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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#26 Post by Jobla » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:48 pm

I would like to see Olive release Roger Vadim's BLOOD AND ROSES, assuming that Criterion isn't interested in it.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#27 Post by Jaymole » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:48 pm

Olive films is posting over at HTF and they said that all 27 of these films are Newly Remastered (HD Transfer) DVDs and in some cases BLU-RAY and will be released in their original aspect ratios. The first batch of these should be released in the summer.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#28 Post by Jeff » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:05 pm

Jaymole wrote:Olive films is posting over at HTF and they said that all 27 of these films are Newly Remastered (HD Transfer) DVDs and in some cases BLU-RAY and will be released in their original aspect ratios. The first batch of these should be released in the summer.
Whoa...did not see that coming! Here is the thread. Their website says, "we are a growing company working towards including more titles in order to better serve our growing clientele. We welcome directors inputs and interests in film production and distribution. Also, we are always interested in obtaining copyrights to films that match our criteria." It sounds like their motto should be, "Give me your tired, your poor, your neglected late-period auteur curiosities yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming back catalog. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#29 Post by captveg » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:35 am

Between all the major studios (sans Warner) being willing to license out their "lesser" catalog, and the major studios (including Warner) no longer licensing from smaller rights holders, its possible that the smaller labels (Criterion, Kino, Olive, Blue Undeground, Shout, etc.) could see a bit of a DVD boom in 2010-2011.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#30 Post by solaris72 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:23 am

Ashirg wrote:Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
YESSSSSSS!!!!!

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#31 Post by Perkins Cobb » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:10 pm

Damn. Best DVD news of the year so far.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#32 Post by AfterTheRain » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:25 am

The movies will, indeed, be released on pressed discs! Ohhhh...pleasure overload here!

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#33 Post by Cinephrenic » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:44 pm

Is Sand of the Kalahari as fun as the poster shows?

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#34 Post by perkizitore » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:48 pm

It seems that we may see The Savage Innocents on blu-ray.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#35 Post by jsteffe » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:34 am

Just looking at the lurid poster for Sands of the Kalahari and the cast/production credits, I'm tempted to list this in my all-time Top 10 and I haven't even seen it yet! I can't believe I've never heard of that film before.

Thank you, Olive Films, for picking up such a great slate of titles! At least one DVD company still recognizes the potential audience for the largely untapped well of buried studio treasures...

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#36 Post by solaris72 » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:02 am

I've never seen Sands of the Kalahari either, but given the above poster I've always wanted to.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#37 Post by ltfontaine » Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:17 pm

scotty2 wrote:WUSA is just all wrong. Politically confused, underdeveloped characters, nothing going for it but Newman's blues, and those don't take us very far. It is like a misfire of an Altman misfire (I love Altman). It hardly seems possible that Rosenberg followed Cool Hand Luke with this. A collection of actors and New Orleans locations and not much more.
For the lowdown on WUSA from the author of the novel and screenplay, check out Robert Stone's altogether excellent memoir, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties. "I had my alibis ready in advance," says Stone (or words to that effect), "and I'm sticking by them."

The film's a trainwreck, but I'm glad it's getting a proper release on DVD.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#38 Post by AfterTheRain » Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:27 pm

Has anyone heard anything new about the eventual release of these films lately?


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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#40 Post by manicsounds » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:01 pm

shouldn't those be in the "worst cover art" thread?

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#41 Post by Cash Flagg » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:48 pm

$24.95 list price for bare-bones catalog titles is absurd.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#42 Post by cdnchris » Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:05 pm

Agreed. I was actually rather excited about the titles and then saw the list price. Even at pre-order prices they're too much.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#43 Post by Jeff » Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:49 pm

It's a little out of line, but think I can live with the pricing. It's five dollars more than Criterion charges for their Essential Art House line, but Olive is licensing these from Paramount, who is probably getting a pretty good chunk of that SRP as a royalty. I'll certainly be willing to pay the 18 bucks or whatever for Face to Face and the Premingers.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#44 Post by AfterTheRain » Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:42 pm

Amazon has listed an additional Olive/Paramount title for release for July 13th: Hannie Caulder.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#45 Post by Jobla » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:25 am

CRACK IN THE WORLD and three noir titles have been announced for the initial release batch.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#46 Post by claude » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:33 am

It will be sad if there is no subtitles. Unlike most of you, I usually need English subs for English-speaking movies.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#47 Post by Ashirg » Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:17 am

Amazon has these four titles plus Hannie Caulder for pre-order.

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#48 Post by black moon » Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:41 pm

Ashirg wrote:Amazon has these four titles plus Hannie Caulder for pre-order.
I can't find them(I know ClassicFlix have announced them). Could you provide me with the direct links, please?

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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#49 Post by Ashirg » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:38 pm


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Re: A bunch of Paramount titles go to Olive Films

#50 Post by AfterTheRain » Sun May 02, 2010 5:56 pm

manicsounds wrote:shouldn't those be in the "worst cover art" thread?
Hey, for your information, at least they used the original poster art for Crack in the World for the cover!

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