Showing posts with label Marlon Brando. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marlon Brando. Show all posts
CRITERION: One-Eyed Jacks Arrives in November
Criterion announced Marlon Brando's One-Eyed Jacks will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in November. Click here for details.
The Wild One Receiving Blu Debut in March
Mill Creek has set a March 17th street date for Marlon Brando's teenage biker saga, The Wild One, on Blu-Ray. Click here for details.
BRANDO: Viva Zapata! in May
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Viva Zapata! May 7th 20th Century-Fox Retail $14.98, Our: $12.99 |
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Fox has announced a street date of May 7th for Viva Zapata!
Previously released on Blu-Ray, it is makes it DVD debut -- and in a non-MOD format too. Extras include the theatrical trailer as well as English and Spanish subtitles as well as Spanish and French audio.
It will retail for $14.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $12.99.
The life and times of the legendary Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata are brought to the screen in Darryl F. Zanuck’s powerful production of John Steinbeck’s screenplay.
Marlon Brando, fresh from his success in A Streetcar Named Desire, gives a stunning portrayal of the outlaw turned revolutionary leader. The film also boasts Anthony Quinn’s 1952 Best Supporting Actor Oscar-Winning performance as Zapata’s brother. Viva Zapata! is one of the classic political movies and another fine example of Brando’s genius as a film actor.
BONUS FEATURE:
- Theatrical Trailer
OLIVE: The Men, Miracle of the Bells, Three Faces West in April
Four more titles are coming from Olive Films on April 30th. This now brings the total of Olive's releases for April to 17!
All four 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:
All four 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:
- The Men (1950) - Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb, Richard Erdman
- The Miracle of the Bells (1948) - Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb
- Pals of the Saddle (1938) - John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune
- Three Faces West (1940) - John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn
GOLDWYN: Wuthering Heights, Bishop's Wife & More in January
Back in April, we announced that Warner had acquired the rights to distribute 74 films from the Samuel Goldwyn library. Today, the studio made public the first six to
be released on standard DVD this January 15th.
Wuthering Heights (1939) and The Bishop's Wife (1947) will be the most welcome of the lot as they have proven to be the most scarce.
The other four are: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Guys and Dolls (1955), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Pride of the Yankees (1942).
Almost all the bonus features will carry over from the previous HBO/MGM releases, and some will be added as in the case of Best Years which includes an introduction by Virgina Mayo and interviews with Virginia Mayo and Teresa Wright.
Retail will be $14.97 each, but they are all available at ClassicFlix.com for just $10.99.
Wuthering Heights (1939) and The Bishop's Wife (1947) will be the most welcome of the lot as they have proven to be the most scarce.
The other four are: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Guys and Dolls (1955), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Pride of the Yankees (1942).
Almost all the bonus features will carry over from the previous HBO/MGM releases, and some will be added as in the case of Best Years which includes an introduction by Virgina Mayo and interviews with Virginia Mayo and Teresa Wright.
Retail will be $14.97 each, but they are all available at ClassicFlix.com for just $10.99.
KAZAN AT FOX: 8 New to Blu-Ray Including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Exclusive to their site (FoxConnect), 20th Century Fox has released
two Elia Kazan sets on Blu-Ray -- but we have them for rent! They are:
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray)
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 2 (Blu-Ray)
Volume 1 consists of titles that were released before as singles on standard DVD. Most of the bonus features carry over and Panic has two new ones.
Volume 2 titles were released on standard DVD in the 18-disc Elia Kazan Collection, but were never released as singles (and are not likely to be soon). Details below.
Hailed as one of the most acclaimed and influential directors of all time, Elia Kazan remains a true Hollywood icon. This collection presents four of his finest films, available for the first time on Blu-Ray with authentic high-quality picture and sound.
Boomerang (1947)
Director Elia Kazan won critical acclaim for this vividly portrayed, suspenseful 1947 true crime drama set in Connecticut, where the events actually happened. When a beloved priest is gunned down, the local police chief (Lee J. Cobb) is under enormous pressure to find his murderer, and, based only on vague descriptions, he undertakes a massive manhunt, eventually arriving at both a suspect (Arthur Kennedy) and a confession.
But the state’s attorney (Dana Andrews) is determined to convict only if it’s right to do so. Also starring Jane Wyatt, Cara Williams, Sam Levene, Ed Begley and Karl Malden, Boomerang is gripping noir entertainment from start to finish.
BONUS FEATURES:
Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with "the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid" (Hollywood Reporter), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar nominated role as a journalist assigned to write a series on anti-Semitism.
Searching for an angle, he decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is to be a victim of religious intolerance. Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Dean Stockwell and June Havoc also star in this riveting World War II classic.
BONUS FEATURES:
Pinky, a young nurse (Jeanne Crain), returns to her small southern hometown, but the trip is bittersweet one: Educated in the North, Pinky is engaged to a doctor who doesn't know that she is part black. Her grandmother (Ethel Waters) is a proud black woman who is less than happy to learn that Pinky's fiancee is white. Then, Pinky's friendship with a southern aristocrat, Miss Em (Ethel Barrymore), is cause for more scandal - and a lawsuit - when she dies and leaves her house to Pinky.
Shunned by both blacks and whites, Pinky's choices make her the unfortunate target of bigotry in this compelling classic. This deeply moving drama features three indelible Oscar-nominated performances from Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters.
BONUS FEATURES:
In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.
BONUS FEATURES:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
This poignant and heartwarming story, Elia Kazan's directorial debut, is based on the best-selling novel about life in Brooklyn's Irish tenements at the turn of the twentieth century.
BONUS FEATURES:
Marlon Brando stars as Emiliano Zapata, the hero of the 1920 Mexican revolution. Anthony Quinn's portrayal of Zapata's hard-living brother earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The legendary Fredric March plays Karel Cernik, who courageously leads his traveling circus in a desperate run for the German border to escape from 1950's communist Czechoslovakia.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Wild River (1960)
Montgomery Clift is a government agent who must evacuate lands to make way for a new dam. When an elderly woman refuses to leave, Clift falls for her granddaughter (Lee Remick).
BONUS FEATURE:
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray)
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 2 (Blu-Ray)
Volume 1 consists of titles that were released before as singles on standard DVD. Most of the bonus features carry over and Panic has two new ones.
Volume 2 titles were released on standard DVD in the 18-disc Elia Kazan Collection, but were never released as singles (and are not likely to be soon). Details below.
Hailed as one of the most acclaimed and influential directors of all time, Elia Kazan remains a true Hollywood icon. This collection presents four of his finest films, available for the first time on Blu-Ray with authentic high-quality picture and sound.
Boomerang (1947)
Director Elia Kazan won critical acclaim for this vividly portrayed, suspenseful 1947 true crime drama set in Connecticut, where the events actually happened. When a beloved priest is gunned down, the local police chief (Lee J. Cobb) is under enormous pressure to find his murderer, and, based only on vague descriptions, he undertakes a massive manhunt, eventually arriving at both a suspect (Arthur Kennedy) and a confession.
But the state’s attorney (Dana Andrews) is determined to convict only if it’s right to do so. Also starring Jane Wyatt, Cara Williams, Sam Levene, Ed Begley and Karl Malden, Boomerang is gripping noir entertainment from start to finish.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and Jame Ursini
Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with "the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid" (Hollywood Reporter), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar nominated role as a journalist assigned to write a series on anti-Semitism.
Searching for an angle, he decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is to be a victim of religious intolerance. Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Dean Stockwell and June Havoc also star in this riveting World War II classic.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by Celeste Holm, June Havoc and Film Critic Richard Schickel
- AMC Backstory Episode: Gentleman's Agreement
- Fox Movietone Newsreels
Pinky, a young nurse (Jeanne Crain), returns to her small southern hometown, but the trip is bittersweet one: Educated in the North, Pinky is engaged to a doctor who doesn't know that she is part black. Her grandmother (Ethel Waters) is a proud black woman who is less than happy to learn that Pinky's fiancee is white. Then, Pinky's friendship with a southern aristocrat, Miss Em (Ethel Barrymore), is cause for more scandal - and a lawsuit - when she dies and leaves her house to Pinky.
Shunned by both blacks and whites, Pinky's choices make her the unfortunate target of bigotry in this compelling classic. This deeply moving drama features three indelible Oscar-nominated performances from Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by film historian Kenneth Geist
In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by authors and historians James Ursini and Alain Silver
-
Jack Palance: From Grit to Grace
- Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
This poignant and heartwarming story, Elia Kazan's directorial debut, is based on the best-selling novel about life in Brooklyn's Irish tenements at the turn of the twentieth century.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel with Elia Kazan, Ted Donaldson and Norman Lloyd
- The Making of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- An Appreciation of Dorothy McGuire
- Fox Movietone News Segments
Marlon Brando stars as Emiliano Zapata, the hero of the 1920 Mexican revolution. Anthony Quinn's portrayal of Zapata's hard-living brother earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The legendary Fredric March plays Karel Cernik, who courageously leads his traveling circus in a desperate run for the German border to escape from 1950's communist Czechoslovakia.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Wild River (1960)
Montgomery Clift is a government agent who must evacuate lands to make way for a new dam. When an elderly woman refuses to leave, Clift falls for her granddaughter (Lee Remick).
BONUS FEATURE:
- Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel
GOLDWYN BLU: Guys and Dolls, Hans Christian Andersen
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Guys and Dolls (Blu-Ray) November 6th Warner Bros. Retail: 34.99, Our: $30.99 |  |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Hans Christian Andersen (Blu-Ray) December 18th Warner Bros. Retail: 34.99, Our: $30.99 | |
Wasting no time with their recent acquisition of the Goldwyn library, Warner Bros. has announced Blu-Ray Book releases for Guys and Dolls (1955) and Hans Christian Anderson (1952).
Bonus features should be numerous, but are not forthcoming.
BLU: A Streetcar Named Desire in April
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | A Streetcar Named Desire (Blu-Ray) April 10th Warner Bros. Retail: $34.99, Our: $29.99 | |
Warner Bros. has announced A Streetcar Named Desire (Blu-Ray) for release on April 10th.
The "Blu-Ray Book" will carry over all the bonus features (below) from the standard version plus include a 40-page commemorative book with photos, production notes and more.
It will retail for $34.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.
A Streeetcar Named Desire: The Original Director's Version is the Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams film moviegoers would have seen had not scenes been cut at the last minute. Featuring three minutes of previously unseen footage underscoring, among other things, the tension between Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) and Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), and Stella Kowalski's (Kim Hunter) passion for husband Stanley.
Catch all of the classic - nominated for 12 Academy Awards - including Best Picture and winner of 4 - that introduced a new era of filmmaking. Step aboard this Streetcar.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Karl Malden and Film Historians Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young
- Elia Kazan Movie Trailer Gallery
- 5 Insightful Documentaries:
- A Streetcar on Broadway
- A Streetcar in Hollywood
- Censorship and Desire
- North and the Music of the South
- An Actor Named Brando
- Movie and Audio Outtakes
- Marlon Brando Screen Test
- Feature-Length Profile: Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
- PLUS: 40 Page Book with Photos, Trivia and More
One-Eyed Jacks (Blu-Ray) in November
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | One-Eyed Jacks (Blu-Ray) November 8th E1 Retail: $22.98, Our: $15.99 | |
E1, a small distribution company that has put out such popular sets as The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Volume 1, has announced the Marlon Brando western One-Eyed Jacks (Blu-Ray) for release on November 8th.
Brando's only directorial effort will retail for 22.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.
BLU: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) in November
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Mutiny on the Bounty (Blu-Ray) (1962) November 8th Warner Retail: 19.98, Our: $15.99 | |
Previously released in a standard 2-disc edition, as well as the now defunct HD-DVD format, Lewis Milestone's Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) makes its way to Blu-Ray on November 8th.
The single disc release will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features (below) will carry over from previous releases.
SYNOPSIS:
1787. HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise... and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country.
Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front) directed this color-drenched spectacular, nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Filmed before in 1935 and again in 1984's The Bounty, the gripping story centers on two men. Marlon Brando plays first officer Fletcher Christian as a dandy transformed into a man of action. Trevor Howard is Capt. Bligh, uncompromising in his command or his cruelty. "Fear is [my] best weapon," Bligh proclaims. But it's also the most costly, driving men to desperation and mutiny. Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith and Richard Haydn also star in this epic adventure.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Alternate Prologue and Epilogue Sequences Not Seen Theatrically
- Featurette: After The Cameras Stopped Rolling: The Journey Of The Bounty
- 4 Vintage Featurettes:
- Story Of The HMS Bounty
- Voyage Of The Bounty To St. Petersburg
- Tour Of The Bounty
- 1964 New York World's Fair Promo
- Theatrical Trailer
CRITERION: The Fugitive Kind in April
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Fugitive Kind (1959) April 27th Criterion Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99 | |
Criterion has announced an April 27th release date for The Fugitive Kind (1959). It was released on DVD by MGM in 2005 as a single disc without bonus features. This special 2-disc set includes bonus features as well as a booklet typical of Criterion releases.
It will retail for $39.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features are below.
SYNOPSIS:
Four Academy Award–winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—sink their teeth into this enthralling drama, which brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams.
A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Brando is Val Xavier, a guitar-strumming drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a southern small-town variety store run by Lady Torrance (Magnani), who’s lonely, frustrated, and abused by her vile, deathly ill husband, and who proves as much a temptation for Val as local wild child Carol (Woodward). Lumet captures the intense, fearless performances and Williams’s hot-blooded storytelling and social critique with his customary restraint, resulting in a drama of uncommon sophistication and craft.
BONUS FEATURES (Disc 2):
- New video interview with Lumet
- New documentary featuring Tennessee Williams scholar Robert Bray and film historian R. Barton Palmer discussing Williams’s work in Hollywood and The Fugitive Kind
- Three Plays by Tennessee Williams, an hour-long television presentation of three one-act plays by Williams, directed by Lumet in 1958
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thomson
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