{"id":13467,"date":"2011-11-14T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=13467"},"modified":"2011-11-16T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T18:18:08","slug":"uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-14th-november-2011-touch-of-evil-silent-running-page-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/11\/14\/uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-14th-november-2011-touch-of-evil-silent-running-page-one\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 14th November 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Touch of Evil<\/a><\/strong> (Eureka): Orson Welles’ classic 1958 film noir is about a Mexican narcotics cop (Charlton Heston) who investigates the death by car bomb of a wealthy American businessman on the US side of the border (one of the great opening scenes in film history). Co-starring Janet Leigh, Welles himself and Marlene Dietrich, Universal screwed up the original release (why remains a mystery) but have redeemed themselves by providing masters for this Blu-ray release. This includes five variants of the film, in different aspect ratios: the 1958 theatrical version in both 1.37:1 and 1.85:1, the 1958 preview version in 1.85:1, and the 1998 reconstructed version in 1.37:1 and 1.85:1. [Buy it on Blu-ray from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Silent Running<\/a><\/strong> (Eureka): Douglass Trumbull’s 1972 sci-fi set in a distant future, where all of Earth’s remaining plant life is preserved in vast greenhouse-like domes orbiting in space. When the man in charge (Bruce Dern) refuses to obey orders and destroy them, he begins a voyage into the unknown accompanied only by the ships robotic drones. Featuring an excellent lead performance from Dern and clever visual effects, this remains a rare glimpse of sci-fi in the pre-CGI era. The HD transfer looks great and there are some notable extras. [Click here for our full review<\/a>] [Buy it on Blu-ray from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times<\/a><\/strong> (Dogwoof): Andrew Rossi’s documentary exploring a year inside America’s most famous newspaper is an interesting insight into one of the world’s key media institutions. Filmed during a year of crisis, as the transition from print to digital bites hard on the economics of newspapers, it also functions as a memorable portrait of media writer David Carr. [Click here to listen to our interview with Andrew Rossi<\/a>] [Buy it on DVD from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginners<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBlue in the Face<\/strong> (Miramax) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBridesmaids<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nConfessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/strong> (Miramax) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nCop Land<\/strong> (Miramax) [Blu-ray]
\nFarscape: The Complete Seasons 1-4<\/strong> (Go Entertain) [Blu-ray \/ Box Set]
\nIMAX: Dinosaurs Collection<\/strong> (BPDP) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition]
\nIMAX: Wonders of the World Collection<\/strong> (BPDP) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition]
\nKung Fu Panda 2<\/strong> (Paramount Home Entertainment) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nLarry Crowne<\/strong> (StudioCanal) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nMarley and Me 2 – The Puppy Years<\/strong> (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nOutrage<\/strong> (StudioCanal) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nQuadrophenia<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Coen Brothers<\/strong> Blu-ray Collection<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Box Set]
\nThe Firm<\/strong> (Paramount Home Entertainment) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nToy Story<\/strong> (Walt Disney) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition]
\nToy Story 2<\/strong> (Walt Disney) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition]
\nToy Story 3<\/strong> (Walt Disney) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Recent UK cinema releases<\/a>
\n>\u00a0The Best DVD & Blu-ray releases of 2010<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Touch of Evil, Silent Running and Page One<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2237,2308,2319],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}