Arrow Films’ Arrow Academy label is proud to announce the release of the American epic Brute Force, on dual-format Blu-ray and DVD on 15th September.
Bursting onto American screens in the summer of 1947, Brute Force’s incendiary cocktail of sensation, sweat and sadism excited heated debates among reviewers, as well as attracting eager audiences whose appetite for violent spectacle had clearly not been sated by the war. Following up from the immensely successful release of The Killers (1946), producer Mark Hellinger re-enlisted his newest Hollywood star Burt Lancaster to star in this dark prison film, and it went on to break box-office records in New York, Los Angeles, and several more cities in its seven-week run.
Boasting an unmatchable team, Brute Force features a screenplay by the acclaimed novelist/writer/director Richard Brooks (Blackboard Jungle, 1955); cinematography by William H. Daniel (Greta Garbo’s lensman of choice), Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa and most importantly, the incomparable director Jules Dassin, legend of film noir.
This deluxe edition will include an all-new high definition transfer of the film, alongside a new and exhaustive look at Burt Lancaster's early career by Kate Buford, author of Burt Lancaster: An American Life. The discs will also feature the theatrical trailer, stills gallery and a reversible sleeve featuring the original poster and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist. The accompanying collector’s booklet will contain new writing on the film by Frank Krutnik, author of In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity, and Swell Guy, an obituary of Brute Force’s producer, Mark Hellinger, by its screenwriter, Richard Brooks, illustrated with original stills.
Synopsis
Before making the French crime classic Rififi, Jules Dassin was arguably the greatest of film noir directors, responsible for a string of gems including The Naked City, Thieves’ Highway and Night and the City. Brute Force kickstarted that run of pictures and never did a film live up to its name more.
Burt Lancaster is Joe Collins, one of a number of convicts squeezed into cell R17 intent on staging a prison break. Not only does he need to return to the side of his cancer-ridden wife (Ann Blyth), he also wants to escape the clutches of sadistic warden Captain Munsey (an unforgettable performance from Hume Cronyn) who enjoys a reign of terror over the inmates.
Beautifully shot by the great William H. Daniels, tautly written by Richard Brooks (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood) and impeccably acted by its ensemble of noir familiars, Brute Force remains a prison movie classic.
This deluxe package will be full of special features and bonus material including:
· New High Definition digital transfer of the film
· High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
· Original mono 1.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
· Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
· Burt Lancaster: The Film Noir Years – an in-depth look at the actor’s early career by Kate Buford, author of Burt Lancaster: An American Life
· Theatrical trailer
· Stills gallery
· Reversible sleeve featuring the original poster and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist
· Collector’s booklet containing new writing on the film by Frank Krutnik, author of In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity, and Swell Guy, an obituary of Brute Force’s producer, Mark Hellinger, by its screenwriter, Richard Brooks, illustrated with original stills
Metropolis Records is proud to present Superstition, the new album from The Birthday Massacre. The album is everything that you would expect of The Birthday Massacre, and so much more. As the band gets further along on its artistic journey, they are putting a fine point on all of the unique qualities that we have all come to expect from The Birthday Massacre.
The band has progressed and matured, developing its musical style into a finely honed signature sound. Superstition is elements of band’s entire career up until this point, from the sounds of Nothing and Nowhere, Violet, all the way through to Hide and Seek fully realized. The album feels cinematic in approach, with the first trio of songs, Divide, Diaries, and the title track seeming to set the thematic scene before Destroyer, with it’s driving rhythms burns it all down. In the wake of all of this, Surrender gives the listener a brief moment of quiet, just breaths in the silence, before launching into perhaps one of the album’s most personal sounding, intimate tracks. Chibi’s vocals have always been an instrument integral to the sound of The Birthday Massacre, but never has it been more apparent than in Surrender.
As she seems to invite you further into their world the bouncing, uptempo, Oceana and the dramatic Rain highlight all the elements of what make The Birthday Massacre such a unique band. Rainbow and Falcore’s songwriting are in top form, as the duo uses the band’s signature elements to masterfully create emotional gravity within the songs. This is especially evident in Beyond, as the heavy guitar work and solos interplay with the lighter atmospherics of the keyboards and electronic elements, as well as in The Other Side, as the bass guitar and crunching drop-tuned guitars shine. All in all, Superstition is the finest album The Birthday Massacre has recorded to date.
Paradiso releases on 9th October Supercondriaque on DVD.
Director: Dany Boon
Writers: Dany Boon (story), Dany Boon (dialogue)
Stars: Dany Boon, Alice Pol, Kad Merad |
Romain Faubert is a 39 year old, single, medical photographer.. and a raging hypochondriac. His doctor and only friend Dr. Dimitri Zvenka, thinks he knows a cure for Romain: dating. But with the arrival of freedom fighter Anton Miroslav, everyone might get more then they bargained for..
DUTCH VERSION
Op 9 oktober verschijnt Supercondriaque op DVD.
CAST: Dany Boon (Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’Tis, Eyjafjallajökull, Un Plan Parfait)
Kad Merad (Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’Tis, Le grand méchant loup)
Alice Pol (Au bonheur des ogres, Joséphine, Un Plan Parfait)
Judith El Zein (Ma première fois, Le Prénom)
REGIE: Dany Boon (Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’Tis, Rien à Déclarer)
SYNOPSIS:
Het grappige duo uit Bienvenue chez les Chtis is terug! Dany Boon en Kad Merad bundelen hun humoristische talent opnieuw in een 'besmettelijk'leuke komedie. Romain (Boon) is een eenzame fotograaf met een allesoverheersende angst voor ziektes en bacteriën. Zijn huisarts, en tevens beste vriend Dimitri (Merad), is zijn jarenlange gezeur over elk pijntje meer dan zat en staat op het punt hem voor altijd de deur te wijzen. Dimitri besluit hem echter nog één laatste kans te geven door op zoek te gaan naar de perfecte vrouw, die hem hopelijk zal kunnen genezen van alle kwalen.
From the forthcoming LP "My Name Should Be Trouble" by Bruch.
Release date: October 2014 - out via Totally Wired Records
For lovers of The Cramps and other hot stuff!
Deep in the sinister woods lives an unimaginable terror, that wreaks death and destruction when the moon is full. Out of the darkness comes a new kind of blood lust in Werewolf Rising, coming to DVD from Image Entertainment on 08 September 2014.
When Emma returns to her childhood home deep in the Arkansas mountains, she’s in need of rest and relaxation, but her problems have only just begun. What she finds is slaughter, fear and the foul pestilence that comes with a full moon.
A bloodthirsty werewolf is tearing through the township, ripping and ravaging all who cross its path; revealing a menacing underworld that few knew existed. Suddenly Emma finds herself plunged into a fight for her life and more – a fight to the finish for her soul.
Beware of the beast in Werewolf Rising a bloody thrilling fantasy.
