



Kino to Release John Cassavetes' A Child is Waiting on Blu-ray Posted June 8, 2015 04:14 PM by



Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will release on Blu-ray John Cassavetes' A Child Is Waiting (1963), starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands, Lawrence Tierney, and Steven Hill. The release will arrive on the market later this year.



Synopsis: Produced by Stanley Kramer, A Child is Waiting is set in an institution for the mentally handicapped, with many actual residents playing supporting and bit roles. Doctor Burt Lancaster and instructor Judy Garland often find themselves at odds over teaching methods, with Garland preferring an intense one-on-one approach with her students. Bruce Ritchey, a non-developmentally challenged youth, plays the retarded son of Gena Rowlands and Steven Hill, whose intellectual and social progress becomes the focal point of the film. The most uplifting sequence in A Child is Waiting takes place during a play staged by the genuinely handicapped children for their parents; while director John Cassavetes gilds the lily with close-ups of the teary-eyed audience, the kids themselves are earnest, engaging, and totally devoid of self-pity. According to Stanley Kramer, Judy Garland left her best work in this film on the cutting room floor; whenever completing a scene in which she'd exercised professional restraint, she'd insist upon a retake, then resort to the sobbing and breast-beating that her fans had come to expect.





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Arkadin Jun 08, 2015 wow; this film has never even been released on dvd in the US. There is an Australian dvd.

so, great news! really like the majority of Burt Lancaster's films

Alex DeLarge Jun 08, 2015 I'm not familiar with this one but generally love Cassevete's films (as Director). Will add this next to my Criterion BDs!

postmodel Jun 08, 2015 I only saw this on YouTube last year (huge Cassavetes fan and had no way of seeing it). It's not the typical Cassavetes film as he worked with a studio and I believe the studio did not like his take on things. Rather than butcher the behind the scenes stuff I'm sure it can easily be found on Google!



Overall I liked it. I'll pick this up.

stairfox Jun 08, 2015 I saw this on TCM, and I thought it was really affecting. I was hoping that Criterion would have picked it up, since other Cassavetes films are available. I thought that Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, and Gena Rowlands were great.

Iron Eagle 74 Jun 15, 2015 Yet, still no GLORIA.

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