After the Fox Blu-ray
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Posted August 26, 2020 08:24 PM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Vittorio De Sica's film After the Fox (1966), starring Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam, and Akim Tamiroff. The release will be available for purchase on September 21.
Description: This wildly funny farce gives Peter Sellers free rein as he assumes a plethora of disguises, and is stylishly directed by Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves) from an original screenplay by the brilliant Neil Simon (The Odd Couple). On 21 September 2020 the BFI brings this MGM madcap comedy caper to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Numerous special features include a new interview with co-star Britt Ekland and a video essay by the BFI's Vic Pratt (who produced this release) about the enigma of Peter Sellers and his multiple roles.
Millions of dollars in stolen gold bullion must be smuggled from Cairo to Italy, and there's only one criminal mastermind capable of doing it: Aldo Vanucci, aka The Fox, played by the one and only Peter Sellers. Vanucci devises the perfect plan to bring the loot ashore, posing as a flamboyant Italian film director and casting a faded, egotistical matinee idol (Victor Mature) and his own sister (Britt Ekland) in a fake movie – about, of course, a gold heist.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: This wildly funny farce gives Peter Sellers free rein as he assumes a plethora of disguises, and is stylishly directed by Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves) from an original screenplay by the brilliant Neil Simon (The Odd Couple). On 21 September 2020 the BFI brings this MGM madcap comedy caper to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Numerous special features include a new interview with co-star Britt Ekland and a video essay by the BFI's Vic Pratt (who produced this release) about the enigma of Peter Sellers and his multiple roles.
Millions of dollars in stolen gold bullion must be smuggled from Cairo to Italy, and there's only one criminal mastermind capable of doing it: Aldo Vanucci, aka The Fox, played by the one and only Peter Sellers. Vanucci devises the perfect plan to bring the loot ashore, posing as a flamboyant Italian film director and casting a faded, egotistical matinee idol (Victor Mature) and his own sister (Britt Ekland) in a fake movie – about, of course, a gold heist.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfer
- After the Fox: A Socially Distanced Interview (2020, 15 mins): Britt Ekland looks back on the early days of her acting career and remembers the making of After the Fox
- Peter Sellers: Master of Disguise (2020, 14 mins): the BFI's Vic Pratt revisits the enigma of Peter Sellers and his multiple roles in this video essay illustrated with promotional images for After the Fox
- DDR Magazine Nummer 11 (1962, 12 mins): After the Fox director Vittorio De Sica – paying a visit to Berlin – features prominently in this fascinating East German newsreel produced in the Cold War era
- Robbery (1897, 1 min): could this Victorian novelty reel be the earliest heist comedy?
- The Man With the Velvet Voice: Maurice Denham (1961 + 1975, 72 mins): the mellow tones of velvet-voiced actor Maurice Denham – who plays an authoritative supporting role in After the Fox – ring out in two rarities from the BFI National Archive: the CFF classic The Last Rhino and BTF film Go As You Please… in Britain
- Original trailer
- First pressing only: Illustrated booklet with new writing by Vic Pratt, Dr. Deborah Allison and Howard Hughes, notes on the extras and full credits
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
