



The Otto Preminger Blu-ray Collection Posted July 30, 2015 12:41 PM by



The British Film Institute will release on Blu-ray three films directed by Otto Preminger: Fallen Angel (1945), Whirlpool (1949), and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950). The films will be offered in a three-disc set, which will be available for purchase on September 28.



Fallen Angel



Film noir, a classic film style of the '40s and '50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contract lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femmes fatales and moral conflict.



June Mills (Alice Faye) and her sister Clara live a quiet life in a small coastal town until Eric Stanton (Dan Andrews), a smooth-talking con man, comes into their lives. He seems to fall heard for June, but Clara believes he's interested only in the family fortune. Meanwhile, sultry waitress Stella (Linda Darnell) catches Stanton's fancy and thinks he might be her ticket out of town. The local cop (Charles Bickford) knows more than he's telling about his fellow citizens and their tangles relationships, which draw even tighter after a shocking murder. Starring Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, and Linda Darnell.



Whirlpool



A woman secretly suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an effort to cure her condition. Soon afterwards, she is found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there and seemingly no way to prove her innocence. Starring Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, and José Ferrer.



Where the Sidewalk Ends



In this hard-hitting mystery drama, Mark Dixon is a cop who loathes hoodlums so much that he's demoted for slugging suspects. On a murder case, even though he suspects a hood named Tommy Scalise, he loses his temper and kills another suspect. He then falls in love with that man's widow, but stands by as her father is charged with the murder. Ultimately, Dixon realizes he must find a way to clear the older man without implicating himself. Starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, and Gary Merrill.



Special Features: Audio Commentaries on all three films by critic Adrian Martin

The Guardian Lecture: Otto Preminger interviewed by Joan Bakewell (audio only)

Original trailers

And More...





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Arkadin Jul 30, 2015 beyond awesome news!!!!

noir rules.

Wireduck1 Jul 30, 2015 Ordered. More Film Noir classics please, what's the hold up???

sjt Jul 30, 2015 No mention of any recent restoration work and rescanning by Fox, on whose behalf the BFI originally released exactly these three titles here on DVD some ten or so years ago as part of a rapidly defunct "noir" series. If they're largely the same, just ported over to BD on a re-licencing deal, I don't see that much cause for celebration, not least because "and much more!" listed under extras is invariably worldwide industry-speak for "not much more". What would be good is if Fox themselves set about rescanning and upgrading their own "Noir" series for BD.

pointless Jul 30, 2015 I haven't heard anything about Whirlpool but Fallen Angel and Where the Sidewalk Ends will be release by Twilight Time in the US. If TT has picked them up there must have have been remasters for HD.



http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fallen-Angel-Blu-ray/113790/



http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Where-the-Sidewalk-Ends-Blu-ray/113792/ Rafows Jul 30, 2015 I don't know about Fallen Angel and Whirlpool, but Where the Sidewalk ends was restored and screened in the Wisconsin Film Festival.



http://guide.wifilmfest.org/2015/Event.aspx?id=3360

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Top reviewerTop contributor pro-bassoonist Jul 30, 2015 Hello sjt,



The "More" will definitely cover at least the booklet that will be included with this set



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Top contributor BluPat Jul 31, 2015 Twilight Time has more Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney Blu-rays coming??!! Awesome! And this collection sounds awesome. I wish it was Region Free.

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