The Australian company Imprint Films has released two classic Monroe movies on Blu-Ray + 4K UHD. Firstly, Some Like It Hot (1959) is available as part of a new boxset, Directed By … Billy Wilder (1945-1959), alongside The Lost Weekend (1945), Stalag 17 (1953), and a 2006 documentary, Billy Wilder Speaks ( directed by Volker Schlöndorff.)
“Born in Austria-Hungary, Billy Wilder fled the rise of Nazism, arriving in Hollywood to cement a career spanning genres and styles, directing noir, comedy, and drama, receiving seven Academy Awards across his 60-film, 50-year career. These three features are emblematic of Wilder’s sense of style, caustic intelligence, and versatility.”
Limited Edition 6-Disc Hardbox with a 168-page hardcover booklet – 1500 copies only.
“Widely considered the greatest comedy ever made, Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot is a hilarious, irresistible farce that continues to draw hoots and hollers almost seventy years on. Starring an extraordinary cast with Marilyn Monroe at the height of her fame, alongside Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards and made history as it helped to end the era of the Hays Code.”
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Disc One – 4K UHD
NEW Audio commentary by film historians Daniel Kremer & David Del Valle
Audio commentary by Paul Diamond (son of writer I.A.L. Diamond), screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, plus excerpts from actors Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
Disc Two – Blu-ray
NEW Audio commentary by film historians Daniel Kremer & David Del Valle
Audio commentary by Paul Diamond (son of writer I.A.L. Diamond), screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, plus excerpts from actors Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon – A True Trouper – feature documentary
Tony Curtis: Looking Back – interview with actor Tony Curtis
Charlie Rose Show: Jack Lemmon reflects on his career
The Making of ‘Some Like It Hot’ – featurette (2006)
The Legacy of ‘Some Like It Hot’ – featurette (2006)
Memories from the Sweet Sues – featurette (2001)
Nostalgic Look Back: actor Tony Curtis speaking with critic Leonard Maltin (2001)
Virtual Hall of Memories – featurette
Imprint Films has also released a new edition of The Misfits, with some impressive special features.
“Directed by John Huston and written by Arthur Miller, The Misfits is a haunting drama from the end of the Golden Age of Hollywood, starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe in what would be their final screen appearances.
Shot in magnificent black-and-white widescreen by cinematographer Russell Metty and directed with rugged poetry by John Huston, The Misfits is the elegiac last testament of an entire era of American cinema, and the most personal film Miller, Monroe, Gable, and Huston ever made.”
Limited Edition 2-Disc Hardbox with a 60-page hardcover booklet including an essay from author Ivana Brehas. 1500 copies only.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Disc One – 4K UHD
NEW Audio commentary by screenwriter / film historian C. Courtney Joyner and film historian / author Julie Kirgo
Disc Two – Blu-ray
NEW Film historian Matthew Sweet on The Misfits
Making The Misfits – feature documentary (standard-definition)
Archival interview with script supervisor Angela Allen
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend – feature documentary
A 60-page hardcover booklet, featuring an essay ‘We’re All Dying’: The Misfits as Haunted Film from Ivana Brehas, and dozens of original production stills.
And finally, Some Like It Hot has been released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and as a 4K UHD Mediabook in the UK and Germany by Altitude Film Distribution and Capelight Pictures.
The DVD and Blu-Ray editions include an interview with Tony Curtis, archived 1984 interview with actor Jack Lemmon and additional commentary by Paul Diamond and screenwriters Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel.
And the 4K UHD Mediabook edition includes additional features…
3-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition in a Mediabook including a UHD-Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Bonus-Blu-ray and a 24-page Booklet
Bonus-Blu-ray: The Making of Some Like It Hot, The Legacy of Some Like It Hot, Nostalgic Look Back documentary
Memories from the Sweet Sues featurette
Virtual Hall of Memories
‘What Makes It Funny?’ – Interview with Tony Curtis on Some Like It Hot
