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Coming soon from Eureka on Blu-Ray

The Last Waltz - release date November 12th, 2018 - pre-order available at Amazon UK - £24.99

Perhaps the greatest rock documentary ever made, Martin Scorsese s The Last Waltz captures what was advertised as legendary rock group The Band s final farewell concert appearance. Joined on stage by more than a dozen special guests, including Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Muddy Waters and Joni Mitchell, The Last Waltz started as a concert, but it became a celebration.

Interspersed with candid discussions between director Scorsese and members of The Band, The Last Waltz has been called "the greatest rock concert movie ever made - and maybe the best rock movie, period" , and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this iconic documentary on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. And remember, "This film should be played loud! "

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
  • Limited Edition Hardbound Case
  • 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
  • PCM 5.1 Audio
  • Optional English SDH subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by director Martin Scorsese and Musician Robbie Robertson
  • Audio Commentary by "The Band" members Levon Helm and Garth Hudson, journalists Jay Cocks and Greil Marcus, creative consultant Mardik Martin, producers Jonathan Taplin and Steven Prince, Cameraman Michael Chapman, Music Producer John Simon, Irwin Winkler and performers Mavis Staples, Dr. John and Ronnie Hawkins (includes optional subtitles identifying who is talking)
  • Revisiting The Last Waltz [22 mins]
  • Archival Outtakes
  • Stills gallery
  • PLUS: A 100-PAGE perfect bound collector s book including writing on the film by Adam Batty, Greil Marcus and Robbie Robertson; an abundance of extremely rare archival imagery; extensive notes, storyboards and sketches from the film s production [Limited Edition Exclusive]


Once Upon A Time In China trilogy - release date November 26th, 2018 - pre-order available at Amazon UK - £46.99

Tsui Hark s phenomenal Once Upon a Time in China trilogy finally arrives on Blu-ray in the UK from brand new 4K restorations! Starring Jet Li as the real life Cantonese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung, a physical embodiment of traditional Chinese values and moral incorruptibility, this martial-arts epic charts China s transition into the modern-world as it gradually abandons its old traditions and begins to accept the inevitable encroach of Western cultures.

With action sequences choreographed by the legendary Yuen Woo-ping, the Once Upon a Time in China series is a glorious high-point in martial-arts filmmaking, and Eureka Classics is proud to present Tsui Hark s original trilogy, as well as Once Upon a Time in China and America (which saw Jet Li return to the Wong Fei-hung role after a four-year gap) for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK in a special Limited Edition 4-Disc Box Set loaded with extra content.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
  • Special Limited Edition Box Set
  • 1080p presentations of all three films, sourced from brand new 4K restorations and making their UK debuts on Blu-ray
  • Original Cantonese audio tracks (original source audio tracks and restored 5.1 options available)
  • Optional English audio tracks | Optional English subtitles
  • Once Upon a Time in China and America [100 mins, HD] the final chapter in the Once Upon a Time in China series, with Jet Li making a triumphant return to his most iconic role
  • New audio commentaries on Once Upon a Time in China I-III by martial-arts cinema expert Mike Leeder
  • A new video essay by Travis Crawford
  • New Interviews with key Cast & Crew (more info TBC)
  • The Legend of Wong Fei-Hung [48 mins] a three-part featurette on the legendary folk hero
  • Archival interview with actor and Shaw Brothers veteran, Yen Shi-kwan [10 mins]
  • Archival interview with Jet Li [10 mins]
  • Archival interview with Donnie Yen | Archival Q&A with Jet Li [10 mins]
  • Archival interview with director Tsui Hark [23 mins]
  • Archival interview with actor John Wakefield [11 mins]
  • Making of Once Upon a Time in China and America [25 mins]
  • Stills Galleries
  • Trailers
  • ALL EXTRAS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
  • Box set exclusive Collectors booklets featuring new essays, and an abundance of archival material and ephemera

Hilter's Hollywood - release date November 5th, 2018 - pre-order available from Amazon UK - £12.99

Nazi-cinema was a state-controlled industry, subject to rigid political and cultural censorship. At the same time, it aspired to be Great Cinema ; it viewed itself as an ideological and aesthetic alternative to Hollywood. A German dream factory.

Rüdiger Suchsland s Hitler s Hollywood takes a closer look at the roughly 1000 feature films made in Germany between 1933-1945, examining how stereotypes of the enemy and values of love and hate managed to be planted, into the heads of the German people, through the cinema screens.

DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES
  • Option of the original German language version with optional English subtitles OR with English language narration by Udo Kier
  • From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses Director Rüdiger Suchsland s 2014 documentary on the social and cultural impact of German Cinema during the Weimar Republic (1918-1933)


Lucky - release date November 12th, 2018 - pre-order available at Amazon UK - £12.99

ohn Carroll Lynch s directorial debut featuring Harry Dean Stanton (Cool Hand Luke; Alien; Paris, Texas; Repo Man) in one of his last starring roles.

Lucky follows the spiritual journey of Harry Dean Stanton s character Lucky , a cantankerous, self-reliant 90 year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit the Arizona town where he lives. Having out-lived and out-smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment.

Released in the US just days after Stanton s death at age 91, Lucky, is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection. Eureka Entertainment are proud to present Lucky on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as the acclaimed 2012 documentary, Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction.
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