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Columbia Noir #4 - Limited Edition

Columbia Noir #4 - Limited Edition

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Indicator's ongoing series of Columbia Noir box sets returns with its fourth instalment, once again delving into the studio's archives to select six films which plunge the viewer into a dark world of crime. Featuring Kim Novak, Fred MacMurray, Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun, Abbe Lane, Louis Hayward, and Richard Conte – not to mention gangsters, G-men, foreign spies, criminals on the run, and corrupt cops – Columbia Noir #4 continues the series in fine style.Presenting all six films on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world, this stunning collection includes newly recorded commentaries and critical appreciations, archival documentaries, six Three Stooges comedy shorts which lampoon the tropes and themes of the titles in the set, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.High Definition remasters of all six filmsOriginal mono soundtracksAudio commentary on Walk East on Beacon! with In a Lonely Street author Frank Krutnik (2021)Audio commentary on Pushover with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson (2021)Audio commentary on Chicago Syndicate with film historian Toby Roan (2021)Audio commentary on The Brothers Rico with professor and film scholar Jason A Ney (2021)Introduction to The Brothers Rico by Martin Scorsese (2010)Glenn Kenny on Richard Quine (2021): the author and critic examines the eclectic career of the director of PushoverJosephine Botting on Jean Simmons (2021): the film historian discusses the early American career of the British actorG-Men Combat Saboteurs (1941) and G-Men at War (1942): two March of Time documentaries produced by Louis De Rochemont (Walk East on Beacon!), focusing on the FBI's efforts to apprehend spies and fifth columnistsRoutine Job: A Story of Scotland Yard (1946): short film examining the day-to-day work of the Scotland Yard detective, much like the one in Walk a Crooked MilePoliceman's Holiday (1949): short film in which an American detective comes to England to assist Scotland Yard, echoing but reversing the plot of Walk a Crooked MileSix comedy shorts starring the Three Stooges, each lampooning the tropes and themes of the films in this set: From Nurse to Worse (1940), The Yoke's on Me (1944), Dunked in the Deep (1949), Blunder Boys (1955), Commotion in the Ocean (1956), and A Merry Mix-Up (1957)Original theatrical trailersImage galleries: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Beth Ann Gallagher, Bob Herzberg, Sophie Monks Kaufman, Omar Ahmed, Jen Johans, and Monica Castillo, archival articles and interviews, and film creditsWorld premieres on Blu-rayLimited edition box set of 6,000 numbered unitsMore Extras to be Announced!All extras subject to change

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