The BFI are reporting that one of their dvd / Blu Ray releases for 2020 will be PLAY FOR TODAY Volume 1 :clap:

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'Cyrano de Bergerac' - Blu-ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - £14.99

Release date: February 24th

"Cyrano (Gérald Depardieu), a swashbuckling hero with a gift for verse, is in love with the beautiful Roxane (Anne Brochet) but fears his prominent nose would cause her to object his romantic advances. Instead he uses his poetic artistry to help a dashing but shallow suitor, Christian (Vincent Perez), who employs the words to which Cyrano longs to give voice. But will the object of their affection realise who she's really falling for?

Cyrano de Bergerac is a spectacular and vibrant adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic play, funny and touching in equal measure, and featuring English subtitles by author Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange). Amid the lavish period design, Depardieu has never been better than as the swaggering scribe, delivering verve and pathos under Jean-Paul Rappeneau's vigorous direction. This classic of world cinema is presented here on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time."

Special features:

• Full-length feature commentary by Ginette Vincendeau: the Kings College London professor on the film and its art-historical context
• Interview with Gérard Depardieu (12 mins): the actor recalls making Cyrano de Bergerac
• Interview with Jean-Paul Rappeneau (8 mins): the director discusses the influence of the 1923 version
• Anthony Burgess with AS Byatt (1987, 58 mins): Burgess discusses his views on language and the arts with author and critic AS Byatt
• Gérard Depardieu in Conversation (1987, 76 mins, audio only): the Cyrano de Bergerac star discusses his life and work, recorded on stage at the NFT
• Image gallery
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Martin Hall

Specs:

• France
• 1990
• Colour
• 138 minutes
• French language, with optional English subtitles
• Original aspect ratio 1.66:1
• Cert U
• BD50: 1080p
• 24fps
• 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo audio (48kHz/24-bit)
• Region B

'The Pet Shop Boys In 'It Couldn't Happen Here'' - Dual version pre-order available at Amazon UK - £19.98

Release date - June 15

"Originally conceived as an hour-long video based on the Pet Shop Boys 1987 album, Actually, It Couldn't Happen Here turned into a full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond (The Blueblack Hussar).

The first feature-length film starring the Pet Shop Boys alongside Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt and Barbara Windsor finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on an extraordinary adventure from the coast to London, encountering a curious array of eccentric characters along the way. Pop surrealism meets classic road movie, the film is peppered with hits from the duo's first studio albums, including 'West End Girls', 'It's a Sin', and 'Always On My Mind'.

Never less than fascinating, It Couldn't Happen Here is a truly unique film and one that has sadly been unavailable. Newly remastered by the BFI from a 4K scan, we are delighted to present the worldwide Blu-ray and DVD debut."

Special features

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• Limited Edition 48-page Digi-book includes writing on the film by Anthony Nield, Jason Wood and William Fowler
• Feature commentary by Jack Bond, James Dillon and Simon Archer (2020)
• Interview with Jack Bond (2020)
• Other extras TBC

Coming in April on dvd.

The Year of the Sex Olympics.


The Year of the Sex Olympics (DVD )
Directed by Michael Elliott

In the near future, society is split into two strata: The low-drives make up the zombie-like majority anaesthetized by an incessant diet of television, largely consisting of pornography. Television, and by extension the masses, is controlled by the high-drives , an educated class who remain servile through their perpetual quest for better ratings and audience subjugation. When the low-drives start to become increasingly uninterested in the programming on offer, co-ordinator Ugo Priest (Leonard Rossiter) ends up accidentally happening upon a new entertainment concept...reality television.

First broadcast in 1968 The Year of the Sex Olympics is one of the most original pieces of television drama ever written and would foreshadow the likes of Big Brother and the phenomenon that is Love Island.

Special Features
Introduction by film critic and author Kim Newman (2003)
Audio commentary by actor Brian Cox (2003)
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits
Other extras TBC

Anyone know if SCANDAL was finally released today?

Yes, it was

First P4T, now this? Michty!!! :lol::hail::nod:

COVID-19 UPDATE

Due to the latest measures in place in the UK in response to COVID-19, the BFI Shop is currently closed.

Customers can still place orders online, but please be aware that shipping will be delayed until we reopen (date unkown at present).

BFI DVDs / Blu-rays (including our April and May 2020 new releases) are still available to order from other online retailers. All our upcoming releases are still scheduled to be released on their announced date.

Any changes to the schedules will be announced via our BFI DVD/Blu-ray Facebook group.

The 'Takeshi Kitano Collection' - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - £26.99

Release date: June 29

"Takeshi Kitano Collection (1989-1993) (3 x Blu-ray)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano

Violent Cop - Detective Azuma (Beat Takeshi) is a renegade cop who frequently resorts to violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague is supplying drugs from within the police force. After his colleague is murdered and his sister is kidnapped, he breaks all the rules to dish out his particular form of justice

Boiling Point - When the mild mannered Masaki (Yûrei Yanagi) falls foul of the Yakuza he decides to buy a gun to defend himself. He heads to Okinawa where he forms an unlikely partnership with Uehara (Beat Takeshi) who has his own reasons for wanting revenge.

Sonatine Murakawa (Beat Takeshi), an established and ruthless gangster, is sent to intervene in a gang war on the island of Okinawa. When the situation takes a turn for the worse, Murakawa and his men are forced to retreat into hiding, but it's not long before their enemies track them down. A final and breathtaking showdown becomes inevitable"

Special features:

• High Definition transfers of all three films
• Feature-length audio commentaries on Violent Cop and Sonatine by Chris D, punk poet, singer, actor, film historian and author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film
• Newly recorded audio commentary on Boiling Point by David Jenkins
• That Man is Dangerous: The Birth of Takeshi Kitano (2016, 20 mins): documentary examining the emergence, establishment and popularity of Takeshi Kitano’s cinematic image
• Okinawa Days: Kitano’s Second Debut (2016, 20 mins): a look back at Kitano’s Boiling Point featuring interviews with producer Masayuki Mori and actor Yurei Yanagi
• Violent Cop trailer
• Boiling Point trailers
• Sonatine trailer
• 44-page book with new writing on the films and their director by Japanese film experts Tom Mes, Jasper Sharp, Mark Schilling and film critic James-Masaki Ryan