Powerhouse Films

[Michael Brooke]

A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG
£15.99

PRE-ORDER NOW: THIS ITEM WILL BE RELEASED ON 21 AUGUST 2017, BUT YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT NOW TO BE GUARANTEED A COPY. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY, AND THE ITEM WILL SHIP JUST BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE.

(Peter Medak, 1972)
Release date: 21 August 2017
Limited Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray premiere)

Playwright Peter Nichols adapted his own blackly comic 1967 Tony Award-winning play for this confrontational film version by director Peter Medak. Alan Bates and Janet Suzman play a married couple struggling to come to terms with their daughter's disability using comedy and cruelty to dispel the desperation of their situation. This uncomfortable, provocative film about marriage, children and life choices is startlingly funny as well as deeply moving.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary by director Peter Medak
• New interview with actor Janet Suzman (2017, tbc mins)
• New interview with playwright and author Peter Nichols (2017, tbc mins)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Marcus Hearn, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies
• More TBC

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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071182

[Michael Brooke]

THE NATIONAL HEALTH
£15.99

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(Jack Gold, 1973)
Release date: 21 August 2017
Limited Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray premiere / UK DVD premiere)

Jack Gold's film about life and death in a shabby London hospital interweaves the story of the real hospital with a fantasy one which exists in the soap-opera world of 'Nurse Norton's Affair', where everything is fully funded and patients are miraculously cured. A darkly funny satire on the state of the nation and also a deeply prescient comment on TV's ability to turn tragedy into entertainment, The National Health sits somewhere between the bawdy antics of the Carry On films and the angry satire of Lindsay Anderson’s Britannia Hospital, but emerges as a starkly prophetic film, more relevant now than ever.

Available for the first time ever in the UK.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• New audio commentary with star Jim Dale
• New interview with playwright and author Peter Nichols (2017, tbc mins)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Laura Mayne, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• UK DVD premiere
• Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies
• More TBC

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071120

[Michael Brooke]

THE RECKONING
£15.99

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(Jack Gold, 1969)
Release date: 21 August 2017
Limited Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray premiere / UK DVD premiere)

A ruthless business executive (an intense tour de force performance by leading man Nicol Williamson) returns home to his Liverpool roots to investigate his father’s death. An unflinching exploration of the British class system, Jack Gold's penetrating, brutal drama stands alongside contemporary classics Up the Junction and Room at the Top, and prefigures Get Carter by several years. Underrated and underexposed, The Reckoning may well be one of the most essential British films ever made.

Available for the first time ever in the UK.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary
• New interview with actor Ann Bell (2017, tbc mins)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• UK DVD premiere
• Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies
• More TBC

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BBFC cert: TBC
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071199

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Michael Brooke

Oh happy day

[Rob4]

the postman came a'knockin today with the Sinbad Collection and I can report it's a real winner. packaging nice and sturdy, excellent booklet and discs packed with extras - they are clearly following the Arrow model for boxsets. obviously not looked at transfers yet but give they are from original negs they should be fine. my only quibble is that i was a bit disappointed they hadn't commissioned fresh audio commentaries from film historians.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Michael Brooke

Deja vu
Ahem ...

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Picked up a Sinbad set today in HMV.
Cracker!

[Rob4]

for info: disappointing - just seen that powerhouse confirmed they did not have Starman earlier this month - apologies if this is old news.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Any idea who has?

I sold my Italian BD.

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

Any idea who has?

I sold my Italian BD.

according to Powerhouse Sony are planning on doing something with it themselves - no other info i'm afraid.