On January 8, Warner Home Video (WHV) will introduce a third group of films honoring directorial greats with first-time DVD releases of Personal Best, Tell Me a Riddle, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Payday and The Ritz. Featured directors include Robert Towne, Lee Grant, Robert Ellis Miller, Daryl Duke and Richard Lester. The films have all-new transfers and select titles include bonus features such as commentaries and additional scenes. Each title will sell individually for $19.97 SRP.
Personal Best (1982)
Based on the original novel from Robert Daly, Personal Best is the directorial debut of Chinatown Oscar® winner Robert Towne. Film stars world-class athletes including Olympians Donnelly, Jodi Anderson and Kenny Moore.
Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
Tell Me a Riddle is a tender story of rediscovering love – and the extraordinary teaming of three Academy Award®-winners: Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova and Lee Grant in a memorable debut as director.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Based on the novel by Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter stars Alan Arkin as John Singer, who is deaf. Singer moves from a small town in order to be close to his institutionalized deaf and mentally impaired friend Antonapoulos (Chuck McCann). Singer rents a room with a family whose father, Mr. Kelly (Biff McGuire), is unable to earn a living due to a serious injury.
Payday (1972)
Rip Torn stars as Maury Dann, a mid-level country singer on a tour through the south. The road is Maury's playground, and he liberally indulges in drugs, alcohol, and sexual relations with the willing women he finds along the way.
The Ritz
Rates are low, décor is rococo art deco and the clientele is…convivial. As a Cleveland sanitation company owner reasons, this New York all-male bathhouse is ideal for hiding from his murderous brother-in-law. But what this new arrival and his fellow patrons gets is an exercise in manic mayhem from director Richard Lester, bringing Terrence McNally’s hit Broadway farce to spicy screen life.