The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Blu-ray from Arrow

[Akijama]

Release date: June 1

The Hound of the Baskervilles Blu-ray PRE-ORDER

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) feature presentation
Original Mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
New audio Commentary with Hammer experts Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby
Brand new interview with hound mask creator Margaret Robinson
Brand new interview with assistant director Hugh Harlow
Andre Morell: Best of British – A featurette looking at the late great actor Andre Morell and his work with Hammer
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes – a 1986 documentary looking at the many incarnations of Conan Doyle’s celebrated character, narrated and presented by Christopher Lee
Actor’s Notebook: Christopher Lee – an archive interview in the which the actor recalls his experiences of making The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hounds of the Baskervilles – Excerpts read by Christopher Lee
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Hammer archivist Robert J.E. Simpson, illustrated with original archive stills and posters

[tob]

Great news.

[Aclea]

Great news and - after years of cornflake packet quality artwork - a great sleeve too. That artist is a keeper.

[cakefactory]

Will definitely be buying this instead of the Twilight Time version in the USA, hope this is the first of more Hammer flicks.

[CouncilSpectre]

Day one

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Release date: June 1

http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/ind...product_id=546

And in good time to put on my birthday list - though I have visions of being given the wrong version no matter how specific I am about it being the 1959 one...

[george n]

Would be great to see a load of hammer releases but i worry this isn't possible...this is from the mgm deal...perhaps michael b can elaborate for us as warners and maybe studio canal are out of the equation. Still super excited for this release which will be superior to the twilight time release and no doubt half the price (though will still sell out in under an hour)

Edit- artwork looks to be graham humphries style and is fantastic

[RICKBONDOO7]

Thank You Arrow ! Twilight Time $34.30 No Way Arrow has Better Extras Nice Cover Art !!!

[GumballRally]

Will definitely be pre-ordering!

[stuartalex]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Will definitely be buying this instead of the Twilight Time version in the USA, hope this is the first of more Hammer flicks.

How many Hammer films do MGM own ?

[tob]

Will this be released through amazon.

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by tob

Will this be released through amazon.

Easy to find on their site
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00UCBOYY0

[tob]

Originally Posted by malcy30

Easy to find on their site
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00UCBOYY0

Didn't see it thanks.

[Brett C]

Looks like a great release!

[eddyw78]

Oh typical. I bit and ordered the Australian BD (I have reviewed the BD on this site). The extras for this Arrow disc are better. Will be interesting to see if its the same master that is used for the transfer. I presume they both originate from MGM. Great film. One of my favourite Hammer films.

[Pizzamorg]

Day one!

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

Hardly any.

Please don't get your hopes up for a flood of Arrow-produced Hammer films: most of them are divvied up between Warner Bros and StudioCanal, with all that that implies in terms of the chances of a sublicensing deal.

I found a forum post with an old list of Hammer flicks and who put out the DVDs that should give people a hint (it's about halfway down the page):

http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/boar...6161&archive=0

Basically, MGM only put out The Quatermass Xperiment, The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula and Hound of the Baskervilles on DVD, all of which are already out on bluray besides Hound. :P

[007Fanatic]

MichaelB Is this going to have a pre-made master like most MGM/20th Century Fox titles or is Arrow creating a brand new master for this release especially?

[oddbox83]

From what I've read elsewhere it's the same MGM sourced master. Arrow's encoding will no doubt be superior though.

[ravenus]

I love me my Holmes, so pre-ordered, although I dearly hope the price falls on the lower side of 15GBP by shipping
Also put in a blind-buy for Frankenheimer's Manchurian Candidiate, which sounds very intriguing.