The Criminal Code & Twentieth Century

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THE CRIMINAL CODE
(Howard Hawks, 1930)

Release date: 22 March 2021

Limited Edition Blu-ray (World Blu-ray premiere)

Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston (Dragonwyck) stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillip Holmes (An American Tragedy), imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• High definition remaster
• Original mono soundtrack
• Audio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2021)
• The Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997): archival audio recording of an event from the British Film Institute’s 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London
• Kim Newman on Boris Karloff (2021): the author and critic discusses the non-horror roles of the iconic actor
• Codes and Convictions (2021): video essay comparing The Criminal Code with its 1950 film noir remake, Convicted
• Lux Radio Theatre: ‘The Criminal Code’ (1937): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Philip Kemp, extracts from interviews with Howard Hawks, Henri Langlois on the early sound films of Howard Hawks, overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies

All extras subject to change

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B

EAN: 5060697920703


TWENTIETH CENTURY
(Howard Hawks, 1934)

Release date: 22 March 2021

Limited Edition Blu-ray (World Blu-ray premiere)

The second film Howard Hawks (The Criminal Code) made at Columbia Pictures is among his greatest works. John Barrymore plays a theatre impresario down on his luck. Carole Lombard is his former protégé, now a major star. When the two meet by chance aboard the Twentieth Century locomotive, their love-hate relationship is reignited.

Now recognised as a classic, Twentieth Century is the film which established the template for the screwball comedy – and made Lombard a star.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration
• Original mono soundtrack
• Audio commentary with novelist and film historian Farran Smith Nehme (2021)
• Stars in Her Eyes (2021): academic Lucy Bolton discusses the film career of Carole Lombard
• Howard Hawks Study Day (1997): archival audio recording of an event from the British Film Institute’s 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London
• Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, extracts from interviews with Howard Hawks, overview of contemporary and modern critical responses, and film credits
* World premiere on Blu-ray
* Limited edition of 3,000 copies
All extras subject to change

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BBFC cert: U

REGION B
EAN: 5060697920710