Vinegar Syndrome has announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray Park Woo-sang's
Miami Connection (1987), starring Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Maurice Smith, and Y.K. Kim. The release will be available for purchase on May 31.
Description: Dragon Sound, the house band at Orlando's #1 nightclub is made up of five orphans and university classmates, all of whom are experts in Taekwondo, with a musical mission to share the importance of love and friendship. Lead singer John is engaged in a budding romance with Jane, sister of Jeff, a kingpin in one of Florida's toughest drug pushing gangs. A resentful rival band enlists the help of Jeff and his crew of violent, motorcycle riding thugs to exact vengeance for their bruised egos, against Dragon Sound. The five best friends are soon forced to put their fighting skills to the ultimate test, not just to defend themselves, but their entire community from the iron grip held over it by these narcotics trafficking hooligans.
An international cult sensation and tribute to the unwavering power of friendship, Woo-sang Park (aka Richard Park) and Y.K. Kim's MIAMI CONNECTION was the cinematic passion project of Florida based martial arts teacher, Grandmaster Kim, and combines explosive action set pieces, daring and elaborate fight sequences, and live musical performances from Dragon Sound. Featuring a cast comprised of Kim's students along with plentiful local talent, MIAMI CONNECTION offers the best traits of regional exploitation filmmaking through the aesthetic of Cannon-esque 80s action, and finally comes to 4K Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, exclusively restored in 4K from recently unearthed negative materials and loaded with plentiful archival and newly shot extras.
Plus, this edition includes the world home video debut of its long lost pre-release version, ESCAPE FROM MIAMI, which features numerous additional and extended scenes as well as a completely different ending!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K BLU-RAY/TWO BLU-RAYS COMBO RELEASE
- DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY: Miami Connection
- DISC TWO - BLU-RAY: Miami Connection and special features
- DISC THREE - BLU-RAY: Escape From Miami
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM AN INTERPOSITIVE
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- "Resurrecting The Dragon: Looking Back at Miami Connection (Again)" - a brand new extensive & exclusive making-of documentary: featuring all new interviews with cast and crew members, some of which have never been interviewed before!
- Feature Length Audio Commentary with Star/Producer Y.K. Kim and Writer/Star Joseph Diamond
- Friends For Eternity: The Making of Miami Connection (20min)
- The 25th Anniversary Dragon Sound Reunion Concert From Fantastic Fest 2012 (10 min)
- The New American Dream: Archival Y.K. Kim Promotional Video (22 min)
- Who is Y.K. Kim? Archival Y.K. Kim Promotional Video (2 min)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
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Also on the same date, the boutique label will release on 4K Blu-ray Richard Franklin's
Cloak & Dagger (1984), starring Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, John McIntire, and Jeanette Nolan.
Description: Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother. However, fantasy becomes reality for Davey after he witnesses the murder of an FBI agent, who in his dying breath, gives Davey a mysterious video game cartridge called Cloak & Dagger, which in actuality contains top-secret government information. With the help of his younger friend Kim, the tech savvy Morris, and even a little help from his fictional secret agent mentor, Davey must stay one step ahead of pursuers as he tries to survive a real-life game of espionage in the streets of San Antonio, Texas.
A nostalgia laden cult favorite from director Richard Franklin (Patrick, Psycho 2) and writer Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play), CLOAK & DAGGER was one of the key, trend-setting films to place young characters in high-stakes action sequences, featuring incredible stunt work, the likes of which would never be pulled off today. With a stellar starring turn from Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Suicide Kings) and featuring strong supporting performances from Dabney Coleman (War Games, The Beverly Hillbillies), Christina Nigra (Twilight Zone: The Movie), and William Forsythe (The Devil's Rejects), Vinegar Syndrome Ultra is proud to present CLOAK & DAGGER for the first time on 4K Blu-ray fully restored from its 35mm original camera negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Commentary track with screenwriter Tom Holland, moderated by filmmaker Joe Lynch exclusive to this VSU release
- "Konami Codes and Cult Classics: Programming CLOAK & DAGGER" - a brand new extended making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew exclusive to this VSU release
- Extensive behind-the-scenes still gallery
- Multiple TV spots
- Many more exclusive extras to be announced!
- 40-page perfect bound book featuring an interview with screenwriter Tom Holland and an essay by Justin LaLiberty
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
- VSU exclusive 'ultra' high-end magnet clasp box, containing the slipcovered 2-disc set and a 40-page book. Case artwork designed by Haunt Love. Box designed and patented by VS.