StudioCanal will add three new recently restored classic titles to its Vintage Classics series: Douglas Hickox's
Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970), Silvio Narizzano's
Loot (1970), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's
Lola (1981).
Lola
Synopsis: The third part by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in his trilogy called the 'The Entire History of the German Federal Republic'. Set in the 1950s during the German 'economic miracle', it follows the double life of Lola, a steamy cabaret singer played by Barbara Sukowa. A building inspector investigating a corrupt property developer who is Lola's husband, falls in love with Lola and finds himself in conflict with her husband. Also starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs, and Helga Feddersen.
STREET DATE: JULY 3.
Loot
Synopsis: Adaptation of the celebrated farcical play by Joe Orton. Two bank robbers, Dennis (Hywel Bennett) and Hal (Roy Holder), are on the run from the police after a successful heist. Needing somewhere to hide the loot, they turn to a funeral parlor where they can stash the cash in Hal's recently-deceased mother's coffin. Taking the coffin, they turn to Hal's father (Milo O'Shea) and hide it in the bathroom of his hotel. Before long the hotel is host to the eccentric Inspector Truscott (Richard Attenborough) as he traces the crooks, and the promiscuous nurse Fay (Lee Remick), who is also on the trail of the stolen money.
STREET DATE: AUGUST 7.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Synopsis: Adaptation of the risqué play by Joe Orton. Kath (Beryl Reid) and Ed (Harry Andrews) are a lonely middle-aged brother and sister who live together. When Kath meets Mr Sloane (Peter McEnery) in a cemetery and falls for his charms, she invites him to become a lodger. Before long, Ed has fallen for Sloane's charms also and hires him to be his chauffeur, taking an unwholesome interest in Sloane's tight leather uniform. While Kath and Ed rival for Sloane's affections, their invalid father becomes increasingly convinced that he has some connection to an old unsolved murder. Trapped between the three of them, Sloane makes a shocking decision which has unexpected results.
STREET DATE: AUGUST 7.