Independent British distributors Network have added up three more titles to their Blu-ray catalog: Xavier Dolan's latest film
Tom à la ferme a.k.a.
Tom at the Farm (2013), Peter Hyams'
Capricorn One (1977), and Fred Schepisi's
Plenty (1985).
Plenty
Meryl Streep delivers one of her greatest performances in David Hare's adaptation of his own stage play, which spans two decades in the life of a French Resistance operative who struggles to build a new life amid the apathy of post-war England. Featuring a stellar support cast and winning a brace of awards and nominations in 1985, this masterly feature is presented here in a High Definition transfer made from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
At the end of World War Two, Susan Traherne, a young Englishwoman who has worked as a courier in Nazi-occupied France, returns home full of hope for a golden future. Yet peacetime brings its own difficulties for Sarah; she finds her marriage to a Foreign Office diplomat arid and unfulfilling, and the seemingly trivial concerns of others leave her cold. As the danger and intensity – and undeniable excitement – of her wartime days give way to a new, mundane life, her fragile mental and emotional stability begins to crumble…Starring Meryl Streep, Sting, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, and Ian McKellen.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Image Gallery
- Promotional material PDF
STREET DATE: JULY 21.
Capricorn One
As the whole world watches the first manned flight to Mars, its three astronauts are plunged into a nightmarish battle for survival...
Minutes before the launch of their mission, the Capricorn One crew are told to exit their capsule and are secretly taken to an abandoned desert hangar. For the sake of the nation's morale and the future of NASA funding, they are coerced into taking part in an elaborate charade but when the captive astronauts learn their capsule burned up on re-entry and the world believes them dead, they know their very existence now poses a threat to national security. The three men escape, hoping that one of them will live to expose the sensational cover-up…Starring
Elliot Gould, James Brolin, Sam Waterston, Brenda Vaccaro, O.J. Simpson and Telly Savalas.
Special Features:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- What If…? The Making Of "Capricorn One"
- On Set With Capricorn One: Desert Filming
- Image gallery
STREET DATE: AUGUST 4TH.
Tom at the Farm
Adapted from the original play by acclaimed Quebecois author Michel Marc Bouchard, Tom at the Farm is the fourth film by multi-award-winning young director Xavier Dolan, who also takes the central role. Set in Quebec's rural panorama, this taut psychological thriller centres on the ever-growing gap between city and country and the often oppositional nature of men who live there. Stockholm syndrome, deception, grief and secretive savageries pervade this brief and brutal pilgrimage through the warped and ugly truth.
Tom, a young advertising copywriter, travels to the country for the funeral of his lover. There, he's shocked to find that no one knows who he is, nor who he was to the deceased man, whose menacing brother soon sets the rules of a twisted game. In order to protect the family's name and grieving mother, Tom must now deny his own sexuality, while playing the peacekeeper in an isolated household whose obscure past bodes even greater darkness for his "trip" to the farm... Starring Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy, and Evelyne Brochu.
Special Features: TBA.
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 15TH.