Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing two classic films from their collection to Blu-ray this June. Re-experience in high definition the award winning performances and emotional stories of novels made to movies; The Grapes of Wrath and Zorba the Greek.
Here are some excellent trailers of the classics:
The Grapes of Wrath:
[stream provider=youtube base=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D5ayi81QMuak flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_detailpage%26v%3D5ayi81QMuak img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/5ayi81QMuak/0.jpg embed=false share=false width=640 height=360 dock=true controlbar=over skin=stormtrooper.zip bandwidth=high autostart=false /]
Zorba the Greek:
[stream provider=youtube base=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DjeNsr_nQEfE%26feature%3Dresults_video%26playnext%3D1%26list%3DPLE2E15B6BA5893408 flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_detailpage%26list%3DPLE2E15B6BA5893408%26v%3DjeNsr_nQEfE img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/jeNsr_nQEfE/0.jpg embed=false share=false width=640 height=360 dock=true controlbar=over skin=stormtrooper.zip bandwidth=high autostart=false /]
Now that you have previewed here is some good news. Screen Archives is giving an exclusive pre-order bonus to all of those movie buffs and collectors out there. If you pre-order from there site you can receive a Blu-ray copy two months before you can get it on shelves! That’s right if you pre-order now from Screen Archives you can get either of these movies April 3rd, or you can also wait to see it on shelves June 5th.
Also just in case you were wondering here are some specs on these new Blu-rays:
The Grapes of Wrath Blu-ray:
Street Date: June 5, 2012
Pre-book Date: May 9, 2012
Screen format: Full Fram 1.33:1
Audio:English 1.0 Mono DTS-HD-MA, French 1.0 Mono DD, Spanish 1.0 Mono DD
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
U.S. Rating: NR
Total Run Time: 1:29:00
Closed Captions: Yes
Zorba the Greek Blu-ray:
Street Date: June 05, 2012
Pre-book Date: May 09, 2012
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English 1.0 Mono DTS-HD-MA, French Mono DD, Spanish Mono DD
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
U.S. Rating: NR
Total Running Time: 01:42:00
Closed Captions: Yes
Sources: www.foxmovies.com, www.screenarchiv
Thumbs up
In the novel “Zorba the Greek” (not the movie) seems to be portrayed in a adverse light. How do you feel this is achieved…and why??
thanks!
I need to describe it in a talk I Am carrying out tonight
A triumph of the human spirit, or just some stuff you hope in no way takes place to you?
It would have been a 1935 film after the merger of Fox Film and Darryl F. Zanuck’s 20th Century Pictures
the novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis has many lessons to learn from. How has it taught you to live like?
I’m doing a Christmas production at church and i require some music for the arrival of the kings but i can’t seem to locate any free sheet music for the 20th century fox fanfare! can anyone help me?
Does anyone know where I buy single framed stock of 20th Century Fox(the movie studio) and of Universal Studios(another moie studio)?
Thanks for the help!
its like a rap song but it starts out with the theme like from a movie and goes into the rap, please help its killing me.
I heard something about Disney didn’t want to spend the money on it. I don’t know if I believe it. Disney is one of the wealthiest companies in the country. Were they just being cheap? Or is there another reason Fox took over?
I used to know it but can’t think of it.
Based in England where guys put money together to give to another guy to play a high stakes poker game, he would have won but one guy was cheating.
Sting was the bartender. At one point they play “Zorba the Greek”
I only saw parts of it, I really want to see the whole thing.
That’s it! Thanks very much.
I can’t wait for Marvel to retake control of X-Men and finally make an accurate and proper X-Men movie.