Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray releases of Rirchard Lester's
How I Won the War (1967), starring John Lennon, Michael Crawford, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, and Jack MacGowran, and
The Knack... and How to Get It (1965), starring Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Charles Dyer, Donal Donnelly, and John Bluthal.
How I Won the War
Synopsis: John Lennon in his first solo film performance in a film that combines battle footage and one liners parodying the absurdity of war. Goodbody (Michael Crawford) must lead his battalion into Egypt to build a cricket pitch. Lester, the director, appears to send up filmakers who glamorize and glorify war.
Special Features:
- The Knack "Trailers From Hell" with John Landis
- The Bed Sitting Room "Trailers From Hell" with Allan Arkush
- Five Richard Lester Trailers
STREET DATE: JANUARY 12.
The Knack... and How to Get It
Synopsis: You either or you don't. The Knack, that is, of seduction! From the director of the Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help! comes this "inventive and hilarious" (Time) romp through love and sex in 1960s London. Featuring a wildly frenetic film-making style- careening from slapstick to serious to avant-garde - this "genuinely dazzling" (Los Angeles Times) film is a mod masterpiece!
Cool and sophisticate Tolen (Ray Brooks) has a monopoly on womanizing - with a long line of conquests to prove it - while the naïve and awkward Colin (Michael Crawford) desperately wants a piece of it. But when Colin falls for an innocent country girl (Rita Tushingham), it's not long before the self assured Tolen moves in for the kill. Is all fair in love and war, or can Colin get The Knack and beat Tolen at his own game?
Special Features:
- "Trailers From Hell" with John Landis
- The Bed Sitting Room "Trailers From Hell" with Allan Arkush
- Five Richard Lester Trailers
STREET DATE: JANUARY 12.