April Criterions
Monterey Pop (single-disc edition)
- On a June weekend in 1967, at the height of the
'Summer of Love,' the Monterey International Pop Festival ushered in a
new era of rock and roll and launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis
Joplin, and Otis Redding, as well as showcasing veteran performers such
as Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, The Who, and the
extraordinary Ravi Shankar. Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captured it all,
immortalizing those moments that have become legend. Now available for
the first time as a single-disc release.
Cat: CC1623D
Title: Monterey Pop
UPC: 7-15515-01732-9
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: 3/7/06
Street date: 4/11/06
Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey - Jimi Hendrix
and Otis Redding arrived in California virtually unknown. Hendrix
exploded at Monterey, flooring an unsuspecting audience with his maniacal
six-string pyrotechnics. Redding, venerable star of Memphis' Stax record label,
seduced the 'love crowd' in one of his best performances, which would be
his last. Featuring the entire Monterey sets of these legendary musicians,
and now available for the first time as a single-disc release.
Cat: CC1624D
Title: Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey
UPC: 7-15515-01742-8
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: 3/7/06
Street date: 4/11/06
The 400 Blows - François Truffaut's first and most personal
feature film, told from the perspective of the director's lifelong
cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel. Sensitively recreating the trials
of Truffaut's own childhood, The 400 Blows unsentimentally portrays aloof
parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would
last a lifetime. Available after a long absence as a single-disc release.
Cat: CC1625D
Title: The 400 Blows
UPC: 7-15515-01752-7
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: 3/7/06
Street date: 4/11/06
Elevator to the Gallows - In this, his debut feature film,
director Louis Malle captures the hidden beauty of Jeanne Moreau, the
brilliant camerawork of Henri Decaë, and the musical force of Miles Davis
in a tightly constructed film noir experience that launched his and
Moreau's careers.
Cat: CC1627D
Title: Elevator to the Gallows
UPC: 7-15515-01772-5
SRP: $39.95
Prebook date: 3/21/06
Street date: 4/25/06
Harlan County, U.S.A. - In 1973, when the Brookside coal miners
voted to join the United Mine Workers union, The Duke Power Company
refused to sign the union's contact. The struggle that broke out between
the company and the workers was brilliantly documented by Barbara Kopple
in this Academy Awardwinning documentary. With a haunting country and
bluegrass soundtrack, Harlan County, U.S.A. is a powerful, sometimes
heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community
fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Cat: HAR120
Title: Harlan County, U.S.A.
UPC: 0-37429-20832-8
SRP: $39.95
Prebook date: 3/21/06
Street date: 4/25/06
Grey Gardens (two-disc edition) - Meet Big and Little Edie
Beale‹high society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of
Jackie O.‹thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their
ramshackle East Hampton mansion. This intimate portrait has since become
a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and
philosopher queen. Now available as a two-disc edition with newly
available supplements.
Cat: CC1629D
Title: Grey Gardens
UPC: 7-15515-01792-3
SRP: $39.95
Prebook date: 3/21/06
Street date: 4/25/06 |