Network DVD/BD - NEW RELEASES

[John Johnson]

British label Network Releasing has announced that it will add six new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: Man on the Run (1949), Some People (1962), What a Crazy World (1963), The Man in Grey (1943), The Intruder (1953), and The Card (1952).

Man on the Run

Synopsis: A key post-war British Noir unseen since the late 1940s, Man on the Run stars Derek Farr as an army deserter unjustly accused of murdering a policeman during an armed robbery. Co-starring Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey and Kenneth More, it is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.

A prison escapee, army deserter Peter Burdon makes a new life for himself in London. Short of cash, he tries to pawn his old service revolver and is caught up in an armed robbery, during which a constable is shot and killed. Suspected of being part of the gang, Burdon must go on the run to prove his innocence.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM
Image gallery
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 6.

Some People

Synopsis: A lively musical tale of teen rebellion, Some People stars BAFTA winner Kenneth More alongside a group of young actors on the cusp of bursting onto the Swinging London film scene. Ray Brooks, Annika (Anneke) Wills and David Hemmings play the young, bored rebels "living for kicks" in this key British film from the early 1960s. Some People is featured here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Young and bored, Johnnie, Bill and Bert are teenage tearaways whose only interests are motorbikes and rock music. When they are banned from riding and fined heavily, they become convinced that society has no use for them. But a choirmaster finds them playing rock on a church organ and, for some of them at least, there seems to be a way out of a no-hope situation.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 6.

What a Crazy World

Synopsis: Joe Brown stars as a likeable young dreamer who finds himself with a hit on his hands in this wonderfully endearing musical drama. Also starring Harry H. Corbett and featuring songs from Joe and his Bruvvers, Marty Wilde, Susan Maughan and Freddie and the Dreamers, What a Crazy World is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Alf Hitchins is an unemployed East End lad whose life revolves around dance halls, amusement arcades and cafés – any place to escape from the family home. Alf's cynical but cheerful acceptance of life expresses itself in the song he casually composes one night – and the results take everyone by surprise!

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 13.

The Man in Grey

Synopsis: The definitive Gainsborough Melodrama, The Man in Grey stars James Mason in a career-defining role as the despicable Lord Rohan, alongside memorable performances from co-stars Phyllis Calvert, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger. This quintessential "bodice ripper" is featured here as a High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Forced into an arranged marriage with the sadistic Marquis of Rohan, Clarissa Richmond is caught in a loveless relationship in order to provide Rohan with the heir he craves. When Clarissa's friend Hesther takes Rohan's fancy, things take a turn for the worse.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM
James Mason: The Man they Loved to Hate - Featurette
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 13.

The Intruder

Synopsis: An excellent early feature from future Bond director Guy Hamilton, this tense drama boasts outstanding performances from Jack Hawkins, as a distinguished former officer, and Michael Medwin, as the wartime hero he endeavours to save from a life of crime. Featuring strong support from Dennis Price, and George Cole, The Intruder is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Wolf Merton, a London stockbroker with a fine war record as colonel of a tank regiment, returns to his Belgravia home to find that there is an intruder in the house – a young armed thug called Ginger Edwards, who he remembers well as one of the most fearless and spirited troopers under his leadership. But why has Ginger taken up housebreaking? And will Merton be able to help him to return to a more honorable way of life?

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 20.

The Card

Synopsis: A gentle, Oscar-nominated comedy featuring a memorably charming performance from Alec Guinness, The Card co-stars Valerie Hobson, Glynis Johns and Petula Clark in an early performance. Stylishly directed by Ronald Neame, it is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

A precocious child who has grown into a cheeky charmer, ambitious Denry Machin relishes the challenge of surmounting social and other barriers with his amiably affectionate personality. He soon becomes the youngest ever mayor of his home town, but he soon meets his match when it comes to women!

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 20.

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The following release has also received a new street date.

Cottage To Let

Synopsis: Leslie Banks stars alongside Alastair Sim, John Mills and a very young George Cole in this thrilling wartime espionage drama from award-winning director Anthony Asquith. Adapted from Geoffrey Kerr's smash West End play (which also starred Banks, Sim and Cole), Cottage to Let is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.

Working in secret for the Air Ministry at his remote country house laboratory, John Barrington is key to the ongoing war effort against the Nazis. Barrington's household, however, has been infiltrated by enemy agents - who plan to take him back to Berlin as prisoner.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW RESTORATION
Image galley
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.

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[John Johnson]

Network continues their "British Film" collection with this new batch of vintage titles.

British label Network Releasing has announced its next batch of Blu-ray releases. Amongst them are: Convoy (1940), The Overlanders (1946), and Another Shore (1948).




Convoy

Synopsis: Clive Brook and John Clements star as naval officers at odds with one other in this thrilling drama from Ealing Studios that pits duty against love during wartime. The final film from rising star Pen Tennyson, killed a year later on active service, Convoy is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Returning to port after a long and tiring tour of duty, Captain Armitage receives orders to take his warship and urgently escort a fleet of merchantmen safely to Britain. Reaching the convoy, Armitage realises that one ship is missing – and amongst the refugees it is carrying is his ex-wife, Lucy.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED
Image gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MAY 18.



The Overlanders

Synopsis: Ealing Studios' first foray into overseas production proved a resounding hit with this wartime "Western" shot entirely on location in Australia. Chips Rafferty stars as the tough cattle drover determined to keep his animals alive under threat of imminent invasion in this enormously successful drama from celebrated documentarian Harry Watt. The Overlanders is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original fullscreen aspect ratio.

Australia, 1942. Under threat of Japanese invasion the government initiate a scorched earth policy and Dan McAlpine is ordered to shoot his cattle. Refusing point blank, Dan and his helpers are determined to drive the herd 2,000 miles over some of the toughest country in the world.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED
Extensive image gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MAY 4.




The Woman in Black

Synopsis: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent in to settle her estate. Following cryptic warnings from the locals regarding the terrifying history of the old woman's house, he very soon begins to see visions of a menacing woman in black...

Atmospherically directed by BAFTA-nominated Herbert Wise and starring Adrian Rawlins as the unfortunate young solicitor and Pauline Moran as the terrifying revenant, this unsettling drama remains a high watermark for ghost story adaptations on British television and still retains its significant potential to shock.

Unseen for decades, Nigel Kneale's chilling adaptation of Susan Hill's best-selling novel has been painstakingly restored in High Definition by Network's award-winning in-house Restoration Team from original film elements for this long-awaited release.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED
Audio commentary with Mark Gatiss and Kim Newman
Image gallery
Booklet by Andrew Pixley
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MAY 25.



Lady Godiva Rides Again

Synopsis: Dennis Price and Stanley Holloway star in this classic, early 1950s comedy from legendary film-makers Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. A cautionary tale of fame and fortune, Lady Godiva Rides Again also features Kay Kendall, Diana Dors and George Cole and is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

A starstruck provincial waitress wins the local beauty contest to ride as Lady Godiva in the town pageant. She goes on to win first prize in the Fascination Soap Beauty Contest and immediately finds herself plunged into a strange new world of privilege, glamour... and not a little danger!

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED
Image gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MAY 11.




Another Shore

Synopsis: A whimsical comedy from Ealing Films, starring Robert Beatty as an idle fantasist and Moira Lister as the girl who falls for his poetic charm. Supported by Stanley Holloway and directed by the legendary Charles Crichton, Another Shore is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Gulliver Shiels lies abed in Dublin, loafing to the best of his ability. He whiles away his time dreaming of a South Sea island that, he believes, will be bequeathed to him for an act of selfless charity. When he bumps into ace toper Alastair McNeil, Shiels believes that McNeil could be the benefactor of his daydreams.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED
Image gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MAY 11.

[Paul MacLean]

Elated to learn The Dove is finally getting a proper release...

https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/32 ... e-blu-ray-

Though maybe not a "classic", The Dove is nevertheless a wonderfully wholesome, and very underrated movie (with one of John Barry's most tuneful scores -- and that's saying a lot!).

[AndyDursin]

Can they just take out the scene where he loses the cat overboard?!? Puts me off from wanting to see it again! I'll pick this up, between Barry, Raffin and the movie in widescreen, it should do the trick!

I read Graham is still alive and kicking -- and you can spend a night at his home in Montana for $650!

He is still married to the adventurous girl, Patty, that he met during his journey. They have two kids and three grandkids. A quick search at the AirBnB website shows they rent out their 5-bedroom Flathead Lake, Mon., house for $650 a night — and my favorite part is the small bedroom with the Pottery Barn boat bed.

https://www.gazettes.com/entertainment/ ... 2afeb.html

[Paul MacLean]

Can they just take out the scene where he loses the cat overboard?!? Puts me off from wanting to see it again!

Apparently that scene was invented for the movie -- never happened in real life.

Can these Network BDs be ordered thru Amazon UK? Or only direct from Network?

[AndyDursin]

Network releases aren't exclusives, so Amazon UK does have them. However their shipping options START at 13 GBP for a single disc at this moment, which is more expensive than the Network discs themselves! It'll be more feasible either ordering from Network direct or wait until Rarewaves -- or another Ebay seller -- gets stock (my advice!).

That's currently my plan on imports right now -- Ebay (or if it's an Aussie release, Deepdiscount) -- until the European Amazons bring back the cheap surface routes.

[John Johnson]

I got a message from Network about The Dove. It seems there will be extras, although they didn't specify. They did say it would be limited.

[John Johnson]

This might interest Paul. I'll probably order mine. There are some interesting titles at the moment. I did pick up some titles in their January sale.



Based on the novels by Robert Louis Stevenson and directed by Oscar-winning Delbert Mann, this epic, star-studded adventure sees Michael Caine in the role of a Jacobite rebel who befriends an orphan fleeing a life of slavery. A strong drama with a moving score from Roy Budd (and end theme sung by folk legend Mary Hopkin), Kidnapped co-stars Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Trevor Howard and Gordon Jackson. It is featured here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film materials in its original Panavision aspect ratio.

1746: as defeated Jacobite rebels flee government forces in the aftermath of the battle at Culloden, eighteen-year-old orphan David Balfour's attempt to claim his inheritance results in his incarceration on a slaver ship heading for the West Indies. Luckily for David the ship's captain runs afoul of Alan Breck, and both Breck and David make their bloody escape.

SPECIAL FEATURES
[] Original theatrical trailer
[] Production featurette
[] A Tale and a Half: 2020 Vivien Heilbron interview
[] Archive Michael Caine interviews
[] Image gallery


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https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/32 ... d-blu-ray-

[AndyDursin]

Went ahead and preordered THE DOVE and TEN LITTLE INDIANS from Network, plus 3 other titles on sale. The Blu-Ray list is here:

https://networkonair.com/2-home?format= ... .price.asc

Total was 40 GBP plus a single 6.70 GBP shipping fee for 5 discs -- I'd say this is clearly the way to go. Amazon UK will be much more expensive.

Here's one I threw in -- acclaimed 1987 WWII internment camp TV-movie with Rutger Hauer and Alan Arkin, scored by Georges Delerue:

https://networkonair.com/all-products/2 ... r-blu-ray-

[Paul MacLean]

Network releases aren't exclusives, so Amazon UK does have them. However their shipping options START at 13 GBP for a single disc at this moment, which is more expensive than the Network discs themselves!

Ordered it direct from Network. Shipping was less than £2!

How is it that Network charges so much less than Amazon???

[John Johnson]

I ordered six titles in the January sale, shipping was $10.77. I'd rather get the titles from network, compared to Amazon UK. In some cases, the shipping is more than the items you pay for. Some of the other companies I have dealt with in the past, such as Base.com, no longer ship outside the UK and Europe. Companies like Zoom.co.uk, I would like to deal with, but they refuse to ship to the US. At least I still have Zaavi UK.

[AndyDursin]

Network releases aren't exclusives, so Amazon UK does have them. However their shipping options START at 13 GBP for a single disc at this moment, which is more expensive than the Network discs themselves!

Ordered it direct from Network. Shipping was less than £2!

How is it that Network charges so much less than Amazon???

Amazon won't ship anything internationally right now unless its going Air Mail. The cheap surface methods we used to have available aren't available and/or are so unreliable with delays that they won't use them. Its not just Amazon either, a lot of overseas vendors are doing the same. Or as John said they are not shipping internationally at all.

Its great Network is still using the usual way, the downside is it could take weeks...or months. I just had a package from Germany get here, mailed on November 10th. I also got a refund on a German package mailed in mid November which never arrived at all. I've had other packages take about 2 months also which did show up.

Then again I also had a 1st Class package from NY arrive this weekend, mailed on December 10!

Things might be better now than Christmas is over but who knows. I think the issue is the only reliable way to do international mail right now is expedited Air/Priority and its much more expensive, but its the only method a lot of vendors shipping internationally feel comfortable with at the moment. Hopefully that will change back at some point

[Paul MacLean]

Just got this email from Network...

Dear Customer,

Many thanks for your recent pre-order of The Dove due to circumstances beyond our control some special feature material for the release has been delayed so we've unfortunately had to put back the release date. Though disappointing, we're sure that you will appreciate this small delay will give a better final end product.

The release date has been moved to the 05th April 2021 so you will receive your item on or just before this date.

[AndyDursin]

First batch of Network titles came in pretty quickly -- PERFECT FRIDAY was cheap and interestingly it has an alternate score track with no credited composer on it. But it's a LOT more listenable -- and classical -- than the painfully "jaunty," intentionally "comic" and very dated score John Dankworth wrote for the (released?) movie.

I wonder where it came from...can't find anyone who seems to know. Flipping between the two main title tracks was reason enough to pay the 6GBP!

[John Johnson]

Elated to learn The Dove is finally getting a proper release...

https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/32 ... e-blu-ray-

Though maybe not a "classic", The Dove is nevertheless a wonderfully wholesome, and very underrated movie (with one of John Barry's most tuneful scores -- and that's saying a lot!).

From the back cover of The Dove.