Kino Lorber are preparing a Blu-ray release of Alain Jessua's film
Armageddon (1977), starring Alain Delon, Jean Yanne, Renato Salvatori, Marie Dea, Robert Dalban, and Fernand Guiot. The release is expected to arrive on the market early next year.
Description: After years of poverty, Carrier (Yanne), a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and build a lasting reputation for himself. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, Carrier begins threatening the police and various government institutions while operating under the alias
Armageddon. A detective (Delon) from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap for the madman at an international conference of world leaders in Paris. Based on the novel
The Voice of Armageddon by David Lippincott. Cinematography by Jacques Robin (
The Killing Game,
Shock Treatment). Soundtrack by Astor Piazzolla (
12 Monkeys).