Twentieth Century Fox has announced some classic movies on B
lu-ray. Coming to Blu-ray for the first time are Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fly, Fantastic Voyage and A Letter to Three Wives. It will be great to see how the 3 classic science fiction films look in high definition.
First week of September brings us The Fly:
When a scientist (David Hedison) attempts to transfer matter through space,
things go horrifically wrong and two grotesque man-fly hybrids are created. Now,
with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, the scientist
desperately hopes that he, his wife (Patricia Owens) and his brother (Vincent
Price) can capture the other mutant and reverse the experiment.
Special Features:
● Commentary with Actor David Hedison and Film Historian David Del Valle
● Biography: Vincent Price
● Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
● Fox Movietone News
Street Date: September 10, 2013
Prebook Date: August 14, 2013
Screen Format: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English 4.0 DTS HD-MA
Spanish DD 1.0
French DD 1.0
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Total Run Time: 94 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
The second week in September we move away from Science Fiction with A Letter To Three Wives:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s timeless Best Picture Nominee and two-time Oscar® winner* (Best Directing and Best Screenplay) is even more intriguing on Blu-ray™. Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell and Jeanne Crain star as three women whose boat trip is delayed when they receive a letter from a friend who claims to have run off with one of their husbands.
*1949: Directing (won), Screenplay (won), Best Picture (nominated).
Special Features:
● Commentary with Kenneth Geist, Cheryl Lower and Christopher Mankiewicz
● Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood’s Fallen Angel
● Fox Movietone News: Oscars Presented For Achievements in Motion Pictures
● Theatrical Trailer
Street Date: September 17, 2013
Prebook Date: August 21, 2013
Screen Format: Fullscreen 1.33:1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 1.0
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: English SDH / French / Spanish
Total Run Time: 103 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
The second week of October we’ll see the release of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Fantastic Voyage:
Synopsis:
Join the crew of the U.S.O.S. Seaview for the greatest submarine adventure ever filmed! Walter Pidgeon, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre and Joan Fontaine head up an “excellent” (Motion Picture Herald) cast in this sci-fi spectacular “crammed with climax after exciting climax” (Los Angeles Times) and “thrills enough for everybody” (Limelight)!
Special Features:
● Commentary by Author Tim Colliver
● Science Fiction: Fantasy to Reality Documentary
● Interview with Barbara Eden
● Isolated Score Track
● Original Theatrical Trailer
Street Date: October 8, 2013
Prebook Date: September 11, 2013
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English 4.0 DTS HD-MA
Spanish DD 2.0
French DD 1.0
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Total Run Time: 106 minutes
U.S. Rating PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Synopsis:
Prepare to journey into the deepest reaches of space…inner space! Stephen Boyd, Donald Pleasence, and Raquel Welch in her feature-film debut, star in “one of the most ingenious, inventive, imaginative, science fiction films Hollywood has ever produced” (Citizen-News).
Special Features:
● Commentary by Film & Music Historian Jeff Bond
● Isolated Score Track with Commentary by Film & Music Historians Jeff Bond, Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman
● Lava Lamps & Celluloid: A Tribute to the Visual Effects of Fantastic Voyage
● Storyboard-to-Scene Comparison: Whirlpool Scene
● Original Theatrical Trailer
Street Date: October 8, 2013
Prebook Date: September 11, 2013
Screen Format: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS HD-MA
English 1.0 DTS HD-MA
Spanish DD 1.0
French DD 1.0
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Total Run Time: 101 minutes
U.S. Rating: PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
