BLU: Shane & The Odd Couple in June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Odd Couple (Blu-Ray) June 4th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $13.98

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Shane (Blu-Ray) June 4th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $13.98

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Warner Bros. has scheduled a June 4th street date for The Odd Couple (Blu-Ray) and Shane (Blu-Ray).

Bonus features, if any, are not yet known.

Each single disc release will retail for $19.98, and can be purchased here at ClassicFlix for only $15.99. However, for three days only (until March 28th), we'll have them for the special pre-order price of $13.98.

BLU HITCHCOCK: Rebecca, Notorious, Spellbound This Month

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Rebecca (Blu-Ray) January 24th MGM Retail: 24.99, Our: $19.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Notorious (Blu-Ray) January 24th MGM Retail: 24.99, Our: $19.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Spellbound (Blu-Ray) January 24th MGM Retail: 24.99, Our: $19.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Apartment (Blu-Ray) January 24th MGM Retail: 24.99, Our: $19.99

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More Hitchcock on Blu-Ray has been announced by MGM as Rebecca (1940), Notorious (1946) and Spellbound (1945) are all due on January 24th.

Also out is on the same day is Billy Wilder's The Apartment (Blu-Ray). Bonus features, which are many, will carry over for all four standard versions.

MGM BLU: Some Like It Hot, Misfits, Horse Soldiers in May

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Horse Soldiers (Blu-Ray) May 10th MGM Retail $16.99, Our: $13.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Misfits (Blu-Ray) May 10th MGM Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Some Like It Hot (Blu) May 10th MGM Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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MGM's Hi-Def output has moved into high gear as they've announced three more Blu-Ray's for release on May 10th: The Horse Soldiers (Blu-Ray), The Misfits (Blu-Ray) and Some Like It Hot (Blu).

Bonus features are not forthcoming, but with the low price points, they are likely to be slim.

ARTWORK & DETAILS ADDED: Jack Lemmon Film Collection

--Artwork and Details added to previous announcement--

SET SYNOPSIS:

Phffft! (1954)
After their successful pairing in It Should Happen to You (1954), Oscar winner Judy Holliday (Best Actress, Born Yesterday, 1951) and Lemmon were reteamed in this romantic comedy by George Axelrod (The Seven Year Itch, Breakfast at Tiffany’s). Phffft! follows a married couple who divorce only to find out that their divorce is even less successful than their marriage. Columbia’s rising love goddess Kim Novak and Jack Carson provide support as the romantic interests Lemmon and Holliday take up with in an effort to make each other jealous.

Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Lemmon teamed up with director Richard Quine for the second of six films, (including My Sister Eileen; Bell, Book and Candle; It Happened to Jane; and How to Murder Your Wife) for this hilarious comedy about a party being planned by a group of enlisted men and their efforts to keep the fact a secret from an obnoxious, busy body officer. Lemmon headlined a cast of comedy legends including Ernie Kovacs (Our Man in Havana) and Mickey Rooney (Babes in Arms).

The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Richard Quine teamed two of his most frequent collaborators, Lemmon (in the fifth of their six films together) and Kim Novak (who made four films with the director) in a comedy/drama written by Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria) and co-starring Fred Astaire (Top Hat, The Band Wagon). An American diplomat (Lemmon), stationed in London, rents a room from a landlady (Novak) only to discover she’s being watched by Scotland Yard and may have killed her missing husband.

Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Nominated for Best Motion Picture Musical/Comedy and Best Actor (Lemmon) Golden Globes, Under the Yum Yum Tree is a comedy about a young couple in love (Carol Lynley and Dean Jones) who agree to determine their “character compatibility” by living together platonically. Virtue eventually triumphs after a series of humorous incidents during which the couple’s lecherous landlord (Lemmon) hopes to seduce his new female tenant. Based on the risqué Broadway play by Lawrence Roman and co-starring Edie Adams (The Apartment, Lover Come Back), Imogene Coca (TV’s “Your Show of Shows”), and Paul Lynde (TV’s “Bewitched”); Under the Yum Yum Tree was a top-grosser at the box office.

Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
This wacky comedy about a happily married advertising agent (Lemmon) trapped into posing as his sexy neighbor’s husband so she can inherit $15 million, co-stars Romy Schneider (The Victors), Dorothy Provine (The Great Race), and Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar). The story soon spirals out of control when her greedy in-laws hit the scene.

BONUS DISC:

• Two-part Documentary
• The Ford Television Theatre’s “Marriageable Male” episode

ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES:

The Jack Lemmon Film Collection June 9th Sony Retail $59.98, Our: $44.99 Phffft (1954), Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Notorious Landlady (1962), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) and Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

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Sony has announced the long overdue Jack Lemmon Film Collection for release on June 9th. The titles are Phffft (1954), Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Notorious Landlady (1962), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) and Good Neighbor Sam (1964). The six disc set also includes a bonus disc with undisclosed contents. No word on other bonus features either.

Titles will not be sold separately. Retail will be $59.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $44.99.

The Jack Lemmon Film Collection in June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES:

The Jack Lemmon Film Collection June 9th Sony Retail $59.98, Our: $44.99 Phffft (1954), Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Notorious Landlady (1962), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) and Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

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Sony has announced the long overdue Jack Lemmon Film Collection for release on June 9th. The titles are Phffft (1954), Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Notorious Landlady (1962), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) and Good Neighbor Sam (1964). The six disc set also includes a bonus disc with undisclosed contents. No word on other bonus features either.

Titles will not be sold separately. Retail will be $59.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $44.99.

Paramount Centennial Wave 3 - The Odd Couple, To Catch a Thief

What: To Catch a Thief (Centennial Collection) When: March 24th Studio: Paramount Price: Retail $24.99, Our: $17.99

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What: The Odd Couple (Centennial Collection) When: March 24th Studio: Paramount Price: Retail $24.99, Our: $17.99

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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):

• 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
• Original Theatrical Trailer
  
• If You Love To Catch Thief, You’ll Love this Interactive Travelogue
• Galleries

BONUS FEATURES (ON 2007 RELEASE):

• 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