MVD Rewind Collection Partners with View Askew, Announces A Better Place Director's Cut for Blu-ray

The MVD Rewind Collections has gained access to View Askew's catalog and launched a new line of genre releases called Smodcastle Cinemas. The first release from the new line will be Vincent Pereira's A Better Place (1997). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 27.

Description: From View Askew Productions (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma) and Executive Producers Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (Good Will Hunting) comes an all new extended cut of director Vincent Pereira's "edgy teen thriller" (Filmmaker Magazine).

A harrowing depiction of teen violence and rage, 'A Better Place' has been called "a bracing, disturbing film with an underlying humanity" (Stephen Gallagher, The Hamptons International Film Festival) and "Sharply written, with stellar performances... A Better Place deals frankly with the dark side of the American teenage experience" (Mitch Davis, Fantasia Film Festival).

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE DIRECTOR'S CUT OF THE FILM from a 3K scan of the OCN & first generation print elements in its director intended 1.50:1 aspect ratio
• NEW Introduction by Writer & Director Vincent Pereira
• Archival Commentary with Director Vincent Pereira & Cast and Crew members
• 2001 Version of "A Better Place" (presented in standard definition, 2.0 Stereo, 85 mins)
• Vintage Introductions by Executive Producers Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier (SD)
• Vintage "Goof" Commentary (on 2001 version) with Director Vincent Pereira and Cast
• Deleted Scenes with Optional Director Commentary (SD)
• Outtakes & Bloopers (SD)
• "A Better Place" 2025 Trailer (HD, 1:27)
• Limited Edition Slipcover (First Pressing Only)
• Audio: LPCM 5.1 Surround Sound
• Optional English Subtitles