TTM, which was mentioned in the post before you....The Third Man

CC= Criterion Collection

BD= Blu-ray Disc... none of this BR bullshit. Blu is BD. BR is Blade Runner, bitches.

I figured it out but I shouldn't have to look around to know what you're talking about. CC and BD are fine, because they are commonly used and make sense. If you use something like LOTR everybody will know what you're talking about. But until now, nobody in the history of fine cinema has turned The Third Man into an acronym.

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Then: Eyes Wide
Now: Shut

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I would kill for an Eyes Wide Shut CC.

Finally!

Nicolas Roeg's masterpiece IMO

I'm lost, are you saying Shout! now has these titles? If Shout! can do the Godzilla films on Blu, that would be amazing.

I did a little more digging since it is a little confusing. It seems that Westchester has the tv rights. They are sub-licensing from Classic Media. They don't have the home video rights. I think we're a long ways off from Shout releasing Godzilla if at all.

According to what I've read, Shout acquired Westchester in an effort to support their expansion into streaming/television distribution. That may mean that the contracts Criterion (and others) have in place for physical media will not be affected by this deal. However, that's just speculation on my part. I really don't know either way. While it would be fun if Shout put out some of these titles on BD, it would be a shame if Criterion started losing the rights to some of these films.

While I won't hold my breath on Criterion getting the rights again on all those titles, keep in mind that the Tati box does have Trafic in it, which was one of the affected titles...

My understanding is that the Tati estate mandated that Criterion were the ones to release the new restorations. I think it was separate from any potential new deals Criterion may have with Studio Canal.

I wouldn't even rule out Shout working with Criterion like they did with Anchor Bay on the Halloween set, or releasing Shout Factory discs disguised as Criterions like Paramount did with Benjamin Button and Disney did back in the DVD days. I'm sure they know the consumer base enough to know that people don't like it when Criterion loses a title.

What about the set from the UK?

a lot of the titles on that list I haven't even cracked the shrinkwrap on yet.

What about it? Obviously any deal with Criterion would only apply to a US release.

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Friendly visit? Or is he working with them on something? Either way pretty cool.

Everyone now knows that William Friedken is a pretentious douchebag.

Ha ha.

I'll take him over Bogdanovich anyday. For some reason I always got them confused for each other.

they both tend to display an ascot affectation- though with PB it's pretty much a constant thing.

So any confirmation about the Studio Canal stuff or hints about when it might happen? The prospect of having The Third Man back is very promising.... Would it mean there's a chance The Man Who Fell to Earth would return too?

That's why I'm wondering, I'd preorder in a heartbeat. I was recently looking at eBay, but the prices are, how do I put this delicately, psychotic. I'd like to know for certain before I dump the cash on eBay. And if any of you have seen that in 35mm, I envy you. Maybe there's magic left in the world after all.

Too lazy to dig up sources, but The Man Who... is all but confirmed, there's even a February 2015 release date floating around.