Shout Factory has revealed that it plans to add to its Blu-ray catalog three new titles: Martin Davidson's
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Jean-Claude Lord's
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989), and Jim McBride's
Breathless (1983).
Eddie And The Cruisers
They say rock 'n' roll never dies, but one dark night in 1963, Eddie Wilson's car took a dive off a Jersey bridge with the troubled rock idol at the wheel. His body was never found. Tom Berenger (Platoon), Michael Pare (Streets of Fire) and Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love) star in this cool, compelling classic that really rocks!
Twenty years after the lead singer (Pare) of "Eddie and the Cruisers" disappeared, the band's songs are hotter than ever. And renewed interest in the band leads TV reporter Maggie Foley (Barkin) to pursue a tantalizing mystery: What if Eddie is still alive? The circumstances surrounding his death are just shadowy enough to make it a distinct possibility, and someone (could it be Eddie?) has been ransacking the homes of the surviving band members in a desperate search for tapes of the group's visionary, never-released album. As Maggie interviews the former "Cruisers," the pieces of the puzzle start to fit... but only until still deeper mysteries begin to surface.
STREET DATE: APRIL 14.
Eddie And The Cruisers II
The Legend. The Music. The Man. Get ready to rock! Michael Pare reprise his role as the hot-blooded rebel rocker Eddie Wilson - who after twenty years - still has "the kind of charisma that drives adolescent girls wild" (L.A. Herald-Examiner).
At the height of fame, rock legend Eddie Wilson (Pare) drove his car into the river and disappeared from the limelight. Twenty years later his band Eddie and the Cruisers is hotter than ever. Posing as construction worker Joe West, Eddie has maintained a quiet life in Canada. But his relentless desire to make music pulls him back to the stage where he forms a new band and an even hotter sound. Meanwhile, to cash in on the revived interest in the band, Satin records executives release an Eddie and the Cruisers "lost tapes" album and promote a worldwide search for the mysterious rocker. As his new band hits center stage, Eddie finally faces the past - his way.
STREET DATE: APRIL 14.
Breathless
Sometimes a thief can steal your heart. Richard Gere gives "a breakthrough performance" (Time Magazine) as a rockin' 'n' rollin', hustlin' and bustlin' crook in a film about chasing after your dreams no matter how high the stakes.
Jesse Lujack (Gere) is a small-time car thief who loves livin', Jerry Lee Lewis and his Silver Surfer comic books. But most of all, Jesse loves Monica (Valerie Kaprisky), the sexy French architecture student he just met in Vegas. Determined to provide her with the good life, Jesse uses all his rockability charm to convince the resistant Monica to drop everything and join him on a trip to sunny Mexico. In a fire-red Caddy with the top down and the woman he loves finally at this side, Jesse feels on top of the world. But no matter how much rubber he burns, there's something that Jesse just can't outrun. As he races faster and faster away from his past and toward his dreams, Jesse must keep everything that's important to him - especially Monica - close by his side...or risk losing them, forever!
STREET DATE: APRIL 7.
I Am Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen will forever be recognized as one of Hollywood's most iconic movie stars. His rugged good looks, bad-boy sexuality and searing charisma set him apart as he grew from a small-town rebel to become the highest paid and most sought-after actor of his generation. He was notorious for challenging authority and lived life for himself. Nicknamed the "king of cool", his volatile yet endearing anti-hero persona was as much a part of who he really was as an individual as the characters he portrayed on-screen.
Combining extensive original interviews, including rare interviews with Steve McQueen himself, the best of Steve's major motion pictures and archival footage, the film chronicles McQueen's extraordinary career while focusing on the correlation between his on-screen and off-screen experiences. I Am Steve McQueen tells the incredible life story of this legendary actor, racer and cultural icon.
The film features McQueen's family and friends and an all-star cast including Gary Oldman, Pierce Brosnan, Marisa Miller, Ali MacGraw, Robert Vaughn, Randy Couture, Zoe Bell, Kristin Kreuk and Ben Mankiewicz and narration by Robert Downey Jr.
Special Features:
- McQueen's Cars, Planes And Motorcycles
- The Yucatan – McQueen's Passion Project
- Trailer
STREET DATE: APRIL 14.