Dolemite Blu-ray Detailed, Additional Upcoming Blaxploitation Titles Revealed
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Posted April 11, 2016 04:19 PM by Webmaster
Vinegar Syndrome has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of D'Urville Martin's film Dolemite (1975), starring Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, and Brenda Banks. The release will be available for purchase on April 26.
Emerging in the U.S. in the early 1970s, Blaxploitation films – the first to regularly feature soundtracks of funk and soul music and primarily African-American casts – were originally made specifically for a Black, urban audience. However, the genre's appeal soon broadened across racial and ethnic lines. The term was coined by the head of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, ex film publicist Junius Griffin.
Dolemite, an outrageously funny and action-packed classic released theatrically in 1975, stars acclaimed, African-American comedian and filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore – who also co-wrote the film and its soundtrack – and was directed by D'Urville Martin, who also stars. Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, the film has been fully restored in 2k from a recently discovered, long-lost 35mm negative and is loaded with extras.
About the Film: Dolemite (Moore), the baddest pimp in town, has just been released from prison, ready to take revenge on notorious gangster Willie Green (Martin), who set him up on a phony drug charge and stole his club, The Total Experience. With the help of his friend Queen Bee (Lady Reed) and their bank of Kung Fu fighting vixens, Dolemite takes on every "rat soup eatin' mother#%$*er" in South Central.
Special Features:
Also, a don't-miss double-feature (together in one release) with Matt Cimber's The Candy Tangerine Man (1975), reportedly Samuel L. Jackson's all-time favorite Blaxploitation film, and Lady Cocoa (1975), out June 28.
Emerging in the U.S. in the early 1970s, Blaxploitation films – the first to regularly feature soundtracks of funk and soul music and primarily African-American casts – were originally made specifically for a Black, urban audience. However, the genre's appeal soon broadened across racial and ethnic lines. The term was coined by the head of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, ex film publicist Junius Griffin.
Dolemite, an outrageously funny and action-packed classic released theatrically in 1975, stars acclaimed, African-American comedian and filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore – who also co-wrote the film and its soundtrack – and was directed by D'Urville Martin, who also stars. Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, the film has been fully restored in 2k from a recently discovered, long-lost 35mm negative and is loaded with extras.
About the Film: Dolemite (Moore), the baddest pimp in town, has just been released from prison, ready to take revenge on notorious gangster Willie Green (Martin), who set him up on a phony drug charge and stole his club, The Total Experience. With the help of his friend Queen Bee (Lady Reed) and their bank of Kung Fu fighting vixens, Dolemite takes on every "rat soup eatin' mother#%$*er" in South Central.
Special Features:
- Region free Blu-ray and DVD combo pack.
- All extras on both formats.
- Scanned and restored in 2k from a newly discovered 35mm negative.
- Includes two framing options: the intended 1.85:1 widescreen version and an alternate full frame 'boom mic' version.
- "I, Dolemite" making-of documentary.
- "Lady Reed Uncut" featurette.
- "Locations: Then & Now" featurette.
- Historical commentary track by Rudy Ray Moore's biographer, Mark Jason Murray.
- DOLEMITE – theatrical trailer.
- THE HUMAN TORNADO – theatrical trailer.
- Original cover artwork by Jay Shaw.
- Reversible cover artwork.
- English SDH Subtitles.
Also, a don't-miss double-feature (together in one release) with Matt Cimber's The Candy Tangerine Man (1975), reportedly Samuel L. Jackson's all-time favorite Blaxploitation film, and Lady Cocoa (1975), out June 28.
