Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their May 2022 4K UHD and Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tim Curry, Kate Winslet, John Travolta and more. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below:
FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE 7-FILM COLLECTION
Street Date: 5/3/22
Synopsis: This Francis: The Talking Mule collection, all Newly Remastered in 2K, includes all the 7 films from the hilarious film series. FRANCIS (1950) – When Army officer Peter Stirling (Donald O’Connor) tries to explain that a talking mule (Chill Wills) rescued him from behind enemy lines, unbelieving superiors take him for a crackpot. Meanwhile, Francis shows up with new plans of heroic action. Co-starring Patricia Medina, ZaSu Pitts and Tony Curtis. FRANCIS GOES TO THE RACES (1951) – Francis (Wills) and his sidekick Peter (O’Connor) visit Colonel Travers and his beautiful granddaughter on their family horse ranch. When an unpaid debt threatens the ranch, Francis calls on his equine friends at the racetrack to come up with the money. Co-starring Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway and Jesse White. FRANCIS GOES TO WEST POINT (1952) – Peter (O’Connor) wins acceptance into West Point but loses daily to drills, hazings and forbidden romances. It all calls for the aid of his long-eared friend (Wills), who’s there for him and for the Army football team. Co-starring Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley and David Janssen. FRANCIS COVERS THE BIG TOWN (1953) – When Peter (O’Connor) enters the fast-paced New York newspaper world and tangles with gangsters, things lead to murder—and a howlingly funny attempt by Francis (Wills) to save his human pal. Co-starring Yvette Duguay, Gene Lockhart and Nancy Guild. FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS (1954) – A clerical mishap sends Peter (O’Connor) into the Women’s Army Corps. His hoofed companion (Wills) helps him through his various military and personal problems, including several stays in the base’s psychiatric ward. Co-starring Julie Adams, Mamie Van Doren and ZaSu Pitts. FRANCIS IN THE NAVY (1955) – It’s anchors aweigh as Peter (O’Connor) gets mistaken for his Navy lookalike, ladies’ man Slicker Donevan (also O’Connor). His military misadventures with Francis (Wills) continue at sea. Featuring Clint Eastwood in his first credited film role and co-starring Martha Hyer, Jim Backus and David Janssen. FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1956) – Mickey Rooney and Paul Frees take the reins as hapless David Prescott and wise-cracking Francis. When David gets mixed up with a gang of crooks looting paintings from a ghoul-infested castle, he needs his quadruped savior. Co-starring Virginia Welles, Paul Cavanagh and David Janssen. Arthur Lubin (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) directed the first 6 films in the series starring O’Connor and Charles Lamont (Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man) directed the final film in the series starring Rooney.
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Masters | NEW Audio Commentary for FRANCIS by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin | NEW Audio Commentary for FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Film Journalist/Author Staci Layne Wilson | NEW Audio Commentary for FRANCIS IN THE NAVY by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Film Historian Paul Anthony Nelson | NEW Audio Commentaries for FRANCIS GOES TO THE RACES and FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE by Film Historian Eddy Von Mueller | NEW Audio Commentary for FRANCIS GOES TO WEST POINT by Film Historian Toby Roan | NEW Audio Commentary for FRANCIS COVERS THE BIG TOWN by Film Historian Stephen Vagg | Theatrical Trailers for FRANCIS GOES TO THE RACES, FRANCIS GOES TO WEST POINT, FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS, FRANCIS IN THE NAVY and FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE (All Newly Mastered) | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 5/3/22
Synopsis: Riccardo Cucciolla (Un Flic, Borsalino & Co.) and Gian Maria Volontè (A Fistful of Dollars, Lucky Luciano) are Sacco & Vanzetti, subjects of one of the most infamous trials of the twentieth century. Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, known for their anarchist beliefs, stand accused of robbery and murder. Their political leanings are used as evidence against them, but defense attorney Fred Moore (Milo O’Shea, The Verdict) is convinced of their innocence. As anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiments run high, one of the most polarizing trials in U.S. history unfolds in this riveting docudrama from director Giuliano Montaldo (Grand Slam). The musical score was composed and conducted by the great Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) featuring folk music legend Joan Baez. The top-notch cast also includes Cyril Cusack (Fahrenheit 451), Geoffrey Keen (The Spy Who Loved Me), William Prince (Cyrano de Bergerac) and Claude Mann (Army of Shadows).
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker Alex Cox | Includes Both the English and Italian Audio Tracks | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitle
TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS (3-D SPECIAL EDITION)
Synopsis: When a set of mystical artifacts falls into the hands of a diabolical cult leader with plans for world domination, it’s up to the devil-may-care J.T. Striker (Tony Anthony, Comin’ at Ya!) to reclaim them. Together with a ragtag team of mercenaries, Striker must battle terrifying natural—and supernatural—enemies within a fortress-like temple where the stakes may be nothing less than the balance between good and evil. So get ready for an unforgettable adventure, with top-notch direction by Ferdinando Baldi (Django, Prepare a Coffin), thrilling score by the legendary Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and a fiery apocalyptic climax so real it’ll send you running for cover! This edition of Treasure of the Four Crowns comes with an eye-popping 3-D restoration by 3-D Film Archive!
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jason Pichonsky | NEW Audio Interview with Star Tony Anthony Conducted by Filmmaker Douglas Hosdale | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | Includes Both BD3D Polarized AND Anaglyphic (Red/Cyan) 3-D Versions | Contains One Pair of Anaglyphic 3-D Glasses | 5.1 Surround & Lossless 2.0 Audio | Optional English Subtitles
SON OF SAMSON (AKA MARCISTE NELLA VALLE DEI RE)
Street Date: 5/10/22
Synopsis: Marvel at great feats of strength and seduction in the pulse-quickening sword-and-sandal epic, Son of Samson. During the Persian rule over Egypt, the mighty Maciste (bodybuilder Mark Forest, Goliath and the Dragon) travels to the city of Tanis where the evil Queen Smedes (Folies Bergère dancer Chelo Alonso, Sheba and the Gladiator) rules with an iron fist and spreads misery across the land. Possessing legendary brawn and courage, Maciste leads a mass revolt against the queen and her tyrannical reign of terror. Director Carlo Campogalliani (Goliath and the Barbarians, Sword of the Conqueror) delivers the peplum genre goods in this breathtaking Color-and-Scope adventure, also known as Maciste in the Valley of the Kings.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Filmmaker/Historian Michael Varrati | Trailers | Optional English Subtitles
VIOLENT CITY (SPECIAL EDITION)
Synopsis: In a city set to explode, one man has just lit the fuse! After a bloody double-cross leaves him for dead, professional hit man Jeff (Charles Bronson, Mr. Majestyk) tracks the shooter and his beautiful mistress (Jill Ireland, The Valdez Horses) to New Orleans. But when Jeff takes both revenge and the woman, he finds himself blackmailed by a powerful crime boss (Telly Savalas, A Town Called Hell) who wants the fiercely independent gunman to join his organization. Jeff refuses, and is hunted through an unforgiving city where love is like a loaded gun and debts of vengeance are paid in bullets. This is no ordinary Bronson movie! Packed with savage action and a shocking twist ending, Violent City (also known as The Family) was directed by Italian genre ace Sergio Sollima (Face to Face) from a fast-paced screenplay co-written by the brilliant Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties) and features a pulse-pounding score by the legendary Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). This 2-disc special edition also includes the Violent City 1973 re-release cut, The Family.
Bonus Features: DISC 1: 2K Restoration of Violent City (In English & Italian with Optional English Subtitles) | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Paul Talbot, the author of the BRONSON’S LOOSE! Books | Shooting VIOLENT CITY: Interview with Co-Writer/Director Sergio Sollima | Theatrical Trailers for VIOLENT CITY and THE FAMILY | TV Spot for THE FAMILY / DISC 2: 4K Restoration of Citta violenta (In Italian with Optional English Subtitles) | HD Master of The Family – 2K Scan of a 35mm Print (In English with Optional English Subtitles) | Charles Bronson Theatrical Trailers
Synopsis: From Greydon Clark, the legendary cult director of Satan’s Cheerleaders, Angels Brigade, The Return, Wacko, Joysticks, Final Justice and Uninvited, comes the ultimate in extraterrestrial terror—Without Warning. It’s an alien. It preys on human fear. It feeds on human flesh. It comes with flying, bloodsucking jellyfish. And it’s here! A group of teenagers, a grizzled hunter and a crazy war veteran wage a life-and-death battle against the insidious invader. Be warned, there can be only one survivor. The alien—or Earth. Humanity depends on Jack Palance (Sudden Fear), Martin Landau (The Being), Tarah Nutter (Chilly Scenes of Winter), Christopher S. Nelson (Roller Boogie), Cameron Mitchell (Silent Scream), Neville Brand (Eaten Alive), Sue Ane Langdon (The Evictors), Ralph Meeker (Kiss Me Deadly), Larry Storch (Sweet Sixteen), Lynn Theel (Humanoids from the Deep), Darby Hinton (Hi-Riders) and David Caruso (King of New York) to defeat the evil E.T. (Kevin Peter Hall, the predator in Predator). Ace cinematographer Dean Cundey (The Thing) lensed this classic creepfest and effects whiz Greg Cannom (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) created the freaky fiends from outer space. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Masters | Audio Commentary by Producer/Director Greydon Clark | Greg & Sandy’s Alien Adventure: Interviews with Actors Tarah Nutter and Christopher S. Nelson (20:44) | Independents Day: Interview with Cinematographer Dean Cundey (15:05) | Producers vs. Aliens: Interview with Co-Writer/Co-Producer Daniel Grodnik (11:24) | Hunter’s Blood: Interview with Special Make-Up Effects Creator Greg Gannom (5:56) | TRAILERS FROM HELL with Mike Mendez | Theatrical Trailer | Newly Commissioned Art by Vince Evans | Optional English Subtitles
FLOWER DRUM SONG (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 5/24/22
Synopsis: Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s unforgettable musical comedy Flower Drum Song tells the story of a young Hong Kong girl (Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara) who travels to San Francisco as part of an arranged marriage and discovers a new and modern world. Filled with memorable songs by the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (South Pacific) and brilliant dances choreographed by Hermes Pan (Top Hat), this lavish Ross Hunter (All That Heaven Allows) production is beautifully realized by director Henry Koster (No Highway in the Sky) and cinematographer Russell Metty (Spartacus). Co-starring Nancy Kwan (The World of Suzie Wong) and James Shigeta (The Crimson Kimono), Flower Drum Song became a cinematic landmark as the first major Hollywood feature film to have a mostly Asian-American cast in a contemporary Asian-American story.
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Masters | Audio Commentary by Star Nancy Kwan with Film Historian Nick Redman | A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen – Broadway legends Rodgers & Hammerstein adopt the best-selling novel into a theatrical hit and a Hollywood classic (19:06) | Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song – Learn how the film was one of Hollywood’s first to cast Asian actors as strong Chinese characters who achieve success and happiness (9:09) | The Songs of Flower Drum Song – From the unforgettable I ENJOY BEING A GIRL to the East-meets-West classic CHOP SUEY, experience the wonder of these dazzling musical numbers (11:00) | An All-Access Pass to the Sets and Costumes of Flower Drum Song (5:52) | The Legacy of Rodgers & Hammerstein (4:25) | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | 5.1 Surround & Lossless 2.0 Audio | Optional English Subtitles
TIMES SQUARE (SPECIAL EDITION)
Synopsis: Rich girl Pammy (Trini Alvarado, Stella) is the sheltered daughter of a prominent politician. Wild child Nicky (Robin Johnson, D.O.A.) is a tough runaway. Together, the two teens escape from a psychiatric hospital and with the help of radio DJ Johnny LaGuardia (Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), become punk rock heroes on the streets of New York City. But just as their outrageous new life begins to come together, they find that society wants to tear them apart. Can a sisterhood that runs soul deep survive the cold heart of the city? Produced by Robert Stigwood (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) and directed by Allan Moyle (Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records), Times Square features an amazing soundtrack of hits from Patti Smith, The Cure, Lou Reed, The Ramones, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Robin Gibb, Gary Numan, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson, XTC and more.
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master from a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger | Audio Commentary with Director Alan Moyle and Star Robin Johnson | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Synopsis: 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, High Plains Drifter), 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 (Night People, The Devil’s General) and Gian Maria Volontè (Face to Face, Lucky Luciano), A Fistful of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme.
Bonus Features: Disc 1 (4KUHD): 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 | 5.1 Surround and Original 2.0 Mono | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles / DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): 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 | Interview with Actress Marianne Koch | The Christopher Frayling Archives: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS | A New Kind of Hero Featurette | 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 | A FISTFUL in Pictures Image Gallery | Promoting A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Image Gallery | A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS On the Set Image Gallery | Archival Outtakes | Radio Spots | Double Bill Trailer | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Original 2.0 Mono | Double-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
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: Disc 1 (4KUHD): 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 | Newly Corrected 2.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles / Disc 2 (BLU-RAY): 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 | Promoting FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Image Gallery | FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE On the Set Image Gallery | FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Color Stills Gallery | FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Pictures Gallery | Radio Spots | Double Bill Trailer | Two Theatrical Trailers (Newly Encoded) | NEW Correctly Synched 2.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Synopsis: In this hilarious teen movie that paved the way for Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Breakfast Club, Bobby DeVito (Bruno Kirby, City Slickers) is the “senior campaign strategist” in a highly contested high school student body presidential election. Christine Alexander (Lee Purcell, Mr. Majestyk) is Bobby’s former girlfriend who’s almost guaranteed to win the election…because her opponent got suspended! To get even with Christine for breaking up with him, Bobby puts up an unknown candidate, Darryl Fitzgerald (John Friedrich, The Wanderers)—and the presidential race gets nasty! This irresistible ’70s cult comedy classic from director Martin Davidson (The Lords of Flatbush, Eddie and the Cruisers) features Didi Conn (Grease), Tim Matheson (Up the Creek) and a rockin’ soundtrack from Mike Love of The Beach Boys!
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Interview with Actor Tim Matheson | NEW interview with Actress Lee Purcell | NEW interview with Director Martin Davidson | NEW interview with Costume designer Sandy Davidson | Theatrical Trailer | Reversible Art | Optional English Subtitles
Synopsis: Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey, David and Lisa, Blind Date) and John Huston (Chinatown, Tentacles, Winter Kills) star in this film about the man who made an errant realm his own: the notorious Marquis de Sade. “Man is not seduced to evil, he is evil.” This is the creed of de Sade, and he reaffirms it daily as he exacts his sexual pleasure from the tender flesh of the women of France. But he was not always a purveyor of corruption and depravity. He was once a young boy—honest, innocent…and about to become the victim of another’s perverse brutality. Written by legendary horror/fantasy scribe Richard Matheson (The Pit and the Pendulum, The Last Man on Earth), directed by Cy Endfield (Zulu, Sands of the Kalahari) and co-starring Senta Berger (Cast a Giant Shadow, Diabolically Yours) and Lilli Palmer (Body and Soul, The Boys from Brazil), De Sade is one of the most distinguished, daring and devious films to come out of the sixties.
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas | Richard Matheson Storyteller – Featurette | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Synopsis: From acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, Wonderland) and writer Hossein Amini (The Wings of the Dove, Drive) comes this bold and sweeping adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure. Jude Fawley (an extraordinary Christopher Eccleston, Shallow Grave, TV’s Doctor Who) is a stonemason with a passion for learning. After a brief but unhappy marriage to the daughter of a local pig farmer, he moves to Christminster to be closer to his beloved scholars. There, he meets and falls totally in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead (a dazzling Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility, Titanic), a thoroughly modern young woman, whose wit and beauty captivate him. When they join in an illicit union that flouts society’s conventions, fate takes a tragic turn. Featuring Liam Cunningham (TV’s Game of Thrones) and Rachel Griffiths (Muriel’s Wedding), Jude is a mesmerizing romantic drama that explores themes of class, education, religion, marriage and morality in Victorian England.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer and Film Critic Scout Tafoya | Theatrical Trailer | Reversible Art
Synopsis: New York City 1979. Every Jungle Needs a King. Joey Travolta (Oscar, Beverly Hills Cop III) makes his feature film debut as Nick Martin, a young tough guy from Sunnyside, Queens. He aspires to move his mother and two brothers to a better way of life, but he’s entangled in the politics of the street as the leader of the Nightcrawlers gang. When vendors at a local carnival swindle Sunnyside residents, the Nightcrawlers join forces with rival hooligans, the Warlocks and the Deathmakers, to rob the amusement park. But when violence erupts, Nick is forced to wage a turf war and choose between his family and the street. John Lansing (More American Graffiti), Stacey Pickren (Runaway Train), Andrew Rubin (Police Academy), Talia Balsam (TV’s Mad Men) and Michael Tucci (Grease) also star in this action-packed gangland drama from director Timothy Galfas (Black Fist, TV’s Night Gallery).
Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Masters | NEW Interview with Actor Chris Mulkey | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
YETI: GIANT OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Synopsis: This 1977 Italian King Kong rip-off is non-stop fun and camp action. Starring the gorgeous Antonella Interlenghi (The Gates of Hell) as “Jane” who discovers her “Tarzan” in the form of a giant Yeti (Mimmo Crao) that is taken into captivity and put on public display. When the Yeti breaks loose, it’s Godzilla-style special effects galore as he smashes through the city, crushing the bad guys and searching for his new love, Jane. From Gianfranco Parolini (Frank Kramer), the acclaimed director of Sabata, Adiós, Sabata, Return of Sabata, We Are No Angels and God’s Gun! Co-starring Tony Kendall (Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill). Remastered in HD from the original Italian 35mm camera negative.
Bonus Features: Remastered in HD from the original Italian 35mm camera negative | Trailers | Optional English Subtitles
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