French label Carlotta Films will add to its Blu-ray catalog two films directed by Michael Cimino:
Year of the Dragon (1985) and
Desperate Hours (1990). The two releases will be available for purchase on March 9.
Year of the Dragon
Corruption. Extortion. Sometimes, even, assassination. For the tradition-bound mob bosses of Manhattan's Chinatown, there are age-old ways of running things. And now there's a police captain Stanley White's way.
Mickey Rourke portrays White, a war veteran who has a Vietnam-sized chip on his shoulder when dealing with an emerging blood feud in Chinatown. John Lone plays the crime lord standing in the line of fire of White's relentless campaign. And Academy Award-winning director Michael Crimino (
The Deer Hunter,
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot), working from a screenplay based on the novel by Robert Daley (
Prince of the City) and co-scripted by Oliver Stone, fills the screen with adrenaline rushes of action and excitement. NEW RESTORATION.
In addition to the deluxe set, Carlotta Films will have available for sale a
standard Blu-ray edition of
Year of the Dragon.
Desperate Hours
From Academy Award-winning director Michael Cimino comes this taut psychological thriller about a family held hostage in their own home. Starring Mickey Rourke, Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers and Kelly Lynch, this nail-biting action film grabs you by the throat and leaves you gasping in terror. Prepare yourself. The Desperate Hours have begun.
In dire need of a hideout, escaped convict Michael Bosworth (Rouke) uses his charming smile to gain entry into the posh home of Nora and Tim Cornell (Rogers and Hopkins) and their two children. While waiting for his beautiful lawyer- turned- accomplice (Lynch) to arrive, Bosworth's smile soon explodes into homicidal rage when the Cornells desperately try to fight back. Holding the family at gunpoint and ruthlessly pitting husband against wife, Bosworth's fury escalates into a shocking night of terror and cold-blooded murder. Finally, the family is to take a stand that will either destroy them... or unite them as never before.