The Defiant Ones
They couldn't like each other less. They couldn't need each other more.
Certificate: U
Running Time: 96 mins
Retail Price: £17.99
Release Date: 2018
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Stanley Kramer's ground-breaking film starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier...
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.
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.
Special Features:
Original Theatrical Trailer
A new video interview with critic & author Kim Newman
Video Tracks:
1.66:1 pillarboxed 1080p
Audio Tracks:
PCM 2.0 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Stanley Kramer
Written By:
Harold Jacob Smith
Nedrick Young
Starring:
Lon Chaney Jr.
Charles McGraw
Theodore Bikel
Sidney Poitier
Tony Curtis
Soundtrack By:
Ernest Gold
Director of Photography:
Sam Leavitt
Editor:
Frederic Knudtson
Costume Designer:
Joe King
Production Designer:
Rudolph Sternad
Producer:
Stanley Kramer
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment
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