Warner Archive will two new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Richard Brooks'
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, and Jack Carson, and Richard C. Sarafian's
Man in the Wilderness (1971), starring Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Percy Herbert, and James Doohan.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Synopsis: "I'm not living with you," Maggie snaps at Brick. "We occupy the same cage, that's all." The raw emotions and crackling dialogue of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize play rumble like a thunderstorm in this film version, whose fiery performances and grown-up themes made it one of 1958's top box-office hits. Paul Newman earned his first Oscar nomination as troubled ex-sports hero Brick. In a performance that marked a transition to richer adult roles, Elizabeth Taylor snagged her second. Her Maggie the Cat is a vivid portrait of passionate loyalty. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture and also starring Burl Ives (repeating his Broadway triumph as mendacity-loathing Big Daddy), Judith Anderson and Jack Carson, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof sizzles.
STREET DATE: AUGUST 9.
Man in the Wilderness
In
Man in the Wilderness, Richard Harris tackles a signature survivalist role reminiscent of his heroics in
A Man Called Horse. He portrays Zachary Bass, given up for dead and fighting man and nature during his 600-mile Northwest Territory trek to avenge himself against the fellow trappers who abandoned him. Beware, two-faced friends. Bass is alive...and closing ground.
STREET DATE: AUGUST 16.