With the new theatrical window slammed shut, the
studios must turn to their film library holdings for the next few months to
keep the lights on. Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment, boasting the largest such library among the “Hollywood” studios,
will be doing exactly that during the month.
Getting a Blu-ray launch (finally) on May 19 is
director Gregory Nava’s 1997 biopic, Selena,
starring Jennifer Lopez as ill-fated Tejano recording sensation, Selena
Quintanilla.
Bonus goodies include two viewing options — the
original theatrical release and “extended” cut of the film (clocking in with an
extra seven minutes worth of footage) — the 2007 short documentary, Selena,
Queen of Tejano, outtakes and featurette titled
“Making of Selena: 10 Years Later.”
Also making a Blu-ray debut during the month of May is director Robert Mulligan’s 1965 film adaptation of the Gavin Lambert novel, Inside Daisy Clover, starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Christopher Plummer and Ruth Gordon (nominated Best Supporting Actress). It will be available on May 12.
Also arriving on Blu-ray on May 12 is a new film
restoration (UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation) of
director Michael Curtiz’s 1933 horror classic, Mystery
of the Wax Museum, starring Fay Wray — it was released
theatrically two months prior to her starring role as Ann Darrow in King Kong …
she had filmed Mystery of the Wax Museum
during down periods on the eight-month long production of King Kong. Lionel Atwill co-stars.
Bonus features include two commentary options, the
first with film historian Alan K. Rode and the second featuring Scott MacQueen,
the head of preservation at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Alan K.
Rode’s newly prepared short documentary titled, Remembering
Fay Wray, and a restoration featurette.
Rounding out the new-to-Blu-ray release calendar
during the month of May from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are Sunday in
New York and The Reluctant
Debutante.
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