Paramount: Two Warren Beatty Films Dated for Blu-ray (UPDATED)
HomeParamount: Two Warren Beatty Films Dated for Blu-ray (UPDATED)
Posted October 1, 2021 04:14 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution has dated two upcoming Blu-ray releases of films starring Warren Beatty: Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Reds (1981). The two releases will be available for purchase on November 30.
UPDATE: New information from the studio's official press releases is added below.
Heaven Can Wait
Synopsis: Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, is killed in an auto accident. In the afterlife, Joe discovers that his guardian angel (Buck Henry) has taken him from his body prematurely, and he is due many more years on earth. Unable to return to his body, Joe assumes the form of greedy multimillionaire industrialist Leo Farnsworth. As Farnsworth, Joe attempts a return to football and falls in love with environmental activist Betty Logan (Julie Christie).
Directed by Beatty and Buck Henry, with a screenplay by Elaine May and Beatty, Heaven Can Wait features a sensational cast filled with comedic talent, including Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, and Jack Warden. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Beatty and Henry), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Beatty and May), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Beatty), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Warden), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cannon), and more.
There are no special features listed on the current press release.
Technical Specs:
Synopsis: American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Boleshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed's ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright (Jack Nicholson), and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines.
The film was restored and remastered from the original negative in 4K with High Dynamic Range using a vintage print from the Paramount archives as a reference, which was approved by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro.
The new Blu-ray set boasts over an hour of legacy bonus content, as well as access to a Digital copy of the film.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UPDATE: New information from the studio's official press releases is added below.
Heaven Can Wait
Synopsis: Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, is killed in an auto accident. In the afterlife, Joe discovers that his guardian angel (Buck Henry) has taken him from his body prematurely, and he is due many more years on earth. Unable to return to his body, Joe assumes the form of greedy multimillionaire industrialist Leo Farnsworth. As Farnsworth, Joe attempts a return to football and falls in love with environmental activist Betty Logan (Julie Christie).
Directed by Beatty and Buck Henry, with a screenplay by Elaine May and Beatty, Heaven Can Wait features a sensational cast filled with comedic talent, including Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, and Jack Warden. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Beatty and Henry), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Beatty and May), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Beatty), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Warden), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cannon), and more.
There are no special features listed on the current press release.
Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE APPROVED BY WARREN BEATTY
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Synopsis: American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Boleshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed's ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright (Jack Nicholson), and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines.
The film was restored and remastered from the original negative in 4K with High Dynamic Range using a vintage print from the Paramount archives as a reference, which was approved by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro.
The new Blu-ray set boasts over an hour of legacy bonus content, as well as access to a Digital copy of the film.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE APPROVED BY CINEMATOGRAPHER VITTORIO STORARO
- Witness to Reds
- The Rising
- Comrades
- Testimonials
- The March
- Revolution – Part 1
- Revolution – Part 2
- Propaganda
- Reds Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature