Charles.Laughton.The.Night.of.The.Hunter.1955.BluRay.BD50.AVC.LPCM.CC-541.nfo
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
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Criterion Collection # 541
http://www.criterion.com/films/27525-the-night-of-the-hunter
BluRay Release Date: November 16, 2010
Director: Charles Laughton
Description
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The Night of the Hunter -- incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed -- is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic -- also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee -- is cinema's most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil.
Format: BluRay 1080p Dual-Layered
Disc Size: 43.7 Gb -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 93 minutes
Type: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Average Bitrate: 35.09 Mbps
Sound (main feature): English LPCM Audio 1152 kbps 1.0
Subtitles: optional English
2-DISC SET FEATURES:
# Audio commentary featuring second-unit director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones.
# Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter,' a two-and-a-half-hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage (2:39:02 in HD).
# New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Feeney, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman (37:59).
# New video interview with Laughton biographer Simon Callow (10:35).
# Clip from the The Ed Sullivan Show in which cast members perform a scene deleted from the film (3:52).
# Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show Moving Pictures about the film.
# Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez (12:54).
# Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb, author of the source novel.
# New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton Directs (16:59 in HD).
# Original theatrical trailer (1:37).
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