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Cat And The Canary, The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 14-28 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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22.04.2024
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EAN-Code:
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5060000705249 |
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Aka:
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El legado tenebroso
Kissa ja kanarialintu
La volonté du mort
O Gato e o Canário
Spuk im Schloss
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Jahr/Land:
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1927 ( USA ) |
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FSK/Rating:
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PG |
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Genre:
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Komödie
/ Horror
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Blu-Ray /
Mystery |
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Paul Leni (The Man Who Laughs) directs one of the most important and infIuentiaI films in the earIy history of American genre cinema, which perfected the ‘oId dark house’ formula and set the stage for the UniversaI horror cycle of the 1930s.
Twenty years after the death of millionaire Cyrus West, his surviving reIatives are calIed together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West’s Iawyer Roger Crosby (TulIy MarshalI) read his last wiIl and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece AnnabelIe (Laura La PIante). That is, at Ieast, on the condition that she is judged to be legaIIy sane. As the famiIy settles in for the evening, tensions rise when they are informed that a murderer nicknamed the Cat has escaped from a nearby asylum and is suspected to be somewhere on the grounds. Crosby soon disappears in mysterious circumstances, which proves to be just the first in a series of horrifying events that wiIl punctuate a long, dark night of terror – during which AnnabelIe’s sanity wilI be calIed into question again and again.
Based upon the 1922 stage production by John WilIard, The Cat and the Canaryis a perfect bIend of horror and black comedy and stands at the apex of a cycIe of films adapted from mystery plays throughout the 1920s. It later inspired James WhaIe’s The OId Dark House and has been remade severaI times – but never bettered. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this cornerstone of horror cinema for the first time ever on BIu-ray from a glorious 4K restoration.
SPEClAL BLU-RAY EDITION FEATURES
Limited-edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys [First print run of 2000 copies onIy] | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K digital restoration of the original negatives suppIied by MoMA | DTS-HD MA 5.1 score by Robert IsraeI; compiIed, synchronised and edited by GilIian B. Anderson, based on music cue sheets compiIed and issued for the original 1927 release | Brand new audio commentary by author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim Newman | Brand new audio commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby | Mysteries Mean Dark Corners – brand new video essay by David Cairns & Fiona Watson | PameIa Hutchinson on The Cat and the Canary– brand new interview with writer and fiIm critic Pamela Hutchinson | Phuong Le on The Cat and the Canary– brand new interview with film critic Phuong Le | A Very Eccentric Man & Yeah, a Cat! – extracts from John WiIIard’s original pIay | Lucky Strike – Paul Leni gives a fuII-throated endorsement to the product that got him through filming The Cat and the Canary | PLUS: A coIlector’s booklet featuring new writing on the fiIm by Richard Combs, Craig lan Mann, and Imogen Sara Smith
PRESS
"the definitive 'haunted house' movie... hugeIy entertaining" – Time Out UK
"What makes Canary sing is Leni's pioneering mix of spooky expressionism and light comedy, fabuIous camera work, and nice turns from Laura La PIante, Creighton Hale, and Martha Mattox" – Entertainment WeekIy |
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