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Questions were asked many times on this forum with no reply.
Over at Home theater forum.com, This ahs been a major topic for weeks - again with no reply.
Except this isn't their message board, it's FSM's. Do they have an obligation to check here and see if you've left them messages?
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"Like "Damnation Alley" which was supposed to be released by Anchor Bay Entertainment, but plans were dropped."
I believe DAMNATION ALLEY is scheduled to be released by Shout Factory which also has a licensing agreement with Fox and just this month released two Fox titles, LUCKY LADY and 11 HARROWHOUSE.
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Did the Twilight Time business model change. Originally, I thought it was going to be for DVD releases from the 20th Century Fox archives that Fox wasn't interested in mass releasing on their own label through their home entertainment division. But it seems to have shifted to Blu Ray only releases from anywhere -- generally films that have previously been released on DVD. What happened?
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Jun 18, 2012 - 6:28 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Did the Twilight Time business model change. Originally, I thought it was going to be for DVD releases from the 20th Century Fox archives that Fox wasn't interested in mass releasing on their own label through their home entertainment division. But it seems to have shifted to Blu Ray only releases from anywhere -- generally films that have previously been released on DVD. What happened?
The business model perhaps changed of necessity. These are the developments that have occurred since Twilight Time began operations:
1. Twilight Time struck a deal with Sony, in addition to Fox. That allowed them to release Columbia films (but not yet films from "anywhere").
2. The DVD market has fallen off considerably, while the Blu-ray market has expanded. Thus, Twilight Time has shifted primarily to a Blu-ray-only release pattern.
3. Fox started releasing some catalog titles as Screen Archive Entertainment exclusive Blu-ray titles, outside of the Twilight Time program (only two so far, from what I can see). These were then supposed to go to regular retail outlets at a later date. That reduced the number of films available to Twilight Time.
4. Fox has recently announced that, like Warners, Sony, and MGM, it is going to start a made-on-demand DVD program. The initial batch of releases that were announced were mainly pre-1960 Fox titles. This also reduces the number of catalog titles available to Twilight Time.
It seems that Twilight Time will need to focus on Fox and Sony titles that do not have a high enough profile to be released by those studios as regular retail Blu-rays, nor a low enough profile to be released as MOD DVDs (unless Twilight Time wants to offer a Blu-ray alternative to the MOD titles). Based on recent releases/announcements, it seems as if titles like THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, AND JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, all previously issued on DVD, fall into that category.
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