All posts tagged “O-ring

The Goose Steps Out Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

The Goose Steps Out Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

The Goose Steps Out is a StudioCanal Vintage Classic and part of the Ealing Studios Digitally Restored collection. Comedy legend Will Hay stars as William Potts, a hapless, clumsy schoolteacher, who just happens to be an identical body double for a notorious German Nazi general. When the army […]

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Manchester By The Sea Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

Manchester By The Sea Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

Monday sees the release of the Oscar®-winning (Bafta® and Golden Globe® as well) Manchester by the Sea. Casey Affleck* (Gone Baby Gone) stars as Lee, a man whose spare existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler, Carol, The Wolf of Wall Street) […]

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Mandy Blu-Ray O-ring Packaging

Mandy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

Mandy is a Digitally Restored Ealing Studios film, part of the StudioCanal Vintage Classic collection. Nominated for 6 BAFTAs in 1952, Ealing classic Mandy is the heart-rending adaptation of Hilda Lewis’s novel The Day is Ours, from acclaimed director Alexander Mackendrick (Whisky Galore!, The Man in the […]

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The Proud Valley Blu-ray Oring Packaging

The Proud Valley Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

The print files for The Proud Valley left Rogue Four Towers recently. A Studio Canal Vintage Classic title from 1940, it features the wonderful singing voice of Paul Robeson and tells the story of a small Welsh mining community dealing with the closure of the local pit, a story that […]

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The Man Between Blu-ray Packaging

The Man Between Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

A digitally restored Vintage Classic from Studio Canal, The Man Between is a later collaboration between James Mason and Carol Reed, often considered a companion piece to The Third Man thanks to its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and […]

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The Blue Lamp Blu-ray Packaging

The Blue Lamp Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

The Blue Lamp is an Ealing Studios Vintage Classic title from StudioCanal. An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden’s The Blue Lamp was scripted by ex-policeman T.E.B Clark, the writer who arguably did most to define Ealing Studio’s post-war identity. The film marked the first appearance of the […]

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The Sound Barrier Blu-ray packaging

The Sound Barrier Blu-ray and DVD packaging

The Sound Barrier is a StudioCanal Vintage Classic title. Directed by David Lean and written by Terence Rattigan. Starring Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliot, Ann Todd and Nigel Patrick, the film is about the men who challenged the speed of sound. I like the simplicity of the sleeve, but the […]

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Room Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

Room Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

Room is based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue and featuring an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance from Brie Larson. One of the most acclaimed films of 2016 and Directed by Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson, Room is an intensely powerful […]

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Pool Of London Blu-ray Packaging

Pool Of London Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

I enjoy working on the Vintage Classic titles, some can be a real challenge with limited assets, while others have some really lovely old archival posters that cry out to be used. With Pool Of London I loved the original title treatment, but I was little sceptical about […]

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Payroll Blu-ray Packaging

Payroll Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

A Vintage Classic from StudioCanal, Payroll is a 1961 British crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Billie Whitelaw. Payroll has got a couple of lovely, if poor quality, shots with beautiful ‘film noir’ lighting. This is a film that I had previously worked on, and the assets […]

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Lion In Winter Blu-ray Packaging

Lion In Winter Blu-ray and DVD packaging

Lion In Winter is a Vintage Classic from StudioCanal, featuring a very impressive cast of (the Oscar Winning) Katharine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton. Filmed in 1968 and directed by Anthony Harvey it’s the story of King Henry II’s obsession with finding […]

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Legend DVD O-ring Packaging

Legend Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

From Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland, LEGEND is the blistering crime thriller which tells the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both played by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. It such a nice feeling receiving an […]

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Indochine Blu-ray Packaging

Indochine Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

The packaging for Indochine is a straightforward adaptation of the French artwork for the brand new restoration of this film. Available early in 2017 on Blu-ray and DVD in O-ring sleeves, the film is the multi award winning masterpiece by Régis Wargnier and features Catherine Deneuve and Vincent […]

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I'm All Right Jack Blu-ray Packaging

I’m All Right Jack Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

A StudioCanal Vintage Classic, I’m All Right Jack stars the mighty Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas (he of the double-barrelled ‘uniname’). With a great supporting cast that features the likes of Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Margaret Rutherford and Liz Fraser. Directed by […]

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Hiroshima Mon Amour Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

Hiroshima Mon Amour Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

Hiroshima Mon Amour is Alain Resnais’ 1959 groundbreaking first feature, a springboard for the French New Wave movement and its influence continues to this day. Featuring Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada it’s the story of a brief and passionate affair in post-war Hiroshima. This was a catalogue release […]

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Darling Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

Darling Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

Darling is a Vintage Classic from 1965 starring the stunning Julie Christie and also features Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. I was supplied with some good assets for this title, some nice posters and still photographs. The supplied posters were classic 1960s poster I’ve seen referenced in […]

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Catch Me Daddy Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

Catch Me Daddy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

The wonderful Catch Me Daddy Blu-ray and DVD packaging was an incredible experience to work on. I can’t take any credit for the actual design for this, but my experience in dealing with print, hopefully meant the artwork printed as it intended! With three spot fluorescent Pantones, […]

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Carol Blu-ray O-ring Packaging

Carol Blu-ray and DVD Packaging

Carol was released earlier in 2016 (and seems reflect the chill I was feeling as I was working on it!). Based on the theatrical artwork, the sleeve was a Blu-ray and DVD release with embossed O-rings. I was supplied with an incredible amount of stills, some of […]

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’71 Blu-ray and DVD packaging

I started working on the initial packshot for ’71 back in August 2014 and the final artwork files have just been sent. It’s rare for me to spend so long on an individual title (unless the delays are due to production issues!). The Blu-ray and DVD packaging has gone down a […]

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Swallows and Amazons DVD and Blu-ray sleeves

Another Vintage Classics sleeve for StudioCanal, Swallows and Amazons is the 1974 film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s novel. Set in the 1920s, the story tells the tale of four children and their adventures on board their boat, the Swallow, whilst on holiday with their mother in the Lake […]

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Inside Llewyn Davis BD O-ring

It’s been a while in the ‘making’, but the artwork for Inside Llewyn Davis was finally uploaded last week! I started working on this back in December last year, just as the film was on general release, but it was genuinely one of those really […]

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