HIGH NOON (1952) New 4K Restoration from Olive Films

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High Noon Blu-ray

The myth and poetry of the old west come alivein Fred Zinnemann's (Julia) classic western, High Noon (1952). One of the great treasures of the American cinema, the film stars the legendary Gary Cooper as lawman Will Kane, a marshal who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gangof killers out for revenge. Engaged in the fight of his lifetime, Kane stands to lose everything when the clock strikes noon– his friends, his honor, and his Quaker bride, played by Grace Kelly inoneof her first screen roles. Unfolding in real time, the tension builds aswe race ever closer to the climactic duel from which the film takes its name. For his career-defining role, Cooper would goonto win the Oscar for Best Actor. High Noon's stellar cast also includes Lloyd Bridges (Try and Get Me), Thomas Mitchell (It's a Wonderful Life), Katy Jurado (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid),Otto Kruger (Saboteur),Lon Chaney (The Wolf Man), Henry Morgan (Strategic Air Command), Jack Elam (Hannie Caulder) and Lee Van Clef (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).

High Noon won a total four Academy Awards including Best Editing, Best Score (Dimitri Tiomkin, The Old Man and the Sea) and Best Song,"Do Not Forsake Me, OhMy Darlin'," written by Tiomkin and Ned Washington and sung by Tex Ritter. High Noon also received Oscar nominations for Best Picture (Stanley Kramer, producer), Best Director (Fred Zinnemann) and Best Screenplay (Carl Foreman).

Special Features and Specs:

NEW 4K restoration
Optional English SDH subtitles
"A Ticking Clock" - Academy Award nominee Mark Goldblatt on the editing of High Noon
"A Stanley Kramer Production"" - Michael Schlesinger on the eminent producer of High Noon
"Imitation of Life: The Blacklist History of High Noon" - with historian Larry Ceplair and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein
"Ulcers and Oscars: The Production History of High Noon" - a visual essay with rarely seen archival elements, narrated by Anton Yelchin
"Uncitizened Kane" - an original essay by Sight & Sound editor Nick James
Theatrical trailer

STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 20.