Samuel LoveStudioCanal have become particularly renowned in recent years for their lavish Limited Editions and Steelbook releases of catalogue titles. Their wonderful music box set of The Third Man was a particular highlight; a colossal treasure chest of goodies that serenaded you with Anton Karas’ iconic theme as you opened it. But for those who missed these limited runs or perhaps couldn’t spare the shelf space, StudioCanal always re-release these titles in standard editions that strip away the bells and whistles to just give you the film and on-disc supplements. These affordable reissues mean that those not quite so interested in the collectible nature of the more lavish editions can still enjoy these impeccable 4K UHD restorations of some of the finest films in cinema history. Three recent reissues are Soldier Blue, The Third Man, The Outsiders and Convoy.
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Soldier Blue
After a convoy and its U.S. cavalry escort are attacked by Cheyenne Native Americans, only Private Honus Gant (Peter Strauss) and a young woman under the cavalry’s protection (Candice Bergen) survive. Forced to travel across the American frontier’s unforgiving wilderness in search of refuge, their journey reaches a tragic climax as they witness the vengeful U.S. army’s cold-blooded slaughter of the Cheyenne tribe. Controversial upon its release and reflecting the political climate of the time, Ralph Nelson’s Soldier Blue (1970) is uncompromising in its anti-war stance and in its graphic depiction of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. By shedding light on America’s dark history and the inhumane actions of the U.S. army, this revisionist western is one of the most radical films in American cinema’s history. Delve deeper into the STUDIOCANAL catalogue with the curated CULT CLASSICS collection. Discover eclectic, boundary pushing rarities, genre classics, and forgotten cinematic treasures.
Special Features
- NEW Interview with actress Candice Bergen
- Audio commentary by film critic Steve Mitchell and Howard S. Berger
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The Third Man
Carol Reed’s celebrated British noir THE THIRD MAN is widely regarded as ‘The greatest British film of all time’. Brilliantly scripted by Graham Greene and set to Anton Karas’ evocative zither score, this justly celebrated classic is further enhanced by Robert Krasker’s Academy Award® winning cinematography and Orson Welles in one of his most iconic screen roles. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten, Citizen Kane), a naive writer of pulp westerns, arrives in Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (the incomparable Orson Welles) but finds that Lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident. Martins, too curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of Lime’s death and as witnesses disappear he finds himself chased by unknown assailants. Complicating matters are the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard, Brief Encounter), head of the British forces, and Lime’s stage actress mistress, Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli). Will Martins’ curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he’d rather not know?
Special Features
- NEW Noreen Ackland on Saving The Third Man (Excerpt from BEHP audio interview)
- The Third Man – A Filmmaker’s Influence
- Restoring The Third Man
- Audio Commentary With Guy Hamilton, Simon Callow & Angela Allen
- Joseph Cotten’s Alternate Opening Voiceover Narration
- The Third Man Interactive Vienna Tour
- The Third Man On The Radio
- Interview & Zither Performance By Cornelia Mayer
- Shadowing The Third Man
- Guardian NFT Interview – Joseph Cotten (Audio Only)
- Guardian NFT Interview – Graham Greene (Audio Only)
- Behind The Scenes Stills Gallery
- Trailer
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Convoy
Sam Peckinpah’s classic road movie CONVOY (1978) based on a song by C.W. McCall’s hit song of the same name stars Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw. A mighty convoy of dust-raising trucks heads for a state line in South-western America. The massive collection of vehicles of all shapes and sizes are led by ‘Rubber Duck’ (Kris Kristofferson) A legendary trucker who has gathered this vast army together to protest police corruption, federal and state laws and shady politicking. The law is bearing down on truckers and forcing them to obey unrealistic speed limitations which rob them of precious time and money. The national guard, The Army, the Police and the feds are all out to halt the truckers, but the truckers don’t want to stop!
Special Features
- NEW Interview with Franklyn Ajaye
- NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/ Peckinpah scholar Mike Siegel (German & English)
- NEW Video Essay: The Lost Convoy
- NEW The Duck Trucks
- NEW Promoting Convoy: animated gallery of international posters and lobby cards
- NEW Convoy colour stills: 120 rare colour photos
- NEW Filming Convoy pt 1: White Sands & the Truck stop: 100 rare bts photos
- NEW Filming Convoy pt 2: The Trucks are rolling: 100 rare bts photos
- NEW Filming Convoy pt 3: Showdown in Alvarez: 100 rare bts photos
- NEW Original trailer
- Audio commentary by film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
- Passion & Poetry – Sam’s Trucker Movie
- U.S. TV Spot
- U.S. Radio Spots x 4
- Three Lost Scenes
- In jokes, Friends & Cameos
- Trucker Notes from Norway
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The Outsiders
Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 coming-of-age classic, THE OUTSIDERS THE COMPLETE NOVEL – based on the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton – has been stunningly restored in 4K, overseen and approved by Coppola himself. This edition also includes the original theatrical version. In 1966 Tulsa, teenagers came two ways. If you’re a “Soc,” you’ve got money, cars, a future. But if you’re a “Greaser,” you’re an outsider with only your friends and a dream that someday you’ll finally belong. Francis Ford Coppola’s powerful film THE OUTSIDERS THE COMPLETE NOVEL captures how it feels to be caught between childhood’s innocence and adulthood’s disillusionment. The ensemble is a Who’s Who of young talents of the past two decades: Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Ralph Macchio. Moving and in an intensely visual style, Coppola has made these street rats and their struggle heroic – and unforgettable.
Special Features
- Audio Commentary with Francis Ford Coppola
- Audio Commentary with Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio and Patrick Swayze
- NEW Francis Ford Coppola Introduction
- NEW Restoration Story with Zoetrope Head of Archives and Restorations James Mockoski and Colourist Gregg Garvin
- NEW Interview with Cinematographer Stephen Burum
- NEW Deleted Scenes
- NEW Outsider Looking In – Looking at key scenes of a cult classic with Francis Ford Coppola
- NEW Old House New Home featurette
- NEW Trailer
- Staying Gold: A Look Back at “The Outsiders”
- NBC’s News Today from 1983 “The Outsiders Started by School Petition”
- 7 Cast Members read extracts from the novel
- S.E. Hinton on Location in Tulsa
- The Casting of “The Outsiders”
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Trailer from 1983
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