| What: To Catch a Thief (Centennial Collection) When: March 24th Studio: Paramount Price: Retail $24.99, Our: $17.99 |   |
| What: The Odd Couple (Centennial Collection) When: March 24th Studio: Paramount Price: Retail $24.99, Our: $17.99 | |
Continuing at about a once every two month pace, Paramount has announced release numbers 6 and 7 in their Paramount Centennial Collection. They are To Catch a Thief (Centennial Collection) and The Odd Couple (Centennial Collection).
To Catch a Thief was released as a Special Edition two years ago, and has several new featurettes (side by side below). The only bonus feature that didn't carry over to the new release is the Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau commentary. This is the first such special treatment for The Odd Couple.
They will retail for $24.99, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Details below.
SYNOPSIS:
American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player.
BONUS FEATURES (FOR NEW RELEASE):
American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player.
BONUS FEATURES (FOR NEW RELEASE):
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian
- Featurettes:
- A Night with the Hitchcock's
- Unaccteptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America
- Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
- Behind the Gates: Stars of the 50's
- The Making of To Catch a Thief
- Behind the Gates
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years
- A Night with the Hitchcock's
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- If You Love To Catch Thief, You’ll Love this Interactive Travelogue
- Galleries
- Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau
- Four Featurettes:
- Writing and casting To Catch a Thief
- The Making of To Catch a Thief
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
- Edith Head - The Paramount Years
- Theatrical Trailer
SYNOPSIS:
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays fussy Felix, fastidious to a fault. He proves that cleanliness is next to insanity. Matthau is Oscar, who wreaks havoc on a tidy room with the speed and thoroughness of a tornado. An enduring and endearing picture, with the intelligence one usually misses in comedies.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon
- Featurettes:
- In the Beginning
- Inside The Odd Couple
- Memories from the Set
- Matthau & Lemmon New
- The Odd Couple: A Classic
- Galleries
- Theatrical Trailer
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