Robert Mitchum Biopic Set For Release

Janson Media today announced the worldwide DVD release of Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star. The title is the 18th to be released on DVD from the company"s Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999. His father was half Blackfoot Indian and was killed when Mitch was only two. Raised by a hardworking mother, he hit the rails at twelve and learned the harsh realities of loneliness, insecurity, danger - and declares he enjoyed them. Though he went on to the success, acclaim and wealth that are the rewards of stardom, he always remained true to himself, unwilling to play the Hollywood game. This entertainment special looks at the life and career of one of Hollywood"s consummate leading men, narrated with good humor by Mitch himself. Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star was written and produced by Gene Feldman and Suzette Winter of New York-based Wombat Productions, and is now available for all television, DVD, VOD, non-theatric, and new media markets worldwide exclusively through Janson Media. It includes interviews with family members and colleagues like Polly Bergen, Edward Dmytryk, Jane Greer, Deborah Kerr, Ali MacGraw, Sarah Miles, Chris and John Mitchum, Sydney Pollack and Jane Russell. The DVD also includes clips from The Story Of G.I. Joe, Crossfire, Night Of The Hunter, The Sundowners, Ryan"s Daughter, The Yakuza, Farewell, My Lovely, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, and others, plus never-before-seen family photographs and home movies. The program is available for online viewing at the Janson Media Screening Room at janson.tv. ROBERT MITCHUM: THE RELUCTANT STAR LENGTH: 59 Minutes - Total Content: 89 Minutes OUR PRICE: $24.95 CATALOG #: 20396 UPC #: 6-4603203969-6 ISBN #: 1-56839-284-2 RELEASE YEAR: 2009 PRODUCER: Wombat Productions STREET DATE: October 21, 2009