The Conversation Limited Collector’s Edition

 

release date: 15th july 2024

 

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 seminal neo-noir thriller THE CONVERSATION symbolises theuneasy line between technology and privacy – a topic more relevant than ever today. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards® and winner of the prestigious 1974 Cannes Film Festival Palme D’or THE CONVERSATION is a tense, paranoid thriller, regarded as one of Coppola’s greatest films. Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is an expert surveillance expert in San Francisco. His routine wire tapping job turns into a nightmare when he hears something disturbing in his recording of a couple; he may have captured something a lot more important than adulterous goings-on. His investigation of the tape and how it might be used sends Harry spiralling into a web of secrecy, murder and paranoia. THE CONVERSATION is a harrowing psychological thriller that co-stars Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest and Harrison Ford.

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The Last Starfighter Limited Edition

 

release date: 15th july 2024

 

Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited by Arrow Video to experience the 1984 sci-fi classic as you’ve never experienced it before! Directed by Nick Castle, the man behind the Michael Myers mask in the original Halloween, The Last Starfighter tells the story Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), an arcade game whizz-kid whose wildest dreams comes true when he finds himself enlisted to fight in an interstellar war. Now newly restored from a 4K scan of the original negative and featuring a 4.1 mix originally created for the film’s 70mm, The Last Starfighter arrives loaded with exclusive and archival bonus features. Strap yourself in: the Blu-ray adventure of a lifetime is about to begin!

 

• Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative 

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation 

• Uncompressed 2.0 stereo, 5.1 DTS-HD MA and 4.1 audio 

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 

• Audio commentary with star Lance Guest and his son Jackson Guest 

• Audio commentary with Mike White of The Projection Booth podcast 

• Incredible Odds: Writing The Last Starfighter – interview with screenwriter Jonathan Betuel 

• Interstellar Hit-Beast: Creating the Special Effects – interview with special effects supervisor Kevin Pike 

• Excalibur Test: Inside Digital Productions – interview with sci-fi author Greg Bear on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter

• Greetings Starfighter! Inside the Arcade Game – interview with arcade game collector Estil Vance on reconstructing the Starfighter game 

• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing by Amanda Reyes and sci-fi author Greg Bear’s Omni magazine article on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter 

• Limited Edition slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Matt Ferguson

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Risky Business

 

release date: 29th july 2024

 

A sly piece of pop subversion, this irresistible satire of Reagan-era materialism features Tom Cruise in his star-is-born breakthrough as a Chicago suburban prepster whose college-bound life spirals out of control when his parents go out of town for the week and an enterprising call girl (Rebecca De Mornay) invites him to walk on the wild side. While Cruise boogying in his briefs yielded one of the most iconic pop-cultural moments of the 1980s, it is the film’s unexpected mix of tender romance (enhanced by a moody synth score by Tangerine Dream) and sharp-witted capitalist critique that remains fresh and daring.

 

• New 4K digital restorations of the director’s cut and the original theatrical release, supervised and approved by director Paul Brickman and producer Jon Avnet, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks

• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

• Audio commentary for the original theatrical release featuring Brickman, Avnet, and actor Tom Cruise

• New interviews with Avnet and casting director Nancy Klopper

• New conversation between editor Richard Chew and film historian Bobbie O’Steen

• The  Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of “Risky Business,” a program featuring interviews with Brickman, Avnet, cast members, and others

• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  

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A Bittersweet Life

 

release date: 2nd july 2024

 

A loyal gangster falls foul of his gang when he’s assigned to keep watch over the young mistress of his crime boss. Things take a violent and bloody turn when he is unable to carry out an order to dispatch the girlfriend and her new lover.

 

• Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs

• UHD presented in Dolby Vision HDR

• Audio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon, Director of Photography Kim Ji-yong and Set Designer YooSeong-hee

• Archive featurettes: Art; Music; Sound; Action; Gun Smith; Special Art; Special Effects; CG; Tell Me Why; A Bittersweet Life in Cannes

• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Michael Bolland

• 120-page book with new essays by Dr Lindsay Hallam, Rich Johnson, Michael Leader, Daniel Martin and Alison Peirse

• 6 collectors’ art cards 

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Bruiser

 

release date: 22nd july 2024

 

Horror legend George A Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead) directs Jason Flemyng (Snatch, Pennyworth), Peter Stormare (Fargo), and Leslie Hope (24) in the devastating and deranged Bruiser. Unhappy with both his homelife and his career, Henry (Flemyng) is plagued by violent fantasies. When he wakes up to find his face replaced by a featureless mask, he sets about exacting violent punishment on those who have wronged him. Featuring music by celebrated composer Donald Rubinstein (Martin, Knightriders), and including an appearance by legendary punk band the Misfits, Bruiser was hailed by critics and fans alike as a triumphant return to independent filmmaking for Romero.

 

• 4K restoration

• Original 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio tracks

• Audio commentary with writer-director George A Romero and producer Peter Grunwald (2001)

• Archival Interview with George A Romero (2014): previously unheard audio recording with the legendary filmmaker

• Interview with Jason Flemyng (2024): the actor discusses his lead role and working with Romero

• The Worm That Turned (2024): Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies, contextualises Bruiser within the context of Romero’s career 

• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Craig Ian Mann, archival interviews and magazine articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits

• UK premiere on Blu-ray

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Glengarry Glen Ross Limited Edition

 

release date: 29th july 2024

 

101 Films presents acclaimed cult drama Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), widely regarded as one of the finest films of the 90s. Adapted for the screen by David Mamet from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the compelling, witty, and endlessly quotable script is delivered with razor-sharp precision by an ensemble cast at the height of their powers.

A group of Chicago real estate salesmen-cum-con artists live on the edge. Life is good for the one on a roll. For the rest, life hangs in the balance. There is no room for losers. A-B-C: Always Be Closing, sell or go under, is the salesman’s mantra. With the pressure on, so begins a rainy night of cutthroat business and shattered lives. Delivering an Academy Award® nominated performance. Al Pacino (Scent of A Woman) plays the fast-talking Ricky Roma, alongside Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot, The Apartment) giving a phenomenal performance as the veteran Shelley “The Machine” Levene, struggling to keep his neck above water. A star-studded ensemble cast features Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) Ed Harris (Apollo 13, Pollock) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, Argo).

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Peter Strickland: A Curzon Collection Limited Edition

 

release date: 15th july 2024

 

Step into the weird and wonderful world of Peter Strickland with this comprehensive 6-disc collection which boasts his complete feature filmography to date: Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy, In Fabric, Flux Gourmet, and Strickland’s debut film, Katalin Varga, available on Blu-ray for the first time.

 

• Digipak and hardcover slipcase in a canvas Curzon Collection slipcase

• Bonus disc featuring 23 short films, music videos and miscellaneous works by Peter Strickland

• 3 collectible posters, including the cover artwork by Julian House

• 48-page booklet including a new essay from Anton Bitel, a new piece by Fatma Mohamed, and new writing on his short films by Peter Strickland

• A collectible enamel pin – one of three possible designs included in each box set

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The Nico Mastorakis Collection Limited Edition

 

release date: 29th july 2024

 

He’s back! One of the most infamous B-movie maestros to have ever sat in a director’s chair, Nico Mastorakis returns to Arrow Video with a collection of sci-fi shenanigans and screwball comedies that will take you out of this world! Zany, shocking and unhinged, Nico Mastorakis offers a satirical and sardonic skewering of American cinema with a chutzpah that must be seen to be believed!

 

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations

• Original stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio sound

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Nico’s Self Interviews, six brand new interviews with writer, director and producer Nico Mastorakis where he looks back on how the films in this collection came to be, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and cast and crew interviews

• Dan Hirsch: A Revealing Self-Interview, a brand new interview with the star of Sky High Dan Hirsch looking back on his role in the film

• Gerald Okamura, Ninja Academy’s “Chiba” Remembers, a brand new interview with Gerald Okamura, looking back on his role as Chiba in Ninja Academy, and his career as an actor and martial artist

• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the career Nico Mastorakis by critic Barry Forshaw

• Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring new artwork by Colin Murdoch

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The Landlord Limited Edition

 

release date: 29th july 2024

 

In 1970s Brooklyn, gentrification is already beginning to take hold in the predominantly black neighbourhood of Park Slope. Spoiled trust fund kid Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment block in the area with the intention of evicting the tenants and building himself a bachelor pad. But upon moving in and unexpectedly befriending the inhabitants, he decides to let them stay and become their landlord.  Rebelling against his rich, racist family, he embarks on affairs with two black women, causing uproar in the country clubs and the ghetto tenements of Park Slope alike. This outrageous satire marks the debut of Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude) as director, with a wicked script from Bill Gunn (Ganja & Hess) and stunning photography from Gordon Willis (The Godfather). The Landlord is a scabrous and unflinching look at race relations far ahead of its time, and a unique and important work in the annals of American screen comedy.

 

• 2K transfer by Kino Lorber

• Uncompressed mono PCM audio

• The Racial Gap – An interview with star Beau Bridges (2019, 25 mins)

• Reflections – An interview with star Lee Grant (2019, 26 mins)

• Style and Substance – An interview with producer Norman Jewison (2019, 29 mins)

• A new interview with Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson (2024)

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vincent Wild

• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Jourdain Searles, plus an archival piece with Hal Ashby

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the agitator: three provocations from the wild world of jean-pierre mocky limited edition

 

release date: 1st july 2024

 

jean-pierre mocky was a prolific icon in french cinema. actor, director, novelist, and in-demand raconteur, mocky made mainstream films with an independent spirit, even owning a cinema to help the distribution of his films. yet those films had a specific style, unmistakably his, often with controversial and outlandish themes, and he came to be known as a wild and untameable force, acting as an uncompromising agitator within the french film industry for over six decades. three of his wild cinematic adventures from the 1980s are collected in this new boxset. cult horror sensation litan, hooligan horror kill the referee and hitchcockian mystery agent trouble are presented from new 4k restorations on blu-ray for the first time outside of france.

 

• new 4k restorations of each film presented on three discs, made available on blu-ray (1080p) for the first time outside of france

• archival interview with jean-pierre mocky about his relationship to the fantastic  (1982, 12 mins)

• archival ‘making of litan’ documentary from french television (1982, 26 mins)

• reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by time tomorrow

• limited edition 80-page book featuring new writing by roberto curti, nathaniel thompson and alexandra heller-nicholas, and newly translated archival interviews including serge toubiana on jean-pierre mocky, and oliver assayas on michel serrault, as well as an on-set report of kill the referee

• limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height scanavo cases and removable obi strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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