172-175 John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958

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172-175 John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958

#1 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:02 am

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THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (John Ford, 1935)
THE LONG GRAY LINE (John Ford, 1955)
GIDEON’S DAY (John Ford, 1958)
THE LAST HURRAH (John Ford, 1958)

Release date: 23 March 2020
Limited Blu-ray Edition (UK and World premieres on Blu-ray)

A showcase for some of the most unexpected and surprising turns in the great director’s prolific career: The Whole Town’s Talking is a screwball comedy about a law-abiding man (played by Edward G Robinson) who happens to be the doppelganger of Public Enemy No. 1, ‘Killer’ Mannion; The Long Gray Line is a Ford military picture with a difference, focusing its attentions away from the battlefield and onto the fifty-year career of an Irish immigrant who rises through the ranks at West Point; The Last Hurrah is a star-studded political drama boasting the talents of Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, and John Carradine, and; Gideon’s Day takes us on a twenty-four journey in the life of Jack Hawkins’ titular London-based detective.

All four films are presented for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, with The Long Gray Line making its world Blu-ray premiere. This limited edition box set is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.


INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:

THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING


• 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Introduction by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz (2014)
• Cymbaline (2020): a new video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His Films
• Leonard Maltin on ‘The Whole Town’s Talking’ (2014): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian
• Sheldon Hall on ‘The Whole Town’s Talking’ (2020): new appreciation by the film historian
• Pamela Hutchinson on Jean Arthur (2020): a look at the life and career of the acclaimed actor
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Farran Smith Nehme, an extract from the W R Burnett’s Jail Breaker, Edward G Robinson on The Whole Town’s Talking, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray

THE LONG GRAY LINE

• 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historians Diana Drumm, Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme
• Living and Dead (2020): a new video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His Films
• Leonard Maltin on ‘The Long Gray Line’ (2014): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian
• The Red, White and Blue Line (1955): rare promotional film, featuring the principal cast of The Long Gray Line
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Nick Pinkerton, archival interviews with John Ford, Maureen O’Hara on The Long Gray Line, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Anthony Nield on The Red, White and Blue Line, and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray

GIDEON’S DAY

• 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Alternative feature presentation with the US Gideon of Scotland Yard titles
• Audio commentary with film historian Charles Barr (2020)
• Milk and Sugar (2020): a new video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His Films
• Leonard Maltin on ‘Gideon’s Day’ (2014): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian
• John Ford’s London (2020): new appreciation by Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London
• Interview with Elaine Schreyeck (2020): the continuity supervisor recollects her work on the set
• John Ford and Lindsay Anderson at the NFT (1957): rare silent footage of Ford visiting London’s National Film Theatre during the production of Gideon’s Day
• Original UK theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Robert Murphy, an interview with producer Michael Killanin, Jack Hawkins on Gideon’s Day, Lindsay Anderson on John Ford, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray

THE LAST HURRAH

• 2K restoration
• Original mono audio
• True Blue (2020): a new video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: The Man and His Films
• Leonard Maltin on ‘The Last Hurrah’ (2014): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian
• Super 8 version: original cut-down home cinema presentation
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Imogen Sarah Smith, John Ford on Spencer Tracy and The Last Hurrah, screenwriter Frank S Nugent on John Ford, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Extras subject to change

Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units.

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BBFC cert: PG
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EAN: 5060697920222

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#2 Post by Calvin » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:36 am

Wonderful news! This has been on my Indicator wish list since their beginning, and it looks like they've hit it out of the park.

I'm curious about the alternate presentation of Gideon's Day / Gideon of Scotland Yard; if I remember correctly, the latter US version was cut and black-and-white in addition to having the title change. Will the alternate presentation on this release present it with the 'Gideon of Scotland Yard' titles in colour?

EDIT: From Anthony Nield on twitter: "In colour, with the different titles. There are unverified accounts of there being a b/w 50ish-minute Gideon release in US cinemas. Which we won't be to create without solid reference. But we know that it definitely played as Gideon of Scotland Yard, at 91 mins in colour - based on access to prints - so our presentation will reflect that."
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Re: 172-175 John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958

#3 Post by HinkyDinkyTruesmith » Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:01 am

Although it's a shame that TWO RODE TOGETHER got separated from the others––I'm more of an admirer of it than most––what a glory it'll be to get THE LONG GREY LINE in 4k, not to mention the others! This is quite exciting––the only shame is to not have TLGL in time for St. Patrick's Day––ah well.

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#4 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:31 am

Yeah I also admire Two Rode Together a great deal. Though I’m sure you probably have either the Eureka or Twilight Time version which comes from a first rate restoration.

Great news regarding this Ford at Columbia set, by the way. Never actually seen any of these.

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#5 Post by nitin » Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:15 am

This looks as excellent as I had hoped. Hopefully we eventually get a Capra/Stanwyck Columbia box too.

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#6 Post by KJones77 » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:20 am

Never seen any because I was holding out due to rumors of this set. Never thought it would actually come though. Each day one!

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#7 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:57 am

Very impressed that all the titles are coming from apparently high grade restoration jobs. Not one “aged master” to draw on disc review lexicon, in this set.

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#8 Post by domino harvey » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:26 am

I wish I liked these movies better, but a nice set for those who do! This seemed like a no-brainer release for Indicator (it’s the entire TCM set minus the MOC title)

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#9 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:28 am

HinkyDinkyTruesmith wrote:
Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:01 am
This is quite exciting––the only shame is to not have TLGL in time for St. Patrick's Day––ah well.
This reminds me - does anyone know what Maureen O'Hara is actually saying during the Irish prayer about halfway through the film? I'd much rather subtitle it properly than fall back on "(SPEAKING IRISH)".

(I've already successfully reinstated the Irish line of the song that she sings earlier, but that was easy enough to Google thanks to most of it being in English.)

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#10 Post by domino harvey » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:44 am

Have you tried searching for Irish prayers on YouTube?

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#11 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:48 am

Extensively, but the problem with Irish is that unless you've mastered its decidedly idiosyncratic spelling, it's pretty much impossible for the likes of me to translate spoken Irish into the written form for more reliable Googling. I did indeed listen to quite a few Irish prayers on YouTube in the hope that it was something very common, but none of them sounded similar.

(Irony of ironies, I'm distantly related to the first person to translate Irish poetry into English - and Charlotte Brooke even has a traffic roundabout between Dublin and Sligo named after her in tribute. But her knowledge of Irish wasn't passed on to me, and she's been dead for nearly 230 years so I can't consult her.)

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#12 Post by domino harvey » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:50 am

You might try posting here for help: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaeilge/

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#13 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:51 am

I'm already drawing up plans to consult Irish language groups, believe me!

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#14 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:54 am

MichaelB -- Maybe the Irish consulate might have some cultural affairs person who could point you in the right direction?

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#15 Post by Calvin » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:24 pm

It might be worth asking Tony Tracy of NUI Galway, who spoke about The Long Gray Line at one of the John Ford Ireland symposiums.

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#16 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:37 pm

This is all great, and many thanks for your suggestions, but I'm already on the case - I only asked the question in the first place just in case anybody happened to know already.

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#17 Post by domino harvey » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:44 pm

Okay, but here's six more suggestions. First, have you

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#18 Post by Drucker » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:52 pm

I'm going to Ireland for vacation in May I can ask for you then, Michael.

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#19 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:53 pm

If you could, that'd be brilliant. We'll delay the entire box set a couple of months specially.

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#20 Post by domino harvey » Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:55 pm

Drucker will be reimbursed for the cost of his travels in copies of A Severed Head, everyone wins

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#21 Post by Drucker » Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:47 pm

Honestly it's my pleasure, folks, think nothing of it.

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#22 Post by swo17 » Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:12 pm

Michael, it sounds like you've already covered the Irish angle, but have you considered seeking your answer through prayer?

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#23 Post by soundchaser » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:01 pm

I haven't seen any of these films, but I'm in love with the box's color scheme. The whole thing is absolutely gorgeous - whoever did the design work deserves major kudos.

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#24 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:04 pm

Our very own Peerpee (aka Nick Wrigley).

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#25 Post by soundchaser » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:08 pm

Ah, well, that explains it! I'm not sure if he reads the forum anymore, but he's sold at least one person on the set sight unseen. :)

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