The harder they fall - Schulberg, Budd 1914-2009; Friedhofer, Hugo 1901-1981 (Powerhouse Films, 2024)
Original: USA 1956
Indicator Blu-ray edition special features: 4K restoration ; original mono audio ; audio commentary with critics and writers Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2022) ; The final bout (2022, 11 mins): critic and writer Christina Newland examines the making of the film, and its relationship to the original novel ; Bertrand Tavernier on ‘The harder they fall’ (2017, 30 mins): archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker and critic ; Max Baer Super 8s (6 mins): footage of two famous bouts from the 1930s, featuring the boxer and, later, actor fighting against Max Schmeling, then Primo Carnera ; That justice be done (1945, 11 mins): George Stevens’ short on the Nuremberg trials, made by the Office of War Information and written by Budd Schulberg ; image gallery: promotional and publicity material ; new and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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