Park Row

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Review added by
Michael Campbell

Certificate: TBC
Running Time: 84mins
Retail Price: £17.36
Release Date: 22/10/12
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Iconic American filmmaker Samuel Fuller began his career as a tabloid reporter, and thrillingly drew on those skills and experiences in his extraordinary labour-of-love Park Row. An exhilarating tribute to the ideals of the free press and noble popular journalism, this two-fisted tale of battles on and off the printed page in 1880s New York is a major American rediscovery.

When Phineas Mitchell (Gene Evans), a visionary newspaperman, launches his own title The Globe, his eye-catching headlines and approach quickly catch fire with the New York readership. But less impressed is Charity Hackett (Mary Welch), proprietor of long-established rival The Star, and attempts to undercut The Globe soon escalate into all-out war.

Special Features:
• Isolated music and effects track
• Original theatrical trailer
• Two Featurettes
• Illustrated booklet featuring the words of Fuller, rare archival imagery, and more