During the weekend, Kino Lorber confirmed that they are planing to bring to Blu-ray four new titles: Claude Sautet's
Max and the Junkmen a.k.a.
Max et les ferrailleurs (1971), Arnold Laven's
Anna Lucasta (1958), Leo Penn's
A Man Called Adam (1966), and George Axelrod's
Lord Love a Duck (1966).
Max and the Junkmen
Synopsis: An ex-magistrate (Michel Piccoli) intent on justice joins the police force, then sets up a prostitute (Romy Schneider) and her small-time criminal boyfriend (Bernard Fresson). Cinematography by René Mathelin (
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe). Music by Philippe Sarde (
Barocco).
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STREET DATE: EARLY 2020.
Lord Love a Duck
Synopsis: An unusually gifted high school senior, Alan Musgrave (Roddy McDowall), decides to direct his mental powers toward helping an innocent new student, Barbara Ann Greene (Tuesday Weld), achieve her goal of popularity. With Alan's guidance, Barbara climbs the social ladder, finds a husband and eventually gets a shot at a glamorous movie career. But when Barbara's husband begins to get in the way of her ambitions, Alan will stop at nothing to make sure she reaches the top.
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STREET DATE: EARLY 2020.
A Man Called Adam
Synopsis: Golden Globe nominee Sammy Davis Jr. (Best TV Actor-Musical/Comedy, Sammy and Company, 1977) headlines a star-studded cast including Louis Armstrong, Daytime Emmy winner Ossie Davis (Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special, Finding Buck McHenry, 2001), Academy Award nominee Cicely Tyson (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Sounder, 1972), Mel Tormé and Frank Sinatra Jr. in this powerful drama about a jazz musician who "has it all" - love, friendship and fame - but whose tormented past threatens to destroy him and his career.
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STREET DATE: EARLY 2020.
Anna Lucasta
Synopsis: Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt) has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe (Rex Ingram). She's estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law (Frederick O'Neal) see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph (Henry Scott), Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny (Sammy Davis Jr.), an old friend, returns to make life difficult.
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STREET DATE: EARLY 2020.