Blu-ray, DVD Release: Here Comes Mr. Jordan

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Laurence
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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 14, 2016
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion

The beloved Here Comes Mr. Jordan from 1941 is a supernatural Hollywood romantic comedy whose influence continues to be felt.

here-comes-mr-jordan-1_optThe film stars Robert Montgomery (Ride the Pink Horse) as a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named Mr. Jordan (Casablanca’s Claude Rains), that his death was a clerical error. Additionally, he can return to earth by entering the body of a corrupt (and about-to-be-murdered) banker—whose soul could use a transplant.

Having inspired a sequel with Rita Hayworth (Gilda) and two remakes (Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait and Chris Rock’s  Down to Earth), Alexander Hall’s effervescent effort remains the first and finest.

Criterion’s DVD and Blu-ray editions of the fantastical classic film include the following:

  • New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • New conversation between critic Michael Sragow and independent filmmaker Michael Schlesinger
  • Audio interview from 1991 in which actor Elizabeth Montgomery discusses her father, actor Robert Montgomery
  • Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Here Comes Mr. Jordan from 1942 starring Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason
  • Trailer
  • An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.