Someone save Judith Hearne, for she can’t save herself. Jack Clayton’s film of Brian Moore’s novel has stunning performances by Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins — but whew, for many of us its social cruelties will feel like traumatic emotional abuse. Not enough nasty people and clueless victims in your life? … this show will give you your fill.
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1987 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date June 24, 2019 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £15.99
Starring: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice, Alan Devlin, Rudi Davies, Prunella Scales.
Cinematography: Peter Hannan
Film Editor: Terry Rawlings
Original Music: Georges Delerue
Written by Peter Nelson from the novel by Brian Moore
Produced by Richard Johnson, Peter Nelson
Directed by Jack Clayton
Fine acting doesn’t get finer than that seen in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, a book adaptation...
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1987 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date June 24, 2019 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £15.99
Starring: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice, Alan Devlin, Rudi Davies, Prunella Scales.
Cinematography: Peter Hannan
Film Editor: Terry Rawlings
Original Music: Georges Delerue
Written by Peter Nelson from the novel by Brian Moore
Produced by Richard Johnson, Peter Nelson
Directed by Jack Clayton
Fine acting doesn’t get finer than that seen in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, a book adaptation...
- 8/3/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Stanley Kubrick’s contribution to great cinema of the 1970s offers his vision of what an epic should be. Transported by images that recall great paintings of the period, and Kubrick’s new approaches to low-light cinematography, we witness a rogue’s progress through troubled times. And even Ryan O’Neal is good!
Barry Lyndon
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 897
1975 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 185 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 17, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Marie Kean, Diana Körner, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, André Morell, Arthur O’Sullivan, Godfrey Quigley, Leonard Rossiter, Philip Stone, Leon Vitali Leon Vitali, Wolf Kahler, Ferdy Mayne, George Sewell, Michael Hordern (narrator).
Cinematography: John Alcott
Editor: Tony Lawson
Production design: Ken Adam
Conductor & Musical Adaptor: Leonard Rosenman
Written by Stanley Kubrick from the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
Produced and Directed by Stanley Kubrick
The...
Barry Lyndon
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 897
1975 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 185 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 17, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Marie Kean, Diana Körner, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, André Morell, Arthur O’Sullivan, Godfrey Quigley, Leonard Rossiter, Philip Stone, Leon Vitali Leon Vitali, Wolf Kahler, Ferdy Mayne, George Sewell, Michael Hordern (narrator).
Cinematography: John Alcott
Editor: Tony Lawson
Production design: Ken Adam
Conductor & Musical Adaptor: Leonard Rosenman
Written by Stanley Kubrick from the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
Produced and Directed by Stanley Kubrick
The...
- 10/3/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
John Huston would release his film based on James Joyce.s short story and then he would join The Dead. The last film of the legendary, rascally director would be a poetic rumination on the past as well as family. Fitting since the film would be a family affair. In 1904, sisters Kate (Helena Carroll) and Julia (Cathleen Delany) Morkan and their niece Mary Jane (Ingrid Craigie) are throwing their annual party for the Feast of the Epiphany (fitting considering the finale). Their nephew Gabriel Conroy (Donal McCann) attends with his wife Greta (Anjelica Huston) also attends. The other guests include the drunkard Freddy Malins (Donal Donnelly) and his mother Mrs. Malins (Marie Kean), politically active Miss Ivors...
- 12/18/2009
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – The DVD Round-Up is back! Did you miss us? HollywoodChicago.com’s intermittent column designed to serve as a safety net for releases that may otherwise fall without notice is back with a motley crew of titles that have nearly nothing in common. Classic TV, drama, horror, copious sex, and Justin Timberlake. You make the connections.
“The Fugitive: Season Three, Volume One” was released on October 27th, 2009
“The Dead” was released on November 3rd, 2009.
“Spread” was released on November 10th, 2009.
“The Canyon,” “Open Road” and “Train” were released on November 17th, 2009
“The Fugitive: Season Three, Volume One”
Photo credit: Paramount
Synopsis: “The hit series The Fugitive is back, featuring the first 15 Season Three episodes, on DVD for the first time ever! Golden Globe Award winner David Janssen expertly portrays Dr. Richard Kimble, the pediatrician falsely accused of killing his wife, who needs to prove his innocence by leading the obsessive Lt.
“The Fugitive: Season Three, Volume One” was released on October 27th, 2009
“The Dead” was released on November 3rd, 2009.
“Spread” was released on November 10th, 2009.
“The Canyon,” “Open Road” and “Train” were released on November 17th, 2009
“The Fugitive: Season Three, Volume One”
Photo credit: Paramount
Synopsis: “The hit series The Fugitive is back, featuring the first 15 Season Three episodes, on DVD for the first time ever! Golden Globe Award winner David Janssen expertly portrays Dr. Richard Kimble, the pediatrician falsely accused of killing his wife, who needs to prove his innocence by leading the obsessive Lt.
- 11/19/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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