Showing posts with label Charles Laughton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Laughton. Show all posts
Jamaica Inn Debuts on Blu in May
Cohen Media has announced a May 12th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the 1939 Alfred Hitchcock film Jamaica Inn. Click here for details.
CRITERION: Island of Lost Souls - Standard & Blu in October
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Island of Lost Souls (1932) October 25th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99 |   |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Island of Lost Souls (Blu-Ray) (1932) October 25th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99 | |
The wait is over. 14 years after DVD's inception, Island of Lost Souls finally makes it to the format, as well as Blu-Ray, on October 25th.
Each Criterion release will be a single disc with plenty of bonus material (below).
SYNOPSIS:
A twisted treasure from Hollywood’s pre-Code horror heyday, Island of Lost Souls is a cautionary tale of science run amok adapted from H. G. Wells’s novel The Island of Dr. Moreau.
In one of his first major movie roles, Charles Laughton is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor (Richard Arlen) who finds himself trapped there. Erle C. Kenton’s touchstone of movie terror is elegantly shot by Karl Struss, features groundbreaking makeup effects that inspired generations of monster-movie artists, and costars Bela Lugosi in one his most gruesome roles.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio commentary by film historian Gregory Mank, author of Bela Lugosi and Boris
Karloff and Hollywood’s Maddest Doctors - New video conversation among filmmaker John Landis (An American Werewolf in
London), Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London,
Videodrome), and genre expert Bob Burns - New interviews with horror film historian David J. Skal (The Monster Show: A Cultural
History of Horror); filmmaker Richard Stanley (Hardware, original director of the ill-fated
1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau) - New interviews with Devo founding members Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh,
whose manifesto is rooted in themes from Island of Lost Souls - Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Christine Smallwood
CRITERION: Night of the Hunter - Standard & Blu in November
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Night of the Hunter November 16th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $29.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Night of the Hunter (Blu-Ray) November 16th Criterion Retail $49.95, Our: $37.99 | |
Previously released by MGM, and rumored to come out two years ago in a special edition, Night of the Hunter has now been announced by Criterion in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats.
The 2-disc sets will each come loaded with bonus features and will be released on November 16th.
Details below.
SYNOPSIS:
The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters are uncovered by her terrified young children.
Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee—is cinema’s quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio commentary featuring assistant director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones
- Charles Laughton Directs “The Night of the Hunter,” a two-and-a-half-hour archival treasure trove of outtakes from the film
- New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman
- New video interview with Simon Callow, author of Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor
- Clip from the The Ed Sullivan Show, in which cast members perform live a scene that was deleted from the film
- Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show Moving Pictures about the film
- Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez
- Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb
- New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton Directs “The Night of the Hunter”
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow
Mutiny on the Bounty (Blu-Ray) in November
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Blu-Ray November 16th Warner Retail: $34.99, Our: $29.99 |  |
Warner has announced a November 16th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
The single disc Blu-Ray book release comes with all the bonus features on the previous standard edition, plus 30 pages of rare photographs and insight.
It will retail for $34.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.
SYNOPSIS:
HMS Bounty sails for Tahiti by way of Cape Horn... and into movie lore as an American Film Institute Top-100 American Films selection. Grandly filmed, Mutiny on the Bounty captured the 1935 Best Picture Academy Award and eight nominations total. Charles Laughton portrays Captain Bligh, a seafaring monster ruling with the law of fear.
Solidifying his status as Hollywood's #1 male star, Clark Gable is first officer Fletcher Christian, whose will to obey erodes under Bligh's tyranny. And Franchot Tone plays idealistic midshipman Byam, torn by his allegiance to both. T hat all three portrayals are vividly memorable is accented by the fact that for the only time in Oscar history, three stars from the same film were Best Actor nominees.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Vintage Documentary Pitcairn Island Today
- Academy Award Newsreel
- Theatrical Trailers of This and the 1962 Remake
- PLUS: A Blu-ray book that boasts more than 30 pages filled with photos from the archives of FrankLloydFilms.com, which depict dramatic imagery from the film and rare insight into the production of the movie
Spartacus (Blu-Ray) - 50th Anniversary Edition in May
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Spartacus (Blu-Ray) - 50th Anniversary Edition May 25th Universal Retail: $26.98, Our: $20.99 | |
Universal has announced a May 25th release date for Spartacus (Blu-Ray) - 50th Anniversary Edition.
Unlike the 2006 HD-DVD release of Spartacus, this hi-def release comes with plenty of bonus features (below). Oddly, no standard definition edition has been announced to coincide with this blu release.
It will be a single disc and retail for $26.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $20.99.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Deleted Scenes
- Interview with Peter Ustinov
- Interview with Jean Simmons
- Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- Vintage Newsreels
- Theatrical Trailer
- Production Stills
- Concept Art
- Costume Designs
- Saul Bass Storyboards
- Posters & Print Ads
- My Scenes
- BD Live
UNIVERSAL: Deanna Durbin Collection in April
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES: | Deanna Durbin Collection (TCM Vault) April 27th Universal Mad About Music (1938), That Certain Age (1938), Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), Because of Him (1946) & For the Love of Mary (1948) | |
Universal has listed its next TCM Vault release, The Deanna Durbin Collection (TCM Vault), at TCM.com. It's scheduled to release on April 27th, so put them in your queue now and they'll ship in late April.
And while this release may be exclusive to TCM, nowhere else will the films in this set be available for rent except at ClassicFlix.com.
Co-stars include Herbert Marshall, Charles Laughton, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Davenport, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, Arthur Treacher, William Frawley, Marcia Mae Jones, Charles Winninger, Robert Cummings.
UNIVERSAL: Cary Grant - The Early Years in February
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES: | Cary Grant - The Early Years (TCM Vault) February 1st Universal Devil and the Deep (1932), The Eagle and the Hawk (1933), The Last Outpost (1935) | |
Universal has made available Cary Grant - The Early Years (TCM Vault) at TCM.com, and its release date is scheduled for February 1st. While it may be exclusive to TCM, nowhere else will the films in this set be available for rent except at ClassicFlix.com.
Put them in your queue now and they'll ship early next month.
Co-stars include Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Carole Lombard, Claude Rains, Fredric March, Jack Oakie & Tallulah Bankhead.
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