The Eureka & Masters of Cinema Thread

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

I always thought they used stunt racoons...Any way no ever mentions what they do to that poor mutant bear in the end...are racoons more cuddly perhaps..?

Raccoons have rights dammit

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

I always thought they used stunt racoons...Any way no ever mentions what they do to that poor mutant bear in the end...are racoons more cuddly perhaps..?

Did you not know that was Nicolas Cage?

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

Did you not know that was Nicolas Cage?

I should of guessed from the over acting ......

[J Harker]

Awesome western from Sergio Corbucci finally getting a blu release.Screenshot_20210825-201614_Instagram.jpg

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[Justin101]

I've never seen this one but it's been highly recommended, I believe it was a major inspiration for The Hateful Eight.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Grand Silence £20.99

SPECIAL FEATURES

Limited edition of 3000 units

Limited Edition O-Card slipcase

Limited Edition reversible poster featuring the film’s original artwork

Limited Edition set of 4 facsimile lobby cards

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration undertaken and completed for the 50th anniversary of the film’s original release

English and Italian audio options

Optional English Subtitles

Brand new audio commentary by Western expert Howard Hughes

Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker Mike Siegel

Brand new interview with Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema
Cox on Corbucci – filmmaker Alex Cox talks about Sergio Corbucci [15 mins]

Audio commentary by director and Spaghetti Western aficionado Alex Cox, recorded live at the Hollywood Theatre, Portland in 2021

Western, Italian Style – 1968 documentary [38 mins]

Two Alternate Endings (both fully restored in 4K), with optional audio commentaries

Trailers

Stills Galleries

A collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Western expert Howard Hughes

One to certainly pre-order methinks.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Grand Silence £20.99

Just a heads up. The price quoted above is from Eureka.

Amazon have it up for preorder at £17.70.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Silen...s%2C764&sr=1-6

[Susan Foreman]

'Mothra' [Standard Edition] (1961) - Blu-ray pre-order available at Eureka direct - £15.99

Release date: November 15

"One of the most iconic Japanese kaiju, Mothra has appeared in over a dozen feature films. Presented here is her debut, a gloriously vibrant piece of filmmaking that forever changed how kaiju eiga would be produced in Japan.

Following reports of human life on Infant Island, the supposedly deserted site of atomic bomb tests, an international expedition to the heavily-radiated island discovers a native tribe and tiny twin female fairies called “Shobijin” who guard a sacred egg. The overzealous expedition leader kidnaps the Shobijin to exhibit in a Tokyo stage show but soon they summon their protector, hatching the egg and releasing a giant caterpillar. When Mothra arrives in Japan and transforms into her final form, the nation and its people face their destruction.

Psychedelically colourful, with an intelligent, benevolent protector as its lead kaiju, Mothra was radically different to every other monster movie that had come before it, and it remains a classic of the genre to this day. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Ishirō Honda’s Mothra on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. "

Special features:

• Includes both Japanese and English versions
• Original audio presentations
• English subtitles (Japanese version) and English SDH (English version)
• Audio commentary with film historian and writer David Kalat
• Audio commentary with authors and Japanese sci-fi historians Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
• Kim Newman on ‘Mothra’ – an interview with film critic and author Kim Newman on the history and legacy of Mothra
• Stills Galleries featuring rare archival stills and ephemera
• Trailers
• A collector’s booklet featuring an essay by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp (Midnight Eye) and an extract from Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski’s Ishirō Honda biography

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Grand Silence £20.99

SPECIAL FEATURES

Limited edition of 3000 units

Limited Edition O-Card slipcase

Limited Edition reversible poster featuring the film’s original artwork

Limited Edition set of 4 facsimile lobby cards

1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration undertaken and completed for the 50th anniversary of the film’s original release

English and Italian audio options

Optional English Subtitles

Brand new audio commentary by Western expert Howard Hughes

Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker Mike Siegel

Brand new interview with Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema
Cox on Corbucci – filmmaker Alex Cox talks about Sergio Corbucci [15 mins]

Audio commentary by director and Spaghetti Western aficionado Alex Cox, recorded live at the Hollywood Theatre, Portland in 2021

Western, Italian Style – 1968 documentary [38 mins]

Two Alternate Endings (both fully restored in 4K), with optional audio commentaries

Trailers

Stills Galleries

A collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Western expert Howard Hughes

One to certainly pre-order methinks.

Can't beat Mr Cox banging on about Spaghetti Westerns.

[Susan Foreman]

'Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon' (990) - Limited Edition 2 disc Blu-ray set coming in February

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Limited Edition Two Disc Set - 3000 copies
• Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
• Limited Edition Bonus Disc: I Am The White Tiger (2018, dir. Chiu Lee)
• A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver
• Original Cantonese mono audio
• Optional English dubbed audio
• Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
• Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist / actor Robert “Bobby” Samuels
• Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
• Brand new interview with stuntman and martial artist Mark Houghton
• Archival interview with director Lau Kar-wing
• Archival interview with actor, stuntman, and action choreographer Ridley Tsui
• Deleted Scene
• Trailers

DISC 2 - I AM THE WHITE TIGER

• Documentary on the career of stuntman, martial artist, and action director Mark Houghton