StudioCanal: Link Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeStudioCanal: Link Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted December 14, 2020 03:47 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Richard Franklin's thriller Link (1986), starring Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Shue, Steven Finch, Richard Garnett, and David O'Hara. The release will be available for purchase on February 1.
Synopsis: Inspired by research on violence amongst chimpanzees, this chilling fantasy-horror from cult director Richard Franklin stars Elisabeth Shue in an early film role, alongside fellow Oscar nominee and sixties screen icon Terence Stamp as a single-minded professor who sets in motion a terrifying chain of events. Link is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original aspect ratio. Jane, an American zoology student, takes a summer job at the lonely cliff-top home of a professor who is exploring the link between man and ape. Soon after her arrival he vanishes, leaving her to care for his three chimps: Voodoo, a savage female; the affectionate, child-like Imp; and Link - a circus ape trained as the perfect servant and companion. Soon a disturbing role reversal takes place in the relationship between master and servant and Jane becomes a prisoner in a simian house of horror. In her attempts to escape she's up against an adversary with several times her physical strength - and the instincts of a bloodthirsty killer...
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Inspired by research on violence amongst chimpanzees, this chilling fantasy-horror from cult director Richard Franklin stars Elisabeth Shue in an early film role, alongside fellow Oscar nominee and sixties screen icon Terence Stamp as a single-minded professor who sets in motion a terrifying chain of events. Link is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original aspect ratio. Jane, an American zoology student, takes a summer job at the lonely cliff-top home of a professor who is exploring the link between man and ape. Soon after her arrival he vanishes, leaving her to care for his three chimps: Voodoo, a savage female; the affectionate, child-like Imp; and Link - a circus ape trained as the perfect servant and companion. Soon a disturbing role reversal takes place in the relationship between master and servant and Jane becomes a prisoner in a simian house of horror. In her attempts to escape she's up against an adversary with several times her physical strength - and the instincts of a bloodthirsty killer...
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin and Film Critic Jarret Gahan
- NEW Interview with film programmer and horror expert Anna Bogutskaya
- Deleted workprint scenes
- Audio interview with director Richard Franklin
- Jerry Goldsmith demo of the LINK theme
- Original UK Theatrical teaser trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
