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Amelie (aka Amélie) (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]
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well i see that only zavvi need that amount of time to shift there steels and thats in general not just the foreign steels. i still dont see them need longer to sell out, nearly every zavvi steel needs about 1 year to get oos and if you list titles like dr mabuse, which was prolly a 10k print run, than look at the fact the whole wave is still in stock, not just the foreign titles. same goes with any other retailer if you look at there releases they dont seem to shift there foreign titles slower as there other titles in general as well.
if we go back to amelie it didn't took kimchi longer to sell them as other titles.
I'd be really surprised if ANY of these foreign language steelbooks has/had a print run of more than 4,000, including AMELIE.
As for Eureka steels being still in stock: you'll have difficulty finding any of the following unless you go on the secondary market:-
METROPOLIS (both editions - 2010 & 2015 releases)
TOUCH OF EVIL (2011)
SILENT RUNNING (2011)
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (2012)
Apologies for taking this thread away from the steel in question and I think we'd better leave it there.
As for Eureka steels being still in stock: you'll have difficulty finding any of the following unless you go on the secondary market:-
METROPOLIS (both editions - 2010 & 2015 releases)
TOUCH OF EVIL (2011)
SILENT RUNNING (2011)
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (2012)
Apologies for taking this thread away from the steel in question and I think we'd better leave it there.
Silent running and touch of evil came out earlier as the other steels, metropolis maybe oop of both, the original and the reprint releases, but i hope you are aware this is an german foreign movie. makes double indemnity 1 of 10 steels of the wave being oop. infact overall with shogun assasin and nosferatu there are actually more foreign titles from masters of cinema releases oop as native movies.
but you are right this is getting a bit offtrack, welcome to pm me for further discussions though
On amelie: i think it's really hard to judge this mockup could turn out either superb or bad in hands. depending on the actual finish, ill wait for pics before buying this
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I do like the look of this front art as it's very different to the standard pic of Audrey Tautou that we normally see on the front 
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Also wondering about the finish and trying to second guess it from previous Momentum Pictures steelbooks is difficult as I can only spot three examples of Momentum steels on my shelves - THE RAID, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS and LAWLESS and de-bossing is the only thing they all have in common.
THE RAID & SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS - zero finish over bare metal and de-bossed titles (both lovely, IMO)
LAWLESS - matte with shiny metallic paint highlights on the guns and de-bossed bullet holes (dull as dishwater and a less attractive item than, say, "The Gunman" though saved from being poor by the bullet holes, again IMO).
If I were to hazard a guess based on those previous MP steels I'd say that this will have:-
- De-bossed title
- *Zero varnish finish
. . . but that guess is of course as good or as bad as anybody else's and my only hope is that the colours "pop" instead of looking washed out and I wouldn't say no to a full gloss finish though consider that unlikely.
* According to Scanavo this is "a neutral, low gloss finish that maintains high colour intensity and brightness with a high resistance to scratching".
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Foreign language BDs from Momentum Pictures really thin on the ground and just had a quick look at the foreign language section on my shelves I can see very few:-
France - AMELIE, DISTRICT 13 and MESRINE: PARTS 1&2
Germany - DOWNFALL
Sweden - THE GIRL TRILOGY
Norway - HEADHUNTERS and TROLL HUNTER
China - THE PROMISE
Indonesia - THE RAID
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Also wondering about the finish and trying to second guess it from previous Momentum Pictures steelbooks is difficult as I can only spot three examples of Momentum steels on my shelves - THE RAID, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS and LAWLESS and de-bossing is the only thing they all have in common.
THE RAID & SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS - zero finish over bare metal and de-bossed titles (both lovely, IMO)
LAWLESS - matte with shiny metallic paint highlights on the guns and de-bossed bullet holes (dull as dishwater and a less attractive item than, say, "The Gunman" though saved from being poor by the bullet holes, again IMO).
If I were to hazard a guess based on those previous MP steels I'd say that this will have:-
- De-bossed title
- *Zero varnish finish
. . . but that guess is of course as good or as bad as anybody else's and my only hope is that the colours "pop" instead of looking washed out and I wouldn't say no to a full gloss finish though consider that unlikely.
* According to Scanavo this is "a neutral, low gloss finish that maintains high colour intensity and brightness with a high resistance to scratching".
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Foreign language BDs from Momentum Pictures really thin on the ground and just had a quick look at the foreign language section on my shelves I can see very few:-
France - AMELIE, DISTRICT 13 and MESRINE: PARTS 1&2
Germany - DOWNFALL
Sweden - THE GIRL TRILOGY
Norway - HEADHUNTERS and TROLL HUNTER
China - THE PROMISE
Indonesia - THE RAID
I do like the look of this front art as it's very different to the standard pic of Audrey Tautou that we normally see on the front
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Also wondering about the finish and trying to second guess it from previous Momentum Pictures steelbooks is difficult as I can only spot three examples of Momentum steels on my shelves - THE RAID, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS and LAWLESS and de-bossing is the only thing they all have in common.
THE RAID & SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS - zero finish over bare metal and de-bossed titles (both lovely, IMO)
LAWLESS - matte with shiny metallic paint highlights on the guns and de-bossed bullet holes (dull as dishwater and a less attractive item than, say, "The Gunman" though saved from being poor by the bullet holes, again IMO).
If I were to hazard a guess based on those previous MP steels I'd say that this will have:-
- De-bossed title
- *Zero varnish finish
. . . but that guess is of course as good or as bad as anybody else's and my only hope is that the colours "pop" instead of looking washed out and I wouldn't say no to a full gloss finish though consider that unlikely.
* According to Scanavo this is "a neutral, low gloss finish that maintains high colour intensity and brightness with a high resistance to scratching".
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Foreign language BDs from Momentum Pictures really thin on the ground and just had a quick look at the foreign language section on my shelves I can see very few:-
France - AMELIE, DISTRICT 13 and MESRINE: PARTS 1&2
Germany - DOWNFALL
Sweden - THE GIRL TRILOGY
Norway - HEADHUNTERS and TROLL HUNTER
China - THE PROMISE
Indonesia - THE RAID
The Steelbooks of "Amelie", "The Mist" and "Bronson" are all being released by eOne (Entertainment One), which acquired Momentum in 2013.
A couple of pages back, @Noodles posted an image of the rear of the J-card for this title, which clearly shows it to be an eOne release.
As an EONE (E1 ?) steel it's sure good to see such colourful inside art compared to some they gave us last year with black-and-white insides (including LOCK OUT, HUGO, GANGS OF N.Y., THE DEPARTED, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, DREDD et al)
Still hoping for a Zero Varnish Finish as opposed to a matte finish but guessing no 'bossing at all
Still hoping for a Zero Varnish Finish as opposed to a matte finish but guessing no 'bossing at all
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As an EONE (E1 ?) steel it's sure good to see such colourful inside art compared to some they gave us last year with black-and-white insides (including LOCK OUT, HUGO, GANGS OF N.Y., THE DEPARTED, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, DREDD et al)
Still hoping for a Zero Varnish Finish as opposed to a matte finish but guessing no 'bossing at all
Those are EIV
Enders games and riddick were Eone - very nice steels
So was divergent and nightcrawler except nightcrawler had spot gloss but all have had debossed titles
Might be more but I can't think of any at the moment and my brain is scrambled today
Personally this needs full bright gloss and possibly a debossed title judging by previous releases (which would be nice)
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Yes, quite so, and thank you for setting me on the right path - bit of an alphabet soup with Entertainment One and Entertainment in Video . . .
Anyway, just checked the shelves for EONE steels and came across the following (in order of release as that's just how I have them arranged) :-
THE TWILIGHT SAGA, LOOPER, THE SWEENEY, RED 2, RIDDICK, ENDER'S GAME, DIVERGENT, THE RAID 2, NIGHTCRAWLER, MONSTERS 2: DARK CONTINENT - certainly a few more than the Momentum steels released but a very small number when compared to some of the other studios/distributors.
What do they have in common to maybe give us an idea how AMELIE will turn out ?
FINISH: All are matte with highlights (spot gloss/shiny metallic paint) or in a zero varnish finish - not one in a full gloss finish that I can see.
'BOSSING: No 'bossing on *any of them apart from on the TITLES and that's on seven out of the ten - one embossed (THE SWEENEY) and six de-bossed (RED 2, RIDDICK, ENDER'S GAME, DIVERGENT, THE RAID 2 and NIGHTCRAWLER) with the remaining three flat.
*The Rolls-Royce of the bunch - ENDER'S GAME - does have 'bossing on the back artwork as well.
As for AMELIE, my guess is a Zero Varnish Finish with no 'bossing to the title or anywhere else.
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Enders Game, Riddick and Divergent are all full gloss.
I stand corrected.Enders Game, Riddick and Divergent are all full gloss.
Didn't spot that when I bought them and will need to adjust my buying notes which list "Ender's Game" as zero finish with spot gloss highlights; "Divergent" zero finish with a lot of bare metal and "Riddick" with a "?" but certainly the brightest of the three.
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Just noticed from the stickers on the fronts that all three were single retailer exclusives with two HMV and the other Entertainment Store and the price stickers on the HMVs show OK prices for non-catalogue titles.
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Regarding steelbook Finish and Artwork I've just dropped an email to Scanavo to consider setting up an historic list of all their steels available at any time from U.K. retailers with details of the finish and name of the artist responsible for each (if not just a stock image used).
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Dammit - given in and pre-ordered. Have the Kimchi Lenti 2, which is great but this is my favourite film and I must have them all!!!
Love the artwork on this! I already have the Kimchi steel, but this is too nice to pass on... great film too, so I don't mind double dipping.
P.S. Anyone know who the artist is?
This was done by an agency called Oink...
To clarify the steelbook is in a matt finish. I have seen it in the flesh and it looks amazing. Amelie, Ghost Rider, Bronson and The Mist were all done by the same agency. Tried to give them fresh title treatment and the results speak for themselves. All of them are now available to pre-order at Zavvi: http://www.zavvi.com/offers/steelbooks/pre-order.list
Cancelled and will wait for price drop and pics in the flesh
Should of been gloss but again thanks for the info @eonedirect
Should of been gloss but again thanks for the info @eonedirect
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