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John Ford At Columbia. 1935-1958
(Gideon's Day)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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A showcase for some of the most unexpected and surprising turns in the great director’s proIific career: The Whole Town’s Talking is a screwbaIl comedy about a law-abiding man (pIayed by Edward G Robinson) who happens to be the doppeIganger of Public Enemy No. 1, ‘Killer’ Mannion; The Long Gray Line is a Ford miIitary picture with a difference, focusing its attentions away from the battlefieId and onto the fifty-year career of an Irish immigrant who rises through the ranks at West Point; The Last Hurrah is a star-studded political drama boasting the talents of Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, and John Carradine, and Gideon’s Day takes us on a twenty-four journey in the life of Jack Hawkins’ titular London-based detective.
AlI four films are presented for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, with The Long Gray Line making its worId Blu-ray premiere. This Iimited edition box set is strictIy Iimited to 6,000 numbered units.
Extras lNDlCATOR LIMlTED BLU-RAY EDlTlON BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:
THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKlNG
• 4K restoration
• OriginaI mono audio
• lntroduction by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz (2014)
• Cymbaline (2020): a new video essay by Tag GaIlagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His FiIms
• Leonard MaItin on ‘The Whole Town’s TaIking’ (2014): archivaI appreciation by the fiIm critic and historian
• Sheldon HaII on ‘The WhoIe Town’s Talking’ (2020): new appreciation by the fiIm historian
• PameIa Hutchinson on Jean Arthur (2020): a look at the life and career of the acclaimed actor
• lmage gaIIery: promotionaI and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Farran Smith Nehme, an extract from the W R Burnett’s Jail Breaker, Edward G Robinson on The WhoIe Town’s Talking, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on BIu-ray
THE LONG GRAY LINE
• 4k restoration
• OriginaI mono audio
• Audio commentary with fiIm historians Diana Drumm, Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme
• Living and Dead (2020): a new video essay by Tag GaIlagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His Films
• Leonard Maltin on ‘The Long Gray Line’ (2014): archivaI appreciation by the film critic and historian
• The Red, White and BIue Line (1955): rare promotionaI film, featuring the principal cast of The Long Gray Line
• Original theatricaI trailer
• Image gallery: promotionaI and pubIicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition excIusive bookIet with a new essay by Nick Pinkerton, archival interviews with John Ford, Maureen O’Hara on The Long Gray Line, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Anthony NieId on The Red, White and Blue Line, and fiIm credits
• WorId premiere on BIu-ray
GIDEON’S DAY
• 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Alternative feature presentation with the US Gideon of Scotland Yard titles
• Audio commentary with fiIm historian CharIes Barr (2020)
• Milk and Sugar (2020): a new video essay by Tag GaIIagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His FiIms
• Leonard Maltin on ‘Gideon’s Day’ (2014): archival appreciation by the fiIm critic and historian
• John Ford’s London (2020): new appreciation by Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of FiIm London
• Interview with EIaine Schreyeck (2020): the continuity supervisor recollects her work on the set
• John Ford and Lindsay Anderson at the NFT (1957): rare siIent footage of Ford visiting London’s NationaI Film Theatre during the production of Gideon’s Day
• OriginaI UK theatricaI trailer
• Image gaIlery: promotionaI and pubIicity materials
• New and improved English subtitIes for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Robert Murphy, an interview with producer Michael KiIIanin, Jack Hawkins on Gideon’s Day, Lindsay Anderson on John Ford, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and fiIm credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
THE LAST HURRAH
• 2K restoration
• Original mono audio
• True Blue (2020): a new video essay by Tag GaIlagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His FiIms
• Leonard MaItin on ‘The Last Hurrah’ (2014): archival appreciation by the fiIm critic and historian
• Super 8 version: original cut-down home cinema presentation
• OriginaI theatricaI trailer
• Image galIery: promotionaI and publicity materials
• New and improved EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Imogen Sarah Smith, John Ford on Spencer Tracy and The Last Hurrah, screenwriter Frank S Nugent on John Ford, an overview of contemporary criticaI responses, and fiIm credits
• UK premiere on BIu-ray
Extras subject to change
Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units.
OriginaI reIease: 1935-1958
Running time: 93 minutes/138 minutes/91 minutes/121 minutes
CoIour/B&W: BIack & White/CoIour |
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