Warner Archive Announces February Releases
HomeWarner Archive Announces February Releases
Posted January 21, 2020 04:22 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has started announcing its February batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: Victory (1981), A Little Romance (1979), It Started with a Kiss (1959), and Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1.
Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1
There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature-length fantasias – the other guy was Tex Avery. He just wanted to make you laugh. Having already been integrally involved in the development of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros., Avery moved to MGM in 1941 to create a set of comedy masterpieces that defined a new slapstick style for animation, inspiring cartoonists, comedians and filmmakers for decades to come. Avery's unit at Metro Goldwyn Mayer was all about breaking the fourth wall, shattering expectations and making audiences fall down with laughter. His one-shot masterpieces, including Bad Luck Blackie, Red Hot Riding Hood and Symphony in Slang, have proven themselves pure gold. And continuing characters like Droopy, Screwball Squirrel and George & Junior – not to mention Spike, Red and The Wolf – remain unforgettable comic personas among the top rank of cartoondom. Avery's cartoons were ahead of their time – and their time has come. Finally committed to Blu-ray™, this first collection of restored Technicolor® shorts feels fresh and new, and is funnier than ever. This set will delight young and old – and will amaze a new generation ready to laugh again. – JERRY BECK, Animation Historian
Technical Specs:
Tex Avery Classics
RED HOT RIDING HOOD
WHO KILLED WHO?
WHAT'S BUZZIN BUZZARD?
BATTY BASEBALL
THE HICK CHICK
BAD LUCK BLACKIE
GARDEN GOPHER
THE PEACHY COBBLER
SYMPHONY IN SLANG
Screwy Squirrel
SCREWBALL SQUIRREL
THE SCREWY TRUANT
BIG HEEL-WATHA
LONESOME LENNY
George & Junior
HOUND HUNTERS
RED HOT RANGERS
Droopy
DUMB HOUNDED
WAGS TO RICHES
THE CHUMP CHAMP
DAREDEVIL DROOPY
Victory
This is no ordinary soccer match. This is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another "proof" of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins. Better yet, guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climactic match is a heart-in-the-throat, hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pelé, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Co Prins, Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for Victory!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
No sex, please – we're on our honeymoon! After a showgirl (Debbie Reynolds) and an Air Force sergeant (Glenn Ford) head to the altar on the basis of one torrid smooch, the bride begins having second thoughts. After all, marriage can't be based on sexual chemistry alone. So she decrees a month of connubial celibacy to test if the newlyweds are really meant for each other. Think they'll make the whole 30 days? Funny, frisky and (just a bit) risqué, Reynolds and Ford aren't the only joys in this romantic comedy set in and around a Madrid U.S. air base. Other pluses include a strong supporting cast; exotic Spanish locales; and a glamorous, plot-promoting red Lincoln Futura, which found fame a few years later as TV's Batmobile.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Dapper old rascal and park-bench regular Julius (Laurence Olivier) wants to make a place in our jumbled world for A Little Romance. Specifically, he aids and abets Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard as 13-year-olds in Paris whose genius IQs are no match for the innocent spell of first love. They decide to seal their union with a sunset kiss under Venice's Bridge of Sighs. It's a perfectly impulsive puppy-love scheme – and a perfect trek for pied piper Julius to lead. Gracefully scripted by Allan Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), overflowing with Continental charm under the direction of George Roy Hill (The Sting) and set to a sublime Oscar®-winning* score by Georges Delerue, A Little Romance will afford you a lot of pleasure.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1
There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature-length fantasias – the other guy was Tex Avery. He just wanted to make you laugh. Having already been integrally involved in the development of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros., Avery moved to MGM in 1941 to create a set of comedy masterpieces that defined a new slapstick style for animation, inspiring cartoonists, comedians and filmmakers for decades to come. Avery's unit at Metro Goldwyn Mayer was all about breaking the fourth wall, shattering expectations and making audiences fall down with laughter. His one-shot masterpieces, including Bad Luck Blackie, Red Hot Riding Hood and Symphony in Slang, have proven themselves pure gold. And continuing characters like Droopy, Screwball Squirrel and George & Junior – not to mention Spike, Red and The Wolf – remain unforgettable comic personas among the top rank of cartoondom. Avery's cartoons were ahead of their time – and their time has come. Finally committed to Blu-ray™, this first collection of restored Technicolor® shorts feels fresh and new, and is funnier than ever. This set will delight young and old – and will amaze a new generation ready to laugh again. – JERRY BECK, Animation Historian
Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K MASTERS FROM ARCHIVAL ELEMENTS
Tex Avery Classics
RED HOT RIDING HOOD
WHO KILLED WHO?
WHAT'S BUZZIN BUZZARD?
BATTY BASEBALL
THE HICK CHICK
BAD LUCK BLACKIE
GARDEN GOPHER
THE PEACHY COBBLER
SYMPHONY IN SLANG
Screwy Squirrel
SCREWBALL SQUIRREL
THE SCREWY TRUANT
BIG HEEL-WATHA
LONESOME LENNY
George & Junior
HOUND HUNTERS
RED HOT RANGERS
Droopy
DUMB HOUNDED
WAGS TO RICHES
THE CHUMP CHAMP
DAREDEVIL DROOPY
Victory
This is no ordinary soccer match. This is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another "proof" of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins. Better yet, guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climactic match is a heart-in-the-throat, hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pelé, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Co Prins, Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for Victory!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW MASTER OF THE FILM
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
No sex, please – we're on our honeymoon! After a showgirl (Debbie Reynolds) and an Air Force sergeant (Glenn Ford) head to the altar on the basis of one torrid smooch, the bride begins having second thoughts. After all, marriage can't be based on sexual chemistry alone. So she decrees a month of connubial celibacy to test if the newlyweds are really meant for each other. Think they'll make the whole 30 days? Funny, frisky and (just a bit) risqué, Reynolds and Ford aren't the only joys in this romantic comedy set in and around a Madrid U.S. air base. Other pluses include a strong supporting cast; exotic Spanish locales; and a glamorous, plot-promoting red Lincoln Futura, which found fame a few years later as TV's Batmobile.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW MASTER OF THE FILM
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Dapper old rascal and park-bench regular Julius (Laurence Olivier) wants to make a place in our jumbled world for A Little Romance. Specifically, he aids and abets Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard as 13-year-olds in Paris whose genius IQs are no match for the innocent spell of first love. They decide to seal their union with a sunset kiss under Venice's Bridge of Sighs. It's a perfectly impulsive puppy-love scheme – and a perfect trek for pied piper Julius to lead. Gracefully scripted by Allan Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), overflowing with Continental charm under the direction of George Roy Hill (The Sting) and set to a sublime Oscar®-winning* score by Georges Delerue, A Little Romance will afford you a lot of pleasure.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW MASTER OF THE FILM
- Remembering Romance with Diane Lane - Fetaurette
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature