Showing posts with label Kirk Douglas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kirk Douglas. Show all posts
WARNER: Lust For Life Making Blu-Ray Debut in February
Warner has just slated a February 3rd street date for the Blu debut of Lust for Life (1956). Click here for details.
BLU CRITERION: Red River, Ace in the Hole in May
Criterion has scheduled May street dates for their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo's of Howard Hawks' Red River (1948) and Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951). Click here to read the full story.
WARNER BLU: Hatari, El Dorado & Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Warner Bros. has announced three titles for Blu-Ray release on March 11th.
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FOX: A Letter to Three Wives (Blu-Ray) in September
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A Letter to Three Wives (Blu-Ray) September 17th 20th Century Fox Retail: $24.99, Our: $19.99 |
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Fox has set a September 17th release date for A Letter to Three Wives (Blu-Ray).
Released on DVD in 2005, this HD upgrade includes all the previous bonus features (below). Fox is also releasing a repackaged DVD version the same day.
As three women head off on a boating trip with a group of children, they receive a letter written by a woman claiming to have stolen one of their husbands. Which one? The letter doesn't say. Faced with the prospect of a shattered life, each woman soul searches throughout the day.
Deborah Bishop (Jeanne Crain) feels inadequate amidst her husband's (Jeffrey Lynn) country club set; everyone sees Lora Mae Hollingsway (Linda Darnell) as a gold digger, including her husband (Paul Douglas); and Rita Phipps (Ann Sothern) has a career that makes her husband (Kirk Douglas) feel neglected to the point of infidelity. All three endure the anguish of uncertainty until the boat trip ends - and the truth is revealed.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Christopher Mankiewicz with Joseph L. Mankiewicz biographers Kenneth Geist and Cheryl Lower
- "Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel" as seen on Biography
- Movietone News Footage (Oscar Presentations)
- Restoration Comparison
- Theatrical Trailer
OLIVE: City That Never Sleeps, Champion & More in April
Five more titles are coming from Olive Films on April 23rd.
All will be released on both standard DVD and Blu-Ray. Non bold titles
were previously released on DVD, while bold titles are making their DVD
and Blu debuts.
They are:
They are:
- Champion (1949) - Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Ruth Roman, Paul Stewart
- City That Never Sleeps (1953) - Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills
- Copacabana (1947) - Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Steve Cochran, Andy Russell, Gloria Jean
- The Fighting Seabees (1944) - John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey
- War of the Wildcats (1943) - John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau
PD BLU: Red House, Martha Ivers, Plan 9 & Little Shop of Horrors
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Red House (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) April 24th Film Chest Retail $15.98, Our: $12.99 |  |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Blu-Ray) May 29th Film Chest Retail $15.98, Our: $12.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Plan 9 from Outer Space (Blu-Ray) March 6th Legend Films Retail $16.95, Our: $12.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Little Shop of Horrors (Blu-Ray) March 6th Legend Films Retail $16.95, Our: $12.99 | |
Four public domain films are making the leap to Blu-Ray in the coming months.
Next week, Legend Films is releasing The Little Shop of Horrors (Blu-Ray) and Plan 9 from Outer Space (Blu-Ray). Legend is primarily known for their colorization of black and white films, but has also done a decent job at bringing some titles to Blu recently. Both will be available in original black and white and colorized versions.
Newcomer Film Chest will be releasing The Red House (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Blu-Ray) on April 24th and May 29th respectively.
Bonus features are unlikely.
SONY: The Heroes of Telemark, The Night of the Generals in April
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Heroes of Telemark (1965) April 5th Sony Retail 14.94, Our: $10.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Night of the Generals (1967) April 5th Sony Retail 14.94, Our: $10.99 | |
Two 1960's British War films are on their way from Sony on April 5th.
The first is The Heroes of Telemark (1965) starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris. The other is The Night of the Generals (1965) starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay and Donald Pleasence.
Each will retail for $14.94, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $10.99.
CRITERION: Paths of Glory - Standard & Blu in October
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Paths of Glory October 26th Criterion Retail $29.99, Our: $23.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Paths of Glory (Blu-Ray) October 26th Criterion Retail $39.99, Our: $31.99 | |
Criterion has scheduled an October 26th release date for the Criterion Treatment of Paths of Glory in separate standard and Blu-Ray DVDs.
Each will be a single disc release. Details below.
SYNOPSIS:
A pivotal work by Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory is among the most powerful war films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a French colonel serving in World War I who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission.
This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director’s customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.
BONUS FEATURES:
- New audio commentary by critic Gary Giddins
- Television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas
- New video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer Jan Harlan, Paths of Glory producer James B. Harris, and actress Christiane Kubrick
- Excerpt from a French television program about real-life World War I executions similar to the events dramatized in Paths of Glory
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: An essay by Kubrick scholar James Naremore
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
BACK ON SCHEDULE: Kirk Douglas in Ulysses (1954)
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Ulysses (1954) August 4th Lionsgate Retail $14.98, Our: $10.99 | |
Originally scheduled for a release last September, Lionsgate has put Ulysses (1954) back on the schedule with an August 4th release date. The Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn color epic is English dubbed over the original Italian.
The single disc release will retail for $14.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $10.99. No bonus features are expected.
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