I hate to appear grumpy, but it really does annoy me when Film Distributors are sloppy. There is a huge market in Nostalgia, and, with a growing, ageing, population of "silver surfers", the demand for 1940's and 1950's "classics" is high. Reference material, via the excellent IMDb is superb, so why are we subjected to textual inaccuracies such as there are in this release?

The quality of Pick-up on South Street is undisputed, a classic film noir, with terrific performances. Why, oh why, then do Optimum Releasing of Newman Street, London spoil it with the following:

a) it is decribed by Optimum as a "gripping 1949 film noir". A cursory check of the IMDb web-site would have revealed that this film was released in 1953 mirroring the anti-communist feeling in the US.

b) this film was made in black and white, however, the Optimum sleeve describes it as being in colour.

These are basic "schoolboy errors" and any decent sub-editor should have picked these… more »

I hate to appear grumpy, but it really does annoy me when Film Distributors are sloppy. There is a huge market in Nostalgia, and, with a growing, ageing, population of "silver surfers", the demand for 1940's and 1950's "classics" is high. Reference material, via the excellent IMDb is superb, so why are we subjected to textual inaccuracies such as there are in this release?

The quality of Pick-up on South Street is undisputed, a classic film noir, with terrific performances. Why, oh why, then do Optimum Releasing of Newman Street, London spoil it with the following:

a) it is decribed by Optimum as a "gripping 1949 film noir". A cursory check of the IMDb web-site would have revealed that this film was released in 1953 mirroring the anti-communist feeling in the US.

b) this film was made in black and white, however, the Optimum sleeve describes it as being in colour.

These are basic "schoolboy errors" and any decent sub-editor should have picked these up.

Thankfully, with Distributors like Network, we have the other, quality, side of the coin, with classic quality releases, supplemented with "bundled" extras like trailers, audio commentaries, and, 'pdf's.

"No", I have no links to any organization, merely a desire to see companies "get it right" and continue enjoying good product.