Independent distributors Olive Films have revealed that they are planning to add a number of new titles to their Blu-ray catalog in March. Amongst them are Peter Masterson's
Convicts (1991), Melvin Frank's
The Facts of Life (1960), Robert Altman's
Vincent & Theo (1990), and Gary Nelson's
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986).
Vincent & Theo
The eternal struggle between madness and genius takes its toll on the brothers Van Gogh in this "luminous" (LA Weekly) masterpiece from Academy Award®-nominated director Robert Altman. Tim Roth and Paul Rhys give "stupendous performances" (Rolling Stone) in the roles of tortured artist Vincent and his brother Theo in this "beautiful, disturbing and powerful film" (Screen) that is "as rich and tactile as a Van Gogh painting" (New York Post).
In life, he was impoverished, his work largely ignored; yet today, paintings by Vincent Van Gogh fetch millions of dollars at auction. This supreme irony is laid bare in the passionate story of an obsessive artist driven by inexorable demons and his alternately devoted and despairing younger brother, who seems unable to live with him...or without him. STREET DATE: MARCH 24.
Alice's Restaurant
"It is hard to imagine a more beautiful movie" (Time) than this critically acclaimed chronicle of hippie life during the late 1960s, which garnered the acclaimed director of Bonnie and Clyde his second Oscar nomination. Based on the song by folk music troubadour Arlo Guthrie, son of legendary "Dust Bowl" balladeer Woody Guthrie, this tribute film to "the lost generation" features memorable scenes with other folk artists life Pete Seeger, who join Arlo in song to make a profound statement about war, protest and change.
In the late '60s, a changing social and political climate inspired a new generation to create a lifestyle outside of the mainstream. Twenty-two year-old Arlo's journey to find a place for himself and his music includes a visit to his dying father in the hospital, gigs in New York and romps with his friends Alice and Ray, who run a small restaurant in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. And when an incident at Alice's Restaurant plays a pivotal role in Arlo's avoidance of the draft, it sends him down a road that he will consider a small price to pay to keep his freedom and his beliefs. STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Based on H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel, this swaggering action adventure reteams Richard Chamberlain ("The Thorn Birds") and Oscar nominee Sharon Stone (Casino) as explorers immersed in perpetual jungle jeopardy. Also starring Oscar nominee James Earl Jones (The Lion King), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold is a safari you don't want to miss!
When his brother disappears in Africa, stalwart explorer Allan Quatermain (Chamberlain) postpones his wedding and sets off on a trek to find him. Joined by his feisty archeologist fiancee (Stone), a towering warrior (Jones) and a greedy mystic (Robert Donner), Quatermain leads he way through the perilous jungle until he finally makes it to the Lost City of Gold... where the road to his brother's salvation is paved with the greatest dangers yet! STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
Behind Enemy Lines
An ex-marine and his well trained crew, return to Vietnam, after he discovers a former colleague isn't dead but being held by a sadistic Communist general. STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
Best Seller
James Woods is "at his cold-blooded best" and Brian Dennehy shines in "one of the very best roles he's ever had" (Variety) in this "captivating and mesmerizing psychological thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter) in which trusting your partner can be as deadly as trusting your enemy.
After years of loyal service, professional assassin Cleve (Woods) has been let go by the corporate empire he helped build. Now he wants revenge in a tell-all book. From different sides of the law and opposing ends of the moral spectrum, Cleve and best-selling author Dennis Meechum (Dennehy) form an unusual partnership. But when Meechum's daughter is kidnapped by Cleve's former employer, Meechum discovers exactly what kind of man he's been partnered with...as he's pulled into an explosive confrontation that will leave only one of them standing! STREET DATE: MARCH 24.
Chattahoochee
Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper and Oscar winner Frances McDormand star in this passionately acted and frighteningly real "triumph-over-adversity story" (Screen International) made all the more compelling... because it's true.
Oldman is Emmet Foley, a decorated Korean War hero unable to adjust to civilian life. Loading his pistol, Foley takes aim at his Florida hometown, hoping to be killed by police so his wife can collect the insurance. but his actions instead land him in a mental hospital, where he encounters a horrifying scene of abuse, filth and neglect. With the help of a fellow inmate (Hopper), Foley begins a campaign to correct the hospital's vile practices. But can he overcome his reputation as a madman and become a hero once again? STREET DATE: MARCH 24.
Convicts
Oscar winner Robert Duvall (1983, Tender Mercies) "is terrific" (The New York Times) in this "vividly realized" (Variety) drama co-starring Lukas Haas (Witness) and James Earl Jones (Field Of Dreams). "Gracefully adapted to the screen" (Los Angeles Times) by Horton Foote (Of Mice And Men) and ably directed by Peter Masterson (Blood Red), Convicts is at once engrossing, poignant and heartrending.
In 1902 rural Texas, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a penny of the money he owes him. But on Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, he makes a grand promise...forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society. STREET DATE: MARCH 24.
Dirty Dozen Double Feature
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington with deadly nerve gas, Major Wright (Telly Savalas) leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
Twelve top Nazis are ordered to the Middle East, where they're to organize a Fourth Reich, and only Major Wright (Telly Savalas) and his convict commando squad can stop them. STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
The End of Violence
Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving him. Suddenly Mike is kidnapped by two bandits, but escapes and hides out with his Mexican gardener's family for a while. At the same time, surveillance expert Ray Bering is looking for what happens in the city, but it is not clear what he wants. The police investigation for Max's disappearance is led by detective Doc Block, who falls in love with actress Cat who is playing in ongoing Max's production. STREET DATE: MARCH 24.
The Facts of Life
Comedy giants Lucille Ball and Bob Hope heat things up as two romantically connected souls whose respective spouses don't appreciate their indiscreet dalliances. A surprisingly cosmopolitan comedy about love and romance and their meaning within and without marriage. STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Funny-women Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin and Oscar winner Jessica Lange "are a pleasure to watch" (The Film Journal) in this hysterically funny film about a trio of housewives whose desperate need for money delivers a sizable "supply of laughs" (Boxoffice)!
Jane, Elaine and Louise are three women on the verge of a financial breakdown...until they spot the "Money Ball," a game involving a six foot sphere and tons of whirling cash. But Jane, Elaine and Louise don't want to play Money Ball...they want to steal it! Will these inexperienced thieves soon be "rolling in it"...or will this first attempt at crime spin them right into jail? STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
Night Game
The streets of Houston aren't safe as a maniacal serial killer stalks and slashes pretty young women. The detective on the case is desperately looking for the link between the killings. The connection is finally found - each killing takes place when the Houston Astros win a night game. The Astros are leading in the ninth and the detective's fiancee is out alone. STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
James Coburn (The Magnificent Seven), Dick Shawn (The Producers), Carroll O'Connor (TV's All in the Family) and Harry Morgan (TV's M*A*S*H) star in this hilarious film from comedy master Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria) and Oscar-Winning screenwriter William Peter Beatty.
It's World War II Italy and by-the-book Captain Lionel Cash (Shawn) is sent by his general (O'Connor) to take over a troop of misfit soldiers, led by the wily and resourceful Lieutenant Christian (Coburn). Cash's orders? To capture a nearby village. He finds the Italian soldiers eager to surrender, but first they insist that the Americans join them in a night of carousing at the local festival. By the time everyone comes to, the entire German and American armies are certain a pitched battle is in progress. Who wins? Who loses? Who ends up in the village beauty's bed? War may be hell, but it sure can be fun! STREET DATE: MARCH 31.
Without a Clue
Suppose for a moment that Dr. Watson was the real brains behind Sherlock Holmes? The result is anything but elementary! Academy Award winners Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley deliver stellar performances as "a delightful duo, an 1890's Odd Couple" (Los Angeles Times) in this madcap mystery that's "the most hilarious Sherlock Holmes adventure of them all" ("Sneak Previews")!
Dr. John Watson (Kingsley) is secretly a crime-solving genius. But to protect his reputation as a physician, he hires bumbling, boozy, out-of-work actor Reginald Kincaid (Caine) to play the part of his fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes. The charade works until Watson mysteriously disappears, forced the baffled, seriously inept "Holmes" to crack the biggest case of Watson's career on his own! STREET DATE: MARCH 31.