Eureka Entertainment has announced its August batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: The Skyhawk (1974) and Three Ages (1923). The two releases will be available for purchase on August 21.
Description: Kwan Tak-hing returns to his iconic role as Master Wong Fei-hung in this late-70s kung fu classic from director Jeong Chang-hwa (King Boxer).
Master Wong takes a new student (Carter Wong) under his wing after the young man is soundly beaten by a mercenary master (Hwang In-shik) skilled in hapkido. Meanwhile, Master Wong's friend is being threatened by a local crime boss who wants to use his factory for opium-related shenanigans, and has hired the renegade hapkido master as his enforcer.
Eureka Classics is proud to present The Skyhawk in its UK home video debut, presented on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE HONG KONG CUT OF THE FILM
NEW feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
NEW feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
Trailer
Original Mandarin mono audio
Cantonese and English audio options
Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
Reversible sleeve design
A Limited Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver [2000 Copies]
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 Copies]
Descriptiojn: The first feature that Buster Keaton wrote, directed, and starred in, Three Ages spoofs D.W. Griffith's historical epic Intolerance. Like that film, Three Ages follows multiple narratives across different historical eras, which Keaton packs to the brim with incredible stunts and hilarious visual gags.
Across three eras the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, and "modern times" Keaton competes for the love of a woman (Margaret Leahy) whilst having to defend himself from a nasty bully (Wallace Beery).
The Masters of Cinema is proud to present yet another Keaton masterpiece in its UK debut on Blu-ray, from a stunning restoration completed in 2022 by the Cohen Film Collection.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW RESTORATION BY THE COHEN FILM COLLECTION (2022)
NEW audio commentary by film historian and writer David Kalat
NEW This Side of Impossible video essay by David Cairns
NEW Under the Flat Hat new video essay by Fiona Watson
NEW The Six Ages of Comedy new featurette based on an essay by Keaton
NEW Brand interview with Ian Lavender
Reconstructed original intertitles
Man's Genesis 1912 short by D.W. Griffith that is parodied in Three Ages
Video essay on the film's locations by John Bengtson
Archival recordings of Keaton
A collectors booklet featuring new writing by Philip Kemp and Imogen Sara Smith