British label Eureka Entertainment will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Lubitsch in Berlin (1918-1921), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), and Suntan (2016).
Synopsis: James Mason plays Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, a scientist hoping to find the world's core in this 1959 adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, Journey to the Centre of the Earth. He leads his unusual party on an expedition to the centre of the earth, by way of a volcano in Iceland. On the way, they encounter enormous mushrooms and giant prehistoric monsters. Produced by Michael Todd with then-spectacular special effects, the story was modernised to 1950s sensibilities. Mason gives this class, while Arlene Dahl and Diane Baker are the romantic interests. And Pat Boone is more palatable than you might expect as a secondary lead. You can watch this with your children and not be bored, and they will surely love it.
Special Features and Specs:
4K Restoration of the film
Optional stereo PCM soundtrack and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio options
Isolated music and effects track
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio Commentary with Actress Diane Baker and Film Historians Steven C. Smith & Nick Redman
New video interview with critic and author Kim Newman
Featurette on the film's restoration
Original theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an original review of the film from 1959; a poster gallery; and a selection of rare archival imagery
Synopsis: Before he arrived in Hollywood to leave his indelible (and inimitable) mark on timeless comedies like Trouble in Paradise and The Shop Around the Corner, Ernst Lubitsch created an expansive body of work in Germany that proved to be as varied in its tone as it was sophisticated in its measure of man and woman. This set collects six recently restored works from the silent phase of Lubitsch's career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic technique.
Featuring : Ich möchte kein Mann sein [I Don't Want to Be a Man] (1918), Die Puppe [The Doll] (1919), Die Austernprinzessin [The Oyster Princess] (1919), Sumurun (1920), Anna Boleyn (1920) and Die Bergkatze [The Mountain Cat] (1921).
Special Features and Specs:
High-definition restored transfers of all six films
Original German intertitles with optional English subtitles
Robert Fischer's 2006 feature-length documentary Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
Exclusive concertina score for Die Puppe, by Bernard Wrigley
PLUS: A booklet containing liner notes for all six features by film-writers David Cairns, Anna Thorngate, and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Synopsis: A middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends. on a hedonistic Greek Island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
*Suntan will appear under Eureka Entertainment's recently revealed new world cinema sub-label Montage Pictures.
Special Features and Specs:
5.1 Surround and Stereo soundtrack options
Optional English subtitles
An interview with director Argyris Papadimitropoulos filmed exclusively for this release
A behind the scenes documentary chronicling the films production