Flicker Alley swelters in SPRING NIGHT, SUMMER NIGHT (Review)

A forbidden affair ruptures relationships in an Appalachian town in the long-lost regional art film SPRING NIGHT SUMMER NIGHT that once played on the grindhouse circuit with X-rated inserts as MISS JESSICA IS PREGNANT.

REVIEW LINK: Flicker Alley (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

SPRING NIGHT, SUMMER NIGHT Blu-ray/DVD Combo specs:

• Disc One (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
  
• Disc Two (DVD):
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
  
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Spring Night Summer Night: 50 Years Later" retrospective
• "I'm Goin' to Straitsville" locations revisit
• "In the Middle of the Nights: From Arthouse to Grindhouse and Back Again" featurette about the film's distribution history
• Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque Q&A: 17 April 2016
• Behind-the-Scenes footage with optional commentary by writer Franklin Miller and Peter Conheim
• Joseph Anderson Short Films:
• "Football as it is Played Today" (1961)
• "How Swived" (1962)
• "Cheers" (1963)
• Image Gallery
• Booklet with a new essay by Ian Mantgani, Glenn Litton’s memories of director Joseph Anderson, Peter Conheim on the film’s restoration, a look at the career of distributor Joseph L Brenner, an overview of critical responses, and film credits.