Directed by Stanley Kubrick '53 – '57 (NOTE) Limited Edition Hardbox Imprint - 4K UHD / Blu-ray Region Free

Killer’s Kiss (1955) – Imprint Collection #623

Before focusing on cinema, Kubrick was a prolific street photographer, working for Look Magazine for five years from age 17. It was these skills that helped craft Killer’s Kiss at the age of 25, a fiery noir shot on location in New York City that serves as a time capsule of 1950s Manhattan.

Washed-up boxer Davey Gordon is barely scraping by on the Lower East Side, and he witnesses his neighbour Gloria being attacked by her violent employer. In trying to protect her, he pulls both of them into a spiral of pursuit and violence through the city’s most treacherous corners.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

Disc One – 4K UHD

2160p High-definition presentation on 4K UHD (Dolby Vision / HDR10)
NEW Audio commentary by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

Disc Two – Blu-ray

1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
NEW Audio commentary by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney
NEW Kisses Before the Knockout – film historian Paul Lynch on early Kubrick and Killer’s Kiss
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

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The Killing (1956) – Imprint Collection #624

Adapted from Lionel White’s novel with dialogue by crime novelist Jim Thompson, The Killing is a shattering, non-linear noir that anticipates the modern heist film by four decades.

After five years in prison, criminal Johnny Clay has one last job in mind: rob a racetrack on race day, take two million dollars, then finally go straight. With a small team of carefully chosen insiders, the plan seems foolproof, until one man tells his wife, and one wife is not what she appears…

Featuring Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, and Elisha Cook Jr. in career-defining performances, with cinematography from Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch), The Killing is a remarkable feat of filmmaking, inspiring countless directors since its release and cited by Quentin Tarantino as the inspiration for Reservoir Dogs.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

Disc One – 4K UHD

2160p High-definition presentation on 4K UHD (Dolby Vision / HDR10)
NEW Audio commentary by documentarian/author Steven C. Smith & producer James B. Harris
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

Disc Two – Blu-ray

1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
NEW Audio commentary by documentarian/author Steven C. Smith & producer James B. Harris
NEW Coleen Gray: Looking Back – 2004 interview with actress Coleen Gray, newly edited by filmmaker Robert Fischer
Interview with producer James B Harris conducted by Alan K. Rode at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival
Q&A session with producer James B. Harris from the Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory (2023)
Pharos of Chaos – 1983 feature documentary on the legendary actor Sterling Hayden
Interview with producer/director Wolf Eckart Buhler (on Pharos of Chaos)
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Paths of Glory (1957) – Imprint Collection #625

Just three years before taking on the cinematic epic Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick had a breakthrough with anti-war drama Paths of Glory. Co-produced by Kirk Douglas’ production company, Bryna Productions, and James B. Harris, this feat of filmmaking cemented Kubrick as a world-class director and set the stage for the remarkable career that would follow.

France, 1916. General Mireau, hungry for promotion, orders his regiment to take an impregnable German position known as the Anthill. When the suicidal assault predictably fails, Mireau orders three of his own soldiers court-martialled for cowardice to deflect the blame. Their defence falls to Colonel Dax, a former criminal lawyer turned battlefield commander, who finds that the tribunal has been decided before it begins.

Based on Humphrey Cobb’s celebrated 1935 novel, Paths of Glory was banned in France until 1975 and was nominated at the BAFTAs for Best Film and a Writers’ Guild of America Award.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

Disc One – 4K UHD

2160p High-definition presentation on 4K UHD (Dolby Vision / HDR10)
NEW Audio commentary by documentarian/author Steven C. Smith & producer James B. Harris
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

Disc Two – Blu-ray

1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
NEW Audio commentary by documentarian/author Steven C. Smith & producer James B. Harris
Charlie Rose Remembers Stanley Kubrick – featurette
Roundtable discussion on the life of Stanley Kubrick, featuring filmmaker Martin Scorsese, wife of Stanley Kubrick Christiane Kubrick, and film producer Jan Harlan, moderated by Charlie Rose
Q&A with producer James B. Harris hosted by the Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66:1
Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Hardcover Booklet

A 100-page hardcover booklet featuring a brand NEW essay ‘Paths of Glory: Kubrick’s Monument to Barbarism’ by film historian Tim Pelan, a brand NEW essay ‘Early Kubrick’ by author and former Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, and dozens of original production stills.

Scripts Booklet

A 144-page hardcover booklet featuring scripts for Killer’s Kiss, The Killing, and Paths of Glory.