Powerhouse Films

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

i may be completely wrong but i don't think HMV can be classed as a distributor? they can perhaps get an exclusive deal as a stockist but Sony would have remained as the official distributor.

Of course, yes.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Rob4

i must of read the PH Facebook post wrong as I could of sworn they said announcements would be Thursday

They did but the Amazon pre-orders spoiled the surprise last night so they moved it forward.

[Michael Brooke]

Originally Posted by Rob4

i must of read the PH Facebook post wrong as I could of sworn they said announcements would be Thursday

I can confirm what Justin101 said: Amazon leaked specs last night, and there was no particular reason not to go live 24 hours early, so the newsletter was released first thing this morning.

i may be completely wrong but i don't think HMV can be classed as a distributor? they can perhaps get an exclusive deal as a stockist but Sony would have remained as the official distributor.

Yes, Sony calls the shots throughout. Their film, their rules. I don't know what deal they signed with HMV, but presumably if it hasn't expired already it will have done by November - and a six-month exclusivity window sounds highly plausible.

[Rob4]

from the PH newsletter. i assume its a Hammer film (because of the promised 2nd boxset) but i don't recognise it

[Justin101]

It's Diane Cilento but I don't know if she was in any Hammer films.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Justin101

It's Diane Cilento but I don't know if she was in any Hammer films.

The Full Treatment (1960) - IMDb

Should have just had a look on iMDB to start

The Full Treatment aka Stop Me Before I Kill

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Justin101

The Full Treatment (1960) - IMDb

Should have just had a look on iMDB to start

The Full Treatment aka Stop Me Before I Kill

good spot Justin. that should give us the full line up for the next boxset given what has just gone through the BBFC:

The Snorkel
Cash on Demand
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
The Full Treatment

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

SUPERB RELEASES!

[Dave Boy]

Diane Cilento gives an excellent performance in STOP ME BEFORE I KILL.

[Michael Brooke]

Originally Posted by Michael Brooke

Presumably because they asked Sony very nicely and Sony said yes - and I think HMV only had an exclusive window of six months or so.



But the box may well end up containing exactly the same disc, although that's no great hardship: I don't recall anything being particularly wrong with it.

Powerhouse have just confirmed on Facebook that their Jason will indeed be exactly the same disc as was sold by HMV, at least in terms
of the machine-readable side.

As with Arrow's deal with MGM that allowed them to include the already-released Annie Hall and Manhattan in their Woody Allen boxes, Sony was only prepared to let them redistribute the pre-existing disc, not to author a rival edition. But that's fair enough.