ANNOUNCED... UNDER FIRE BLU-RAY

The blu-ray releases for this coming June have just been announced over on Eureka! Video's website, including the 1983 war drama Under Fire, which includes a collector's booklet on the film written by yours truly!!

Here's the details...

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Stunning 1080p presentation on Blu-ray
• Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 audio
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director Roger Spottiswoode, Assistant Editor Paul Seydor and Photo-Journalist Matthew Naythons, and Film Historian Nick Redman
• Audio Commentary with Music Mixer-Producer Bruce Botnick, Music Editor Kenny Hal and Film Historians Jeff Bond, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman
• Joanna Cassidy Remembers Under Fire [3 mins]
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by author Scott Harrison [2000 copies]

You can pre-order on the Eureka website HERE

INCOMING... DOUBLE BLU-RAY WHAMMY!

It's a double whammy this week with my contributor copies of THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS on Powerhouse Film's excellent Indicator label and the Jackie Chan martial arts comedy WHEELS ON MEALS on the outstanding Eureka! Video's Classics label.

These limited edition releases feature collector's booklets with brand new essays on the films written by me.

Both blu-rays releases are out now and available from your local friendly online shop, or can be bought direct from the respective labels' websites.

NIGHT OF THE GENERALS BLU-RAY TRAILER

Eureka! Video have released their trailer for the new worldwide debut blu-ray of the epic WWII thriller Night of the Generals. I am writing the booklet and providing a brand new audio commentary for this release, which will be available this May.

INCOMING... NIGHT OF THE GENERALS BLU-RAY

It's just been announced over on Eureka! Video's website that they will be releasing the epic WWII thriller Night of the Generals this May on their Eureka Classics label starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. The blu-ray will feature a brand new AUDIO COMMENTARY by me, and the first 2,000 units will include a collector's booklet featuring a brand new piece on the making of the film written by me!

Here's the full specs...

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 1080p presentation on Blu-ray, taken from a stunning 4K restoration
• Uncompressed LPCM audio (original mono presentation)
• Optional English subtitles
• Brand new and exclusive Audio Commentary by author Scott Harrison
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition Collector s booklet featuring new writing by author Scott Harrison [2000 copies ONLY].

You can pre-order it HERE

ANNOUNCED... STEPHEN KING'S CUJO BLU-RAY

It has just been announced over on Eureka! Video's website that Cujo, the 1983 horror classic based on Stephen King's best-selling novel will make its UK debut on a limited edition 2-disc blu-ray set.  The fantastic release will include a limited edition 60 page collector's booklet featuring a brand new essay on the film and the original novel written by me!

You can pre-order the blu-ray at Zavvi HERE


Here's the full specs -

SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION [4000 UNITS] CONTAINS

• Hardbound Slipcase, featuring newly commissioned artwork by iconic British illustrator Graham Humphreys
• Reversible sleeve featuring artwork by Justin Osbourn and original poster artwork
• LIMITED EDITION 60-PAGE Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Lee Gambin, author Scott Harrison, and Craig Ian Mann; illustrated with archival imagery from the film’s production.

DISC ONE

• 1080p presentation of the film, on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK
• Uncompressed LPCM mono soundtrack
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• New and exclusive feature length audio commentary by Lee Gambin, author of Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo
• New interview with Dee Wallace [40 mins]
• New interview with composer Charles Bernstein [35 mins]
• New interview with stuntman Gary Morgan [25 mins]
• New interview with stuntwoman Jean Coulter [21 mins]
• New interview with casting director Marcia Ross. [20 mins]
• New interview with visual effects artist Kathie Lawrence [13 mins]
• New interview with special effects designer Robert Clark [12 mins]
• New interview with dog trainer Teresa Miller [28 mins]
• Dog Days: The Making of Cujo – archival documentary on the film’s production [42 mins]

DISC TWO [Limited Edition Only]

• Q&A with Dee Wallace from “Cinemaniacs & Monster Fest 2015”, moderated by Lee Gambin [96 mins]
• New interview with critic and author Kim Newman [25 mins]

INCOMING... 101 FILMS' NEW BLACK LABEL TITLE

So, this has just been handed to me by my friendly neighbourhood postie - my contributor's copy of CLASS OF 1984, the seventh release in 101 Films' excellent Black Label collection.

This limited edition release features a collector's booklet which includes my new essay on the film Future Retro: The Punk Culture and 1980s Sci-Fi.

The blu-ray is officially released on Monday 25th, but is in stock at 101 Films' website and they're shipping now!

You can buy it HERE

ANNOUNCED... DORIAN GRAY: THE LOST CONFESSIONS

It's just been announced over on Big Finish's website that I've written the audio novelisation Dorian Gray: The Lost Confessions. Each of the three novelisations are based on original unused scripts by producer/director Scott Handcock and read by Dorian Gray himself, the mighty Alexander Vlahos!

Here's the blurb...

Three brand-new readings of unmade stories from The Confessions of Dorian Gray. 

 

1. Last Man Standing

France, 1915. After being dispatched on a top-secret mission with his comrade, Jonathan Roberts, Captain Gray finds himself lost in the wastes of No Man’s Land searching for a concealed German outpost. As both men venture further

from the trenches, they soon discover forces greater than king and country.

 

2. There Are Such Things…

England, 1930. Father Victor Merriman is confused when a bedraggled young man locks him inside his own church on a dark and stormy night. The man claims not to be locking them in, but rather to be locking something out: something that

has haunted Dorian Gray for over a year now, ever since the engagement of Milly Lloyd.

 

3. The Last Confession

The Future. Since his experience at the Brigadoon Hotel, Dorian Gray struggles to come to terms with having a soul; and worse, having lost his soulmate. Travelling the world, he hopes to lay some demons to rest… and perhaps even confront

the biggest one of all?

 

This download-only release includes a bonus 15-minute interview with Alexander Vlahos and Scott Handcock, and an audio commentary for The Confessions of Dorian Gray: The Heart That Lives Alone.

 

 

Please note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.

Script Editor/Producer: Scott Handcock
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Written By: Scott Harrison, based on scripts by Scott Handcock
Directed By: Scott Handcock

Cast

Alexander Vlahos (Narrator)

Released in August, you can pre-order the audio novelisations HERE

FIGUREHEAD REVIEWS

Already the reviews are popping up over the interweb for the Blake's 7: Restoration box set and my episode Figurehead. Here's what they had to say...

"Scott Harrison’s return to the worlds of Blake’s 7 puts the spotlight on Cally and Tarrant... Stephen Pacey and Jan Chappell are each given strong threads, as deceit follows deception – quite definitely one of those stories where delving into the plot too deeply will spoil things for the listener, but it’s certainly one of those stories that you need to listen to carefully! And as with all the stories so far in this set, there’s a clever double edge to the title…An engaging and constantly shifting storyline with strong performances   -  8/10"   Sci-Fi Bulletin

"Writer Scott Harrison weaves a clever and complex tale which I would not dare spoil, with call backs to ‘The Way Ahead’, Big Finish’s cracking 40th Anniversary tale and also provides another face-off with the scheming Zeera Voss (Rebecca Crankshaw). Olivia Poulet (The Thick of It) returns as Avalon, while Jonathan Christie gives an entertaining performance as the Federation officer turned rebel leader Jaryss Vull...  Restoration Part 1 is a solid start to a new series of adventures, both continuing on from Crossfire and providing enough of a clean slate to be a jumping on point too. I look forward to the next set, due in July...   -  8/10"  Indie Mac User Blog

You can read them full Sci-Fi Bulletin review HERE and the Indie Mac User review HERE

ANNOUNCED... CLASS OF 1984 ON 101 FILMS BLACK LABEL

It has just been announced over on the 101 Films website that the violent classic 1982 near future thriller, Class of 1984, will make its UK debut on blu-ray on their fabulous Black Label on 25th February. The initial limited edition first release run of 3,000 units will feature a brand new essay written by me called 'Future Retro: The Punk Culture and 1980s Sci-Fi'.

You can pre-order the blu-ray on their website HERE


Here's the blurb -

Title number 007 in our Black Label range. This Limited Edition version is limited to 3000 copies and includes a slipcase and a booklet.

101 Films presents Class of 1984 (1982), title 007 on our Black Label and a UK Blu-ray debut. Extras include a brand new career-retrospective interview with writer Tom Holland (Fright Night), a commentary from director Mark L. Lester (Commando) and interviews with cast and crew. The first 3,000 copies of each title will come complete with a slipcase, and a Limited Edition booklet, including a new interview with the director.

An idealistic and naïve music teacher (Perry King) moves to the inner city with his pregnant wife to find that his new school is plagued by drugs and violence. Determined to bring a semblance of order to his classroom, he soon clashes with the school’s dominant gang, setting off a chain of escalating events, with potentially fatal consequences.

Brand New Extras

• Life is Pain... An interview with writer Tom Holland
• Limited edition booklet: Includes 'Future Retro: The Punk Culture and 1980s SciFi' by Scott Harrison and 'And Pain is Everything: An interview with director Mark L. Lester'

Additional Extras

• Commentary with director Mark L. Lester
• Do What You Love - A career retrospective of Perry King
• History Repeats Itself - An interview with director Mark Lester and composer Lalo Schifrin
• Blood and Blackboards - Interviews with cast and crew
• Girls Next Door - Interviews with actors Erin Noble and Lisa Langlois
• Trailer and TV spots
• Stills gallery

Specifications

Certificate: 18
Runtime (Blu-ray): Feature 98 mins approx., Extras 138 mins approx
Runtime (DVD): Feature 94 mins approx., Extras 23 mins approx
Aspect ratio: 16:9 (1.77:1)
Blu-ray region: B
DVD region: 2
Sound: Stereo PCM (Blu-ray) Stereo AC3 (DVD)
Language: English
Subtitles: English HOH

ANNOUNCED... JACKIE CHAN'S WHEELS ON MEALS BLU-RAY

SECOND BLU-RAY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DAY ALARM!!!!


It has just been announced over on Eureka! Video's website that the 1984 Chinese martial arts comedy, Wheels on Meals, will be released on blu-ray on their Classics Label this coming March. The initial limited edition first release run of 4,000 units will feature a brand new essay on the film written by me.

You can pre-order the blu-ray on their website HERE


Here's the blurb -

• Limited edition slipcase [First print run only]
• Stunning 1080p presentation from a brand new 2K restoration
• Optional English subtitles
• Original Cantonese audio track, available in both original mono (LPCM) and newly restored DTS-HD MA 5.1
• Optional English audio from the film’s original international release, featuring an alternate (and much funkier) soundtrack, available in both original mono and 5.1
• Alternate English dub track from the films 2006 DVD release (available in 5.1 only)
• New and Exclusive audio option - a custom audio option featuring the original Cantonese dialogue track, but mixed with the alternate soundtrack from the international release
• On Giant’s Shoulders – An archival interview with Sammo Hung [7 mins]
• An additional archival interview with Sammo Hung [10 mins]
• Born to Fight – An archival interview with Yuen Biao [15 mins]
• Jet Fighter – An archival interview with kickboxing champion and martial-artist Benny “The Jet” Urquidez” [28 mins]
• King of the Ring – An archival interview with martial-artist Keith Vitali [33 mins]
• The Inside Track – An archival interview with director and action choreographer Stanley Tong [34 mins]
• Spartan X Alternate Credits – Alternate “blooper reel” credits from the Japanese release of Wheels on Meals [aka Spartan X] – can be viewed isolated or as part of the main feature
• Additional Outtake footage [4 mins]
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• International Release Trailer
• Original Japanese “Spartan X” trailer
• PLUS: A Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet featuring a new essay by Scott Harrison  [First print run only]

ANNOUNCED... THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS BLU-RAY

It has just been announced over on Powerhouse Films's website that the classic 1969 British comedy, The Virgin Soldiers, will be released on blu-ray on their Indicator label this coming March. The initial limited edition first release run of 3,000 units will feature a brand new essay on the film and on 1960s British cinema written by me called 'Getting It: British Cinema and The Virgin Soldiers'.

You can pre-order the blu-ray on their website HERE


Here's the blurb -



(John Dexter, 1969)
Release date: 18 March 2019
Limited Blu-ray Edition (UK Blu-ray premiere)

Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas’ best-selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young British Army recruits billeted to Malaya who have no experience of either love or war. 

Both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, The National Health), Hywel Bennett (The Family Way, Twisted Nerve) and Nigel Davenport (The Third Secret, The Mind of Mr. Soames), along with early appearances from Christopher Timothy, Wayne Sleep, James Cosmo – and a young David Bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, The Virgin Soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated British comic drama.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Interview with co-screenwriter Ian La Frenais (2019)
• Interview with actor Roy Holder (2019)
• 16mm On-set Footage (1969): rare and previously unseen material shot on location
• Operation Malaya (1953): David MacDonald’s acclaimed feature-length docudrama on the Malayan Emergency 
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by author Scott Harrison, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
• All extras subject to change

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