British label Indicator/Powerhouse Films will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in April: Orson Welles'
The Lady From Shanghai, Paul Schrader's
Hardcore, and Blake Edwards'
Experiment in Terror.
The Lady from Shanghai
Synopsis: Baffling murders, fascinating plot twists and remarkable camera work all contribute to this spellbinding, time-honored film noir written and directed by and starring Orson Welles. Hired to work on a yacht belonging to the disabled husband of femme fatale Rita Hayworth, Welles plays an innocent man drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue and murder.
The subject of great controversy and scandal upon its initial release, The Lady From Shanghai shocked 1948 audiences by presenting Hayworth with her flaming red hair cut short and dyed champagne blonde. Fifty years later, The Lady From Shanghai is considered vintage Welles, his famous hall of mirrors climax hailed as one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history.
- 4K restoration from the original negative
- Original mono audio
- Audio Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich
- Simon Callow on 'The Lady from Shanghai' (2017, tbc mins): a new filmed appreciation piece by the acclaimed actor and Welles scholar
- A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich (2000, 21 mins): the renowned filmmaker and author talks about Welles and The Lady from Shanghai
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by critic Samm Deighan
- UK Blu-ray premiere
- Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies
STREET DATE: APRIL 24.
Hardcore
Synopsis: Writer-director Paul Schrader's brilliant, harrowing film follows the grim pilgrimage of a Calvinist Midwestern businessman (the great George C. Scott) searching for his vanished daughter in the seedy subculture of the LA porn industry.
- 4K restoration from the original negative
- Original mono audio
- Hardcore Nitzsche (2017, tbc mins): All new documentary on composer Jack Nitzsche
- Michael Chapman on 'Hardcore' (2004, 12 mins): the acclaimed cinematographer discusses his work on Hardcore
- The Guardian Interview with Paul Schrader (1993, tbc mins): the director discusses his career at the National Film Theatre, London with journalist Derek Malcolm (audio only)
- Isolated score
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by critic and writer Brad Stevens
- UK Blu-ray premiere
- Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies
STREET DATE: APRIL 24.
Experiment in Terror
Glenn Ford stars in Blake Edwards' post-Psycho thriller with Lee Remick as a bank teller who is terrorized by psychopath 'Red' Lynch into stealing from the bank in which she works.
- 2K restoration from the original negative
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary by film critic Kim Morgan
- New and exclusive filmed interview with actor Stefanie Powers (2017, tbc mins)
- Isolated score
- Original theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- Image gallery
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by critic Kim Morgan
- UK Blu-ray premiere
- Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies
STREET DATE: APRIL 24.