Warner Archive Summer Blu-rays
The Warner Archive Collection announced three upcoming Blu-ray titles via their Facebook page. There is no official release date, but they are likely to ship in July or August.
Here’s what we know so far:
BILLY BUDD (1962)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 123:00
Subtitles English
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 MONO – English…
16 X 9 LETTERBOX, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO – 2.35:1
B&W
BD 50
Special Feature: Commentary by Terence Stamp and Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh; HD Trailer
It’s 1797, and the English frigate Avenger sails wartime seas, ready to engage the French navy in a broadside-for-broadside combat. But there’s another warfare going on, a conflict aboard the king’s ship. It’s the battle of good versus evil, the powerful theme of Herman Melville’s seafaring Billy Budd.
Film-debuting (and 1962 Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nominee) Terence Stamp plays the title role, an archetype of goodness on the man-of-war. Robert Ryan portrays the master-at-arms, efficient and cruel – especially so to young Billy. And director Peter Ustinov plays the captain caught between the inevitable clash of polar opposites. Will good triumph? Perhaps not in Melville’s world. Perhaps never in a merciless time of war.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 123:00
Subtitles English
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 MONO – English…
ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO – 1.78:1, 16 X 9 WIDESCREEN
Color
BD 50
Special Feature: HD Trailer
Vinegaroon law goes like this. Penalty for stealing whiskey: hanging. Penalty for not cutting the judge in on a bank heist: hanging. Penalty for speaking ill of New York actress Lillie Langtry: shooting. Then hanging.
Paul Newman joins director John Huston, screenwriter John Milius and a cast of superb sidewinders to turn the real-life Wild West into a tall tale of a Wilder West. Newman tackles with gusto the title role, a self-made man who proclaims himself the law west of the Pecos, writes admiring letters to Langry (Ava Gardner) and rides into gun-blazing glory whooping “For Texas and Miss Langtry!” Prepare yourself for some colorful adventures. Because these bright talents cast long shadows.
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 77:00
Subtitles English
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 MONO – English…
ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO – 1.78:1, 16 X 9 WIDESCREEN
B&W
BD 50
Special Features: Commentary by Chronicles of Terror – Silent Screams Author Steve Haberman; HD Trailer
From its seemingly placid opening, Village of the Damned keeps piling one eerie and disquieting detail upon another, creating the rarest of achievements – an utterly believable masterpiece of horror!
Starring the ever-imperturbable George Sanders (who does not remain that way for long), this classic, havoc-filled take of mind reading and hypnotism will have you complete hypnotized…and shaken to the core! The “monsters” of this film are a band of innocent-faced, platinum-blond children, all of whom are born in a small, peaceful village on the same day. Their rapid physical development is matched by their fast-growing mental powers, and with calm, bloodcurdling efficiency, they are soon terrorizing the tiny hamlet. They Can read the thoughts that are forming in your mind…which makes them an altogether unstoppable enemy. Capped by a mental “tug of war” you will never forget, Village of the Damned is “an extremely compelling, startling picture!” (New York Post).
