James StewartsAnatomy Of A MurderandJeremy Irons and Meryl StreepsThe French Lieutenants Womancome to Blu-ray in March courtesy ofThe Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Anatomy Of A MurderA virtuosoJames Stewart(Vertigo) plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant (The Killing of a Chinese BookiesBen Gazzara) accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife (Days of Wine and RosesLee Remick).

This gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, the most popular film from Hollywood provocateurOtto Preminger(Laura), was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sexmore than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words.

With its outstanding supporting cast including a youngGeorge C. Scott(Patton) as a fiery prosecuting attorney and legendary real-life attorneyJoseph N. Welchas the judgeand influential jazz score byDuke Ellington,Anatomy of a Murderis a Hollywood landmark; it was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture.

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The French Lieutenants WomanAn astounding array of talent came together for the big-screen adaptation of John Fowless novelThe French Lieutenants Woman,a postmodern masterpiece that had been considered unfilmable.

With an ingenious script by the Nobel Prizewinning playwrightHarold Pinter(Betrayal), British New Wave trailblazerKarel Reisz(Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) transforms Fowless tale of scandalous romance into an arresting, hugely entertaining movie about cinema.

In Pinters reimagining,Jeremy Irons(Dead Ringers) andMeryl Streep(Sophies Choice) star in parallel narratives, as a Victorian-era gentleman and the social outcast he risks everything to love, and as the contemporary actors cast in those roles and immersed in their own forbidden affair.

The French Lieutenants Woman,shot by the consummate cinematographerFreddie Francis(Glory) and scored by the venerated composer and conductorCarl Davis,is a beguiling, intellectually nimble feat of filmmaking, starring a pair of legendary actors in early leading roles.

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