Ron Epstein at HTF has posted the official Criterion press release for the April titles:
Monterey Pop (single-disc edition) - On a June weekend in 1967, at the height of the "Summer of Love," the Monterey International Pop Festival ushered in a new era of rock and roll and launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, as well as showcasing veteran performers such as Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, The Who, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing those moments that have become legend. Now available for the first time as a single-disc release.
Cat: CC1623D
Title:
Monterey Pop
UPC: 7-15515-01732-9
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: 3/7/06
Street date: 4/11/06
Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey - Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding arrived in California virtually unknown. Hendrix exploded at Monterey, flooring an unsuspecting audience with his maniacal six-string pyrotechnics. Redding, venerable star of Memphis¹ Stax record label, seduced the love crowd" in one of his best performances, which would be his last. Featuring the entire Monterey sets of these legendary musicians, and now available for the first time as a single-disc release.
Cat: CC1624D
Title:
Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey
UPC: 7-15515-01742-8
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: 3/7/06
Street date: 4/11/06
The 400 Blows - François Truffaut¹s first and most personal feature film, told from the perspective of the director¹s lifelong cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel. Sensitively recreating the trials of Truffaut¹s own childhood, The 400 Blows unsentimentally portrays aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. Available after a long absence as a single-disc release.
Cat: CC1625D
Title:
The 400 Blows
UPC: 7-15515-01752-7
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: 3/7/06
Street date: 4/11/06
Elevator to the Gallows - In this, his debut feature film, director Louis Malle captures the hidden beauty of Jeanne Moreau, the brilliant camerawork of Henri Decaë, and the musical force of Miles Davis in a tightly constructed film noir experience that launched his and Moreau¹s careers.
Cat: CC1627D
Title:
Elevator to the Gallows
UPC: 7-15515-01772-5
SRP: $39.95
Prebook date: 3/21/06
Street date: 4/25/06
Harlan County, U.S.A. - In 1973, when the Brookside coal miners voted to join the United Mine Workers union, The Duke Power Company refused to sign the union's contact. The struggle that broke out between the company and the workers was brilliantly documented by Barbara Kopple in this Academy AwardÂwinning documentary. With a haunting country and bluegrass soundtrack, Harlan County, U.S.A. is a powerful, sometimes heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Cat: HAR120
Title:
Harlan County, U.S.A.
UPC: 0-37429-20832-8
SRP: $39.95
Prebook date: 3/21/06
Street date: 4/25/06
Grey Gardens (two-disc edition) - Meet Big and Little Edie Beale--high society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of Jackie O.--thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. This intimate portrait has since become a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and philosopher queen. Now available as a two-disc edition with newly available supplements.
Cat: CC1629D
Title:
Grey Gardens
UPC: 7-15515-01792-3
SRP: $39.95
Prebook date: 3/21/06
Street date: 4/25/06
ATTN CANADA:
The 400 Blows is available for all Canada.
Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey, Elevator to the Gallows, Harlan County, U.S.A., and
Grey Gardens are available in English Canada only.