Upcoming 88 Films Blu-ray Releases
HomeUpcoming 88 Films Blu-ray Releases
Posted August 25, 2019 05:18 PM by Webmaster
British distributors 88 Films have dated number of upcoming Blu-ray releases, including the recently funded new restorations of Lucio Fulci's Beatrice Cenci (1969) and Joe D'Amato's Eleven Days, Eleven Nights (1987).
Beatrice Cenci
Synopsis: Tomas Milian (Syndicate Sadists), Adrienne Laurussa (The Man Who Fell to Earth) and Georges Wilson (Don't Torture a Duckling) co-star in this brutal re-telling of the Cenci Family. The film depicts the horrific events that led to the demise of one of Italy's most prestigious families, through two timelines we establish how, and why, this much-loved family were sent to the guillotine in 1599. Based on the tragic true story, Beatrice Cenci (A.K.A The Conspiracy of Torture) shook Italy to its very core upon release in 1969 thanks to its strong condemnation of the Catholic church and set Lucio Fulci on a collision course with the graphic violence that would become synonymous with his most popular works.
Considered by Fulci himself to be his finest cinematic work, 88 Films are proud to unveil the prized possession within a legendary career. Prepare to witness the birth of the Godfather of Gore, finally uncut, uncensored and unleashed for the very first time in the UK!
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
Synopsis: From Joe D'Amato (Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals) comes the first installment in his most successful franchise, 11 Days, 11 Nights. Jessica Moore (A.K.A Luciana Ottaviani), stars as the libertine author Sarah Asproon, a young woman under pressure from her publisher to deliver her autobiographical book on her steamy conquests - all 100 of them. Yuppie Michael (Joshua Mc Donald), just happens to be in the right place at the wrong time and is soon pulled into the hedonistic world of Sarah Asproon… but at what cost?
Co-written by frequent D'Amato collaborators, Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi (Troll 2), 11 Days, 11 Nights proved to be much more than the 9 ½ Weeks rip-off it was intended to be and become a worldwide VHS sensation upon release with a legacy that can still be felt today. 88 Films are proud to present the film in it's hardest version ever in the UK!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 21.
Dragons Forever
Synopsis: Hotshot lawyer Jackie Lung (Jackie Chan) is hired to defend the owner of a factory which, unbeknownst to him, is the centre of a clandestine narcotics syndicate. He enlists resourceful acquaintances Wong Fei-Hung (Sammo Hung) and Dung Dak-Biu (Yuen Biao) to assist in the case, but loyalties begin to falter when romance blossoms between both sides.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Synopsis: An optimistic Gwok Zan-Waa (Jackie Chan) arrives in Hong Kong, quickly finding himself impoverished. That is, until a serendipitous encounter with a rose seller (Gua Ah-Leh) leads to his inadvertent appointment as boss of a local gang. Amidst the reluctant leader's efforts to reform their fraternity and businesses, is an endeavour to share his new-found fortune with the bestower, all whilst trying to stave off rivals and the authorities. A remake of Frank Capra's 'Pocketful of Miracles', Miracles - also known by its Hong Kong English title 'Mr Canton and Lady Rose' - is an action-comedy-romance set against a backdrop of lavish elegance and style.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: After the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's daughter, maverick New York City cops Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are sent to garner leads in Hong Kong, but the pair find themselves beset by the local police and crime boss, Harold Ko (Roy Chiao) who will stop at nothing in ensuring the continuity of his drug empire.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Crime Story
Synopsis: Troubled Hong Kong CID inspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is assigned to oversee the safety of controversial businessman Wong Fat-Fei (Law Kar-Ying), who is then kidnapped. A major investigation is launched and leads to Taipei and back to Hong Kong but, unbeknownst to Chan - his new partner, Inspector Hung (Kent Cheng) is an accomplice to the crime, throwing the authorities off the trail.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Karate Warrior
Anthony Scott (Kim Rossi Stuart, Romanzo Criminale) heads to Manilla for a chance to re-connect with his Father (Jared Martin, Aenigma), but as soon as he lands in the sweltering heat of the Philippines, Anthony swiftly finds himself on the wrong side of Quino (Enrico Toralba), a local gangster… who also happens to be a badass Karate champion. After a royal smack-down, Anthony vows to get his revenge and seeks the help of the mysterious Master Kimura (Kensaku Watanabe), the man responsible for teaching Quino his formidable fighting skills before he turned to a life of crime, Anthony is soon under Kimura's tutorage and en route to mastering the art of the Dragon Blow!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Terror Train
Synopsis: Take a train journey into Terror with Jamie Lee Curtis in this Classic Slasher film from director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies). It's New Year's Eve and a bunch of college co-eds have planned a masquerade bash aboard a chartered train. What they didn't plan for was that a knife-wielding psycho would crash the party and begin slaughtering the guests one-by-one! Who is this mysterious costumed killer? Could it be the magician (David Copperfield) with a talent for swordplay.... a former frat pledge with an axe to grind..... or any number of other guests both invited and uninvited? Also starring Academy Award winner Ben Johnson (1971, Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show), Hart Bochner (Die Hard) and D.D. Winters (52 Pick-Up).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Beatrice Cenci
Synopsis: Tomas Milian (Syndicate Sadists), Adrienne Laurussa (The Man Who Fell to Earth) and Georges Wilson (Don't Torture a Duckling) co-star in this brutal re-telling of the Cenci Family. The film depicts the horrific events that led to the demise of one of Italy's most prestigious families, through two timelines we establish how, and why, this much-loved family were sent to the guillotine in 1599. Based on the tragic true story, Beatrice Cenci (A.K.A The Conspiracy of Torture) shook Italy to its very core upon release in 1969 thanks to its strong condemnation of the Catholic church and set Lucio Fulci on a collision course with the graphic violence that would become synonymous with his most popular works.
Considered by Fulci himself to be his finest cinematic work, 88 Films are proud to unveil the prized possession within a legendary career. Prepare to witness the birth of the Godfather of Gore, finally uncut, uncensored and unleashed for the very first time in the UK!
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
Synopsis: From Joe D'Amato (Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals) comes the first installment in his most successful franchise, 11 Days, 11 Nights. Jessica Moore (A.K.A Luciana Ottaviani), stars as the libertine author Sarah Asproon, a young woman under pressure from her publisher to deliver her autobiographical book on her steamy conquests - all 100 of them. Yuppie Michael (Joshua Mc Donald), just happens to be in the right place at the wrong time and is soon pulled into the hedonistic world of Sarah Asproon… but at what cost?
Co-written by frequent D'Amato collaborators, Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi (Troll 2), 11 Days, 11 Nights proved to be much more than the 9 ½ Weeks rip-off it was intended to be and become a worldwide VHS sensation upon release with a legacy that can still be felt today. 88 Films are proud to present the film in it's hardest version ever in the UK!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 21.
Dragons Forever
Synopsis: Hotshot lawyer Jackie Lung (Jackie Chan) is hired to defend the owner of a factory which, unbeknownst to him, is the centre of a clandestine narcotics syndicate. He enlists resourceful acquaintances Wong Fei-Hung (Sammo Hung) and Dung Dak-Biu (Yuen Biao) to assist in the case, but loyalties begin to falter when romance blossoms between both sides.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE ORIGINAL HONG KONG VERSION OF THE FILM
- NEW Remastered Cantonese Mono with Newly Translated Subtitles
- NEW Interview with Benny (The Jet) Urquidez
- Outtakes
- Deleted Scenes
- Archive Interview with Billy Chow
- Archive Interview with Joe Eigo and Brad Allen
- Original Trailer
- Reversible Sleeve
- Classic English Dub Hybrid Audio
- First print only: Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase with newly commissioned artwork by Jeremy Pailler
- First print only: Limited Edition Booklet Notes by Scott Harrison also featuring rare stills and lobby cards from the film [First Print Run Only]
- AND MORE...
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Synopsis: An optimistic Gwok Zan-Waa (Jackie Chan) arrives in Hong Kong, quickly finding himself impoverished. That is, until a serendipitous encounter with a rose seller (Gua Ah-Leh) leads to his inadvertent appointment as boss of a local gang. Amidst the reluctant leader's efforts to reform their fraternity and businesses, is an endeavour to share his new-found fortune with the bestower, all whilst trying to stave off rivals and the authorities. A remake of Frank Capra's 'Pocketful of Miracles', Miracles - also known by its Hong Kong English title 'Mr Canton and Lady Rose' - is an action-comedy-romance set against a backdrop of lavish elegance and style.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE ORIGINAL HONG KONG VERSION OF THE FILM
- NEW Remastered Cantonese Mono with Newly Translated Subtitles
- Reversible Sleeve
- First print only: Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase with newly commissioned artwork by Jeremy Pailler
- First print only: Limited Edition Booklet Notes by Scott Harrison also featuring rare stills and lobby cards from the film
- AND MORE...
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Synopsis: After the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's daughter, maverick New York City cops Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are sent to garner leads in Hong Kong, but the pair find themselves beset by the local police and crime boss, Harold Ko (Roy Chiao) who will stop at nothing in ensuring the continuity of his drug empire.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE U.S. VERSION OF THE FILM
- NEW Remastered Original Stereo Soundtrack
- Alternative "Hong Kong Version", Jackie Chan's recut of the film. (Presented in Standard Definition with newly translated English subtitles.)
- English 5.1 DTS-HD MA Remixed Soundtrack (TBC)
- Remastered English SDH Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Film-Maker Arne Venema & Hong Kong Film Expert Mike Leeder
- Hard Edge: Brand New 2019 Interview with Director James Glickenhaus
- Follow the Puck: Brand New 2019 Interview with Mark Irwin
- A Tale of 2 movies with Steve Lawson: A side-by-side comparison of the HK cut and the US cut of the film
- Archive Behind the Scenes Featurette
- International Trailer
- U.S. Trailer
- Japanese Trailer
- Hong Kong Trailer
- Japanese Teaser Trailer
- Double sided artwork with both Hong Kong and International Psoter Art
- First print only: Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase with newly commissioned artwork by Jeremy Pailler
- First print only: Limited Edition Booklet Notes by Scott Harrison also featuring rare stills and lobby cards from the film
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Crime Story
Synopsis: Troubled Hong Kong CID inspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is assigned to oversee the safety of controversial businessman Wong Fat-Fei (Law Kar-Ying), who is then kidnapped. A major investigation is launched and leads to Taipei and back to Hong Kong but, unbeknownst to Chan - his new partner, Inspector Hung (Kent Cheng) is an accomplice to the crime, throwing the authorities off the trail.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- NEW Remastered Uncompressed Classic English Monaural Audio
- English 5.1 DTS-HD MA Remixed Soundtrack
- Remastered Uncompressed Cantonese Monoaural Audio
- Cantonese 5.1 DTS-HD MA Remixed Soundtrack
- Newly Translated English Subtitles
- Optional English SDH Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Film-Maker Arne Venema & Hong Kong Film Expert Mike Leeder
- Looking for a new Direction: Longtime Jackie Chan Assistant Director P'ng Kialek remembers Crime Story
- Police Story on Crack! Mike Leeder on Kirk Wong's Crime Story
- Archive Interview with Stuntman Bruce Law
- Archive Interview with Writer Teddy Chan Talk-Sum
- Archive Interview with Director Kirk Wong
- Deleted Scenes
- Original Trailer
- First run only: Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase
- First run only: Limited Edition Picture Booklet featuring rare stills and lobby cards from the film
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Karate Warrior
Anthony Scott (Kim Rossi Stuart, Romanzo Criminale) heads to Manilla for a chance to re-connect with his Father (Jared Martin, Aenigma), but as soon as he lands in the sweltering heat of the Philippines, Anthony swiftly finds himself on the wrong side of Quino (Enrico Toralba), a local gangster… who also happens to be a badass Karate champion. After a royal smack-down, Anthony vows to get his revenge and seeks the help of the mysterious Master Kimura (Kensaku Watanabe), the man responsible for teaching Quino his formidable fighting skills before he turned to a life of crime, Anthony is soon under Kimura's tutorage and en route to mastering the art of the Dragon Blow!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Extensive Cleanup and Color Correction carried out in the UK
- Remastered Uncompressed English Audio
- Optional English SDH Subtitles
- Alternative Longer Italian Version featuring Remastered Uncompressed Italian Audio with Newly Translated Subtitles
- Lighting the Kimono: an interview with Giuseppe Pinori
- Cinema of the Underdog: Mike Leeder on the legacy of Martial Arts Cinema
- The Cynic the Rat and the Karate Warrior: a featurette by Eugenio Ercolani detailing Umberto Lenzi's involvement in the Karate Warrior Franchise
- Reversible Sleeve with Italian Poster Design
- First print only: Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Terror Train
Synopsis: Take a train journey into Terror with Jamie Lee Curtis in this Classic Slasher film from director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies). It's New Year's Eve and a bunch of college co-eds have planned a masquerade bash aboard a chartered train. What they didn't plan for was that a knife-wielding psycho would crash the party and begin slaughtering the guests one-by-one! Who is this mysterious costumed killer? Could it be the magician (David Copperfield) with a talent for swordplay.... a former frat pledge with an axe to grind..... or any number of other guests both invited and uninvited? Also starring Academy Award winner Ben Johnson (1971, Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show), Hart Bochner (Die Hard) and D.D. Winters (52 Pick-Up).
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Remastered by 88 Films with extensive restoration to remove Dust and Sparkle
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary with The Hysteria Continues podcast team
- Audio Commentary with the Kings of Schlocky Bobbins, Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
- All Aboard! Interview with Glenn Bydwell
- Destination Death with Daniel Grodnik
- Murder Music with John Mills-Cockell
- Riding the Rails with Don Carmody
- Stills Gallery
- TV Spot
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible Sleeve
- First print only: Limited Edition Matt O-Card slipcase
- First print only: Limited Edition Extensive booklet notes with 3 New Essays
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
