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'Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts' Dated for Blu-ray
Tue Dec 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Kino (all tags)
More Buster Keaton oldies will be hitting Blu-ray in March.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video has slated 'Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts' for Blu-ray on March 20.
The 2-disc set includes sixteen comedy shorts produced from 1934 to 1937:
The Gold Ghost
Allez Oop
Palooka from Paducah
One Run Elmer
Hayseed Romance
Tars and Stripes
The E-Flat Man
The Timid Young Man
Three on a Limb
Grand Slam Opera
Blue Blazes
The Chemist
Mixed Magic
Jail Bait
Ditto
Love Nest on Wheels
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include film notes on individual shorts, Why They Call Him "Buster", and a photo gallery.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.95.
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'Film Socialisme' Blu-ray Supplements Detailed
Mon Dec 05, 2011 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
Bonus features have now been detailed for Jean-Luc Godard's acclaimed 2010 drama being prepped for Blu-ray in the new year.
As previously reported, Kino Video says 'Film Socialisme' starring Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture and Mathias Domahidy will hit Blu-ray on January 10.
Legendary director Jean-Luc Godard returns to the screen with Film Socialisme, a magisterial essay on the decline of European Civilization. As a garish cruise ship travels the Mediterranean (with Patti Smith among its guests), Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure cinematographic beauty.
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include an essay about “Film Socialisme by Richard Brody(author of “Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard”), trailers, stills gallery.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.95.
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'Film Socialisme' Blu-ray Announced
Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
Jean-Luc Godard's acclaimed 2010 drama is being prepped for Blu-ray in the new year.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video says 'Film Socialisme' starring Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture and Mathias Domahidy will hit Blu-ray on January 10.
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Our humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona.
Specs, supplements, and suggested list price have yet to be revealed.
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'Sherlock Holmes (1922)' Blu-ray Announced
Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 09:00 AM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
The 1922 silent classic starring John Barrymore is in the works for Blu-ray at the end of 2011.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video says 'Sherlock Holmes (1922)' will hit Blu-ray on December 13.
When a young prince is accused of a crime that could embroil him in international scandal, debonair supersleuth Sherlock Holmes comes to his aid, and quickly discovers that behind the incident lurks a criminal mastermind eager to reduce Western civilization to anarchy. Adapted from the hugely popular stage version of Arthur Conan Doyle¹s stories (by William Gillette), 'Sherlock Holmes' not only provided Barrymore with one of his most prestigious early roles, but also presented the screen debuts of two notable actors: William Powell ('The Thin Man') and Roland Young ('Topper'). 'Sherlock Holmes' was mastered from a 35mm restoration by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department, and is accompanied by a score by Ben Model, performed on the Miditzer Virtual Theatre Organ.
Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $34.95.
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'Seven Chances: Ultimate Edition' Dated for Blu-ray
Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
Another Buster Keaton classic is gearing up for Blu-ray release in December.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video has slated 'Seven Chances: Ultimate Edition' for Blu-ray on December 13.
Love has never been funnier or more difficult to manage than in the immortal Keaton comedies. 'Seven Chances' is a film often imitated but never rivaled for hilarity and visual virtuosity. Keaton stars as Jimmie Shannon, a romantically jinxed young man who must marry by 7:00 PM to inherit seven million dollars. In one of the most rousing, brilliantly choreographed sequences in Keaton's career, Shannon flees a horde of would be brides while dodging the hostile forces of nature that seem to be conspiring against him (in the form of a colossal rockslide) during his manic dash to the altar. This new HD transfer has been mastered from an original 35mm nitrate print from the Library of Congress.
Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $34.95.
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- Seven Chances: Ultimate Edition (1925) (Blu-ray)
'Nothing Sacred' and 'A Farewell to Arms' Announced for Blu-ray
Wed Oct 05, 2011 at 03:00 PM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
Two 1930s classics are getting the high-definition treatment in December.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video has revealed 'Nothing Sacred' starring Academy Award nominee Carole Lombard and Academy Award-winner Fredrich March will hit Blu-ray on December 20.
As potent today as it was when released in 1937, this classic screwball satire stars Carole Lombard as Hazel Flagg, the small-town girl who mistakenly believes she's dying of radium poisoning. Sensing a great human interest story that will tug the public's heartstrings and help sell newspapers, exploitative journalist Wally Cook (Fredric March) brings Hazel to New York City and turns her into a media darling. Wally's callous strategy takes a sudden turn when he starts having feelings for the vulnerable Hazel. Filmed in early three-strip Technicolor and scripted by Ben Hecht and James H. Street, this sharp comedy still sizzles with its cynical take on media profiteering, and the matching of Lombard and March is unforgettably entertaining.
Kino Video will also be releasing the 1932 two-time Academy Award-winning drama 'A Farewell to Arms' starring Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes on Blu-ray on the same date.
A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry (Cooper) and Nurse Catherine Barkley (Hayes) during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyses Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.
This first ever Blu-ray release of both films will be mastered in HD from an original 35mm nitrate print and will be the only version of the original films authorized for release from the estate of David O. Selznick.
Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for each Blu-ray is $29.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'Nothing Sacred' and 'A Farewell to Arms' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where they're indexed under December 20.
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'Rapt' Blu-ray Announced
Wed Oct 05, 2011 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
The 2009 award-winning French crime thriller will abduct Blu-ray this December.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video says 'Rapt' will hit Blu-ray on December 6.
Nominated for four Cesar Awards (including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor), Lucas Belvaux’s’ edge-of-your-seat thriller - inspired by the 1978 kidnapping of French industrialist Edouard-Jean Empain - features a career-defining performance by Yvan Attal ('Munich,' 'Rush Hour 3') as a millionaire playboy who is abducted and held for ransom for 60 days.
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include a stills gallery and the original theatrical trailer.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $34.95.
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'The Birth of a Nation' Blu-ray Announced
Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 silent classic is coming to Blu-ray in November.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video says 'The Birth of a Nation' will hit Blu-ray on November 22.
Nearly 100 years after its initial release, 'The Birth of a Nation' remains one of the most controversial films ever made and a landmark achievement in film history that continues to fascinate and enrage audiences. It is the epic story of two families, one northern and one southern, during and after the Civil War. D. W. Griffith's masterful direction combines brilliant battle scenes and tender romance with a vicious portrayal of African-Americans. It was the greatest feature-length blockbuster yet to be produced in the United States and the first to be shown in the White House. After seeing it, President Woodrow Wilson remarked it was "like writing history with lightning!”
[DISC 2 - DVD]: Is a DVD copy of Kino's ''Griffith Masterworks'' edition of the film restored by David Shepard of Film Preservation Associates in 1993. It contains an orchestral score adapted in 1993 from the original score by Joseph Carl Breil in 2.0 Stereo and ''The Making of The Birth of a Nation'' (24 min.) Produced by David Shepard and compiled and written by Russell Merritt.
[DISC 3 - DVD]: SPECIAL FEATURES: (also on DVD ported over from Kino's ''Griffith Masterworks'' edition) that includes a filmed prologue to The Birth of a Nation (1930. 6 mins. Featuring D. W. Griffith and Walter Huston), Civil War Shorts directed by D. W. Griffith: In the Border States (1910. 16 mins.) The House with the Closed Shutters (1910. 17 mins.) The Fugitive (1910. 17 mins.) His Trust (1910. 14 mins. -- courtesy David Shepard. Music by Robert Israel, performed by the Biograph Quartet) His Trust Fulfilled (1910. 11 mins.) Swords and Hearts (1911. 16 mins.) The Battle (1911. 17 mins.), New York vs. The Birth of a Nation -- an archive of information documenting the battles over the film's 1922 re-release, including protests by the NAACP, transcripts of meetings, legal documents, newspaper articles, and a montage of scenes ordered cut by the New York Censor Board. Excerpts from a The Birth of a Nation souvenir book (1915) and several original programs.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.95.
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'Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis' Blu-ray Announced
Mon Aug 29, 2011 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (all tags)
The controversial redux of Fritz Lang's's 1927 sci-fi masterpiece is getting a Blu-ray release in November.
Kino Video has just announced 'Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis' for Blu-ray on November 15.
The release of Moroder's 1984 edit has been in a state of limbo for years due to rights legalities involving its music, which features numerous pop-rock tunes including:
"Love Kills" – Performed by Freddie Mercury
"Here's My Heart" – Performed by Pat Benatar
"Cage of Freedom" – Performed by Jon Anderson
"Blood from a Stone" – Performed by Cycle V
"The Legend of Babel" – Performed by Giorgio Moroder
"Here She Comes" – Performed by Bonnie Tyler
"Destruction" – Performed by Loverboy
"On Your Own" – Performed by Billy Squier
"What's Going On" – Performed by Adam Ant
The Blu-ray will feature a new high-definition digital scan of the Moroder cut with the original 2.0 audio as well as a 5.1 mix and supplements will include: Introduction from Moroder, The Fading Image (documentary on this version's restoration), photo gallery, and theatrical trailer.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $34.95.
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'Going Places' Blu-ray Announced
Mon Aug 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Kino, Disc Announcements (1 post) (all tags)
The 1974 French crime comedy is planned for a November Blu-ray release.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video says 'Going Places' will hit Blu-ray on November 1.
The film also known as 'Les valseuses' features the breakout performance by actor Gerard Depardieu.
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include a stills gallery and the original theatrical trailer.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.95.
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- Going Places (Blu-ray)
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