Summertime, the Oscar-nominated 1955 film directed by David Lean, makes its arrival on Blu-ray via The Criterion Collection. David Lean and company travel to Venice to film entirely on location in this adaptation of The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents. The film marks a departure for Lean, who spent much of his career at this point filming on soundstages. From here on out, he would make films on the location rather than soundstages.…
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David Lean’s Oscar-winning epic, Lawrence of Arabia, gets a standalone 4K UHD release for the film’s 60th anniversary. Today’s release does not mark the first time that the classic arrived on 4K UHD. The initial 4K release came in 2020 with the release of the Columbia Classics 4K UHD Collection, Vol. 1. If you didn’t have the budget to bring home the 6-film box set, you’re in luck because you can bring home this epic…
"Lawrence of Arabia Gets 60th Anniversary 4K UHD"
The Bridge on the River Kwai, the Oscar-winning epic directed by David Lean, arrives on 4K UHD in celebration of its 65th Anniversary. “What have I done?” – Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) Like Pierre Boulle’s novel, the film uses the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 for its main setting. However, both the plot and characters are mostly fictional. In layman’s terms, this film is historical fiction with the emphasis on fiction. If you…
"The Bridge on the River Kwai: 65th Anniversary 4K"