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Release: January 14, 2020

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Four Oscar-winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—excel in this enthralling film, which also brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams. A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Brando is Val Xavier, a drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a small-town southern variety store run by the married, sexually frustrated Lady Torrance (Magnani), who proves as much a temptation for Val as local wild child Carol Cutrere (Woodward). Lumet captures the intense, fearless performances and Williams’s hot-blooded storytelling and social critique with his customary restraint, resulting in a drama of uncommon sophistication and craft. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • High-definition digital restoration, approved by director Sidney Lumet, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Interview from 2009 with Lumet • Three Plays by Tennessee Williams, an hour-long 1958 television presentation of one-act plays, directed by Lumet and starring Ben Gazzara and Lee Grant, among others • Program from 2010 discussing Williams’s work in Hollywood and The Fugitive Kind • PLUS: An essay by film critic David Thomson

Release: February 27, 2024

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François Truffaut described The Golden Coach as “the noblest and most refined film ever made”. Set to the music of Antonio Vivaldi and with the vivacious Anna Magnani (Rome, Open City), Jean Renoir’s ravishing, sumptuous tribute to theatre involves a viceroy who receives an exquisite golden coach and gives it to the tempestuous star of a touring commedia dell’arte company. Set in Peru in the eighteenth century, The Golden Coach follows Camilla (Magnani), the star of a theater company, who hesitates to choose between the advances of three men. The Viceroy gives her his magnificent golden coach. A young Spanish officer suggests the two of them settle down together. Ramon, a torero, offers her a share of his glory. Special Features: • Alternate French audio track • Audio commentary by film critic Adam Nayman

Release: June 6, 2023

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A former prostitute tries to build a better life for herself and her son in Rome.

Release: July 11, 2017

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Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero that he left his first transformative mark on cinema. With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and came to define the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images of both tragedy and hope. THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New high-definition digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks - Introductions by Roberto Rossellini to all three films - Interviews from 2009 with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà, film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, and filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Audio commentary from 2009 on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter Bondanella - Once Upon a Time . . . Rome Open City, a 2006 documentary on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others - Rossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini s use of the urban landscape in The War Trilogy - Excerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Rossellini had in 1970 about his craft with faculty and students at Rice University - Into the Future, a 2009 video essay about The War Trilogy by film scholar Tag Gallagher - Roberto Rossellini, a 2001 documentary by Carlo Lizzani, assistant director on Germany Year Zero, tracing Rossellini s career through archival footage and interviews with family members and collaborators, with tributes by filmmakers François Truffaut and Martin Scorsese - Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on Germany Year Zero, a podium discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini conference - Italian credits and prologue from Germany Year Zero - PLUS: Essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin McCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum

Release: July 11, 2017

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Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero that he left his first transformative mark on cinema. With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and came to define the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images of both tragedy and hope. THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New high-definition digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks - Introductions by Roberto Rossellini to all three films - Interviews from 2009 with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà, film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, and filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Audio commentary from 2009 on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter Bondanella - Once Upon a Time . . . Rome Open City, a 2006 documentary on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others - Rossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini s use of the urban landscape in The War Trilogy - Excerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Rossellini had in 1970 abou...

Release: July 11, 2017

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Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero that he left his first transformative mark on cinema. With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and came to define the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images of both tragedy and hope. THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New high-definition digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks - Introductions by Roberto Rossellini to all three films - Interviews from 2009 with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà, film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, and filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Audio commentary from 2009 on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter Bondanella - Once Upon a Time . . . Rome Open City, a 2006 documentary on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others - Rossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini s use of the urban landscape in The War Trilogy - Excerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Rossellini had in 1970 about his craft with faculty and students at Rice University - Into the Future, a 2009 video essay about The War Trilogy by film scholar Tag Gallagher - Roberto Rossellini, a 2001 documentary by Carlo Lizzani, assistant director on Germany Year Zero, tracing Rossellini s career through archival footage and interviews with family members and collaborators, with tributes by filmmakers François Truffaut and Martin Scorsese - Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on Germany Year Zero, a podium discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini conference - Italian credits and prologue from Germany Year Zero - PLUS: Essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin McCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum

Release: November 4, 2022

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HER BLOOD BOILED WITH DESIRE. RAGED WITH JEALOUS FURY!Anna Magnani plays Serafina Delle Rose, who retreats from the world when her beloved husband dies. But Serafina reawakens to life's joys when she meets Alvaro (Burt Lancaster), a happy-go-lucky truck driver who has the same sunny openness her husband had, even the same occupation. And on his chest is the same symbol of love, The Rose Tattoo. When Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo, he had one actress in mind - Anna Magnani. William's sense of casting proved as sharp as his ear for dialogue. Magnani won the Best Actress Oscar for her bravura portrayal in this drama that received eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and won three. Starring Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan & Ben Cooper. Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a NEW 4K scan by Paramount PicturesNEW Audio commentary by film historian Alan RodeNEW Video Interview with filmmaker Rob Nilsson on Anna MagnaniTheatrical TrailerOriginal Aspect Ratio 1. 78:1Audio English LPCM 2. 0 MonoOptional English subtitlesLimited Edition slipcase on the first 1500 copies with unique artwork