Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has provided us with a promotional trailer for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Lou Adler's Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982), starring Diane Lane, Laura Dern, and Christine Lahti. The release will be out later this week.
Label description: Corinne Burns (Diane Lane) is a typical frustrated teenager living in a nowhere town until she catches punk band the Looters. Bewitched by the whole punk scene, she and her fledgling band, the Stains, join the tour, and in no time at all become media magnets. The band forms a rabid following of young girls, while Corrine begins a relationship with Looters singer Billy (Ray Winstone). As the Stains get bigger and bigger, however, Corinne's ambition gets the better of her.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, never received a formal theatrical release and was only seen on late-night cable, poor-quality bootlegs, or on rare occasions at film festivals. Yet somehow this 1981 film about a trio of misfit teenage girls who start a punk band went on to inspire a generation of female rockers.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Digital transfer of the film
NEWKeep On Rocking! – interview with actress Debbie Rochon
NEW Audio commentary by film critic / author Lee Gambin and musician / journalist Allison Wolfe
NEWI Don't Put Out: Punk, Anger, X Feminism – video essay by film historian Kat Ellinger
NEWLizard Music: The Late Night Culture of the Fabulous Stains – video essay by author Sara Marcus
Audio commentary by director Lou Adler
Audio commentary by actresses Diane Lane and Laura Dern
Audio Interview with actress Marin Kanter
Photo Gallery
Optional English subtitles
Limited Edition slipcase on the first 1500 copies with unique artwork