This year Warner Bros. celebrates its 100th anniversary. To celebrate this centenary, the legendary studio is offering audiences the chance to (re)discover some of its greatest classics in restored versions. To the delight of moviegoers, many blockbusters have been released in 4K UHD for the first time since April, including The Maltese Falcon, The Exorcist and Fury of Life.
This December, while some are still looking for gift ideas to go under the tree, one of these five collectible editions could be the gift you’ve been missing to spice up your year-end festivities!
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If Timothée Chalamet is currently mesmerizing moviegoers in Wonka, it was Gene Wilder who first charmed audiences with the famous chocolate outfit in 1971’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. An unforgettable adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel, this family comedy will delight even the most nostalgic in its steelbook version thanks to its timeless story and fantastical world. Quickly enter the world of pure imagination!
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It, too, will soon return to the big screen in a new adaptation set entirely to music: The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, is one of the films the studio has decided to highlight for its 100th anniversary. This edgy drama about a young African-American woman in the early 1900s American South earned Whoopi Goldberg her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
East of Eden
A major figure in Warner Bros. Despite an unfortunately short career, icon James Dean plays a troubled young man trying to find acceptance from his father in East of Eden. Offering him his first leading role, this cult drama allowed the actor to become a legend and won, among other things, a Golden Globe and a subsequent Oscar nomination. The moving film is now (re)discovered in a stunning 4K UHD Blu-ray box.
Rio Bravo
This is “One of the best movies ever made” According to Quentin Tarantino: A true classic of the genre, the western Rio Bravo reunites legends John Wayne and Dean Martin on screen. The first follows a sheriff who is forced to team up with his alcoholic deputy, an old broken-down eccentric, and a young triggerman to help him secure a prison. Signed by Howard Hawks, this must-see or re-watch as soon as possible combines action and humor brilliantly!
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Best known for his roles in the successful Indiana Jones and Star Wars sagas, actor Harrison Ford also featured in the 1993 intense action thriller The Fugitive. Opposite the equally impressive Tommy Lee Jones, he plays a surgeon accused of murdering his wife and forced to investigate the matter himself in an attempt to uncover the truth. A classic that will haunt you until the last moment!
In celebration of Warner Bros.’s 100th anniversary, (re)discover all of these studio classics in their restored 4K UHD versions.
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