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Re: Scorpion Releasing

#26 Post by manicsounds » Tue May 05, 2015 6:13 am

"Barbarosa" (1982) is coming to Blu-ray
Nice, as I rewatched director Fred Schepisi's "Mr. Baseball" not too long ago, and was interested in seeing this one after reading about it.

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#27 Post by pointless » Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:52 am

Movie Movie (Stanley Donen, 1978) - February 2016

Content and Special Features:
  • NEW high-definition transfer
    NEW interviews with Harry Hamlin, Kathleen Beller and Barry Bostwick
    Introduction by George Burns
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#28 Post by Emak-Bakia » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:50 pm

The long-rumored Scorpion release of Bogdanovich's Saint Jack is up for pre-order at Amazon, though it's DVD only. I asked Scorpion on Facebook what happened to the blu-ray release, and their response was, "can't comment at this time." Interesting. Hopefully someone puts out this film on blu-ray! It's Bogdanovich's only 70s film that I thought was less than very good, which has made me all the more eager to revisit it.

At least the DVD is cheaply priced and looks to be a new transfer from the original camera negative. Otherwise, I think the special features replicate what was on the previous release.
• Brand New HD Master From the Original Negative (1.78:1)
• Audio Commentary by Director Peter Bogdanovich
• Interview with Director Peter Bogdanovich
• Interview with Producer Roger Corman
• Original Trailer

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#29 Post by Aunt Peg » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:52 am

Emak-Bakia wrote:The long-rumored Scorpion release of Bogdanovich's Saint Jack is up for pre-order at Amazon, though it's DVD only. I asked Scorpion on Facebook what happened to the blu-ray release, and their response was, "can't comment at this time." Interesting. Hopefully someone puts out this film on blu-ray! It's Bogdanovich's only 70s film that I thought was less than very good, which has made me all the more eager to revisit it.

At least the DVD is cheaply priced and looks to be a new transfer from the original camera negative. Otherwise, I think the special features replicate what was on the previous release.
• Brand New HD Master From the Original Negative (1.78:1)
• Audio Commentary by Director Peter Bogdanovich
• Interview with Director Peter Bogdanovich
• Interview with Producer Roger Corman
• Original Trailer

The original DVD release was 4x3 letter boxed so this will be a big improvement.

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#30 Post by rockysds » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:08 am

It's likely to be the same deal as the The Wild Eye, Nashville Girl etc., right?
A blu-ray exclusively available through Screen Archives.

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#31 Post by vidussoni » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:40 am

Just signed two crime films/neo-noirs from the early 90's. One stars two Oscar winners and that guy who is in all the QT films, its sort of a quirky road crime film. Other was voted one of the best of the year by Ebert and is a masterpiece in my opinion. The current UK blu is seriously lacking, so I am hoping to do a brand new 2k scan. Hopefully these two will click unlike everything else non genre I released so far. And nope, they are not horror films, they are crime dramas
From their Facebook page...

The second title has to be The Last Seduction, right?

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#32 Post by JamesF » Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:52 am

Kiss Of Death remake for the first one? Cast includes Samuel L Jackson and two Oscar winners in Nic Cage and Helen Hunt, so seems to fit.

When oh when will Red Rock West have its day?

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#33 Post by domino harvey » Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:45 am

Kiss of Death remake is Fox, I don't think they have a distro deal with them. It's also not a road picture

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#34 Post by domino harvey » Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:58 am

I think the first clue might be for Deceiver, which is MGM and the QT guy is Michael Parks

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#35 Post by antnield » Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:13 am

The "guy who is in all the QT films" could be Tarantino himself. Somebody to Love is a quirky crime picture, although it only stars one Oscar-winner (Anthony Quinn), unless you count Tarantino there too, and a bunch of nominees (Rosie Perez, Stanley Tucci, Harvey Keitel).

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#36 Post by John Doe » Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:24 am

It's Trouble Bound.

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#37 Post by domino harvey » Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:26 am

Little Odessa also fits the cast perimeters

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#38 Post by domino harvey » Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:30 am

And Don't Come Knocking

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#39 Post by Buttery Jeb » Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:12 am

I was thinking of the Dennis Hopper film with Jodie Foster and a bunch of other people; it had a couple of different titles depending on who put it out, but I remember it as Back Track. Can't think of who the Tarantino reference is for, though.

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#40 Post by Buttery Jeb » Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:29 am

Also, the Ebert pick could be Carl Franklin's One False Move. That was also a neo-noir from the '90s that ended up on Ebert's best-of list.

EDIT: Actually, disregard this one. I didn't see the qualifier about the UK blu-ray release.
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#41 Post by Feego » Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:43 am

Another possibility for the first movie is The Getaway (1994), with Oscar-winners Kim Basinger and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and QT guy Michael Madsen.

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#42 Post by pointless » Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:56 pm

Three new Scorpion Releasing Blu-rays

Barbarosa (Fred Schepisi, 1982) - August 9, 2016

Special Features:
  • Interview with director Fred Schepisi
    Interviews with cast members
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Force: Five (Robert Clouse, 1981)

Special Features:
  • Original trailer
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The Haunting of Morella (Jim Wynorski, 1990)

Special Features:
  • Audio commentary by Jim Wynorski
    Deleted Scenes
    Interview with Roger Corman
    Original Trailer
    Watch this in Nightmare Theater Mode
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#43 Post by pointless » Wed May 04, 2016 5:16 pm

City on Fire (Alvin Rakoff, 1979) - September release

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#44 Post by pointless » Sat May 07, 2016 2:17 pm


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#45 Post by domino harvey » Sat May 07, 2016 2:23 pm

That's an amazing tagline

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#46 Post by nitin » Sat May 07, 2016 10:28 pm

domino harvey wrote:That's an amazing tagline
Bill Olsen denies that he wrote it...

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#47 Post by rockysds » Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:21 am

Blu-ray of Losey's Steaming forthcoming.

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#48 Post by domino harvey » Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:21 pm

Limited edition Blu-rays of Silent Scream and Saint Jack coming in November

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#49 Post by feihong » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:55 pm

Saint Jack! Great news.

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#50 Post by dwk » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:10 pm

Scorpion posted this on facebook. So it looks like they are the ones that picked up the US rights to Two Evil Eyes.
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