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Coming this Summer on DVD and Blu-ray!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) (50th Anniversary Edition)

Includes both Original U.S. Theatrical Cut, available fo

r the first time in HD and the extended cut.

Disc 1:

• 4K transfer of the Original U.S. Theatrical Cut

• New Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas

• “Trailers From Hell” with Ernest Dickerson

• Newly Restored 2.0 Mono Audio

• M.O.S. Deleted Scene of Blondie in the desert finding skeletons

• Trailers for Sergio Leone Westerns

• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

• English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio

• AND MORE – to be announced

Disc 2:

• 4K transfer of the Extended Cut

• Newly Restored 2.0 Mono Audio

• Audio Commentary By Acclaimed Film Historian Richard Schickel

• Audio Commentary By Noted Cultural Historian Christopher Frayling

• Leone's West: Making Of Documentary

• The Leone Style: On Sergio Leone Featurette

• The Man Who Lost The Civil War: Civil War Documentary

• Reconstruction The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

• II Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Featurette

• Deleted Scenes

• Original U.S. Theatrical Trailer

• Original French Theatrical Trailer

• English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio

• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Vinegar Syndrome has revealed that it will release on Blu-ray director George Bowers' horror thriller The Hearse (1980), starring Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton and, Med Flory. The release will be available for purchase on May 30.


Synopsis:

"Jane Hardy, recovering from emotional problems following a difficult divorce, leaves San Francisco for a summer in the country house left to her by her late aunt. On the road, she has an eerie, near-collision with a hearse. Arriving at "the old Martin place," she discovers it's been left as it was when her aunt died 30 years before. No one has lived in it since. But locals still whisper about the house being haunted and Jane fears her aunt may have made a pact with the devil. She turns to a mysterious stranger for help and begins, once again, to fall in love. But does he really exist? Or is he a part of the house's evil legacy?"

THE UNTOLD STORY (1993) UNCUT (Limited Mediabook Edition)

HD Screenshots


Scorpion Releasing has confirmed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Michael Anderson's film Conduct Unbecoming (1975), starring Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach, and Christopher Plummer. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.


Synopsis:

"Honor. Duty. Respect. The timeless moral and ethical code of our military – and the backbone of civilized Western society.All are at risk for this British regiment stationed in colonial India at the end of the nineteenth century. The conduct unbecoming: a beautiful widow (Susannah York) is brutally attacked by one of the new officers. In a desperate bid to prevent a public scandal, the superior officers Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach, and Christopher Plummer undertake a Court Martial. Can an idealistic young officer (Michael York) defend the accused attacker (James Faulkner), even if it means shattering the military's – and his own – code of honor?"


Conduct Unbecoming boasts a stellar cast in an epic historical drama which will keep you in suspense until the shocking climax.


Special Features:


· NEW HD master

· On-camera interviews with stars Stacy Keach and James Faulkner




8-Films (Saksa) 11.4.2017

VIGILANTE a.k.a. Street Fighters (1983) – 2-Disc Uncut Mediabook, Blu-ray/DVD Combo

Cover A (Limited to 555)


Cover B (Limited to 333)



Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will bring to Blu-ray director Sam Peckinpah's classic film Junior Bonner (1972), starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, and Joe Don Baker. The release is expected to arrive on the market this summer.


Synopsis:

"Steve McQueen is at his "rugged best" (Entertainment Today) in this "totally captivating" (Leonard Maltin) tale of a fading rodeo champion from acclaimed director Sam Peckinpah and screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook. Co-starring Robert Preston and Ida Lupino in "excellent, well-turned" (Variety) performances, Junior Bonner is "an extraordinarily graceful yet unflinching rendering of a slice of Americana" (Los Angeles Times)."


"With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner (McQueen) heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father. Now Junior must break the wildest bull in the West to bring his family together for one final moment of cowboy glory in the roughest, rowdiest ride of his life!"

Criterion Collection

STRAW DOGS (1971)

"In this thriller, arguably Sam Peckinpah's most controversial film, David (Dustin Hoffman), a young American mathematician, moves with his English wife, Amy (Susan George), to the village where she grew up. Their sense of safety unravels as the local men David has hired to repair their house prove more interested in leering at Amy and intimidating David, beginning an agonizing initiation into the iron laws of violent masculinity that govern Peckinpah's world. Working outside the U.S. for the first time, the filmmaker airlifts the ruthlessness of the western frontier into Cornwall in Straw Dogs, pushing his characters to their breaking points as the men brutalize Amy and David discovers how far he'll go to protect his home-culminating in a harrowing climax that lays out this cinematic mastermind's eloquent and bloody vision of humanity."


Special Features:


· NEW, RESTORED 4K DIGITAL TRANSFER, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

· Audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies

· Mantrap: "Straw Dogs" – The Final Cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the film, featuring cast and crew

· Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, a 1993 documentary about the director featuring actors Kris Kristofferson, Jason Robards, Ali MacGraw, and many others

· New conversation between film critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, who worked as one of the editors on the film

· New interview with film scholar Linda Williams about the controversies surrounding the film

· Archival interviews with actor Susan George, producer Daniel Melnick, and Peckinpah biographer Garner Simmons

· Behind-the-scenes footage

· TV spots and trailers

· PLUS: An essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover


STREET DATE: JUNE 27.

Jos joku ei ole huomannut, niin Arrowilta on tulossa


Huhtikuussa: maailman kovin Sonny Chiba ‑leffa Wolfguy, jonka itse näin teatterissa kolmeen kertaan... samana päivänä!

Synopsis:


Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba is a martial arts "manimal" in the ultra-70's, 100% bizarre mixture of horror, action and sci-fi that is Wolf Guy, one of the rarest and most sought-after cult films produced by Japan's Toei Studio. Based on a manga by Kazumasa Hirai (creator of 8 Man), and never before released outside of Japan, it's a genre film classic waiting to be discovered and a completely unclassifiable trip into phantasmagoric funk.


Chiba stars as Akira Inugami, the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers! At the same time, Inugami also discovers the truth behind his family heritage, and that he may not be the last of his kind.


Directed by B-movie genius Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Sister Streetfighter, Wandering Ginza Butterfly, Karate Bear Fighter), Wolf Guy truly is one-of-a-kind, with Chiba in full effect as the part-man, part-wolf, all-karate action hero and a collection of familiar 1970's Toei actors in support. Violence, action, nudity, real surgical footage, and a psychedelic musical score all work together to create an unforgettable trip to the heights of Japanese cinematic weirdness.


SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

• High Definition digital transfer

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations

• Original uncompressed mono audio

• New optional English subtitle translation

• New video interview with actor Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba

• New video interview with director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

• New video interview with producer Tatsu Yoshida

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Wes Benscoter


FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Patrick Macias and a history of Japanese monster movie mashups by Jasper Sharp.


Release Date: 24th April 2017

http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=wolf%20&product_id=932


Toukokuussa: Fukasakun keskeinen (ja parempi kuin Battles w/o Honor and Humanity) Cops vs. Thugs





Synopsis:


Considered by many to be director Kinji Fukasaku's greatest single-film achievement in the yakuza genre, Cops vs Thugs was made at the height of popularity of Toei Studios' jitsuroku boom: realistic, modern crime movies based on true stories taken from contemporary headlines. Returning to the screen after completing their Battles Without Honor and Humanity series together, Fukasaku joined forces once again with screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara, composer Toshiaki Tsushima and star Bunta Sugawara to create one of the crowning achievements of his career, and a hard-boiled classic which is still ranked as one of the best Japanese films of the 1970's.


It's 1963 in the southern Japanese city of Kurashima, and tough-as-nails detective Kuno (Sugawara) oversees a detente between the warring Kawade and Ohara gangs. Best friends with Ohara lieutenant Hirotani (Hiroki Matsukata), he understands that there are no clear lines in the underworld, and that everything is colored a different shade of gray. But when random violence interrupts the peace and an ambitious, by-the-books lieutenant (Tatsuo Umemiya) comes to town, Kuno's fragile alliance begins to crumble. Greedy bosses and politicians alike seize the opportunity to wipe out their enemies, and Kuno faces the painful choice of pledging allegiance to his badge and keeping a promise to his brother.


Echoing the great crime films of Sidney Lumet and Jean-Pierre Melville, in Fukasaku's world, there's no honor among thieves or lawmen alike, and the only thing that matters is personal honor and duty among friends. Kasahara's shattering screenplay and Fukasaku's dynamic direction support an all-star, ensemble cast to create one of the most exciting, and deeply moving films about cops and criminals ever made.


SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS


• High Definition digital transfer

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations

• Original uncompressed mono audio

• Optional English subtitles

• Beyond the Film: Cops vs Thugs, a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane

• A new visual essay on cops & criminals in Fukasaku's works by film scholar Tom Mes

• Theatrical trailer

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ian MacEwan


FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Patrick Macias

Kesäkuussa:

Fukasakun ja Chiban viihdyttävä ja letkeä rikoselokuva

Doberman Cop

Never before released on video outside of Japan, Doberman Cop is a unique entry in the career of director Kinji Fukasaku.


Pre-order your copy in the UK: http://bit.ly/2nNbK9r

North American pre-orders links should be live soon!

Release Dates: 26/27 June


Released just as the popularity of yakuza movies was waning in Japan, and as the country's film industry was undergoing some fundamental shifts, Doberman Cop is a unique entry in the career of director Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Cops vs Thugs), and reunited him with star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba (The Street Fighter, Wolf Guy) in an American-style crime movie that mixes gunplay and pulp fiction with martial arts and lowbrow comedy to create one of their most entertaining films.


Based on a popular manga by "Buronson" (creator of Fist of the North Star), Doberman Cop follows the fish-out-of-water adventures of Joji Kano (Chiba), a tough-as-nails police officer from Okinawa who arrives in Tokyo's Kabuki-cho nightlife district to investigate the savage murder and mutilation of an island girl who had been working as a prostitute. Initially dismissed as a country bumpkin (complete with straw hat and live pig in tow!), Kano soon proves himself a more savvy detective than the local cops, and a tougher customer than anyone expected. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth about the girl, her connection to a yakuza-turned-music manager (Hiroki Matsukata), and a savage serial killer who is burning women alive.


Made to appeal both to the youth market with its biker gangs and popular music, as well as to old-time yakuza movie fans, Doberman Cop is an surprising oddity in Fukasaku's career, his sole film adapted directly from a manga and never before released on video outside of Japan. Featuring Chiba at his charismatic best — channeling a Japanese Dirty Harry while doing all his own stunts — and Fukasaku at his most fun, deftly showcasing the combined talents of his "Piranha Army" stock company of actors and other regular players — Doberman Cop is a classic action comedy and a missing link in 1970's Japanese cinema deserving of rediscovery.


•High Definition digital transfer

•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations

•Original uncompressed mono audio

•Optional English subtitles

•Beyond the Film: Doberman Cop, a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane

•New video interview with actor Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba

•New video interview with screenwriter Koji Takada

•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon


FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s book featuring new writing on the films by Patrick Macias

Doberman Copin ja Wolfguyn arvostelut tulossa elitistin Sonny Chiba artikkelisarjan osiin 4 ja 6.

Wolfguy tuli tilattua jo heti julkistuksen yhteydessä. Kulttuuriteko Arrow:lta. Doberman Cop on tuiki tuntematon allekirjoittaneelle, mikä hävettää aivan vietävästä. Sentään Fukasaku kyseessä. Osaltaan taas osoittaa vain sen tosiasan, kuinka paljon japanilaisissa elokuvissa on yhä näkemätöntä materiaalia. Arvosteluja Elitistiin odotellessa..

Liekkö liian aikaista pieraista, mutta Lionsgate julkaissee ? Vestron Video ‑sarjansa alla Warlock ja Warlock II.

Koch Media

Ambulance (Mediabook, Blu-ray/DVD Combo 22.6.2017




88 Films


NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!

"Slasher cinema is all too often seen as a mainstay of the 1980s but the fact is that, come the turn of a new decade, plenty of fresh teen-kill titles were being produced and few are more ferocious than HAPPY HELL NIGHT! One of the trendsetting terror titles in bridging the gap between the grindhouse excess of the eighties and the VHS-era insanity of the early nineties, HAPPY HELL NIGHT is a fright-flick that has the cinematic quality of a highbrow hack and stab slice and dicer and the fast-paced sex 'n' violence sensibility of a video cassette cut 'em up."


"Released in 1992 to appreciative audiences who believed the bloodshed of the FRIDAY THE 13TH era had long since passed, this is a claustrophobic tale of supernatural stabbings in an old deserted asylum – and when some youngsters begin bothering this dusty place of the past they are understandably upset to find out that it houses a hysterical lunatic that does not intend to retire his limb-lopping ambitions anytime soon! Rarely seen in a quality deserving of its colourful carnage, and featuring the thespian talents of Sam Rockwell (MOON/ IRON MAN 2), HAPPY HELL NIGHT has finally been unleashed in the UK from 88 Films in a plasma-perfect HD restoration!"


(Comes with an exclusive collector's booklet from Calum Waddell and more tbc)

88 Films

JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981)

"Beloved cult filmmaker Jeff Lieberman already horrified audiences across the world with his killer-worm epic SQUIRM (1976) but he arguably outdid himself with JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) one of the most popular slasher classics to ever tear up the inside of a grindhouse movie theatre."


"In this powerful bout of plasma splashing cinema, a group of teenage vacationers opt for an ill-advised hike around the beautiful national forests of Oregon. But Lieberman is quick to show that backwoods baddies do not just exist in the American South – they can also be found preying on campers in the supposedly more liberal (and safe) West Coast too!! With machete massacres galore, masked maniacs on the prowl and plenty of skinny dipping and flesh ripping to enjoy, JUST BEFORE DAWN is a horror masterpiece that is finally available in the UK, fully remastered in HD. Starring George Kennedy (THE NAKED GUN) and Chris Lemmon (WISHMASTER), 88 Films is proud to present one of the most sublime and stylish slice and dice creepers ever concocted!"




"88 Films is proud to announce the partnership of the century as we unleash a #fuckitlist that we know you will all lust over. That's right 88 Films has agreed to enter into a partnership with the thrilling American label Code Red Entertainment to exclusively distribute their material across the British isles. The first joint release in the new 88-Red Label will be one of your most anticipated requests – 1982's classic video nasty THE SLAYER, restored inHD from the hard work that this partnership has already produced. The release will be accompanied by an exclusive audio commentary featuring Bill Olsen of Code Red and 88."


"Comments 88: "We have always been huge admirers of Code Red and we were thrilled to reach out to this awesome label and gain nothing but goodwill, friendship and harmony. What a lovely situation this has blossomed into."Meanwhile Olsen maintains: "Those cheeky chaps at 88 Films are a laugh riot. They sometimes dare me to drink that one more glass of Prosecco even when it is clear I can't take anymore. I'm telling you – I can't take another wild night out with them... these guys really know how to hold their liquor and get the girls."

^Tuo Slayerhan oli 88filmin aprillipila, varoituksena ettei kukaan voorumilainen ala odottamaan julkaisua...

^ Näin on, ja samalla hyvä sauma laittaa kusetus kierrätykseen niin näkee onko foorumilaiset oikeasti hereillä. Code Red tosin on julkaisemassa leffan kuluvan vuoden aikana kuten yleisesti hyvin tiedossa. Editoidaan piakkoin.

^code redit tulevat valitettavan kalliiksi tänne pohjolan perukoille tilata. No, jos bill(huom tarkoituksella pieni alkukirjan) saa ulostettua Giallo In Venicen niin siitä maksettava $ koska Saksan julkaisut menivät molemmat ohi.

Tuo on valitettava tosiasia, jota osaltaan edistää Olsenin kitsailu kaupitella varastonsa rippeitä muualle kuin pohjois-amerikan markkinoille. Samaan aikaan tyyppi tuhlaa arvokasta kauppa-aikaa marisemalla milloin missäkin foorumilla kuinka kalliiksi kukin julkaisu hänelle tulee, vaikka itse kaupittelee omia "loppuunmyytyjä" Code Red ‑julkaisujaan salanimellä mm. Ebay:ssä. Ja omenahan ei tunnetusti puusta pitkälle putoa; velipoika (Scorpion Releasing:stä vastaava) on myös melkoinen tapaus. CR:llä kuten SR:llä on toki paikoin hyvät suhteet tekijöihin, mikä toisinaan varmistaa eksklusiiviset lisämateriaalit julkaisuihin, tosin lähes poikkeuksetta vain muutaman minuutin mittaisina. Julkaisukatalogi, kuten usein on tullut mainittua, on marginaalituotantojen julkaisijoitten joukossa vähintäänkin mielenkiintoinen, mutta kokonaisuutena usein varsin leväperäisesti tuotettu, josta (markkinoille) heijastuvaa epävarmuutta yritetään paikkailla tuulettamalla teknisiä ominaisuuksia paremmiksi kuin millaisiksi käytännössä lopulta osoittautuvat. Viimeisimpänä useamman julkaisun yhteydessä hypetetty "laajennettu värimäärittely".

Edit. CR:in blu-ray kritiikin kevennykseksi pieni muistutus myös lafkan aiemmista dvd-julkaisuista, joista jotain kertoo tämä(kin) esimerkki.

Harmi ettei code red(kään) saanut Deliriumiin italia audiota. 88filmsin julkaisu mikä on jo tilattu sisältää newly translated english subtitles mikä auttaa niin saatanasti kun siinäkin vain englannin kielinen ääniraita. Ja kun textitys ei täsmää niin saa vain päänsärkyä jos yrittää texteillä katsoa...

Tuota ebay juttua en tiennytkään, aika veijari

Tuo on valitettava tosiasia, jota osaltaan edistää Olsenin kitsailu kaupitella varastonsa rippeitä muualle kuin pohjois-amerikan markkinoille.

Tuskinpa on varaa ostaa globaaleja julkaisuoikeuksia. Ketjujen kanssa ei onnistu diilit, mutta yksittäisten myyjien kanssa voisi ehkä onnistua. Tuskin lienee mikään rahasampo tuokaan, koska hommaa pitää kuitenkin säätää taustalla tarpeeksi pienellä mittakaavalla, että oikeuksien haltijat eivät ärsyyntyy.

^ Vaikea sanoa mikä loppujen lopuksi muodostaa sen ylitsepääsemättömimmän yhtälön yhtiövastaavan agendassa, vaikka fakta koskien kustannuksia tietty näytelleekin suurta roolia asiaa täältä käsin spekuloitaessa. Code Red'ejä, kuten useimpia muitakin marginaalijulkaisuja, on toki saatavissa maltillisilla rahtikuluilla yksittäisiltä logistiikkakumppaneilta, joiden varastoeristä hyötyvillä on pitkällä juoksulla usein realistisempi ostovolyymi konkreettisemmin ulottuvilla, kuin vaikkapa vain tiettyjen tahojen satunnaisia salama-aleja väijyvillä. Reilumman kauppahengen yksittäisesimerkkinä suhteessa moneen kanssakilpailijaan mainittakoon jo pitkälti kolmatta vuosikymmentä kuvioissa vaikuttanut Screen Archive Entertainment, joka pukkaa ulos mm. Twilight Time ‑julkaisut, ja jolle Olsen on myöntänyt jälleenmyyntiluvan kansainvälisesti joittenkin Code Red ‑julkaisujen osalta myös yksinoikeudella. Vastakohtana tälle voi nähdä ainakin Diabolikdvd'n nykyisellään, jonka kautta tilattaessa postikulut puhkoo keuhkot paksummankin lompakon omistajalta.

Shameless Screen Entertainment

"For the first time ever in the UK, Shameless is very proud to present ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, Sergio Martinos dark and dazzling 1972 giallo masterpiece. Italian celluloid icon Edwige Fenech (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS WARDH, TOP SENSATION) leads an all-star cast as Jane Harrison, a nervous housewife plagued by nightmarish visions of her own bloody murder. To cure her hellish fantasies her bewitching neighbour Mary (Marina Malfatti, THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES) initiates Jane into a Satanic coven. But when she witnesses Marys ritual sacrifice at a candlelit black mass, Janes diabolical dreams start to come true. Who is the blue-eyed phantom stalking her and has she already witnessed her own death?"


"Genre acolytes George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Susan Scott join the unholy alliance in Martinos tense and paranoid fever dream. Presented in ravishing high-definition and with a haunting score from Bruno Nicolai, satanic panic has never been so stylish!"


· Distributor: Shameless Screen Entertainment

· Certificate: 18

· Release date: 29.05.2017

· VFD: VFE18804

· Running time: 94 min 22 secs

· Region: TBC

· Cat No: SHAM206

· Extras: Brand New Shameless Sergio Martino Inteview

· Director: Sergio Martino

· Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov, Susan Scott