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Re: Arrow Announcements, Speculation & Wild, Irresponsible Conjecture

#1201 Post by dwk » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:28 am

Given Arrow's clues, it is probably a clue for their Robocop release because Zevon has glasses on and Clarence Boddicker wears glasses.

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#1202 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:37 am

I'm surprised that nobody has suggested Midnight Cowboy.

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#1203 Post by Cremildo » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:55 am

What A Disgrace wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:37 am
I'm surprised that nobody has suggested Midnight Cowboy.
Not sure why anyone would when it's been released by Criterion in the US and the UK.

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#1204 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:46 pm

One of Zevon's early works is included in the film, and one of this forum's longest running gags is interpreting labels' clues to be Midnight Cowboy.

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#1205 Post by rapta » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:06 pm

It can't be Midnight Cowboy as Criterion/Sony UK licensed it from MGM already.

It's October, so I'll be surprised if it's not An American Werewolf in London. I've been asking for it for years so it's great news, especially as it'll most likely be a brand new restoration.

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#1206 Post by dwk » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:12 pm

If it is American Werewolf in London, I doubt if it will be a new scan. Universal did a 6K scan from the negative that they used for their last release and I'm not sure they'd scan the negative again.

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#1207 Post by tenia » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:27 pm

Arrow could release it without the DNR and people would be happy with that.

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#1208 Post by dwk » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:41 pm

Assuming a pre-DNR master still exists.

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#1209 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:01 pm

Isn’t that what was released on the latest Blu-ray version though?

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#1210 Post by dwk » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:08 pm

The most recent blu uses the 6k scan, but it seems to have been hit with some aggressive DNR.

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#1211 Post by tenia » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:14 pm

Robert Harris had a very hard time defending this one and ended up partly blaming the compression, partly saying it wasn't done on purpose but done on purpose.

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#1212 Post by dwk » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:53 am

October's slate:
UK/US:
An American Werewolf in Londong
Toys are not for Children
The Dead Center

UK only:
Nightbreed
Aniara

US only:
The Ringu Collection
Killer Nun
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#1213 Post by mteller » Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:47 am

dwk wrote:
Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:53 am
An American Werewolf in Londong
I guess it's not just upper lips that are stiff in England

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#1214 Post by Dr Amicus » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:03 am

It's a tribute to the new Prime Minister.

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#1215 Post by What A Disgrace » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:41 pm

I wonder if Arrow's recent dips into the Warner Bros. could mean that they're the ones who have access to the Val Lewton films in the UK.

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#1216 Post by reaky » Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:11 am

Criterion having released Cat People in the UK puts the mockers on an Arrow Academy Lewton box; I would like a standalone release of I Walked With a Zombie, though.

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#1217 Post by What A Disgrace » Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:01 am

I don't see why not being able to release Cat People would keep Arrow from a Lewton box if they wanted to release it.

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#1218 Post by FrauBlucher » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:15 am

Arrow Academy tweeted announcements coming Friday along with this tease
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#1219 Post by JSC » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:25 am

Arrow Academy tweeted announcements coming Friday along with this tease
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I'm guessing that James Stewart is in this movie...

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#1220 Post by Calvin » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:34 am

JSC wrote:
Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:25 am
I'm guessing that James Stewart is in this movie...
This is an Arrow clue, ergo that only means that the film has a human male.

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#1221 Post by Feego » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:36 am

According to Doctor Macro, that still is from Call Northside 777. But knowing Arrow, it might just be a film with the word "tie" in the title.

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#1222 Post by domino harvey » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:36 am

That’s Fox, does Arrow have a deal with Fox? We know the Far Country (Universal) is coming, it’s presumably for that

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#1223 Post by dwk » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:45 am

It has been awhile, but they have released Fox titles in the UK. (I want to say Shock Treatment from 2017 was the last Fox title, but I'm not 100% sure)

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#1224 Post by domino harvey » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:49 am

Call Northside 777 is a really boring noir, so it would def fit Arrow’s pattern of licensing the worst films from the Sony Noir sets if they started doing that for the Fox banner releases too

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#1225 Post by JSC » Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:01 am

We could hope against hope that it's The Shop Around the Corner, even
though it's with Warner's.

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