Kino Lorber Studio Classics May Releases

Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Announces its May 2020 Home Video Releases

A Thousand Clowns
Brand New 2K Master!
Prebook Date: 4/7/20
Street Date: 5/5/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K24477
DVD UPC: 738329244774
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24478
BD UPC: 738329244781
Genre: DRama
Year: 1965
Rating: NR
Runtime: 118
Director: Fred Coe
Actors: Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Barry Gordon,
John McMartin, William Daniels
Language: English
Black & White

The great Jason Robards (The Day After) recreates his Broadway role as the iconoclastic Murray Burns in A Thousand Clowns. Murray is funny, feisty, compassionate and very determined to have nothing to do with the lemming-like rush-hour world. But his resolve is tested when social workers Sandra (Barbara Harris, The War Between Men and Women) and Albert (William Daniels, The Graduate) tell him that he must shape up… or his 12-year-old nephew Nick (Barry Gordon, Body Slam) will be shipped out to a foster home. Released when workday lifestyles went largely unchallenged, this inventive comedy-drama gleefully speaks to the nonconformist in us all. Martin Balsam (After the Fox), Gene Saks (The Prisoner of Second Avenue) and John McMartin (Sweet Charity) co-star in this classic film directed by Fred Coe (Me, Natalie) with a screenplay by Herb Gardner (Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?) based on his own play. A Thousand Clowns won the 1966 Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role (Balsam) and was nominated for three more Oscars: Picture (Coe), Adapted Screenplay (Gardner) and Score (Don Walker

Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | Diary of a Middle-Aged Kid: NEW Interview with Co-Star Barry Gordon | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

Me Natalie

Brand New HD Master!
Prebook Date: 4/7/20
Street Date: 5/5/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24611
DVD UPC: 738329246112
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24612
BD UPC: 738329246129
Genre: Drama
Year: 1969
Rating: NR
Runtime: 111
Director: Fred Coe
Actors Patty Duke, James Farentino,Martin Balsam, Nancy
Merchant, Al Pacino, Deborah Winters
Language: English

From childhood, slightly awkward Brooklyn teenager Natalie Miller (Patty Duke, Valley of the Dolls, The Miracle Worker) never has subscribed to her mother’s (Nancy Merchand, TV’s The Sopranos) determined belief that she will grow up to be pretty. Her best friend Betty (Deborah Winters, Kotch) is a knockout gorgeous blonde with boyfriends, which further depresses her. Then she meets handsome David Harris (James Farentino, The War Lord), who finally convinces her that she’s a worthwhile human being and not the ugly duckling she always imagined herself to be. Television veteran Fred Coe (A Thousand Clowns) directed this sweet and charming comedy-drama written by A. Martin Zweiback (Grace Quigley) and Stanley Shapiro (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and featuring a Grammy-nominated score by the great Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther). Patty Duke won the 1970 Golden Globe for Best Actress –  Comedy or Musical for her endearing performance. The stellar cast includes Martin Balsam (After the Fox), Elsa Lanchester (Witness for the Prosecution), Bob Balaban (Cradle Will Rock) and screen legend Al Pacino (Dog Day Afternoon) in his feature film debut.

Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

Brighton Rock
Prebook Date: 4/7/20
Street Date: 5/5/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item#: K24665
DVD UPC: 738329246655
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24666
BD UPC: 738329246662
Genre: Noir
Year: 1948
Rating: NR
Runtime: 92
Director: John Boulting
Actors: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnett, Harcourt Williams, Wylie Watson, Nigel Stock
Language: English
Black & White

Richard Attenborough (Brannigan) gives a tour-de-force performance as the emotionally and physically scarred gang leader Pinkie Brown, who courts and marries a local waitress (Carol Marsh, Horror of Dracula) he detests in order to stop her from testifying against him. Beau^fully scripted by literary greats Graham Greene (The Third Man, The Fallen Idol) and Terence Rattigan (Separate Tables, The Browning Version) and wonderfully directed by John Bouting (Seven Days to Noon, I’m All Right Jack), Brighton Rock is uWerly hard-bitten in tone and abundant in cruel ironies, right up to its well-judged, refreshingly cynical ending. Expressively shot by legendary cinematographer Harry Waxman (The Wicker Man, The Day the Earth Caught Fire), this masterful, evocative film noir is one of the finest British thrillers ever made.

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas | Optional English Sub^tles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

Pool of London

Prebook Date: 4/7/20
Street Date: 5/5/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24667
DVD UPC: 738329246679
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24668
BD UPC: 738329246686
Genre: Noir
Year: 1951
Rating: NR
Runtime: 82
Director: Basil Deardon
Actors: Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron,Renee Asherson, Moira Lister, Max Adrian
Language: English
Black & White

From Basil Dearden, the renowned director of Dead of Night, The Captive Heart, The Mind Benders, Woman of Straw, Masquerade and The Man Who Haunted Himself, comes this 1951 Ealing classic filmed on location in London’s legendary River Thames. Everything changes for two sailors on shore leave when they inadvertently become caught up in a crime as murky as the great river itself. For one of them, Johnny (Earl Cameron, The Interpreter), life is further complicated when he falls in love with Pat (Susan Shaw, It Always Rains on Sunday), a local ticket seller, forming one of the first interracial relationships in British film history. Jack Whittingham (Thunderball) and John Eldridge (Operation Amsterdam) co-wrote this authentic and unmissable film noir beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Gordon Dines (The Blue Lamp).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalist and Author Bryan Reesman | Interview with Actor Earl Cameron | Locations Featurette with Film Historian Richard Dacre | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

An Inspector Calls
Prebook Date: 4/7/20
Street Date: 5/5/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item#: K24669
DVD UPC: 738329246693
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24670
BD UPC: 738329246709
Genre: Mystery
Year: 1954
RaNng: NR
RunNme: 80
Director : Guy Hamilton
Actors: Alastair Sim, Olga Lindo, Arthur Young, Brian Worth, Jane Wenham, Bryan Forbes
Language: English
Black & White

From Guy Hamilton, the acclaimed director of The Devil’s Disciple, Goldfinger, Funeral in Berlin, Force 10 from Navarone, The Mirror Crack’d and Evil Under the Sun, comes this classic murder mystery starring the great Alastair Sim (A Christmas Carol) as the enigmatic Inspector Poole. The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent. It is 1912 and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. As they sit down for dinner one night, celebrating the engagement of the eldest child, Sheila (Eileen Moore), to prosperous businessman Gerald (Brian Worth), a knock at the door announces the arrival of a visitor who changes their lives forever. Based on the classic stage play by J.B. Priestley (The Old Dark House), An Inspector Calls is a compelling critique of the moral hypocrisy of upper-crust English society, beautifully photographed by Edward Scaife (The Captain’s Paradise) and co-starring actor/writer/producer/director Bryan Forbes (Quatermass 2).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle | Interview with Actress Jane Wenham | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

BARBARA STANWYCK COLLECTION

Prebook Date: 4/14/20
Street Date: 5/12/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 49.95
BD Item #: K24663
BD UPC: 738329246631
Genre: Drama
Year: 1937/42/46
Rating: NR
Runtime: 255
Director: Alfred Santell/William Wellman/Irving Pichel
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Cummings, Natalie Wood, Brian Donlevy, Lloyd Nolan, Robert Benchley
Language: English
Black & White

This collection feature three classic films starring screen legend Barbara Stanwyck.

INTERNES CAN’T TAKE MONEY (1937) – Young Dr. James Kildare (Joel McCrea, Four Faces West), interning at a clinic, falls for his patient Janet Haley (Barbara Stanwyck, Witness to Murder). The feeling is mutual, but Janet has a secret she will not divulge: She’s the widow of a bank robber who hid their daughter before he died and she is desperately trying to find the little girl. She will use anyone-including Dr. Kildare-to get her child back. The doctor’s association with gangster Hanlon (Lloyd Nolan, The House on 92nd Street), whose injuries Kildare secretly patched up, and Janet’s connection with gangster Innes (Stanley Ridges, Black Friday), who’s helping her find her daughter, bring it all to a rousing head filled with action, suspense and the unexpected! Stylishly directed by Alfred Santell (Breakfast for Two), Internes Can’t Take Money was the third of six films co-starring Stanwyck and McCrea and the only Dr. Kildare film produced by Paramount. The Max Brand-created character was picked up by MGM for a series of successful movies from 1938 to 1942 starring Lew Ayres as Kildare.

THE GREAT MAN’S LADY (1942) – From William A. Wellman, the legendary director of Wings, Beau Geste, Nothing Sacred, The Ox-Bow Incident, Yellow Sky and The High and the Mighty, comes this romantic western-drama starring screen icons Barbara Stanwyck (All I Desire) and Joel McCrea (The Virginian). After Hoyt City dedicates a statue to its founder Ethan Hoyt (McCrea), the woman who inspired his achievement, the 109-year-old Hannah Sempler (Stanwyck), tells their story to a young biographer. She begins with their elopement in 1848 when she was a headstrong Philadelphia girl of 16 and Ethan was an idealist yearning to build a city in the West. Their future was fraught with difficulties, from life in a prairie shack to a fruitless search for gold and, ultimately, to Ethan’s jealousy over Hannah’s friendship with gambler Steely Edwards (Brian Donlevy, Canyon Passage). Through it all, she remained what she is today: the woman who sacrificed everything for her husband’s sake. Filled with action and humor, this moving film was vigorously directed by Wellman and beautifully shot by the great William C. Mellor (A Place in the Sun).

THE BRIDE WORE BOOTS (1946) – From Irving Pichel, the acclaimed director of Tomorrow Is Forever, O.S.S., Something in the Wind, The Miracle of the Bells, Quicksand and Destination Moon, comes this comedy of errors about a bookish husband trying to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife. Screen legend Barbara Stanwyck (There’s Always Tomorrow) stars as southern heiress Sally Warren, who loves everything to do with horseracing. Her studious husband, Jeff (Robert Cummings, The Chase), cannot stand the creatures and would rather spend his time writing. When their incompatibilities land them in divorce court, it will take a little imagination and a lot of luck to restore the love in their hilariously mismatched relationship. The Bride Wore Boots features a stellar cast that includes a young Natalie Wood (Driftwood), Diana Lynn (The Kentuckian) and the great Robert Benchley (Road to Utopia).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Eloise Ross (Internes Can’t Take Money | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Eloise Ross (The Great Man’s Lady) | Optional English Subtitles | The Great Man’s Lady (Theatrical Trailer) | The Bride Wore Boots (Theatrical Trailer)

FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA II
[THUNDER ON THE HILL / THE PRICE OF FEAR / THE FEMALE ANIMAL]
Prebook Date: 4/14/20
Street Date: 5/12/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 49.95
BD Item #: K24664
BD UPC: 738329246648
Genre: Noir
Year: 1951/56/58
Rating: NR
Runtime: 245
Director: Douglas Sirk/Abner Biberman/Harry Keller
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Merle Oberon, Jane Powell, Ann Blyth, Jan Sterling
Language: English
Black & White

This collection feature three classic noir films from the 1950s.

Thunder on the Hill (1951) -From Douglas Sirk, the renowned director of All I Desire, Magnificent Obsession, There’s Always Tomorrow, Written on the Wind, Battle Hymn and The Tarnished Angels, comes this classic film noir starring screen legend Claudette Colbert (Sign of the Cross). A nun (Colbert) races against time to prove the innocence of a convicted murderess (Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce) who is being escorted to prison for a date with the gallows. Thunder on the Hill is a moody mystery that serves up many twists and features an intriguing tour-de-force performance by Colbert and fast-paced direction by Sirk. The film is enriched by Hans J. Salter’s (Naked Alibi) stirring score, luminous black-and-white cinematography by the great William H. Daniels (Night Passage) and a first-rate supporting cast that includes Robert Douglas (The Fountainhead), Anne Crawford (Caravan), Philip Friend (Buccaneer’s Girl), Gladys Cooper (Now, Voyager) and Michael Pate (The Maze).

THE PRICE OF FEAR (1956) – Hour by hour, the net of TERROR tightens! Elegant, exotic beauty Merle Oberon (The Lodger) plays against type in the unpredictable film noir The Price of Fear. A woman guilty of a hit-and-run accident frames another person for the crime, but soon is implicated in a far worse situation with a gangster who uses blackmail to lure her into a murder plot. Wonderfully directed by Abner Biberman (Gun for a Coward) and beautifully shot by Irving Glassberg (The Tarnished Angels), with a stellar cast that features Lex Barker (The Girl in Black Stockings), Charles Drake (Female on the Beach), Gia Scala (The Guns of Navarone) and Warren Stevens (Deadline – U.S.A.). The Price of Fear is a classic thriller that will leave you guessing until the shocking climax.

THE FEMALE ANIMAL (1958) – It is said that when a woman fights for a man, she is like an ANIMAL! Never come between a woman and her prey in the wickedly entertaining film noir The Female Animal! Hollywood star Vanessa Windsor (Hedy Lamarr, The Strange Woman) is saved from a terrible on-set accident by handsome studio extra Chris Farley (George Nader, House of 1000 Dolls). In appreciation of his skills and good looks, she sets him up as the “caretaker” of her beach house. When Vanessa’s sultry daughter (Jane Powell, Royal Wedding) meets Chris, the claws come out as both ladies try to stake out his affections in this campy and lusty battle for love. Stylishly directed by Harry Keller (The Unguarded Moment) and beautifully shot by the great Russell Metty (A Touch of Evil), with a strong supporting cast that includes Jan Sterling (Female on the Beach), Jerry Paris (Marty), James Gleason (Here Comes Mr. Jordan) and Gregg Palmer (Magnificent Obsession).

NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Filmmaker David DeCoteau (The Female Animal) | Optional English Subtitles | Theatrical Trailers for All Three Films

The Runner Stumbles

Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item#: K24471
DVD UPC: 738329244712
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24472
BD UPC: 738329244729
Genre: Drama
Year: 1979
Rating: PG
Runtime: 109
Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Beau Bridges, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Tammy Grimes
Language: English

From Stanley Kramer, the acclaimed director of On the Beach, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, Ship of Fools, The Defiant Ones and It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, comes The Runner Stumbles, the final film in the legendary filmmaker’s career. Television and screen legend Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins, The Dick Van Dyke Show) stars in this moving and powerful drama about a priest accused of murdering the nun with whom he had fallen in love. Inspired by a real-life murder case, the story focuses on Father Rivard (Van Dyke), a priest banished to a dreary, poverty-stricken coal mining town for his radical views. His life is suddenly changed by the arrival of Sister Rita (Kathleen Quinlan, Warning Signs, Breakdown), a vivacious young nun who immediately sets the town talking with her open, unorthodox behavior. But soon talk turns to vicious gossip and tragedy as the self-righteous townsfolk come to believe the love between the nun and the priest is more than just spiritual. Maureen Stapleton (Reds), Beau Bridges (The Landlord), Ray Bolger (The Wizard of Oz) and Tammy Grimes (Play It as It Lays) co-star in this compelling, intelligent and ambitious film that expertly builds to its surprising ending.

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Peter Tonguette | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

THE PINK PANTHER CLASSIC CARTOON COLLECTION
Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 99.95
BD Item #: K22584
BD UPC: 738329225841
Genre: Animation
Year: 1964 – 80
Rating: NR
Runtime: 805
Director: Friz Freleng, David H. DePatie, Art Leonardi
Actors: Bob Holt, Art Johnson, Bob Ogle, Larry D. Mann, Arnold Stang, Frank Welker
Language: English

This six-disc collection includes 124 Pink Panther cartoons by DePatie/Freleng, in chronological order from 1964 to 1980.

Bonus Features: Includes a New Documentary by Filmmaker Greg Ford, Six Featurettes, Animated Main Titles for All Eight Blake Edward Pink Panther Films, Audio Commentaries for Selected Films by Animation Experts and More!

The Captive Heart

Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24671
DVD UPC: 738329246716
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24672
BD UPC: 738329246723
Genre: Drama War
Year: 1946
Rating: NR
Runtime: 99
Director: Basil Dearden
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Rachel Thomas
Language: English
Black & White

From Basil Dearden, the renowned director of Dead of Night, Pool of London, The Mind Benders, Woman of Straw, Masquerade and The Man Who Haunted Himself, comes this Ealing classic about a captain of the Czechoslovak Army (Michael Redgrave, The Night My Number Came Up) who assumes the identity of a dead British officer during World War II. When he is caught, he joins thousands of British prisoners of war, captured during the Fall of France, on a march to a German prison camp. Although he keeps up a correspondence with the dead officer’s estranged wife to avoid exposure, his fellow prisoners begin to suspect him of being a spy. Only his conspicuous courage during an escape attempt vindicates the secretive Czech. The Captive Heart features a wonderful cast of great British character actors including Mervyn Johns (The Horse’s Mouth), Jack Warner (It Always Rains on Sunday) and Gordon Jackson (The Ipcress File), with stunning black-and-white cinematography by the great Douglas Slocombe (Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lion in Winter, Raiders of the Lost Ark).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

The Night My Number Came Up
Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24673
DVD UPC: 738329246730
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24677
BD UPC: 738329246747
Genre: Adventure
Year: 1955
Rating: NR
Runtime: 95
Director: Leslie Norman
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Alexander Knox, Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Sheila Sim, Ursula Jeans
Language: English
Black & White

The Chinese theory that life is pre-ordained and that dreams are a glimpse into the future prompts Commander Lindsay (Michael Hordern, Where Eagles Dare) to relate a dream he has experienced to his fellow dinner guests, including Air Marshal Sir John Hardie (Michael Redgrave, The Captive Heart). The dream involves a Dakota aircraft carrying thirteen people, one of whom is Hardie. The plane is lost over the sea, the radio fails, and fuel is running short when, through a break in the clouds, a rock-strewn beach appears and the plane crashes horrifically. Lindsay then starts to live out his nightmare as different pieces from his dream start to fall into place. Are these similarities just coincidences or did his dream foretell the disaster? Ealing Studios veteran Leslie Norman (Dunkirk, X the Unknown) directed this thrilling and mysterious adventure yarn co- starring Alexander Knox (The Psychopath) and Denholm Elliott (The Sound Barrier).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

The Long and The Short and The Tall

aka Jungle Fighters

Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24675
DVD UPC: 738329246754
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24676
BD UPC: 738329246761
Genre: Drama
Year: 1961
RaLng: NR
RunLme: 105
Director: Leslie Norman
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris, Richard Todd, David McCallum, John Mellon, John Rees
Language: English
Black & White

During the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942, a troop of British soldiers on a jungle mission lose radio contact with their base, and then clash over how to proceed. When a Japanese scout wanders into their camp and they take him prisoner, tensions increase further as the soldiers become so concerned with arguing out their own destinies, the enemy has to take second place. Adapted from a play by Willis Hall (Billy Liar), The Long and the Short and the Tall (also known as Jungle Fighters) shows with a terrible truth that in war there can be no second chances. Veteran filmmaker Leslie Norman (The Night My Number Came Up, Dunkirk) directed this thrilling WWII adventure starring Richard Todd (The Dam Busters), Laurence Harvey (The Manchurian Candidate), Richard Harris (The Heroes of Telemark), David McCallum (The Great Escape) and John Meillon (633 Squadron), with beautiful black-and-white cinematography by Erwin Hillier (Operation Crossbow) and a rousing score by Stanley Black (The Flesh and the Fiends).

Bonus Features: Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

Alice in Wonderland
Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24660
BD UPC: 738329246600
Genre: FAntasy
Year: 1933
Rating: NR
Runtime: 76
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Actors: Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Charlotte Henry, Richard Arlen, Edward Everett Horton
Language: English

From Norman Z. McLeod, the acclaimed director of Horse Feathers, Topper, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Road to Rio and The Paleface, comes this 1933 version of the beloved Lewis Carroll (Jabberwocky) novel with a screenplay by the great Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve) and legendary art director and filmmaker William Cameron Menzies (The Maze). Alice’s fantastic adventures lead her straight to some of the most memorable characters ever imagined including the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Filled with spectacular sets and imaginative costumes and featuring Hollywood icons Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and W.C. Fields (along with Charlotte Henry as Alice), the classic Alice in Wonderland is a timeless adventure for the whole family.

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

Lonely Are The Brave

Prebook Date: 4/21/20
Street Date: 5/19/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24662
BD UPC: 738329246624
Genre: Adventure
Year: 1962
Rating: NR
Runtime: 107
Director: David Miller
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Walter Mathau, Gena Rowlands, George Kennedy, Carroll O’Connor, Michael Kane
Language: English

From David Miller, the outstanding director of Flying Tigers, Sudden Fear, Midnight Lace, Captain Newman, M.D. and Executive Action, comes this contemporary western based on a novel by Edward Abbey (Fire on the Mountain) and adapted for the screen by the great Dalton Trumbo (Papillon). Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas (The Vikings) ignites the screen in his personal favorite role as a cowboy on a collision course with the modern world in Lonely Are the Brave. After landing himself in jail trying to break out his friend, Jack Burns (Douglas) finds himself alone and on the run from the law. Leading the manhunt is Sheriff Morey Johnson (Walter Matthau, Charley Varrick), who must bring Burns to justice despite his own sympathy for the fugitive. Co-starring Gena Rowlands (Gloria), George Kennedy (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot) and Carroll O’Connor (Point Blank) and featuring top-notch cinematography by Philip H. Lathrop (Experiment in Terror) with a rousing score by Jerry Goldsmith (100 Rifles), Lonely Are the Brave is an unforgettable portrait of a lawless man defying life in an orderly world.

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell | A Tribute: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Steven Spielberg and Michael Douglas Discuss the Film’s Legacy | The Music of LONELY ARE THE BRAVE: A Look Back at the Film’s Memorable Score by Jerry Goldsmith | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

In Search of Dracula
Brand New 2K Master!
Prebook Date: 4/28/20
Street Date: 5/26/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 14.95
DVD Item #: K24677
DVD UPC: 738329246778
BD SRP: 24.95
BD Item #: K24678
BD UPC: 738329246785
Genre: Horror
Year: 1975
Rating: PG
Runtime: 82
Director: Calvin Floyd
Actors: Christopher Lee, Solveig Andersson, Tor Isedal
Language: English
Black & White

The blood-curdling truth behind the legendary vampire! Nestled in the Carpathian Mountains of the Transylvanian region of Romania is the castle that once was the stronghold of Vlad Dracula. Indeed, Dracula did exist, but unlike the blood-sucking monster of popular myth, the real Dracula was a fiaeenth-century prince who tortured and killed thousands-savagely impaling his viccms on sharpened spikes. Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula, Scars of Dracula, Taste the Blood of Dracula) traces the roots of the Dracula legend back to their horrifying historical origins. Based on the best-selling book by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu, In Search of Dracula exposes the ficconal monster and his real-life counterpart, “Vlad the Impaler,” while also showing for the first cme on film the infamous Borgo Pass, vampire bats feascng on blood and exorcism rites for the undead. Directed by Calvin Floyd (Terror of Frankenstein, The Sleep of Death).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Lee Gambin and John Harrison | Opconal English Subctles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

The Chicken Chronicles

Prebook Date: 4/28/20
Street Date: 5/26/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24679
DVD UPC: 738329246792
BD SRP: 24.95
BD Item #: K24680
BD UPC: 738329246808
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1977
Rating: PG
Runtime: 94
Director: Noel Black
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Paul Mazursky, Leigh Hamilton, Campbell Lane, Allan Kolman
Language: English

He’s the high school senior with a system for everything! The Chicken Chronicles is a hilarious hark back to the late 1960s, as a bunch of California high school kids face graduation in the era of absentee parents, drugs, sexual liberation and Vietnam. In the middle of it all is David Kessler (Steve Guttenberg, Police Academy, The Bedroom Window), who is desperately trying to make out in the permissive society. He’s torn between the All-American beauty Margaret (Lisa Reeves, The Pom Pom Girls) and the worldlier Tracy (Meridith Baer, Private Lessons), while watching his younger brother make it all look so easy. On top of all this, with the senior prom looming, he starts having problems with his school principal and his boss at the chicken take-out. Written by Paul Diamond (TV’s Knight Rider and Miami Vice) and directed by Frank Simon (The Queen), The Chicken Chronicles is a high-spirited comedy co-starring Phil Silvers (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Ed Lauter (Youngblood), Branscombe Richmond (Hard to Kill), Clark Brandon (My Tutor) and Jon Gries (Real Genius).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Trailers

A Man, A Woman and a Bank
Prebook Date: 4/28/20
Street Date: 5/26/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
DVD SRP: 19.95
DVD Item #: K24681
DVD UPC: 738329246815
BD SRP: 24.95
BD Item #: K24682
BD UPC: 738329246822
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1979
Rating: PG
Runtime: 101
Director: Frank Simon
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Branscombe Richmond, Jon Gries, Lisa Reeves
Language: English

The only thing riskier than the crime of the century is the romance of a lifetime! Small-time con artist Reese (Donald Sutherland, Klute, The Great Train Robbery, M*A*S*H) and his computer expert best friend Norman (Paul Mazursky, Fear and Desire, Blume in Love) concoct an ingenious plot for the perfect bank robbery: re-program the sophisticated electronic vault alarm system of a huge Vancouver bank while the building is still under construction, then calmly wait to make one very large withdrawal. But when Reese falls for a kooky commercial photographer (Brooke Adams, Days of Heaven, Cuba) who snapped shots of their plans, the ultimate heist takes some very unexpected turns in this wonderful crime comedy directed by Noel Black (Pretty Poison, Private School).

Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Dean Brandum and Andrew Nette | Audio Commentary With Director Noel Black and Producer Peter Samuelson | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

All Night Long
Prebook Date: 4/28/20
Street Date: 5/26/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 24.95
BD Item #: K24661
BD UPC: 738329246617
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1981
Rating: R
Runtime: 87
Director: Jean-Claude Tramont
Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Dennis Quaid, Diane Ladd, Kevin Dobson, William Daniels
Language: English

Screen legends Gene Hackman (The Package, Mississippi Burning) and Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl, The Way We Were) star as the oddest couple to beat the odds in this offbeat comedy that proves a man can lose everything and still live happily ever after. After successful executive George Dupler (Hackman) is demoted to managing a seedy all-night drugstore, he decides to totally change his life. Leaving his wife, he takes up with Cheryl (Streisand), a sexy but ditzy neighbor-who’s already had an affair with his son (Dennis Quaid, The Long Riders, The Big Easy)! Now his hands are full with his new wild woman by day and his weird and crazy customers by night in this screwball romantic comedy written by W.D. Richter (Big Trouble in Little China, Needful Things) and directed by Jean-Claude Tramont (Focal Point). The top-notch cast includes Diane Ladd (Wild at Heart), Kevin Dobson (TV’s Kojak), William Daniels (A Thousand Clowns) and Ann Doran (Rebel Without a Cause).

Bonus Features: NEW Interview with Screenwriter W.D. Richter | 2 Radio Spots | Optional English Subtitles | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

Taza, Son of Cochese 3-D

Brand New 2K Master!
3-D restoration by 3-D Film Archive!
Prebook Date: 4/28/20
Street Date: 5/26/20

Label: KL Studio Classics
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K24491
BD UPC: 738329244910
Genre: Western
Year: 1954
RaLng: NR
RunLme: 79
Director: Douglas Sirk
Actors: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason, Morris
Ankrum, Eugene Iglesias
Language: English

He led the Apache nation against Geronimo’s pillaging hordes! The two sons of Apache leader Cochise (Jeff Chandler, Broken Arrow) have conflicting views of the white men who trespass their land. Taza (Rock Hudson, Bend of the River) argues for peaceful co-existence, but his younger brother Naiche (Rex Reason, This Island Earth) joins Geronimo (Ian MacDonald, High Noon) on the warpath. One of the few westerns made in the 1950s that attempted to present a positive view of Native Americans, Taza, Son of Cochise, co-starring Barbara Rush (Magnificent Obsession), was the second of eight movies that Hudson made with director Douglas Sirk (The Tarnished Angels). Filmed on location in Utah, the natural setting of the desert is one of the movie’s many assets which is vividly captured by the glorious Technicolor cinematography by the great Russell Metty (Spartacus, Midnight Lace). This special edition includes both the 3-D and 2-D versions of the film. 3-D restoration by 3-D Film Archive!

Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Restoration | Includes both the 3-D and 2-D Versions of the Films | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle, Author/Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner and 3-D Expert Mike Ballew | Optional English Subtitles | Dual- Layered BD50 Disc | Theatrical Trailer

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