The Monkees Seasons 1 & 2 in September

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The Monkees - Season 1 September 27th Eagle Rock Retail: 39.99, Our: $30.99

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The Monkees - Season 2 September 27th Eagle Rock Retail: 39.99, Our: $30.99

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Previously released by Rhino, and long out of print, both seasons of The Monkees are making their way back to DVD courtesy of Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Each set will mirror the previous releases with 6 and 5 DVDs respectively. Bonus features are not forthcoming.

West Side Story (Blu-Ray) - 50th Anniversary in November

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West Side Story (Blu-Ray) - 50th Anniversary Edition November 15th MGM Retail: $29.99, Our: $23.99

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MGM has announced West Side Story (Blu-Ray) - 50th Anniversary Edition for release on November 15th.

The 3-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo set comes with 2 Blu discs and 1 with the standard version. Bonus features are below.

It will retail for 29.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99.

NOTE: The standard DVD in this set is not rentable, but you may rent the standard special edition by clicking here.


SYNOPSIS:
A triumph on every level, this magnificent achievement set a standard for modern movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Featuring an unforgettable score (Maria, America, Somewhere, Tonight) and groundbreaking choreography, the film sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris.

BONUS FEATURES:

DISC 1:

• Pow! The Dances of West Side Story In-Movie Viewing Mode
• Song-Specific Commentary by Stephen Sondheim
• Music Machine

DISC 2:

• A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
• Creation and Innovation
• A Timeless Vision
• West Side Memories - A Retrospective Documentary
• Storyboard-to-Film Comparison

LOONEY TUNES SUPER STARS: All 17 Pepe Le Pew Shorts in December

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Pepe Le Pew (Looney Tunes Super Stars) December 27th Warner Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99

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It eez about time, no? Yes! Warner has announced zee wait is ovar for everyone's favorite love-starved skunk as all 17 of Pepe's cartoons are collected in Pepe Le Pew - Zee Best of Zee Best (Looney Tunes Super Stars).

Set for release on December 27th, the collection boasts 14 shorts new-to-DVD. Bonus features are not expected.

It will retail for 19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.

NOTE: The cover art says 15, but we count 17 (below).


CARTOONS:

• Odor-Able Kitty (1945)** - as Henry
• Scent-imental Over You (1947)
• Odor of the Day (1948) - as Skunk
• For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)** - Oscar Winner
• Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
• Little Beau Pepé (1952)
• Wild Over You (1953)
• Dog Pounded (1954)**
• The Cats Bah (1954)
• Past Perfumance (1955)
• Two Scent’s Worth (1955)
• Heaven Scent (1956)
• Touché and Go (1957)
• Really Scent (1959)
• Who Scent You? (1960)
• A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)
• Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962)

**Previously Released

Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 2 in November

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Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 2 November 22nd Paramount Retail: $49.99, Our: $37.99

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With Season 6, Volume 1 scheduled for an October 4th release date, Paramount has announced a quick follow-up with Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 2 set for release on November 22nd.

The 4-disc set will retail for $49.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $37.99.

My Fair Lady (Blu-Ray) in November

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My Fair Lady (Blu-Ray) November 15th Paramount Retail: $29.99, Our: $23.99

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Paramount has announced a November 15th release date for My Fair Lady (Blu-Ray).

The single disc Blu-Ray will retail for 29.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. Bonus features (below) will carry over from the standard edition released by Paramount in 2009.

NOTE: My Fair Lady is one of the few titles we carry multiple standard versions of. We carry the aforementioned Paramount release, but also the 2004 Warner release. Normally, for the sake of clarity as well as wanting the best version for our members, we only carry one version of a particular title. However, the Warner version contains bonus features that the newer Paramount title does not. For this reason, you'll find both standard versions available for rent.


SYNOPSIS:
At one time the longest-running Broadway musical, My Fair Lady was adapted by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from the George Bernard Shaw comedy Pygmalion. Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, dishevelled cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison). After delivering a musical tirade against "verbal class distinction," Higgins tells his companion Colonel Pickering (Wilfred Hyde-White) that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English.

The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, offering to pay him to teach her to be a lady. "It's almost irresistible," clucks Higgins. "She's so deliciously low. So horribly dirty." He turns his mission into a sporting proposition, making a bet with Pickering that he can accomplish his six-month miracle to turn Eliza into a lady.

This is one of the all-time great movie musicals, featuring classic songs and the legendary performances of Harrison, repeating his stage role after Cary Grant wisely turned down the movie job, and Stanley Holloway as Eliza's dustman father. Julie Andrews originated the role of Eliza on Broadway but producer Jack Warner felt that Andrews, at the time unknown beyond Broadway, wasn't bankable; Hepburn's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961). Andrews instead made Mary Poppins, for which she was given the Best Actress Oscar, beating out Hepburn. The movie, however, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Harrison, and five other Oscars, and it remains one of the all-time best movie musicals.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary with restoration experts Robert Harris and James Katz, art director Gene Allen, and singer Marni Nixon
• Vintage 1963/4 Featurettes, Footage & Audio
• Alternate Audrey Hepburn Vocals
• Show Me Galleries
• Comments on a Lady
• Trailers

Steve Canyon, Vol. 3 in November

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Steve Canyon, Vol. 3 November 14th Milton Caniff Estate Retail: $19.99, Our: $17.99

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The wait is over for Steve Canyon fans as Steve Canyon, Vol. 3 has a set release date of November 14th.

The 2-disc set marks the completion of a three-year effort by the Milton Caniff Estate to get out the complete series of the live-action version of the popular comic strip.

It will retail for 19.99 but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not yet finalized.

KINO BLU: Birth of a Nation, Way Down East in November

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The Birth of a Nation (Special Edition) November 22nd Kino Retail $29.95, Our: 23.99

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The Birth of a Nation (Blu-Ray) November 22nd Kino Retail $39.95, Our: 29.99

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Way Down East (Blu-Ray) November 22nd Kino Retail $34.95, Our: 27.99

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Move over Buster, here comes D.W.! On a Buster on Blu roll of late, Kino has shifted their hi-def gears to another of their silent film staples -- D.W. Griffith.

On November 22nd, both The Birth of a Nation and Way Down East are coming to Blu-Ray with all the bonus features carrying over from the previous standard releases. Nation will be a 2-disc set with the second disc containing the bonus features in standard def. Way Down East will be a single disc.

They are also releasing a Special Edition of The Birth of a Nation which is the same 2-disc set as previously released, with the exception of an updated transfer.

MGM MOD: 6 More Including Rebel In Town, Master of the World

6 more MGM MOD's have been released and are now available for rent. They are:

• Hero's Island (1962) - James Mason, Neville Brand, Kate Manx, Rip Torn
• Hong Kong Confidential (1958) - Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler, Noel Drayton, Allison Hayes
• Master of the World (1961) - Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster
• Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) - John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso
• Rebel In Town (1956) - John Payne, Ruth Roman, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper, Ben Johnson
• The Steel Lady (1953) - Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner

You can also view them in our recent additions section. Place them in your rental queue and they'll be available for shipment in the next few weeks.

DISNEY: Westward Ho, the Wagons! Littlest Outlaw, Johnny Shiloh

While their "Treasures" series is buried, and no wide releases scheduled save blue-chip Blu-Rays, Walt Disney has been quietly releasing some titles exclusively through their DVD club.

Earlier this year, The Sword and the Rose was released. Now, three more Walt Disney Club exclusives from The Wonderful World of Disney are also exclusively available for rent here at ClassicFlix.com. They are:

• Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956) - Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York, David Stollery, Sebastian Cabot
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955) - Pedro Armendariz, Joseph Calleia, Rodolfo Acosta, Andres Velazquez
• Johnny Shiloh (1963) - Brian Keith, Kevin Corcoran, Darryl Hickman, Skip Homeier, Edward Platt

They are available for rent immediately.

The Big Country (Blu-Ray) in November

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The Big Country (Blu-Ray) November 1st MGM Retail: $19.99, Our: $15.99

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Previously exclusive to Wal-Mart, and currently available for rent here at ClassicFlix, The Big Country (Blu-Ray) has been announced for wide release by MGM on November 1st.

It will retail for 19.99 but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features below.


SYNOPSIS:
One of Hollywood's greatest directors teams with a cast of incredible screen legends for this bold, sweeping tale of a ship's captain who ventures west to find a hotbed of jealousy, hatred and dangerous rivalries. As the reluctant hero is thrust into the maelstrom, he must summon all of his resolve to save not only his own life, but also the life of the woman he loves.

William Wyler directs this action-packed adventure that triumphs as "a work of art" (Motion Picture Herald). Starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Chuck Connors and Burl Ives, this magnificently entertaining epic will take your breath away with unbridled suspense, exhilarating excitement and explosive drama on a grand scale.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Fun in the Country
• TV Spot
• Original Theatrical Trailer

BRIT VCI: Reach for the Sky, Silver Fleet, History of Mr. Polly

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Reach for the Sky (1956) October 18th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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The Silver Fleet (1943) October 18th VCI Retail $14.99, Our: $12.99

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The History of Mr. Polly (1949) October 18th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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Three more British classics are on the way from VCI on October 18th. They are:

• Reach for the Sky (1956) - Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook, Lee Patterson, Alexander Knox
• The Silver Fleet (1943) - Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight
• The History of Mr. Polly (1949) - John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie, Gladys Henson

Bonus features are slim and vary on each release.

Rawhide - Season 4, Vol. 2 in November

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Rawhide - Season 4, Vol. 2 November 1st Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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With Season 4, Vol. 1 having recently streeted, Paramount is acting quick to head up and move out more beeves with the announcement of Rawhide - Season 4, Vol. 2 on November 1st.

The 4-disc set will retail for $39.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features, if any, are unavailable.

Meet Me In St. Louis (Blu-Ray) in December

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Meet Me In St. Louis (Blu-Ray) (1944) December 13th Warner Retail: 35.99, Our: $28.99

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Previously released in a standard 2-disc edition, Meet Me In St. Louis makes its way to Blu-Ray on December 13th.

The single disc release will retail for $35.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $28.99. Some bonus features (below) will carry over from the standard set, but most appear to be left out. New is a CD sampler and a 40 page booklet with photos, lyrics and more.



SYNOPSIS:
St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. Seventeen-year old Esther has fallen in love with John, the boy next door who has just moved in. He, however, barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transferred to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis just before the start of the St. Louis 1904 World's Fair.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Introduction by Liza Minnelli
• Commentary by Garland biographer John Fricke with Margaret O'Brien, screenwriter Irving Brecher, songwriter Hugh Martin and daughter of producer Arthur Freed, Barbara Freed-Saltzman
• Lux Radio Theater Broadcast from December 2, 1946 starring Judy Garland, Tom Drake and Margaret O'Brien
• CD Sampler
• PLUS: 40 Page Booklet with Photos, Lyrics and More!

WARNER ARCHIVE: Cry Terror! Plus Doris Day in Julie

Three new Warner Archive titles are listed over at WBShop and are now available to put in your rental queue. They are:

• Cry Terror! (1958) James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens, Neville Brand, Angie Dickinson, Jack Klugman
• Julie (1956) Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy
• House of Women (1961) Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford, Barbara Nichols

These new titles add to the total of over 700 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com. They are now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

CRITERION BLU: 12 Angry Men, Rules of the Game in November

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12 Angry Men (1957) November 22nd Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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12 Angry Men (Blu-Ray) (1957) November 22nd Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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The Rules of the Game (1939) November 15th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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The Rules of the Game (Blu-Ray) (1939) November 15th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced November release dates for standard and Blu-Ray versions of 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Rules of the Game (1939).

12 Angry Men was previously released by MGM and comes loaded with the expected Criterion bonus features for such the original TV version from 1955.

Rules will carry over all the features from the previous Criterion release. More details below.




12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men, by Sidney Lumet, may be the most radical big-screen courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system as riveting as it is spare, the iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the initially dissenting member of a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. What results is a saga of epic proportions that plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room. Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature-film debuts.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Frank Schaffner’s 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, director of the Paley Center for Media Studies
• Twelve Angry Men: From Television to the Big Screen, a video essay by film scholar Vance Kepley comparing the Sidney Lumet and Schaffner versions
• Archival interviews with Lumet
• New interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein
• New interview with Simon about television writer Reginald Rose
• New interview with cinematographer John Bailey in which he discusses cinematographer Boris Kaufman
• Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose
• Original theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum

The Rules of the Game
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Rules of the Game (La Regle de jeu) is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners. Amorous intrigue abounds at a weekend hunting party, where the refusal of one of the guests to play by the class-based rules sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Although the original negative was destroyed during World War II, this edition features the fully reconstructed version embraced by audiences and critics around the world as a timeless representation of Jean Renoir's genius.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir
• Audio Commentary Written by Film Scholar Alexander Sesonske and Read by Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
• Version Comparison: Side by Side Analysis of the Two Endings of the Film, Along with an Illustrated Study of Renoir's Shooting Script
• Selected Scene Analysis by Renoir Historian Christopher Faulkner
• Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: La Regle et l'exception (1966), a French Television Program Directed by Jacques Rivette
• Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 BBC Documentary by David Thompson, featuring reflections on Renoir from his family, friends, collaborators, and admirers.
• New video essay about the film's production, release, and later reconstruction.
• Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and re-release of the film.
• Interview with Renoir's son, Alain, an assistant cameraman on the film.
• Interview with The Rules of the Game set designer Max Douy
• 1995 Interview with Actress Mila Parely
• Written tributes to the film and Renoir by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and others.
• PLUS: A 24-page booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske.