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14th October 2016, 03:07 PM
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UK TITLE UPDATE: Raising Cain Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD Our Raising Cain release has gained some exciting new extras! Pre-order your copy direct here: http://bit.ly/1UHjSUa Pre-order on Amazon.co.uk: http://amzn.to/2dbTXrs Release Date: 30th January 2017 Having spent the latter half of the eighties trying out new styles of filmmaking – Wise Guys’ knockabout comedy, The Untouchables’ prestige gangster pic, Casualties of War’s Vietnam movie and The Bonfire of the Vanities’ satirical misfire – Brian De Palma returned to what he knew best, the Hitchcockian psycho-thriller, for Raising Cain. John Lithgow plays three roles: child psychologist Carter, his evil twin brother Cain, and their Norwegian father, Dr Nix, who likes to experimental on the young. Carter’s wife is concerned that her husband isn’t quite paying their daughter the right kind of attention; she’s also having an affair which, upon discovery, threatens to send him into a psychotic rage… A relentless blend of murder, multiple personalities, cross-dressing, crazed parents, bizarre dream sequences and stunning cinematic assurance, Raising Cain harks back to those twin masterpieces Psycho and Peeping Tom, but is pure unadulterated De Palma. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS •Limited Edition [3000 copies] containing two versions of the film on Blu-ray and the theatrical version on DVD •Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both versions •Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh •Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson DISCS 1 & 2: THEATRICAL VERSION [BLU-RAY & DVD] •High Definition digital transfer of the theatrical version •Hickory Dickory Doc, a brand-new interview with actor John Lithgow •The Man in My Life, an interview with actor Steven Bauer •Have You Talked to the Others?, an interview with editor Paul Hirsch •Three Faces of Henry, an interview with actor Gregg Henry •The Cat's in the Bag, an interview with actor Tom Bower •A Little Too Late for That, an interview with actor Mel Harris •Raising Pino, a brand-new interview with composer Pino Donaggio •Father’s Day, a brand-new video essay about the multiple versions of Raising Cain by Chris Dumas, author of Un-American Psycho: Brian De Palma and the Political Invisible •Theatrical Trailer DISC 3: DIRECTOR’S CUT [LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE] •Raising Cain: The Director's Cut, a De Palma-endorsed recreation of the film by Peet Belder Gelderblom, re-ordered as originally planned •Changing Cain: Brian De Palma's Cult Classic Restored, an introduction by Gelderblom to the Director’s Cut •Raising Cain Re-Cut, a video essay by Gelderblom on the origins and differences of the Director’s Cut IMG_7163.jpg
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#9362
14th October 2016, 03:09 PM
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NEW UK TITLE: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Limited Edition Blu-ray Three thrilling genre films feature some of Nikkatsu’s leading talent Pre-order your copy direct here: http://bit.ly/2efFp7A Release Date: 23rd January 2017 NOBODY LOSES ALL THE TIME Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia concluded a remarkable period for filmmaker Sam Peckinpah. It brought to an end a seven-year and seven-film run of masterpieces that included the taboo-breaking ultra-violence of The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs, and the more elegiac tones of The Ballad of Cable Hogue and Junior Bonner. A love story that plays out in a brutal environment, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia sits somewhere between these moods and may just be Bloody Sam’s greatest work, as well as his most autobiographical. Warren Oates plays Bennie, a piano player in a Mexican bar who gets himself involved in the manhunt for Alfredo Garcia, a man with a million-dollar price-tag on his head having impregnated the daughter of crime boss El Jefe (Emilio Fernández). Sensing an easy pay day, Bennie takes his girlfriend, Elita (Isela Vega) on a trip that’ll prove fatalistic for many of those involved. During a career that was blighted by studio interference, Peckinpah would later say that Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia was the only which ended up exactly as he wanted: “I did it exactly the way I wanted to. Good or bad, like it or not, that was my film.” And it was. This is as close to ‘Pure Peckinpah’ as it gets – beautiful, violent, troubling, heartbreaking, astonishing. LIMITED TWO-DISC EDITION CONTENTS: •Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release •Original 1.0 mono audio •Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing •Brand new audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies, recorded exclusively for this release •Audio commentary by Sam Peckinpah scholars Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle, moderated by Nick Redman •Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, Paul Joyce’s feature-length 1993 documentary featuring interviews with James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Monte Hellman, Ali MacGraw, James Robards and others, available on home video in the UK for the first time ever •The John Player Lecture: Sam Peckinpah, audio recording of the director’s on-stage appearance at the National Film Theatre •Theatrical trailer •Bonus Blu-ray: Featuring never-before-seen interviews with Peckinpah colleagues and contemporaries including Kris Kristofferson, Monte Hellman, L.Q. Jones, Alan Sharp and more (TBC) [Limited Edition exclusive] •Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain •Extensive collector’s booklet containing new writing by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and numerous reprints including interviews and more [Limited Edition exclusive] IMG_7164.jpg
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#9363
14th October 2016, 03:11 PM
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And now over to our two dual UK/US releases! NEW UK/US TITLE: Blood Rage Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD A gloriously gruesome slice of ’80s slasher heaven Pre-order your UK copy here: http://bit.ly/2efGdcQ North American pre-orders links should be live soon! UK Release Date: 23rd January 2017 US Release Date: 24th January 2017 IT’S NOT CRANBERRY SAUCE! What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving, American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), killer ’80s synths and some truly gruesome special effects courtesy of Ed French (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)? Why, it’s Blood Rage of course! Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys – that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in. Todd is blamed for the bloody crime and institutionalised, whilst twin brother Terry goes free. Ten years later and, as the family gathers around the table for a Thanksgiving meal, the news comes in that Todd has escaped. But has the real killer in fact been in their midst all along? Shot in 1983 but not released until 1987, Blood Rage is a gloriously gruesome slice of ’80s slasher heaven – now restored from the original negative for its world Blu-ray debut. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: •Brand new 2K restoration of the “hard” home video version, transferred from the camera negative and featuring the original title card Slasher •High Definition (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations •Original Stereo 2.0 sound (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) •Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing •Audio commentary with director John Grissmer • Both Sides of the Camera – an interview with producer/actress Marianne Kanter •Double Jeopardy – an interview with actor Mark Soper •Jeez, Louise! – an interview with actress Louise Lasser •Man Behind the Mayhem – an interview with special make-up effects creator Ed French •Three Minutes with Ted Raimi – an interview with actor Ted Raimi •Return to Shadow Woods – featurette revisiting the original locations in Jacksonville, Florida •Alternate opening titles •Motion still gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes make-up photos •Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach IMG_7165.jpg
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#9364
14th October 2016, 03:13 PM
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NEW UK/US TITLE: Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy Blu-ray/DVD Takashi Mike’s "Black Society Trilogy" arrives on separate Blu-ray and DVD releases Pre-order your UK Blu-ray here: http://bit.ly/2efHY9y Pre-order your UK DVD here: http://bit.ly/2efFatp North American pre-orders links should be live soon! UK Release Date: 16th January 2017 US Release Date: 17th January 2017 After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of "V-cinema" in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematically-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworld of Japanese society, families both real and surrogate, and the possibly hopeless task of finding one's place in the world. His first films made specifically for theatrical release, and his first for a major studio, the "Black Society Trilogy" was the beginning of Miike's mature career as a filmmaker and they remain among the prolific director's finest works. Set in the bustling Kabuki-cho nightlife neighborhood of Tokyo, Shinjuku Triad Society follows a mixed-race cop (Kippei Shiina, Outrage) struggling with private issues while hunting a psychotic criminal (Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuo the Iron Man) who traffics in children's organs. Rainy Dog, shot entirely in Taiwan, is about an exiled yakuza (Dead or Alive's Show Aikawa) who finds himself saddled with a son he never knew he had and a price on his head after the Chinese gang he works for decides to turn on him. Ley Lines moves from the countryside to the city and back, as three Japanese youths of Chinese descent (including The Raid 2's Kazuki Kitamura) seek their fortune in Tokyo, only to run afoul of a violent gang boss (Naoto Takenaka, The Happiness of the Katakuris). Three of the most dramatically moving films created by the director, the "Black Society Trilogy" offers clear proof that Miike's frequent pigeonholing as a specialist in bloody spectacle is only one aspect of his filmmaking career, and taken as a whole, the films are among the finest works ever to deal with the way violence and brutality can unexpectedly destroy even the most innocent of lives. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: •High Definition digital transfers of all three films •Original uncompressed stereo audio •Optional English subtitles for all three films •New interview with director Takashi Miike •New interview with actor Show Aikawa (Rainy Dog, Ley Lines) •New audio commentaries for all three films by Miike biographer Tom Mes •Original theatrical trailers for all three films •Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films IMG_7166.jpg
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#9365
14th October 2016, 03:18 PM
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Raising Cain: Alternative Cut? Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia? The Black Society Trilogy? F***ing sold!
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#9366
14th October 2016, 03:21 PM
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| The Arrow Films / Video Thread Quote:
I was going to bite on the Scream Factory Raising Cain because of not knowing if the other version would be on the UK disc. Glad I waited now.
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#9367
14th October 2016, 03:27 PM
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 Stephen@Cult Labs and keirarts like this.
__________________ "We're outgunned, and undermanned. But, you know somethin'? We're gonna win. You know why? Superior attitude. Superior state of mind." |
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#9368
14th October 2016, 03:45 PM
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Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia is fantastic, I'm all over that. Instantly my most anticipated release. Despite being a fan of De Palma, I've always struggled with Raising Cain, I've attempted to watch it three or four times but end up switching it off. |
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#9369
14th October 2016, 03:55 PM
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And I'm delighted that BMtHoAG is getting a full release. Perhaps Peckinpah's finest and Warren Oates delivers one of the greatest performances ever. So long, MGM DVD. You were loved but it's time to move on.
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#9370
14th October 2016, 04:18 PM
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Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia, The miike trilogy and raising caine are all must buys. Now if only Arrow can sort out whichever idiot is running the warehouse. Only recieved the burning today!!!  |
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