The Film Noir Classic Collection Volume Two: ``Born to Kill,'' ``Clash By Night,'' ``Crossfire,'' ``Dillinger,'' ``The Narrow Margin''; All Five Films Digitally Remastered for Their DVD Debuts July 5.BURBANK, Calif. -- Directors Robert Wise, Peter Bogdanovich, Fritz Lang, John Milius, William Friedkin & Richard Fleischer Provide Commentary Hollywood's legendary tough guys and femme fatales collide again in "The Film Noir Classic Collection Volume Two," debuting July 5 from Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. . The Collection includes five classics, all new to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and all digitally remastered: "Born to Kill," "Clash By Night," "Crossfire A multi-GPU interface from ATI for connecting two ATI display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor. CrossFire machines require PCI Express slots, a CrossFire-enabled motherboard and, depending on which models are used, either a pair of ATI Radeon adapters or one ," "Dillinger" and "The Narrow Margin." Titles will be available in both a five-disc set, for $49.92 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. , or individually for $19.97 SRP. The movies star film noir icons Robert Mitchum, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Lawrence Tierney and Claire Trevor and feature commentaries from film historians and directors including Robert Wise on "Born to Kill"; Peter Bogdanovich, with archival contributions from Fritz Lang, on "Clash By Night"; John Milius on "Dillinger" and William Friedkin and Richard Fleischer on "The Narrow Margin." In addition to the Collection, John Boorman's classic neo-noir, "Point Blank," will also make its DVD debut featuring commentary from Boorman and director Steven Soderbergh. "Born to Kill" Director Robert Wise ("West Side Story") showed his versatility with this dark gem starring Walter Slezak, Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney. "Clash By Night" Film noir master Fritz Lang directs Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan and rising star Marilyn Monroe in a stark tale of lives burnished bur·nish tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es 1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish. n. by human emotion. "Crossfire" Robert Mitchum, Robert Young and Robert Ryan star in this landmark film noir nominated for five Academy Awards(R), including Best Picture. Edward Dmytryk ("Murder, My Sweet") directs. "Dillinger" Oscar-nominated for its screenplay, this is a bullet-paced story of the legendary gangster whose crimes captivated cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. and terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. the nation. Lawrence Tierney stars. The Narrow Margin The Oscar-nominated story, directed by Richard Fleischer ("Fantastic Voyage") stars film noir favorites Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor. The film was remade re·made v. Past tense and past participle of remake. in 1990 with Gene Hackman and Anne Archer. "Point Blank" Directed by John Boorman ("Deliverance"), "Point Blank" stars Lee Marvin in an edgy neo-noir that merges a classic revenge story with imaginative New Wave style. Art can be downloaded at www.whvdirect.com |
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