WARNER ARCHIVE: Love in the Afternoon on Blu and More in Latest Wave

Five new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the Blu-Ray debut of the Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper romance, Love in the Afternoon (1957). Click here for details.

My Fair Lady 50th Anniversary Edition Available in October

Paramount has announced October 27th as the new release date for their 50th Anniversary Edition of My Fair Lady (1964). Click here for details.

War & Peace Making Blu-Ray Debut in January

Audrey Hepburn's popularity shines as bright as ever. After the recent announcement regarding My Fair Lady on 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray, Warner has slated a January 20th release date for Hepburn's 1956 epic War and Peace. Click here for details.

My Fair Lady - 50th Anniversary Edition in December

Everything is "loverly" now that Paramount has announced a December 9th release date for the 50th Anniversary of the Audrey Hepburn musical, My Fair Lady on Blu-Ray and DVD. Click here for details.

Funny Face, Sabrina Blu-Ray's in April

Warner Bros. has announced an April 8th street date for Blu-Ray versions of Funny Face (1957) and Sabrina (1954).

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My Fair Lady (Blu-Ray) in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

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

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray) in September - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray) (1961) September 20th Paramount Retail: $29.99, Our: $23.99 $19.98 (Until July 10th )

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In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Paramount has set a September 20th release date for Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray).

All the bonus features from the 2009 standard release will carry over -- some in HD (details below).

Retail will be $29.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. However, for 3 days only (until July 10th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $19.98. ORDER TODAY!

SYNOPSIS:
From the opening strains of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's haunting Oscar-winning song "Moon River," you’ll once again be under the alluring spell of that madcap, carefree New York playgirl known as Holly Golighty (Audrey Hepburn) in this 24-carat romantic comedy based on Truman Capote's best-selling novella.

George Peppard is the struggling and "sponsored" young writer who finds himself swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle as she determinedly scours Manhattan for a suitable millionaire to marry. The sparkling special features on this Anniversary Edition DVD only add to the luster of director Black Edwards' timeless film classic. Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney co-star: Mancini won an additional Academy Award for his enthralling musical score.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by Producer Richard Shepherd
• A Golightly Gathering (HD)
• Henry Mancini: More Than Music (HD)
• Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (HD)
• Featurettes:
  
  • The Making of a Classic
  • It's So Audrey - A Style Icon
  • Brilliance in a Blue Box
  • Audrey's Letter to Tiffany
  • Behind the Gates: The Tour
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
• Galleries

CRITERION: Charade (Blu-Ray) in September

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Charade (Blu-Ray) (1963) September 21st Criterion Retail: $39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced a September 21st street date for Stanley Donen's Charade (Blu-Ray).

This hi-def release will be on a single disc and have the same bonus features (below) as the previously released standard DVD.

It will retail for $39.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $31.99.

SYNOPSIS:
A trio of crooks relentlessly pursue a young American (Audrey Hepburn) through Paris to recover the fortune her dead husband stole from them. The only person she can trust is a suave, mysterious stranger (Cary Grant). A deliciously dark comedic thriller, Stanley Donen's Charade dazzles with style and macabre wit to spare. Unavailable for nearly three years, The Criterion Collection is proud to re-release this ’60s spy classic in a gorgeous new anamorphic transfer.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary: A conversation with Stanley Donen and screenwriter Peter Stone
• The Films of Stanley Donen: A selected filmography, with an introduction by Donen biographer Stephen M. Silverman
• Peter Stone’s career highlights
• Original theatrical trailer

My Fair Lady in October

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

My Fair Lady (1964) October 6th Paramount Retail: $19.99, Our: $14.99

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Formerly in Warner's hands, with several releases including a 2-Disc Special Edition, My Fair Lady (1964) is being given a brand new release from its new rights holder Paramount.

All new special features are listed below, but at this time remain vague. It will retail for $19.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.

NOTE: It is rare that we keep two versions of the same film as we usually stick with the superior version of any DVD. However, in this case we'll keep the 2-Disc Special Edition available for rent as it holds many bonus features that this release will not.

EDITORIAL NOTE: With the DVD market flooded with the film, it may seem premature for Paramount to release My Fair Lady. However, it is likely they are trying to gauge consumer reception for a potential Blu-Ray release.

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 irresistable," 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:

• Commentary
• Vintage 1963/4 Featurettes, Footage & Audio
• Alternate Audrey Hepburn Vocals
• Show Me Galleries
  
• Comments on a Lady