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Blu-Ray Release: April 17, 2012

posted 13 years ago by Steve_Walls183
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That's right, April 17th
Harold and Maude is being
released by Criterion... on Blu-Ray!

Disc Features:

* New high-definition digital restoration,
with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
on the Blu-ray edition

* Optional remastered stereo soundtrack

* Audio commentary by Hal Ashby, biographer Nick Dawson
and producer Charles B. Mulvehill

* Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars
by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins

* New interview with songwriter Cat Stevens
(now known as Yusuf Islam)

* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic
Michael Wood; a 1971 New York Times profile
of star Ruth Gordon; and excerpted transcripts
of two interviews, one from 1997 with star Bud Cort
and director of photography John Alonzo....
and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis

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[–] WatchingYouReadThis 13 years ago

Thanks for the heads up

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[–] jayanxiety 12 years ago

Finally! After the (nearly) bare-bones DVD of yesteryear, we will finally get a proper release of this classic film. The only complaints I have are the lack of deleted scenes which we got teased with in the 2 trailers from the DVD. Also, Bud Cort once offered to do an audio commentary, but the studio who put out the low-brow DVD weren't interested. It would have been nice to hear his thoughts on the film. Finally, the film locations have long been visited by fans of the film. A "then & now" sequence would have put the icing on the cake!

[–] crazyj89 12 years ago

Any reviews of this? I rented it (minus the booklet) at a local store before I decided if I wanted to buy it. I was excited to hear that there was a criterion release, but then when I saw what was on it I was a little disappointed. No Bud Cort audio commentary? No deleted scenes? It seems that there wasn't that much new material produced for this - it seems more like a collection of old material put together for the release. I think the collection of stuff that came with the LP is more interesting.

[–] Mr. Bug 12 years ago

Wonderful transfer.