Kino: 4K Restoration of Lucky Luciano Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeKino: 4K Restoration of Lucky Luciano Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted June 24, 2021 06:45 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Francesco Rosi's film Lucky Luciano (1973), starring Gian Maria Volontè, Rod Steiger, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates, and Magda Konopka. The release will be available for purchase on September 28.
Description: Director Francesco Rosi and star Gian Maria Volontè (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion) paint a brilliant, epic portrait of notorious Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano. In 1946, after serving time for the murder of his colleagues in crime, Luciano was pardoned and sent back to his homeland of Sicilia. Rather than changing his life around, it was here that he became one of the most powerful leaders of crime the world has ever known.
Shot in docudrama style by cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis (Death in Venice), Lucky Luciano is a riveting "film-dossier" on the thin line between legal and illegal powers. Quietly menacing in the title role, Volontè heads a cast featuring Rod Steiger (A Fistful of Dynamite), Edmond O'Brien (The Hitch-Hiker), Vincent Gardenia (The Front Page), Charles Cioffi (Klute), Larry Gates (In the Heat of the Night) and Luciano's real-life nemesis, narcotics agent Charles Siragusa, as himself.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Director Francesco Rosi and star Gian Maria Volontè (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion) paint a brilliant, epic portrait of notorious Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano. In 1946, after serving time for the murder of his colleagues in crime, Luciano was pardoned and sent back to his homeland of Sicilia. Rather than changing his life around, it was here that he became one of the most powerful leaders of crime the world has ever known.
Shot in docudrama style by cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis (Death in Venice), Lucky Luciano is a riveting "film-dossier" on the thin line between legal and illegal powers. Quietly menacing in the title role, Volontè heads a cast featuring Rod Steiger (A Fistful of Dynamite), Edmond O'Brien (The Hitch-Hiker), Vincent Gardenia (The Front Page), Charles Cioffi (Klute), Larry Gates (In the Heat of the Night) and Luciano's real-life nemesis, narcotics agent Charles Siragusa, as himself.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Critic and Author Simon Abrams
- Trailers
- In English and Italian with Optional English Subtitles
