We’ve got some movie release news from Eureka Entertainment with the release date and special features for The Defiant Ones, Stanley Kramer’s socially-aware crime drama, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier, in a Dual Format Edition on 11 June 2018.
Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones broke new ground by delivering its message of racial tolerance through a fast-moving blend of action and suspense. It remains a raw, powerful film that is as exciting as it is moving, real and literate.
The Defiant Ones (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) (Eureka Entertainment)
John “Joker” Jackson (Tony Curtis; The Vikings, Some Like It Hot) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night) are two convicts on the run. Escaping from a Southern work gang, the two men are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by an unbridled hatred towards each other. Relentlessly pursued by a bloodthirsty posse, they must put aside their differences if they are going to survive.
Highly acclaimed upon release for its directing, writing, cinematography and acting, (Sidney Poitier won numerous awards for his role, including the coveted Silver Bear for Best Actor) The Defiant Ones remains one of the most influential films of its era, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK in a special Dual Format edition.
THE DEFIANT ONES (Eureka Classics) New & Exclusive Trailer
DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES:
- 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray, with a progressive encode on the DVD
- Uncompressed LPCM audio (on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- A new video interview with critic & author Kim Newman
- Original theatrical trailer
- Reversible Sleeve
The Defiant Ones Dual-Format (blu-ray & DVD)
The Defiant Ones is released on 11 June 2018 on Dual-Format (Blu-ray & DVD).
In 2014, Eureka! established Eureka! Classics to highlight a broader selection of cinema, with each release guided by similar principles to its award winning The Masters of Cinema Series. Titles released under Eureka! Classics range from influential cult films such as Blacula (1972,Crain), The Skull (1965, Francis) and Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964, Haskin), alongside beloved classics like Born Free (1966, Hill), Cocoon(1985, Howard) and Fright Night (1985, Holland).
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