Budd Boetticher & Randolph Scott Blu-ray Box Set
YEE-HAW! Western fans, rejoice!
Today, Indicator, a boutique British video label from Powerhouse Films, announced its Blu-ray slate for May. It only consists of a single release, but that release is an early contender for video of the year!
Director Budd Beotticher teamed with lanky star Randolph Scott to create seven critically acclaimed Westerns from 1956 to 1960. Five of those films will be collected in Indicator’s Blu-ray box set, FIVE TALL TALES: Budd Boetticher & Randolph Scott at Columbia, 1957-1960. Although this is a British release, the Blu-rays will be region free, so they will play in Blu-ray players worldwide.
These are fantastic films, and I can’t wait to get my hands on this set. Below are the full details directly from the Indicator website:
FIVE TALL TALES: BUDD BOETTICHER & RANDOLPH SCOTT AT COLUMBIA, 1957-1960
THE TALL T (1957)
DECISION AT SUNDOWN (1957)
BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (1958)
RIDE LONESOME (1959)
COMANCHE STATION (1960)
Release date: 21 May 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (Blu-ray premieres)
£42.99
Five classic, iconic and slyly subversive westerns collected on Blu-ray for the very first time. Containing a selection of new and archival extras – including interviews with director Budd Boetticher and an appreciation by film critic Kim Newman – this collectable five-disc box set also contains an 80-page book with newly commissioned essays, archival interviews and full credits, and is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
- 2K restoration of Ride Lonesome
- HD restorations of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone andComanche Station
- Original mono audio
- The John Player Lecture with Budd Boetticher (1969): archival audio interview conducted by Horizons West author Jim Kitses at the National Film Theatre, London
- The Guardian Interview with Budd Boetticher (1994): an extensive filmed interview conducted by film historian David Meeker at the National Film Theatre, London
- Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle (1999): excerpts from Eckhart Schmidt’s documentary Visiting… Budd Boetticher
- Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle (2018): an appreciation and analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies
- The Guardian Interview with Elmore Leonard (1997): the celebrated author, and writer of the short story upon which The Tall T is based, in conversation at London’s National Film Theatre
- Original theatrical trailers
- Ride Lonesome trailer commentary (2013): a short critical appreciation by filmmaker John Sayles
- Comanche Station trailer commentary (2014): a short critical appreciation by screenwriter Sam Hamm
- Image galleries: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and marketing materials
- Limited Edition exclusive 80-page book containing newly commissioned essays by Pamela Hutchinson, Glenn Kenny, James Oliver, Neil Sinyard and Farran Smith Nehme, archival interviews with director Budd Boetticher and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, a critical anthology, and full film credits
- World Blu-ray premieres of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone and Ride Lonesome
- UK Blu-ray premiere of Comanche Station
- Limited Edition Box Set of 6,000 numbered copies
- …AND MORE TBC (All extras subject to change)
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BBFC cert: 12
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071298
