STUDIOCANAL will also release of a brand-new boxset of six key films by Jean-Pierre Melville, in celebration of his centenary. Featuring several brand new 4k restorations as well as exclusive new extras, MELVILLE, THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION will include Le Doulos, Bob Le Flambeur, Léon Morin, Prêtre, L'Armée Des Ombres and Le Cercle Rouge and will be available to own on DVD and Blu-Ray for the first time on September 12.

In a BFI Press Release from a few weeks ago, announcing the Southbank's upcoming season Jean-Pierre Melville: Visions of the Underworld:



It's not listed, but I would bet on Un flic being the 6th film given that it's the only other Melville SC owns and those 6 films made up the old DVD box set.

Le Doulos, Bob le flambeur and Léon Morin, Prêtre have all had 4K restorations.

I finally bought the UK Blu of Le cercle rouge recently, so you're all welcome

The bet so far is for Le deuxième souffle (still with René Chateau and very unlikely to be included in HD) and Les enfants terribles to be the 2 missing movies on BD.

Me too!

So a different release for the UK and France. What are the chances of SC releasing either in the US?

I wouldn't hold out much hope of Lionsgate releasing an US version of the Melville set.

Some great releases are up for pre-order on amazon.co.uk:
Melville Boxset

Bob Le Flambeur (1956)

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Melville directs this pre-New Wave classic, chronicling a raid on a Parisian casino. Bob the Gambler (Roger Duchesne) reverts to his old trade as a bank robber after several bad rolls of the dice. However, his plans to rip off a casino are thrown into chaos by an unforeseen murder and the duplicitous scheming of his criminal colleagues.

Special Features:

Retrospective documentary by film historian and critic Dominique Maillet (20 min)

Léon Morin, Pretre (1961)

Synopsis: The most commercially successful film from Jean-Pierre Melville. Starring Emmanuele Riva and Jean-Paul Belmondo, it is the story of an unfulfilled love affair set against the troubled backdrop of the Occupation.

Special Features:

Master class with Philippe Labro (friend and apprentice of Melville) + Rimmyme Grumbach (Melville's nephew) (59 min)

Le Doulos (1962)

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Melville writes and directs this French crime thriller starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Serge Reggiani. After serial burglar Maurice Faugel (Reggiani) is released from his latest stint behind bars, he quickly returns to his criminal ways and plans a robbery with Silien (Belmondo) and Rémy (Philippe Nahon). After murdering an old associate in retaliation for the killing of his former girlfriend, Maurice becomes racked with suspicion and distrust of everyone around him amid rumours that Silien has become a police informant. When Maurice and Rémy carry out a robbery of their own, the police quickly close in on them and Maurice begins to unravel the deadly web of deceit that has formed around him.

Special Features:

Interview with first assistant director Volker Schlondorff (20 min)

Army of Shadows (1969)

Synopsis: French war drama directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and based on the novel by Joseph Kessel. Drawing on the director's own experiences in World War II, the film follows a band of resistance fighters in German-controlled France. As the war continues, the grip of the occupying force tightens, and friendships, loyalty and trust give way to suspicion, secrecy and loss.

Special Features:

Army of Shadows: the hidden side of the story - documentary feature (87 min)

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Synopsis: A gangster film from Jean-Pierre Melville. Starring Alain Delon as a master thief, Yves Montand as an alcoholic ex-cop and Italian star Gian-Maria Volonté as an escaped criminal, the trio plot a daring heist of an upmarket Parisian jewellery story against impossible odds.

Interview with Le Cercle Rouge's first assistant director Bernard Stora (30 min)
Code Name Melville (76 min)
Interview with first assistant director Bernard Stora (30 min)
Interview with novelist Josi Giovanni (15 min)
Presentation by Ginette Vincendeau (22 min)

Un Flic (1972)

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Melville's last film stars Alain Delon as Police Commissioner Coleman who finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with a gang of thieves after a bank robbery in a small Riviera town goes wrong. The gang is led by Coleman's friend, Simon (Richard Crenna), a night-club owner and whose girlfriend (Catherine Deneuve) is also having an affair with Coleman. The two men find the rivalry between them increasing as the net begins to surround Simon. A stylish European take on the Hollywood storylines of the Seventies.

Special Features:

Documentary featuring interviews with Un Flic's script supervisor Florence Moncorg-Gabin and first assistant director Jean-François Delon (24 min)

BONUS DVD INCLUDED IN THE BLU-RAY BOX SET

In the mood for Melville - documentary feature (52 min)
24 Heures de la vie d'un clown – Melville short (22 min)

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Interview with Le Cercle Rouge's first assistant director Bernard Stora (30 min)
Interview with first assistant director Bernard Stora (30 min)