Twenty years ago, moviegoers were braced for the arrival of Captain America in their local theater. The wait lasted quite a bit longer since the hyped production went straight to video. Captain America fans had to wait even longer for the DVD which is now being offered as part of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s “manufacturing on demand.” Before the studios spent hundreds of millions of dollars to turn comic books into gold, the movie industry saw them a low budget flicks. Captain America isn’t a lavish production with CGI effects. Captain America will now be available before the arrival of Captain America: The First Avenger hits the movie screens. Here’s the press release:
Experience The Original Adventure
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Available on DVD for the First Time Ever
The Very First Avenger Makes His Long Awaited Debut On DVD on July 19th
LOS ANGELES (June 16, 2011) – Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s “manufacturing on demand” (“MOD”) program is excited to announce its newest addition, CAPTAIN AMERICA, available on DVD as part of MGM’s Limited Edition Collection. Based on the bestselling Marvel Comics series, CAPTAIN AMERICA stars Matt Salinger (What Dreams May Come) as a crime-fighting superhero whose strengths and abilities may save the United States from nuclear destruction.
During World War II, a brave American soldier (Salinger) volunteers to undergo experiments to become a new super-soldier, codenamed “Captain America.” Infiltrating Germany to sabotage Nazi rockets pointed at the U.S., Captain America faces off with Nazi superhuman warrior Red Skull (Scott Paulin, The Right Stuff) who defeats the hero, throwing him into suspended animation. Frozen for 50 years, Captain America is found and revived only to find that Red Skull has changed identities and has targeted the President of the United States (Ronny Cox, RoboCop) for assassination. With America on the verge of utter chaos, it is up to one man to save the day!
CAPTAIN AMERICA also features supporting performances from Ned Beatty (Superman), Darren McGavin (A Christmas Story), Michael Nouri (Flashdance) and Melinda Dillon (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and Kim Gillingham (One Big Family). The DVD will be available for sale on online retailers everywhere.
