Powerhouse Films

[Michael Brooke]

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EYES OF LAURA MARS - LE
(Irvin Kershner, 1978)
Release date: 220 November 2017
Limited Blu-ray Edition (World Blu-ray premiere)

Irvin Kershner’s stylish, violent cult thriller – from an original screenplay by John Carpenter – stars iconic star Faye Dunaway as glamorous fashion photographer Laura Mars, who begins to experience horrific visions when she ‘sees’ a series of brutal murders as they happen.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with director Irvin Kershner
• Making of documentary (1978, 7 mins)
• Eyes on Laura Mars (1999, 8 mins): on-set photography with commentary
• Original theatrical trailer
• David DeCoteau trailer commentary (2013, 4 mins): a short critical appreciation
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Rebecca Nicole Williams, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited Blu-ray Edition of 3,000 copies
• More TBC

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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071137

Preorder here.

[Michael Brooke]

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WOLF - LE
(Mike Nichols, 1994)
Release date: 20 November 2017
Limited Blu-ray Edition (UK Blu-ray premiere)

Director Mike Nichols’ thrilling modern-day werewolf movie boasts a stellar cast, including Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, and presents itself as a witty and inventive hybrid of horror film, romantic thriller and biting satire about male anxiety and office politics, where the real monster is corporate greed.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition remaster
• Stereo audio
• 5.1 surround sound track
• The Beast Inside: Creating ‘Wolf’ (2017, 54 mins): a new documentary on the making of the film with new interviews from SFX legend Rick Baker, screenwriter Wesley Strick and producer Douglas Wick
• Never-before-seen archival interviews with actors Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader and Kate Nelligan
• Never-before-seen archival interviews with director Mike Nichols, producer Douglas Wick and writer Jim Harrison
• Never-before-seen archival interviews with SFX maestro Rick Baker and production designer Bo Welch
• B-roll footage
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Brad Stevens, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited Blu-ray Edition of 3,000 copies
• More TBC

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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071038

Preorder here.

[Justin101]

In for Wolf and Eyes of Laura Mars.

It's great that Jason and the Argonauts is in that box set, but I already bought the HMV premium edition, so that's left me on the fence for that particular release.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Michael, how come Powerhouse can release Jason and the Argonauts so soon after the HMV Premium Collection version?

[Michael Brooke]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Michael, how come Powerhouse can release Jason and the Argonauts so soon after the HMV Premium Collection version?

Presumably because they asked Sony very nicely and Sony said yes - and I think HMV only had an exclusive window of six months or so.

But the box may well end up containing exactly the same disc, although that's no great hardship: I don't recall anything being particularly wrong with it.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Michael Brooke

Presumably because they asked Sony very nicely and Sony said yes - and I think HMV only had an exclusive window of six months or so.

But the box may well end up containing exactly the same disc, although that's no great hardship: I don't recall anything being particularly wrong with it.

Thank you for the reply. I didn't realise companies could license the same film at the same time as other companies in the same country with only a short window between the two.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Thank you for the reply. I didn't realise companies could license the same film at the same time as other companies in the same country.

If you were a Criterion collector you'd know this only too well. A good majority of their films are already out in the UK a hell of a lot cheaper as well

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

If you were a Criterion collector you'd know this only too well. A good majority of their films are already out in the UK a hell of a lot cheaper as well

It was only March this year when the HMV release hit shelves. That was why i asked.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It was only March this year when the HMV release hit shelves. That was why i asked.

I think i'd read something somewhere (no citation) that the exclusives were a 6-month window.
Edit - I didn't see that Michael had already said the thing about the 6-months as well, but it wasn't him where I'd originally heard it To be fair it might have been about something other than the HMV premium collection but HMV exclusivity periods in general.

[Rob4]

i must of read the PH Facebook post wrong as I could of sworn they said announcements would be Thursday

oh well great releases again anyway. i held off the HMV Jason release (was that a 4K?) so this is great for me.

i may be completely wrong but i don't think HMV can be classed as a distributor? they can perhaps get an exclusive deal as a stockist but Sony would have remained as the official distributor.