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The King of Kings (Special Edition Double-Disc Set)
1931 - Cecil B. DeMille - MSRP $39.95 - Release Date: 12/7



Special Features

* New, restored digital transfers of both versions of The King of Kings: DeMille’s 155-minute roadshow version and his subsequent 112-minute general release
* New Dolby Digital 5.1 scores by composers Donald Sosin (1927 version) and Timothy J. Tikker (1931 version), plus the original score for the 1931 release by Hugo Riesenfeld
* Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of The King of Kings
* Cast portraits by photographer W.M. Mortensen
* Production and costume sketches by renowned artist Dan Sayre Groesbeck
* Stills gallery of rare production and publicity photos
* Original illustrated program and press book featuring photographs from the film’s gala premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and studio correspondence from DeMille
* Original theatrical trailers
* Plus: a booklet featuring a 1927 essay by DeMille, an excerpt from
* Robert S. Birchard’s new book Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood, production notes, and a new essay by film critic Peter Matthews

http://www.homevision.com/users/fold...1374&id=KIN190


M (Special Edition Double-Disc Set)
1931 - Fritz Lang - MSRP $39.95 - Release Date: 12/7



Special Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* Audio commentary by German film scholar Eric Rentschler, author of The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife, and Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M
* Conversation with Fritz Lang, an interview film by William Friedkin
* Claude Chabrol’s M le Maudit, a short film inspired by M
* Classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history
* Interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal
* A physical history of M
* Stills gallery, with behind-the-scenes photos, and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* Plus: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffmann, a 1963 interview with Lang, and the script for a missing scene

http://www.homevision.com/users/fold...1374&id=MMM030

Doh! Scooped again by PopcornTreeCt.

No coverart yet? I hope M uses one of it's original German posters. The one with the giant "M" in the man's palm is the one that comes to mind.

this will give me an excuse to finally buy M

It looks like I'm going to have to double-dip for M.

I'll put King of Kings next to Last Temptation and Life of Brian to complete the Jesus trilogy. Great news.

It's about time... A Jesus movie on DVD that's about redemption and love rather than condemnation and hate.

Way to go, Criterion!

HEY!

What happened to the Bunuel titles they were supposed to release in 2004?

Wow, Criterion usually does not release movies in the month of December. These two titles are well worth the exception to the rule. More DeMille!!!!!!!!!

That's what I want to know. I'm interested in checking out some of his mexican films like Los Olvidados.

No-one ever wants to just be happy for a release, they have to condemn and hate other releases...

Still no Playtime? M. Hulot get's no love

Los Olvidados is supposed to be coming from Koch Lorber sometime in 2005.

Thanks for the news.

I would love to see Criterion do all of Luis Bunuel movies, they are so freaking good!!!

I love, love, love, love... Luis Bunuel.

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

I looked up the King of Kings at imdb and the closest year I found is 1927. Is it the one?

Both King of Kings and M for me this December.

Yes. They list it as a 1931 title because the version most of us are familiar with is the edited 1931 re-release with a synchronized music track. The original 155-minute version (which Criterion is also including) is somewhat rare from what I understand -- in fact I'm not sure it's even been released on home video before.

I'm looking forward to the new release of M. Hopefully Criterion will get around to releasing some of the British Hitchcock films next year.

I agree RichardW, I'd love to own "Lifeboat"

Lifeboat is supposedly coming out from Fox soon.

Right, as part of their excellent Fox Studio Classics line. I love this movie.

...The King of Kings...

December just got even MORE expensive.

I will get M. but I probably won't be able to afford it for awhile after its release.

Is there going to be a trade-in deal on M like there was for Charade?