With three early retail announcements, Walt Disney Studios has revealed plans to release Blu-rays of the following titles from their Touchstone catalog - The Color of Money, Cocktail, and Ransom.
Director Martin Scorsese's follow-up to The Hustler, The Color of Money sees the return of Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) as "Fast" Eddie Felson, a former pool hall pro-turned-cynical liquor salesman.
Always on the lookout for a new con, Felson begins schooling brilliant-yet-naïve pool player Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol) in the art of the hustle, hoping to mold the younger man into a ruthless pool shark.
In the process of corrupting Vincent, however, Felson begins to rediscover his long-dormant enthusiasm for the game, a complication that puts his and Vincent's personal and professional relationships at risk.
Cocktail also stars Cruise, this time as Brian Flanagan, an ambitious bartender looking to get rich and start his own bar. Brian quickly learns that success comes at a price higher than his bartending skills can provides, and he finds himself compromising his own morals.
Torn between two extremes - the honest, sweet woman he loves (Elizabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas) and the negative influence of his amoral mentor (Bryan Brown, Australia), Brian must decide what kind of man he truly wants to be.
Ransom is director Ron Howard's intense thriller, an adaptation of Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" novel King's Ransom. The film details the emotional and physical devastation that occurs when a corrupt cop (Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump) kidnaps the son of millionaire Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson, Lethal Weapon) and his wife (Rene Russo, The Thomas Crown Affair).
Against the wishes of the supervising FBI agent (Delroy Lindo, Get Shorty), Tom forgoes the hostage negotiation process, electing instead to publicly place a bounty on the kidnapper's head, an action that ignites a violent game of cat-and-mouse.
Disney has not yet detailed the technical and supplementary specifications for these three Blu-rays. Preliminary package art suggests that The Color of Money will receive a 25th Anniversary edition, while Ransom will get a 15th Anniversary HD upgrade.
The Color of Money, Cocktail, and Ransom are expected to street on June 5th.