Riot In Cell Block 11 (Criterion Collection) (1954) On Blu-ray

Riot In Cell Block 11 (Criterion Collection) (1954) On Blu-ray

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Riot In Cell Block 11 (1954) On DVD

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Actor:           Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Robert Osterloh
Director:      Don Siegel
Genre:          Drama
Year:            1954
Studio:         Criterion
Length:        80
Released:   April 22, 2014
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC,  Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles  :  N/A


DESCRIPTION:

Early in his career, Don Siegel (The Killers) made his mark with this sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Riot in Cell Block 11, the brainchild of producer extraordinaire Walter Wanger (Foreign Correspondent), is a ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about prisoners' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons. In Siegel's hands, the film is at once brash and humane, showcasing the hard-boiled visual flair and bold storytelling for which the director would become known and shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.

 


 

Special Features:

DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary by film scholar Matthew Bernstein
  • Excerpts from the director’s 1993 autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by his son Kristoffer Tabori
  • More!
  • One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara, a 1954 article by coproducer Walter Wanger, and a 1974 tribute to Siegel by filmmaker Sam Peckinpah
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    Actor:           Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Robert Osterloh
    Director:      Don Siegel
    Genre:          Drama
    Year:            1954
    Studio:         Criterion
    Length:        80
    Released:   April 22, 2014
    Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
    Format:        DVD
    Misc:            NTSC,  Black & White
    Language:  English
    Subtitles  :  N/A


    DESCRIPTION:

    Early in his career, Don Siegel (The Killers) made his mark with this sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Riot in Cell Block 11, the brainchild of producer extraordinaire Walter Wanger (Foreign Correspondent), is a ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about prisoners' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons. In Siegel's hands, the film is at once brash and humane, showcasing the hard-boiled visual flair and bold storytelling for which the director would become known and shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.

     


     

    Special Features:

    DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary by film scholar Matthew Bernstein
  • Excerpts from the director’s 1993 autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by his son Kristoffer Tabori
  • More!
  • One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara, a 1954 article by coproducer Walter Wanger, and a 1974 tribute to Siegel by filmmaker Sam Peckinpah
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