Arrow Video has three titles that are perfect for watching in July when the fireworks are over. We get a lost ’80s urban street battle, a trip to the time when First up is Fighting Back which hadn’t come out on DVD. After battling the Alien in space, Tom Skerrit discovers his nice Philly neighborhood has taken a turn for the worse. He refuses to pack up. He fights back with his old spaceship pal Yaphet Kotto in support. You can rediscover this lost tale of urban decay. Blood Money: Four Western Classics Vol. 2 [Limited Edition] brings us four Spaghetti Westerns about loot. $10,000 Blood Money, Vengeance is Mine and Find a Place to Die promise tales of treachery filmed in Spain and Italy. Matalo! (Kill Him) is a hippie Western about a gang that falls apart in an abandoned town. How weird does it get? There’s a gun fight involving boomerangs. In case you’re wondering, the first volume was Vengeance Trailers: Four Classic Westerns.
Martin Scorsese provides the family-friendly option with Hugo. Instead of a violent neighborhood or Little Italy, Scorsese takes us to Paris in 1931 to meet a kid named Hugo. The movie came out 12 years ago. Not only will there be a Blu-ray, Arrow has a 4K UHD so you can bring the magic of Marty’s vision home at a higher resolution. There’s also a 3-D Blu-ray version of the film to bring the movie closer to your eyes.
Here’s the press release from Arrow Video about all three releases and their bonus features:
| Arrow Video’s July releases bring Street Justice, Scorsese in 4K, and a Killer Collection of Spaghetti Westerns |
| On July 4th, the vigilante classic Fighting Back makes its debut on Blu-ray. Directed by Lewis Teague, the film stars Tom Skerritt as a family man pushed too far. After a violent attack against his wife (Patti LuPone in her first film role) and mother, John D’Angelo (Skerritt) forms a neighborhood patrol group. However, tensions soon escalate, and the group turns to vigilante tactics to protect their own, leading to hard hitting action on the streets of Philadelphia. The Blu-ray special features include new interviews with director Teague and camera operator Daniele Nannuzzi; a trailer; TV Spot; image gallery; double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect; an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critics Rob Skvarla and Walter Chaw, and a career-spanning interview with director Lewis Teague. On July 18th, Arrow unlocks the secrets of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Limited Edition features the 4K Ultra HD debut of the 2D presentation of the film in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D. The Academy Award-winning film, based on the novel by Brian Selznick, celebrates an unabashed love for the magic of cinema. Recently orphaned Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives in the Paris train station, tending to the various clocks, like his father had, while evading the police constable (Sacha Baron Cohen) who is constantly on his tail. When Hugo clashes with a toy store owner Georges (Sir Ben Kingsley), it sets off a series of events that will forever change them all. The special features include an audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira, publisher of The Lost Autobiography of Georges Méliès; the theatrical trailer; Inventing Hugo Cabret, a new interview with Brian Selznick, author and illustrator of the original novel on which the film is based; Capturing Dreams, a new interview with director of photography Robert Richardson; The Music of Dreams, a new interview with composer Howard Shore; Ian Christie on Hugo, a new interview with the acclaimed film historian and editor of Scorsese on Scorsese; Secret Machines: Hugo and Film Preservation, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya; Creating New Worlds, a new featurette in which French film historian and author Julien Dupuy examines the life and the legacy of Georges Méliès and his impact on cinema and special effects; Papa Georges Made Movies, a new featurette in which film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson explores the days of early cinema; Méliès at the Time of Hugo, a new visual essay by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira; five archival featurettes on the making of the film – Shoot the Moon: The Making of Hugo, The Cinemagician: Georges Méliès, The Mechanical Man at the Heart of Hugo, Big Effects, Small Scale and Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime; a double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket; an illustrated collector’s booklet with writing by film critic Farran Smith Nehme; and a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket. Finally, on July 25th, Arrow continues its box set journey into Italian Westerns with Blood Money: Four Western Classics Vol. 2. The Limited Edition box set features brand new 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films; restored lossless original Italian and English soundtracks; brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli; galleries for all four films; an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Howard Hughes; limited edition packaging with a fold-out, double-sided poster and reversible sleeves featuring original poster designs, and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx. DISC 1 – $10,000 BLOOD MONEY Django is back! Starring Gianni Garko and directed by Romolo Guerrieri, the story pits Django against the most unscrupulous of criminals, Manuel Vasquez (Claudio Camaso). What started as a simple job turns into a blood lust vendetta for Django when Vasquez makes it personal. The Blu-ray special features include brand new audio commentary by author and film historian Lee Broughton; Tears of Django – a newly edited featurette with archival interviews with director Romolo Guerrieri and actor Gianni Garko; The Producer Who Didn’t Like Western Movies – featuring a brand new interview with producer Mino Loy; How the West Was Won – a brand new interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi; and a theatrical trailer. DISC 2 – VENGEANCE IS MINE Much like For a Few Dollars More, director Giovanni Fago’s Vengeance is Mine is not a direct sequel to $10,000 Blood Money, but rather a spiritual successor. Fago’s film again casts Gianni Garko and Claudio Camaso in the leading roles, this time as brothers on the opposite sides of a Civil War. Garko is a bounty hunter tasked with bringing in his Confederate soldier brother-turned-renegade-outlaw to justice. The Blu-ray special features include brand new audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint; Cain and Abel – a newly edited featurette with archival interviews with actor Gianni Garko and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi; In Conversation with Nora Orlandi – a newly edited archival interview with the film’s iconic composer; Movie After Movie – a brand new interview with producer Mino Loy; and a theatrical trailer. DISC 3 – FIND A PLACE TO DIE In the tradition of The Professionals and The Magnificent Seven comes director Claudio Camaso’s twisted take on the men-on-a-mission film, Find a Place to Die. Jeffery Hunter stars as Joe Collins, a former solider tasked by a beautiful woman to save her husband, who’s trapped in their gold mine. Collins assembles a motley crew to ostensibly save the woman’s husband but, in reality, are eager to steal the gold. The Blu-ray special features include brand new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes; Sons of Leone – a newly edited archival interview with director Giuliano Carnimeo; and Traditional Figure – a brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its’ composer, Gianni Ferrio, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon. DISC 4 – MATALO! (KILL HIM) A gang of outlaws gets more than they bargained for in director Cesare Canevari’s Matalo!(Kill Him). After a double-cross that leaves a gang of criminals with a windfall of gold, they hide out in a ghost town where the only other people appear to be a couple Ray (Lou Castel) and Bridget (Claudia Gravy). The gang begins to terrorize the couple, never dreaming they would fight back. They also didn’t count on those deadly boomerangs Ray has in his satchel. The Blu-ray special features include a brand new audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson; A Milanese Story – a brand new, in-depth interview with filmmaker Davide Pulici, discussing the career of Matalo! director Cesare Canevari; Untold Icon – a brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its’ composer, Mario Migliardi, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon; and a theatrical trailer. |
An Italian deli owner (Tom Skerritt) forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! The streets of Philadelphia are unsafe, but John D’Angelo has a solution. Thieves, pimps, and pushers beware: he’s declaring a personal war on crime. From the director of Alligator and the producer of Death Wish comes Fighting Back! Tom Skerritt (M*A*S*H, Alien) stars as John D’Angelo, a proud husband and father fed up with the crime and fear his family endures everyday. When his wife, Lisa (Patti LuPone) and elderly mother are both victims of violent attacks, he organizes a team of locals to operate as a neighborhood patrol group. But when the patrol resorts to vigilante tactics, the lines between protection and personal vendetta become blurred, resulting in violence and corruption. Directed by Lewis Teague from a script by Thomas Hedley Jr. (Flashdance) and David Z. Goodman (Straw Dogs), featuring a supporting cast that includes Michael Sarrazin (Frankenstein: The True Story) and Yaphet Kotto (Live and Let Die) and with a score by celebrated Italian composer Piero Piccioni (Christ Stopped at Eboli), Fighting Back (released overseas as Death Vengeance) finally makes its blistering Blu-ray debut!
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Bonus Materials
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original lossless mono audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Enough is Enough!, a new interview with director Lewis Teague
Danny-Cam, a new interview with camera operator Daniele Nannuzzi
Trailer
TV Spot
Image gallery
Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critics Rob Skvarla and Walter Chaw, and a career-spanning interview with director Lewis Teague
Hugo [4K Ultra HD Limited Edition]
A boy living in a train station in 1930s Paris becomes involved in a mystery surrounding his late father’s work & pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès.
UNLOCK THE SECRET… Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs this audacious adaptation of Brian Selznick’s award winning novel, a magical, mysterious adventure and an exhilarating ode to cinema itself. Hugo Cabret is an orphan, living secretly in the walls of a Paris train station, tending to the many clocks, stealing what he needs to survive and hiding from the ruthless station inspector. But his clandestine life and precious secrets are threatened when he is caught thieving by the bitter old man who runs a toy booth at the station, and Hugo’s world becomes enmeshed with that of the shop owner and his bookish granddaughter. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father are all connected to a place where dreams are made. A heartfelt love letter to the magic of moving pictures, Hugo is a triumph of imaginative movie making and a gift for film-lovers everywhere. This epic Arrow Video edition marks the film’s debut on stunning 4K UHD and comes packed with a bounty of new extras.
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Bonus Materials
- 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K Ultra HD (2160p) debut of the 2D version of the film
- Includes High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
- Illustrated collector’s booklet with writing by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
DISCS ONE & TWO – FEATURE & EXTRAS (BLU-RAY + 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- 4K Ultra HD (2160p) presentation of the 2D version of the film in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D
- DTS-HD MA 7.1 and 2.0 audio options
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira, publisher of The Lost Autobiography of Georges Méliès
- Theatrical trailer
DISC THREE – BONUS DISC (BLU-RAY)
- Inventing Hugo Cabret, a new interview with Brian Selznick author and illustrator of the original novel on which the film is based
- Capturing Dreams, a new interview with director of photography Robert Richardson
- The Music of Dreams, a new interview with composer Howard Shore
- Ian Christie on Hugo, a new interview with the acclaimed film historian and editor of Scorsese on Scorsese
- Secret Machines: Hugo and Film Preservation, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya
- Creating New Worlds, a new featurette in which French film historian and author Julien Dupuy examines the life and the legacy of Georges Melies and his impact on cinema and special effects
- Papa Georges Made Movies, a new featurette in which film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson explores the days of early cinema
- Melies at the time of Hugo, a new a visual essay by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira
- Five archival featurettes on the making of the film – Shoot the Moon: The Making of Hugo, The Cinemagician: Georges Meliés, The Mechanical Man at the Heart of Hugo, Big Effects, Small Scale and Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Sales Points
- Global first 4K UHD includes 3D Blu-ray and Bonus Extras disc
Hugo [Limited Edition]
A boy living in a train station in 1930s Paris becomes involved in a mystery surrounding his late father’s work & pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès.
UNLOCK THE SECRET… Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs this audacious adaptation of Brian Selznick’s award winning novel, a magical, mysterious adventure and an exhilarating ode to cinema itself. Hugo Cabret is an orphan, living secretly in the walls of a Paris train station, tending to the many clocks, stealing what he needs to survive and hiding from the ruthless station inspector. But his clandestine life and precious secrets are threatened when he is caught thieving by the bitter old man who runs a toy booth at the station, and Hugo’s world becomes enmeshed with that of the shop owner and his bookish granddaughter. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father are all connected to a place where dreams are made. A heartfelt love letter to the magic of moving pictures, Hugo is a triumph of imaginative movie making and a gift for film-lovers everywhere. This epic Arrow Video edition comes packed with a bounty of new extras.
Media
Bonus Materials
- BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
- Illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing by film Farran Smith Nehme
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
- DISCS ONE – FEATURE & EXTRAS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D
- DTS-HD MA 7.1 and 2.0 audio options
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- New audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira, publisher of The Lost Autobiography of Georges Méliès
- Theatrical trailer
DISC TWO – BONUS DISC
- Inventing Hugo Cabret, a new interview with Brian Selznick author and illustrator of the original novel on which the film is based
- Capturing Dreams, a new interview with director of photography Robert Richardson
- The Music of Dreams, a new interview with composer Howard Shore
- Ian Christie on Hugo, a new interview with the acclaimed film historian and editor of Scorsese on Scorsese
- Secret Machines: Hugo and Film Preservation, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya
- Creating New Worlds, a new featurette in which French film historian and author Julien Dupuy examines the life and the legacy of Georges Melies and his impact on cinema and special effects
- Papa Georges Made Movies, a new featurette in which film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson explores the days of early cinema
- Melies at the time of Hugo, a new a visual essay by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira
- Five archival featurettes on the making of the film – Shoot the Moon: The Making of Hugo, The Cinemagician: Georges Meliés, The Mechanical Man at the Heart of Hugo, Big Effects, Small Scale and Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Blood Money: Four Western Classics Vol. 2 [Limited Edition]
Box set featuring 4 classic spaghetti westerns including “$10,000 Blood Money”, “Vengeance is Mine”, “Find a Place to Die” & “Matalo! (Kill Him)”.
In the mid-1960s, the success of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy gave rise to an explosion of similar productions. Filmmakers sought to capitalize on this new, uniquely Italian take on the western, characterized by their deeply cynical outlook, morally compromised antiheroes and savage violence. This specially curated selection gathers four outstanding examples of the genre, all centered around the theme of blood money. In Romolo Guerrieri’s $10,000 Blood Money, Gianni Garko – best known for his portrayal of supernatural gunslinger Sartana – takes on the part of another beloved western antihero, Django, who is on the trail of bandit Manuel Vasquez (Claudio Camaso). But what started as a job for hire soon turns personal, with Django swearing vengeance against the unscrupulous outlaw. Then, in the film’s spiritual successor, Giovanni Fago’s Vengeance is Mine (1967; a.k.a. $100,000 for a Killing), Garko and Camaso once again star as estranged half-brothers – one a Confederate soldier now riding with renegade outlaws, the other a bounty hunter tasked with bringing him in alive. Next, in Giuliano Carnimeo’s Find a Place to Die, Jeffrey Hunter plays Joe Collins, a disgraced former soldier who assembles a ragtag band of scoundrels. They are lured into helping a woman to rescue her prospector husband, who is trapped at their gold mine cave-in – though in reality, they have designs on the gold strike themselves. Finally, in Cesare Canevari’s psychedelic Matalo! (Kill Him), a band of outlaws, having holed up in a ghost town, set about terrorizing travelers Ray and Bridget – only to get more than they bargained for when Ray fights back, armed only with a bag full of boomerangs. Featuring a wealth of key Euro-cult talent both behind and in front of the camera, Arrow Films proudly presents these four classic westerns in sparkling High Definition restorations produced specially for this release, alongside a plethora of brand new bonus materials.
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Bonus Materials
- 4-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all four films
- Brand new 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films
- Original Italian and English front and end titles
- Restored lossless original Italian and English soundtracks
- English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- Brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli
- Galleries for all four films
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Howard Hughes
- Fold-out double-sided poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
- DISC 1 – $10,000 BLOOD MONEY
- Brand new audio commentary by author and film historian Lee Broughton
- Tears of Django – newly edited featurette with archival interviews with director Romolo Guerrieri and actor Gianni Garko
- The Producer Who Didn’t Like Western Movies – brand new interview with producer Mino Loy
- How the West Was Won – brand new interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- Theatrical trailer
- DISC 2 – VENGEANCE IS MINE
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Cain and Abel – newly edited featurette with archival interviews with actor Gianni Garko and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- In Conversation with Nora Orlandi – newly edited archival interview with the film’s iconic composer
- Movie After Movie – brand new interview with producer Mino Loy
- Theatrical trailer
- DISC 3 – FIND A PLACE TO DIE
- Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes
- Sons of Leone – newly edited archival interview with director Giuliano Carnimeo
- Traditional Figure – brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Gianni Ferrio, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- DISC 4 – MATALO! (KILL HIM)
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- A Milanese Story – brand new, in-depth interview with filmmaker Davide Pulici, discussing the career of Matalo! director Cesare Canevari
- Untold Icon – brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Mario Migliardi, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
