Seven classic films from acclaimed director Luc Besson are available on Blu-ray for the first time, including: "Leon" (Director's Cut)and "Nikita". Released on September 14.
Based on a true story, an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, are dispatched by Henry Ford II with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new race car with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship.
A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to cope in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg. Along the way, they meet an Aboriginal youth on his walkabout, a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone. Walkabout is a thrilling adventure as well as a provocative rumination on time and civilization. (Indigenous people are advised that this film includes images and recording of deceased persons.) United Kingdom, Australia 1971 100 minutes Colour 1.78:1/1.85:1 English Spine #10 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: ¢ New 4K digital master, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ¢ One 4K UHD disc of the film (in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1) presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film (in the aspect ratio of 1.78:1) and special features ¢ Audio commentary featuring director Nicolas Roeg and actor Jenny Agutter ¢ Interviews with Agutter and actor Luc Roeg ¢ GulpililOne Red Blood (2002), a documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil ¢ Trailer ¢ English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ PLUS: An essay by author Paul Ryan
Forty-five international racing stars join Steve McQueen in this gritty nerve-shattering recreation of the toughest car race on earth - Le Mans. Returning to France to compete a year after he's been injured an American driver (McQueen) finds himself drawn to the widow of a racer who was killed in the same accident. Filmed on location in France the film's spellbinding cinematography provides a dazzling look at the world's most extraordinary cars and the unique personalities of the people drawn to the race car circuit. Steve McQueen himself a championship racer did most of his own driving on the harrowing 8.5-mile Le Mans course - often at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour.
Tough cop Giorgio (Luc Merenda, Torso) doesn't like to play by the rules, going as far as gunning down a ruthless criminal in broad daylight. After he's suspended from the force and his boss is murdered, he goes on a brutal undercover dive into the criminal underworld to expose a criminal organisation with no respect for authority. Starring Richard Conte (The Godfather) with a powerhouse score by the great composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Street Law, The Big Racket), this blistering Italian crime classic blazes onto Blu-ray with every car chase and gunshot more mind-blowing than ever. Directed by cult filmmaker Sergio Martino (Hands of Steel, 2019 After the Fall of New York).
Delicious students who we can only assume are studying for a masters degree in stripping head off for a vacation to a location remote enough to ensure undisturbed carnage should a killer be lurking nearby. Luckily for fans of psycho sexual thrillers a black gloved saw-wielding nutter has followed them to their bordello of nudity and soon starts effective slayer multi-tasking by molesting and mutilating his way through a cast of fine beauties including the ever delicious Suzy Kendall!
Traumatised by her first, ugly, sexual experience, young Doris is quite unable to take pleasure in physical intimacy with either men or women. Happily, psychiatry offers a way to understand her troubles, setting her on the path which will finally unlock her repressed desires...From erotic auteur Max Pécas (I Am a Nymphomanic) and starring the stunning Sandra Julien (Jean Rollin's The Shiver of the Vampire) I Am Frigid. Why? is a revealing if not strictly clinically accurate study of sexual dysfunction and its cures.HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.66:1 ASPECT RATIOORIGINAL FRENCH MONO 2.0 AUDIOENGLISH SUBTITLESThe Indelible Sandra Julien - Visual Essay by Chris O'Neill
Directed by Domenico Paolella (The Prey/The Story of a Cloistered Nun), The Nun and the Devil AKA Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo is a headily erotic tale of seduction and persecution detailing the sinful practices which spill out of a 16th century convent. When the psychotically ambitious Sister Julia (Anna Heywood) vies to take the place of a dying Mother Superior by any means possible, other inmates start to lose their way, indulging in heterosexual flings and lesbian coupling. But things take a nasty turn when the nuns are subjected to a violent inquisition and their existence becomes one of torture and degradation.Made just two years after Ken Russell's notorious The Devils (1971), this 1973 film sought to offer a corruption of the innocent style plot which monopolised on the short-lived wave of nunsploitation features, incorporating graphic horrors, soft-pornography and historical drama. Loosely based on authentic records, this sordid tale of religion and power will delight lovers of extreme Italian exploitation cinema.
Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast in Northern France. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicentre of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide. There lives a small community of fishermen and other oyster farmers. Among them evolves a curious family, the Brufort, renowned ferrymen of the Slack Bay, lead by the father nicknamed The Eternal , who rules as best as he can on his prankster bunch of sons, especially the impetuous 18 years-old Ma Loute. Towering high above the bay stands the van Peteghems mansion. Every summer, this bourgeois family all degenerate and decadent from inbreeding stagnates in the villa, not without mingling during their leisure hours of walking, sailing or bathing, with the ordinary local people, Ma Loute and the other Bruforts. Over the course of five days, as starts a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and the young and mischievous Billie van Peteghem, confusion and mystification will descend on both families, shaking their convictions, foundations and way of life. After P'tit Quinquin, the latest film by Bruno Dumont finds once again its inspiration in slapstick comedy, at turns bleak and funny, with the most amazing cast of French actors whose performances take the film to another level.
Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom star in this jaw-dropping epic about the famous siege of the ancient city of Troy.
In a world increasingly connected by Facebook, Youtube and Twitter, Lola, or Lol for short (Miley Cyrus) and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship, while at the same time dodging their sometimes overbearing and technologically bewildered parents. Through hilarious and heartfelt moments between mother and daughter, LOL is an authentic story that perfectly captures today's reality.
In Shoot First, Die Later, Luc Merenda (Torso) stars as Police Commissioner Domenico Malacarne, a young rising star in the force who is also taking bribes from the mob. A routine complaint comes through to a local station in which a lowly officer, Malacarne's father, takes the statement. Unbeknownst to Malacarne, the complaint implicates someone who the mob wishes to remain hidden, putting Malacarne in a difficult position with his father, who begins to suspect his son isn't the law-abiding official he was previously so proud of Another impressively action-packed thriller from poliziotteschi master Fernando Die Leo, Shoot First, Die Later is presented on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES High-Definition digital transfer from the original camera negative Optional Italian and English audio tracks, uncompressed mono PCM audio New audio commentary by film critic Travis Woods Archival interview with director Fernando Di Leo Archival interview with star Luc Merenda Italian and English trailers Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters New and improved English subtitle translation for Italian audio and English SDH for English audio Limited edition booklet containing new writing by Sam Moore Limited edition of 3000 copies
While on a family picnic, a beautiful teenager and her brother suddenly find themselves very much alone after the tragic death of their father. As they wander through the outback they meet the young aborigine. The film unfolds and tells the tale of survival, resourcefulness and sexual awareness, as the travellers become lost in the Australian wilderness.
'Bande A Part' is Jean-Luc Godard's playful tribute to the Hollywood pulp crime movies of the 1940s executed with typically Gallic cool. Franz and Arthur a couple of streetwise characters team up with the shy Odile (Anna Karina) to plan a robbery. As the trio of misfits does a lightning tour of the Louvre roams the cafes of suburban Paris and play-acts shoot-outs the suspicion grows that this is one heist that is not going to go according to plan...
Based on the French novel and Bizet's most popular opera which it inspired Carlos Saura's exhilarating flamenco 'Carmen' became an instant classic on its release and was rewarded with many international accolades including Academy Award nominations and prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. The film explores the legend by staging a modern ensemble of musicians and dancers busy rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story. The producer and star dancer is Antonio (Antonio Gad
Too often overlooked and undervalued, Claude Chabrol was the first of the Cahiers du Cinema critics to release a feature film and would be among the most prolific. The sneaky anarchist of the French New Wave, he embraced genre as a means of lifting the lid on human nature. Nothing is sacred and nothing is certain in the films of Claude Chabrol: anything can be corrupted, and usually will be. The hidden meaness of provincial life is at the heart of Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), as deaths and disappearances intersect around the attempt by a corrupt syndicate of property developers to force a disabled woman and her son from their home. Actor Jean Poiret would prove so compelling as the laconic Detective Inspector Lavardin good cop/bad cop all in one that the sequel would be titled after him. Inspector Lavardin sees the titular detective investigating the murder of a wealthy and respected catholic author, renowned for his outspoken views against indecency, whose body is found naked and dead on the beach. In Madame Bovary, Chabrol directs one of his greatest collaborators, actress Isabelle Huppert, in perhaps the definitive depiction of Flaubert's classic heroine. Meanwhile Betty, adapted from the novel of the same name by Maigret author Georges Simenon, is a scathing attack on the uppermiddle classes, featuring an extraordinary performance by Marie Trintignant as a woman spiraling into alcoholism, but fighting to redefine herself. Finally, in Torment (L'enfer) Chabrol picks up a project abandoned by Henri Georges Clouzot, in which a husband's jealousy and suspicion of his wife drive him to appalling extremes. Francois Cluzet and Emmanuelle Beart give career best performances as the husband and wife tearing each other apart. With brand new digital restorations, this inaugural Arrow Video collection of Claude Chabrol on Bluray brings together a wealth of passionate contributors and archival extras to shed fresh light on the films and the filmmaker. Dark, witty, ruthless, mischievous: if you've never seen Chabrol before, you're in for a treat. If you have, they've never looked better. Limited Edition Contents: High definition (1080p) Bluray presentations of all five films New 4K restorations of Madame Bovary, Betty, and Torment (L'enfer) Original lossless French PCM mono audio on Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), Inspector Lavardin, Madame Bovary, and Betty Original lossless French PCM stereo audio on Torment (L'enfer) Optional English Subtitles Fully illustrated 80page collector's booklet of new writing on the films by film critics Martyn Conterio, Kat Ellinger, Philip Kemp, and Sam Wigley plus select archival material Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella Disc One: Brand new commentary by film critic Ben Sachs An Interview with Ian Christie, a brand new interview with film historian Ian Christie about the cinema of Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol at the BFI, Chabrol discusses his career in this hour long archival interview conducted onstage at the National Film Theatre in 1994 Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret & Stephane Audran in conversation, an archival Swiss TV episode in which the director and cast discuss Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre) Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Two: Brand new commentary by film critic Ben Sachs Why Chabrol?, a brand new interview with film critic Sam Wigley about why the films of Claude Chabrol remain essential viewing Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Three: Brand new commentary by film critic Kat Ellinger Imagining Emma: Madame Bovary on screen, a brand new visual essay by film historian Pamela Hutchinson Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Four: Brand new commentary by film critic Kat Ellinger Betty, from Simenon to Chabrol, a brand new visual essay by French Cinema historian Ginette Vincendeau An Interview with Ros Schwartz, a brand new interview with the English translator of the Georges Simenon novel on which the film is based Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Five: Brand new commentary by film critics Alexandra HellerNicholas and Josh Nelson On Henri Georges Clouzot, an archival interview with Claude Chabrol in which he talks about fellow director Henri Georges Clouzot (Les diaboliques), whose original attempt to make L'enfer was abandoned, and how the project came to Chabrol An Interview with Marin Karmitz, an archival interview with Marin Karmitz, Chabrol's most frequent producer Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery
Extraordinary lives of ordinary people in search of love and happiness, "C.R.A.Z.Y." is a family drama unlike any other.
A young sister and brother are left stranded in the blistering heat of the vast Australian outback. Facing exhaustion and starvation, their salvation comes when they cross paths with an Aboriginal boy on walkabout', a ritual in which he must leave his home and learn to survive off the land. He teaches them how to survive in the wilderness but a clash of cultures leads to terrible and tragic consequences. Product Features Brand new 4k scan and restoration A new audio commentary with Luc Roeg and David Thompson Producing Walkabout: a new interview with Producer Si Litvinoff Luc's Walkabout: a new interview with Luc Roeg Jenny in the Outback: a new interview with Jenny Agutter Remembering Roeg: a new interview with Danny Boyle 2011 BFI Q&A with Nicolas Roeg, Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg Archive introduction by Nicolas Roeg English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired
A cabaret singer is stranded with an ex-comedian who has been recently dumped by his wife.
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