The Arrow Thread

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

"***NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE COMING!***

Join us this Friday (February 24th) at 3.00pm GMT / 7.00am PT / 10.00am ET for our May new title reveals!"

People are suggesting it might be a US / Canada only release of 'The Hitcher'. Other titles mentioned are 'Two Lane Blacktop', 'School Of The Holy Beast' or an AC/DC concert film!

From a bird's eye view it looks like a road with a crossroad in the middle, didn't Jim pick up John in the middle of nowhere? Gotta be The Hitcher.

[J Harker]

Well that's an odd bunch of releases.Screenshot_20230224_104554_Instagram.jpgScreenshot_20230224_104608_Instagram.jpgScreenshot_20230224_104619_Instagram.jpgScreenshot_20230224_104629_Instagram.jpgScreenshot_20230224_104638_Instagram.jpg

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[Justin101]

Easy skips Good job because Indicator and Eureka are emptying my wallet currently.

[J Harker]

The only one I'd like is The Last Starfighter but I'm not interested in 4k.

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Nothing of interest there.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Easy skips Good job because Indicator and Eureka are emptying my wallet currently.

Yep, Arrow's poor slate makes ordering the Mexican horror box set from Powerhouse so much easier.

[Susan Foreman]

Full details:

NEW UK TITLE: 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998) - Limited Edition 4K UHD pre-order available from Arrow Films direct - £22:00

Release date: May 22

"Considered unfilmable for decades, Hunter S. Thompson's literary landmark of psychedelic excess finally met its cinematic match in anarchic visionary director Terry Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys) and two no-holds-barred star performances by Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.

Raoul Duke (Depp) and his volatile Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) are en route to Las Vegas, ostensibly on a banal journalistic assignment, but the suitcase full of psychoactive narcotics in their possession tells another story. Beset by bats, horny lizards and runaway hotel carpet upon their arrival, the pair plunge deeper into the pharmaceutically enhanced neon underbelly of the City of Sin on a chemically charged savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.

Flashback to Gilliam and Thompson's trip of a lifetime with this 4K restoration, accompanied by an outstanding selection of bonus material delving into the history of the film and the original book"

Special features:

• 4K restoration from the original negative approved by Terry Gilliam
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original 5.1 & 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
• Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Feature commentary by Terry Gilliam, moderated by Phil Stubbs
• Savage: Finding The American Nightmare, an appreciation by film historian Ian Christie
• The Gonzo Papers, an interview with producer Laila Nabulsi
• Grim Memories & Bad Flashbacks, an interview with star Benicio del Toro
• Ignore This Terrible Drug: The Art and Style of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a featurette including interviews with cinematographer Nicola Pecorini, production designer Alex McDowall, costume designer Julie Weiss and editor Lesley Walker
• Four deleted scenes with optional commentary by Gilliam, including the excised prologue A Dress Pattern
• Spotlight on Location, an original promotional featurette featuring interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
• Behind the scenes 'B-roll' footage and additional EPK interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
• Theatrical trailers and TV spots
• Extensive image galleries, including original production designs, storyboards and production stills
• Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork choices
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Roger Keen and original production notes
• Limited Edition slipcover featuring Ralph Steadman's classic illustration Bats Over Barstow

[Susan Foreman]

Full details:

NEW UK TITLE: 'The Beta Test' (2021) - Limited Edition Blu-ray pre-order available from Arrow Films direct - £18:00

Release date: May 08

"Eyes Wide Shut meets Office Space, The Player and Black Mirror in The Beta Test, the acclaimed thriller from Jim Cummings, creator of Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow.

A ruthless, manipulative, and soon-to-be married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter inviting him to an anonymous sexual encounter. After some uncertainty he accepts, but euphoria turns to paranoia as he becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lies, infidelity and murder.

Strikingly shot and with pitch-perfect performances that will make you squirm in your seat, The Beta Test is a stylish, scathing satire of preening toxic masculinity, the dangers of technology, and the hollowness of Hollywood success."

Special features:

2-Disc Limited Edition Contents

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original lossless 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Exclusive bonus disc of short films
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Anton Bitel
• Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options and Limited Edition slipcover

Disc 1 - Feature & Extras

• Audio commentary by directors Jim Cummings & PJ McCabe
• Sex, Lies & Purple Envelopes, a visual essay by author and film scholar Alexandra Heller Nicholas
• Trapped. Hiding. Boom, a visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams
• The Making of The Beta Test
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

Disc 2 - Short Films (Limited Edition Exclusive)

• A two and a half hour collection of short films from the Sundance Award-winning filmmakers behind The Beta Test including: Cory Comes to Christmas, Parent Teacher, The Stop, Marty Loves Katie, Native Stand Up, The Robbery and Us Funny
• Also includes a look behind the scenes and two hilarious short 'documentaries' about attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and 2017

[Susan Foreman]

Full details:

NEW US/CAN TITLE: 'The Last Starfighter' (1984) - Limited Edition 4K UHD pre-order available from Arrow Films US - $35:00

Release date: May 30

"Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited by Arrow Video to experience the 1984 sci-fi classic as you've never experienced it before! Directed by Nick Castle, the man behind the Michael Myers mask in the original Halloween, The Last Starfighter tells the story Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), an arcade game whizz-kid whose wildest dreams come true when he finds himself enlisted to fight in an interstellar war.

Now newly restored from a 4K scan of the original negative and featuring a 4.1 mix originally created for the film's 70mm release, The Last Starfighter arrives loaded with exclusive and archival bonus features. Strap yourself in: the Ultra HD adventure of a lifetime is about to begin!"

Special features:

• Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original camera negative
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Uncompressed 2.0 stereo, 5.1 DTS-HD MA and 4.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with star Lance Guest and his son Jackson Guest
• Audio commentary with Mike White of The Projection Booth podcast
• Archival audio commentary with director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb
• Maggie's Memories: Revisiting The Last Starfighter - interview with actor Catherine Mary Stewart
• Into the Starscape: Composing The Last Starfighter - interview with composer Craig Safan
• Incredible Odds: Writing The Last Starfighter - interview with screenwriter Jonathan Betuel
• Interstellar Hit-Beast: Creating the Special Effects - interview with special effects supervisor Kevin Pike
• Excalibur Test: Inside Digital Productions - interview with sci-fi author Greg Bear on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter
• Greetings Starfighter! Inside the Arcade Game - an interview with arcade game collector Estil Vance on reconstructing the Starfighter game
• Heroes of the Screen - archival featurette
• Crossing the Frontier: The Making of The Last Starfighter - archival 4-part documentary
• Image galleries
• Theatrical and teaser trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Ferguson
• Collector's booklet featuring writing by Amanda Reyes and sci-fi author Greg Bear's Omni magazine article on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter
• Limited Edition slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Matt Ferguson

[Susan Foreman]

Full details:

NEW US/CAN TITLE: Hand of Death (1976) - Limited Edition Blu-ray pre-order available from Arrow Films US - $28:00

Release date: May 09

"When Golden Harvest first released Hand of Death in 1976, no-one paid much attention to the names of writer/director Wu Yu-sheng, third-billed actor Chen Yuen-lung or fight choreographer Hung Chin-pao in the opening credits. Within a decade, however, each of those men had changed the course of Hong Kong action filmmaking forever, under the names they are best known under to this day: John Woo, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.

After a traitor of the Shaolin temple, Shih Shao-Feng (James Tien, The Big Boss), has eliminated thousands of his former colleagues in exchange for power from the Manchus under the Qing dynasty, a surviving master of Shaolin, Yun Fei (Tan Tao-Liang), is tasked with the mission of bringing Shih to justice. In order to defeat Shih's overwhelmingly large army - led by the ruthless Tu Qing (Sammo Hung) - Yun Fei will need to team up with a skilled blacksmith (Jackie Chan) and a reluctant swordsman to beat the odds and avenge his fallen brothers.

With early signs of John Woo's affinity for brotherly bonding amidst heroic bloodshed, and featuring one of Jackie Chan's earliest speaking roles after proving his mettle as a stuntman, Hand of Death is an old school hard-hitting kung fu gem (with a dash of wuxia) that any fan of classic Hong Kong cinema needs in their collection"

Special features:

• 2K restoration from original film elements by Fortune Star
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray transfer
• Original lossless Mandarin and English mono, plus Cantonese stereo and 5.1 remixes in Mandarin and English
• Optional English subtitles
• Brand new feature commentary by martial arts cinema experts Frank Djeng & Michael Worth
• From Hong Kong to Hollywood, an archive featurette on John Woo's early career, including interviews with Woo, Chow Yun-fat and Peter Lau
• Never-before-seen archive interview with star Tan Tao-Liang, filmed by his former student Michael Worth
• Archive interview with co-star Sammo Hung
• Alternate credits sequence, as Countdown to Kung Fu
• Trailer gallery
• Image gallery
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
• Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by film programmer William Blaik
• Limited Edition slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch