WARNER BLU: Six Disc Golden Years Collection in June

Warner has announced a June 9th street date for their Golden Years Collection. Click here for details.

The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection DVD & Blu in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection November 19th Cohen Media Retail $49.98, Our: $40.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection (Blu) November 19th Cohen Media Retail $59.98, Our: $47.99

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To mark the 100th year of her birth, Cohen Media has announced The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection on both standard DVD and Blu-Ray with a street date of November 19th.

Making their Blu debut, all four films, Dark Journey (1937), Fire Over England (1937), Storm in a Teacup (1937) and Sidewalks of London (1938) were releasd on DVD by Genius Entertainment in 2003. The set has long been out of print.

Bonus features are not forthcoming.

BLU: A Streetcar Named Desire in April

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A Streetcar Named Desire (Blu-Ray) April 10th Warner Bros. Retail: $34.99, Our: $29.99

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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

Gone With the Wind - 70th Anniversary Editions in November

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Gone With the Wind (2-Disc 70th Anniversary Special Edition) November 17th Warner Retail: $24.98, Our: $19.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Gone With the Wind (5-Disc 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition) November 17th Warner Retail: $69.92, Our: $54.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Gone With the Wind (Blu-Ray) 2-Disc 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition November 17th Warner Retail: $84.99, Our: $64.99

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Known about for some time, Warner has officially announced a November 17th release date for three different releases of Gone With the Wind - 70th Anniversary Edition. Prices are above with all the bonus features and premiums below.

Both the SD and BD Ultimate Collector's Editions will be available for rent and purchase, while the 2-disc SD Special Edition, which has the same content as discs 1 and 2 in the U.C.E., will only be available to buy.

CONTENTS:

Gone With the Wind (2-Disc 70th Anniversary Special Edition)

Contains the movie over 2 discs with commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer

Gone With the Wind (5-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition) & Gone With the Wind (Blu-Ray) 2-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition

Includes the first two discs in the 2-disc S.E. as well as the following:

DISC 3 (About the Movie):

• "The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind" the 1989 documentary made by Selznick's sons.
• "Restoring a Legend" - An in-depth look at the restoration.
• Dixie Hails "Gone with the Wind". Footage from 1939 Atlanta and 1961 Civil War Centennial Atlanta premieres.
• Historical theatrical short "The Old South" (1940) directed by Fred Zinnerman.
• Atlanta Civil War Centennial 1961 premiere newsreel
• International prologue
• Foreign language version sample scenes
• Theatrical Trailers

DISC 4 (About the Cast):

• Three Documentaries:
  • "Melanie Remembers: Olivia de Havilland Recalls Gone With The Wind"
  • "Clark Gable: A King Remembered"
  • "Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond"
• The Supporting Players - Cameo portraits of an unforgettable ensemble
  
  • At Tara
    
    • The O’Hara Plantation in Georgia
    • Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O’Hara
    • Barbara O’Neill as Ellen, his wife
  • Their Daughters
    
    • Evelyn Keyes as Suellen
    • Ann Rutherford as Carreen
  • The House Servants
    
    • Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
    • Oscar Polk as Pork
    • Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
  • At Twelve Oaks
    
    • Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
    • Rand Brooks as Charles Hamilton, her brother
    • Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy, a guest
  • In Atlanta
    
    • Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat Hamilton
    • Eddie Anderson as Uncle Peter, her coachman
    • Harry Davenport as Dr. Meade
    • Jane Darwell as Mrs. Merriwether
    • Ona Munson as Belle Watling
    • Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler

DISC 5:

• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year – New documentary about Hollywood’s watershed year narrated by Kenneth Branagh
• Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On -- Exploring the legacy of the most beloved film through illuminating interviews, footage and visits to historical sites, events and museums
• Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara Wars 1980 WBTV Special never before on home video
• Trailers

Plus these Premiums

• 20-page reproduction of the original and complete 1939 Souvenir Program
• 40-page Production History Book with photos and production notes
• Eight Frameable 5x7 Art Prints
• CD soundtrack sampler featuring eight tracks
  
  • Main Title
  • Tara
  • The Barbecue
  • Escape From Atlanta
  • I'll Never Be Hungry Again!
  • Paddock Scene 5:27
  • Scarlett In The Mist/Rhett Leaves
  • Flashback/Finale

NOTE:

• The 2-disc Blu-Ray release will have all the content above on 2 discs
• Exclusive to the Blu-Ray Ultimate Collector’s Edtion: MGM: When The Lion Roars Documentary

NOTE: The bonus features on discs 3 and 4 of the U.C.E. are identical to those on the previous 4-disc release. However, this new release has a fifth disc with all new bonus features and new premiums to go along with a spectacular new transfer.

Olivier & Leigh: That Hamilton Woman (1941) in September

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That Hamilton Woman (1941) September 8th Criterion Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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Criterion has announced a September 8th release date for That Hamilton Woman (1941). Real-life spouses Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier star in this Alexander Korda directed drama.

The single-disc release will retail for $39.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features and synopsis are below.

One of cinema’s most dashing duos, real-life spouses Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier enact their greatest on-screen romance in this visually dazzling tragic love story from legendary producer-director Alexander Korda.

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century, That Hamilton Woman is a gripping account of the scandalous adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer Lord Horatio Nelson and the renowned beauty Lady Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British ambassador. With its grandly designed sea battles and formidable star performances, Korda’s film (Winston Churchill’s favorite movie, which he claimed to have seen over eighty times) brings history to vivid, glamorous life.

BONUS FEATURES:

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer
• Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie
• New video interview with author and editor Michael Korda, Alexander’s nephew, who discusses growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton Woman
• Theatrical trailer
• Alexander Korda Presents, a 1942 promotional radio piece for the film
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Molly Haskell