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    Added on: 24/8/2013 17:12
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    The Tarnished Angels

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    Certificate: U
    Running Time: 91mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    One of legendary director Douglas Sirk's most cherished passion projects, this spectacular adaptation of William Faulkner's Pylon has risen in stature to become one of his most acclaimed films. Reuniting with his core creative team from oil tycoon saga Written on the Wind, Sirk this time examined the marginal lives and lost souls living one rung from the bottom with surpassing delicacy and artistry.

    Rock Hudson stars as journalist Burke Devlin, fascinated by the sordid lives of a trio eking out a living in carnival circuit daredevil airshows - Roger Shumann (Robert Stack), former WWI fighter pilot, forced into races and parachute routines with the help of his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), and faithful mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson).

    Evoking Depression-era New Orleans with glorious black-and-white CinemaScope photography, Sirk's spellbinding chronicle of personal obsession, romantic longing and irreconcilable desires now appears as one of the most extraordinary films to come out of 1950s Hollywood. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Tarnished Angels on Blu-ray for the first time.

    Special Features:
    - Beautiful new 1080p high-definition master
    - Feature-length audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin
    - Talk About the Business, an interview with supporting actor William
    Schallert
    - Infernal Circle, an interview with critic Bill Krohn
    - Acting with Douglas Sirk, a collection of archival interviews with
    Douglas Sirk, producer Albert Zugsmith and actors Rock Hudson, Robert
    Stack and Dorothy Malone
    - Original theatrical trailer
    - Isolated music & effects track
    - Optional English subtitles for the deaf & hearing impaired on the feature
    - 40-PAGE BOOKLET featuring the words of Douglas Sirk, vintage
    reportage from the film set, rare imagery, and more!

    Video Tracks:
    2.35:1 OAR

    Audio Tracks:
    English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English SDH (Optional)

    Directed By:
    Douglas Sirk

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Rock Hudson
    Robert Stack
    Dorothy Malone
    Christopher Olsen
    Jack Carson

    Soundtrack By:
    Frank Skinner

    Director of Photography:
    Irving Glassberg

    Editor:
    Russell F. Schoengarth

    Distributor:
    Eureka!

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