Eureka Entertainment Announces October and November Releases
Posted July 29, 2021 07:12 PM by Webmaster
Eureka Entertainment has announced its new batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: Full Alert (1997), The Sabata Trilogy (1969-1971), Early Universal Vol. 2, and Cinematic Vengeance box set.
Description: A late career highlight from Ringo Lam, an action-packed tale of cops and robbers presented in the director's inimitable style.
Perfectionist, workaholic Inspector Pao (Lau Ching-wan, Running Out of Time) finds himself up against Mak Kwan (Francis Ng, The Mission), a seasoned criminal intending to use his explosive skills to pull off a huge heist. Pao must use his own resources to stop Mak and prevent heavy civilian casualties. With heart-stopping car chases on the streets of Hong Kong and brilliant performances by the two leads, Full Alert is an intelligent, high velocity action movie considered to be one of director Ringo Lam's finest works.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
High Definition transfer from the original film elements
Original Cantonese audio
Optional English Subtitles
Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
Audio commentary by director Ringo Lam
Original theatrical trailer
A Limited Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing by David West (NEO Magazine) [2000 copies]
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) [2000 copies]
Description: Three iconic spaghetti westerns by director Gianfranco Parolini in one explosive Blu-ray set!
Sabata (1969) – Who he is and where he came from, no one knows. But the leading citizens of the Western town of Daugherty think he knows too much. And they want to silence him; forever. Get ready for the fast-paced, explosive action as Lee Van Cleef (For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) stars as Sabata, a mysterious, steely-eyed gunslinger who imposes his bullet-laced brand of justice on the town.
Adiós Sabata (1970) – Yul Brynner (Westworld, The Magnificent Seven) takes the reins as the title character in this action-packed sequel. Under the brutal rule of local garrison leader Colonel Skimmel, a group of Mexican revolutionaries hire gunslinger Sabata to rob a transport of Austrian gold in order to buy weapons. But Colonel Skimmel has other plans, taking the gold for himself and blaming the revolutionaries, but no scheming colonel is going to keep Sabata from earning his pay!
Return of Sabata (1971) – The great Lee Van Cleef returns as the famous freewheeling gunslinger Sabata. This third and final go-round for the enigmatic sharpshooter who administers a unique brand of justice in the American West in the years following the Civil War finds Sabata in the role of victim. Sabata's skills as a gambler and thief are unparalleled. However, when a shifty band of desperadoes bilks him out of $5,000, he wants revenge!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
High Definition transfers
English and Italian audio options
Optional English SDH Subtitles
Sabata – Brand new feature length audio commentary by author / critic Kim Newman
Adiós, Sabata – Brand new feature length audio commentary by filmmaker and historian Mike Siegel
Return of Sabata – Brand new feature length audio commentary by authors C. Courtney Joyner & Henry Parke
New video pieces on each film by Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema
Trailers
Stills Galleries
A Limited Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing by Western expert Howard Hughes
O-Card Slipcase
Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork for each film
Description:
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present three early silent features from Universal Pictures, all fully restored as part of the studio's ongoing restoration program.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (dir. Stuart Paton, 1916) – Allen Holubar stars as the domineering Captain Nemo, who rescues the passengers of an American naval vessel after ramming them with his iron-clad, steampunk submarine, The Nautilus. Incorporating material from Verne's Mysterious Island, the film also follows the adventures of a group of Civil War soldiers whose hot-air balloon crash lands on an exotic island, where they encounter the untamed "Child of Nature" (Jane Gail).
The Calgary Stampede (dir. Herbert Blaché, 1925) – Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Malloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-Canadian girlfriend (Virginia Browne Faire) turns up dead, Malloy is the only suspect!
What Happened to Jones? (dir. William A. Seiter, 1926) – Reginald Denny plays a wealthy young bachelor on the night before his wedding. He is convinced to attend a poker party which is promptly raided, sending him on the run in a series of increasingly hilarious disguises.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW RESTORATIONS undertaken by Universal Pictures (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and What Happened to Jones? restored in 4K, The Calgary Stampede restored in 2K)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – score by Orlando Perez Rosso
The Calgary Stampede – score by Chris Tin
What Happened to Jones? – score by Anthony Willis
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – New video appreciation by author / critic Kim Newman
The Calgary Stampede – Brand new audio commentary by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney
What Happened to Jones? – New audio commentary by film historian and writer David Kalat
A collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films included in this set
Description: Although his name may not be as instantly recognisable as some of his contemporaries, Joseph Kuo was an incredibly successful filmmaker who consistently produced crowd-pleasing spectacles always in line with what audiences at the time wanted to see.
Often handling writing, directing, and producing duties, the success of this multi-hyphenate filmmaker is even more remarkable considering that the majority of his films were produced independently, at a time when the kung-fu genre was dominated by the big Hong Kong studios. Cinematic Vengeance! collects eight of these independent productions, all fully restored and making their worldwide debuts on Blu-ray.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
8 Films across four Blu-ray discs, all fully restored
Limited Edition Hardbound Case featuring newly commissioned artwork by Darren Wheeling
Limited Edition 60 page booklet featuring new writing on the films included in the set by James Oliver, illustrated with archival imagery and materials
Limited Edition set of 8 facsimile lobby cards
Disc 1 & 2 - Includes The 7 Grandmasters, The 36 Deadly Styles, The World of Drunken Master, and The Old Master
Disc 1 & 2 - Original Mandarin Soundtracks
Disc 1 & 2 - Optional English dubbed audio tracks
Disc 1 & 2 - Optional English subtitles
Disc 1 & 2 - Brand new Audio commentary tracks from a variety of Hong Kong cinema experts
Disc 1 & 2 - Trailers
Discs 3 & 4 - Includes Shaolin Kung Fu, The Shaolin Kids, 18 Bronzemen, and Return of the 18 Bronzemen
Discs 3 & 4 - Original Mandarin Soundtracks
Discs 3 & 4 - Optional English dubbed audio tracks
Discs 3 & 4 - Optional English subtitles
Discs 3 & 4 - Brand new Audio commentary tracks from a variety of Hong Kong cinema experts
Description: Ola (Zofia Stafiej), a rebellious teenager from a small city, sets off to a foreign country on her own. It will turn out to be the trip of her lifetime, a trip into the unknown, on which she will try to reconnect with her estranged father. In Ireland, she will come to know a different world and meet people who will change her approach to life.