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gag 29th October 2020 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs (Post 637954)
Feck all wrong with artwork OCD.:happy:

Yep, considering most of it shit these days compared to good old vhs cover, after all the cover help sell the film in them days, how many times did you spend in shop can’t deciding what’s to rent and in the end the cover sold you more the storyline, even if the film sounded garbage.

MrBarlow 30th October 2020 09:07 AM

Next month marks the 86th anniversary of Hammer Film Productions, founded in November 1934. Starting today, INDICATOR will be celebrating via a number of offers.

First, a collection of five limited edition postcards – each utilising original artwork – will be automatically included with every direct order from our website. Please be aware that, owing to limited numbers, the offer will not be eligible on pre-orders. No code is required for this offer.

Secondly, all of our in-print Hammer titles (box sets and Standard Editions) will be available at a 10% discount. HAMMER VOLUME TWO: CRIMINAL INTENT andHAMMER VOLUME THREE: BLOOD & TERROR are low stock and may go out-of-print before the offer ends (5 November 2020*
at 9 a.m.) This offer requires no code and is available for one week only.
Hammer titles will not feature in any further 2020 promotions.

All titles can be found in the dedicated HAMMER section of our website.

Demoncrat 30th October 2020 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 638434)
'Housekeeping' (1987) - Blu-ray pre-order available from Powerhouse direct - £15.99

Release date: January 18th

"Director Bill Forsyth (That Sinking Feeling, Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero, Comfort and Joy) made his American film debut with this moving and offbeat adaptation of Marilynne Robinson’s acclaimed novel, about two young girls who are sent to live with their eccentric aunt (Christine Lahti)."

Special features:
  • High Definition remaster
  • Original stereo audio
  • Writer-Director Bill Forsyth on ‘Housekeeping’ (2017, 42 mins)
  • Author Marilynne Robinson on ‘Housekeeping’ (2017, 14 mins)
  • Director of Photography Michael Coulter on ‘Housekeeping’ (2017, 13 mins)
  • Editor Michael Ellis on ‘Housekeeping’ (2017, 11 mins)
  • BFI Interview with Bill Forsyth (1994, 36 mins): archival audio recording of an on-stage interview conducted by Nick James at the National Film Theatre, London
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery: on-set and production materials from the personal collections of the filmmakers
  • New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing


OOOOOOOOOOOOH SOLD

Rob4 30th October 2020 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBarlow (Post 638943)
Next month marks the 86th anniversary of Hammer Film Productions, founded in November 1934. Starting today, INDICATOR will be celebrating via a number of offers.

First, a collection of five limited edition postcards – each utilising original artwork – will be automatically included with every direct order from our website. Please be aware that, owing to limited numbers, the offer will not be eligible on pre-orders. No code is required for this offer.

Secondly, all of our in-print Hammer titles (box sets and Standard Editions) will be available at a 10% discount. HAMMER VOLUME TWO: CRIMINAL INTENT andHAMMER VOLUME THREE: BLOOD & TERROR are low stock and may go out-of-print before the offer ends (5 November 2020*
at 9 a.m.) This offer requires no code and is available for one week only.
Hammer titles will not feature in any further 2020 promotions.

All titles can be found in the dedicated HAMMER section of our website.

Fom the newsletter, it hints that there will be a flash sale after the Hammer one. It's clear from the wording above that the Hammer products will not be included in any subsequent flash sale.

g053584398 30th October 2020 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob4 (Post 638954)
Fom the newsletter, it hints that there will be a flash sale after the Hammer one. It's clear from the wording above that the Hammer products will not be included in any subsequent flash sale.

That's what it sounds like. It is a pisser that the Hammer titles won't be included in the next proper sale, but I can wait.

Linbro 1st November 2020 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 633529)
'Columbia Noir #1' - Limited Blu-ray Edition (4 x UK & 2 x World Blu-ray premieres). Pre-order available from Powerhouse Films direct - £49:99

Release date: November 16

Titles:
  • ESCAPE IN THE FOG (Budd Boetticher, 1945)
  • THE UNDERCOVER MAN (Joseph H Lewis, 1949)
  • DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Richard Quine, 1954)
  • 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE (Phil Karlson, 1955)
  • THE GARMENT JUNGLE (Vincent Sherman and Robert Aldrich, 1957)
  • THE LINEUP (Don Siegel, 1958)

"Six tough, no-nonsense noirs from six of the genre’s toughest, no-nonsense directors: Budd Boetticher’s Escape in the Fog, in which a nurse and a war veteran take on Nazi spies in San Francisco; Joseph H Lewis’ The Undercover Man, inspired by the real-life case against Al Capone; Richard Quine’s Drive a Crooked Road, which finds Mickey Rooney moving away from comedies and musicals to a tougher persona; Phil Karlson’s 5 Against the House, starring Kim Novak as a nightclub singer embroiled in a casino heist; Vincent Sherman’s The Garment Jungle, from which Kiss Me Deadly director Robert Aldrich was famously fired; and Don Siegel’s police procedural The Lineup, based on the radio and television series, and as brutal a film as he ever made.

All six films are presented for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, with The Undercover Man and Drive a Crooked Road making their world Blu-ray premieres. This stunning collection also boasts a 120-page book, and is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units."


INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:
  • 2K restorations of Escape in the Fog, The Undercover Man and The Garment Jungle
  • High Definition presentations of Drive a Crooked Road, 5 Against the House and The Lineup
  • Original mono soundtracks
  • Audio commentary with film historian Pamela Hutchinson on Escape in the Fog (2020)
  • Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns on The Undercover Man (2020)
  • Audio commentary with critic Nick Pinkerton on Drive a Crooked Road (2020)
  • Audio commentary with critic David Jenkins on 5 Against the House (2020)
  • Audio commentary with film historian Kevin Lyons on The Garment Jungle (2020)
  • Audio commentary with author James Ellroy and the Film Noir Foundation’s Eddie Muller on The Lineup (2009)
  • Audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle and author and screenwriter C Courtney Joyner on The Lineup (2020)
  • Introduction to Drive a Crooked Road by Martin Scorsese (2014)
  • It’s a Jungle Out There (2007): archival interview with actor Robert Loggia conducted after a screening of The Garment Jungle
  • Appreciation of The Garment Jungle by Tony Rayns (2020)
  • The Influence of Noir (2009): appreciation of The Lineup by filmmaker Christopher Nolan
  • Two episodes of The Lineup radio series: The Candy Store Murder (1950), written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine; and The Case of Frankie and Joyce (1951)
  • Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now (1953): Columbia Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer looking back at his series of Mickey Maguire comedies
  • Man on a Bus (1955): short film directed by Joseph H Lewis for the United Jewish Appeal, featuring a star-studded cast, including Walter Brennan, Broderick Crawford, Lassie, and Ruth Roman, and presented in High Definition
  • Original theatrical trailers for Drive a Crooked Road, 5 Against the House, The Garment Jungle and The Lineup
  • The Lineup trailer commentary: short critical appreciation by A History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson
  • Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
  • New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Iris Veysey, Paul Duane, Jill Blake, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Nathalie Morris, and Sergio Angelini; archival interview extracts with Budd Boetticher, Joseph H Lewis, Phil Karlson, and Robert Aldrich; extracts from the autobiographies of Don Siegel and Vincent Sherman; and film credits
  • World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
  • Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units
  • MORE EXTRAS TO BE ANNOUNCED
  • All extras subject to change

#PHILTD300
BBFC cert: 12
REGION B
EAN: 5060697921205


ORDERED!!!!!!

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 1st November 2020 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by g053584398 (Post 638968)
That's what it sounds like. It is a pisser that the Hammer titles won't be included in the next proper sale, but I can wait.

Anyone know which day the sale is?

I've nine in my basket in antcipation!:skull:

g053584398 1st November 2020 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs (Post 639263)
Anyone know which day the sale is?

I've nine in my basket in antcipation!:skull:

I've no idea Reaps.

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 1st November 2020 08:04 PM

14 now! lol

Rob4 1st November 2020 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs (Post 639263)
Anyone know which day the sale is?

I've nine in my basket in antcipation!:skull:

This was the tease in the newsletter received 31 Oct. Given that the Hammer sale doesn't end till Nov 5th, I'd say the flash sale must start 6th to qualify as 'next week'.


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