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Directed by Larry Peerce
USA 1964

 

From Larry Peerce, the acclaimed director of The Sporting Club, The Incident, Goodbye Columbus, Ash Wednesday, The Other Side of the Mountain and Two-Minute Warning, comes this classic study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Julie (Barbara Barrie, The Fugitive TV series, Barney Miller), a young Midwestern mother, takes all the right steps to assure a promising environment for her newborn daughter. She relocates, gets a job and secures a legal divorce. When Julie falls in love with Frank (Bernie Hamilton, TV’s Starsky and Hutch), an African-American man who works at the same factory, her ex-husband, Joe (Richard Mulligan, Scavenger Hunt, TV’s Soap and Empty Nest), takes her to court in the hopes of getting custody. Frank is advised to flee to keep his new family together, but instead he confronts the biased system. One Potato, Two Potato, Peerce’s feature film directorial debut received a 1964 Oscar-nomination for Best Original Screenplay (Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes.)

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Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed household is an improper place to raise the girl, the new husband fights for his parental rights in court, fighting against a judge who represents the prejudices of the era.

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Theatrical Release: May 1964 (Cannes Film Festival)

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Review: Kino / Scorpion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

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Distribution Kino / Scorpion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:20:24.500        
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1.66:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 24,120,628,747 bytes

Feature: 20,213,661,696 bytes

Video Bitrate: 29.70 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1860 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1860 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
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Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles English, None
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Studio: Kino / Scorpion

 

1.66:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 24,120,628,747 bytes

Feature: 20,213,661,696 bytes

Video Bitrate: 29.70 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• NEW Interview with Director Larry Peerce in SD (25:35)
 • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Sergio Mims
• Trailers (For Those Who Think Young 2:51, Slow Dancing in the Big City - 3:06 / Johnny Cool - 2:19 / The Tamarind Seed - 3:01 / Sailor who Fell - 1:26)


 Blu-ray Release Date: June 15th, 2021
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ADDITION: Kino / Scorpion Blu-ray (June 2021): Kino / Scorpion have transferred Larry Peerce's One Potato, Two Potato to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative". With a few inconsistencies, the 1080P image is quite pleasing. Contrast can lose some of its layering and it has soft-ish moments but nothing I would put down to digitization. It's in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio and starts with a British Lion logo. There is some depth and is clean. 

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On their Blu-ray, Kino / Scorpion use a DTS-HD dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. There aren't many effects - a fairly passive film, but a supportive score by Gerald Fried (Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice, The Vampire, A Killer in the Family, The Baby, and Kubrick's films Fear and Desire, Killer's Kiss, The Killing and Paths of Glory as well as venturing later into work in TV - Star Trek - and also the notable Joseph H. Lewis' western Terror in a Texas Town.) that adds to the film's emotional response. Kino / Scorpion offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino / Scorpion Blu-ray offers a new commentary by film historian and critic Sergio Mims. He discusses how large studios were reticent to tackle the subject of interracial marriages in such an honest and realistic way. He mentions A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and he looks at the historical legality of interracial marriages in the US and the career of producer Sam Weston credited here as Anthony Spinelli, younger brother of character actor Jack Weston. It's very good filled with interesting details. There is also an interview with director Larry Peerce who discusses the evolution of his debut feature, the true story it was based on, raising funds, casting and much more - running almost 26-minutes in SD. There are also trailers, but none for this film.   

Larry Peerce's One Potato, Two Potato is an exceptional film. It deals with themes of racial intolerance, inside a setting of a delightful romance and child-rearing, parental tolerance and a biased legal system. It's beautifully sweet and heart-wrenching. Amazing to see how the world has changed.  I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this via the Kino / Scorpion Blu-ray. Mims commentary and the director interview add further value. Certainly recommended!

Gary Tooze

 

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