American Madness (1932) - May 19, 2020

[Akijama]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0873298KV...es-tv&sr=1-425

[jshaide]

Oh man, terrific film!

[bonehica]

Pre-code Capra! That's some Day 1 sh*t right there!

[Professor Echo]

Ok, SONY, great title and thanks, but no time to rest on your laurels now, let's see announcements for the Capra/Stanwyck pre-codes! Get back to work!

[HuggyBear73]

Day 1

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Ok, SONY, great title and thanks, but no time to rest on your laurels now, let's see announcements for the Capra/Stanwyck pre-codes! Get back to work!

And a properly pressed Bitter Tea of General Yen, for me Capra's very best.

[TravisTylerBlack]

Was just doing a checklist 2 days ago of the major Capra films Sony had yet to release on blu and voila! Also double yes to the above poster calling for a proper pressed edition of Bitter Tea of General Yen.

[CelestialAgent]

I expect this will include the DVD boxset features, but they weren’t on the DVD-R. A little disappointing there’s no special digibook but better than nothing. Maybe it can be released in the UK through the Premium Collection?

Audio commentary by Frank Capra, Jr. and author Cathrine Kellison
Extras:"Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers… American Madness" featurette (25:08)

[GeoffOliver]

About damn time. Now I can retire my Capra DVD boxset.

[StarDestroyer52]

Pre-Code Capra. Count me as a sale. Also, agree with everyone that lets get the Bitter Tea of General Yen that is pressed and not a BD-R.

[jshaide]

How much do these Sony discs usually run?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by jshaide

How much do these Sony discs usually run?

Usually in the $20-$25 range without a discount.

[Dailyan]

The way Walter Huston looks in the poster reminds me a bit of Edward G. Robinson on the poster for "The Whole Town's Talking".

[Show spoiler]

[Aclea]

It's quite possible they used either the same artist or Columbia in-house design team. It was never as bad as today's copycat book covers or Zardoz floating head movie posters but there was a lot of recycling of layouts when studios were churning out new films every ten or twelve days.

[captainsolo]

I can’t believe it!!! Finally more early Capra releases! I’ve watched my dvd copy every December at the start of my Capra marathon and it hasn’t aged well at all transfer wise. This should be a monumental quality increase.
I really hope this will inspire more to see this film and recognize it as the exact moment everything crystallizes for Capra, Riskin and Columbia. It’s a shock seeing it the first time because so much of what came to be known as a Capra film are in full evidence. Basically imagine Capra doing a lower budget Warners early talkie but with the story having many of the recognizable traits of later films. (Incidentally when I first saw Platinum Blonde I almost fell out of my chair when they did the echo scene which was essentially reworked for the famed scene in Mr. Deeds.)

Please please please let this mean Platinum Blonde and the others from the expensive TCM dvd-r early Capra set are coming. I agree with the above that Bitter Tea could definitely use a redo.

[javi92]

I don’t know why, but this is my favorite Capra film. Day 1 for me.

[rdf8585]

Assuming the pre-order ever comes back, are we thinking pressed or burned for this?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by rdf8585

Assuming the pre-order ever comes back, are we thinking pressed or burned for this?

Pressed.

[iap738]

I never thought I'd see this underrated gem get a BD release. Very exciting!

[rdf8585]

Amazon pre-order is back at 24.99.

Other places like Best Buy and Bull Moose don't even have it listed.