Via Vision Entertainment Provides Final Details for Upcoming February Releases
HomeVia Vision Entertainment Provides Final Details for Upcoming February Releases
Posted February 4, 2022 11:23 PM by Webmaster
Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has informed us that it has updated the final details for its upcoming February releases. They are: Jerry Lewis At Columbia (1967-1969), The Odd Couple Collection (1968-1998), The Out-of-Towners (1970), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977).
Jerry Lewis At Columbia
The Big Mouth (1967)
While fishing on a San Diego beach, Gerald Clamson catches ... a sea diver! Even more weird, the "fish" resembles him. The man, who is not (yet) dead, reveals his secret to the peaceful angler: he is in fact a mobster who has cheated his associates out of their diamonds. What does not help Gerald at all is that the other hoods are persuaded HE is the double-crosser they are supposed to have done away with. Will he get himself out of such a tight situation? He will of course, but not without a little help from Suzie, the girl he only has eyes for!
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Peter Ingersoll (Jerry Lewis) is living a humdrum existence as a family man and insurance salesman when he finds out from his doctor friend, Scott (Peter Lawford), that he has a terminal illness. Thinking that his life is nearly over, he lives life to the fullest, building up insurmountable debt. When the debt becomes too much, Scott tells Peter that he is actually not sick. To remove the debt, Scott comes up with the idea to stage Peter's death, allowing him to return after the statute of limitations is done. But Peter finds out that his wife (Anne Francis) and Scott are having an affair and that this was all a scheme to get rid of him.
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The Odd Couple (1968)
In the original 1968 film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau, two divorced men decide to share an apartment. Felix Ungar is fussy and fastidious. Oscar Maddision is slovenly and sloppy. Sure, they can live together but can they live together without killing each other?
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In the 1998 reunion film, its twenty years later, and having gone their separate ways, the two are now together again en route to the wedding of their children. They've got the map, the rental car and a tankful of arguments.
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In the 1970s television series, can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Ten episodes covering all five seasons explore this retorical quesiton. Tony Randall and Jack Klugman make the characters their own in the award-winning television version.
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The Return of the Pink Panther
This time the bumbling French detective Inspector Clouseau is reluctantly called back into service by Chief Inspector Dreyfus when someone swipes the infamous Pink Panther diamond from the museum in Lugash. The prime suspect is the smoothly aristocratic jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton, aka the Phantom.
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In this sequel, the Bears are invited to Houston to play against the Texas Little League champs in the famous Astrodome. However, one of their best players has a broken leg and cannot play. Also, the team's last manager has quit, and they have no replacement. While they are on the road, driver and outfielder Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) seeks out his divorced father, Mike (William Devane), who lives in Texas, to see if he will agree to become the team's new manager.
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George (Jack Lemmon) has been offered a promotion that would relocate him to New York City. He flies in with his wife, Gwen (Sandy Dennis), to the city for the job interview. After their flight is redirected to Boston due to heavy fog, the couple meets with disaster. Their luggage is missing, leaving them without money, and the entire city seems to be striking. George and Gwen struggle to survive the night before George's interview, questioning whether they want to move from their small town.
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Jerry Lewis At Columbia
The Big Mouth (1967)
While fishing on a San Diego beach, Gerald Clamson catches ... a sea diver! Even more weird, the "fish" resembles him. The man, who is not (yet) dead, reveals his secret to the peaceful angler: he is in fact a mobster who has cheated his associates out of their diamonds. What does not help Gerald at all is that the other hoods are persuaded HE is the double-crosser they are supposed to have done away with. Will he get himself out of such a tight situation? He will of course, but not without a little help from Suzie, the girl he only has eyes for!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition transfer
- Audio commentary by author/film historian and curator Justin Humphreys (2022)
- Super-8 version original cut down 'Home Cinema' presentation of the film (20 min)
- TV Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Textless opening / closing titles
- Isolated music and effects audio track
- Photo Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Peter Ingersoll (Jerry Lewis) is living a humdrum existence as a family man and insurance salesman when he finds out from his doctor friend, Scott (Peter Lawford), that he has a terminal illness. Thinking that his life is nearly over, he lives life to the fullest, building up insurmountable debt. When the debt becomes too much, Scott tells Peter that he is actually not sick. To remove the debt, Scott comes up with the idea to stage Peter's death, allowing him to return after the statute of limitations is done. But Peter finds out that his wife (Anne Francis) and Scott are having an affair and that this was all a scheme to get rid of him.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition transfer
- Audio commentary by film historian Peter Tonguette (2022)
- Full episode of The Dick Cavett Show with Jerry Lewis, recorded in 1972
- Theatrical Trailer
- Textless opening / closing titles
- Isolated music and effects audio track
- Photo Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Odd Couple (1968)
In the original 1968 film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau, two divorced men decide to share an apartment. Felix Ungar is fussy and fastidious. Oscar Maddision is slovenly and sloppy. Sure, they can live together but can they live together without killing each other?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition transfer by Paramount Pictures
- Audio commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon
- Audio commentary by film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger (2021)
- In the Beginning featurette
- Matthau & Lemmon / Lemmon & Matthau featurette
- Memories from the Set featurette
- Inside The Odd Couple featurette
- The Odd Couple: A Classic featurette
- Isolated audio track featuring Neal Hefti's score
- Theatrical Trailer
- Film and Production Photo Galleries
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
In the 1998 reunion film, its twenty years later, and having gone their separate ways, the two are now together again en route to the wedding of their children. They've got the map, the rental car and a tankful of arguments.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition transfer by Paramount Pictures
- Audio commentary by film historian Scott Harrison (2021)
- Two Grumpy Men: Directing The Odd Couple II interview with director Howard Deutch (2021)
- Promotional interviews with actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Jean Smart, writer Neil Simon and director Howard Deutch
- Jack Lemmon, America's Everyman 1996 documentary
- Walter Matthau, Diamond in the Rough 1997 documentary
- Theatrical Trailer
- Photo Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
In the 1970s television series, can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Ten episodes covering all five seasons explore this retorical quesiton. Tony Randall and Jack Klugman make the characters their own in the award-winning television version.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition transfers
- Audio commentary by series executive producer Garry Marshall on "They Use Horseradish, Don't They?"
- Two Original Series Promos
- Gag reel with audio introduction by producer Garry Marshall
- Opening titles without narration
- Isolated music and effects audio track on every episode
- Series Photo Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles
The Return of the Pink Panther
This time the bumbling French detective Inspector Clouseau is reluctantly called back into service by Chief Inspector Dreyfus when someone swipes the infamous Pink Panther diamond from the museum in Lugash. The prime suspect is the smoothly aristocratic jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton, aka the Phantom.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition presentation
- Audio Commentary with Jason Simos of The Peter Sellers Appreciation Society
- The Return of Laughter featurette
- Isolated music and effects audio track featuring score by Henry Mancini
- TV Spots
- Theatrical Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles
In this sequel, the Bears are invited to Houston to play against the Texas Little League champs in the famous Astrodome. However, one of their best players has a broken leg and cannot play. Also, the team's last manager has quit, and they have no replacement. While they are on the road, driver and outfielder Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) seeks out his divorced father, Mike (William Devane), who lives in Texas, to see if he will agree to become the team's new manager.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition presentation by Paramount Pictures
- Audio commentary by director Michael Pressman, moderated by Gillian Wallace Horvat (2022)
- Audio commentary by film historian Scott Harrison (2022)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles
George (Jack Lemmon) has been offered a promotion that would relocate him to New York City. He flies in with his wife, Gwen (Sandy Dennis), to the city for the job interview. After their flight is redirected to Boston due to heavy fog, the couple meets with disaster. Their luggage is missing, leaving them without money, and the entire city seems to be striking. George and Gwen struggle to survive the night before George's interview, questioning whether they want to move from their small town.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition presentation by Paramount Pictures
- Audio commentary by film historian Lee Gambin (2022)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles
