The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger - Imprint

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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger forged a filmmaking partnership that has forever influenced the silver screen, crafting a catalogue of twenty-four films that are among the most renowned works cinema has to offer.

This first selection features six entries from the first eight years of their collaboration:

The Spy In Black (1939)
49th Parallel (1941)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
A Canterbury Tale (1944) – Worldwide Blu-ray debut!
A Matter Of Life and Death (1946)
Black Narcissus (1947)

Limited Edition 7-Disc Hardbox. 1500 copies only.

The Spy in Black

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio Commentary by film critic Kim Newman and Jo Botting from the BFI National Archive
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie
NEW Interview with author Charles Barr on The Spy In Black
Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

49th Parallel

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio Commentary with Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie
NEW Interview with interview with Jeremy Arnold, author of Turner Classic Movies
Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Disc One:

1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration by The Film Foundation and Janus Films, in association with the BFI National Archive, ITV Studios Global Entertainment Ltd., the Museum of Modern Art, and Romulus Films.
NEW Audio Commentary by film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

Disc Two:

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – 115 minute 1945 US version (standard definition)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie
NEW Interview with Charles Drazin author of The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 40’s
Restoration Featurette with Martin Scorsese
A Profile of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – featurette
Photo Gallery

A Canterbury Tale

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio Commentary by script supervisor Paddy Arnold, assistant editor Jim Pople & Paul Tritton, author of A Canterbury Tale: Memories of a Classic Wartime Movie
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie
NEW Interview with Kim Newman on A Canterbury Tale
NEW Interview with author Charles Barr on A Canterbury Tale
Two excerpts from the American version, with Kim Hunter
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

A Matter of Life and Death

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio Commentary by cinema historian & author Stuart Galbraith IV
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie
NEW Interview with Charles Drazin author of The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 40’s
The Colour Merchant – 1998 short film featuring cinematographer Jack Cardiff
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1

Black Narcissus

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio Commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger
Audio Commentary with co-director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese
NEW Interview with film critic & writer Hannah McGill
NEW The Women of Powell & Pressburger – Video Essay by critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie
Profile of Black Narcissus – documentary
Painting with Light – documentary about cinematographer Jack Cardiff
Neil Labute on Black Narcissus
Photo Galleries
Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

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