Paramount announced two new titles for its Centennial Collection. The Odd Couple and To Catch a Thief will be get the deluxe DVD treatment when they are released on March 24. Each title has an SRP of $24.99. Here’s the details of each two disc set from Paramount Home Entertainment:
To Catch A Thief (Centennial Collection)
American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie’s attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player.
BONUS FEATURES (FOR NEW RELEASE):
Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian
Featurettes:
A Night with the Hitchcock’s
Unaccteptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America
Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: Stars of the 50’s
The Making of To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates
Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Original Theatrical Trailer
If You Love To Catch Thief, Youll Love this Interactive Travelogue
Galleries
BONUS FEATURES (ON 2007 RELEASE):
Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau
Four Featurettes:
Writing and casting To Catch a Thief
The Making of To Catch a Thief
Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
Edith Head – The Paramount Years
Theatrical Trailer
The Odd Couple (Centennial Collection):
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That’s the premise of The Odd Couple, though there’s nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays fussy Felix, fastidious to a fault. He proves that cleanliness is next to insanity. Matthau is Oscar, who wreaks havoc on a tidy room with the speed and thoroughness of a tornado. An enduring and endearing picture, with the intelligence one usually misses in comedies.
BONUS FEATURES:
Commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon
Featurettes:
In the Beginning
Inside The Odd Couple
Memories from the Set
Matthau & Lemmon New
The Odd Couple: A Classic
Galleries
Theatrical Trailer
