BFI Video has announced two titles for release on Blu-ray on May 17 as part of its Flipside series: the "unjustly overlooked Swinging Sixties gem"
The Pleasure Girls (Gerry O'Hara, 1965), starring Francesca Annis, Ian McShane and Klaus Kinski, and the controversial
The Party's Over (Guy Hamilton 1963-1965), in an uncensored pre-release cut. Both titles will be available as Dual Format Editions, containing the Blu-ray and DVD versions of the films and the extras (on two discs).
The Pleasure Girls
Shot on location, with intelligent dialogue and lively performances from its young ensemble cast, this ground-breaking drama bears all the hallmarks of director Gerry O'Hara's
(That Kind of Girl, All the Right Noises) assured style.
Special features:
- Alternative complete 86-minute export cut
- Export version scenes
- Original theatrical trailer
- The Rocking Horse (James Scott, 1962, 25 mins): an atmospheric short about a romantic encounter between a teddy boy and an artist, shot on location in London's West End
- The Meeting (Mamoun Hassan, 1964, 10 mins): a young woman's unconventional brief encounter with a mysterious lover
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Illustrated booklet featuring contributions by Gerry O'Hara, Professor Sue Harper, and Mamoun Hassan
The Party's Over
Written by Marc Behm
(Charade, Help!) and scored by the legendary John Barry
(Zulu, Thunderball, Diamonds are Forever), this controversial film originally fell foul of the British censors, forcing director Guy Hamilton
(Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Battle of Britain) to remove his name from the credits, but is now finally made available in a never-before-seen uncensored pre-release version.
Special features:
- Alternative theatrical release cut
- Alternative theatrical release sequences
- The Party (R. A. Ostwald, 1962, 16 mins): a time-capsule short about an art school get-together, with drinking, dancing and romance
- Emma (Anthony Perry, 1964, 12 mins): an expressive meditation on the loss of innocence and the certainty of death, from the producer of The Party's Over