British label Indicator/Powerhouse Films will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in March: Fritz Lang's
The Big Heat, Martin Ritt's
The Front, and John Huston's
Fat City.
Fat City
Synopsis: John Huston's sombre but compassionate boxing drama is a criminally-underseen late-career masterpiece from the great director. Peppered with outstanding performances this gritty yet affectionate look at the world of small-time boxing highlights a down-and-out fighter and a young up-and-comer, both moving through a world of seedy gyms and flop houses.
Special Features:
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs and Nick Redman
- New 'making of' documentary featuring interviews with stars Stacy Keach and Candy Clark
- Archival interview with director John Huston on Fat City
- Isolated score
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by critic Danny Leigh
STREET DATE: MARCH 20.
The Big Heat
Synopsis: Fritz Lang's iconic film noir masterpiece is an uncompromising exploration of corruption and violence at the dark heart of small-town America. Glenn Ford is the good cop in a bad town, who single-handedly takes on local mobsters headed by Alexander Scourby and his psychotic right-hand man Lee Marvin.
Dave Bannion is an upright cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters' payroll. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Bannion becomes a furious force of vengeance and justice, aided along the way by the gangster's spurned girlfriend Debbie. As Bannion and Debbie fall further and further into the Gangland's insidious and brutal trap, they must use any means necessary (including murder) to get to the truth.
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
- New filmed appreciation by film historian Tony Rayns
- Martin Scorsese on The Big Heat
- Michael Mann on The Big Heat
- Isolated score
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by critic Glenn Kenny
STREET DATE: MARCH 20.
The Front
Synopsis: In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by actress Andrea Marcovicci, and film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
- Director of Photography Michael Chapman on The Front
- Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by professor Gabriel Miller, author of The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man
STREET DATE: MARCH 20.