Posted Thu Apr 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT by Steven Cohen
Movies from Sergio Leone, Andrei Tarkovsky, and more are all coming to Blu-ray.
Kino has announced several new discs that are set to hit Blu-ray over the coming months, including a remastered version of A Fistful of Dollars starring Clint Eastwood. Here's a full rundown of recently revealed details and title announcements:
April 10
Guy Green's Luther starring Stacy Keach and Patrick Magee. Supplements will include:
- A Banquet of Behavior" a 16-minute interview with Stacy Keach
- Interview with Edie Landau
- "Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera," a promotional film for the American Film Theatre
- Gallery of trailers for the American Film Theatre
April 17
Andreas Prochaska's Maximillian & Marie de Bourgogne starring Jannis Niewöhner, Miriam Fussenegger, and Christa Théret. No other details have been revealed at this time.
May 1
Allan Dwan's The Half-Breed / The Good Bad Man starring Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse, and Frank Brownlee. Supplements will include:
- Amazing Tales from the Archives: Restoring The Half-Breed (1916)
- Audio commentaries for THE HALF-BREED and THE GOOD BAD MAN by Tracey Goessel and Robert Byrne
- Music for THE HALF-BREED and THE GOOD BAD MAN composed and performed by Donald Sosin
- Photo Gallery
King Hu's Legend of the Mountain starring Chun Shih, Feng Hsu, Sylvia Chang, Feng Tien, and Lin Tung. Supplements will include:
- Interview with film critic Tony Rayns
- Video essay by film critic Travis Crawford
- Trailer
- Booklet essay by writer and programmer Grady Hendrix
Ron Shelton's Play It to the Bone starring Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas. Supplements will include:
-Audio Commentary by director Ron Shelton
-Original Theatrical Trailer
May 8
Paul Wendkos' Special Delivery starring Bo Svenson, Mel Scott, Cybill Shepherd, and Phillip R. Allen. The disc will feature a new 4K remaster prepared by Paramount Archive, and supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible Art
Andy Sidaris' Seven starring William Smith, Barbara Leigh, and Guich Koock. The disc will feature the fully uncut presentation of the film, and supplements will include:
- Interview with Arlene Sidaris
- Audio commentary by Steve Mitchell, producer-director of King Cohen, and film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompsonn
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
Christopher Menaul's Feast of July starring Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, and James Purefoy. Supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary by director Christopher Menaul and associate producer Jane Cussons
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Peter Yates' Roommates starring Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, and Ellen Burstyn. Supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary by Star D.B. Sweeney
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Christopher Miles' The Maids starring Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, and Mark Burns. No other details have been announced at this time.
May 15
Joshua Brand's A Pyromaniac's Love Story starring William Baldwin, Sadie Frost, John Leguizamo, and Erika Eleniak. Supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary by director Joshua Brand, moderated by filmmaker Heather Buckley
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Michael Dinner's The Crew starring Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jeremy Piven. Supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary by director Michael Dinner
- Original Theatrical Trailer
William A. Selter's A Lady Takes a Chance starring John Wayne and Jean Arthur. The disc will feature a new 4K remaster prepared by Paramount Archive, and supplements will include:
- KLSC Trailers
Michael Gordon's How Do I Love Thee? starring Jackie Gleason and Maureen O'Hara. Supplements will include:
- KLSC Trailers
Alex March's Mastermind starring Zero Mostel, Keiko Kishi, Gawn Grainger, and Bradford Dillman. Supplements will include:
- KLSC Trailers
Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice starring Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, and Erland Josephson. The disc will feature a brand new 4K restoration of the film, and supplements will include:
- Feature audio commentary by Layla Alexander-Garrett, Tarkovsky's translator on the set of The Sacrifice
- Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - a documentary on the making of The Sacrifice (102 minutes)
- Original Trailer
- Interview with Michal Leszczylowski, editor of The Sacrifice and director of Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (32 minutes)
- An illustrated booklet with excerpts from Tarkovsky's diaries and an essay by film scholar Robert Bird
May 22
Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars starring Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volontè, and Wolfgang Lukschy. The disc will feature a 4K restoration of the film, and supplements will include:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
- NEW Interview with Actress Marianne Koch
- NEW "Trailers From Hell" with John Badham
- NEW Original Outtakes, Re-takes & Hidden Gems
- NEW A FISTFUL in Pictures - Animated Image Gallery (14:52)
- NEW Promoting A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - Animated Image Gallery (15:48)
- NEW A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - On the Set - Animated Image Gallery (3:57)
- NEW Restored Opening UA Logo
- Audio Commentary by Noted Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
- The Christopher Frayling Archives: A Fistful of Dollars
- A New Kind of Hero: Featurette
- A Few Weeks in Spain: Clint Eastwood on the Experience of Making the Film
- Tre Voci: Three Friends Remember Sergio Leone
- Not Ready for Primetime: Renowned Filmmaker Monte Hellman Discusses the Television Broadcast of A Fistful of Dollars
- The Network Prologue with Harry Dean Stanton
- And more!
May 29
J. Lee Thompson's The Reincarnation of Peter Proud starring Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, and Margot Kidder. The disc will feature a brand new HD master from a 4K Scan of the original 35mm negative by Paramount Pictures Archives. Supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin
- Spanish Super 8 Bathtub Scene with Spanish Audio
- Spanish Super 8 vs US - Side by Side w English Audio
- TV Spot
- 30 Second Radio Spot
- 60 Second Radio Spot
- Animated Image Gallery – International Posters and Lobby Cards (5:38)
- Animated Image Gallery – International Promotional Material (1:55)
- Animated Image Gallery – International Home Video Releases (0:48)
- Animated Image Gallery – Promotional Stills (0:35)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Original German Trailer
Haunted: The Complete Series starring Matthew Fox, Lynn Collins, and Russell Hornsby. The 2-Disc set will feature 11 episodes of the show, including 4 previously unreleased installments.
You can find the latest specs for all of the titles listed above linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule.
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