Blu-ray Release: The Last Hurrah

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Laurence
– September 6, 2018Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: ,

Blu-ray Release Date: Sept. 18, 2018
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time

The legendary John Ford (My Darling Clementine) directs screenwriter Frank S. Nugent’s adaptation of Edwin O’Connor’s novel, the barn-burning political film/character study, 1958’s The Last Hurrah.

The singular Spencer Tracy (Judgment at Nuremberg) stars as an old-school Irish-American pol, mayor of “a New England City” that just might be Boston; as he faces a potentially rough fifth campaign, he is observed by his journalist nephew (Jeffrey Hunter), fighting charges of graft and abuse of power even as he is assisted and/or opposed by a gallery of colorful characters.

The extraordinary supporting cast includes Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone and Donald Crisp; the film was gloriously shot by Charles Lawton, Jr. (The Lady from Shanghai).

Here’s a rundown of special features:
-Isolated Music Track
-Audio Commentary with Film Historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman
-Original Theatrical Trailer

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 NOW so you can put in your prebook order!

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About Laurence

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.