French label Carlotta Films has announced that it will add a number of titles to its Blu-ray catalog in October. Amongst them are: Robert Siodmak's
The Killers (1946), Ettore Scola's
Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976), Charles Lane's
Sidewalk Stories (1989), and Anthony Mann's
Man of the West (1958).
The Killers
After boxer Swede (Burt Lancaster) is gunned down by a pair of contract killers, insurance investigator Jim Reardon (Edmond O'Brien) sets about piecing together the motives behind the murder. Swede's story is revealed in flashback - how he became involved in the crime world of Big Jim Colfax (Albert Dekker), only to be seduced into armed robbery by Colfax's glamorous moll, Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner). STREET DATE: OCTOBER 8TH.
Man of the West
On his way to hire a schoolteacher, a homesteader is left a hundred miles from anywhere when the train he is on is robbed. With him are an attractive dancehall girl and an untrustworthy gambler and he decides to get shelter nearby from outlaw relatives he used to run with. They don't trust him and he loathes them but they decide he can help them with one last bank job. Written by Jeremy Perkins. Starring Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, and Jack Lord. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 8TH.
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
The trials, tribulation and triumphs of a large dysfunctional family living in a shanty town on the outskirts of Rome. Also known as
Brutti, sporchi e cattivi. Winner of Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976 (Ettore Scola). Starring Nino Manfredi, Maria Luisa Santella, Francesco Anniballi, Maria Bosco, and Giselda Castrini. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 8TH.
Sidewalk Stories
A young artist living in New York, on the fringes of the financial district and its rushing crowds, tries to make a living sketching passers-by on the street. He survives on his meager means and has found refuge in an abandoned building. One night, on the corner of a back alley, he finds a little girl whose father has just been murdered. While struggling to take care of her, he meets a young rich woman who immediately falls in love with this awkward couple...Newly restored in 2K. Starring Charles Lane, Nicole Alysia, and Tom Alpern. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 8TH.
Double Indemnity/The Killers Box Set
The box set will be available for purchase on OCTOBER 1.
Brian De Palma Box Set
The Fury
Young men and women with paranormal abilities are collected by the government. The father of one of these seeks to save his son with the help of another. Starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, and Amy Irving.
Dressed to Kill
After wife and mother Kate Miller discusses her sexual frustrations with her psychiatrist, she goes to meet her husband at a museum. At the museum, she meets a strange man who she follows to a cab and then has sex with him at his apartment. After the affair, Kate is brutally murdered in the elevator by a blonde woman with a razor. A blonde prostitute named Liz caught a brief glimpse of the killer, but when she comes forward with this information, she becomes the prime suspect to the police and the next victim to the murderer and Liz teams up with Kate's son to find the real killer. Starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, and Dennis Franz.
Blow Out
In the enthralling
Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances as Jack, a movie sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of Sally (Nancy Allen), a possible eyewitness to the crime who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on the act of moviemaking. Starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, and Peter Boyden. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 1.
Dreamscape
In this sci-fi thriller, Alex Garner, a young, extremely gifted psychic, is taught by a doctor to actually enter other peoples' dreams, and even participate in them. Another psychic is being groomed to enter the troubled dreams of the President of the United States, with intentions not quite so benevolent. Starring Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Kate Capshaw, Christopher Plummer, and Eddie Albert. STREET DATE: AUGUST 20TH.