Upcoming Indicator/Powerhouse Films Blu-ray Releases
HomeUpcoming Indicator/Powerhouse Films Blu-ray Releases
Posted November 30, 2017 05:46 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Indicator/Powerhouse Films have announced that they will add five new titles to their Blu-ray catalog in February: Stanley Kramer's Ship of Fools, Guy Green's The Snorkel, Cyril Frankel's
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, Val Guest's The Full Treatment, and Quentin Lawrence's Cash on Demand.
Ship of Fools
Synopsis: Stanley Kramer's star-studded, Oscar®-winning adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel about passengers aboard an ocean liner bound to Germany from Mexico in 1933 forms a potent allegory of a world drifting inexorably towards war. With its incredible cast – including Vivien Leigh (in her last screen role), Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin, George Segal, Oskar Werner and Jose Ferrer – Ship of Fools is a powerful drama and a compelling viewing experience. It remains one of the finest ensemble pieces of the period.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent
Synopsis: Four classic thrillers from the vaults of Hammer Films released on Blu-ray for the very first time, including premiere presentations of the complete, uncensored UK theatrical release versions of Val Guest's The Full Treatment and Cyril Frankel's Never Take Sweets from a Stranger and a host of new and exclusive extra features. This stunning Limited Blu-ray Edition Box Set from Indicator is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Ship of Fools
Synopsis: Stanley Kramer's star-studded, Oscar®-winning adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel about passengers aboard an ocean liner bound to Germany from Mexico in 1933 forms a potent allegory of a world drifting inexorably towards war. With its incredible cast – including Vivien Leigh (in her last screen role), Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin, George Segal, Oskar Werner and Jose Ferrer – Ship of Fools is a powerful drama and a compelling viewing experience. It remains one of the finest ensemble pieces of the period.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with Nick Redman, Lem Dobbs and Julie Kirgo
- Karen Kramer Introduction (2007, 2 mins)
- On Board the Ship of Fools (2007, 28 mins)
- Voyage on a Soundstage (2007, 11 mins)
- 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 Neil Sinyard, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
- Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent
Synopsis: Four classic thrillers from the vaults of Hammer Films released on Blu-ray for the very first time, including premiere presentations of the complete, uncensored UK theatrical release versions of Val Guest's The Full Treatment and Cyril Frankel's Never Take Sweets from a Stranger and a host of new and exclusive extra features. This stunning Limited Blu-ray Edition Box Set from Indicator is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- HD restorations of all four films
- Original Mono audio
- New title-specific documentaries exploring aspects of each film
- Two presentations of Never Take Sweets from a Stranger : the original UK theatrical cut, containing original titles and dialogue; and the alternative US version with amended Never Take Candy from a Stranger titles and censored dialogue
- Never Take Sweets from a Stranger introduction by actor and filmmaker Matthew Holness
- Archival audio interview with Never Take Sweets from a Stranger director Cyril Frankel
- Two presentations of The Full Treatment: the uncensored UK theatrical cut; and the censored US version with alternative Stop Me Before I Kill! titles
- Audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke and author Johnny Mains on The Snorkel
- Audio commentary with film historians Jonathan Rigby and David Miller on Cash on Demand
- New and exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Janina Faye (Never Take Sweets from a Stranger) and Lois Daine (Cash on Demand), props master Peter Allchorne (The Snorkel) and second assistant director Hugh Harlow (The Snorkel)
- Appreciations of composers Elizabeth Lutyens (Never Take Sweets from a Stranger) and Francis Chagrin (The Snorkel) by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
- Hammer's Women: Betta St John (2018): Diabolique magazine's editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger offers an appreciation of the American actress, singer and dancer
- Hammer's Women: Gwen Watford (2018): British cinema expert Dr Laura Mayne explores the life and career of the prolific English film, stage and television actress
- Hammer's Women: Diane Cilento (2018): Dr Melanie Williams, author of Female Stars of British Cinema, explores the life and career of the Australian theatre and film actress and author
- Hammer's Women: Lois Daine (2018): critic and author Becky Booth on the popular English film and television actress
- Archival documentaries, interviews and featurettes
- Original trailers
- Image galleries: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and marketing materials
- Exclusive booklets for each film, with new essays by Kat Ellinger, Julian Upton and Kim Newman, archival interview materials, contemporary reviews, and full film credits
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- World Blu-ray premieres of all four films
- Limited Edition Box Set of 6,000 numbered copies
