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November’s Collector’s Edition Blu-ray

Fopp's Picks

With collector’s edition releases for The Last Picture Show, 4 action-packed Bruce Lee movies, and many more, November is shaping up to be a great month for film collectors. Here’s our picks for November.

Tremors 2: Aftershocks Limited Edition

 

release date: 27th November 2023 

 

Six years after Tremors first tunnelled its way into audiences’ affections, the original creative team returned for an equally edge-of-your-seat sequel that would pave the way for a long-running franchise by adding some new twists to everyone’s favorite slimy subterranean slitherers! Reprising the same mix of nail-biting horror and rib-tickling humor that made the original film so beloved, Tremors 2: Aftershocks is back in a brand new 4K restoration that makes this creature feature pop like never before!

 

  • New 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director S.S. Wilson
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original lossless 2.0 and 4.0 surround audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Brand new feature commentary by director/co-writer S.S. Wilson and co-producer Nancy Roberts
  • Critical Need-to-Know Information, a newly filmed interview with CG supervisor Phil Tippett
  • Illustrated perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Melville on the Tremors 2 scripts that never got made, and Dave Wain & Matty Budrewicz on the history of Universal’s DTV sequel division
  • Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank
  • Small fold-out poster featuring new Shrieker X-ray art by Matt Frank
  • Limited Edition packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank

High Tension

 

release date: 27th November 2023 

 

A weekend away becomes a living nightmare for two best friends when a deranged killer breaks into the home, slaughters family members, and takes one of the friends hostage. A white-knuckle pursuit to find their friend before they become his next victim ensues.

 

  • Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
  • UHD presented in HDR10+ created by Second Sight Films and approved by Director Alexandre Aja
  • New audio commentary by Dr Lindsay Hallam
  • An Experiment in Suspense: a new interview with Alexandre Aja
  • The Man in the Shadows: a new interview with Writer Grégory Levasseur
  • Rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal
  • 70-page book with new essays by ​​Anna Bogutskaya, Prince Jackson, Stacie Ponder and Zoë Rose Smith
  • 6 collectors’ art cards 

Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe Limited Edition

 

release date: 27th November 2023 

 

Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his iconic long fingernails, top hat and cape, Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008. Newly restored from the best available elements and packed with new and archival extras, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe is a love letter to one of the great iconoclasts of horror, who forged his films in the face of military dictatorship and religious censorship to become Brazil’s national Boogeyman.

 

  • Brand new 4K restorations from the best available elements
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all films
  • Original lossless mono audio for all films (except Embodiment of Evil)
  • Optional English subtitles on all films
  • Coffin Joe: Against the World!, an illustrated collector’s book featuring new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paulo Sacramento
  • Reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy
  • Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy
  • 12 postcard-sized double-sided art cards

The Last Picture Show

 

release date: 27th November 2023 

 

One of the key films of the American seventies cinema renaissance, The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman’s lonely housewife and Ben Johnson’s grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich.

 

  • 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Two audio commentaries, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall
  • Two documentaries about the making of the film
  • Q&A with Bogdanovich from 2009
  • Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with filmmaker François Truffaut about the New Hollywood
  • Trailers
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller

The Big Boss

 

release date: 13th November 2023 

 

An instant box office sensation upon its original release in Hong Kong in 1971, The Big Boss is the film that catapulted former child actor and Hollywood TV sidekick Bruce Lee to cinematic superstardom.  Directed by Lo Wei, The Big Boss forever changed the landscape of Hong Kong action cinema, signalling kung fu’s dominance over the genre for years to come. Lee’s big breakthrough now looks more glorious than ever in a 4K restoration with hours of insightful bonus features, including the restored 110 Mandarin Cut of the film that first stunned audiences in Hong Kong back in 1971. 

 

  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the 99-minute 1983 version of The Big Boss, restored by Arrow Films from the original negative 
  • Original restored Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio 
  • Two English mono options, the standard mix and a Japanese mix with alternate score 
  • English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for the English dubs 
  • Two feature commentaries, one by David Desser and one by Brandon Bentley 
  • Two alternate versions with lossless mono audio: the English Export Cut, featuring a rare alternate English dub track (some scenes in Mandarin); and the 100-min US Theatrical Cut 
  • Return to Thailand, a documentary produced and presented by Matt Routledge exploring the original filming locations 
  • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Walter Chaw 
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella 

Fist of Fury

 

release date: 13th November 2023 

 

Bruce Lee’s second film for Golden Harvest, Fist of Fury, swiftly broke all the box office records set by his previous film The Big Boss, and launched one of the most iconic characters in Chinese action cinema in Chen Zhen, since played in other films by Jet Li and Donnie Yen. Boasting many of Lee’s most iconic set pieces – not least when he tells his enemies that the Chinese are “not the sick men of Asia!” – Fist of Fury is a thrill-a-minute action spectacular that also turned out to be his final collaboration with director Lo Wei, who would attempt to launch the career of stuntman Jackie Chan (briefly seen in this film) a few years later in the sequel New Fist of Fury. 

 

  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation, restored by Arrow Films from the original negative 
  • Alternate ‘English Export Cut’ viewing option with different opening and closing credits via seamless branching and alternate lossless mono audio 
  • Original restored Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio 
  • English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of-hearing on the English dubs 
  • Legend of the Dragon, an 82-minute overview of Lee’s life and career by film critic and historian Tony Rayns 
  • Visions of Fury, a featurette on Bruce Lee’s collaboration with Golden Harvest and Lo Wei, featuring interviews with co-producer Andre Morgan and martial arts experts Michael Worth, Frank Djeng, John Kreng, Andy Cheng and Bruce Willow 
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Nora Miao, Riki Hashimoto, Jun Katsumara and Yuen Wah 
  • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Walter Chaw 
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

The Way of the Dragon

 

release date: 13th November 2023 

 

Having established himself as the biggest box office draw in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee leveraged his success into a new deal with Golden Harvest that would allow him to write and direct as well as star in his own projects. He only got to complete one film under this deal before his untimely death, but it’s arguably his most personal and exciting: The Way of the Dragon. 

 

  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations, restored by Arrow Films from original film elements, of the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut and the Japanese Cut via seamless branching 
  • Original newly restored lossless Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio on the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut 
  • Alternate lossless English mono audio on the Japanese Cut 
  • Optional English subtitles 
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both English audio options 
  • The Way of the Camera, a documentary looking at Lee’s filmmaking and fighting method in his directorial debut, featuring interviews with Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan, martial arts experts Michael Worth, Jon Kreng, Andy Cheng, Frank Djeng, David Yeung, film historian Courtney Joyner and actors Piet (Peter) Schweer, Jon Benn and John Saxon 
  • The Scottish Soldier Meets the Dragon, a newly filmed interview with on-set observer John Young 
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Jon Benn, Bob Wall and Hwang In-shik and production managers Chaplin Chang and Louis Sit 
  • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Walter Chaw 
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella 

Game of Death

 

release date: 13th November 2023 

 

Five years after the release of Enter the Dragon and the death of its star Bruce Lee, director Robert Clouse was recruited by Golden Harvest to complete Lee’s last, unfinished masterwork, only a third of which was filmed before he died: Game of Death. The result is an exciting rollercoaster ride that blends Lee’s martial arts mastery with Clouse’s eye for nail-biting suspense. 

 

  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations, restored by Arrow Films from original film elements, of the international cut and the Japanese cut of Game of Death via seamless branching 
  • Brand new 2K restoration of the International Cut of Game of Death II by Arrow Films from original film elements 
  • Original restored English mono audio on both cuts 
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing 
  • Feature commentary by Brandon Bentley & Mike Leeder 
  • The Song I’m Singing Tomorrow, an interview with star Colleen Camp 
  • Deleted and extended scenes from the Chinese-language versions of the film, including two alternate endings (some material in standard-definition) 
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Dan Inosanto and Bob Wall 
  • Behind-the-scenes footage as featured in Bruce Lee: The Legend 
  • Rare pre-production sales featurette from 1976 with new commentary by Michael Worth and producer Andre Morgan 
  • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the films by Walter Chaw 
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

One False Move

 

release date: 6th November 2023 

 

A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (cowriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America’s most fraught divisions—urban and rural, Black and white—while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.

 

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Carl Franklin, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Franklin
  • New conversation between Franklin and cowriter-actor Billy Bob Thornton
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author William Boyle

Death Race 2000

 

release date: 6th November 2023 

 

In the year 2000, hit and run has become the national sport. It’s a no-holds-barred cross-country race, in which the aim is to kill off not only your opponents, but as many pedestrians as possible. Favorite driver, Frankenstein (David Carradine) takes on Machine Gun Joe Viterboe (Sylvester Stallone) in this classic, adrenaline thriller. However, this year’s events are about to be complicated by the efforts of a small but dedicated army of revolutionaries. Their overthrow of Mr President hinges on the sabotage of the Race and the elimination of Frankenstein, but Frankenstein himself is not what he seems.

 

  • Still Gallery
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Interview with Roger Corman’s Assistant Beverley Gray
  • Video Essay with Film Historian Mark Searby

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