Sony has released a six-DVD boxed set tribute to Jack Lemmon, marking the first-time release of these films in the DVD format. Here is the official press release.
In
a career that spanned half a century, Jack Lemmon was truly America’s Everyman.
Although he worked in every genre from musical to western, he truly excelled at
comedy, turning in a series of nuanced performances that garnered worldwide
acclaim. On June 9, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) honors one of the
most versatile and accomplished actors in Hollywood history with The Jack
Lemmon Film Collection,in partnership with Chris Lemmon,
Jack’s son and biographer. This must-have six-disc boxed set features five
classic performances from the gifted two-time Academy Award® winner for Save
the Tiger (1973) and Mister Roberts (1955). The set includes Phffft!
featuring Kim Novak, Operation Mad Ball, featuring the
film debut of Ernie Kovacs, The Notorious Landlady featuring Fred
Astaire, Under the Yum Yum Tree,and Good
Neighbor Sam. In addition, the bonus materials include a two-part
documentary hosted by Chris Lemmon featuring intimate interviews with friends,
fans, and colleagues, including Kevin Spacey, Andy Garcia and Shirley MacLaine;
and photographs from the life and work of Jack Lemmon. The collection also
includes the Ford Television Theatre’s “Marriageable Male†episode starring
Jack Lemmon. The Jack Lemmon Film Collection will be available
for $59.95 SRP.
Cinema Retro has just received this press release from Warner Home Video about one of the most prestigious DVD releases of 2009.
Burbank,
Calif. June 9, 2009 – It is difficult to imagine a motion picture more magical
and more wonderful than Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
wonderful The Wizard of Oz. Over the last seven decades, the film has
indelibly woven itself into America’s cultural
consciousness: Is there anyone who doesn’t
immediately think of the film upon hearing the words, “Dorothy,†“Toto,â€
“Emerald City,†“Ruby Slippers†and “Yellow Brick Road†-- or the lines to the song
“Over the Rainbow?â€
Now, the
colorful characters and unforgettable songs of Oz come alive
as never before when Warner Home Video brings this cinematic treasure into the
digital age with the September 29 Blu-ray
release of The Wizard of Oz 70th
Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s
Edition. The commemorative
edition contains nearly 4 hours of all-new and never-before-available bonus
features and is housed in numbered
collectible packaging, and will be available for a limited time only for
$69.92 SRP
(DVD) and $84.99 SRP
(Blu-ray
Hi-Def).
In order to bring all the visual splendor of The
Wizard of Oz to the Hi-Def world of Blu-ray Disc, the film has been
entirely remastered, with each of the original Technicolor camera negatives
scanned using 8K resolution. From this scan, a final ‘capture’ master was
created in 4K, yielding twice the resolution seen in the master
utilized for the film's previous DVD release.
Working in ‘full film Resolution’, extreme care was
taken to ensure that all of the image fidelity contained in the original
negatives was properly captured for this new presentation. The sounds of Oz
will come alive on Blu-ray disc utilizing the full audio spectrum capabilities
available through Dolby TrueHD audio. The net result is one of unprecedented
quality that is sure to make The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary
Edition a benchmark in the history of the Blu-ray format.