The Rubber Gun Blu-ray
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Posted May 4, 2026 05:35 PM by Webmaster
Canadian International Pictures has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Allan Moyle's The Rubber Gun (1977), starring Pam Holmes-Robert, Peter Brawley, Pierre Robert, and Stephen Lack. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 23.
Description: Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal's premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift "family" on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group's illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.
Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film's docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as "one of the best films of the '70s." Out of official circulation for decades, THE RUBBER GUN returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal's premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift "family" on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group's illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.
Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film's docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as "one of the best films of the '70s." Out of official circulation for decades, THE RUBBER GUN returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures, with sound transferred from the answer print
- NEW interviews with actor and co-writer Stephen Lack
- NEW interview with director Allan Moyle
- NEW interview with composer Lewis Furey
- NEW interview with co-cinematographer Frank Vitale
- American Cinematheque Q&A – Post-screening discussion featuring Moyle
- Fantasia International Film Festival intro and Q&A featuring Lack and Vitale
- Original theatrical outro song
- Archival stills gallery
- Theatrical re-release trailer
- Booklet featuring a new essay by professor Nathan Holmes and an archival profile by P.M. Massé-Connolly
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles
