to the Japanese sequences and contains one bizarre, largely superfluous sequence centering on two cooks aboard one of the war ships."
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http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php - Dec. 07, 2021 post
According to the post, this version is not listed on the packaging.
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James Cameron confirmed to a French journalist that The Abyss will be released on 4K by March next year.
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yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:55 pmJames Cameron confirmed to a French journalist that The Abyss will be released on 4K by March next year.
I wonder when Strange Days will finally get one as well.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films will be re-issuing the Blu-rays of Oklahoma! (1955) and South Pacific (1958) on 10/31/23, which seems to indicate Disney refused to renew the licensing agreement Fox had for at least some of the Rodgers and Hammerstein productions.
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Fingers crossed Arrow can pry The Fly from Disney's hands and give it the 4k release it deserves. The BD is ancient.
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Strange Days would be a good title for Arrow
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Where is this talk about Arrow cracking into the Disney vault coming from? Did I miss some rumor or is it just wishful thinking?
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Wishful thinking at this stage really though Arrow did get Fox titles in the past. Arrow came to my mind as they'd be the perfect fit of the UK boutique labels for The Fly but we'll see if Disney will license more catalogue titles or if they only release those three Cameron films because of the clout he has.
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Blood In, Blood Out and the bizarrely absent from Disney+/Hulu Something Wicked This Way Comes (with its original, Georges Delerue-scored cut, which has been preserved)
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Disney released a Movie Club Exclusive Blu-ray of Something Wicked
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I forgot about that. The laserdisc features a great (and very critical) commentary featuring Ray Bradbury that is on YouTube. There is so much material that a label like Arrow could use for a release
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Freaked (1993) would be wonderful, too. Anchor Bay produced an incredibly stacked disc for DVD, and it’s been OOP for years
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Ok. Given the way Disney acted towards Signal One in the UK and, to a lesser extent, Kino, I don't hold out much hope of them opening up the Fox titles to the boutiques.Finch wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:05 amWishful thinking at this stage really though Arrow did get Fox titles in the past. Arrow came to my mind as they'd be the perfect fit of the UK boutique labels for The Fly but we'll see if Disney will license more catalogue titles or if they only release those three Cameron films because of the clout he has.
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dwk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:23 amOk. Given the way Disney acted towards Signal One in the UK and, to a lesser extent, Kino, I don't hold out much hope of them opening up the Fox titles to the boutiques.Finch wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:05 amWishful thinking at this stage really though Arrow did get Fox titles in the past. Arrow came to my mind as they'd be the perfect fit of the UK boutique labels for The Fly but we'll see if Disney will license more catalogue titles or if they only release those three Cameron films because of the clout he has.
Isn’t Disney basically getting out of the physical media game? Those Touchstone titles are just gathering cobwebs
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Mostly yes, but they seem to not care about exploiting most of their back catalog. I think they think selling the Pixar, Marvel, animated Disney titles, big catalog titles from Fox (like the recently announced James Cameron titles) and new releases is enough. And they may be right.
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Bob Iger's comments earlier this year seem to suggest that they're paying more attention to physical media again, and this was followed by streaming titles like Mandalorian and Prey getting discs, and now catalogue titles like the Cameron trio in 2024. That feels like a course correction to me. Is there any studio that hasn't lost money on their streamer this year?
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No, I can't think of any streaming service that isn't losing money. (Which makes me wonder how the Critwrion Channel and other smaller services are doing.)
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I’m dropping a few streaming services now that they’re coming up for renewal. The problem with luring people in via tempting half price (or less) sign-up offers is that when I’m facing a substantially bigger bill for year two, I have to ask myself whether I really want, say, Paramount Plus that much. And the answer in that case was “no”.
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Yes but those losses are tied to (I would say excessive) production budgets. The broadcasters have basically started an additional television channel which requires "premium" programming from scratch. I don't know if Criterion is profitable but they aren't going to have the overhead that Peacock, Disney+, or AppleTV has.
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I think catalogue has become too broad a term. It's not a surprise to see Fox/Iger treating the Cameron films differently than the Fox films from the 1940s and 1950s. It's a shame these Golden Age of Hollywood films will be held hostage by this studioFinch wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:49 amBob Iger's comments earlier this year seem to suggest that they're paying more attention to physical media again, and this was followed by streaming titles like Mandalorian and Prey getting discs, and now catalogue titles like the Cameron trio in 2024. That feels like a course correction to me. Is there any studio that hasn't lost money on their streamer this year?
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While Criterion does do new interviews and introductions for the channel, you are right they don't have the overhead of other streamers.Drucker wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:39 pmYes but those losses are tied to (I would say excessive) production budgets. The broadcasters have basically started an additional television channel which requires "premium" programming from scratch. I don't know if Criterion is profitable but they aren't going to have the overhead that Peacock, Disney+, or AppleTV has.
I guess stuff like Tubi is profitable, but that is an advertising based model not a subscription service.
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The UK UHD of The Abyss has been cancelled because Lightstorm vetoed releasing it with the BBFC mandated cut (the rat breathing liquid scene.)
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I can excuse bad restorations, but I draw the line at a wet wunkus.