BLU OLIVE: Harlow & Summer and Smoke in July

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Harlow (Blu-Ray) July 23rd Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Summer and Smoke (Blu-Ray) July 23rd Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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Two of the first DVD titles that Olive released when their Golden Age barrage began in 2010 are being released on Blu-Ray: Harlow (1965) and Summer and Smoke (1961).

Both will street on July 23rd and retail for just $24.95 each.

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CRITERION BLU: 12 Angry Men, Rules of the Game in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

12 Angry Men (1957) November 22nd Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

12 Angry Men (Blu-Ray) (1957) November 22nd Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Rules of the Game (1939) November 15th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Rules of the Game (Blu-Ray) (1939) November 15th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced November release dates for standard and Blu-Ray versions of 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Rules of the Game (1939).

12 Angry Men was previously released by MGM and comes loaded with the expected Criterion bonus features for such the original TV version from 1955.

Rules will carry over all the features from the previous Criterion release. More details below.




12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men, by Sidney Lumet, may be the most radical big-screen courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system as riveting as it is spare, the iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the initially dissenting member of a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. What results is a saga of epic proportions that plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room. Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature-film debuts.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Frank Schaffner’s 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, director of the Paley Center for Media Studies
• Twelve Angry Men: From Television to the Big Screen, a video essay by film scholar Vance Kepley comparing the Sidney Lumet and Schaffner versions
• Archival interviews with Lumet
• New interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein
• New interview with Simon about television writer Reginald Rose
• New interview with cinematographer John Bailey in which he discusses cinematographer Boris Kaufman
• Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose
• Original theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum

The Rules of the Game
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Rules of the Game (La Regle de jeu) is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners. Amorous intrigue abounds at a weekend hunting party, where the refusal of one of the guests to play by the class-based rules sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Although the original negative was destroyed during World War II, this edition features the fully reconstructed version embraced by audiences and critics around the world as a timeless representation of Jean Renoir's genius.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir
• Audio Commentary Written by Film Scholar Alexander Sesonske and Read by Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
• Version Comparison: Side by Side Analysis of the Two Endings of the Film, Along with an Illustrated Study of Renoir's Shooting Script
• Selected Scene Analysis by Renoir Historian Christopher Faulkner
• Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: La Regle et l'exception (1966), a French Television Program Directed by Jacques Rivette
• Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 BBC Documentary by David Thompson, featuring reflections on Renoir from his family, friends, collaborators, and admirers.
• New video essay about the film's production, release, and later reconstruction.
• Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and re-release of the film.
• Interview with Renoir's son, Alain, an assistant cameraman on the film.
• Interview with The Rules of the Game set designer Max Douy
• 1995 Interview with Actress Mila Parely
• Written tributes to the film and Renoir by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and others.
• PLUS: A 24-page booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray) in September - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray) (1961) September 20th Paramount Retail: $29.99, Our: $23.99 $19.98 (Until July 10th )

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In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Paramount has set a September 20th release date for Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray).

All the bonus features from the 2009 standard release will carry over -- some in HD (details below).

Retail will be $29.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. However, for 3 days only (until July 10th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $19.98. ORDER TODAY!

SYNOPSIS:
From the opening strains of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's haunting Oscar-winning song "Moon River," you’ll once again be under the alluring spell of that madcap, carefree New York playgirl known as Holly Golighty (Audrey Hepburn) in this 24-carat romantic comedy based on Truman Capote's best-selling novella.

George Peppard is the struggling and "sponsored" young writer who finds himself swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle as she determinedly scours Manhattan for a suitable millionaire to marry. The sparkling special features on this Anniversary Edition DVD only add to the luster of director Black Edwards' timeless film classic. Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney co-star: Mancini won an additional Academy Award for his enthralling musical score.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by Producer Richard Shepherd
• A Golightly Gathering (HD)
• Henry Mancini: More Than Music (HD)
• Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (HD)
• Featurettes:
  
  • The Making of a Classic
  • It's So Audrey - A Style Icon
  • Brilliance in a Blue Box
  • Audrey's Letter to Tiffany
  • Behind the Gates: The Tour
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
• Galleries

Route 66 - Producer's Picks in February

What: Route 66 - Producer's Picks When: February 10th Studio: Infinity Entertainment Price: Retail $19.98, Our: 14.99

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No, it's not Season 3 of Route 66 set for February 10th, but expect to see three episodes from Season 3 and one from Season 4 in **Infinity Entertainment's** upcoming Route 66 - Producer's Picks.

The 2 disc set will contain 11 episodes, in their original aspect ratio, and will retail for $19.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $14.99. No word on Bonus Features. More details below.

Route 66 (1960-64), an edgy anthology of downbeat character studies and psychological dramas, was one of the most brilliant and highly rated television series of the era. The original road trip adventure, shot entirely on location with top drawer writing, intriguing characters and stellar guest star appearances, it established the Corvette as an American icon.All In Route 66, Yale graduate Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) is an intellectual who has led a privileged life. Buz Murdock (George Maharis) is a tough young man, who has struggled his entire life just to survive. When his wealthy father dies, Tod finds himself unexpectedly penniless with just one possession, a powder-blue Chevrolet Corvette. On a quest to find adventure and themselves, Tod and Buz hit the open road in the ultimate American journey. Traversing the famed Route 66, stretching from Chicago, Ill., to Santa Monica, Calif., these two dreamers encounter a myriad of loners, dreamers and outsiders, portrayed by an array of Hollywood's biggest stars early in their careers.

DISC 1:

• Play it Glissando
• Eleven, The Hard Way
• First Class Mouliak
• The Strengthening Angels
• Birdcage on My Foot
• And the Cat Jumped over the Moon

DISC 2:

• You Never Had it so Good
• Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (Season 3 - Guests: Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Jr.)
  
• Poor Little Kangaroo Rat (Season 3 - Guests: Ron Howard, Leslie Nielsen)
• Soda Pop and Paper Flags (Season 3 - Guests: Alan Alda, Tom Bosley, Joseph Campanella)
• A Cage in Search of a Bird (Season 4 - Guests: Dan Duryea, Stefanie Powers)

*Titles in parentheses are new to DVD.