Upcoming Indicator/Powerhouse Films Blu-ray Releases
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Posted July 4, 2019 05:36 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Indicator/Powerhouse Films have announced their September batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: Hussy (1980), 90° in the Shade (1965), They Made Me a Fugitive (1947), The System a.k.a. The Girl-Getters (1964).
Hussy
Synopsis: Written and directed by Matthew Chapman (Strangers Kiss), and starring the great Helen Mirren (Age of Consent), Hussy is an offbeat blend of adult thriller and almost romantic comedy.
Set in the seedier side of London, the film focuses on a prostitute, played by Mirren, who begins an affair with a man, played by John Shea (Missing), harbouring a dark secret.
Part of producer Don Boyd's efforts to reinvigorate British cinema in the late seventies and early eighties, with films such as The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and the cinema version of Scum, Hussy is an unsung and underseen gem deserving of a wider audience.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
90° in the Shade
Synopsis: A rare Anglo-Czech co-production, 90° in the Shade is a fascinating, little-seen drama directed by Jiří Weiss (Romeo, Juliet and Darkness) and co-written by David Mercer (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment).
Set at the height of summer, the film concerns shop assistant Anne Heywood (The Fox), and two men who will affect her life: James Booth (The Man Who Had Power Over Women), the married man with whom she is having affair, and Rudolf Hrusínský (The Cremator), an auditor who has family problems of his own.
Filmed simultaneously in English and Czech versions, Indicator is proud to present both cuts on Blu-ray for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The System a.k.a. The Girl-Getters
Synopsis: The first of six collaborations between two of British cinemas most infamous figures – Oliver Reed (The Damned, The Triple Echo) and Michael Winner (Death Wish) – The System finds both at their creative peak.
Reed is leader of a gang of youths, who spend a hot summer season in Devon in pursuit of women – including Jane Merrow (The Appointment) and Barbara Ferris (A Nice Girl Like You).
Filmed on location, and shot by the great Nicolas Roeg before he turned his attentions to directing, The System boasts a fine supporting cast, including Julia Foster (Alfie), Harry Andrews (The Deadly Affair), and David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear).
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They Made Me a Fugitive
Synopsis: Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?, Dead of Night), They Made Me a Fugitive is a prime example of British film noir.
Trevor Howard (Who?, The Missionary) plays Clem Morgan, an RAF officer during the war, now unemployed since demobilisation. Turning to the black market, he finds himself embroiled in a life of crime that will lead to prison, a daring escape, and a deadly manhunt.
Boasting striking cinematography by Otto Heller, whose later credits would include Michael Powell's Peeping Tom and classic Cold War thriller The Ipcress File, this UK Blu-ray premiere of They Made Me a Fugitive is accompanied by two rare short films, made during Howard's own time in the RAF during WWII, featuring his earliest known on-screen appearances.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Hussy
Synopsis: Written and directed by Matthew Chapman (Strangers Kiss), and starring the great Helen Mirren (Age of Consent), Hussy is an offbeat blend of adult thriller and almost romantic comedy.
Set in the seedier side of London, the film focuses on a prostitute, played by Mirren, who begins an affair with a man, played by John Shea (Missing), harbouring a dark secret.
Part of producer Don Boyd's efforts to reinvigorate British cinema in the late seventies and early eighties, with films such as The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and the cinema version of Scum, Hussy is an unsung and underseen gem deserving of a wider audience.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writer-director Matthew Chapman (2019)
- Interview with actor John Shea (2019)
- Interview with actor Jenny Runacre (2019)
- Interview with produced Don Boyd (2019)
- Interview with Sam Peffer (2012): rare audio recording with the late artist and poster designer
- Original 'U' and 'X' theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Rebecca Nicole Williams, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- REGION-FREE
90° in the Shade
Synopsis: A rare Anglo-Czech co-production, 90° in the Shade is a fascinating, little-seen drama directed by Jiří Weiss (Romeo, Juliet and Darkness) and co-written by David Mercer (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment).
Set at the height of summer, the film concerns shop assistant Anne Heywood (The Fox), and two men who will affect her life: James Booth (The Man Who Had Power Over Women), the married man with whom she is having affair, and Rudolf Hrusínský (The Cremator), an auditor who has family problems of his own.
Filmed simultaneously in English and Czech versions, Indicator is proud to present both cuts on Blu-ray for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Two presentations of the film: 90° in the Shade, the English-language version; and Třicet jedna ve stínu, the Czech-language version
- High Definition remasters
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke (2019)
- Degrees of Separation (2019): a demonstration of the differences between the two versions of the film
- The Rape of Czechoslovakia (1936): documentary film by director Jiří Weiss on the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
- The Other RAF (1942): documentary by Weiss on the Russian Air Force
- 100,000,000 Women (1942): documentary edited by Weiss on the role of Soviet women in the Second World War
- Before the Raid (1943): dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Weiss and written by acclaimed author Laurie Lee
- The IWM Interview with Jiří Weiss (1990): archival audio recording, made by the Imperial War Museums, featuring the director discussing his WWII filmmaking experiences
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for 90° in the Shade
- Newly translated English subtitles for Třicet jedna ve stínu
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Jonathan Owen, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- REGION-FREE
The System a.k.a. The Girl-Getters
Synopsis: The first of six collaborations between two of British cinemas most infamous figures – Oliver Reed (The Damned, The Triple Echo) and Michael Winner (Death Wish) – The System finds both at their creative peak.
Reed is leader of a gang of youths, who spend a hot summer season in Devon in pursuit of women – including Jane Merrow (The Appointment) and Barbara Ferris (A Nice Girl Like You).
Filmed on location, and shot by the great Nicolas Roeg before he turned his attentions to directing, The System boasts a fine supporting cast, including Julia Foster (Alfie), Harry Andrews (The Deadly Affair), and David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Thirza Wakefield and Melanie Williams (2019)
- Interview with actor Jane Merrow (2019)
- Haunted England (1961): a short film by director Michael Winner exploring some of the haunted castles of England
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essays by Andy Miller and Vic Pratt, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- REGION-FREE
They Made Me a Fugitive
Synopsis: Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?, Dead of Night), They Made Me a Fugitive is a prime example of British film noir.
Trevor Howard (Who?, The Missionary) plays Clem Morgan, an RAF officer during the war, now unemployed since demobilisation. Turning to the black market, he finds himself embroiled in a life of crime that will lead to prison, a daring escape, and a deadly manhunt.
Boasting striking cinematography by Otto Heller, whose later credits would include Michael Powell's Peeping Tom and classic Cold War thriller The Ipcress File, this UK Blu-ray premiere of They Made Me a Fugitive is accompanied by two rare short films, made during Howard's own time in the RAF during WWII, featuring his earliest known on-screen appearances.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- The John Player Lecture with Alberto Cavalcanti (1970): archival audio recording of the celebrated director in conversation at London's National Film Theatre
- Neil Sinyard on 'They Made Me a Fugitive' (2019): new appreciation by the author and film historian
- Squaring the Circle (1941): dramatised Royal Air Force training film, starring Trevor Howard in his earliest known film role
- The Aircraft Rocket (1944): extract from a multi-part RAF technical film, featuring Howard
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Nathalie Morris, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- REGION-FREE
