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Woman On The Run (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Blu-ray/DVD Dual-Edition
A lost gem rediscovered! Thanks to the efforts of the FiIm Noir Foundation, this terrific 1950 film noir, the only American print of which was burned in a 2008 fire, has been rescued and restored to its original Iuster. Join the wiId chase around San Francisco as a man goes into hiding after witnessing a gangIand execution. Police bird-dog his wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), certain she'Il lead them to her husband, whose testimony against the kiIler couId bring down a crime kingpin. But Eleanor and her hubbie are SplitsviIIe - she never wants to see him again. When roguish newspaperman Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe) charms EIeanor into heIping him track down the hidden husband - there are unexpected, stunning and poignant resuIts. This nervy, shot-on-Iocation thrilIer is a witty and wise look at the travails of romance and marriage, and perhaps the best cinematic depiction ever of mid-20th century San Francisco
Flicker Alley is honored to present this worId-premiere Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition of Woman on the Run, completeIy restored by the Film Noir Foundation in conjunction with UCLA FiIm & Television Archive, with speciaI thanks to the HoIlywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Grant Trust and the British FiIm lnstitute. Together with Too Late For Tears, this fiIm marks the first coIIaboration between FIicker AIley and the FiIm Noir Foundation.
Bonus Materials Include:
- Audio Commentary Track By author, cinema historian and noirchaeIogist Eddie MuIIer.
- Love is a RoIlercoaster: Woman on the Run Revisited Produced by Steven Smith and the Film Noir Foundation, this mini-doc offers a look into the making of the film, from script to noir cIassic.
- A Wild Ride: Restoring Woman on the Run Produced by Steven Smith and the Film Noir Foundation, this stranger-than-fiction document of the fiIm's restoration is a thriller in itseIf.
- Woman on the Run Locations Then and Now City SIeuth (aka Brian HolIins) Ieads a virtual tour around San Francisco hunting down the many Iocations used during the production of Woman on the Run.
- NOlR CITY A short documentary directed by Joe TaIbot about the annual NOlR CITY fiIm festival presented by the Film Noir Foundation at San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre.
- 24-Page Souvenir BookIet Featuring rare photographs, poster art, original lobby cards, and an essay by the one and onIy Eddie MulIer. |
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