Olive Films Press Release: Nelson Algren Live (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

NELSON ALGREN LIVE

WILLEM DAFOE
BARRY GIFFORD
RUSSELL BANKS
RICK KOGAN
MARTHA LAVEY
RANDALL NEWSOME
KATHY SCAMBIETERRA
DAN SIMON

Directed by
OSCAR BUCHER

YEAR: 2016
GENRE: PERFORMANCE DOCUMENTARY
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
LABEL: OLIVE FILMS
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 72 min
RATING: N/R
VIDEO: 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio; Color / B&W
AUDIO: 5.1 SURROUND

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Essays by Barry Gifford & Dan Simon
• Photo essay by Art Shay
• Trailers

One of the most neglected American writers and also one of the best loved, novelist Nelson Algren wrote about the dark underbelly of post-war America before it was ever fashionable to do so. Best known for the novel The Man with the Golden Arm, Algren was a bard of the down-and-outer, writing about Chicago—his Chicago—boldly depicting the life of the city’s drunks, pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, corrupt politicians, and hoodlums. On what would have been his 100th birthday, a group of actors and writers gathered at the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theater to premiere Nelson Algren Live—an onstage reading and celebration of Algren’s life and work in his own words. Barry Gifford seamlessly steps into Algren’s voice like he’s putting on an old coat, while Willem Dafoe’s stunning performance of a punch-drunk prizefighter ignites a newly unearthed story.

US+CANADA
PREBOOK: 12/01/2020
STREET: 12/15/2020

NELSON ALGREN LIVE DVD
CAT: OF1426
UPC: 887090142618
SRP: $19.95

NELSON ALGREN LIVE BD
CAT: OF1427
UPC: 887090142717
SRP: $24.95


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[skylark68]

Interesting what olive is releasing sporadically. I’m not sure I’m interested in this but at least Olive is still around. At one time they were cranking out some of my favorite films like Operation Petticoat, Father Goose, Strategic Air Command among others.