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New Movies on DVD from the Rugged Individualist
| Date: Aug 15, 2006 |
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New Movies on DVD from the Rugged Individualist
GARY COOPER: THE SIGNATURE COLLECTION
ON DVD NOVEMBER 7
Sergeant York Two-Disc Special Edition
The Fountainhead, Springfield Rifle,
The Wreck of Mary Deare, Dallas
Titles, All Remastered and New to DVD, Include Commentary By Jeannine Basinger, New Making-of Featurettes, Documentaries & Vintage Shorts
Burbank, Calif. August 7, 2006 – Another American icon gets the Warner Home Video deluxe treatment with the release of Gary Cooper: The Signature Collection on November 7. All new to DVD and remastered, the 6-disc boxed set features Sergeant York Two-Disc Special Edition, with Cooper’s Academy Award® Best Actor performance, as well as The Fountainhead, Springfield Rifle, The Wreck of Mary Deare and Dallas. Gary Cooper: The Signature Collection will be available for $49.92 SRP. All titles are exclusive to the collection, except Sergeant York Two-Disc Special Edition, which will also sell separately for $26.99 SRP and The Fountainhead, available for $19.97 SRP.
Frank James Cooper was born in Helena, Montana on May 7, 1901. When he was young, Cooper’s parents separated and he spent his early childhood in Dunstable, England with his mother until he was 13 when he returned to this country to live with his father. Moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s, he began to work as a stunt man and bit actor in a series of westerns. A small role in Wings (1927) catapulted him to leading man status and he appeared opposite some of the top female stars of the era, including Esther Ralston, Evelyn Brent, Florence Vidor, Colleen Moore and Nancy Carroll.
With the introduction of sound to films, “Coop” became a bigger star than ever when his first all-talking western, The Virginian, became a box office smash. His strong, silent, action-oriented hero image was ideal for the ‘30s in a string of big hits including The Spoilers, Morocco and Design For Living opposite Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Crawford and others. Cooper left Paramount in the late ‘30s for Samuel Goldwyn and quickly attained superstar status with strong roles in big films, including The Westerner, Meet John Doe and Ball of Fire. Cooper starred in more than 90 films, earning two Best Actor Academy Awards, one for Sergeant York in which he was hand-picked for the role by Sergeant Alvin York himself, followed by High Noon. In 1961, Cooper also received an honorary Oscar, “for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry.” He passed away the same year, but his distinctly American persona has continued to captivate, landing him the number 18 spot in Entertainment Weekly’s poll of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time. The American Film Institute also named him number 11 on their list of 50 Greatest Screen Legends.
Sergeant York Two-Disc Special Edition (1941)
Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism, Alvin York of Tennessee became World War I’s most acclaimed hero. The simple backwoods farm boy captured 132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne and Gary Cooper (hand-picked by York) also won acclaim – and his first Best Actor Academy AwardÒ.
Released in July, 1941 when the United States was on the brink of another war, this stirring adventure inspired thousands of men who were enlisting. Nominated for a total 11 OscarsÒ and directed by Howard Hawks, the film details a religious man’s moral crisis and heroics. Subsequently, he returns to the rural life he loved, refusing to capitalize on the adulation heaped upon him. An ode to patriotism and the human spirit, Sergeant York endures as one of Hollywood’s finest hours.
DVD Special Features:
Disc 1
· Commentary by Jeannine Basinger
· Classic cartoon Porky’s Preview
· Vintage short Lions for Sale
· Cooper Trailer Gallery
· Languages: English & Français
· Subtitles: English, Français & Español (feature film only)
Disc 2
· Two insightful documentaries:
o New making-of featurette Sergeant York: Of God and Country
o Vintage biographical profile Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
The Fountainhead (1949)
Gary Cooper portrays idealistic architect Howard Roark and Patricia Neal plays the troubled beauty whose desire for him almost destroys her in this emotionally and intellectually searing film scripted by Ayn Rand from her own novel. From a granite quarry to Manhattan skyscrapers to a thrilling courtroom finale with his freedom on the line, Roark stands alone against the whole world.
DVD Special Features:
· New featurette The Making of The Fountainhead
· Theatrical trailer
· Subtitles: English, Français & Español (feature film only)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Few actors personified the West like Gary Cooper. Here, in a Civil War-era sagebrush saga co-written by Gunsmoke creator Charles Marquis Warren and directed by action master Andre de Toth, Cooper plays Lex Kearny, a U.S. Army major posing as a Confederate sympathizer. Kearney’s ruse unmasks rustlers of Union horses, even though his true allegiance is revealed. The major and his troops are outmanned and outgunned but with the experimental weapon that makes one man the equal of five, they won’t be outfought.
DVD Special Features:
· Languages: English & Français
· Subtitles: English, Français & Español (feature film only)
The Wreck of Mary Deare (1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare is part seafaring adventure, part mystery, part courtroom drama. Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston star and Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days, Logan’s Run) directs from a screenplay by famed spy novelist Eric Ambler. Richard Harris, in his first year of film acting, gives an intense performance as a seaman who may be part of a duplicitous agenda.
DVD Special Features
· Languages: English & Français
· Subtitles: English, Français & Español (feature film only)
Dallas (1950)
Cooper plays Blayde Hollister, posing as a Boston dandy, who comes to Texas with a gun and a plan: to seek out the notorious Marlow brothers (including Steve Cochran and Raymond Massey) who’ve wronged him. Stuart Heisler (Cooper’s Along Came Jones) directs.
DVD Special Features:
· Languages: English & Français
· Subtitles: English, Français & Español (feature film only)
GARY COOPER: THE SIGNATURE COLLECTION
Street Date: November 7, 2006
Collection: $49.92 SRP; Individual Prices Noted Below
All Titles Not Rated
Sergeant York Two-Disc Special Edition
Run Time: 135 minutes
$26.99 SRP
The Fountainhead
Run Time: 113 minutes
$19.97 SRP
Springfield Rifle
Run Time: 93 minutes
Collection Exclusive
The Wreck of Mary Deare
Run Time: 105 minutes
Collection Exclusive
Dallas
Run Time: 94 minutes
Collection Exclusive
With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change. |
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