20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is bringing some of film’s classic movies to blu-ray for the very first time: The Fly, A Letter to Three Wives, Fantastic Voyage, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. These films starred big name actors like Vincent Price, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Raquel Welch, and Donald Pleasance. They’ll be in stores in single disc releases with some excellent special features.
The Fly releasing on September 10th:
When a scientist (David Hedison) attempts to transfer matter through space, things go horrifically wrong and two grotesque man-fly hybrids are created. Now, with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, the scientist desperately hopes that he, his wife (Patricia Owens) and his brother (Vincent Price) can capture the other mutant and reverse the experiment.
Special Features:
-Commentary with Actor David Hedison and Film Historian David Del Valle
-Biography: Vincent Price
-Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
-Fox Movietone News
Specs:
Screen Format:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio:
English 4.0 DTS HD-MA
Spanish DD 1.0
French DD 1.0
Subtitles:
English SDH
Spanish
A Letter to Three Wives releasing on September 17th:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s timeless Best Picture Nominee and two-time Oscar® winner* (Best Directing and Best Screenplay) is even more intriguing on Blu-ray™. Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell and Jeanne Crain star as three women whose boat trip is delayed when they receive a letter from a friend who claims to have run off with one of their husbands.
*1949: Directing (won), Screenplay (won), Best Picture (nominated).
Special Features:
-Commentary with Kenneth Geist, Cheryl Lower and Christopher Mankiewicz
-Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood’s Fallen Angel
-Fox Movietone News: Oscars Presented For Achievements in Motion Pictures
-Theatrical Trailer
Specs:
Screen Format:
Fullscreen 1.33:1
Audio:
English DTS-HD MA 1.0
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
English SDH
French
Spanish
Fantastic Voyage releasing on October 8th:
Prepare to journey into the deepest reaches of space…inner space! Stephen Boyd, Donald Pleasence, and Raquel Welch in her feature-film debut, star in “one of the most ingenious, inventive, imaginative, science fiction films Hollywood has ever produced” (Citizen-News).
Special Features:
-Commentary by Film & Music Historian Jeff Bond
-Isolated Score Track with Commentary by Film & Music Historians Jeff Bond, Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman
-Lava Lamps & Celluloid: A Tribute to the Visual Effects of Fantastic Voyage
-Storyboard-to-Scene Comparison: Whirlpool Scene
-Original Theatrical Trailer
Specs:
Screen Format:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio:
English 5.1 DTS HD-MA
English 1.0 DTS HD-MA
Spanish DD 1.0
French DD 1.0
Subtitles:
English SDH
Spanish
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is releasing on October 8th:
Join the crew of the U.S.O.S. Seaview for the greatest submarine adventure ever filmed! Walter Pidgeon, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre and Joan Fontaine head up an “excellent” (Motion Picture Herald) cast in this sci-fi spectacular “crammed with climax after exciting climax” (Los Angeles Times) and “thrills enough for everybody” (Limelight)!
Special Features:
-Commentary by Author Tim Colliver
-Science Fiction: Fantasy to Reality Documentary
-Interview with Barbara Eden
-Isolated Score Track
-Original Theatrical Trailer
Screen Format:
Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio:
English 4.0 DTS HD-MA
Spanish DD 2.0
French DD 1.0
Subtitles:
English SDH
Spanish
