Umbrella Entertainment Announces December Releases
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Posted August 31, 2024 10:18 PM by Webmaster
Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has announced its December batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Open Your Eyes (1997), Pulse (2001), The Speedway Murders (2023), The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023), Boiling Point (1993), Sasquatch Sunset (2024), and Birdeater (2023).
Open Your Eyes
OPEN YOUR EYES (Abre Los Ojos), the thrilling second feature from Academy Award-Winner Alejandro Amenábar (Thesis) is a dizzying tale of science-fiction, romance and suspense starring Eduardo Noriega and the incomparable Penelope Cruz in a role she would later reprise in the remake, Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise.
OPEN YOUR EYES is a gripping psychological thriller that delves into the blurred lines between reality and illusion, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats with its mind-bending twists.
Cesar (Noriega) is a handsome, wealthy playboy who has it all until he falls hard for the beautiful Sofia (Penelope Cruz) and a jealous ex involves him in a car accident that disfigures his face. As he navigates a world that becomes increasingly surreal, César struggles to distinguish between what is real and what is a product of his imagination.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Open Your Eyes Collector's Edition
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Pulse 4K Blu-ray
Often referred to as one of the scariest films ever made, PULSE is available for the first time in 4K. PULSE (Kairo) directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Tokyo Sonata), sees technology and supernatural terror intertwine in a chilling narrative.
With its innovative approach and unsettling atmosphere, PULSE explores the dark side of technology and the human psyche, making it a haunting and thought-provoking experience.
Prepare for a suspenseful journey that will leave you questioning the boundaries between reality and the unknown.
Set in a Tokyo grappling with a mysterious and eerie phenomenon, the film follows a group of friends and acquaintances as they encounter an unsettling presence emerging from their computers and other electronic devices. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister afoot? Soon, there are more strange deaths and disappearances within the group, terrifying rooms sealed in red tape, and the appearance of more ghosts as the city of Tokyo—and the world—is slowly drained of life.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Pulse 4K Blu-ray Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Speedway Murders
The seventh release in our new Australian filmmakers line is The Speedway Murders! The Collector's Edition is only available from the Umbrella Webstore and includes a limited and numbered slipcase with a 20-page booklet.
The booklet has been put together by the creatives behind The Speedway Murders allowing you to see how this uniquely told true-crime was put together.
The Speedway Murders continues our promise to promote local and independent filmmakers.
THE SPEEDWAY MURDERS takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride, introducing a cast of characters, theories, narratives, and emotions. What begins as a true-crime murder mystery evolves into a heart-felt exploration of loss and frustration. After 45 years, what power does the truth hold for those left behind?
True-crime documentary drama THE SPEEDWAY MURDERS is the culmination of five years investigation for Australian filmmakers Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien. The Speedway Murders explores the notorious quadruple 'Burger Chef Murders', one of the most infamous cold cases in the USA involving four young employees who were kidnapped and violently killed following their closing shift at a burger restaurant in Speedway, Indiana in 1978. As directors Rynderman and Kamien deftly unfold the story through interviews, animation and re-enactments, employees are played by a talented young cast - Essie Randles, Nya Cofie, Davida McKenzie and Jo Cumpston - all caught in a time loop in the two hours leading up to the crime. As we get to know them, we learn about the town, and the predominant theories.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Equal parts western and heist thriller, writer/director Francis Galluppi's debut feature harnesses the energy of the stripped-down action B-movies of the 1970s and distills it into a wry chamber piece rife with acerbic dialogue, tense standoffs, and memorable double-crosses.
A traveling knife salesman sips coffee and works through a day-old crossword puzzle in the hottest diner in Arizona while waiting for the fuel truck to refill the pump at the last gas station for a hundred miles. While waiting, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a violent hostage situation upon the arrival of two bank robbers who are on the run after a recent heist. As the temperature rises and the pressure builds, our knife salesman makes a fateful decision that will change his life forever. What's a four-letter word for, "Take the money and run?"
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Last Stop in Yuma County Collector's Edition
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Boiling Point
BOILING POINT delivers non-stop action, suspense, and a gripping narrative that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. Directed by James B. Harris, this thriller showcases powerful performances from its all-star cast, including Dennis Hopper, Wesley Snipes, Viggo Mortensen, Lolita Davidovich.
BOILING POINT is a heart-pounding ride through the dark streets of a city where every move could be your last, and justice is a matter of life and death.
In the gritty underworld of Los Angeles, crime and justice collide in an intense game of cat and mouse. Jimmy Mercer (Wesley Snipes - Blade) is a tough and determined federal agent on the brink, who is out for revenge after his partner is brutally murdered. The killer is Red Diamond (Dennis Hopper - Easy Rider), a cunning and ruthless con man recently released from prison, trying to pull off one last big score before disappearing forever. As Mercer closes in, the stakes get higher and the lines between right and wrong blur. With tension escalating and time running out, Mercer must navigate a dangerous web of betrayal, deception, and violence.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Boiling Point Collector's Edition
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Sasquatch Sunset
Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough star in the new and absurd furry festival favourite SASQUATCH SUNSET where four primal creatures barrel toward extinction with a fist full of faeces and an urge to do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.
From the brains of David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, Damsel) SASQUATCH SUNSET is a bittersweet, sometimes absurd, elegy for the Anthropocene era.
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches embark on an epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. Starring Riley Keogh, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner and Christophe Zajac-Denek (and a supporting cast of indifferent wildlife) in an entirely non-verbal script, these shaggy, noble creatures fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the fast-changing world around them.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Sasquatch Sunset Collector's Edition
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Birdeater
The sixth release in our new Australian filmmakers line is Birdeater! The Collector's Edition is only available from the Umbrella Webstore and includes a limited and numbered slipcase with a 20 page booklet.
The booklet has been put together by the creatives behind Birdeater allowing you to see how this trip came to be.
Birdeater continues our promise to promote local and independent filmmakers.
A bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian bush turns feral in Jack Clark and Jim Weir's critically acclaimed feature-length debut.
BIRDEATER is a lusciously styled thriller, rife with psychosexual mind-games as it explores masculinity and the bonds of boyhood friendships.
The gregarious Louie (Mackenzie Fearnley) has gathered his closest friends, along with his fiancée, the hesitant Irene (Shabana Azeez) for a pre-wedding celebration. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration soon becomes a savage nightmare.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Open Your Eyes
OPEN YOUR EYES (Abre Los Ojos), the thrilling second feature from Academy Award-Winner Alejandro Amenábar (Thesis) is a dizzying tale of science-fiction, romance and suspense starring Eduardo Noriega and the incomparable Penelope Cruz in a role she would later reprise in the remake, Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise.
OPEN YOUR EYES is a gripping psychological thriller that delves into the blurred lines between reality and illusion, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats with its mind-bending twists.
Cesar (Noriega) is a handsome, wealthy playboy who has it all until he falls hard for the beautiful Sofia (Penelope Cruz) and a jealous ex involves him in a car accident that disfigures his face. As he navigates a world that becomes increasingly surreal, César struggles to distinguish between what is real and what is a product of his imagination.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary with director Alejandro Amenábar with English Subtitles
- NEW Dreams Are Like That: Cinematographic Symbolism and Themes of Open Your Eyes – A Video Essay by Andy Marshall Roberts
- NEW That Obscure Object of Desire: Dreams and Doubles in Alejandro Amenábar's Open Your Eyes - An Audio Essay by Anton Bitel
- Así se hizo: Making-of featurette
- "Luna" 1995 short film by Alejandro Amenábar
- Isolated Score
- Partitura: About the music featurette
- Trailer
Open Your Eyes Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary with director Alejandro Amenábar with English Subtitles
- NEW Dreams Are Like That: Cinematographic Symbolism and Themes of Open Your Eyes – A Video Essay by Andy Marshall Roberts
- NEW That Obscure Object of Desire: Dreams and Doubles in Alejandro Amenábar's Open Your Eyes - An Audio Essay by Anton Bitel
- Así se hizo: Making-of featurette
- "Luna" 1995 short film by Alejandro Amenábar
- Isolated Score
- Partitura: About the music featurette
- Trailer
- A 48 page book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Classic poster artwork rigid case
- Custom artwork slipcase by Ben Turner
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
Pulse 4K Blu-ray
Often referred to as one of the scariest films ever made, PULSE is available for the first time in 4K. PULSE (Kairo) directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Tokyo Sonata), sees technology and supernatural terror intertwine in a chilling narrative.
With its innovative approach and unsettling atmosphere, PULSE explores the dark side of technology and the human psyche, making it a haunting and thought-provoking experience.
Prepare for a suspenseful journey that will leave you questioning the boundaries between reality and the unknown.
Set in a Tokyo grappling with a mysterious and eerie phenomenon, the film follows a group of friends and acquaintances as they encounter an unsettling presence emerging from their computers and other electronic devices. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister afoot? Soon, there are more strange deaths and disappearances within the group, terrifying rooms sealed in red tape, and the appearance of more ghosts as the city of Tokyo—and the world—is slowly drained of life.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Ghost in the Machine: An Interview with Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- NEW Audio Commentary with critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- NEW Apocalypse of Alienation: Gazing into the Abyss in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse – an Audio essay by Anton Bitel
- Archival Making of Featurette
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits - Interview
- Cinematographer Junichiro Hiyashi: Creepy Images - Interview
- Trailer
Pulse 4K Blu-ray Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Ghost in the Machine: An Interview with Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- NEW Audio Commentary with critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- NEW Apocalypse of Alienation: Gazing into the Abyss in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse – an Audio essay by Anton Bitel
- Archival Making of Featurette
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits - Interview
- Cinematographer Junichiro Hiyashi: Creepy Images - Interview
- Trailer
- A 150+ page hardback book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Classic poster artwork rigid case
- Classic poster artwork slipcase
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
The Speedway Murders
The seventh release in our new Australian filmmakers line is The Speedway Murders! The Collector's Edition is only available from the Umbrella Webstore and includes a limited and numbered slipcase with a 20-page booklet.
The booklet has been put together by the creatives behind The Speedway Murders allowing you to see how this uniquely told true-crime was put together.
The Speedway Murders continues our promise to promote local and independent filmmakers.
THE SPEEDWAY MURDERS takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride, introducing a cast of characters, theories, narratives, and emotions. What begins as a true-crime murder mystery evolves into a heart-felt exploration of loss and frustration. After 45 years, what power does the truth hold for those left behind?
True-crime documentary drama THE SPEEDWAY MURDERS is the culmination of five years investigation for Australian filmmakers Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien. The Speedway Murders explores the notorious quadruple 'Burger Chef Murders', one of the most infamous cold cases in the USA involving four young employees who were kidnapped and violently killed following their closing shift at a burger restaurant in Speedway, Indiana in 1978. As directors Rynderman and Kamien deftly unfold the story through interviews, animation and re-enactments, employees are played by a talented young cast - Essie Randles, Nya Cofie, Davida McKenzie and Jo Cumpston - all caught in a time loop in the two hours leading up to the crime. As we get to know them, we learn about the town, and the predominant theories.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with Directors Adam Kamien and Luke Rynderman
- Interviews with Cast
- Behind the Scenes Reel
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Equal parts western and heist thriller, writer/director Francis Galluppi's debut feature harnesses the energy of the stripped-down action B-movies of the 1970s and distills it into a wry chamber piece rife with acerbic dialogue, tense standoffs, and memorable double-crosses.
A traveling knife salesman sips coffee and works through a day-old crossword puzzle in the hottest diner in Arizona while waiting for the fuel truck to refill the pump at the last gas station for a hundred miles. While waiting, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a violent hostage situation upon the arrival of two bank robbers who are on the run after a recent heist. As the temperature rises and the pressure builds, our knife salesman makes a fateful decision that will change his life forever. What's a four-letter word for, "Take the money and run?"
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with Director Francis Galluppi and Executive Producer James Claeys
- Audio Commentary with Director Francis Galluppi and Actors Jim Cummings and Jocelin Donahue
- Audio Commentary with Director Francis Galluppi and Cinematographer Mac Fisken
- "Sell Your House" Documentary Sizzle Reel
- Scream Dreams Interview with Director Francis Galluppi
- Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
The Last Stop in Yuma County Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with Director Francis Galluppi and Executive Producer James Claeys
- Audio Commentary with Director Francis Galluppi and Actors Jim Cummings and Jocelin Donahue
- Audio Commentary with Director Francis Galluppi and Cinematographer Mac Fisken
- "Sell Your House" Documentary Sizzle Reel
- Scream Dreams Interview with Director Francis Galluppi
- Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- A 48-page book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Classic poster artwork rigid case
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
Boiling Point
BOILING POINT delivers non-stop action, suspense, and a gripping narrative that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. Directed by James B. Harris, this thriller showcases powerful performances from its all-star cast, including Dennis Hopper, Wesley Snipes, Viggo Mortensen, Lolita Davidovich.
BOILING POINT is a heart-pounding ride through the dark streets of a city where every move could be your last, and justice is a matter of life and death.
In the gritty underworld of Los Angeles, crime and justice collide in an intense game of cat and mouse. Jimmy Mercer (Wesley Snipes - Blade) is a tough and determined federal agent on the brink, who is out for revenge after his partner is brutally murdered. The killer is Red Diamond (Dennis Hopper - Easy Rider), a cunning and ruthless con man recently released from prison, trying to pull off one last big score before disappearing forever. As Mercer closes in, the stakes get higher and the lines between right and wrong blur. With tension escalating and time running out, Mercer must navigate a dangerous web of betrayal, deception, and violence.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary with Writer L. Scott Jose and Writer and Historian Andrew Nette
- NEW Love in the Dark: the romantic noir of Boiling Point - a Video Essay by Sean Hogan
- NEW James B. Harris Trailer Reel
- NEW Photo Gallery
- The Story of Boiling Point Archival Featurette
- Original VHS Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Boiling Point Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary with Writer L. Scott Jose and Writer and Historian Andrew Nette
- NEW Love in the Dark: the romantic noir of Boiling Point - a Video Essay by Sean Hogan
- NEW James B. Harris Trailer Reel
- NEW Photo Gallery
- The Story of Boiling Point Archival Featurette
- Original VHS Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- A 48-page book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Custom artwork rigid case by Mutant Design
- Custom artwork slipcase by Mutant Design
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
Sasquatch Sunset
Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough star in the new and absurd furry festival favourite SASQUATCH SUNSET where four primal creatures barrel toward extinction with a fist full of faeces and an urge to do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.
From the brains of David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, Damsel) SASQUATCH SUNSET is a bittersweet, sometimes absurd, elegy for the Anthropocene era.
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches embark on an epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. Starring Riley Keogh, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner and Christophe Zajac-Denek (and a supporting cast of indifferent wildlife) in an entirely non-verbal script, these shaggy, noble creatures fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the fast-changing world around them.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with David & Nathan Zellner
- Beneath the Fur: Creating the Sasquatch
- The Creatures of Nature: Behind the Scenes
- Habitat: Scouting Humboldt County
- The Road and The River: Anatomy of a Scene
- Sasquatch Birth Journal 2
- Bonobo Test Screening
- Sasquatch Soundtrack: OST by The Octopus Project
- Making the Soundtrack with The Octopus Project
- Photo Gallery
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Sasquatch Sunset Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with David & Nathan Zellner
- Beneath the Fur: Creating the Sasquatch
- The Creatures of Nature: Behind the Scenes
- Habitat: Scouting Humboldt County
- The Road and The River: Anatomy of a Scene
- Sasquatch Birth Journal 2
- Bonobo Test Screening
- Sasquatch Soundtrack: OST by The Octopus Project
- Making the Soundtrack with The Octopus Project
- Photo Gallery
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- A 48-page book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Sasquatch Fur rigid case
- Classic still slipcase
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
Birdeater
The sixth release in our new Australian filmmakers line is Birdeater! The Collector's Edition is only available from the Umbrella Webstore and includes a limited and numbered slipcase with a 20 page booklet.
The booklet has been put together by the creatives behind Birdeater allowing you to see how this trip came to be.
Birdeater continues our promise to promote local and independent filmmakers.
A bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian bush turns feral in Jack Clark and Jim Weir's critically acclaimed feature-length debut.
BIRDEATER is a lusciously styled thriller, rife with psychosexual mind-games as it explores masculinity and the bonds of boyhood friendships.
The gregarious Louie (Mackenzie Fearnley) has gathered his closest friends, along with his fiancée, the hesitant Irene (Shabana Azeez) for a pre-wedding celebration. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration soon becomes a savage nightmare.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary with Directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir
- Chemistry Test to Final Scene - Louie & Irene in Forest
- Chemistry Test to Final Scene - Ketamine Denials
- Scene Outtakes - Princess Anne
- Extended Take – Shots!
- Extended Take – More Shots!
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
