Showing posts with label Katharine Hepburn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Katharine Hepburn. Show all posts
CRITERION: Woman of the Year Arrives in April
Criterion announced Katharine Hepburn's Oscar-nominated film, Woman of the Year will be making its Blu-Ray premiere in April, as well as receiving an upgraded DVD. Click here for details.
FOX BLU: Black Swan, Jesse James & Desk Set in Wave of 8
Fox has really picked up the pace in their Blu output this year and
the studio has decided to end 2013 with a bang by scheduling eight
Blu-Ray (below) releases for December 3rd:
- The Black Swan (Blu-Ray)
- Call of the Wild (Blu-Ray)
- Carmen Jones (Blu-Ray)
- Desk Set (Blu-Ray)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Blu-Ray)
- Jesse James (Blu-Ray)
- North to Alaska (Blu-Ray)
- The Undefeated (Blu-Ray)
TCM VAULT: The Iron Petticoat (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) in November
More from TCM's Vault line as the Bob Hope-Katharine Hepburn Cold War comedy The Iron Petticoat (1956) will be available to rent here (and only here) at ClassicFlix on November 20th.
The Iron Petticoat (Blu-Ray / DVD) Combo is now up for pre-order exclusively at TCM.com.
No additional specs are known at this time.
SYNOPSIS:
The Turner Classic Movies Vault Collection presents The Iron Petticoat in a Two-Disc Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Edition.
Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn - two of Hollywood’s biggest stars – appear together for the first and only time in one of the most unlikely pairings in the history of movies. A charming Cold War romance and political satire in the tradition of Ninotchka, this comic battle of the sexes pits a defecting Soviet jet pilot (Hepburn) against a U.S. army captain (Hope) who is charged with turning a diehard communist into a patriotic capitalist.
The Iron Petticoat has not been seen since 1966 and has been completely restored and remastered for this Blu-ray/DVD release.
The Iron Petticoat (Blu-Ray / DVD) Combo is now up for pre-order exclusively at TCM.com.
No additional specs are known at this time.
SYNOPSIS:
The Turner Classic Movies Vault Collection presents The Iron Petticoat in a Two-Disc Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Edition.
Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn - two of Hollywood’s biggest stars – appear together for the first and only time in one of the most unlikely pairings in the history of movies. A charming Cold War romance and political satire in the tradition of Ninotchka, this comic battle of the sexes pits a defecting Soviet jet pilot (Hepburn) against a U.S. army captain (Hope) who is charged with turning a diehard communist into a patriotic capitalist.
The Iron Petticoat has not been seen since 1966 and has been completely restored and remastered for this Blu-ray/DVD release.
OLIVE: Long Day's Journey Into Night (Blu-Ray) in October
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Long Day's Journey Into Night October 30th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99 |   |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Long Day's Journey Into Night (Blu-Ray) October 30th Olive Films Retail: $29.95, Our: | |
Olive Films has announced the upcoming release of Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Previously released by Republic on standard DVD, this marks the Blu debut for Journey.
Streeting on October 30th, the Blu-Ray will have a special pre-order price of $17.98 until Friday.
Keeper of the Flame, Sea of Grass in Tracy & Hepburn Collection
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Sea of Grass (1942) April 12th Warner Retail 19.97, Our: $14.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Keeper of the Flame (1947) April 12th Warner Retail 19.97, Our: $14.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Tracy and Hepburn - The Definitive Collection April 12th Warner Retail 59.92, Our: $44.99 | |
On April 12th one of the most revered screen teams of all time will have all their films available on DVD as Warner has announced Tracy and Hepburn - The Definitive Collection. The 10-disc set will contain all 9 Tracy & Hepburn films, plus the documentary The Spencer Tracy Legacy.
Seven have been previously released, including one by Sony and one by Fox, but two are new-to-DVD and will be available as singles: The Sea of Grass (1942), Keeper of the Flame (1947).
They are expected to have bonus features of a short, cartoon and trailer, but specifics are not forthcoming.
IT'S OFFICIAL: The African Queen in March
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $19.99, Our: $14.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (Blu-Ray) (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $26.99, Our: $20.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (Commemorative Edition) (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $34.99, Our: $24.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (Blu-Ray Commemorative Edition) (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $43.99, Our: 32.99 | |
It's official! Paramount has announced The African Queen for release on March 23rd. Four different editions, all single disc, are part of this long-awaited announcement.
Bonus features are:
Standard & Blu-Ray Editions:
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen,—This comprehensive documentary takes a look back at the production with commentary about the cast, the challenges of the filming locations and how the spectacular cinematography impacted the industry overall. Includes on-camera interviews with notable Hollywood icons, critics and crew members from the film including Martin Scorsese, Tony Huston, Richard Schickel and more, plus never-before-seen archival images and home movie footage provided by the estate of cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
Commemorative Editions:
- Embracing Chaos
- An audio disc with a recording of the Lux Radio Theater presents The African Queen radio broadcast
- A Senitype film frame collectible reproduction
- Collectible postcards featuring reproductions of images related to the film
- A reproduction of Katharine Hepburn’s out-of-print memoir The Making of The African Queen or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind
Subtitles and audio are English, French and Spanish. Additionally, the Blu-Ray releases will have Portuguese subtitled.
Artwork and press release below.
FULLY RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY,
DIRECTOR JOHN HUSTON’S MONUMENTAL CLASSIC DEBUTS ON DVD AND BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
The Final Film from AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies to Arrive on DVD Makes its
Long-Awaited Premiere March 23, 2010
Including Nearly an Hour of All-New Bonus Material
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (January 11, 2010) – Filled with adventure, drama, humor and romance, the epic and enduring cinematic classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN will finally make its way home when it debuts on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time ever on March 23, 2010 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Meticulously restored using state-of-the-art 4K digital technology, THE AFRICAN QUEEN will now be available for a new generation to appreciate and for long-time fans to see again, as if for the first time. Legendary director John Huston’s treasured romantic adventure stars the incomparable Humphrey Bogart as hard-drinking boat captain Charlie Allnut—a role that won him his only Academy Award® (Best Actor, 1951)—and renowned actress Katharine Hepburn as missionary Rose Sayer in a tale of two disparate people thrown together by fate and drawn together by love.
A six-year journey filled with challenges nearly as difficult as those faced by Rose and Charlie, the restoration process began at the source: Romulus Films—one of the film’s original production companies—provided access to the original three-strip negative at a
To ensure that the restored picture matched the filmmakers’ original vision, Paramount arranged a screening of an MPAA archive print for the film’s original cinematographer, Academy Award® winner Jack Cardiff*, whose comments were recorded live during the screening. That same archival print was later screened alongside the newly restored version so that the restoration team could ensure that all of
THE AFRICAN QUEEN will be available as a single disc DVD or Blu-ray and also in Commemorative, Limited Edition DVD or Blu-ray box sets. Both the DVD and Blu-ray feature a new documentary entitled “Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen”, which includes new interviews with contemporary film experts such as Martin Scorsese and incorporates home movies, archival images and more. The Commemorative box set includes either the DVD or Blu-ray detailed above, plus an audio disc with a recording of the Lux Radio Theater broadcast of The African Queen, a reproduction of Katharine Hepburn’s out-of-print memoir The Making of The African Queen or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind, a Senitype® film frame collectible reproduction and postcards featuring reproductions of images related to the film.
THE AFRICAN QUEEN DVD & Blu-ray
THE AFRICAN QUEEN DVD is presented in full screen format with English, French and Spanish Mono and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray is presented in 1080p High Definition with English, French and Spanish Mono and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Special features are as follows:
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen—This comprehensive documentary takes a look back at the production with commentary about the cast, the challenges of the filming locations and how the spectacular cinematography impacted the industry overall. Includes on-camera interviews with notable
The Commemorative, Limited-Edition DVD and Blu-ray box sets include the above along with:
- An audio disc with a recording of the Lux Radio Theater presents The African Queen radio broadcast
- A Senitype® film frame collectible reproduction
- Collectible postcards featuring reproductions of images related to the film
- A reproduction of Katharine Hepburn’s out-of-print memoir The Making of The African Queen or How I Went to
More Warner Archive Titles
Fifteen more titles have been announced by Warner as part of their Warner Archive Collection. A lot of Katharine Hepburn and Randolph Scott in this wave with all but one being pre-1950 releases. The complete list is below.
As far as having them for rent, I want to thank everyone for their patience. WE WILL have them for rent, but dealing with WBshop has been a very painful process. Worse than pulling teeth, trying to get a very large order shipped that was placed over three weeks ago has been more like trying to pull teeth, in the dark, with tweezers on a hippopotamus.
Because of this, we have cancelled our large order and have started placing smaller orders that should start shipping this week. We will make an announcement when the first wave are in the database and available for rent.
- Break of Hearts (1935)
- Carson City (1952)
- Christopher Strong (1933)
- Having Wonderful Time (1938)
- Joy of Living (1938)
- The Little Minister (1934)
- Luxury Liner (1948)
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
- Meet the People (1944)
- Quality Street (1937)
- Return of the Bad Men (1948)
- Spitfire (1934)
- Thousands Cheer (1943)
- Trail Street (1947)
- A Woman Rebels (1936)
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