U.S. label Shout Factory has revealed that it is preparing a Special Edition of director William Friedkin's classic film
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, and John Turturro. The upcoming release will be part of the label's new Shout Select line.
Exact supplemental features and street date have not yet been revealed.
Synopsis: When a notorious, highly sophisticated counterfeiter murders his partner, Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William Petersen) launches a furious vendetta to capture the man responsible. But master counterfeiter Rick Masters (Willem Dafoe) is always just one step ahead of Chance in William Friedkin's thrilling, suspenseful crime drama. With violent shoot-outs and a turbulent chase scene reminiscent of Friedkin's own The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A. broke with tradition by making the ostensible hero as morally reprehensible as the villain he pursues. Clashing with bureaucratic obstacles, Chance is forced to break the rules in order to procure cash for a sting operation, but the risks he takes snowball into an avalanche of violence and moral repercussions, leading to a morally ambiguous cul-de-sac from which there may be no return.