The end of July is going to sizzle when Arrow Video releases the Nico Mastorakis Collection, Red Line 7000 and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Nico Mastorakis Collection has six of his films that haven’t been released on Blu-ray. Included in the set is Ninja Academy. Red Line 7000 has legendary director Howard Hawks tackling NASCAR back in the ’60s. He wisely found an unknown actor named James Caan to get behind the wheel. This promises to be more entertaining than any race happening on TV. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was Guy Ritchie’s update of the beloved ’60 spy TV series. The movie is coming out in both 4K UHD and Blu-ray. Here’s the press release from Arrow Video:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New from Arrow Video US
The Nico Mastorakis Collection [Limited Edition]
7/30/24
Red Line 7000 [Limited Edition]
7/30/24
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [Limited Edition]
7/30/24
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| Arrow Video’s July Releases Sizzle with a Limited-Edition Box Set from the Notorious Nico Mastorakis, James Caan’s First Starring Role, and a Guy Ritchie Blockbusterin 4K UHD |
| On July 30th, Arrow Video presents The Nico Mastorakis Collection in a limited-edition Blu-ray box set. The influential cult film master is back with six films that range from science fiction to Hitchcockian thrillers to comedies and more! The Time Traveller is a Sci-Fi fantasy that finds a recently widowed astronaut’s wife (Adrienne Barbeau) and son helping a mysterious stranger (Keir Dullea) who has washed ashore on a Greek island. The mother and son soon begin to realize that the stranger is more than he appears. In the thrilling action-comedy Sky High, three college athletes’ vacation takes a terrifying turn when they are handed a mysterious tape that a criminal organization will stop at nothing to obtain. Terminal Exposure brings a touch of Hitchcock, as two photographers accidentally capture a murder on film and pursue the lethal blonde who did the deed. The film features a score by a then-unknown Hans Zimmer. Next up is Glitch!, a screwball comedy that tells the tale of two inept burglars who attempt to throw a party in a Hollywood producer’s luxurious beach house. The party takes a wrong turn when the mob shows up to collect a debt owed them by the producer. In the tradition of Police Academy comes Ninja Academy, a comedy that follows a ragtag group that includes an awkward nerd, a mime, a rich kid, a spy, a survivalist, and two runners who are put to the test as they are trained in the ancient art of ninja! The Naked Truth takes a cue from the Billy Wilder cross-dressing classic Some Like It Hot, with two friends on the run who must dress up as women during a beauty pageant to hide from the mob boss that wants them dead. The only problem – the boss falls for one of them! Starring Adrienne Barbeau (Escape From New York, The Fog), Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey), Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk, Hercules), Billy Barty (The Leprechaun series), M. Emmet Walsh (Raising Arizona), Erik Estrada (C.H.I.P.S.), Bubba Smith (The Police Academy series), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Green Acres), musical legend Little Richard, and more! The Box Set special features include six interviews with Nico Mastorakis, interviews with stars, original trailers; new writings on the films; and newly commissioned artwork. Watch the trailer for Glitch! here |
July 30th marks the release of Howard Hawks’ thrilling drama Red Line 7000 in limited-edition Blu-ray. Filmed at real NASCAR races during the 1965 season, director Hawks (Rio Bravo) brings you closer to the split decisions between glory and death than ever before. Pat Kazarian’s (Norman Alden) racing team is put into disarray with the death of one of his drives at Daytona. The competition heats up as drivers Mike (James Caan, in his first starring role), Ned (John Robert Crawford) and Dan (Skip Ward) all contend with each other on and off the track. Red Line 7000 is a high-octane film that influenced Quentin Tarantino and Francois Truffaut and features early performances by George Takei (Star Trek) and Teri Garr (Mr. Mom).
The Blu-ray special features include audio commentary, new interviews, two new visual essays, image galleries, new writings on the films, a double-sided foldout poster, and newly commissioned artwork.
Watch the trailer here:
Also on July 30th, Guy Ritchie’s action/adventure reimagining of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. comes to limited-edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray. Director Ritchie brings his signature style to this big-budget adaptation of the iconic 1960s TV series of the same name. Set at the height of the Cold War, Russia and the US are forced to join forces to stop the rise of a new nuclear superpower, teaming up their best agents – the CIA’s Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and the KGB’s Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer). If Solo and Kuryakin can stop trying to kill one another, they might just form an alliance smart enough to stop the supervillain Nazi sympathizers (Elizabeth Debicki and Luca Calvani) from destroying the world. Featuring exotic locales, cracker ack action set pieces, and style to spare, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is Guy Ritchie at his very best. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Cavill (Man of Steel), Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Calvani, Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Jared Harris (Chernobyl), and Hugh Grant (Wonka).
The 4K UHD and Blu-ray special features include a new audio commentary, two new interviews, a featurette on the 1960s TV series, a featurette on director Guy Ritchie, nine archival featurettes, the theatrical trailer, an image gallery, new and archival writings on the films, a double-sided foldout poster, and newly commissioned artwork.
Watch the trailer here:
The Nico Mastorakis Collection [Limited Edition]
This collection of six Nico Mastorakis cult classics offer a satirical skewering of American cinema with a chutzpah that must be seen to be believed!
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He’s back! One of the most infamous B-movie maestros to have ever sat in a director’s chair, Nico Mastorakis returns to Arrow Video with a collection of sci-fi shenanigans and screwball comedies that will take you out of this world!
First up, Nico then shows a more thoughtful side in The Time Traveller, where the widow (Adrienne Barbeau, The Fog) of an astronaut and her young son come across a mysterious man (Keir Dullea, 2001: A Space Odyssey) with uncanny powers on a beach in Greece. The wacky Sky High sees three American jocks on holiday in Greece being handed a tape by a mysterious figure, who begs them to not let it fall into the wrong hands before being shot by an unseen assassin. Featuring an early score from the great Hans Zimmer, Terminal Exposure focuses on two carefree beach photographers, who accidentally photograph a murder and immediately set after the assassin: a tall, gorgeous blonde with a rose tattoo on her behind. Glitch! sees two bumbling burglars whose attempt to throw the house party of the century in the luxury home of a Hollywood producer is foiled by a group of mobsters determined to collect what the producer owes them – no matter what. Take a martial arts school, throw in a snotty rich kid, a clumsy geek, a paranoid survivalist, two beach joggers, a cool secret agent and a mime, and you get Ninja Academy, a madcap karate comedy like no other starring Gerald Okamura (Big Trouble in Little China). Finally, in The Naked Truth, Mastorakis pays homage to a certain Billy Wilder film when two friends decide to pass as women and pose as makeup artists for a local beauty pageant to elude a vicious mafia boss. It seems like the perfect cover, until the mafioso gets the hots for one of them!
Zany, shocking and unhinged, Nico Mastorakis offers a satirical and sardonic skewering of American cinema with a chutzpah that must be seen to be believed!
Bonus Materials
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations
- Original stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio sound
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Nico’s Self Interviews, six brand new interviews with writer, director and producer Nico Mastorakis where he looks back on how the films in this collection came to be, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and cast and crew interviews
- Dan Hirsch: A Revealing Self-Interview, a brand new interview with the star of Sky High Dan Hirsch looking back on his role in the film
- Gerald Okamura, Ninja Academy’s “Chiba” Remembers, a brand new interview with Gerald Okamura, looking back on his role as Chiba in Ninja Academy, and his career as an actor and martial artist
- Original trailers for each film
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the career Nico Mastorakis by critic Barry Forshaw
- Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
Red Line 7000 [Limited Edition]
Tensions become magnified when three stock-car drivers bring their personal problems to the racetrack.
- List Price: $39.95
- Your Price: $39.95
- In Stock: -1259
MEET THE SPEED BREED! Hollywood legend Howard Hawks (The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo) floors the accelerator in Red Line 7000, a late career treat that gave James Caan (The Godfather, Rollerball) his first starring role and would later be an influence on Quentin Tarantino. Overnight fame, overnight fortune, and any-night girls, the men of Banjo Baker’s racing team press ’em all to the limit in this story of three ambitious young drivers trying to make their names in the thrilling world of stock-car racing. It’s a dangerous life for the drivers and the women who love them. In the red zone beyond 7000 RPM the engine might blow, but it’s the only way to win. Shot by Milton R. Krasner (All About Eve) with a screenplay by George Kirgo (Spinout) and a supporting cast that includes Charlene Holt (El Dorado), Marianna Hill (High Plains Drifter), and a pre-Star Trek George Takei, Red Line 7000 features pulse-pounding scenes of real life racing and crashes that will take your breath away.
Bonus Materials
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
- Bruce Kessler: Man in Motion, a new interview with assistant director Bruce Kessler
- Gas, Gears, Girls, Guys & Death, a new visual essay on the film by filmmaker and critic Howard S. Berger
- A Modern Type of Woman, a new visual essay on the “Hawksian Woman” in Red Line 7000 by film scholar Kat Ellinger
- Image gallery of posters, lobby cards, and stills
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley
- Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley
- Illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing by film critic Martyn Conterio
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [Limited Edition]
Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) directs and Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) stars in this big screen adaptation of the classic action-adventure TV series.
With Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, director Guy Ritchie established himself as a master of bravura set pieces and buddy movie banter, before proving he could successfully meld the irreverent spirit with classic properties in his Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Now, Ritchie brings his signature touch to his big-screen translation of the beloved 1960s television spy show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1963: in the thick of the Cold War, roguish CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill, Mission: Impossible – Fallout) forms an uneasy alliance with brooding KGB officer Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name) to thwart a criminal organization with apocalyptic intentions. The rebellious daughter of a missing nuclear scientist (Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina) is their only ticket inside the sinister ring – but to whom is she truly loyal? A desperate race against time will determine whether the scientist’s atomic research will shatter the delicate balance of power in the world. A thrilling spy romp with rich period detail and an infectious soundtrack of cool pop classics, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. puts a colorful, contemporary twist on 1960s espionage and delivers pure entertainment with swaggering ease.
Bonus Materials
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10/compatible)
- Original lossless Dolby Atmos sound
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry
- The Hollywood Way – brand new interview with co-writer/producer Lionel Wigram
- A Lineage of Bad Guys – brand new interview with actor Luca Calvani
- Legacy of U.N.C.L.E. – brand new featurette celebrating the original 1960s TV series and its influence on the 2015 movie, featuring Helen McCarthy, David Flint and Vic Pratt
- Cockneys and Robbers – brand new featurette exploring director Guy Ritchie’s oeuvre, featuring Kat Hughes, Hannah Strong and Josh Saco
- Spy Vision: Recreating 60s Cool, A Higher Class of Hero, Metisse Motorcycles: Proper and Very British, The Guys from U.N.C.L.E. and A Man of Extraordinary Talents – five archival featurettes exploring the making of the film
- U.N.C.L.E.: On-Set Spy – four archival, bite-sized featurettes going behind the scenes on the film set
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Double-sided fold-out poster, featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Barry Forshaw, and a reprinted article from CODEX Magazine on the film’s cinematography
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative
