Independent British distributors Signal One Entertainment have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Bob Rafelson's
Black Widow, Richard Fleischer's
Compulsion, and Frank Perry's
Doc.
Black Widow
Synopsis: FBI investigator Alexandra Barnes (Debra Winger) becomes obsessed with proving glamorous socialite Catharine Petersen (Theresa Russell) is a murderess, responsible for the deaths of several millionaires who died suspiciously soon after marrying. Believing her to have assumed a new identity each time, Agent Barnes sets out to prove her suspicions, but finds that she too is falling under the spell of her seductive suspect. This stylish thriller from director Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, The Postman Always Rings Twice) features brilliant performances by two of Hollywood's most exciting actresses, and stunning cinematography by the legendary Conrad L. Hall (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man), who returned to make Black Widow after a ten-year absence from film-making.
Special Features:
- The Predator and Her Prey (2016, 27 mins): revealing new interview with writer Ronald Bass
- Bright Colours, Deep Blacks (2016, 29 mins): assistant cameraman Conrad W. Hall on the visual style of Black Widow
- Audio commentary with film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
- Lobby cards, poster and stills gallery
- Original theatrical trailer (HD)
- 4 x US TV spots (HD)
- HoH subtitles on the feature, trailer and TV spots
STREET DATE: MARCH 7.
Doc
Synopsis: In 1881, Doc Holliday enters the 'No Name Saloon' and challenges a man to a game of poker. He bets his horse for the opponent's wife, the whore Katie Elder, and wins. From then on, Elder goes wherever Doc goes. When they arrive in Tombstone, Sheriff Wyatt Earp is standing as a candidate in the local election, but hostilities erupt and the Clanton family, a gang of outlaw cowboys, make their opposition felt. Doc soon joins forces with Earp and his brothers to take on the Clanton gang.
This gritty, revisionist take on the true story of the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral stars Stacy Keach as Doc Holliday and Faye Dunaway as Kate Elder, and features music by the legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb (Wichita Lineman).
Special Features:
- Truth Be Told (2015, 20 mins): new interview with award-winning actor Stacy Keach
- The Guardian Interview with Faye Dunaway (1980, 72 mins, audio only): the star of Doc discusses her career with critic Alexander Walker
- Outside the System (2015, 25 mins): new interview with celebrated editor Alan Heim
- New audio commentary with Western writer and cinema expert C. Courtney Joyner
- Lobby cards, posters and stills gallery
- Theatrical trailer (HD)
- HoH subtitles on the feature and trailer
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 29.
Compulsion
Synopsis: Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for all three of its stars (Stockwell, Dillman and Welles), Richard Fleischer's stylish and compelling thriller sees two law students murder a young boy in cold blood to prove their intellectual superiority. Sadistic bully Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) and timid introvert Judd Steiner (Dean Stockwell) commit the 'perfect crime', but their arrogance leads to their arrest. Loosely based on the notorious 1924 murder trial of thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb, this outstanding film also features cinema legend Orson Welles as the criminal defence lawyer who takes on their case.
Special Features:
- Brand new 4K restoration
- The Guardian Interview with Richard Fleischer (1981, 93 mins, audio only): the award-winning director discusses his career after a screening of Compulsion
- The Guardian Interview with Richard Fleischer (1994, 77 mins): Fleischer returns to the NFT for this filmed interview
- Orson Welles in the Courtroom Scene from Compulsion (1959, audio only): reproduction of the original 7" vinyl recording
- Lobby cards, posters, press book and stills gallery
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
- HoH subtitles on the feature and trailer
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 29.