RADIANCE'S JANUARY RELEASES DEBUT THREE WORLD BLU-RAY PREMIERES

Saturday 26th October 2024 - posted by Robert

Coming to the UK and US on January 27th/28th: A world-exclusive Blu-ray release of Weak Spot, the paranoid thriller from Peter Fleischmann, newly restored in 4K by Studio Canal.

Ugo Tognazzi (La grande bouffe) is an innocent playboy holiday rep in Greece who is picked up by two secret agents (Michel Piccoli, Le Mépris and Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection). Suspected of being part of an underground resistance, he is to be transported by the agents to Athens where he will be interrogated by superior officers. Their journey is the start of a cat-and-mouse game that beautifully plays on Tognazzi's screen persona with the thrilling tension of Costa-Gavras' Z.

The Limited Edition Blu-ray features a new 4K restoration from the original negative by Studio Canal, uncompressed mono PCM audio, an audio commentary by critic Travis Woods (2024), an archival TV interview with Michel Piccoli discussing Weak Spot (1975), soundtrack expert Lovely Jon discussing the Ennio Morricone score (2024) and a newly improved English subtitle translation, along with a reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters and a limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Kat Ellinger, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.

PREORDER LINKS:
- Amazon UK
- Amazon US
- Radiance (direct)


Coming to the UK and US on January 27th/28th: Seijun Suzuki's Underworld Beauty makes its world debut on Blu-ray, featuring new extras with William Carroll, Mizuki Kodama and Suzuki's 1959 40-minute film Love Letter.

Retrieving the diamonds he stashed before his arrest, thief Miyamoto hopes to help his old partner Mihara, crippled during the heist. Their former boss, crime lord Oyane, offers to mediate with a foreign buyer, but secretly wants the stones for himself. The deal goes awry when gunmen appear on the scene. Mihara swallows the diamonds but dies in the chase, leaving a valuable corpse in the police morgue. Miyamoto forms an uneasy alliance with Mihara's wildcat sister Akiko to keep the gems away from gangsters, cops and even Akiko's greedy boyfriend. This wildly inventive early noir sees Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Tattooed Life) infectiously playing with genre rules and gender stereotypes.

The Limited Edition Blu-ray features a new 4K restoration of the film by Nikkatsu Corporation, uncompressed mono PCM audio, a new interview with critic Mizuki Kodama (2024, 15 mins), the bonus feature Seijun Suzuki's Love Letter (1959, 40 mins), an audio commentary on Love Letter by Suzuki biographer William Carroll (2024), trailers and a newly improved English subtitle translation, along with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and a limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Claudia Siefen-Leitich and an archival review of the film, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.

PREORDER LINKS:
- Amazon UK
- Amazon US
- Radiance (direct)


Coming to the UK on January 27th: A two-disc, double-bill release of films from the legendary Ermanno Olmi, Il posto + I fidanzati, bring two newly restored classics to Blu-ray in 4K, for the first time.

Domenico is thrust into the big city by his family to find a job for life. He's up for an exam to secure a post along with many hopefuls. There he meets Antonietta (played by Olmi's then wife Loredana Detto) and the two strike up a friendship and experience the world of work for the first time together. Stunningly shot on the streets of Milan, Ermanno Olmi's (The Tree of Wooden Clogs) Il posto is a touching and often funny portrait of modern life and work. Winning numerous awards on release, it is recognised as a classic of world cinema. Giovanni works in a manufacturing plant and takes a promotion that will send him to Sicily. His transfer causes him to leave his fiancée, Liliana, his father and friends behind. Once in Sicily, he begins to wonder if he made the right choice. Stunningly shot, I fidanzati channels the industrial isolation of Antonioni with a dreamy and heartfelt lyricism.

The Limited Edition Blu-ray features 4K restorations of both films from the original camera negatives by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Titanus, presented on two discs, with uncompressed mono PCM audio for both films, an appreciation by filmmaker Maurizio Zaccaro (2024), interviews with cinematographer Lamberto Caimi (2024), with author Richard Dyer on the films (2024), and with programmer Ehsan Khoshbakht on Ermanno Olmi (2024), along with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista and a limited edition booklet with new writing by critic Christina Newland, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.

PREORDER LINKS:
- Amazon UK
- Radiance (direct)

IMPRINT FILMS - JANUARY 2025 NEW RELEASES

Saturday 12th October 2024 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

Film Focus: Marlon Brando – Volume Two (1969 – 1989) – Imprint Collection #369 – 373

Five more classic films from one of the world’s greatest actors of all time Marlon Brando!

Limited Edition 6-Disc Hardbox, featuring brand NEW Special Features for every film, plus the acclaimed 2015 feature documentary 'Listen To Me Marlon'.

1500 copies only.

The Night of the Following Day (1969) – Imprint Collection #369

Marlon Brando stars in this gripping action thriller, filmed on location in France.

A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl’s wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang’s scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.

Also starring EGOT winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Richard Boone, and Pamela Franklin, and directed by Hubert Cornfield.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
- Audio Commentary by director Hubert Cornfield (2004)
- "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It" feature documentary (2021)
- Trailers from Hell with film director Joe Dante
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Nightcomers (1971) – Imprint Collection #370

A prequel to Henry James’ 1898 novella ‘The Turn of the Screw’, The Nightcomers is the terrifying British horror film that earned Brando a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor.

When their parents are killed, Miles and Flora are left in the care of an attractive young governess and an elderly housekeeper. But it is the charming Irish manservant Peter Quint who is destined to have the strongest influence upon them. Soon the children are under his spell and his evil aura pervades the Victorian household.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Alain Silver & Jim Ursini
- Audio Commentary by director Michael Winner
- NEW "The Adaptations of Turn of The Screw" video essay by film historian Kat Ellinger
- NEW "Turn of the Camera" interview feature with the production crew
- Introduction by director Michael Winner
- Interview with director Michael Winner
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Last Tango In Paris (1972) – Imprint Collection #371

Brando and Maria Schneider star in this erotic drama from acclaimed Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci.

Paul, a middle-aged American living in emotional exile, comes to Paris when his estranged wife commits suicide. Chancing to meet a young Frenchwoman named Jeanne, Paul enters into a sadomasochistic, carnal relationship with her, indirectly attacking the hypocrisy all around him and his own feelings of guilt through his raw, outrageous sexual behaviour.

Film critic Pauline Kael gave what Roger Ebert once called "the most famous movie review ever published", describing the film as having "the same kind of hypnotic excitement as the Sacre, the same primitive force, and the same thrusting, jabbing eroticism. The movie breakthrough has finally come."

In Italy, the film was banned and all copies were ordered to be destroyed, and director Bertolucci received a four-month suspended prison sentence.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW "Journey to the End of Death" interview with film critic Piero Spila
- NEW "Master of the Italian New Wave" interview with editor Roberto Perpignani
- NEW "Of Tango and Light" interview with camera assistant Mauro Marchetti
- Previously unseen video interview with director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Trailers from Hell with film producer Larry Karaszewski
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Missouri Breaks (1976) – Imprint Collection #372

Acting powerhouses Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson face off in this star-studded Western.

Directed by Oscar nominee Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde), and with a score from John Williams, the star-studded cast also includes Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, and Kathleen Lloyd in her film debut.

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan’s gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton’s ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan’s gang.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historians Lee Pfeiffer, Tony Latino and Paul Scrabo
- NEW Interview with film professor Lucy Bolton
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

A Dry White Season (1989) – Imprint Collection #373

In Brando’s final Academy Award nominated role, A Dry White Season follows a white middle class family during the apartheid in South Africa.

Directed by Academy Honorary Award winner Euzhan Palcy, the film also stars the great Donald Sutherland, alongside Jürgen Prochnow, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon.

A white South African schoolteacher, ignorant about racism in his country, becomes involved in the struggle against apartheid when the son of his black gardener is killed and he attempts to bring the police official responsible to justice.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K scan
- NEW Interview with actress Janet Suzman
- NEW Interview with actress Susannah Harker
- "A Dry White Season: Introduction and Q&A"
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Bonus Disc: Listen To Me Marlon (2015)
With exclusive access to personal archives, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary.

Charting his exceptional career as an actor and extraordinary life away from the stage and screen; the film explores the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon’s perspective.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Making Of featurette
- "Digitising Marlon" featurette
- More Special Features TBC
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Film Focus: Burt Reynolds (1973 – 1976) – Imprint Collection #374 – 376

The quintessential leading man Burt Reynolds stars in three action-packed thrill rides from the 70s

Limited Edition 4-Disc Hardbox, featuring brand NEW Special Features for every film, plus the acclaimed 2020 feature documentary 'I Am Burt Reynolds'.

1500 copies only.

White Lightning (1973) – Imprint Collection #374

This cult classic film cemented Reynolds as a charismatic action star, as he plays an ex-con in a pursuit for revenge against the man who killed his brother.

Also starring Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, R. G. Armstrong and Diane Ladd, as well as featuring Laura Dern in her film debut, at just six years old!

When the police pick up Gator McKlusky for running moonshine, they agree to let him out of jail if he will help them capture the key figures in his moonshine operation. Since the suspected ringleader is the man who killed Gator’s little brother, he agrees to help out the cops to get himself out of prison and get his revenge.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by writer/film scholar Travis Woods
- NEW "Burt: A Decade Behind the Wheel" interview with writer Wayne Byrne, author of "Burt Reynolds on Screen"
- NEW Interview with composer Charles Bernstein
- TV Spots
- Radio Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Hustle (1975) – Imprint Collection #375

Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve (Belle de Jour) turn the heat up in this box-office smash, neo-noir crime thriller directed by Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen).

Everybody “hustles” – especially in Los Angeles. Caught in the web of modern reality is an old-fashioned detective who is tasked with investigating a young girl’s suicide.

Also starring Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Colleen Brennan, Catherine Bach, Jack Carter, and Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street).

Gene Siskel called Hustle "the kind of picture you don’t want to see end. It’s going to be a cult favourite."

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K Scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer
- NEW Video Essay by film critic Blake Howard
- TV Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Audio TBC
- Optional English Subtitles

Gator (1976) – Imprint Collection #376

Burt Reynolds’ directorial debut! This sequel to White Lightning sees Burt return as Bobby “Gator” McKlusky, a high-octane ride packed with action and laughs.

Gator is blackmailed by federal agents to fink on his good buddy – and local crime czar – Bama McCall. Although reluctant at first, Gator soon discovers his old friend is involved in extortion, prostitution and murder.

Special Features & Technical Specs: - 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by author/film critic Patrick Bromley
- NEW "Burt: A Decade Behind the Camera" interview with writer Wayne Byrne, author of "Burt Reynolds on Screen"
- Archival interview with Jim Whaley for Cinema Showcase
- Radio Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Bonus Disc: I am Burt Reynolds (2020)

I Am Burt Reynolds follows an iconic career from its beginnings in Old Hollywood through to breakout roles in Deliverance and The Longest Yard, to the smash hit, Smokey and the Bandit and on to Boogie Nights, revealing how Southern charm combined with a progressive attitude towards women, race and sexuality made Burt Reynolds a hero to all.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Interview with Adrian Buitenhuis, director of "I Am Burt Reynolds"
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Blaxploitation (1972 – 1973) – Imprint Collection #377 – 380

Four classic films from the Blaxploitation sub-genre come to stunning high-definition Blu-ray for the first time worldwide!

The Legend of Black Charley (1972) – Imprint Collection #377

Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

This controversial Western stars professional footballer and actor Fred Williamson in the titular role.

Charley, a slave who kills a white man in self-defence, heads West towards freedom while pursued by a professional slave hunter.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a NEW 4K Scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/critic Mike Sargent
- NEW Interview with Josiah Howard, author of "Blaxploitation Cinema"
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Soul of Black Charley (1973) – Imprint Collection #378
Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

An action-packed sequel to The Legend Of Black Charley, once again starring Fred Williamson in the iconic role of Charley.

During the Civil War, a Southern colonel captures renegade slaves for a colony of aristocrats living in Mexico. Escaped slave Charley and his friend and fellow escapee Toby bend all their energies to freeing the 71 blacks captured by the colonel.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a NEW 4K Scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/critic Mike Sargent
- Fred Williamson Speaks About His Career in Blaxploitation
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) – Imprint Collection #379
Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

Reprising his role of Youngblood Priest from the 1972 film ‘Super Fly’, Ron O’Neal stars in and directs this thrilling crime drama sequel.

While in Rome, one-time crime-lord Priest, is ready for some permanent R’n’R. But when an African freedom fighter asks for his help on a gun-running mission, Priest ultimately discovers he cannot turn his back on the land of his ancestors. He joins the fight. And when he’s in a fight, it means war.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a NEW 4K scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by journalist/author Bryan Reesman & filmmaker/critic Mike Sargent
- More Features TBC
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Detroit 9000 (1973) – Imprint Collection #380

Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

Hari Rhodes (The Streets of San Francisco) and Alex Rocco (The Godfather) team up in this beloved cult crime classic!

A gang of gun-toting goons have staged a daring, big-money rip-off at a high-society fundraiser for the state’s first black candidate for governor. For the two Detroit cops assigned to solve the caper, politically charged corruption and violence then explode in what turns out to be the deadliest case of their careers.

Quentin Tarantino championed a theatrical re-release in 1998, leading to newfound praise from critics and audiences alike.

Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a NEW 4K scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by Mikel Koven, author of 'Blaxploitation Films'
- NEW Interview with Yvonne D. Sims, author of 'Women of Blaxploitation'
- Theatrical Trailer
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Optional English HOH Subtitles

Walk Like A Dragon (1960) – Imprint Collection #381

Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

This classic Western is lead by Hawaii Five-O star Jack Lord, written and directed by the writer behind historical novel Shōgun, and acclaimed films The Great Escape and To Sir, With Love – James Clavell. Coming to Blu-ray for the first time worldwide from a brand NEW 4K scan, Walk Like A Dragon is a remarkable tale of bigotry and slavery, filled with racial tensions and cultural conflict in 1870’s California.

Also starring Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, Mel Tormé, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta and Benson Fong.

A westerner frees a beautiful young Oriental woman from the notorious slave market in San Francisco, then fights for her with a Chinese gunslinger.

1500 copies only.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a NEW 4K scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Toby Roan
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: Q&A with Nancy Kwan
- Theatrical Trailers
- English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition Slipcase

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