Film Focus: Marlon Brando – Volume Two (1969 – 1989) – Imprint Collection #369 – 373

Five more classic films from one of the greatest actors of all time, Marlon Brando.

• The Night of the Following Day (1969)
• The Nightcomers (1971)
• Last Tango In Paris (1972)
• The Missouri Breaks (1976)
• A Dry White Season (1989)

Limited Edition 6-Disc Hardbox, featuring brand NEW Special Features for every film, plus the acclaimed 2015 feature documentary ‘Listen To Me Marlon’. 

1500 copies only.

The Night of the Following Day (1969) – Imprint Collection #369

Marlon Brando stars in this gripping action thriller, filmed on location in France.

A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl’s wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang’s scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.

Also starring EGOT winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Richard Boone, and Pamela Franklin, and directed by Hubert Cornfield.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• Audio Commentary by director Hubert Cornfield (2004)
• Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It – feature documentary (2021) 
• Trailers from Hell with film director Joe Dante
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Nightcomers (1971) – Imprint Collection #370

A prequel to Henry James’ 1898 novella ‘The Turn of the Screw’, The Nightcomers is the terrifying British horror film that earned Brando a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. 

When their parents are killed, Miles and Flora are left in the care of an attractive young governess and an elderly housekeeper. But it is the charming Irish manservant Peter Quint who is destined to have the strongest influence upon them. Soon the children are under his spell and his evil aura pervades the Victorian household.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Alain Silver & Jim Ursini
• Audio Commentary by director Michael Winner
• NEW The Adaptations of Turn of The Screw – Video Essay by film historian Kat Ellinger
• NEW Turn of the Camera – Interview feature with the production crew
• Introduction by director Michael Winner
• Interview with director Michael Winner
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

Last Tango In Paris (1972) – Imprint Collection #371

Brando and Maria Schneider star in this erotic drama from acclaimed Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci.

Paul, a middle-aged American living in emotional exile, comes to Paris when his estranged wife commits suicide. Chancing to meet a young Frenchwoman named Jeanne, Paul enters into a sadomasochistic, carnal relationship with her, indirectly attacking the hypocrisy all around him and his own feelings of guilt through his raw, outrageous sexual behaviour.

Film critic Pauline Kael gave what Roger Ebert once called “the most famous movie review ever published”, describing the film as having “the same kind of hypnotic excitement as the Sacre, the same primitive force, and the same thrusting, jabbing eroticism. The movie breakthrough has finally come.”

In Italy, the film was banned and all copies were ordered to be destroyed, and director Bertolucci received a four-month suspended prison sentence.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Journey To The End of Death – interview with film critic Piero Spila
• NEW Master of the Italian New Wave – interview with editor Roberto Perpignani
• NEW Of Tango And Light – interview with camera assistant Mauro Marchetti
• Previously unseen video interview with director Bernardo Bertolucci on Last Tango in Paris
• Trailers From Hell with film producer Larry Karaszewski
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Missouri Breaks (1976) – Imprint Collection #372

Acting powerhouses Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson face off in this star-studded Western. 

Directed by Oscar nominee Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde), and with a score from John Williams, the star-studded cast also includes Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, and Kathleen Lloyd in her film debut.

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan’s gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton’s ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan’s gang.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by film historians Lee Pfeiffer, Tony Latino and Paul Scrabo
• NEW Interview with film professor Lucy Bolton
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

A Dry White Season (1989) – Imprint Collection #373

In Brando’s final Academy Award nominated role, A Dry White Season follows a white middle class family during the apartheid in South Africa.

Directed by Academy Honorary Award winner Euzhan Palcy, the film also stars the great Donald Sutherland, alongside Jürgen Prochnow, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon.

A white South African schoolteacher, ignorant about racism in his country, becomes involved in the struggle against apartheid when the son of his black gardener is killed and he attempts to bring the police official responsible to justice.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K scan
• NEW Interview with actress Janet Suzman
• NEW Interview with actress Susannah Harker
• A Dry White Season: Introduction and Q&A
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

Bonus Disc: Listen To Me Marlon (2015)

With exclusive access to personal archives, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. 

Charting his exceptional career as an actor and extraordinary life away from the stage and screen; the film explores the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon’s perspective.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Making Of – featurette
• Digitising Marlon – featurette
• More Special Features TBC
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HOH Subtitles