Upcoming Eureka Enertainment Blu-ray Releases (UPDATED)
Posted July 27, 2017 02:46 PM by Webmaster
British label Eureka Entertainment has confirmed that it will add various new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: a box set with three Buster Keaton's films Sherlock Jr., The General, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Blake Edwards' The Party, Richard Fleischer's The Viking, and Attila Till's Kills on Wheels.
Synopsis: Between 1920 and 1929, Buster Keaton created a peerless run of feature films that established him as "arguably the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". Collected here are three key films from that era; Sherlock Jr., The General and Steamboat Bill, Jr. Together they represent a true master at his peak, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present all three films from stunning NEW 4K restorations available for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
3 x Blu-ray discs plus 60-page book all housed in a hardbound slipcase
1080p presentations of all three films from stunning new 4K restorations
Audio commentary on Sherlock Jr. by film historian David Kalat
Three new video interviews with film scholar Peter Kramer discussing Sherlock Jr., The General and Steamboat Bill, Jr
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (52 mins) - A new documentary on Keaton and his struggles working within the Hollywood studio system
Buster Keaton on Wagon Train (58 mins) an audio recording of a then 63 year old Buster Keaton in conversation with television writer Bill Cox
Sherlock Jr. Original music by Timothy Brock
Sherlock Jr. Tour of Filming Locations featurette
Sherlock Jr. Movie Magic & Mysteries featurette
The General - Original score composed and conducted by Carl Davis
The General Tour of Filming Locations featurette
The General Video Tour featurette
The General Home Movie Footage
The General Introduction by Orson Welles
The General Introduction by Gloria Swanson
Steamboat Bill, Jr. - Original score composed and conducted by Carl Davis
Steamboat Bill, Jr. A video essay on the making of the film
PLUS: A 60-PAGE BOOK featuring a new essay by Philip Kemp; notes on each film; archival writings; Keaton Family Scrapbook, a selection of Keaton family photographs generously supplied by friends of the Keaton family; and a stunning array of archival imagery
Synopsis: With the massive success of Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Pink Panther cementing his reputation as one of America's finest directors of comedic cinema, Blake Edwards followed them up with The Party, arguably his greatest film, and at the time one of the most experimental films ever produced by a Hollywood studio. Starring Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion, Dick Crockett, and Danielle De Metz.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Original stereo PCM soundtrack
The Party Revolution (16 mins) – a featurette on the groundbreaking filming methods utilized in the films production
Inside The Party (24 mins) – A behind the scenes featurette on the making of the film
Synopsis: Hollywood legends Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh dazzle in this epic chronicle of brutal rivalry and blood-thirsty ambition. Roaring through the 9th century with powerful performances and 'brilliant visual drama" (Cue), The Vikings is a riveting "spectacle of have-at-'em action" (Los Angeles Examiner)!
Bitter hatred divides two brothers. Prince Einar (Douglas) is the son and heir of a savage Viking chieftain. Prince Eric (Curtis) is his unknowing half-brother, the bastard off-spring of Einar's father and an English queen. When the Vikings kidnap a princess (Leigh), her beauty inflames the desires of both men, a bloody duel that decides their fate... and the future of the English throne.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Original stereo PCM soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Exclusive new video interview with film historian Sheldon Hall
A Tale of Norway (28 mins) – A featurette about the making of the film, presented by director Richard Fleischer
Original theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring the words of Richard Fleischer; a poster gallery and rare archival imagery
Synopsis:
Kills on Wheels [Tiszta szívvel], a highly original, darkly comedic and infectious buddy-movie about a wheelchair-using gang of assassins, will be released in selected cinemas nationwide (UK & Ireland) from 15 September 2017.
Zoli and Barba are inseparable friends and outcasts. Both physically disabled, they live in a rehabilitation facility where life seems rather aimless. Zoli needs life-saving surgery but doesn't want his absent father to pay out of guilt and pity. Enter Rupasov, a mysterious wheelchair-using man newly released from prison. He quickly adopts the two friends and offers them a chance to make some extra money by helping him in his work. That work, however, is murder. Rupasov is a hitman.
In this inventive, action-packed coming-of-age story of friendship, loyalty and revenge, Hungarian director Attila Till skilfully blends reality with fantasy as he offers a gentle probe into the lives of protagonists living on the edge of society and desirous of things which non-disabled people take for granted. Inspired to make his film from his own experiences as a volunteer for disabled people; Attila Till explains his motivation: "It was crucial to me to make a movie about disabled people where they finally aren't played by actors but get the opportunity to act themselves and be the real heroes."
Kills on Wheels will be released later in the year as part of the Montage Pictures range, the new world cinema sub-label that celebrates thought provoking world cinema from new and upcoming directors.