Kino Lorber have detailed eight upcoming Blu-ray releases:
Original Gangstas (1996),
Cannon For Cordoba (1970),
Portrait of Jennie (1948),
Night Angel (1990),
Avanti! (1972),
Take the Money and Run (1969),
City of Industry (1997), and
Stone Cold Dead (1979).
Original Gangstas
Synopsis: It's time for some O.G. respect! Action legends Fred Williamson (Black Caesar), Jim Brown (Slaughter), Pam Grier (Foxy Brown), Ron O'Neal (Superfly) and Richard Roundtree (Shaft) return to the genre that made them famous in this big, brassy, overblown, pyrotechnic thriller. This action-packed tale of slick, ten-fisted retribution delivers as generous a measure of sensational entertainment as any of the Shaft or Superfly pictures of a generation ago. Bookman (Williamson), a former hood who went on to become a big time football star, returns to his old turf when the gang he founded ends up killing his father. Bookman decides to round up some of his old posse and begin an all-out street war with the vicious thugs and return his old neighborhood to its rightful state of peace and justice.
Cult great Larry Cohen (Hell Up in Harlem) directed this fully-loaded thriller also featuring Paul Winfield (Trouble Man), Robert Forster (Vigilante), Wings Hauser (Vice Squad) with Isabel Sanford (TV's The Jeffersons) and Jazz great Oscar Brown Jr. as Bookman's mom and dad.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Director Larry Cohen, moderated by Filmmaker Elijah Drenner
- Trailer Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 3.
City of Industry
Synopsis: Wanting a man dead can be reason enough to live! In the twisted maze of a city teeming with corruption, a seasoned professional is going to teach a traitorous rookie a simple lesson: There's nothing more lethal than a man with nothing left to lose. Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs), Stephen Dorff (Blade) and Timothy Hutton (Q&A) turn up the heat in this edge-of-your-seat crime and revenge story that strips the mask off L.A.'s shrouded underworld and turns it inside out. In the business of armed robbery, Roy Egan (Keitel) is a master who's ready to retire. However, when his brother Lee (Hutton) proposes one last job - a slam-dunk, three-million-dollar diamond heist with his two friends - Roy can't resist coming out of retirement to cash in on a sure thing. But when one of the friends gets greedy and pulls a deadly double-cross, the stage is set for a pulse-pounding game of cat and mouse as Roy relentlessly tracks him down, hell-bent on revenge.
Action veteran John Irvin (Raw Deal, Next of Kin) directed this engrossing thriller, featuring a wonderful cast that includes Famke Janssen (X-Men trilogy), Wade Dominguez (Dangerous Minds), Michael Jai White (Spawn) and Lucy Liu (Kill Bill: Vol. 1).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio commentary by Steve Mitchell, producer-director of King Cohen, and film historian Nathaniel Thompson
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Trailer Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 3.
Cannon for Cordoba
Synopsis: A rousing, action-filled historical adventure! During the 1912 Mexican Revolution, Capt. Rod Douglas (George Peppard, Operation Crossbow) leads a small group of misfits into Mexican territory to destroy six cannons before rebel leader Hector Cordoba (Raf Vallone, The Secret Invasion) and his bloodthirsty revolutionaries get their hands on them. Under direct orders from General John J. Pershing (John Russell, Fort Massacre), Douglas heads to a U.S. Army fort across the Texas border to face down Cordoba with the help of Mexican military officer Antonio (Gabriele Tinti, Rider on the Rain) and alluring and beautiful local Leonora (Giovanna Ralli, The Mercenary).
Paul Wendkos (The Mephisto Waltz, Special Delivery) directed this exciting western that features a rousing score by the great Elmer Bernstein (The Scalphunters) and strong supporting cast that includes Pete Duel (The Hell with Heroes), Don Gordon (Fuzz), John Larch (Dirty Harry) and spaghetti western star Aldo Sambrell (Navajo Joe).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
- Trailer Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 31.
Stone Cold Dead
Synopsis: Sergeant Detective Boyd (Richard Crenna, First Blood, Wait Until Dark) has been assigned to a case with no ordinary circumstances. He is taunted by a sniper who selects only prostitutes as victims, and baits police with photographs of the victims at the exact moments of their deaths. Along the faint trail through the city's main streets, everybody is a suspect, from powerful dope dealer and pimp Julius Kurtz (Paul Williams, Phantom of the Paradise), to the attractive Monica Page (Linda Sorensen, Breaking Point), a spirited and classy hooker. Boyd enlists the help of a streetwise policewoman, Sandy McCauley (Belinda J. Montgomery, Blackout), who goes undercover as Boyd and McCauley slowly piece together the few elusive clues and await the sniper lurking in the dark corners of the city.
Based on the best-selling novel The Sin Sniper by Hugh Garner (Waste No Tears), Stone Cold Dead marks the stellar writing and directing debut of George Mendeluk (The Kidnapping of the President). Alberta Watson (Spanking the Monkey, The Sweet Hereafter) co-stars in this unforgettable thriller with a shocking twist ending.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Interview with director George Mendeluk
- Audio commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Trailer Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 3.
Portrait of Jennie
Synopsis: One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, Portrait of Jennie is a picture of sumptuous perfection. Jennifer Jones (Duel in the Sun) and Joseph Cotten (Since You Went Away) star in this tender and poetic tale that is enthralling from its touching beginning to its haunting conclusion. When struggling artist Eben Adams (Cotten) meets the beautiful and mysterious Jennie Appleton (Jones), he is instantly captivated. Before long, Jennie has become his great muse and he is enjoying success and bliss beyond his dreams. But there is a price to pay for such elation, and soon Eben must face the truth about who Jennie really is.
Based on an outstanding novel by Robert Nathan (The Bishop's Wife) with a first-class production supervised by David O. Selznick (I'll Be Seeing You), this most unforgettable love story was directed by Hollywood veteran William Dieterle (The Devil and Daniel Webster) and features a stellar supporting cast which includes acting royalties Ethel Barrymore (The Spiral Staircase) and Lillian Gish (The Whales of August).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Troy Howarth
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Trailer Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 24.
Night Angel
Synopsis: A terrifying centuries-old evil has awakened in the form of the wicked, voluptuous Lilith (Isa Anderson, Real Men). Lilith uses her beauty and her insatiable lust as a potent lifeforce which spreads death and destruction to all who dare to succumb to her charms. Posing as a cover girl for a fashion magazine, Lilith becomes the object of insane desire for all who brave her seductive gaze. Only true love can withstand her awesome powers and only one man (Linden Ashby, Mortal Kombat) is strong enough to test them in a frightening test of will and death tango with Night Angel, the mistress of hell. The supporting cast includes Debra Feuer (To Live and Die in L.A.), Helen Martin (TV's 227), Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth) and Karen Black (Burnt Offerings).
Night Angel was directed Dominique Othenin-Girard (Halloween 5, Omen IV: The Awakening) with a screenplay by Joe Augustyn (Night of the Demons, Night of the Demons 2) and Walter Josten (Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with director Dominique Othenin-Girard, moderated by filmmaker Heather Buckley
- Interview with Star Isa Jank
- Interview with Screenwriter Joe Augustyn
- Interview with Steve Johnson (Special Makeup Effects Designer & Creator)
- Audio Commentary by Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and Film Historian Jason Pichonsky
- Animated Behind-the-Scenes Image Gallery
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Night Angel Tests
- Head Erosion Tests
- Chest Grab Tests
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 24.
Avanti!
Synopsis: In this hilarious romantic comedy from legendary writer/director Billy Wilder (Irma La Douce, Witness for the Prosecution) and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond (One, Two, Three), a wealthy American (Jack Lemmon, The War Between Men and Women) discovers true love while in Italy. This honey of a film is as delightful as the Wilder/Diamond/Lemmon classics Some Like It Hot and The Apartment. Businessman Wendell Armbruster, Jr. (Lemmon) is summoned to Italy after a car accident claims the lives of his father and his father's secret mistress. As the mistress' daughter (Juliet Mills, Beyond the Door) also arrives in town, the bodies of both of their parents disappear and the two instant foes are brought together in a baffling mystery... and an affair of the heart!
Beautifully shot by Luigi Kuveiller (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion) and featuring wonderful performances by Clive Revill (Modesty Blaise) and Edward Andrews (Elmer Gantry).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Interview with star Juliet Mills
- Interview with star Clive Revill
- Trailer Gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 10.
Take the Money and Run
Synopsis: Hollywood legend Woody Allen (Sleeper, Bananas, Love and Death) made his brilliant debut as writer, star and director in this delightful satire full of hilarious gags. Virgil Starkwell (Allen), a struggling musician, turns to larceny as a career. Unfailingly optimistic, he is nevertheless a complete criminal failure - although his prison breakouts are often successful. And with the support of his loving wife Louise (Janet Margolin, Last Embrace), he may yet pull off a successful bank heist... if he can just manage to write out a legible stickup note. Allen at his hilarious best never fails to steal the audience's heart in this inspired comedy that's nothing less than triumphant nuttiness. The wonderful supporting cast features Lonny Chapman (I Walk the Line) and Louise Lasser (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Trailers
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 10.