The Big Sleep (1946)

[Akijama]

The Big Sleep Blu-ray PRE-ORDER

THE BIG SLEEP
(1946)
B&W-114 Min.
BD-50
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 - Spanish, DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 - French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SDH
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Theatrical Trailer
Alternate 1945 Pre-release Version with previously unissued INTRODUCTION by UCLA Film Preservation Officer Robert Gitt
THE BIG SLEEP 1945/1946 COMPARISONS - Uncut Robert Gitt "Lecture" Version (30 Minutes). Nearly twice the length of the Comparisons feature as seen on DVD.

Source: Amazon

L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a blackmail case…and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. Raymond Chandler’s legendary gumshoe solves it in hard-boiled style – and style is what The Big Sleep is all about. Director Howard Hawks serves up snappy character encounters (particularly those of Bogart and Lauren Bacall), brisk pace and atmosphere galore. This Blu-rayTM doubles your pleasure, offering two versions of this whodunit supreme: the familiar 1946 theatrical version, full of reshot scenes of incendiary Bogart/Bacall chemistry, and the less-familiar 1945 prerelease version, as a special feature, whose plot and resolution are more linear in fashion.

The Big Sleep trailer - YouTube

[Scottie]

omg WAC is killingggggg it!

[tama]

[MifuneFan]

Holy crap, best announcement day ever

[MifuneFan]

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[Akijama]

Holy crap!

I'm shocked that two Bogie classics are coming from WAC. WTF?

Fantastic news, regardless!

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Akijama

I'm shocked that these two classics are coming from WAC. WTF?

Fantastic news, regardless!

Yeah, it's a bit sad that these couldn't pass for wide releases. I think they would have done quite well in a box set (noir, or Bogie/Bacall)

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Yeah, it's a bit sad that these couldn't pass for wide releases. I think they would have done quite well in a box set (noir, or Bogie/Bacall)

Yep. Releasing something like Passage to Marseille via WAC makes perfect sense, but TBS and KL are popular and renowned classics so this a bizarre decision, to say the least.

[JoeBuck]

Holy shit! Two Bogies and a Hitchcock in the same day?!?!?
2016 is shaping to be a GREAT year for blu ray!

[Alfredlynch]

Excellent news.

[movieben1138]

YES!!!! YES! YES! YES! YES! (I'm excited about this.)

[RiFiFi1955]

I can't take it, this day just keeps getting better and better!

[Blu Titan]

Wow. This made my day .

[BluPat]

Unbelievable news from Warner Archive! All of these announcements for these golden classics are FANTASTIC!!!!

[#Darren]

Yessssssssss at last!!!!

[Rich65]

Awesome news, can't wait

[mport5150]

This has been on my wishlist for a while!

[Monterey Jack]

Now, if we can just get The Set-Up and The Asphalt Jungle...

[MTRodaba2468]

I'm in for it.

[AgentOrange]

Finally!!!

Doesn't matter to me it's a Warner Archives release, their quality has actually been HIGHER on these types of releases than the typical Warner Home Video release. The only possible negative, is that if WHV had done their release, then WAC could have continued with some different or lesser known films.

I'm still hoping that WAC will get to some of the volumes of classic Gangsters, since it seems all hope is lost of any more blu-ray Gangsters volumes. Hopefully this is a sign that Warner is done just "sitting" on films, and Warner Archive can get to releasing more classics on blu-ray.