Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2023 4K UHD and Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Clint Eastwood, Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Janet Leigh, Gene Hackman, Julie Andrews, Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Charlton Heston and more. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below:
Street Date: 6/6/23
Synopsis: Brand New 4K Restoration! The film that started it all… the genre of “Spaghetti Western” was born, The Man with No Name was introduced and the iconic talents of star Clint Eastwood (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven), director Sergio Leone (For a Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dynamite) and composer Ennio Morricone (Navajo Joe, Death Rides a Horse) were launched. An instant international phenomenon, this hard-hitting epic stunned audiences with its violence, gritty realism and tongue-in-cheek humor. A lean, cold-eyed, cobra-quick gunfighter (Eastwood) arrives in a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers terrorize the impoverished citizens. Though he receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang, his loyalty cannot be bought. He accepts both jobs… and sets in motion a deadly plan to destroy the criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated setups, showdowns and deadly confrontations. Co-starring Marianne Koch (The Devil’s General) and Gian Maria Volontè (Face to Face, The Red Circle).
Bonus Features: Over 24 Hours of extensive shot-by-shot color grading of the logarithmic restored 4K files provided by L’Immagine Ritrovata | Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas | Audio Commentary by Noted Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling | MARISOL – Sergio Leone’s Madonna in the West: Interview with Actress Marianne Koch | The Christopher Frayling Archives: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS | A New Kind of Hero | A Few Weeks in Spain: Clint Eastwood on the Experience of Making the Film | Tre Voci: Three Friends Remember Sergio Leone | Not Ready for Primetime: Renowned Filmmaker Monte Hellman Discusses the Television Broadcast of A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS | The Network Prologue with Harry Dean Stanton | Location Comparisons: Then to Now | TRAILERS FROM HELL with John Badham | Three Image Galleries | Archival Outtakes | Radio Spots | Double Bill Trailer & Radio Spot | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Original 2.0 Mono | Double-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/6/23
Synopsis: Screen legends Clint Eastwood (High Plains Drifter) and Lee Van Cleef (Death Rides a Horse) co-star as two rival bounty hunters who join forces to bring murderous bandit El Indio (Gian Maria Volontè, Lucky Luciano) and his vicious gang of criminals to justice. But all is not as it seems in this explosive second installment of Sergio Leone’s legendary “Man with No Name” trilogy that blasted off with A Fistful of Dollars and concluded with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Spiced with blistering gun battles, jailbreaks, bank holdups and a sardonic sense of humor, For a Few Dollars More features a haunting score by the masterful Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dynamite) and a stellar cast that includes spaghetti western legends Mario Brega (A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die), Luigi Pistilli (Cold Sweat), Aldo Sambrell (Navajo Joe) and Klaus Kinski (The Great Silence).
Bonus Features: The Complete Restored Edit of FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE with Extensive Shot-by-Shot Color Grading | Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas | Audio Commentary by Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling | On location in Almería and Granada with Filmmaker Alex Cox | The Christopher Frayling Archives: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE | A New Standard: Frayling on FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE | Back for More: Clint Eastwood Remembers FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE | Tre Voci: Three Friends Remember Sergio Leone | FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE: The Original American Release Version Featurette | Location Comparisons | TRAILERS FROM HELL with Ernest Dickerson | Four Image Galleries | Radio Spots | Double Bill Trailer and Radio Spot | Two Theatrical Trailers | Correctly Synched 2.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround Audio | Optional English Subtitles
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Street Date: 6/6/23
Synopsis: For three men the Civil War wasn’t hell… it was practice! By far the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic and stylistically influential western ever made, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a classic actioner shot through with a volatile mix of myth and realism. Screen legend Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars) returns as “The Man with No Name,” this time teaming with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of $200,000 and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way. From sun-drenched panoramas to bold hard close-ups, exceptional camerawork captures the beauty and cruelty of the barren landscape and the hardened characters who stride unwaveringly through it. Hailed as “the best directed movie of all time” by Quentin Tarantino, this epic masterpiece was directed by the great Sergio Leone (Once Upon a Time in the West) and co-stars Lee Van Cleef (For a Few Dollars More) as Angel Eyes and Eli Wallach (The Magnificent Seven) in the role of Tuco. Music by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Death Rides a Horse).
Bonus Features: 162-Minute Theatrical Cut – Over 30 hours of extensive shot-by-shot color grading and a 4K scan of a 1967 IB tech print as the secondary source to restore the theatrical cut to its original glory | Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas | Leone’s West: Making of Documentary | Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and GBU Featurette Parts 1 & 2 | The Leone Style: On Sergio Leone Featurette | The Man Who Lost the Civil War: Civil War Documentary | Reconstruction GBU (Extended Cut) | Deleted Scenes and Vignettes | Alternate Scene: The Optical Flip | TRAILERS FROM HELL with Ernest Dickerson | Two Image Galleries | Original American, German and French Trailers | English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround and Restored 2.0 Mono Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/13/23
Synopsis: The Greatest Sea Adventure in History Has Just Begun! The high seas have never been more terrifying than in this riveting, tension-packed adventure directed by the great Richard Lester (The Knack … and How to Get It, The Three Musketeers, Cuba, Superman II). Screen legends Richard Harris (The Long and the Short and the Tall, The Wild Geese) and Omar Sharif (Doctor Zhivago, The Tamarind Seed) head an all-star cast that includes the extraordinary Anthony Hopkins (When Eight Bells Toll, The Silence of the Lambs), David Hemmings (Crossed Swords, Murder by Decree), Shirley Knight (The Group, The Rain People) and Ian Holm (The Homecoming, Alien) in an edge-of-the-seat shipboard thriller! HMS Britannic is caught in a storm at sea. But the real terror is on board—seven bombs planted by a terrorist calling himself Juggernaut, who demands a high ransom in exchange for the passengers’ lives. Bomb expert Fallon (Harris) is flown to the ship and, as negotiations break down, he struggles with the most challenging job of his life in a race against time! The Stellar cast also includes Clifton James (The Reivers) and Roy Kinnear (How I Won the War).
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | TV Spot | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 6/13/23
Synopsis: All aboard for runaway action and suspense in this riveting masterpiece from legendary writer/director Michael Crichton (Westworld, Coma)! Sean Connery (Goldfinger, The Anderson Tapes, Cuba), Donald Sutherland (Klute, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Crackers) and Lesley-Anne Down (Brannigan, The Pink Panthers Strikes Again, Sphinx) star in this “spine-tingling and suavely performed” adventure (The Hollywood Reporter) based on history’s first train robbery. Stunningly shot by the great cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey, Murder on the Orient Express), this “ingenious” (Variety) crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement. Connery is Edward Pierce, a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history, Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie and larcenous skill.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Michael Crichton | TV Spots | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/13/23
Synopsis: Murder, seduction and intrigue in the Kremlin! Adapted by Dennis Potter (Dreamchild) from the bestselling novel by Martin Cruz Smith, Gorky Park is a gripping and brilliant thriller starring screen greats William Hurt (Body Heat) and Lee Marvin (Prime Cut). When three murder victims are discovered in Moscow’s Gorky Park—their faces and fingertips removed—detective Arkady Renko (Hurt) is determined to identify the bodies and find the killer. But when the clues point toward the involvement of the KGB, Renko is hunted by the secret police and confronted by an intricate web of deception and treachery reaching to the highest political levels. Directed by Michael Apted (Thunderheart, The World Is Not Enough) and with an excellent supporting cast that includes Joanna Pacula (The Kiss), Brian Dennehy (F/X), Ian Bannen (The Offence), Michael Elphick (Ordeal by Innocence), Richard Griffiths (Withnail & I), Alexander Knox (Accident) and Ian McDiarmid (Return of the Jedi).
Bonus Features: Interview with Director Michael Apted | TV Spots | Theatrical Teaser Trailer | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/13/23
Synopsis: From the great Andrew Davis, director of The Fugitive, Under Siege and Code of Silence, comes a brilliant, explosively entertaining action/thriller featuring powerful performances by screen legends Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning, Narrow Margin) and Tommy Lee Jones (Black Moon Rising, Blown Away). Featuring a superb supporting cast that includes Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), Dennis Franz (Dressed to Kill), Pam Grier (Foxy Brown) and John Heard (Cutter’s Way), The Package delivers top-notch excitement! Sergeant Johnny Gallagher (Hackman) thinks he’s been given a routine assignment: to escort a rebellious American soldier (Jones) from Europe to the U.S. for a military court martial. Gallagher soon learns, however, that the assignment is anything but routine, when he uncovers a terrifying military conspiracy. The clock is ticking down to a historic superpower summit, and Gallagher must stop the deadly plot before it’s too late…for him and his country.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Director Andrew Davis and Actress Joanna Cassidy | Interview with Actress Joanna Cassidy | Optional Intro by Director Andrew Davis | TV Spots | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (4K UHD BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 6/20/23
Synopsis: Shocking, daring, thrilling and mesmerizing, The Manchurian Candidate is a mindblower! Directed by the legendary John Frankenheimer (Seven Days in May, The Train, Seconds, Ronin) and featuring an all-star cast, including Angela Lansbury (The Mirror Crack’d) in an Oscar-nominated performance (Best Supporting Actress, 1962), this eerily prescient masterpiece “may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made” (Pauline Kael). When a platoon of Korean War G.I.s is captured, they somehow end up at a ladies’ garden club party. Or do they? Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra, Von Ryan’s Express) can’t remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical plot orchestrated by the utterly ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) and involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey, A Dandy in Aspic), her senator husband (James Gregory, The Silencers) and a secret cabal of enemy leaders. Janet Leigh (Touch of Evil) and Henry Silva (Code of Silence) also play pivotal parts in “one of the best and brightest of modern American films” (Roger Ebert).
Bonus Features: Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer | THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS: with Star Frank Sinatra, Director John Frankenheimer and Screenwriter George Axelrod (7:48) | QUEEN OF DIAMONDS: Interview with Actress Angela Lansbury (14:48) | A LITTLE SOLITAIRE: Interview with Filmmaker William Friedkin (13:15) | PHONE CALL: Outtake (0:26) | HOW TO GET SHOT: Featurette (1:07) | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/20/23
Synopsis: An end-of-career masterpiece from John Frankenheimer, the legendary director of The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seconds and Grand Prix, Ronin is a gritty and gripping action caper with some of the most exhilarating car chases ever committed to celluloid. The Cold War may be over, but a new world order keeps a group of covert mercenaries employed by the highest bidder. These operatives-for-hire, known as “Ronin” (masterless samurai), are assembled in France by a mysterious client for a seemingly routine mission: steal a top-secret briefcase. But the simple task soon proves explosive as other underworld organizations vie for the same prize…and to get the job done, the Ronin must do something they’ve never done before—trust each other. The illustrious international cast includes Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale and Jonathan Pryce.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer | 5.1 Surround & Lossless 2.0 Stereo Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles / DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer | CLOSE-UP: Interview with Cinematographer Robert Fraisse | IN THE RONIN CUTTING ROOM with Editor Tony Gibbs | AN ACTOR’S PROCESS with Natascha McElhone | COMPOSING THE RONIN SCORE with Elia Cmiral | THE DRIVING OF RONIN with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claude Lagniez | THROUGH THE LENS with Cinematographer Robert Fraisse | THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEWS with Robert De Niro, Natascha McElhone and Jean Reno | RONIN – FILMING IN THE FAST LANE: Featurette | Alternate Ending | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround & Lossless 2.0 Stereo Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/20/23
Synopsis: Film legend Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, The Raven, Black Sabbath) commands the role of James Lee Wong, the eminent gentleman-sleuth of the printed page, in five taut tales of mystery and murder for Monogram Pictures and director William Nigh (The Ape). Grant Withers (Goin’ to Town) co-stars as Wong’s fellow case-cracker, the irascible Police Captain Street. MR. WONG, DETECTIVE (1938) — Upon the discovery of a strange glass globe, Mr. Wong delves into the death of a chemical company bigwig. With Maxine Jennings. THE MYSTERY OF MR. WONG (1939) — Mr. Wong works to crack the killer riddle of an exquisite gemstone known as the Eye of the Daughter of the Moon. With Dorothy Tree. MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN (1939) — There’s murder in the house of Mr. Wong when death by dart comes to Princess Lin Hwa (Lotus Long). With Marjorie Reynolds. THE FATAL HOUR (1940) — Mr. Wong tracks the treacherous trail of a corpse to a jewel-smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront. With Marjorie Reynolds. DOOMED TO DIE a.k.a. Mystery of the Wentworth Castle (1940) — When a shipping magnate is mysteriously shot, Mr. Wong springs into action. With Marjorie Reynolds.
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Masters – From 2K Scan of the Fine Grains | NEW Audio Commentary for MR. WONG, DETECTIVE by Film Historiand Tom Weaver and Larry Blamire | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/20/23
Synopsis: The explosive Korean War novel by celebrated author James A. Michener (Sayonara, South Pacific) soars to the screen in this rousing cinema classic from director Mark Robson (Bright Victory, Von Ryan’s Express). Not every Navy pilot can guide his aircraft from a wave-tossed carrier deck, seek out targets over unfamiliar Korean terrain, and then return to what looks like a speck in the sea. Naval Reservist Harry Brubaker (movie legend William Holden, Stalag 17) can. This masterful story of a war-weary World War II veteran who must leave his family to fight again combines moving drama with surefire, bombs-away aerial action. Luminous Grace Kelly (High Noon) co-stars as Brubaker’s loving wife, and rounding out a stellar cast are Fredric March (Inherit the Wind), Mickey Rooney (The Bold and the Brave) and Robert Strauss (The Seven Year Itch). The Bridges at Toko-Ri landed two Academy Award nominations for 1955, with Paramount’s Special Effects team winning the coveted Oscar for their thrilling, fiery handiwork.
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/27/23
Synopsis: From Tom DeSimone, cult director of Hell Night, The Concrete Jungle and Reform School Girls, comes Prison Girls—“The First Real Adult Film in 3-D!” Six female prisoners are given a weekend furlough in preparation for their upcoming parole. While out, the groovy jailbirds have miscellaneous sexual experiences—some good, some bad, some downright shocking! The irresistible cast includes Jacqueline Giroux (To Live and Die in L.A.), Uschi Digard (Supervixens), Candy Samples (Flesh Gordon), Annik Borel (Werewolf Woman), Tracy Handfuss (A Clockwork Blue), Maria Arnold (Meatcleaver Massacre) and Linda York (A Scream in the Streets). This special edition Blu-ray of Prison Girls presents the film remastered in three sensational dimensions by 3-D Film Archive!
Bonus Features: Newly Remastered and Restored in 3-D by 3-D Film Archive | NEW Audio Commentary by Horror-Fix.com’s James G. Chandler and Ash Hamilton | Deleted Scene (2-D) | Theatrical Trailer (2-D) | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/27/23
Synopsis: The iconic Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie) takes on the most challenging role of her career as Stephanie Anderson, a world-famous violinist suddenly afflicted with multiple sclerosis. Forced to watch helplessly while her talent ebbs away, Stephanie discovers that her marriage is crumbling too, when her composer-conductor husband (Alan Bates, Women in Love) escapes into an affair with his secretary. Convinced that her life is now worthless, Stephanie drifts into a world of bitterness and isolation, ignoring the advice of her psychiatrist (Max von Sydow, Needful Things) and continuing on her self-destructive course. Alone and desperate, she finally has no choice but to confront and conquer her despair—or die trying. Finely directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Maria’s Lovers, Runaway Train), Duet for One reveals new dimensions of Julie Andrews’ breathtaking brilliance in a rare and touching drama. The all-star cast also includes Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding) and Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List).
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/27/23
Synopsis: Hollywood legend Charlton Heston (Secret of the Incas, The Big Country, Ben-Hur) stars as Will Penny, an aging cowboy on a hard-luck streak. He’s out of work, out of money, and staked out to die in the desert by a gang of ruthless outlaws. Moments before death, Will is taken in by the beautiful Catherine (Joan Hackett, Support Your Local Sheriff), who is heading west with her young son to join her husband. As Catherine nurses Will back to health, he catches a glimpse of a lifestyle he’s never known. Suddenly, Will has two more problems to deal with: he’s in love with another man’s wife, and the outlaw gang is on its way back to finish him off. Heston’s favorite film in which he appeared, the elegiac Will Penny was written and directed by Tom Gries (100 Rifles, Breakout, Breakheart Pass), shot by Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch), and finely cast with Donald Pleasence, Bruce Dern, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Clifton James, Anthony Zerbe, Jon Gries and Lee Majors.
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner, Film Historian Henry Parke and WILL PENNY Script Supervisor Michael Preece | Remembering WILL PENNY: Featurette with Charlton Heston and Jon Gries (13:20) | The Cowboys of WILL PENNY: Featurette with Charlton Heston and Jon Gries (3:26) | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/27/23
Synopsis: Two of the West’s most legendary figures search for the demon buffalo that haunts them both! They called him Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson, Breakheart Pass). The Prince of Pistoleers. A frontier adventurer and killer of men. Now, in his last years, he is an old gunfighter plagued by fears and driven by a need to make peace with himself. The white buffalo is his constant nightmare. He must find the fabled beast and destroy it…before it destroys him. He was Crazy Horse (Will Sampson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest). The greatest of all Sioux chiefs. A warrior of dignity and pride. Now, as a father who searches for the legendary albino buffalo so that the spirit of his dead child can go to heaven, he will stop at nothing to obtain the sacred white pelt. J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone, Cape Fear, Murphy’s Law) directs this heart-stopping, one-of-a-kind western with a brilliant supporting cast that includes Jack Warden (Billy Two Hats), Clint Walker (More Dead Than Alive), Slim Pickens (Blazing Saddles), Stuart Whitman (The Comancheros), John Carradine (Stagecoach) and Kim Novak (Vertigo).
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Interpositive | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Paul Talbot, the author of the BRONSON’S LOOSE! Books | 4 TV Spots (Newly Mastered in 2K) | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/27/23
Synopsis: 2K Restoration by Gaumont! In La Chèvre, French comedy writing sensation Francis Veber (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, La Cage aux Folles) first teamed Tall Blond’s Pierre Richard with Gérard Depardieu (Buffet Froid, A Pure Formality), creating a wildly eccentric and guffaw-inducing duo unlike any the screen had ever seen before. After unsuccessfully searching for a French tycoon’s missing daughter in Mexico, tough-guy private eye Campana (Depardieu) is grudgingly saddled with accident-prone accountant Perrin (Richard), a would-be detective presumed to be so maladroit that he will unwittingly lead Campana to the missing girl. But once let loose in Mexico, the question becomes whether Perrin will crack the case or crack his own skull first. Depardieu and Richard’s comic chemistry buoys the anarchic slapstick and shaggy-dog story with gentle whimsy and graceful humanity. Though expertly evoking Hope and Crosby, the Pink Panther films and Buster Keaton, La Chèvre is catapulted into the pantheon of international movie comedy on the irresistible strength of its effortless and distinctively French flair. La Chèvre was remade in Hollywood as Pure Luck, starring Martin Short and Danny Glover.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | Theatrical Trailer | In French with Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 6/27/23
Synopsis: 2K Restoration by Gaumont! In Les Compères, filmmaker Francis Veber (writer of La Cage aux Folles) ingeniously blends elements of buddy movies, thrillers and teen comedy into an endearing French screwball classic. The comic chemistry of Pierre Richard (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) and Gérard Depardieu (Camille Claudel, Green Card), introduced in Veber’s La Chèvre, here energizes this antic adventure with infectious charisma and sincerity. When her 16-year-old son runs away from their Paris home, Christine (Anny Duperey, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet) sidesteps her stubborn husband and separately convinces two former lovers that they are each the boy’s father. Duped into a sense of responsibility for a son they never knew, brawling newspaperman Lucas (Depardieu) and fragile neurotic Pignon (Richard) follow the boy’s trail to Nice and proceed to pack decades’ worth of dubious parenting into a few manic days battling Riviera bikers, casino racketeers and most often each other. Depardieu and Richard’s expert timing and interplay allows this tender farce to unfold with a breakneck pace that belies the honest sentiment at its heart. Les Compères was remade in Hollywood as Fathers’ Day, starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | Theatrical Trailer | In French with Optional English Subtitles
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