Severin Films has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Ian Sharp's
The Music Machine (1979), starring Gerry Sundquist, Patti Boulaye, David Easter, Michael Feast, Ferdy Mayne, and Clarke Peters. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on July 28.
Description: Immediately after SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER swept the world, the 'discosploitation' genre was born. And in the U.K.'s first polyester imitator, director Ian Sharp (THE FINAL OPTION) crafts a gritty time capsule of late '70s London in which an unemployed bloke (Gerry Sundquist of DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS) tries to win the big dance competition at Camden Town's iconic club, The Music Machine. British-Nigerian singer Patti Boulaye, Clarke Peters (The Wire), Ferdy Mayne (THE FEARLES VAMPIRE KILLERS) and Academy Awardฎ winner Brenda Fricker (MY LEFT FOOT) co-star in this "oddly likeable" (The Observer) discomania melodrama written by James Kenelm Clarke (HOUSE ON STRAW HILL) and produced by Brian Smedley-Aston (VAMPYRES) with cinematography by Phil Meheux (CASINO ROYALE), now scanned in 4K from a combination of the CRI and original camera negative for the first time ever.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE AND CRI
- The Dance Partner Interview With Actress Patti Boulaye
- Howard & Candy: The Music Machine Dance Rivals Interviews With Actors David Easter And Mandy Perryment
- The Music Machine Mentor Interview With Actor Clarke Peters
- The Dance Machine Interview With Choreographer Anthony Van Laast
- The Music Of The Machine Interview With Musician/Songwriter Les Hurdle
- Disco Maniacs Interview With Mark Moore Of S'Express And Alan Jones, Author Of Discomania
- The Camden Locations Of THE MUSIC MACHINE Locations Tour With Alan Jones
- Teaser Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-FREE