Blu-ray Release: The Train (1964)

Blu-ray Release Date: Oct. 11, 2016
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time

Two years after its Twilight Time Blu-ray debut and the subsequent sale of all 3,000 limited edition copies, John Frankenheimer’s (The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds) crackling 1964 action war thriller The Train returns for an encore!

Burt Lancaster in The Train

The Train stars Burt Lancaster (Sweet Smell of Success) as a workaday World War II-era French trainman charged with ensuring that a cargo of irreplaceable French art—the pride and heritage of his nation—is not allowed to leave France, despite the machinations of a Nazi officer (Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons) determined to steal these great works for Germany.

Sounds a bit Monuments Men-ish, doesn’t it?

Also starring Jeanne Moreau (La Notte) and Michel Simon (L’Atalante), and featuring compelling black-and-white cinematography by Jean Tournier and Walter Wottitz and a thrilling score by Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia), The Train remains one of the icons of Sixties cinema.

The Twilight Time Blu-ray edition of the classic movie includes the following  bonus features:
-Isolated Score Track
-Audio commentary with film historians Julie Kirgo, Paul Seydor, and Nick Redman
-Audio commentary with director John Frankenheimer
-Original theatrical trailer
-Liner notes by Julie Kirgo

As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, be sure to head over to the Twilight Time site or that of distributor Screen Archives to prebook NOW!