Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and The Big Sleep (1978)- coming from Shout! Factory 2/20/18 (1 Viewer)

[atfree]

A RAYMOND CHANDLER DOUBLE FEATURE STARRING ROBERT MITCHUM

Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is involved in a case of deception, double-cross and murder in Farewell, My Lovely. When Moose Malloy (Jack O'Halloran), a giant ex-con fresh from prison, asks Marlowe to find his missing sweetheart, Marlowe winds up lying unconscious on the floor with a dead man next to him. In his search for answers, Marlowe encounters a seedy collector, a seductive femme fatale and a former gangster. The case could very well cost Marlowe his life. Charlotte Rampling, Sylvia Miles, John Ireland, Harry Dean Stanton and Sylvester Stallone also star.

Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum), is caught in a deadly case of blackmail in The Big Sleep. General Sternwood (James Stewart), an aged and wealthy American, is being blackmailed over the antics of his two daughters, Charlotte (Sarah Miles) and Camilla (Candy Clark). Marlowe travels into the seedy underworld of crime beneath old London, through a dangerous web of murder and suicide and straight into the sinister world of gangster Eddie Mars (Oliver Reed). Joan Collins, Edward Fox and John Mills also star.

 

[Will Krupp]

<< THUD! >>

I want this and I want it now. FAREWELL MY LOVELY has always (until very recently) been woefully under-represented on home video. I am down for this DAY ONE! One of my holy grails can be checked off the list!

 

[atfree]

<< THUD! >>

I want this and I want it now. FAREWELL MY LOVELY has always (until very recently) been woefully under-represented on home video. I am down for this DAY ONE! One of my holy grails can be checked off the list!

Same here. When Shout released these on DVD only in 14 and 15, I lost hope for ever seeing them on BD. Day one!

 

[Randy Korstick]

I will be buying this. I don't think I have seen Farewell My Lovely but I remember watching The Big Sleep in 1981 for its network TV premiere and liked it at the time. I was only 15 but I like mysteries more now than I did back then.

 

[Matt Hough]

I can't believe we get them both in the same package! How great is that! I am very excited by this announcement!

 

[David Weicker]

Thank You Shout

 

[Robin9]

No real interest in the Michael Winner film, but the remake of Farewell, My Lovely is very good film, and strangely underrated. I won't pre-order but if informed opinion is positive, I'll buy this disc.

 

[RMajidi]

Farewell, My Lovely's dreamy opening credits over liquid night lights underscored by David Shire's haunting theme sets the mood perfectly for the ride that follows.

 

[Will Krupp]

Farewell, My Lovely's dreamy opening credits over liquid night lights underscored by David Shire's haunting theme sets the mood perfectly for the ride that follows.

Oh, yes!

The title is in German but it still gets the message across.

 

[RMajidi]

Oh, yes!

The title is in German but it still gets the message across.

Just beautiful!

Thanks for posting this, Will. I never tire of this intro.

Impatient to discover how Farewell looks and sounds on Blu.

 

[Rick Thompson]

What is the release date?

 

[atfree]

What is the release date?

2/20/18.....see thread title

 

[Keith Cobby]

No real interest in the Michael Winner film, but the remake of Farewell, My Lovely is very good film, and strangely underrated. I won't pre-order but if informed opinion is positive, I'll buy this disc.

Agree that Farewell is a good film and hope the blu-ray is a big improvement over the DVD. No interest in the Winner dud, which wouldn't sell on its own.

 

[Matt Hough]

If I'm remembering correctly, they modernized The Big Sleep which took away much of the charm of these mystery yarns featuring Philip Marlowe. James Garner's Marlowe kind of proved the character belonged in the past. Farewell, My Lovely was badly underrated.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I wasn't a big fan of either of these two titles, but I will buy this Blu-ray to give them another chance and to encourage more catalog releases by these boutique companies.

 

[Will Krupp]

If I'm remembering correctly, they modernized The Big Sleep which took away much of the charm of these mystery yarns featuring Philip Marlowe. James Garner's Marlowe kind of proved the character belonged in the past. Farewell, My Lovely was badly underrated.

I think the modernization came down to money. It costs a lot less to make a movie in modern dress than to create a world in period. Add to that the "uninspired" direction of Michael Winner and there you have it. A missed opportunity, though it still has its charms.

I don't know that FAREWELL was underrated at the time. It got a clutch of great reviews and played first run for three months in the competitive New York market.

I agree about MARLOWE, though I love it because I can remember an early TV airing I was too young to see and couldn't quite figure out why the lady from THE ELECTRIC COMPANY was stripping on my TV.

 

[atfree]

Received mine today direct from Shout Factory....almost 3 weeks before street date!

 

[Will Krupp]

Received mine today direct from Shout Factory....almost 3 weeks before street date!

JEALOUS!!!!!!!

 

[Matt Hough]

Me, too. Mine have been preordered almost from the first, but still weeks more to wait. Pure torture!

 

[commander richardson]

Received mine today direct from Shout Factory....almost 3 weeks before street date!

Kindly report on the overall BD quality of these 2 movies please when you have time...thanks...