Upcoming Kino Video Blu-ray Releases Detailed
HomeUpcoming Kino Video Blu-ray Releases Detailed
Posted December 27, 2018 03:34 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed four upcoming Blu-ray releases: Curtis Hanson's Losin' It (1983), Cy Howard's Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Peter Collinson's The Earthling (1980), and Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven (2002)..
Losin' It
Synopsis: Synopsis: Teen sex comedy set in 1965 which follows four Los Angeles school friends, Woody, Dave, Spider, Wendell and the series of misadventures they get into when they travel south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to settle a pact to lose their virginity before the night is over, while a young woman, named Kathy, accompanies them for different reasons: to arrange a quick divorce from her husband. Starring om Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, John P. Navin, Jr., and Shelley Long.
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Lovers and Other Strangers
Synopsis: Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic mother Beatrice. Also, Susan's father is carrying on an affair and her sex starved older sister Wilma is going through her troubles with her husband Johnny. All this is going on while Mike's best friend Jerry is trying to bed the maid of honor, Susan's cousin Brenda. Cinematography by Andrew Laszlo (The Warriors, Streets of Fire). Starring Gig Young, Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, and Richard S. Castellano.
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The Earthling
Synopsis: Patrick Foley has been on the move all his life. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. He meets Shawn whose parents were killed in an accident and who joins him on his journey. Starring starring William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, and Redmond Phillips.
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Far from Heaven
Synopsis: Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Special Features:
Losin' It
Synopsis: Synopsis: Teen sex comedy set in 1965 which follows four Los Angeles school friends, Woody, Dave, Spider, Wendell and the series of misadventures they get into when they travel south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to settle a pact to lose their virginity before the night is over, while a young woman, named Kathy, accompanies them for different reasons: to arrange a quick divorce from her husband. Starring om Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, John P. Navin, Jr., and Shelley Long.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Lovers and Other Strangers
Synopsis: Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic mother Beatrice. Also, Susan's father is carrying on an affair and her sex starved older sister Wilma is going through her troubles with her husband Johnny. All this is going on while Mike's best friend Jerry is trying to bed the maid of honor, Susan's cousin Brenda. Cinematography by Andrew Laszlo (The Warriors, Streets of Fire). Starring Gig Young, Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, and Richard S. Castellano.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary by film historian Lee Gambin
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Earthling
Synopsis: Patrick Foley has been on the move all his life. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. He meets Shawn whose parents were killed in an accident and who joins him on his journey. Starring starring William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, and Redmond Phillips.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K REMASTERS
- Includes both the 96-minute US cut and the 99-minute alternate International Cut
- 3 Deleted Scenes (no audio)
- Theatrical Trailer
Far from Heaven
Synopsis: Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Director Todd Haynes
- The Making of "Far From Heaven"
- Anatomy of a Scene - Featurette
- A Filmmaker's Experience with Julianne Moore and Todd Hayes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature