Sandpiper Pictures will add several new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. Amongst them are:
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984),
River's Edge (1986), and
Heavy Traffic (1973). All titles are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 17.
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Turn up the jazz, put on a leather jacket, and slip into "a rollicking, high-voltage movie that produces tears of laughter" (New York Daily News). In New York's Little Italy, smooth-talking hustler Charlie (Mickey Rourke The Wrestler, 9 1/2 Weeks, Sin City) works in a restaurant and dreams of one day buying his own with his girlfriend Diane (Daryl Hannah Blade Runner, Splash, Kill Bill). His wiry wheeler-dealer cousin Paulie (Eric Roberts, Runaway Train, The Dark Knight, The Expendables) waits tables, skims money off checks, and is always scheming to score big. But they're about to pull a scam on the wrong guy, Bed Bug Eddie (Burt Young, Rocky, Chinatown, Back to School), the mafia king of Greenwich Village! Now these small-time con men are in big-time trouble, trouble so big that even their mobster uncle might not be able to save them! Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful, Hondo, Interiors), Kenneth McMillan (Dune, Ragtime, Amadeus), and Tony Musante (The Incident, Toma, We Own the Night).
River's Edge
Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Willard, Alice in Wonderland), Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix, Speed, Point Break), Ione Skye (Say Anything, Four Rooms, Fever Pitch), and Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Apocalypse Now) lead an all-star cast in director Tim Hunter's (Tex, The Saint of Fort Washington, The Maker) River's Edge, a dramatic tale of ennui and murder among a group of high school teens in Northern California. When the naked body of a young girl is discovered on a riverbank, the friends' reactions range from horror and disbelief to guilt, apathy, and deceit. Often cited as a leading example of the "killer kid" film genre, River's Edge took home the prize for Best Feature at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. Daniel Roebuck (TV's Matlock, TV's Lost, The Fugitive), Joshua John Miller (The Final Girls, Near Dark, Teen Witch), and Roxana Zal (Testament, Something About Amelia, TV's Hart to Hart) round out the cast.
Heavy Traffic
Heavy Traffic, the second feature from writer/director Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat, Wizards, The Lord of the Rings, Fire and Ice), combines a quick-edit pace, a frenetic story line and an array of eye-popping animation and live-action styles. "Powerful, raw and valid" (Los Angeles Times), this "remarkable blend" of filmic styles is a "hypnotic, life-giving experience" (The Hollywood Reporter)! Michael Corleone (Joseph Kaufmann, Johnny Got His Jun, Jud, Brute Corps), a young cartoonist who lives with his neurotic mother and two-timing father, escapes the absurd and often ugly side of life on New York's tough streets by satirizing it's rich yet wacky characters in wildly entertaining cartoons. From the gruff homeless and wisecracking prostitutes to guntoting gangsters and corrupt cops, Michael's world becomes an outlandish kaleidoscope of shocking images and horrifying events that are either a testament of his wild imagination... or a reminder of the strangeness of reality. Beverly Hope Atkinson (TV's Sanford and Son, TV's Dark Shadows), Frank DeKova (The Ten Commandments, TV's F Troop, The Mechanic), Lillian Adams (The Jerk, Bruce Almighty, Private Benjamin), and Jamie Farr (TV's M*A*S*H, The Cannonball Run, Scrooged) round out the cast.
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Get ready for a killer summer! Years after the bloodbath at Camp Arawak, Camp Rolling Hills seems like the perfect place for for fun, friendship, and classic '80s fashion. But when overly perky counselor Angela (Pamela Springsteen, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) starts slashing the camper count, the bodies pile up faster than the s'mores! Whether it's pranksters, pervs, or anyone with poor manners, Angela's got a gruesome solution for every problem. Packed with gory gags and twisted humor, this sequel serves up horror with a side of dark comedy. Who will survive the summer? This edition of Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers contains bonus optional unrated audio commentary with director Michael A. Simpson (Fast Food, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Crazy Heart) and writer Fritz Gordon (Jackpot, TV's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Best in Show). Renee Estevez (Heathers, Single White Female, TV's West Wing), Valerie Hartman (Intimate Obsession, TV's Cheers), Brian Patrick Clarke (TV's General Hospital, TV's The Bold and the Beautiful), and Walter Gotell (Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy) round out the cast.
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland
The summer slaughter continues in Sleepaway Camp III: Teenaage Wasteland! Camp New Horizons promises outdoor adventure and bonding for a group of troubled teens, but Angela (Pamela Springsteen, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) has other plans. Swapping her camper uniform for a killer disguise, the not-so-reformed counselor is back with more creative ways to cut the fun short. Whether it's over-the-top pranks or misbehaving campers, Angela's gruesome sense of justice leaves a trail of bodies in her wake. With absurd kills and dark humor, this third installment proves that at camp, nobody's safe! This edition of Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland contains bonus optional unrated audio commentary with director Michael A. Simpson (Fast Food, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Crazy Heart) and writer Fritz Gordon (Jackpot, TV's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Best in Show). Tracy Griffith (TV's The Monroes, The First Power, The Good Mother), Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie and Clyde, Tango & Cash, Scrooged), and Mark Oliver (We Are Marshall, Dance of the Dead) round out the cast.
The Land That Time Forgot
The big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' (Tarzan) 1918 novel The Land That Time Forgot features the talents of Doug McClure (TV's The Virginian, Maverick, The People That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core), John McEnery (Nicholas and Alexandra, Romeo and Juliet, Bartleby), and Susan Penhaligon (TV's Count Dracula, TV's A Fine Romance, The Confessional, Patrick) under the direction of Kevin Connor (TV's Frankenstein, Motel Hell, TV's Great Expectations). During World War I, the survivors of a British ship torpedoed by a German U-Boat are forced into an uneasy alliance with their captors when the submarine goes off course into uncharted waters where they unwittingly discover the strange new world of Caprona, a mysterious island inhabited by deadly dinosaurs, fearsome sea monsters, soaring pterodactyls, and marauding tribes of primitive humans. Keith Barron (TV's Doctor Who, TV's Telford's Change), Anthony Ainley (TV's Nicholas Nickleby), Godfrey James (TV's The Aphrodite Inheritance), and Bobby Parr (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) round out the cast.
Cast a Giant Shadow
Part fact, part fiction, director Melville Shavelson's (The Five Pennies, Houseboat, The Seven Little Foys) Cast a Giant Shadow powerfully dramatizes Israel's heroic 1948 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, it features an all-star cast including Kirk Douglas (Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Senta Berger (Major Dundee, The Quiller Memorandum, TV's Under Suspicion), and Angie Dickinson (Rio Bravo, Dressed to Kill, Point Blank), as well as Yul Brynner (The King and I, The Magnificent Seven, Westworld), John Wayne (The Searchers, True Grit, Stagecoach, The Quiet Man), and Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity, The Manchurian Candidate, Ocean's Eleven) in notable supporting roles. After a brilliant career in the U.S. Army, Jewish American World War II hero Mickey Marcus is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding it's Arab foes. Against the wishes of his wife, Mickey makes the journey and begins transforming a ragtag underground army into a first-class fighting machine. But as the threat of war looms, Mickey must also confront his growing attraction to beautiful activist Magda Simon.
Mulholland Falls
In the desert near Los Angeles, a beautiful woman named Allison Pond (Jennifer Connelly) is found murdered. A special investigative unit led by hard-edged detective Max Hoover (Nick Nolte) is brought in when it looks like the victim may have ties to a secret military program. But Hoover has his own secret: Unbeknown to his adoring wife (Melanie Griffith), Allison is his ex-mistress, and her friend Jimmy Fields (Andrew McCarthy) has secretly filmed pornographic evidence of their affair.