KINO LORBER THREAD

[Susan Foreman]

"Scorpion Releasing and Kino Lorber Studio Classics are proud to present the 1966 cult stop motion animation/live action fantasy film based on the works of Hans Christian Andersen, The Daydreamer, on Blu-ray for the first time ever.

The film features classic retellings of such popular stories as The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, and many more.

Directed by Jules Bass and written by Arthur Rankin Jr. (both of whom worked on the iconic stop motion animated holiday classics Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman), The Daydreamer features voice over work from the likes of Patty Duke, Boris Karloff, Burl Ives, and Tallulah Bankhead"

[Susan Foreman]

'The Night of the Following Day' (1969) - Coming from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Re;ease date: May 25

"The Higher the Stakes, the Higher the Terror!

Screen greats Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront) and Richard Boone (The War Lord) star in this taut psychological thriller that examines the darkest impulses of the human psyche.

A gang of four professional criminals brazenly kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl (Pamela Franklin, The Innocents) from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl’s father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang’s scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals that culminate in a furious and explosive climax.

The film that Time called “a keenly conducted seminar in the poetics of psychological terror” is a must-see for Brando fans.

Co-written, produced and directed by Hubert Cornfield (Pressure Point) and co-starring Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Jess Hahn (Bad Man’s River) and Al Lettieri (Mr. Majestyk)"

Special features and specs:

• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Joe Dante
• Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in HD)
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 93 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Rated R

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Million Dollar Mystery' (1987) - Coming in 2021 from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Starring Eddie Deezen, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, and Royce D. Applegate.

Synopsis:
"A disparate group of travelers is eating in an isolated restaurant when a man drops dead of a heart attack. Before he dies, they discover that he is wanted for stealing several million dollars, and he tells them that he has hidden a million dollars in each of four different locations, and gives them clues as to where the locations are. They all then take off and try to get to the hidden treasure before any of the others do. Starring Eddie Deezen, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, and Royce D. Applegate"

Release date: May 25

"From Richard Fleischer, the acclaimed director of The Narrow Margin, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Compulsion, The Don Is Dead and Mr. Majestyk, comes this wild and wacky comedy in the tradition of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Scavenger Hunt.

There are millions hidden somewhere nearby… and these wild and crazy people will do almost anything to find it.

In a dingy diner somewhere in the southwest desert, a former White House aide takes a seat at the counter, orders a bowl of chili and suddenly drops dead of a heart attack. But before he dies, he reveals to the rest of the customers that he’s hidden $4 million in embezzled loot on four different bridges throughout Arizona.

Now a frantic pack of cash-crazed strangers—including a pair of nerdy newlyweds, a family of snooty yuppies, a sexy girl group, professional wrestlers, bumbling federal agents and one very deranged ranger—will speed off by land, sea and air on an insane race for riches.

How far will they go in the ultimate dash for cash?

Written by Tim Metcalfe (Revenge of the Nerds), Miguel Tejada-Flores (Screamers) and Rudy De Luca (Transylvania 6-5000) and starring Eddie Deezen (Grease), Tom Bosley (TV’s Happy Days), Rick Overton (Eight Legged Freaks), Rich Hall (TV’s Not Necessarily the News), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects), H.B. Haggerty (Deathsport), Rudy De Luca (High Anxiety) and Playboy playmate Penny Baker."

Special features and specs:

• Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalist and Author Bryan Reesman
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 95 Minutes
• 2.35:1
• Rated PG

[Susan Foreman]

"Kino Lorber Studio Classics has revealed that they’ll be doing a a new Blu-ray of “The Long Goodbye” from a brand new 2K or 4K scan with plans for a release in 2021 or 2022."

[Susan Foreman]

'Treasure of the Four Crowns' (1983) - 3-D Restoration coming soon from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Starring Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón & Gene Quintano – Shot by Marcello Masciocchi (The Big Racket) & Giuseppe Ruzzolini (A Fistful of Dynamite) – Music by Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dollars) – Executive Producers Menahem Golan (Runaway Train) & Yorum Globus (Revenge of the Ninja) – Directed by Ferdinando Baldi (Django, Prepare a Coffin)

[Susan Foreman]

'Touch of Evil' (1958) - Coming soon to 4K UHD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Featuring 3 cuts of the film

"A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town"

[Susan Foreman]

'The Railway Children' (1970) - Coming on Blu-ray and DVD

Release date: June 15

"In turn-of-the-century London, Roberta “Bobbie” Waterbury (Jenny Agutter, Walkabout, Logan’s Run) lives a perfect upper-class life with her parents, sister and brother until one fateful night when her father is mysteriously arrested.

Suddenly impoverished, the children and their mother are forced to move to a dusty cottage far away in the country perched on the edge of a railroad. But along these magical tracks, in the nearby station and on the mighty trains themselves, Bobbie and her siblings will discover adventure, face danger and forge friendships that will change their young lives forever.

Dinah Sheridan (Genevieve) and Bernard Cribbins (Carry On Spying) co-star in this heartwarming hit based on the beloved novel by E. Nesbit (The Enchanted Castle) and filmed on location in the breathtaking Yorkshire countryside.

Nominated for three British Academy Awards, The Railway Children remains one of the best-loved family classics of our time and was recently named one of the top 100 British films of the 20th century by the British Film Institute.

Acting great Lionel Jeffries (The Amazing Mr. Blunden) wrote the screenplay and directed this extraordinary film for the whole family."

Extra features and specs:

• Audio Commentary by Filmmaker and Film Historian Paul Anthony Nelson
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 109 Minutes
• 1.66:1
• Rated G

[Susan Foreman]

'Bird on a Wire' (1990) - Brand New 2K Master coming Soon from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Starring Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke & Joan Severance – Directed by John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, The Hard Way).

[Dave Boy]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'The Railway Children' (1970) - Coming on Blu-ray and DVD

I saw this at the cinema. 1970! Blimey!!