Noah Baumbach s Nuanced, Oscar-Nominated Coming-of-Age Drama, Featuring an All-Star Cast

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1 Noah Baumbach s Nuanced, Oscar-Nominated Coming-of-Age Drama, Featuring an All-Star Cast BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY; ACADEMY AWARDS, 2006 WINNER DIRECTING AWARD (DRAMATIC), WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD; SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, 2005 WINNER MOVIE OF THE YEAR, AFI AWARDS, 2006

2 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS THE SQUID AND THE WHALE With excruciating honesty, The Squid and the Whale chronicles the experiences of two young brothers growing up in 1980s Park Slope, Brooklyn, as they navigate the jagged contours of the divorce of their parents, both writers. The acclaimed third feature by NOAH BAUMBACH (Kicking and Screaming, Frances Ha) marked a critical development for the filmmaker as he turned toward an increasingly personal style a move that garnered him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Shot in Super 16 mm and featuring a quartet of nuanced, understated performances from JEFF DANIELS (Something Wild), LAURA LINNEY (Mystic River), JESSE EISENBERG (The Social Network), and OWEN KLINE, this comic and poignant drama, peppered with autobiographical elements, deftly captures the heartache and confusion of a fracturing family. A small miracle. David Denby, The New Yorker Tender, cruel, and very funny. J. Hoberman, Village Voice DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Yeoman and director Noah Baumbach, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray New interviews with Baumbach and actors Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, and Laura Linney New conversation about the score and other music in the film between Baumbach and composers Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips Behind The Squid and the Whale, a 2004 documentary featuring on-set footage and cast interviews Audition footage Trailers MINUTES COLOR 5.1 SURROUND 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 PREBOOK 10/25/16 STREET 11/22/16 CAT. NO. CC2700BD ISBN UPC DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/25/16 STREET 11/22/16 CAT. NO. CC2701DDVD ISBN UPC Summary and design 2016 The Criterion Collection. Oscar, Academy Award, and Academy Awards are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

3 The Cult Classic, Six-Film Series Based on the Internationally Best-Selling Japanese Manga Comics in New 2K Restorations!

4 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS LONE WOLF AND CUB INCLUDES: SWORD OF VENGEANCE; BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX; BABY CART TO HADES; BABY CART IN PERIL; BABY CART IN THE LAND OF DEMONS; WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody, new heights. The shogun s executioner, Itto Ogami (TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin along with his infant son Daigoro (AKIHIRO TOMIKAWA) and an infinitely weaponized perambulator helping those he encounters while seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. Delivering stylish thrills and a body count that defies belief, Lone Wolf and Cub is beloved for its brilliantly choreographed and unbelievably violent action sequences as well as for its tender depiction of the bonds between parent and child. Unforgettable viewing. Taste of Cinema Absolutely wild... Loads of intense violence and bloodshed. Toho Kingdom SPECIAL EDITION BOX SET FEATURES New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, the 1980 English-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on five of the films Lame d un père, l âme d un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series New interview in which Sensei Yoshimitsu Katsuse discusses and demonstrates the real Suio-ryu sword techniques that inspired those in the manga and films New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa about filmmaker Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six Lone Wolf and Cub films Silent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis Trailers New English subtitle translations PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay and film synopses by Japanese pop culture writer Patrick Macias 3-BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $99.95 PREBOOK 10/11/16 STREET 11/8/16 CAT. NO. CC2694BD ISBN UPC DVD EDITION SRP $99.95 PREBOOK 10/11/16 STREET 11/8/16 CAT. NO. CC2695DDVD ISBN UPC MINUTES COLOR MONAURAL IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES 2.40:1 ASPECT RATIO Summary and design 2016 The Criterion Collection.

5 Marlon Brando s Only Stint as Director, a Stunning Take on the American Western in a Brand New 4K Restoration! BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR), ACADEMY AWARDS, 1962 WINNER BEST FILM, BEST ACTRESS, SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 1961 OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOTION PICTURES, DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, 1962

6 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS ONE-EYED JACKS A western like no other, One-Eyed Jacks combines the mythological scope of that most American of film genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by MARLON BRANDO (On the Waterfront, The Fugitive Kind), all suffused with Freudian overtones and male anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures the rugged landscapes of California s Central Coast and Mexico s Sonoran Desert in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including KARL MALDEN and PINA PELLICER) nuanced improvisational depictions of conflicted characters. Though overwhelmed by its director s perfectionism and plagued by production setbacks and studio re-editing, One-Eyed Jacks stands as one of Brando s great achievements, thanks above all to his tortured turn as Rio, a bank robber bent on revenge against his one-time partner in crime, the aptly named Dad Longworth (MALDEN). Brooding and romantic, Rio marks the last, and perhaps the most tender, of the iconic outsiders Brando imbued with such remarkable intensity throughout his career. Brando proves as tantalizing a director as he is an actor. Judith Crist Extraordinary... As if it had been jointly directed by John Huston and Raoul Walsh. Bosley Crowther, The New York Times SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, undertaken with the support of The Film Foundation and supervised by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray New introduction by Scorsese Excerpts from voice-recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the film s production New video essays on the film s production history and its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton MINUTES COLOR MONAURAL 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 PREBOOK 10/25/16 STREET 11/22/16 CAT. NO. CC2702BD ISBN UPC DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/25/16 STREET 11/22/16 CAT. NO. CC2703DDVD ISBN UPC Summary and design 2016 The Criterion Collection. Oscar, Academy Award, and Academy Awards are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

7 Akira Kurosawa Brings His Own Dreams to Life in This Enchanting Personal Journey for the First Time on Blu-ray! BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, GOLDEN GLOBES, 1991 WINNER BEST MUSIC SCORE, AWARDS OF THE JAPANESE ACADEMY, 1991 BEST FILM, DIRECTOR, SUPPORTING ACTRESS, CINEMATOGRAPHY, LIGHTING, ART DIRECTION, SOUND; AWARDS OF THE JAPANESE ACADEMY, 1991

8 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS AKIRA KUROSAWA S DREAMS Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by AKIRA KUROSAWA (Seven Samurai, Ran) brings eight of the beloved director s own nighttime visions, informed by tales from Japanese folklore, to cinematic life. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master s unconscious, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic visions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of art, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (played by MARTIN SCORSESE), Akira Kurosawa s Dreams is both a showcase for its maker s imagination at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance. Astonishingly beautiful. Vincent Canby, The New York Times A magnificent, immensely absorbing experience. The Washington Post SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Masaharu Ueda, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince Making of Dreams (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on-set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami Kurosawa s Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by director Akira Kurosawa s longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Bong Joon-ho, Abbas Kiarostami, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Julie Taymor, Shin ya Tsukamoto, and John Woo Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa s script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 PREBOOK 10/18/16 STREET 11/15/16 CAT. NO. CC2696BD ISBN UPC DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/18/16 STREET 11/15/16 CAT. NO. CC2697DDVD ISBN UPC MINUTES COLOR 2.0 SURROUND IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO Summary and design 2016 The Criterion Collection.

9 Paul Thomas Anderson s Award-Winning, Kaleidoscopic Romantic Comedy, Featuring an Astounding Adam Sandler in His First Dramatic Role WINNER BEST DIRECTOR, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 2002 PALME D OR, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 2002 BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL), GOLDEN GLOBES, 2003

10 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights). Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty toilet plunger salesman Barry Egan (ADAM SANDLER, demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flyer-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affections of a mysterious woman named Lena (EMILY WATSON), but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN). Fueled by the careening momentum of a baroquefuturist score by JON BRION (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia), the Cannes-award-winning Punch-Drunk Love channels the spirit of classic Hollywood musicals and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance. Any film that can discover so many avenues of joy... must be touched by some kind of magic. A. O. Scott, The New York Times Exhilarating to watch because Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor. Roger Ebert BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 PREBOOK 10/18/16 STREET 11/15/16 CAT. NO. CC2698BD ISBN UPC DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/18/16 STREET 11/15/16 CAT. NO. CC2699DDVD ISBN UPC DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Paul Thomas Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray Blossoms & Blood, a twelve-minute 2002 short film by Anderson, featuring music by Jon Brion and performances by Adam Sandler and Emily Watson New interview with Brion New piece featuring behind-the-scenes footage of a recording session for the film s soundtrack New conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake Additional artwork by Blake Cannes press conference from 2002 NBC News interview from 2000 with David Phillips, the pudding guy Twelve Scopitones Deleted scenes Mattress Man commercial Trailers MINUTES COLOR 5.1 SURROUND 2.39:1 ASPECT RATIO Summary and design 2016 The Criterion Collection.