Porky's (1981) 4K UHD from Arrow - Blu-ray Forum

lilboyblu · 05-23-2023, 02:12 AM

Porky's 4K Blu-ray

Source: https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=32654

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Arrow Video is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Bob Clark's classic comedy Porky's (1981), starring Mark Herrier, Kim Cattrall, Nancy Parsons, Scott Colomby, and Boyd Gaines. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.

Description: High school friends Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), Billy (Mark Herrier) and Mickey (Roger Wilson) want to lose their virginity. But when they're kicked out of a strip club after the owner, Porky (Chuck Mitchell), takes their money, they plot revenge. While they try to get back at him, they deal with other teen troubles, including Pee Wee's worries that his "equipment" is shrinking, their sexually opinionated gym teacher (Kim Cattrall) and a spy hole in the girl's locker room.

MifuneFan · 05-23-2023, 02:21 AM

The timing of this is so strange. I just made a post in the Arrow thread the other day alluding to the possibility of Arrow getting this, and then this news shows up, Was this announced through any official channels? It's not really like Arrow to just announce a title like this out of the blue, so part of me wonders if my post got misconstrued, and then a member submitted a news post for it.

My post in the Arrow thread from 3 days ago

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Just noticed on a Canadian distribution site that TVA will be doing a direct release of Porky's in July. I think this is the first time it's coming out on BD in Canada. Not really sure why they didn't do one untl now since they did put out a DVD release ages ago. I think you might be right that Arrow have gotten rights to it for the US and/or UK.

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themp3000 · 05-23-2023, 02:40 AM

It was also posted by the Disc father guy about 8ish hours ago on Twitter.

(And we all know how reputable that guy is)

Scoot79 · 05-23-2023, 02:57 AM

I've never seen so much wool. You could knit a sweater.

This will be a definite purchase for me. I can't remember the first time I saw the film, but I laughed so hard, especially during the scene in Principal Carter's office regarding the police lineup/sketch artist.

The sequels? I really like Porky's Revenge (part III) as it has a lot in common with the original, but of course, is not as good. Porky's II: The Next Day I remember not liking very much. It doesn't even have Porky in it.

houseca · 05-23-2023, 03:02 AM

I sat through every disgusting frame of this film.......

.... twice

Torgon · 05-23-2023, 03:13 AM

thomasomalley · 05-23-2023, 03:55 AM

I mean, they did post this on Twitter on April 1st...

https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo/...574667264?s=20

SpacemanDoug · 05-23-2023, 04:54 AM

So Disney is 4K licensing?

Ryan1973 · 05-23-2023, 05:03 AM

Is Mike Hunt here?

whiteberry · 05-23-2023, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

So Disney is 4K licensing?

Fox lost the rights to the Porky's movies years ago. The rights reverted back to the Canadian producers (Astral). TVA owns the Astral library.

JoelGoodsen · 05-23-2023, 06:16 AM

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MifuneFan · 05-23-2023, 11:43 AM

Here's what I believe happened:

I made a post in the Arrow thread about the movie getting a Canadian BD release, and saying Arrow probably does have it. This all goes back to the April Fool's Day post (which is mentioned out of context by another person above) and speculating which title it could be. For a while, Chucky seemed the most likely answer.

TheDiscFather used that post to tweet out that Arrow are releasing it on 4K. He does this with all of my speculation posts on here, and then claim them as his "scoops" if/when they're announced.

A member on here saw that, took it as fact, and submitted a news post for it here

Now, this doesn't mean it won't happen, but I highly doubt this particular news is based on anything official.

SpacemanDoug · 05-23-2023, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by whiteberry

Fox lost the rights to the Porky's movies years ago. The rights reverted back to the Canadian producers (Astral). TVA owns the Astral library.

Do they still have it in the US?

MifuneFan · 05-23-2023, 08:48 PM

The news post for this has been deleted

By_His_Strypes · 05-23-2023, 08:49 PM

Lassie come home would pair with this one nicely...

DMRI2006 · 05-23-2023, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

Do they still have it in the US?

The original Porky's Blu-Ray is still in print that Fox released back in 2012, so I'd imagine they do retain the US rights (if that's any indication)

Nailwraps · 05-23-2023, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DMRI2006

The original Porky's Blu-Ray is still in print that Fox released back in 2012, so I'd imagine they do retain the US rights (if that's any indication)

Based on some research, Fox/Disney still have the home video rights. Astral Inc. own the streaming rights and possibly TV rights.

SpaceBlackKnight · 05-24-2023, 03:20 AM

The Porky's series was co-produced with Astral Films and Melvin Simon Productions. Fox only got distribution rights in almost all territories except Canada. Arrow's previous BD was through Fox but expired when their license ran out. Fox's international rights lapsed and reverted to Video Mercury Films (who owns the Melvin Simon catalog) who I presume Arrow got 4k rights from.

The Porky's films were available digitally in the US at some point (Youtube/Google Play I believe) but got delisted and replaced by the TVA Films versions around 2018. Fox may have had video/theatrical rights a bit longer, but those are probably set to expire soon. Even though many places stock the US BD it's probably OOP by now as they printed so many copies and did runs in-between that whats out there is old stock.

Kino put out the sequels double feature but I have a feeling that will be going OOP too Disney takeover stuff aside.

dickdarlington · 05-24-2023, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DMRI2006

The original Porky's Blu-Ray is still in print that Fox released back in 2012, so I'd imagine they do retain the US rights (if that's any indication)

Is it still in print or is it a situation where there�s just a plethora of Porky�s Blu-rays sitting around?

The HD masters TVA put out on streaming / VOD of the trilogy look like dogshit. I can�t imagine the Fox Blu-ray or the Kino double feature disc looking that bad.

SpaceBlackKnight · 05-24-2023, 03:52 AM

Porky's has a completely different master on streaming than the BDs. The iTunes/digital version uses a much newer scan of an IP than any of the BDs and will probably be the same as the upcoming Canadian BD. The old Arrow BD uses an older HD master created by Fox (same as the 2006 anamorphic DVD but not the same as the TVA Films stream) while the Fox BD I believe was sourced from a 4k scan of the OCN.

Porky's II and Revenge are the same masters on digital and BD. Source: I own them all believe it or not (not my faves, but they were dirt cheap and figured why not).

05-23-2023, 03:13 AM	#6
Torgon Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Virginia Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:663 Blu-ray collection:2126 DVD collection:634 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:2	Last edited by Torgon; 05-23-2023 at 03:34 AM.

05-23-2023, 11:43 AM	#12
MifuneFan Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:1020 Trading Score:69	Here's what I believe happened: I made a post in the Arrow thread about the movie getting a Canadian BD release, and saying Arrow probably does have it. This all goes back to the April Fool's Day post (which is mentioned out of context by another person above) and speculating which title it could be. For a while, Chucky seemed the most likely answer. TheDiscFather used that post to tweet out that Arrow are releasing it on 4K. He does this with all of my speculation posts on here, and then claim them as his "scoops" if/when they're announced. A member on here saw that, took it as fact, and submitted a news post for it here Now, this doesn't mean it won't happen, but I highly doubt this particular news is based on anything official. Last edited by MifuneFan; 05-23-2023 at 11:51 AM.

05-23-2023, 02:40 AM	#3
themp3000 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2010 4K collection:258 Blu-ray collection:1696 Trading Score:92	It was also posted by the Disc father guy about 8ish hours ago on Twitter. (And we all know how reputable that guy is)

05-23-2023, 02:57 AM	#4
Scoot79 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Sep 2011 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:1510 DVD collection:136 Trading Score:1	I've never seen so much wool. You could knit a sweater. This will be a definite purchase for me. I can't remember the first time I saw the film, but I laughed so hard, especially during the scene in Principal Carter's office regarding the police lineup/sketch artist. The sequels? I really like Porky's Revenge (part III) as it has a lot in common with the original, but of course, is not as good. Porky's II: The Next Day I remember not liking very much. It doesn't even have Porky in it.

05-23-2023, 03:02 AM	#5
houseca Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2011 4K collection:557 Blu-ray collection:2110 DVD collection:134 Trading Score:82	I sat through every disgusting frame of this film....... .... twice

05-23-2023, 03:55 AM	#7
thomasomalley Member Member since:Oct 2012 Trading Score:2	I mean, they did post this on Twitter on April 1st... https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo/...574667264?s=20

05-23-2023, 04:54 AM	#8
SpacemanDoug Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2018 Location:Texas Trading Score:1	So Disney is 4K licensing?

05-23-2023, 05:03 AM	#9
Ryan1973 Special Member Member since:Apr 2010	Is Mike Hunt here?

05-23-2023, 06:16 AM	#11
JoelGoodsen Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2011	Now we are talking! Sign me up.

05-23-2023, 08:48 PM	#14
MifuneFan Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:1020 Trading Score:69	The news post for this has been deleted

05-23-2023, 08:49 PM	#15
By_His_Strypes Banned Member since:Oct 2014 4K collection:117 Blu-ray collection:275	Lassie come home would pair with this one nicely...

05-24-2023, 03:20 AM	#18
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	The Porky's series was co-produced with Astral Films and Melvin Simon Productions. Fox only got distribution rights in almost all territories except Canada. Arrow's previous BD was through Fox but expired when their license ran out. Fox's international rights lapsed and reverted to Video Mercury Films (who owns the Melvin Simon catalog) who I presume Arrow got 4k rights from. The Porky's films were available digitally in the US at some point (Youtube/Google Play I believe) but got delisted and replaced by the TVA Films versions around 2018. Fox may have had video/theatrical rights a bit longer, but those are probably set to expire soon. Even though many places stock the US BD it's probably OOP by now as they printed so many copies and did runs in-between that whats out there is old stock. Kino put out the sequels double feature but I have a feeling that will be going OOP too Disney takeover stuff aside.

05-24-2023, 03:52 AM	#20
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	Porky's has a completely different master on streaming than the BDs. The iTunes/digital version uses a much newer scan of an IP than any of the BDs and will probably be the same as the upcoming Canadian BD. The old Arrow BD uses an older HD master created by Fox (same as the 2006 anamorphic DVD but not the same as the TVA Films stream) while the Fox BD I believe was sourced from a 4k scan of the OCN. Porky's II and Revenge are the same masters on digital and BD. Source: I own them all believe it or not (not my faves, but they were dirt cheap and figured why not).

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