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> {quote:title=JonasEB wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote} > > > > > > > > *Too Late Blues* (1961) Bobby Darin - DVD and Blu-ray > > > > The John Cassavetes film? Finally, that's wonderful news! And if you have an all-region Blu player, there is more Cassavates news. In the UK, the BFI is launching The John Cassavates Collection. It will have 5 films. It starts on April 23 with Shadows (1959) and Faces (1968), each on combo Blu/DVD releases. Cassavetes' three mid-1970s features A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977) will be released in Dual Format Editions later in 2012. Here are the extras for the first two films: *Shadows:* Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Audio commentary with actor Seymour Cassel and film critic Tom Charity Falk on Cassavetes: the early years (DVD only, 13 mins): never-before-seen interview footage with Cassavetes' friend and collaborator 16 mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane's acting workshop (DVD only, 4 mins) Original theatrical trailer (DVD only, 4 mins) 32-page illustrated booklet featuring new essays and notes from Michael Atkinson, Brian Morton and Tom Charity *Faces:* Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition * Alternative opening sequence (DVD only, 20 mins) * Alternative opening sequence audio commentary (DVD only, 20 mins): Peter Bogdanovich and Al Ruban discuss an earlier cut of Faces * Seymour Cassel interviewed by Tom Charity (DVD only, 47 mins) * 32-page illustrated booklet featuring interviews and new essays from Tom Charity and Al Ruban And more British news: *Odd Man Out* (1947 James Mason) will get released on Blu in the UK on May 7th.

Other Blu news: Disney has announced a number of Disney and Touchstone titles coming to Blu in 2012. Though there are many titles in this list that are recent and I wouldn't normally bother lsiting them, I am going to list all that were in the announcement. There are some good animated films and some classic live action in there: {font:Calibri}Listed in chronological Blu-ray release order, the titles include:{font} {font:Calibri} May 15th, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- Father of the Bride / Father of the Bride Part II{font} {font:Calibri}- Bringing Down the House{font} {font:Calibri}June 5th, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- The Color of Money{font} {font:Calibri}- Cocktail{font} {font:Calibri}- Ransom{font} {font:Calibri} June 19th, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- Sister Act / Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit{font} {font:Calibri}- Evita{font} {font:Calibri}- Newsies{font} {font:Calibri}July 3rd, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- Home on the Range{font} {font:Calibri}- The Horse Whisperer{font} {font:Calibri}- Phenomenon{font} {font:Calibri}- Step Up{font} {font:Calibri}- Treasure Planet{font} {font:Calibri}- Under the Tuscan Sun{font} {font:Calibri}August 7th, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- The Aristocats{font} {font:Calibri}Fall 2012:{font} {font:Calibri}- Adventures in Babysitting{font} {font:Calibri}- Ed Wood{font} {font:Calibri}- Ghosts of the Abyss 3D{font} {font:Calibri}- Grosse Pointe Blank{font} {font:Calibri}- High Fidelity{font} {font:Calibri}- Judge Dredd{font} {font:Calibri}- Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure{font} {font:Calibri}- Pete's Dragon{font} {font:Calibri}- Pocahontas / Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World two-movie package{font} {font:Calibri}- The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under two-movie package{font} {font:Calibri}- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion{font} {font:Calibri}- The Tigger Movie Beginning in October 2012: The Absent-Minded Professor Arachnophobia - Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Babes in Toyland - Beaches - Brother Bear - Cold Creek Manor - Dick Tracy - Flubber - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - Hocus Pocus - The Santa Clause Trilogy - Son of Flubber - Sweet Home Alabama - While You Were Sleeping {font}

*New Criterion releases, with a list of their extras:* *The Gold Rush* (June 12th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version - 1942 version has an uncompressed monaural soundtrack * New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna - Restored 1925 version has a newly recorded version of director Charlie Chaplin's score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio * New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer and archivist Jeffrey Vance * Three behind-the-scenes programs: - Presenting The Gold Rush, which traces the film's history from original release to rerelease to 2003 reconstruction and features film historian Kevin Brownlow and Vance \- Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock \- Visual Effects in The Gold Rush, featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh * Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo * Four theatrical trailers * A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Luc Sante and James Agee's review of the 1942 version *Harold and Maude* (June 12th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New high-definition digital restoration * Uncompressed monaural soundtrack * Optional remastered stereo soundtrack * Audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill * Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins * New interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) *Shallow Grave* (June 12th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Brian Tufano * 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack * Two audio commentaries: - Director Danny Boyle \- Screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald * New interviews with stars Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, and Ewan McGregor * Digging Your Own Grave, a 1993 documentary by Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film * Andrew Macdonald and Kevin Macdonald's video diary from the 1992 Edinburgh Film Festival, where they shopped around the script for Shallow Grave * Shallow Grave trailer * Trainspotting teaser trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp *Gray's Anatomy* (June 19th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New high definition digital transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh * 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack * New interviews with Soderbergh and cowriter Renée Shafransky * A Personal History of the American Theater monologue by Spalding Gray, filmed in 1982 * Theatrical trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin *And Everything is Going Fine* (June 19th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New high-definition digital restoration * Uncompressed monaural soundtrack * Making of And Everything Is Going Fine, featuring director Steven Soderbergh, producer Kathie Russo, and editor Susan Littenberg * Sex and Death to the Age 14, Spalding Gray's first monologue, created in 1979 and filmed in 1982 * Trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by writer Nell Casey, editor of The Journals of Spalding Gray *The 39 Steps* (June 26th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New high-definition digital restoration * Uncompressed monaural soundtrack * Audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane * Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000), a British documentary covering Hitchcock's prewar career * Original footage from British broadcaster Mike Scott's 1966 television interview with Hitchcock * Complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, performed by Ida Lupino and Robert Montgomery * Visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff * Excerpts from François Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock * Original production design drawings * A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Cairns *The Samurai Trilogy* (June 26th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray * New high-definition digital restorations of all three films, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island * Uncompressed monaural soundtracks * New English subtitle translations * New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films * Trailers * A booklet featuring essays by film historian Stephen Prince and Wilson

The first week of June 1936

Two more from Olive for May 22nd. *The Lawless* (1950) Macdonald Carey - DVD only *Too Late Blues* (1961) Bobby Darin - DVD and Blu-ray

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}I think American audiences probably didn't understand the Irish/English politics of this film when it was released in 1946, or even now. I had to do some historical research before I understood why she hated Oliver Cromwell so much. Seems the start of the Irish-English trouble began in 1649, when Cromwell led an invasion of Ireland by England, and many Irish people have never forgotten that invasion. Kind of like many people in the South has never gotten over losing the Civil War.

> {quote:title=yanceycravat wrote:}{quote} > > > > For all his contribution to film comedy, Jerry Lewis deserves to be Star Of The Month. > > > > Thoughts? Ummm...no.

1934 It Happened One Night The House of Rothschild The Thin Man The Gay Divorcee Cleopatra The Black Cat The Lost Patrol The Man Who Knew Too Much The Scarlet Empress The Scarlet Pimpernel Tarzan And His Mate Treasure Island Twentieth Century

Kingrat, *Billion Dollar Brain* was the third of Michael Caine's Harry Palmer films. The first was The Ipcress File, then came Funeral In Berlin and, finally, Billion Dollar Brain.

I think it is too confusing having threads for every possibility. Look at the TCM Vault thread, for example. It was set up with one studio in mind. Now they do it through different studios. So, should we have a thread for every single one? I don't see any reason why we can't just use this one thread as a catch-all, except for WarnerArchive. Having a thread for Olive was also a stretch. Why bother? Do we need to do one for Kino? For VCI? Criterion? Sony? No. Also, to add to the confusion, the Grapes of Wrath and Zorba the Greek are NOT limited editions. Just for the time being they are temporarily exclusive to SA. Once that time passes, they will likely be available everywhere. It's like titles that are exclusive for a set amount of time to Best Buy or Walmart. Or should we also have another thread for exclusives by store? No, it would get ridiculous. As long as we mention here where titles are available when they are exclusive, there is no confusion that I can see. Having 10 or so different threads for upcoming releases IS confusing. I know there are some who are list-oriented and need to break every single thing down. I read the other day on a message board that a person who has hundreds of titles filed them on his shelves, not alphabetically, but by studio! This thread is called "Upcoming Releases." That covers everything that is an upcoming release. Simple.

Coming on Blu-ray Though they are not producing it, Twilight Time (though Screen Archives Entertainment) will be having an exclusive, for the time being on *The Grapes of Wrath* and *Zorba the Greek*, both on sale April 3rd.

A nice selection of Michael Caine films today on TCM, from tiny parts to leading man status

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote} ...and a bit of comedy. > That's the way that I recall it. It's been about 40 years, but I seem to recall getting a laugh out of a scene where she's wheeling a dead body around town. As with Bruno trying to retrieve his lighter in STRANGER ON A TRAIN, we're sorta rooting for her to succeed despite her being on the wrong side. > > But I'm also known for having a distorted sense of humor. It's actually more common than you would think. Look at Psycho where Anthony Perkins is watching the car sink, but then it stops. You worry with Perkins that it won't, and want it to continue sinking. The body sequence is what I was referring to as a bit of comedy. It is kind of a Hitch comedy moment.

> {quote:title=slaytonf wrote:}{quote}Deborah Kerr is definitely what makes this movie so enjoyable to watch. Her characterization of Bridie is delightful. Don't be misled by plot summaries. This is not a dark and dour morality play. It's a bit of a picaresque, a bit of an adventure spy story, and bit of a romance. ...and a bit of comedy.

> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}Terrific film, though little known in the U.S. (except on TCM) Even thought it had an American release under another title, it probably ended up on the bottom of double-bills. Too bad. The Adventuress (as mentioned) is the only title I am aware of that it got in the U.S.

This was one of the last UK films that Kerr made prior to becoming a U.S. star in The Hucksters the next year, 1947. (Black Narcissus in 1947 also helped establish that.) This is the story of a Irish woman who hates the English so much she wants to work for the IRA but gets involved with Nazis. It had a run in the U.S. as The Adventuress

An interesting UK release tonight It was known in the U.S. as The Adventuress Also on tonight is the Alexander Korda film, The Adventures of Don Juan

Travelling through time again, slowing down as I go through May 1936:

This is a great idea!!!

*Deliverance*, already released on Blu years ago, is getting a digibook edition for its 40th anniversary release on June 26th. Extras: * Commentary by John Boorman * All-new Deliverance: The Cast Remembers retrospective * Four-part behind-the-scenes documentary: - Deliverance: Betraying The River \- Deliverance: The Journey \- Deliverance: The Beginning \- Deliverance: Delivered * The Dangerous World of Deliverance vintage featurette * Theatrical trailer Also, Olive Films have announced the DVD and Blu release of Byron Haskin's *Silver City* (1951) and *Denver and Rio Grande* (1952), and Nicholas Ray's *Run for Cover* (1955). Release date is May 22. On May 15th, VCI is releasing on DVD three Stewart Granger British films: *Fanny By Gaslight*, *Love Story*, and *Caravan*.

Tonight's New Wave films The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

I am really sorry!!!! I thought I had until today to vote! First time I have ever missed it. Congrats, everyone! And especially you, countess!

Artwork added for upcoming Kino DVD releases: I really like the "I Was A Spy" cover.

Oct. 15th, 1926 I am being leaped through time again and leaving 1926. Where will I next land???

Oct. 14th, 1926