THE CINEMA OF POWELL / PRESSBURGER: COLLECTION ONE (IMPRINT COLLECTION #456 - #461) - BLU-RAY
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 in a Limited Edition 7-Disc Hardbox.
The Spy In Black - Blu-Ray
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
49th Parallel - Blu-Ray
A German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Blu-Ray
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
A Canterbury Tale - Blu-Ray
There is a bizarre crime taking place in a small town near Canterbury. An unknown assailant known as 'the glue man' is pouring glue on women's heads at nighttime, and three modern day pilgrims are determined to investigate.
A Matter Of Life and Death - Blu-Ray
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
Black Narcissus - Blu-Ray
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
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- IMP4988
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Special Features
Disc 1 : The Spy in Black - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio commentary by film critic Kim Newman and Jo Botting from the BFI National Archive (2025)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW Interview with author Charles Barr (2025)
Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2: 49th Parallel - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio commentary by Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons (2025)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW Interview with Jeremy Arnold, author of 'Turner Classic Movies (2025)
Theatrical Trailer
Disc 3: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation 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 (2025)
Theatrical Trailer
Disc 4: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: Special Features - Blu-Ray
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - alternate version (standard definition)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW Interview with Charles Drazin author of "The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 40's" (2025)
Martin Scorsese Restoration Piece - featurette
A Profile of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - documentary
Image Gallery
Disc 5: A Canterbury Tale - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio commentary by script supervisor Paddy Arnold, assistant editor Jim Pople and Paul Tritton, author of "A Canterbury Tale: Memories of a Classic Wartime Movie" (2025)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW Interview with Kim Newman (2025)
NEW Interview with author Charles Barr (2025)
Two excerpts from the American version, with Kim Hunter
Disc 6: A Matter of Life and Death - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio commentary by cinema historian & author Stuart Galbraith IV (2025)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW Interview with Charles Drazin author of "The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 40's" (2025)
The Colour Merchant - short film featuring cinematographer Jack Cardiff (1998)
Theatrical Trailer
Disc 7: Black Narcissus - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation from a restored high-definition transfer
NEW Audio commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger (2025)
Audio commentary with co-director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese
NEW Interview with film critic & writer Hannah McGill (2025)
NEW Interview with Powell and Pressburger film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW "The Women of Powell & Pressburger" Video essay by critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson (2025)
A Profile of Black Narcissus - documentary
Painting with Light - documentary about cinematographer Jack Cardiff
Neil Labute on Black Narcissus
Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailer