Jazz on a Summer's Day - BLU-RAY

Timid London bank clerk Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) would gladly steal a fortune in bullion... if he could only figure out a way to get it out of the country. Enter Alfred Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a foundry owner who teams with Henry for a daring scheme that involves melting the gold down and disguising it as miniature Eiffel Tower souvenirs. Hilarious Oscar-winning comedy also stars Alfie Bass, Sidney James; look for a young Audrey Hepburn in the opening scene.

This precursor to Monterey Pop and Woodstock is the granddaddy of all concert films, a chronicle of the 1958 Newport, Rhode Island Jazz Fest where music greats like Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Mahalia Jackson, George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, and Dinah Washington gave electrifying performances. Songs include InchBlue Monk,Inch InchSweet Georgia Brown,Inch InchCatch as Catch Can,Inch InchTiger Rag,Inch and more. 84 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; audio commentary; bonus documentary InchBert Stern Original MadmanInch (2011); more.

In one of his most experimental and controversial films, scripter/director Jean-Luc Godard adapts Jean-Jacques Rousseau's InchÉmileInch into a two-person drama that breaks the language of cinema down to it's basic elements. In an otherwise empty television studio, Émile Rousseau (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and Patricia Lamumba (Juliet Berto) discuss everything from current events to cinema to language itself amidst a barrage of powerful images and sounds. Narrated by Godard. AKA InchJoy of Learning.Inch 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack French; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers. In French with English subtitles.