Pre-Order Little Darlings (1980) (4k UHD) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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[ahollis]

Well this was a surprise.

 

[lark144]

Well this was a surprise.

Photographed by the esteemed Czech DP, Bedrich Batka. He was teaching at NYU film school when I was there. Once someone in class asked him what he had done, and he replied, "I shot Li-ttle Dar-lingz."

 

[JimJasper]

Strange cover art for the 4K.
Kristy McNichol sure had charisma in her heyday.

 

[Radioman970]

I feel like the girls get murdered while at camp in this special cut of the film.

 

[Robert Harris]

A tad high-priced for a fun little teen comedy, is it not?

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

What weird cover art, I don't get it. I did some research and learned that the girls did, in fact, have faces in 1980. Cute ones too, so why cover it up with red paint splashes? Huh?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Strange cover art for the 4K. Kristy McNichol's sure had charisma in her heyday.

She was every little guy's crush back in the 70s and early 80s. She was very cute!

 

[Will Krupp]

A tad high-priced for a fun little teen comedy, is it not?

I believe it's available directly from Vinegar Syndrome for about $20 less

 

[Robert Harris]

I believe it's available directly from Vinegar Syndrome for about $20 less

Possibly as a subscriber?

 

[Will Krupp]

Possibly as a subscriber?

I honestly don't think so. I logged in to vinegarsyndrome.com from my work computer just now and $39.99 is the price that's displayed for anyone.

Little Darlings – Vinegar Syndrome

2024 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase (designed by Nicole Rifkin) is limited to 8,000 units. Taking its name from the...

vinegarsyndrome.com

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Partner label release for VS, limited to 8,000 units. Sometimes the partner label titles have significantly higher MSRP.

 

[Robert Harris]

I honestly don't think so. I logged in to vinegarsyndrome.com from my work computer just now and $39.99 is the price that's displayed for anyone.

Little Darlings – Vinegar Syndrome

2024 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase (designed by Nicole Rifkin) is limited to 8,000 units. Taking its name from the...

vinegarsyndrome.com

I’ll wait until Best Buy has their sale. It’s just not a $40 film, although if it’s regularly $60, that’s a great deal.

I may take a quick loan, purchase the last 2,000 copies, hold them for a short period and then release them on eBay.

If Lawrence is worth around $30, Little Darlings must be worth 40. Surely.

 

[Denham]

What weird cover art, I don't get it. I did some research and learned that the girls did, in fact, have faces in 1980. Cute ones too, so why cover it up with red paint splashes? Huh?

SAG strike affected more than just film/TV production. Actors couldn't even approve their likenesses for toys- or in this case, new cover art. Hence the annoying splotches (I guess rationalized as a reference to the food fight scene).

This was held up for decades by pricey music licensing issues, which is why it never appeared on DVD or Bd.
Probably wasn't cheap for VS to license.
If anyone doesn't want to pay the $40-$60 for the mediabook, a standard release (with reversible art containing the above image presumably) will be available later in the year.

The mediabooks were only intended to be sold as VS exclusives, but they decided to test the waters with this one due to perceived pent up demand.

Fidelity in Motion is doing the encodes for the line, in case anyone is interested.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

SAG strike affected more than just film/TV production. Actors couldn't even approve their likenesses for toys- or in this case, new cover art. Hence the annoying splotches (I guess rationalized as a reference to the food fight scene).

This was held up for decades by pricey music licensing issues, which is why it never appeared on DVD or Bd.
Probably wasn't cheap for VS to license.
If anyone doesn't want to pay the $40-$60 for the mediabook, a standard release (with reversible art containing the above image presumably) will be available later in the year.

The mediabooks were only intended to be sold as VS exclusives, but they decided to test the waters with this one due to perceived pent up demand.

Fidelity in Motion is doing the encodes for the line, in case anyone is interested.

Maybe this will bode well for Looking for Mr. Goodbar, another Paramount title hamstrung by music rights.

 

[Thomas T]

Maybe this will bode well for Waiting for Mr. Goodbar, another Paramount title hamstrung by music rights.

Is this the prequel or the sequel to Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)?

 

[bujaki]

Is this the prequel or the sequel to Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)?

It's the Samuel Beckett version.

 

[lark144]

It's the Samuel Beckett version.

It's definitely theater of the absurd, the Brady Bunch version of WAITING FOR GODOT.

 

[PMF]

I’m trying to remember if I even liked the film. I know I didn’t go twice. Prices for a 1980 ticket were about 3 bucks. Hmmmm, to purchase a 4K/UHD of Little Darlings is about 18-20 times what I paid at the theater. By comparison, this actually makes the upcoming 4K/UHD of Se7en almost look like a steal.

Say, what’s up with these recent 4K/UHD price hikes, anyway?

 

[lark144]

Admittedly I haven't seen this in 40+ years, but as I recall, the exterior photography is so lyrical--and Czech--focusing on the actresses as human beings, with their own foibles and confusions, that it's much more entertaining and human than it has any right to be.