Picnic is director Joshua Logan's 1955 screen adaptation of the popular William Inge play. In it, William Holden (The Bridge on the River Kwai) stars as a drifter whose presence upsets the status quo in a sleepy small town, particularly with regard to young Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson, Spider-Man) and his beautiful yet frustrated girlfriend (Kim Novak, Vertigo).
Directed by John Huston (The African Queen), The Roots of Heaven finds the acclaimed filmmaker turning his attention to wildlife conservation; the film focuses on Morel (Trevor Howard, The Third Man), who begins a crusade to save the elephant in French Equitorial Africa. Under great pressure from the local government, Morel teams up with an ex-British Army Major (Errol Flynn, The Adventures of Robin Hood), an American TV commentator (Orson Welles, Citizen Kane), and a photojournalist (Eddie Albert, Dreamscape).
Twilight Time's Picnic Blu-ray presents the film in its 2.55:1 original aspect ratio with a 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track. The disc also has the following bonus features:
Isolated score track
Original theatrical trailer
Liner notes by Julie Kirgo
The distributor's The Roots of Heaven disc preserves the picture's 2.35:1 aspect ratio and also adds a 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track alongside the followiing supplements.
Isolated score track
Liner notes by Julie Kirgo
As is the standard for Twilight Time releases, both Blu-rays have limited 3,000 unit runs.
Picnic and The Roots of Heaven street on January 17th, 2012.