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Paramount: Special Editions of A Place in the Sun, Nashville, and Bugsy Malone Coming Soon (UPDATED)
Posted June 7, 2021 06:13 PM by
Paramount Home Media Distribution will add three new titles to the Paramount Presents line. They are: A Place in the Sun (1951), Nashville (1975), and Bugsy Malone (1976). The three releases will be available for purchase later this summer.
Synopsis: Widely considered one of the finest works of America cinema, Paramount Presents is proud to bring Producer/Director George Steven's masterwork to Blu-ray—remastered from a 4K film transfer in celebration of its 70th Anniversary. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite (Elizabeth Taylor). Shelley Winters is the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Eastman's professional and romantic prospects. This second Paramount Pictures adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, which was itself based on a notorious true crime tale, was the first film to win the Golden Globe in the category of Best Picture—Drama, before winning six Academy Awards, including Best Director.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
NEW Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on A PLACE IN THE SUN
Retrospective Cast and Crew Interviews
Commentary by George Stevens Jr and Ivan Moffat
George Stevens: Filmmakers Who Knew Him
Theatrical Trailers
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Collectible packaging featuring a foldout image of each film's theatrical poster and an interior spread with key movie moments
Synopsis: Following 24 unique characters through 5 days in the country music capital, Robert Altman's Oscar winning epic presents a complexly textured portrayal (and critique) of America's obsession with celebrity and power. Among the various stars, aspirants, hangers-on, observers, and media folk are politically ambitious country icon and his fragile star protégée, a self-absorbed rock star who woos a lonely married gospel singer, a talentless waitress painfully humiliated at her first singing gig, a runaway wife with dreams of stardom, and a campaign guru who is trying to organize a concert rally for an unseen presidential candidate. An essential of 70s cinema, this newly remastered Blu-ray, from a 4K film scan of the original elements, looks better than ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
NEW 24 Tracks: Robert Altman's NASHVILLE
Audio Commentary by Robert Altman
Theatrical Trailers
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Collectible packaging featuring a foldout image of each film's theatrical poster and an interior spread with key movie moments
Synopsis: Before FAME, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL, THE COMMITMENTS, and EVITA, acclaimed director Alan Parker redefined the movie musical with his first feature length film. Set in 1929 New York City, BUGSY MALONE captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers—all portrayed by child actors. As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster leads a talented cast. Parker's sharp script, combined with the music and lyrics of Paul Williams (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE) makes for an irresistible satire that's truly one-of-a-kind. Available for the first time in the US on Blu-ray, in celebration of its 45th Anniversary, this limited-edition has been remastered from the original film elements.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
NEW Give a Little Love: Paul Williams on Bugsy Malone
NEW Filmmaker Focus: Executive producer David Puttnam on Bugsy Malone
Theatrical Trailers
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Collectible packaging featuring a foldout image of each film's theatrical poster and an interior spread with key movie moments
Holly Crap, I was hoping Criterion would do Bugsy Malone but ill double dip for this since i imported it 3 years ago, Day !! I have Criterion Nashville but again ill Double dip for Altman, it should be a 4k UHD!
Have we ever seen any specific criteria for what goes into making a call for a particular film as a Paramount Special Edition? Cuz these choices just seem all over the place. I stand with William Goldman on NASHVILLE as it just being a big wading pool that treats a bunch of characters superficially, and I don't get the point for why BUGSY MALONE exists at all.
hard to believe that "Bugsy Malone" has been available on Blu Ray over in the UK since 2008! At least this time the US is being afforded an upgraded, 4K restoration for the 13 year wait!
C'mon now Paramount, you already gave a premier release to Nashville via Criterion.
You must up your game to a 4K UHD release with this 4K master. Another bluray just won't make me buy it again in JUST bluray.
Fantastic to see George Stevens’ classic “A Place in the Sun” FINALLY get a Blu-Ray release.
No need for anyone to get Robert Altman’s classic “Nashville” if you have the Criterion edition.
As for Alan Parker’s “Bugsy Malone” which is a delightfully bizarre film, it’s good it’s getting released though when I originally saw the word ‘Bugsy’ I actually thought the announcement was for Barry Levinson’s “Bugsy” which needs a Blu-Ray release but that’s up to Sony not Paramount for that title.
So excited to see Bugsy Malone finally get released over here. I had to import the UK DVD about 13 years ago and was planning on doing the same for the Blu. Will definitely pre-order it when they add it on Amazon.ca.
Oh wow yes thank you! I'm glad I passed on the Australian import for A Place In The Sun, I will definitely be picking that up and Nashville, I love the artwork! Although I have to say that Sun's artwork has nothing to do with the movie itself....
I might even pick up Bugsy Malone but not at full price, not really into latter-day recreations of the 20s.
Nashville…it’s a great film, sure, but this announcement represents the problem with this industry, namely that they keep releasing the same films over and over again but this time in purportedly “better quality”. Great, but it's still the same film that we've seen countless number of times
There are still so many films & tv shows that haven’t made it to blu-ray yet look at what we get. This is why I’m pretty much out of this game now unless something new and of genuine interest appears
@mojo, as is Bugsy first time in blu-ray in the us. Not everyone buys international, and many US fans are happy that two of the three announcements will be first time on blu-ray.
I just wish they would release these 4K scans as 4K UHDs rather than blu-ray. No doubt they want to double-dip and sell a blu-ray version and then at a later date sell a 4K version.
Bought the ViaVision Imprint of A Place in the Sun which was also advertised as a 4K restoration and it looks AWFUL!!! I sincerely hope this legitimately authorized Paramount edition has improved the quality. Not holding out much hope. But I'll get it anyway, just to see. Wouldn't mind a new 4K of Nashville, as I really didn't think the Criterion was all that impressive, save the extras. Bugsy Malone will be a treat too. Please Paramount, dig deeper for your next round of announcements. Like The Country Girl, Elephant Walk, Bridge Over Toko-Ri, William Wyler's Carrie, The Matchmaker, The Rainmaker, The World of Suzie Wong, Half a Sixpence, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, We're No Angels, Wonder Boys.
Place in the Sun! YES Thank you Paramount for what you have been doing for blu-ray fans, I think I speak for most when I say you have gone to the top of the list with Warner Archive as far as great new restorations on blu-ray (coming directly from the studio not a 2nd tier releaser). I would love to see the 3 remaining Neil Simon movies: Plaza Suite, The Out of Towners (Jack Lemmon) and Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Then we could have a complete set of pre-1970 Neil Sim,on Paramount comedies, which I think are among the funniest movies ever made.
I would MUCH RATHER have Parker's "Pink Floyd: The Wall" than Bugsy! WHY has that been released yet on Blu??? A movie that would just POP in Hi-Def and Dolby Atmos!
Just A Place in the Sun for me; only have DVD plus HDX streaming from Vudu D2D. Already have the Criterion *and* 4K streaming version of Nashville; where's the UHDBD?
@moviemovie: The Australian ViaVision release was "authorized" by Paramount (has logos & 2020 Paramount copyright) so I suspect this is the same transfer. Still, I hope it comes out better than the Australian Shock Entertainment BD of Ordinary People, which is the exact same transfer as Vudu's HDX streaming copy available here for years right down to the dirt & other artifacts.
@vanscottie - Others undoubtedly know more than me, but it's entirely possible The Wall is bogged down in "approval hell" given some of the players involved. Just this past week Waters v. Gilmour flared up again over the 5.1 release of Animals - delayed three years we are led to believe because of bad blood over a couple of paragraphs of liner notes.
so happy I never got around to importing A PLACE IN THE SUN. cannot WAIT to add this to the collection
and the other two as well, but really stoked about this one. Also, please please please tell us that ORDINARY PEOPLE Is coming down the line!
Hooray for A Place in the Sun. I love Altman and am hoping that somehow Nashville is better than the Criterion (which I doubt). I wish instead they'd release Chinatown in 4k--what is paramount waiting for?
Bugsy Malone is $14.58 currently on Amazon, that feels like the lowest pre-order I’ve seen for one of the Paramount special titles. Hard to pass up a pre-order at that price.
Nice that Nashville got a 4K restoration, but without the great extras (especially the feature-length making-of documentary) from the Criterion, this is a hard pass from me. Love the movie but the Criterion already looked great and I can't imagine this will be a "night and day" difference, certainly not enough to double-dip. If it was actual 4K, that'd be a different matter...
Okay, so we have Monty Clift and Liz Taylor - two of the most stunning physical specimens of all time - and not just to appear in the movies - and what? Paramount gives us this pansy 'pop art' offering. Honestly, I can do better with my photoshop program than this. The pencil thin lettering, and a radio on a dock with an empty row boat. How much thought went into that? Hopefully more of the money was spent on the transfer. But I won't hold my breath. They released DeMille's Oscar-winning Greatest Show on Earth as a Paramount Presents title and kept the timing cue marks and light speckling, when it all should have been remastered to perfection a la the work done by the Warner Archive. But no. So, me thinks this will be the same transfer as the one they ported over to Aussie label, ViaVision, which was pure crap, riddled in edge effects, and with contrast levels so low you couldn't even make out what was happening during the night sequences. We'll see. And we'll hope to...for better things.
I'm down for Nashville, as the 2K from Criterion had its issues that could ostensibly be resolved by a new 4K scan, which this Paramount Presents title is promising to be. I'll keep the Criterion for the extras, though. And pray Paramount has done right by Altman's incredible movie homage to that singer's capital of the world.
The image chosen for the cover of A PLACE IN THE SUN represents one of the most memorable scenes in the film. Viewers strain to hear the radio report about the murder and its investigation as words are drowned out by local revelers in their speedboat. Director George Stevens holds on this simple image of the radio on the dock for as long as he can, deftly manipulating the emotions of his audience. The empty rowboat on the lake tells the rest of the story. Frankly, I find it commendable that Paramount has chosen an offbeat, iconic graphic like this to represent A PLACE IN THE SUN, rather than going the obvious route of traditional head shots or the vintage one-sheet poster, which pop up inside the set. It reminds me of something Criterion would do, sophisticated and a bit artful. But hey, we all like what we like...
Mojo_navigator, they keep re-releasing the same titles because those titles SELL and SELL and SELL. They go with what sells -- and they take few if any risks these days. All any of us can do is support (via our wallets) what's released and hope to hell a LOT of other people buy the same title/release.
For those who have the Bugsy Malone UK Blu-ray, I'll advise you to know exactly what you have - because the earliest release there on BD was an upscaled standard definition release and looked horrible (of course). It later had a true HD release, but I *thought* that may have only been the Zavvi exclusive steelbook release (happy to be corrected on any of this info, btw).
This one has the potential of being better than any of the existing region B releases...
Day One on all of these. Just think of all the possibilities now:
1. Bugsy Malone sells well, and Paramount works on their OOP/never released stuff: Paper Moon, The Astrologer, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Little Darlings, Paper Moon, the list of wanted titles is endless.
2. If A Place In The Sun sells well, maybe someone will see that people want Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on Blu-ray and finally release Raintree County.
Just be prepared to pay some serious $$$ for Paramount Criterion releases, since they’re now about to get expensive.
The re-release of Nashville is welcome news. The sound on my Criterion blu-ray is out-of-sync on the song "Tapedeck in His Tractor." I contacted Criterion about it, and was told that the flaw was embedded in the master and there was nothing they could do to fix it. In other words, "tough luck." Hopefully the Paramount release will be without that flaw.
As for A Place in the Sun, I'm so glad I'll be able to retire my old Paramount DVD.
Love the packaging on these three upcoming releases!
Well I see that now we have the internal artwork, the inner art for A Place In The Sun is the original credit sequence, so it makes no sense compared to the new one. What a mess!
A Place in the Sun is a must have classic in HD!!! Hoping Paramount releases more classics like this. LUCY GALLANT in VistaVision would look beautiful in HD!
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