COLUMBIA NOIR #3 THREE (Blu-Ray, Non-USA Region B) Indicator 6 Films

Description: IMPORTANT: These Region B blu-ray discs won't work on standard American blu-ray players. You'll need an all-region or region-free player to view these discs… Please be sure your equipment is compatible with region B discs before you order.... Sorry, no refunds for disc incompatibility. This listing is for the out of print, super-stacked Indicator 6-disc Region B Limited Edition blu-ray box set Columbia Noir #3. It includes six classic crime films, a 120-page book, and more special features than you'll ever watch (see below for full details). The box set has been stored gently. The discs and individual digipack cases are all in Like New condition. The book hasn't been read - the binding is pristine, unused. The slipcase is in Very Good+ condition. (The original "belly band" black outer marketing wrap isn't included.) It ships promptly by Media Mail with tracking from New York City in a sturdy box with ample padding for a safe, ding-free journey.Please message me if you have any questions, and thanks for looking! BLU-RAY INFO: JOHNNY O’CLOCK (Robert Rossen, 1947) THE DARK PAST (Rudolph Maté, 1948) CONVICTED (Henry Levin, 1950) BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN (Gordon Douglas, 1950) THE SNIPER (Edward Dmytryk, 1952) CITY OF FEAR (Irving Lerner, 1959) Release date: 17 May 2021 (OOP date: 16 October 2022) Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (World Blu-ray premieres) For the third volume in our ongoing Columbia Noir series, we return once again to the studio’s archives for a sextet of films which brings together some of the great names of film noir – including Dick Powell, Lee J Cobb, Nina Foch, William Holden, Edmond O’Brien, Dorothy Malone, Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Marie Windsor, and Vince Edwards – in stories of psychoanalysis and cynicism, racketeers and radioactivity, casinos and killing sprees, and cops and convicts. Presenting all six films for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world, this stunning collection includes a commentary on each film, critical appreciations and analyses, a range of documentary shorts from the forties and fifties, six Three Stooges comedy shorts lampooning the tropes and themes of the titles in the set, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES JOHNNY O’CLOCK 2K restorationOriginal mono soundtrackAudio commentary with filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill (2021) Not One Shall Die (1957, 30 mins): short film by the United Jewish Appeal, directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Guy Madison, Felicia Farr and Agnes Moorehead, made by the core crew of many Columbia noirs, including cinematographer Burnett Guffey, art director Cary Odell, editor Al Clark, set decorator Frank Tuttle, and composer Morris Stoloff Whoops, I’m an Indian! (1936, 18 mins): the casino business spells trouble for the Three Stooges Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingWorld premiere on Blu-ray THE DARK PAST High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2021) The Poised Performance (2021, 14 mins): critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson assesses the career of actor Nina Foch The Gulf Screen Guild Theater: ‘Blind Alley’ (1940, 23 mins): radio adaptation of the James Warwick play upon which The Dark Past is based, starring Edward G Robinson, Joseph Calleia and Isabel Jewell Shivering Sherlocks (1948, 18 mins): the Three Stooges get mixed up with a dangerous gang of criminals hiding out at an isolated mansion Image gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingWorld premiere on Blu-ray CONVICTED High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2021) Codes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves which examines Convicted in relation to Columbia Pictures’ other screen adaptations of Martin Flavin’s play The Criminal Code So Long Mr. Chumps (1941, 18 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio discover that prison life is a complicated business Image gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingWorld premiere on Blu-ray BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with author and entertainment journalist Bryan Reesman (2021) Categorically Dependable (2021, 16 mins): writer and critic Kim Newman assesses the long, eclectic career of director Gordon Douglas Dizzy Detectives (1943, 19 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio play police officers on the trail of a psychopath and a criminal mastermind Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingWorld premiere on Blu-ray THE SNIPER High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with the Film Noir Foundation’s Eddie Muller (2009)Introduction by Martin Scorsese (2009, 4 mins) Three Lives (1953, 23 mins): short film made for the United Jewish Appeal, reuniting the main players behind The Sniper, writers Edna and Edward Anhalt, director Edward Dmytryk, and star Arthur Franz Three Pests in a Mess (1945, 16 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio become involved in a deadly shooting incident, or so they think, causing panic Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingWorld premiere on Blu-ray CITY OF FEAR High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film critic and writer Adrian Martin (2021) Pulp Paranoia (2010, 7 mins): filmmaker Christopher Nolan discusses the influence of film noir The Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943, 10 mins): light-hearted documentary produced and directed by Irving Lerner about the then-new, all-purpose vehicle The Autobiography of a “Jeep” audio commentary with film historian Jeremy Arnold (2021) Hymn of the Nations (1944, 29 mins): documentary produced and edited by Lerner, and directed by Alexander Hammid, featuring famed conductor Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra performing the music of Giuseppe Verdi, presented in its complete, uncut version The Cummington Story (1945, 20 mins): documentary short, written and directed by Helen Grayson and Larry Madison, produced by Lerner, and featuring the music of Aaron Copland, re-enacting the stories of a group of refugees who relocated to a small American town during World War II Oil’s Well That Ends Well (1958, 17 mins): the Three Stooges are convinced they can make money from uranium Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingWorld premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Peter Stanfield, David Cairns, Michał Oleszczyk, Adam Scovell, Fintan McDonagh, Andrew Nette, Jeff Billington, and Ramsey Campbell, archival articles and interviews, and film creditsLimited edition box set of 6,000 individually numbered units

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