Criterion will release
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Manchurian Candidate
hobnob53 — 10 years ago(December 17, 2015 02:33 PM)
Criterion will release
The Manchurian Candidate
on DVD ($29.95) and Blu-ray ($39.95) on March 15, 2016. (The Ides of March. Coincidence in an election year?)
Bonus features include:- New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer
- New interview with actor Angela Lansbury
- New piece featuring filmmaker Errol Morris discussing his appreciation for The Manchurian Candidate
- Conversation between Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra from 1988
- New interview with historian Susan Carruthers about the Cold War brainwashing scare
- Trailer
New cover by Adam Maida
Great cover art, by the way. Here's the link to the film's Criterion web page:
https://www.criterion.com/films/28784-the-manchurian-candidate
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hobnob53 — 10 years ago(December 19, 2015 12:52 PM)
Now Criterion must release Seven Days in May. That would be grand.
You took the words right out of my mouth (or off the IMDb page)! I've long had the same thought. But I doubt it will ever happen. Unfortunately
SDIM
is now owned by Warner, with which Criterion does not have a licensing agreement. So unless they either reach such an agreement sometime, or control of the film passes yet again to someone else, the odds seem remote to say the least.
Of course,
SDIM
was originally released by Paramount, with whom Criterion
does
have a licensing agreement. Too bad all around. Criterion would certainly restore the original Paramount logos at the beginning and end. Warner has this rotten habit of cutting out the logos of other studios whose films they came to control, though when that situation is reversed other studios retain the original Warner logos.
Another film I'd love to see Criterion release is
Advise & Consent
. But the same problem exists it was released by Columbia (with whom Criterion has a licensing agreement) but is currently owned by good old Warner. -
hobnob53 — 10 years ago(February 28, 2016 07:38 PM)
Advise & Consent
has been out on DVD for many years. I'm not sure if it's out of print or not but it's still widely available. The same with
Seven Days in May
, which definitely is out of print, but it's on one of those TCM collections of four films I think Kirk Douglas.