The Arrow Thread

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by mr 420

No standalone Sleeper? Poor show Arrow.

Originally Posted by Justin101

It'll be like the other sets where they release 2 a month.

Arrow via FB:

Single releases of everything will follow eventually, we have 17 films to get through so we can't do boxes and singles all together

[mr 420]

Nice one, E and J.

[Justin101]

Ahh that means that Manhattan will probably be coming out as well

[Deadite]

Love and Death is one of my favourite movies.

[Justin101]

It seems that Annie Hall is exclusive to the box set which is a dick move so I hope it doesn't have really good exclusive extras Speculation is that because Annie Hall is exclusive then Manhattan will be too when that box set comes out.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

It seems that Annie Hall is exclusive to the box set which is a dick move so I hope it doesn't have really good exclusive extras Speculation is that because Annie Hall is exclusive then Manhattan will be too when that box set comes out.

None of them will have extras apparently as Allen famously loathes them. The only extra in the box set will be the book, which is why the set is fairly low-priced compared to other Arrow box sets.

As for Annie Hall, Fox released it in the UK already on stand-alone Blu so I'm suspecting it's a stipulation to Arrow's contract to not release it separately as it could cut into Fox's sales of their version. Ditto Manhattan.

[J Harker]

Never got Woody Allen so I'll pass on this. Million other things i want.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I'm not sure about this because I already have all of those, and more, on DVD in the Woody Allen Collection (picture below), and the Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment BDs of Annie Hall and Manhattan which, for me, are his finest films, and my favourites are.

[Susan Foreman]

** CRIMES OF PASSION FINAL SPECS **

Time to announce the final specs for our upcoming UK/US release Crimes of Passion. The first pressing will come with a limited edition O-card and collector’s booklet containing writing by Paul Sutton, an archive interview with Ken Russell, and correspondence between Russell and Kathleen Turner.

"SHE IS WATCHED. SHE IS WORSHIPPED. AND SHE MUST REMAIN A MYSTERY.

In the early eighties British enfant terrible Ken Russell travelled to America and placed his unorthodox imprint on a pair of US movies. The first was the Altered States, so out-there its screenwriter disowned it. The second was the equally crazy Crimes of Passion, starring Kathleen Turner (Body Heat, Serial Mom) at the height of her powers.

Fashion designer Joanna Crane (Turner) leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who’s attracted the unwanted attention of two men. One is a sexually frustrated private detective hired by her employees. The other is psychopathic priest (played by Norman Bates himself, Anthony Perkins) in possession of a murderous sex toy.

With its outré screenplay by Barry Sandler and over the top score by Rick Wakeman, Crimes of Passion may just be the most outrageous Ken Russell film ever made – and that’s quite some feat!

• Brand new 2K restoration of the film from original film materials
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations of the 112-minute director’s cut and 107-minute unrated versions of the film
• Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with director Ken Russell and producer-screenwriter Barry Sandler
• Seven deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary by Sandler
• Brand-new interview with Sandler recorded especially for this release
• Brand-new interview with composer Rick Wakeman recorded especially for this release
• It’s a Lovely Life music video
• Theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Twins of Evil"

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Can't abide Woody Allen films.

Ken Russell and Crimes of Passion......now there's a director!