East of Aden et Rio Bravo en 4K Ultra HD prochainement

Warner Bros annonce pour le 18 juillet 2023, les films East of Aden et Rio Bravo en 4K Ultra HD.

Des pistes sonores anglaise et française seront disponibles.

East of Aden

Réalisé en 1955 par Elia Kazan, il met en vedette James Dean, Julie Harris et Raymond Massey.

Une petite ville des Etats-Unis à l’aube de la Première Guerre mondiale. Cal, jeune révolté, s’oppose, en faisant fortune, à son père qui lui préfère son frère.

Rio Bravo

Réalisé en 1959 par Howard Hawks, il met en vedette John Wayne, Dean Martin et Ricky Nelson

Un shérif arrête le frère de l’homme le plus puissant de la région. Il n’a pour alliés qu’un adjoint ivrogne, un vieillard boiteux, un gamin, une joueuse de poker et un hôtelier mexicain, et contre lui une armée de tueurs.

Voici le communiqué (en anglais) :

Burbank, Calif., May 30, 2023 – As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, two iconic classics from the Warner Bros. library – East of Eden and Rio Bravo – will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital July 18.

East of Eden, directed by Academy Award winner Elia Kazan and starring James Dean, and Rio Bravo, directed by Honorary Academy Award winner Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray™Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more.

Working in partnership with The Film Foundation, both films were restored and remastered by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services: Motion Picture Imaging and Post Production Sound.  Since its launch by Martin Scorsese in 1990, The Film Foundation has restored more than 900 movies.

The Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc will include each feature film in 4K with HDR and a Digital version of the feature film.

Ultra HD Blu-ray showcases 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a wider color spectrum, offering consumers brighter, deeper, more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before.

For the complete 4K Ultra HD experience with HDR, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR, an Ultra HD Blu-ray player and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

About the Films:

 

East of Eden

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Carl is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to his estranged mother.

The 1955 period drama is directed by Elia Kazan from a screenplay by Paul Osborn and based on the 1952 John Steinbeck novel of the same name.  The film stars James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, and Jo Van Fleet.

East of Eden was nominated for 3 Academy Awards with Van Fleet winning for Best Supporting Actress.  East of Eden was named one of the 400 best American films of all time by the American Film Institute. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being « culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ».

Rio Bravo

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

The 1959 American Western film is directed by Howard Hawks. The screenplay is by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett and is based on the short story “Rio Bravo” by B.H. McCampbell. The film stars John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond.

In 2014, Rio Bravo was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being « culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

 

Ultra HD Blu-ray Elements

East of Eden Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special features:

  • Commentary by Richard Schickel

Rio Bravo Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special features:

  • Commentary by John Carpenter and Richard Schickel

East of Eden

Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French

Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Parisian French

Run Time: 117 minutes

Rating: PG

Physical Street Date: 7/18

Digital Street Date: 7/18

Rio Bravo

Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French

Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Parisian French

Run Time: 141 minutes

Rating: Not Rated

Physical Street Date: 7/18

Digital Street Date: 7/18