Scorpion Releasing

[manicsounds]

"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.

[pointless]

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

[Emak-Bakia]

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

[Aunt Peg]

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.

[rockysds]

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.

[vidussoni]

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?

[JamesF]

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?

[domino harvey]

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

[domino harvey]

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

[antnield]

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).

[John Doe]

It's Trouble Bound.

[domino harvey]

Little Odessa also fits the cast perimeters

[domino harvey]

And Don't Come Knocking

[Buttery Jeb]

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.

[Buttery Jeb]

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.

[Feego]

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

[pointless]

Three new Scorpion Releasing Blu-rays

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

Special Features:

• Interview with director Fred Schepisi
  Interviews with cast members

Force: Five (Robert Clouse, 1981)

Special Features:

• Original trailer

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

[pointless]

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

[pointless]

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (Clive Donner, 1981)

[domino harvey]

That's an amazing tagline

[nitin]

That's an amazing tagline

Bill Olsen denies that he wrote it...

[rockysds]

Blu-ray of Losey's Steaming forthcoming.

[domino harvey]

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

[feihong]

Saint Jack! Great news.

[dwk]

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