{"product_id":"pre-order-laurel-and-hardy-the-silent-years-1929-limited-edition-blu-ray-eureka-uk-region-free","title":"PRE-ORDER: Laurel and Hardy - The Silent Years (1929) Limited Edition Blu-Ray (Eureka! UK) [REGION FREE]","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTHIS MOVIE IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE ON OR AROUND \u003cb\u003e07\/20\/26\u003c\/b\u003e, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE SHIPPING BY THIS DATE, BUT WE WILL SEND IT AS SOON AS WE CAN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM, IT IS NOT IN STOCK YET. ITEMS ORDERED TOGETHER WILL SHIP TOGETHER WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN STOCK. IF YOU WANT AN IN-STOCK ITEM TO SHIP IMMEDIATELY PLEASE ORDER IT SEPARATELY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eALL ITEMS WILL BE PACKED IN A BOX WITH PLENTY OF PROTECTION TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARRIVE TO YOU SAFELY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSYNOPSIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDirector\u003c\/strong\u003e: Clyde Bruckman, Emmett J. Flynn, Fred L. Guiol, Edgar Kennedy, Leo McCarey, James Parrott\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStars\u003c\/strong\u003e: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1929 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e: USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Comedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eTwo of the most talented comedians to ever grace the silver screen,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStan Laurel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOliver Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad firmly established their enduring partnership by the time the age of talking pictures loomed at the end of the 1920s. As they made their final silent shorts together in 1929, they continued to build upon the double act forged in earlier films such as \u003cem\u003eYou’re Darn Tootin’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShould Married Men Go Home?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Faw Down\u003c\/em\u003e – and prepared themselves for success in the sound era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis collection brings together the silent Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy shorts produced in 1929, as the boys reached new levels of fame and success: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecasts Stan and Ollie as fugitives on the run; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrong Again\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the boys try to claim a reward by returning a lost horse to a bewildered millionaire seeking a stolen painting; \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e sees Ollie forced to choose between Stan and his spouse; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Business\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the boys go door-to-door selling Christmas trees; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ollie invites Stan over for dinner and attracts the ire of Mrs Hardy; \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e sees the boys take jobs at a fancy hotel; \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerth Marks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has them cause chaos on a sleeper train; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBacon Grabbers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stan and Ollie are bailiffs tasked with recovering a radio; and finally, in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, they try to conceal a goat that has become very, very attached to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMasters of Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSeries is honoured to present Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy’s final run of silent shorts,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enewly restored in 2K by Blackhawk Films\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom the finest available materials, in a special two-disc Blu-ray edition for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe set contains the following shorts:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberty\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrong Again\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Business\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Silent Version),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerth Marks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Silent Version),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBacon Grabbers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Silent Version)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADDITIONAL INFO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-sku=\"EKA70629\" data-display=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Scott Saslow [2000 copies]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited edition collector’s booklet featuring newly written notes on each film by writer and comedian Paul Merton and a new essay on frequent Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy collaborator James Finlayson by silent cinema expert Chris Grosvenor [2000 copies]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from 2K restorations by Blackhawk Films of Liberty, Wrong Again, That's My Wife, Big Business, Unaccustomed as We Are, Double Whoopee, Berth Marks, Bacon Grabbers and Angora Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScores by Robert Israel (Angora Love, Big Business and Double Whoopee), Neil Brand (Bacon Grabbers, Wrong Again and That’s My Wife), Andreas Benz (That’s My Wife, Unaccustomed as We Are and Berth Marks), Maud Nelissen (Big Business, Liberty) and Gaylord Carter (Big Business)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentaries on Liberty and Berth Marks by film writer Chris Seguin and Kyp Harness, author of The Art of Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentaries on Double Whoopee, Unaccustomed As We Are and Wrong Again by film historian and writer David Kalat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentaries on Big Business and Angora Love by silent film accompanist Neil Brand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentaries on That’s My Wife and Bacon Grabbers by Glenn Mitchell, author of The Laurel and Hardy Encyclopedia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary by David Cairns and Fiona Watson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternate musical scores on select shorts including the Robert Youngson score for Liberty, newly restored by Stephen Horne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are alternate sound version\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternate dubbed version of Double Whoopee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1929 sound shorts They Go Boom! and The Hoose-Gow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hollywood Revue of 1929 (excerpt)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrazy Heights – Alternate Super 8 version of Liberty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper 8 versions of Big Business, Double Whoopee and Angora Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStills Galleries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e*All extras subject to change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Moovies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175174930537,"sku":"EKA70631","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/0062\/5001\/files\/laurelandhardysilentyears1929blurayeureka.jpg?v=1777711529","url":"https:\/\/www.themovieroom.com\/products\/pre-order-laurel-and-hardy-the-silent-years-1929-limited-edition-blu-ray-eureka-uk-region-free","provider":"The Movie Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}