Some really amazing releases, even if just for their obscurity! None for me but very happy for fans of these! :cool:

Sale over at 101 Films

https://101-films-store.myshopify.co...eid=2d567ca266

Sign 'O' The Times (1987)

Prince's classic concert movie for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.

The initial run includes a set of five art cards, reproductions of original theatrical lobby cards.


Prince
Sign 'O' the Times
Released 20th January 2020
Prince and his band bring his Grammy Nominated Album “Sign 'O' the Times” (1987) to life in what is one of the greatest concert films ever made. Although the album of the same name is now broadly recognised as the pinnacle of Prince's musical achievements, initial sales failed to reach the heights of Purple Rain. The idea of a concert film was soon formed, in order to promote the album to American audiences in theatres.

Shot in Rotterdam and at Prince's Paisley Park Studios, this ground-breaking movie is punctuated with specially-filmed, dramatic vignettes and captures one of the greatest talents in popular music history at the peak of his powers

It's been extended until Jan 31st

I'm sure you've all had your emails but if not here are the March releases.

mmm... i take it Spacehunter is not 3D... disappointing...

Nope. Still hoping we'll get a 3D release someday. Plus it looks a lot nicer, imo, in the wider aspect ratio of the 3D version. Then again, the 2D version was opened up to 1.85, as it was filmed in Super35 and cropped for the 3D release.

All four please.
Gone is the US disc of Spacehunter.

A fave rental of mine back in the day.:nod:

I have the German blu of Runaway, but I might replace it with the UK version for the new commentary.

Yeah I got shot of it a while ago.

***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT***

'Phase IV' (1974) - Limited Edition Blu-ray pre-order available from 101 Films direct - £15.00

Release date: April 6th

"Title number 012 in the Black Label range. This Limited Edition version includes a slipcase and a booklet.

101 Films presents 1970s sci-fi classic Phase IV (1974), a gripping and philosophical cult classic that examines humanity’s place in the universe, releasing on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Phase IV is the only feature film directed by legendary designer and filmmaker Saul Bass. This release includes his original ending, among a host of additional extras, including a bonus disc featuring the finest of the director’s short films. This limited edition version features special packaging, and a booklet with newly-commissioned writing on the history of ‘killer bug’ movies and the career of Saul Bass.

In a sealed lab in the Arizona desert, scientists James Lesko (Michael Murphy, Manhattan) and Dr. Ernest Hubbs (Nigel Davenport, A Man for All Seasons) search for answers to an evolutionary shift in the ant population; the development of a collective intelligence and cross-species hive mentality. With humanity under threat, the scientists are faced with the choice of either communicating with, or eradicating their antagonists."

Special features:
Disc 1
* New HD restoration
* The Original Saul Bass ending (plus optional commentary)
* An Ant's Life: Contextualising Phase IV, a documentary on the film's influences
* Commentary with film historians Allan Bryce and Richard Holliss
* Limited Edition Booklet: includes Phase IV by Deborah Allison, and Adapt or Die: Killer Bug Cinema and Phase IV by Liam Hathaway

Disc 2
* Saul Bass: Short Films
- The Searching Eye (1964)
- Why Man Creates (1968)
- Bass on Titles (1977)
- Notes on the Popular Arts (1978)
- The Solar Film (1980)
- Quest (1984) (new HD restoration)

Specs
* Cert: TBC
* Runtime: Disc 1 - 101' 45"
* Runtime: Disc 2 127' 27"
* Aspect ratio: 16:9 (1.85:1)
* Format: Blu-ray
* Region: B
* Sound: Stereo PCM
* Language: English
* Subtitles: English HOH
* Cat no.: 101BL012
* First 3,000 copies come with limited edition slipcase and booklet

nice. surprised that its 101 that seems to have access to the Paramount Library!

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101 are becoming a great label!

Phase IV is one of the best of the '70's 'nature bites back' movies.

Original artwork as well! :cool:

hopefully, more Paramount to come like Let's Scare Jessica to Death :cool:

Don’t see why not now that Scream Factory have put out an he release.
I watched it l@st week and it’s stunning.

However,I’d get shot of it in an instant for a 101 set.:nod:

It would be great to have releases of April fool's day and My bloody Valentine's originals of course.

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101 are putting the excellent Screamers out.

Title number 013 in our Black Label range. This Limited Edition version includes a slipcase and a booklet.
101 Films*presents*Screamers(1995), an action-packed sci-fi thriller starring Peter Weller (Robocop), based on Philip K. Dick’s story*Second Variety.

The year is 2078. The man is rebel Alliance Commander Col. Joseph Hendricksson (Weller), assigned to protect the Sirius 6B outpost from ravage and plunder at the hands of the New Economic Bloc. His state-of-the-art weaponry are known as Screamers: manmade killing devices programmed to eliminate all enemy life forms. Screamers travel underground, their intent to kill announced by piercing shrieks. They dissect their victims with sushi precision, then eradicate all traces of the carnage. They are lethal. Effective. Tidy. And somehow, they are mutating – self-replicating into human form – and slaughtering every beating heart on the planet.

Brand New Extras

Commentary*with film critic Kevin Lyons

Limited edition booklet: Includes*In Space, No One Cares if You Scream*by Liam Hathaway and*When the Machines Rock: Philip K. Dick and the Dystopian Dream*by Scott Harrison

Additional Extras

Northern Frights*– An interview with director Christian Duguay

Orchestrating The Future*– An interview with producer Tom Berry

More Screamer Than Human*– An interview with co-writer Miguel Tejada-Flores

From Runaway To Space*– An interview with actress Jennifer Rubin

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I looked at the 101 sale earlier.

It's exactly the same as every other sale they've had.

No, it isn't. There are no dvd's on sale so it's worse than every other sale they've had. :lol:

when did we start using American date format in the UK :wise: :rolleyes:

Since I was in too much of a rush to change it when I posted it this morning!!

June 29th.

Glad I didn't buy the US version from Mill Creek.


Interview with director Sean S. Cunningham
Interview with writer Stephen Gyllenhaal
Commentary with film critics Sean Hogan and Jasper Sharp
Limited edition booklet: Includes ‘80s Gang Violence Movies and The New Kids by Jon Towlson and Pushing the Envelope: Sean Cunningham by Barry Forshaw


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adiós disco español:happy:

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Title 015 on the 101 Films Black Label is a definitive release for London-set buddy-cop monster thriller SPLIT SECOND (1992), starring the late, great Rutger Hauer.

This comprehensive package includes a newly restored version of the film, over two hours of brand new interviews with the cast and filmmakers, a new commentary, specially commissioned artwork, the full Japanese cut in SD, and extensive archive extras.

Included in this limited edition slipcase version is a booklet with new writing on the making of the film, and on the career of Rutger Hauer, featuring contributions and memories of the iconic actor from some of his closest collaborators, including Jan de Bont, Ridley Scott, Gary Sherman, and Paul Verhoeven.

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SPLIT SECOND


Released 27th July 2020

101 Films presents Split Second (1992), a dark, dystopian thriller starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) as a veteran detective on the trail of a serial killer in a rainswept future London. Co-starring Alastair Duncan and Kim Cattrall and supported by a host of legendary British character actors, this newly restored presentation of the film is complemented with extensive new interviews with the filmmakers.

The year is 2008, and heavy rainfall has flooded large areas of London. Rookie police officer Dick Durkin (Alastair Duncan) is assigned to partner maverick Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer), a burnt-out and highly cynical homicide detective who was unable to prevent the murder of his partner by a serial killer three years earlier. Following a spate of murders it appears that the killer has returned, and Stone and Durkin are assigned to the case. After investigating the scenes of several slayings they appear no closer to identifying the killer, but a mysterious connection to Stone keeps the trail warm. As each gruesome murder draws the detectives closer to the killer, the killer gets closer to them, until they must finally confront the true evil that lurks below the streets of London.

Brand New Extras
High Definition (1080p) presentation of the main feature in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, newly scanned, restored and colour graded in 4K from the 35MM internegative
Audio Commentary by action film historian Mike Leeder and filmmaker Arne Venema
“Great Big Bloody Guns!” Producer Laura Gregory & Actor Alastair (Neil) Duncan on Split Second (HD, 27:25)
“Call Me Mr. Snips!” An Interview with Composer Stephen W. Parsons (HD, 22:21)
“Stay In Line!” An Interview with Line Producer Laurie Borg (HD, 23:02)
“More Blood!” An Interview with Creature Effects Designer Cliff Wallace (HD, 32:03)
“Shoot Everything!” An Interview with Cinematographer Clive Tickner (HD, 18:57)
Limited edition booklet: Includes 'Monster Mash: Making Split Second' by Scott Harrison, and 'Behind Blue Eyes: Rutger Hauer, Unlikely Action Star' by Phillip Escott
Newly commissioned artwork by Keith Robinson
Additional Extras
Original 1992 Split Second “Making of” featurette featuring interviews with stars Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair (Neil) Duncan, Michael J. Pollard, Writer Gary Scott Thompson and more! (SD, 6:12)
Original 1992 behind the scenes feature featuring effects creator Stephen Norrington, cast and crew (SD, 3:31)
Split Second Japanese Cut, full frame with burnt-in Japanese subtitles (SD, 95:00)
Deleted Scenes from the Japanese Cut (English, burnt-in Japanese subtitles) (SD, 4:30)
7 Promotional TV Clips (SD)
U.S. VHS Home Video Promo (SD, 2:55)
Theatrical Trailer (SD, 2:12)

Yeah, it's pretty stacked and the new art is cool.

Maybe they'll reissue the Sho Kosugi films they kinda botched the first time round.

Chuffed to see Split Second getting this treatment.

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i'm hoping they also reissue lionheart, double dragon and black eagle with the mvd special features.

Interesting to see these films appearing on their Black Label.

August :cool:

Oh yeah, The Deep i saw not too long ago would happily add it to my collection :woot::pop2:

The Black Windmill is a decent watch.

Don Siegel in i think his only British directing job with Michael Caine, Delphine (Daughters of Darkness) Seyrig and Donald Pleasence make a pretty good spy thriller

I hope Jacqueline Bisset's T-shirt gets its own 3 hour special feature... :loveeyes:

It already has 2 special features.;)

Isn't that what the pause button is for.:lol:

... and the frame by frame advance ;)

oh boy! this is not very #metoo is it :lol:

Oh i don't know, you like tits, Nordy likes tits...me too. ;)

I don't see anything wrong with admiring physical beauty, everybody fancies somebody and i'm sure women use the freeze frame to look at blokes bodies too.:pop2:

slightly off topic. the above exchange got me to thinking. is it me (caveat: i don't watch that much modern genre material these days), but it seems there is not that much gratuitous nudity in the cinema anymore? it seems to have all moved to series streaming e.g. Game of Thrones.

I think you are right, Rob.

Series such as The Deuce, GOT, Spartacus (I know it's ten years ago), Californication, Boardwalk Empire and such like have far more nudity than mainstream cinema.

No nudity is a dying art :lol:

The problem with the amount nudity in GoT is that when anyone was talking about the show it was the first thing they mentioned and before i had even watched any of it they made it sound like a complete porn series which sort of proves that nudity in cinema is rare these days when people were so shocked with GoT.