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On November 16th are bringing us this new 4K Limited Edition release of Clash of the Titans, with their usual mix of new and archive special features.

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Ray Harryhausen, cinema’s most celebrated creator of spectacular special effects, retired at the top of his game by returning to the realm of Greek myth with his final film, the soaring fantasy classic Clash of the Titans!

To win the hand of the Princess Andromeda, Perseus must solve riddles, tame the winged horse Pegasus, battle mighty creatures and outwit the gods themselves. Giant scorpions, two-headed hounds, the gorgon Medusa and even the Kraken itself stand in our hero’s way – in besting them, he will become a legend in his own right.

Featuring a panoply of screen legends as the gods themselves, including Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith and Ursula Andress, Clash of the Titans is a fitting climax to a career that inspired the generations of fantasy filmmakers that followed.

2 DISC 4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm negative by Arrow Films
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Richey Beckett
• Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Richey Beckett
• Collectors’ perfect-bound booklet containing new writing by critics Charlie Brigden, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, David Moses, Martyn Pedler and Icy Sedgwick plus select archival material

DISC 1 – FEATURE & EXTRAS (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Restored original lossless stereo and new Dolby Atmos audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Ray Harryhausen at the BFI, an archival audio interview conducted after a screening of Clash of the Titans in 1981
• Ray Harryhausen & Charles Schneer at the BFI, an archival audio interview with Harryhausen and his long-time producer Charles Schneer

DISC 2 – EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)

• Courage & Imagination: Ray Harryhausen’s Mythic Adventure, a brand new feature-length documentary by David Cairns and Fiona Watson celebrating Clash of the Titans and the work of Ray Harryhausen, with contributions from Joe Dante, John Landis, Randall William Cook and Vanessa Harryhausen
• A Conversation with Ray Harryhausen, an archival featurette in which Harryhausen discusses the film
• Myths and Monsters, a series of archival featurettes in which Harryhausen discusses the main creatures of Clash of the Titans: Calibos, Pegasus, Bubo, the Scorpions, Medusa, the Kraken and Dioskilos
• Theatrical trailers
• Image galleries

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On November 16th Arrow are bringing us this new 4K Limited Edition release of War Games, with their usual mix of new and archive special features.

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“Shall we play a game?” With this enduring line begins 1983’s WarGames, one of the most exciting and prescient sci-fi thrillers to come out of the ’80s, tautly directed by John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Blue Thunder), and featuring star-making performances from Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) and Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club).

Broderick plays David Lightman, a bright high-schooler who spends most of his free time on his home computer. All he wants to do is play the latest video games (and, on occasion, alter his grades). But when he dials into a program called Global Thermonuclear War, he soon realises he’s unwittingly hacked into the WOPR, the Department of Defense’s brand-new supercomputer, setting a sequence of events in motion that could ignite World War III. Lightman and his friend Jennifer (Sheedy) find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to find the WOPR’s designer, the reclusive computer genius Dr Stephen Falken (John Wood, Ladyhawke), to prevent nuclear Armageddon.

Featuring strong supporting performances by Dabney Coleman (9 to 5) and Barry Corbin (No Country for Old Men), WarGames was nominated for three Academy Awards, including one for screenwriters Lawrence Lasker and Walter Parkes, whose premise, described by Roger Ebert as “a masterstroke”, remains disturbingly relevant in the 21st century. After you finish the film, how about a nice game of chess?

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original lossless stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary with filmmaker and film historian Daniel Kremer
• Archival audio commentary with director John Badham and writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter Parkes
• Playing the Game, a brand new interview with John Badham
• Hello, I Must Be Coding, a brand new interview with actor Eddie Deezen
• Mutually Assured Percussion, a brand new tribute to composer Arthur B. Rubinstein featuring musician Anthony Marinelli and film music historian Daniel Schweiger
• Doomsday on Screen: The Visual Effects of WarGames, a brand new featurette by film journalist Joe Fordham
• Command and (Out of) Control: WarGames and Cold War Cinema, a brand new featurette on the context and legacy of WarGames by critic Bryan Reesman
• Loading WarGames, an archival documentary about the film’s production and cultural impact featuring interviews with cast and crew
• Inside NORAD: Cold War Fortress, Attack of the Hackers and Tic Tac Toe: A True Story archival featurettes
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by critics Priscilla Page and Keith Phipps, and original production notes
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Yvan Quinet

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On November 16th Arrow are bringing us this new 4K Limited Edition release of The Dirty Dozen, with their usual mix of new and archive special features.

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DAMN THEM OR PRAISE THEM… YOU’LL NEVER FORGET THE DIRTY DOZEN!

In 1967, director Robert Aldrich led a twelve-man army behind enemy lines and on to box office glory in The Dirty Dozen. A thrilling adventure starring the likes of cinematic trailblazer John Cassavetes, the roguish Charles Bronson, a then-unknown Donald Sutherland, and NFL star Jim Brown, The Dirty Dozen would define the guys-on-a-mission movie for decades to come!

As the Allies prepare to strike Nazi-occupied France, Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin) is tasked with a top-secret mission to tip the scales of war: break into and destroy a French château housing numerous high-ranking Nazi generals. His team? Twelve vicious criminals – the worst of the worst – promised a pardon if they survive. Somehow, Reisman must turn these twelve mutineers into one unified fighting force, or certain death awaits them all…

Raucous, cynical, violent, and hugely entertaining, The Dirty Dozen is a cinematic extravaganza full of excitement, tension, and unrelenting action, exploding off the screen in a brand new 4K restoration!

2-DISC 4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Sean Hogan and Paul Talbot as well as excerpts and photos from Dwayne Epstein’s Killin’ Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, and Alain Silver and James Ursini’s What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich? His Life and His Films
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston

DISC 1 – FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original restored lossless mono, 5.1 audio, and a newly restored 6.0 (70mm mix) track
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by film scholars Alain Silver and James Ursini
• Archival audio commentary with actors Jim Brown, Trini Lopez, Stuart Cooper, and Colin Maitland, producer Kenneth Hyman, novelist E.M. Nathanson, film historian David J. Schow, and veteran military advisor Capt. Dale Dye
• Archival introduction to the film by actor Ernest Borgnine
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC 2 – SPECIAL FEATURES (BLU-RAY)

• The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission, a feature-length TV sequel starring Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine (standard definition only)
• Newly discovered on set footage and an interview with Lee Marvin from Peter Whitehead’s archive
• War Is Over, a brand new appreciation by film historian Kim Newman
• The War March, a brand new breakdown of Frank De Vol’s score by David Huckvale
• Armed and Deadly: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, an archive featurette on the making of the film
• The Filthy Thirteen: Real Stories Behind the Lines, an archive featurette on the history behind the film
• Operation Dirty Dozen, an original promotional featurette
• Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge, a Navy recruitment film narrated by Lee Marvin

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On November 9th Arrow are bringing us this new 4K Limited Edition release of Fargo, with their usual mix of new and archive special features.

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A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Oft-imitated but never matched, Joel & Ethan Coen (Barton Fink, No Country For Old Men) are among the most celebrated filmmakers working in the world today. With Fargo, a darkly comic crime story set in small town Minnesota, they created one of the defining films of the 1990s.

Desperate for money, small town car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) hires two squabbling criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife with a view to extracting a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. But once the kidnapping takes place, nothing goes according to plan, and as the police investigate the bloody fallout, the hole Jerry digs for himself just keeps getting deeper.

Featuring an iconic performance from Frances McDormand as pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson, Fargo’s mix of absurdist wit and shocking violence earned the film acclaim and awards across the globe, including Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay.

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and lossless stereo audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Archive audio commentary by director of photography Roger Deakins
• Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Minnesota Nice, an archive featurette on the making of the film
• Interview with the Coen Brothers and actress Frances McDormand on the Charlie Rose Show
• American Cinematographer article
• Original promotional featurette and behind-the-scenes footage
• Theatrical trailers and TV spot
• Image galleries
• Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by critics Jedidiah Ayres, Walter Chaw, and Priscilla Page

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Later this year you’ll be able to pick up this new 4K Steelbook of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky.

Extras are TBC, but pre-orders are live now.

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Nominated for 10 Academy Awards®, this 1976 Best Picture winner inspired a nation. A struggling Philadelphia club fighter (Sylvester Stallone) gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight for love, glory and self-respect. Featuring a legendary musical score and thrilling fight sequences, this rousing crowd-pleaser scores a knockout!

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On October 5th Studio Canal or bringing us this new 4K Steelbook of the Directors Cut of Blood Simple.

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A stylish, imaginative and hard-boiled neo-noir, BloodSimple announced Joel and Ethan Coen as vitaland distinctive new cinematic voices on its releasethree decades ago.M. Emmet Walsh is sleazy Texas private eye Visser,hired by bar owner Marty (Dan Hedaya) to kill hisunfaithful wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover(John Getz). Given a plan to work from, he decidesto modify it without warning; and matters quicklyspiral out of control.In a new restoration approved by the Coen Brothers,Blood Simple is a masterclass in filmmaking.

EXTRAS

• MURDER IS HARD THE FIRST TIME: DESIGNING BLOOD SIMPLE
• DEAD IN THE HEART OF TEXAS: FILMING BLOOD SIMPLE
• YOU BETTER MAKE SURE HE’S DEAD: CARTER BURWELL AND THE COEN BROTHERS

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The Terminator is getting a fresh 4K Steelbook release later this year. Release date is still TBC, but pre-orders are live now.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the fiercest and most relentless killing machine ever to threaten the survival of mankind! An indestructible cyborg – a Terminator (Schwarzenegger) – is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the woman whose unborn son will become humanity’s only hope in a future war against machines.

Special features:

• Creating The Terminator: Visual Effects & Music
• The Terminator: Closer to the Real Thing
• Unstoppable Force: The Legacy of The Terminator
• Deleted Scenes

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On October 5th you’ll be able to pick this new 4K release of Van Helsing, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy). There will be a choice of standard or collectors edition Steelbooks.

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ADVENTURES LIVES FOREVER. The director of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns brings three of Universal’s classic monsters back to life like never before in the action-packed Van Helsing! Legendary monster hunter Van Helsing must rely on the help of the beautiful and mysterious Anna Valerious as he engages in an epic battle with the ultimate forces of darkness—Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s Monster! Get ready for non-stop action and mythic adventure in this pulse-pounding thrill ride!

Special features:

OVER 2 HOURS OF BONUS FEATURES!

• Van Helsing: The Story, The Life, The Legend
• Track the Adventure
• Bringing the Monsters to Life
• You Are in the Movie!
• The Music of Van Helsing
• Bloopers
• Dracula’s Lair Is Transformed
• The Masquerade Ball Scene “Unmasked”
• The Art of Van Helsing
• Monster Eggs
• Feature Commentary with Director Stephen Sommers and Editor/Producer Bob Ducsay
• Feature Commentary with Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley and Will Kemp

Collectors Edition Contents:

• Rigid Gloss Slipcase
• 44-page bookelt
• Double-sided poster
• Character Cards

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On November 16th the fantastic Shallow Grave is coming to 4K, with a choice of standard and collectors edition Steelbook releases.

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New 4K restoration approved by director Danny Boyle.

Contains:

The acclaimed debut film from visionary director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later) that helped redefine British cinema in the 1990s — now presented in stunning 4K Ultra HD.

Darkly comic and relentlessly suspenseful, the film follows three young professionals — Alex (Ewan McGregor), David (Christopher Eccleston) and Juliet (Kerry Fox) — whose seemingly perfect friendship is thrown into chaos when they discover a suitcase full of cash. As greed, suspicion and paranoia take hold, their close-knit circle begins to unravel with deadly consequences.

2-Disc Steelbook with Pet O-Ring

Bonus Features:

• Digging Your Own Grave
• Danny Boyle on Shallow Grave
• Ewan McGregor on Shallow Grave
• Commentary track with director Danny Boyle

Collectors Edition Contents:

• Rigid Slipcase with spot gloss and New Illustrated Art
• 40-page booklet of production notes
• Double-Sided Poster
• Art Cards
• Photo Cards

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On October 19th you’ll be able to pick up this nice looking Steelbook release of Toy Story 5.

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The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5, and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad, a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own distruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will platime ever be the same?

EXTRAS:

• The Toys Are Back In Town
• Casting Playtime
• 50 Buzzes and The Great Escape
• The Lost Toys
• Gag Reel
• Deleted scenes
• Audio Commentary

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