Upcoming Sandpiper Pictures Blu-ray Releases
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Posted August 29, 2022 06:35 AM by Webmaster
Sandpiper Pictures will add six new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: Khartoum (1966), Wuthering Heights (1970), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Another Woman (1988), Radio Days (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and Shadows and Fog (1991).
Khartoum
Description: Director Basil Deardon (The Assassination Bureau, Sapphire) brings pomp, spectacular set pieces and breathtaking Ultra Panavision 70 cinematography courtesy of Ted Scaife (The Dirty Dozen) to Khartoum, one of the last great productions in the waning days of the roadshow.
Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, The Hawaiians) stars as General Charles Gordon, a veteran British soldier enlisted to save the city of Khartoum from the divinely inspired annihilation of its inhabitants by Muhammad Ahmed, "The Mahdi" portrayed by Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man, Hamlet). The supporting cast includes Ralph Richardson (Long Day's Journey Into Night), Michael Hordern (Alexander the Great) and Richard Johnson (The Haunting).
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 1.
Wuthering Heights
Description: Director Robert Fuest (The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Devil's Rain) brings a gritty realism to this "lovely, scenically rich" (Newsweek) big-screen interpretation of Emily Brontė's Wuthering Heights, the classic tale of a torturous and torrid love affair. Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to Kill) plays the feral Heathcliff alongside Anna Calder-Marshall (Anna Karenina, Male of the Species) as the strong-willed Cathy.
The film's supporting players include Harry Andrews (Alexander the Great), Pamela Brown (Cleopatra), Julian Glover (The Empire Strikes Back) and Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur). John Coquillon (Straw Dogs, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) provides the atmospheric photography along with a haunting score by the renowned Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair).
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 1.
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Description: "Poignant, penetrating [and] scathingly hilarious" (Long Beach Press Telegram), Crimes and Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosms they represent. Showcasing Allen's brilliant grasp of the link between the funny and the fatal, his 19th movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors, is "one of the watershed films of his career" (Los Angeles Times).
Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is an idealistic filmmaker... until he's offered a lucrative job shooting a flattering profile of a pompous TV producer (Alan Alda). Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau) is the pillar of his community... until he learns that his ex-mistress (Anjelica Huston) plans to expose his financial and extramarital misdeeds. As Cliff chooses between integrity and selling out, and Judah decides between the counsel of his rabbi (Sam Waterston) and the murderous advice of his mobster brother (Jerry Orbach), each man must examine his own morality, and make an irrevocable decision - that will change everyone's lives forever.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Broadway Danny Rose
Description: Nominated for two Academy Awards, Broadway Danny Rose is a "wickedly funny" (Playboy) and irreverent tribute to the zany world of New York lounge acts. A "delectable" (Variety) combination of dry wit, hilarious slapstick and biting philosophical subtext, Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose is "tender, poignant, wistful and marvelous" (L.A. Weekly), and "one of [Allen's] very best" (The New York Times)!
Saddled with piano-playing parrots, one-legged tap dancers and stuttering ventriloquists, Danny Rose (Allen) is the all-time loser of show-biz agents - until a sudden nostalgia craze lands his top act, scheming crooner Lou Canova, a coveted gig at the Waldorf. But when Lou refuses to go unless Danny escorts Lou's Mafia-moll mistress Tina (Farrow) to the concert, the stage is soon set for disaster. Taken with Tina, taken in by Lou, and even taken hostage by gangsters, Danny embarks on a hilarious and bittersweet adventure in his desperate bid to ensure that the show does go on... before it's curtains for more than his career!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Description: "One of the best movies about movies ever made" (Time Magazine), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo slips through the looking glass of cinematic convention to create a magical, "intoxicating" (Cosmopolitan) comic fable about life, love, illusion and hope. Starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello and Dianne Wiest, this Academy Award-nominated film showcases Allen "at his most imaginative and compassionate, capturing the magic of the cinema" (Screen International) in all of its bittersweet glory!
Lonely Depression-era waitress Cecilia (Farrow) is hopelessly addicted to Hollywood movies. Spellbound by her new favorite, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Cecilia is astonished when the leading man (Daniels) suddenly walks off the screen to meet her. Wooed by his charm, Cecilia finds herself falling for him - until she meets the real actor who plays him. Romanced by both a fictional character and a famous star, Cecilia struggles to locate the shifting line between fantasy and reality, only to discover that sometimes it's just a heartbeat away.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Another Woman
Description: Writer/director Woody Allen delivers a powerful, "searing adult drama" (Leonard Maltin) examining the life of an accomplished philosophy professor teetering on the brink of self-understanding. Boasting a superb cast led by Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm and Gene Hackman, Another Woman is Allen's 17th triumphant film. Stylistically rich and technically expert, the film layers past and present, dialogue and narration, reality and metaphor, to achieve a "lucidity and compassion of an order virtually unknown in American movies" (Time Magazine).
Intelligent, accomplished and happily married, Marion (Rowlands) considers her life fulfilling... until a chance encounter with a troubled stranger (Farrow) offers her a brief but piercing glimpse at her inner emptiness. Drifting in a loveless marriage and denying her feelings for another man (Hackman), Marion is shocked when she accidentally learns of her husband's (Holm) infidelity. Taking this as a sign to change her life, Marion confronts the true depth of her own emotional hunger... and the frightening intensity of a passion she has ignored for too long.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Shadows and Fog
Description: "Lovely! Poignant!" (The Wall Street Journal) and laugh-out-loud funny, Shadows and Fog confirms Woody Allen's "genius" with its brilliant portrait of the hopeless - but hilarious - tragicomedy of human existence. Boasting a dazzling "galaxy of stars" (Leonard Maltin) including Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, John Cusack and Julie Kavner, Shadows and Fog delights with "all the fantasy and seriousness, mysterious construction and burlesque complications of a Shakespeare comedy" (Le Monde).
Recruited by an inept mob of vigilantes, Kleinman (Allen), a cowardly clerk, is forced to search for a notorious murderer - only to stumble upon a feisty sword-swallower, Irmy (Farrow), running away from the circus, and her "clownish" boyfriend (Malkovich). Determined to help Irmy, and eager to escape the vigilantes, Kleinman abandons his search for the killer... or so he thinks. Rushing headlong into the odious night, Kleinman and Irmy are launching into a mysterious world of shadows and fog... from which they may never emerge.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Radio Days
Description: A "richly nostalgic" (Leonard Maltin) and star-studded portrait of the 1940s, Woody Allen's Radio Days weaves together a young boy's comical memories with zany stories from the golden age of radio, to create a delightful tapestry of heartwarming and hilarious vignettes. Expertly rendered and "densely packed with vivid detail" (The New York Times), Radio Days is "one of the loveliest eulogies a filmmaker has ever given to any bygone era" (L.A. Weekly)!
Gripped by wild radio stories about bloody wars and beautiful celebrities, 10-year-old Joe Needleman longs for adventure and dreams of the day he'll see enemy spies, German subs, or even his sexy gradeschool teacher wearing a smile (and little else). But while Joe's life is filled with fantasies about radio voices, the real people behind the voices have fantasies of their own. And as stars rise, careers fall and a nation hurtles toward the future, only one thing is absolutely certain: The days of radio may finally fade... but the magic of Joe's memories will always endure.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Khartoum
Description: Director Basil Deardon (The Assassination Bureau, Sapphire) brings pomp, spectacular set pieces and breathtaking Ultra Panavision 70 cinematography courtesy of Ted Scaife (The Dirty Dozen) to Khartoum, one of the last great productions in the waning days of the roadshow.
Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, The Hawaiians) stars as General Charles Gordon, a veteran British soldier enlisted to save the city of Khartoum from the divinely inspired annihilation of its inhabitants by Muhammad Ahmed, "The Mahdi" portrayed by Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man, Hamlet). The supporting cast includes Ralph Richardson (Long Day's Journey Into Night), Michael Hordern (Alexander the Great) and Richard Johnson (The Haunting).
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 1.
Wuthering Heights
Description: Director Robert Fuest (The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Devil's Rain) brings a gritty realism to this "lovely, scenically rich" (Newsweek) big-screen interpretation of Emily Brontė's Wuthering Heights, the classic tale of a torturous and torrid love affair. Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to Kill) plays the feral Heathcliff alongside Anna Calder-Marshall (Anna Karenina, Male of the Species) as the strong-willed Cathy.
The film's supporting players include Harry Andrews (Alexander the Great), Pamela Brown (Cleopatra), Julian Glover (The Empire Strikes Back) and Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur). John Coquillon (Straw Dogs, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) provides the atmospheric photography along with a haunting score by the renowned Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair).
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 1.
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Description: "Poignant, penetrating [and] scathingly hilarious" (Long Beach Press Telegram), Crimes and Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosms they represent. Showcasing Allen's brilliant grasp of the link between the funny and the fatal, his 19th movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors, is "one of the watershed films of his career" (Los Angeles Times).
Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is an idealistic filmmaker... until he's offered a lucrative job shooting a flattering profile of a pompous TV producer (Alan Alda). Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau) is the pillar of his community... until he learns that his ex-mistress (Anjelica Huston) plans to expose his financial and extramarital misdeeds. As Cliff chooses between integrity and selling out, and Judah decides between the counsel of his rabbi (Sam Waterston) and the murderous advice of his mobster brother (Jerry Orbach), each man must examine his own morality, and make an irrevocable decision - that will change everyone's lives forever.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Broadway Danny Rose
Description: Nominated for two Academy Awards, Broadway Danny Rose is a "wickedly funny" (Playboy) and irreverent tribute to the zany world of New York lounge acts. A "delectable" (Variety) combination of dry wit, hilarious slapstick and biting philosophical subtext, Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose is "tender, poignant, wistful and marvelous" (L.A. Weekly), and "one of [Allen's] very best" (The New York Times)!
Saddled with piano-playing parrots, one-legged tap dancers and stuttering ventriloquists, Danny Rose (Allen) is the all-time loser of show-biz agents - until a sudden nostalgia craze lands his top act, scheming crooner Lou Canova, a coveted gig at the Waldorf. But when Lou refuses to go unless Danny escorts Lou's Mafia-moll mistress Tina (Farrow) to the concert, the stage is soon set for disaster. Taken with Tina, taken in by Lou, and even taken hostage by gangsters, Danny embarks on a hilarious and bittersweet adventure in his desperate bid to ensure that the show does go on... before it's curtains for more than his career!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Description: "One of the best movies about movies ever made" (Time Magazine), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo slips through the looking glass of cinematic convention to create a magical, "intoxicating" (Cosmopolitan) comic fable about life, love, illusion and hope. Starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello and Dianne Wiest, this Academy Award-nominated film showcases Allen "at his most imaginative and compassionate, capturing the magic of the cinema" (Screen International) in all of its bittersweet glory!
Lonely Depression-era waitress Cecilia (Farrow) is hopelessly addicted to Hollywood movies. Spellbound by her new favorite, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Cecilia is astonished when the leading man (Daniels) suddenly walks off the screen to meet her. Wooed by his charm, Cecilia finds herself falling for him - until she meets the real actor who plays him. Romanced by both a fictional character and a famous star, Cecilia struggles to locate the shifting line between fantasy and reality, only to discover that sometimes it's just a heartbeat away.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Another Woman
Description: Writer/director Woody Allen delivers a powerful, "searing adult drama" (Leonard Maltin) examining the life of an accomplished philosophy professor teetering on the brink of self-understanding. Boasting a superb cast led by Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm and Gene Hackman, Another Woman is Allen's 17th triumphant film. Stylistically rich and technically expert, the film layers past and present, dialogue and narration, reality and metaphor, to achieve a "lucidity and compassion of an order virtually unknown in American movies" (Time Magazine).
Intelligent, accomplished and happily married, Marion (Rowlands) considers her life fulfilling... until a chance encounter with a troubled stranger (Farrow) offers her a brief but piercing glimpse at her inner emptiness. Drifting in a loveless marriage and denying her feelings for another man (Hackman), Marion is shocked when she accidentally learns of her husband's (Holm) infidelity. Taking this as a sign to change her life, Marion confronts the true depth of her own emotional hunger... and the frightening intensity of a passion she has ignored for too long.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Shadows and Fog
Description: "Lovely! Poignant!" (The Wall Street Journal) and laugh-out-loud funny, Shadows and Fog confirms Woody Allen's "genius" with its brilliant portrait of the hopeless - but hilarious - tragicomedy of human existence. Boasting a dazzling "galaxy of stars" (Leonard Maltin) including Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, John Cusack and Julie Kavner, Shadows and Fog delights with "all the fantasy and seriousness, mysterious construction and burlesque complications of a Shakespeare comedy" (Le Monde).
Recruited by an inept mob of vigilantes, Kleinman (Allen), a cowardly clerk, is forced to search for a notorious murderer - only to stumble upon a feisty sword-swallower, Irmy (Farrow), running away from the circus, and her "clownish" boyfriend (Malkovich). Determined to help Irmy, and eager to escape the vigilantes, Kleinman abandons his search for the killer... or so he thinks. Rushing headlong into the odious night, Kleinman and Irmy are launching into a mysterious world of shadows and fog... from which they may never emerge.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25.
Radio Days
Description: A "richly nostalgic" (Leonard Maltin) and star-studded portrait of the 1940s, Woody Allen's Radio Days weaves together a young boy's comical memories with zany stories from the golden age of radio, to create a delightful tapestry of heartwarming and hilarious vignettes. Expertly rendered and "densely packed with vivid detail" (The New York Times), Radio Days is "one of the loveliest eulogies a filmmaker has ever given to any bygone era" (L.A. Weekly)!
Gripped by wild radio stories about bloody wars and beautiful celebrities, 10-year-old Joe Needleman longs for adventure and dreams of the day he'll see enemy spies, German subs, or even his sexy gradeschool teacher wearing a smile (and little else). But while Joe's life is filled with fantasies about radio voices, the real people behind the voices have fantasies of their own. And as stars rise, careers fall and a nation hurtles toward the future, only one thing is absolutely certain: The days of radio may finally fade... but the magic of Joe's memories will always endure.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.