Thursday, June 20, 2019

Good Morning, World

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I don't know if you caught my Twitter Thread on it a few weeks back -- it was more like an extended Twitter Swoon, really -- but Arrow Video has done us a real big solid this week by putting out Carol Reed's 1963 vacation thriller The Running Man starring Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, and my boy Alan Bates, onto blu-ray at last. Think a slightly less gay Talented Mr. Ripley, although if you ask me Harvey and Bates are as thick with sexual tension as Jude Law and Matt Damon were...

The film's been pretty much unavailable to watch for as long as I've been aware of it, save a shitty quality copy on YouTube anyway -- believe me, I've been on the look out for it ever since I first saw the photos of Bates in his swimsuit...

It's a terrific lot of fun though, I recommend it, and Arrow did great work restoring the movie -- it looks far better than these gifs I'm showing you, which i made off of the aforementioned shitty YouTube video. The blu-ray is pristine and gorgeous stuff. If you've never seen this flick throw your entire body down on this shit immediately.


2 comments:

joel65913 said...

I've always been mystified why this seemed a sort of bastard stepchild as far as availability went.

It's Carol Reed directed for crying out loud and all three leads are recognizable names plus while it might not be one of Reed's classics its a spiffy little adventure with gorgeous locations. It's hard to decide who is more exquisitely beautiful in it Alan Bates or Lee Remick. I've never been much of a Laurence Harvey fan finding him both arch and weaselly but that works for him here. Glad its finally getting its due.

DCameron said...

"Arch and weaselly." I love it! I couldn't have described him better.