Der Vorverkauf der nächsten beiden Filme beginnt – einmal gehts ins Giallogebiet und auch in das Frauengefängnis! Aber keine Angst, es handelt sich nicht um Jess Franco Territorium, nicht das ich Franco nicht schätze, im Gegenteil, aber bei Prigione di Donne handelt es sich um „anspruchsvolleres“, der Regisseur Rondi war Drehbuchautor für Fellini, Rossellini und Visconti!!! Es bleibt natürlich spekulatives Kino wie auch bei dem stimmigen Die Nacht der rollenden Köpfe. Endlich mit einem tollen Bild von einem 4K Master! Release date der Mediabooks ist der 2 April!
Pre-sales for the next two films are starting – one of them is going to Giallo territory and the other to the women’s prison! But don’t worry, it’s not Jess Franco territory, not that I don’t appreciate Franco, on the contrary, but Prigione di Donne is more “sophisticated”, the director Rondi was screenwriter for Fellini, Rossellini and Visconti!!!! Of course, it remains speculative cinema, just like the entertaining Death carries a Cane. Steely Blades everywhere! Finally with a great picture from a 4K master! Release date of the Mediabooks is 2 April!
The new Mediabook Bluray titles I GABBIANI VOLANO BASSO aka SEAGULLS FLY LOW aka KILLER STERBEN EINSAM (CP 16) and QUELLA CAROGNA DELL´ ISPETTORE STERLING aka FRAME UP (CP 17) are out now and shipping. Get your copy now in our Webstore!
Featurette Maurizio Merli – A Lethal Hunter of subtle Variation – Mike Malloy – 29 min.
International Picture Gallery
International Titel Sequences
Separately playable Score
Hardcover Mediabook with partial UV Spot
28 pages Booklet with an Essay by Udo Rotenburg in German and english filled with international promo material and fotos.
Double-sided Poster with the German VHS cover and the Italian locandia motif
4 Cover Variations, Italian Locandia, Italian VHS with German title, German VHS and a Collage with German and English title in a numbered & limited edition of 300/300/250/250 pieces
Technical Specifications:
Running time: 97 minutes
Format: 1.85:1, 1080p
Sound: DTS-HD 2.0
Audio: German, Italian, English
Subtitles: German, English
Region Code Free
One exclusively produced Featurette
Picture Gallery
Score separately playable
Alternative Titel sequences
Double sided Poster
Cover ACover BCover CCover D
Frame up
Italian Titel
Quella Carogna Dell Ispettore Sterling
I 1968
D: Emilio Miraglia (under Hal Brady)
A: Henry Silva, Pier Paolo Capponi, Luciano Rossi, Keenan Wynn, Beba Loncar
M: Robby Poitevin
Specifications
Worldwide 2K Blu-Ray Premiere!
Interview Henry Silva – European Adventures – 25 min.
Internationale Picture Gallery
alternative international Titelsequence
Separately playable Score
Hardcover Mediabook with partial UV Spot
28 pages Booklet with an Essay by Udo Rotenburg in German and english filled with international promo material and fotos.
Double-sided Poster with 2 Italian motifs
3 Cover Variations with 3 different Italian poster motifs in a numbered & limited edition of 350/350/350 pieces
May 27th two new Mediabook Bluray Releases will be out, both are very interesting HD and even digital world premiers!
First the Austrian Film SITUATION aka DEADLINE aka SLAUGHTER DAY aka LUGER CALIBRO 9: MASSACRE PER UNA RAPINA by director Peter Patzak. His first film is clearly a Heist movie and a wonderful example of Europloitation Cinema. For the first time since it’s small theatrical release in 1972 this film can be seen again with English audio!
The other one is a wonderful example of the Heydays of the Italian Giallo Genre and also from 1972! Silvio Amadio ´ s IL SORRISO DELLA IENA aka SMILE BEFORE DEATH for the first time digitally and in HD worldwide! Comes with English audio and subs on everything!
Both releases code free!
Am 27. Mai erscheinen zwei neue Mediabook Bluray-Veröffentlichungen, beide sind sehr interessante HD bzw. sogar digitale Weltpremieren!
Zunächst der österreichische Film SITUATION aka DEADLINE aka SLAUGHTER DAY aka LUGER CALIBRO 9: MASSACRE PER UNA RAPINA von Regisseur Peter Patzak. Sein erster Film ist eindeutig ein Heist-Movie und ein wunderbares Beispiel für das Europloitation-Kino. Zum ersten Mal seit seinem kleinen Kinostart im Jahr 1972 ist dieser Film wieder mit englischem Ton zu sehen! natürlich haben wir auch die deutsche TV/VHS Version als Bonus an Bord die erst 1984 entstand. Dieser deutsche Ton wurde auch der original Version angelegt.
Der andere Film ist ein wunderbares Beispiel aus der Blütezeit des italienischen Giallo-Genres und ebenfalls aus dem Jahr 1972! Silvio Amadio ‘ s IL SORRISO DELLA IENA aka SMILE BEFORE DEATH zum ersten Mal digital und in HD weltweit! Kommt mit englischem und italienischem Ton sowie deutschen Untertitel – ein deutscher Ton existiert nicht.
Wir führen unsere Reise mit zwei italienischen Polizeifilmen fort und es handelt sich um ausgesprochene Perlen des Genres. Zum einen haben wir da „Der unerbittliche Vollstrecker“ aka La Polizia sta a guadare aka Ransom! police is watching aka The great Kidnapping von Roberto Infascelli mit der Traumbesetzung Enrico María Salerno und Lee J Cobb! Weiters wirken Jean Sorel, Laura Belli und Luciana Paluzzi mit sowie viele bekannte Gesichter des Genres. Veredelt wird der Film mit einem Score von einem musikalischen Meister dieses Filmgenres, Stelvio Cipriani.
Zum anderen begeben wir uns nach Bari, Apulien – „Die Killer der Apocalypse“ aka La legge violenta della Squadra Anticrimine aka Cross Shot von Polizeifilm Spezialist Stelvio Massi. Auch hier eine imposante Besetzung mit John Saxon, Lee J Cobb, Renzo Palmer, Lino Cappolicchio, sowie Thomas Hunter.
Beide Filme wurden mit Bonusmaterial von Mike Malloy ausgestattet, dem Macher von Eurocrime! Bei „Der unerbittliche Vollstrecker“ gibt es ein Featurette über Lee J Cobb über seine Zeit speziell in Italien. Bei „Die Killer der Apocalypse“ gibt es ein informatives Interview mit John Saxon über seine Abenteuer in Italien.
Alle Details hier. Die Auflagen setzen sich wie folgt zusammen.
Der unerbittliche Vollstrecker (CP 12)
Cover A – Italienisches Plakat A – 250
Cover B – Italienisches Plakat B – 250
Cover C – deutsches VHS Cover – 250
Cover D – französisches Plakat (mit deutschem Titel) – 250
We continue our journey with two Italian police films and they are downright gems of the genre. On the one hand we have Ransom! Police is watching aka The great Kidnapping aka La Polizia sta a guadare aka Der unerbittliche Vollstrecker by Roberto Infascelli with the dream cast Enrico María Salerno and Lee J Cobb! Jean Sorel, Laura Belli and Luciana Paluzzi are also in the cast, as well as many familiar faces of the genre. The film is enhanced with a score by a musical master of this film genre, Stelvio Cipriani.
Secondly, we go to Bari, Apulia – Cross Shot aka La legge violenta della Squadra Anticrimine aka Die Killer der Apocalypse by police film specialist Stelvio Massi. Again an impressive cast with John Saxon, Lee J Cobb, Renzo Palmer, Lino Cappolicchio as well as Thomas Hunter.
Both films are equipped with bonus material by Mike Malloy, the maker of Eurocrime! On Ransom! Police is watching there is a featurette on Lee J Cobb about his time specifically in Italy. On Cross Shot there is an informative interview with John Saxon about his adventures in Italy.
All the details here. The editions are made up as follows.
Ransom! police is watching (CP 12)
Cover A – Italian Locandia A – 250
Cover B – Italian Manifesto B – 250
Cover C – German VHS sleeve – 250
Cover D – French Poster (with German Title) – 250
Cover E – Finnish VHS sleeve (with German Title) – 150
Both new releases, LAWA “The Parallax View” (Cine 23) and PAN/SCAN “Kosmonauter” (Cine 24) Vinyls are out and shipping. 180g colored or black Vinyl Editions plus CD available! Choose your copy now in our Online Shop!
LAWA (which is the acronym of Leonard Alain and Wank Alex) new album entitled „The Parallax View“ (Cine 23) will be released later 2020 is honoring various scores and composers from Italy and France. This track is the title track of „2019: After the Fall of New York aka Fireflash“ by Guido & Maurizio de Angelis, a score which was never released so far in any form. As the title track is never played to the end in the film LAWA continued in their own way to finish the track as it could be. In other words it starts as a „Cover“ and develops to their very own. Nevertheless a fantastic and different score by the De Angelis brothers which has to get rediscovered and released!!!
MARK COLPISCE ANCORA aka THE .44 SPECIALIST aka MARK STRIKES AGAIN (CP 05) And BROTHERS IN BLOOD aka SAVAGE ATTACK (CP 06) Mediabook Bluray Releases are out in 3 different cover variations. All pre-orders allready shipped. Cover C of both releases will be soon sold out so if you want to go for this variation be quick!
MARK COLPISCE ANCORA aka THE .44 SPECIALIST aka MARK STRIKES AGAIN
Italy 1976
Director: Stelvio Massi
Cast: Franco Gasparri, John Saxon, John Steiner, Paul Muller, Marcella Michelangeli, Malisa Longo
Music: Stelvio Cipriani
Configuration
Worldwide 2K Blu-Ray Premiere!
Two EXKLUSIVE produced Featurettes with son and Assistent DANILO MASSI and Camerman ROBERTO GIROMETTI.
Part 2 of the EXCLUSIVE produced STELVIO CIPRIANI career Interview
Internationale picture gallery (8 min.)
Hardcover Mediabook with partial UV spot
28 pages Booklet with an essay of Michael Cholewa (Terrorverlag) in german and an additional Interview with Danilo Massi (in english) including massive italian promo material.
Double-sided Poster with the italian Locandia and Manifesto.
3 different Cover variations, 2 italian, 1 german Motive in a numbered and limited edition of 400/300/300.
Inspector Mark Terzi, who is acting incognito under Mark Patti, gets hired in Rome by terrorists Paul Henkel (John Steiner) and Olga Kube (Marcella Michelangeli). His mission leads him to Vienna without knowing what it will be. With his austrian colleagues and the shady US Agent Altman (John Steiner) Terzi tries to discover the planned attack. After a murder attack were he should have been and isn’t by accident he realizes somebody plays wrong. Shortly after the terror attack with Terzi ´s participation is taking shape…..
The third installment in the (incoherent) „Mark“ series from director Stelvio Massi and probably the best of this short lived series. The Massi attributes like great action, fine camera and a solid story are coming to perfection in this film. The solid police thriller story does also include a political context exceptionally played by John Steiner and Marcella Michelangeli covering the political Zeitgeist with the RAF and Brigata Rossa.
The story is set in Rome, Vienna and Mailand and was also shot on original sets. Leading actor Franco Gasparri plays a strong lead and is greatly supported by John Saxon, Paul Muller and the two Terrorist Leaders Steiner and Michelangeli.
Completed by a typical and very fine Stelvio Cipriani score.
Technical Specifications:
Running time: 94 minutes
Picture: 1:85:1, 1080p, 23,98 fps
Sound: DTS-HD 2.0
Audio: English, Italian, German
Subtitles: English, German
Extras:
„Mark“ – Interview with Danilo Massi (20 min.)
„Comissario Ferro“ – Interview with Danilo Massi & Roberto Girometti (16 min.)
STELVIO CIPRIANI – Part 2 of the career Interview (41 min.)
BROTHERS IN BLOOD aka SAVAGE ATTACK aka LA SPORCA INSEGNA DEL CORRAGIO (CP 06)
Italy 1987
Director: Tonino Valerii
Cast: Bo Svenson, Martin Balsam, Werner Pochath, Peter Hooten, Nat Kelly Cole
Music: Riz Ortolani
Configuration
Worldwide 2K Blu-Ray Premiere!
EXKLUSIVE produced Featurette „Basterd in Blood“ with main actor BO SVENSON (26 min.)
EXCLUSIVE produced Documentary „Mr. Nice Guy“ about Life & work of WERNER POCHATH with brother and film producer DIETER POCHLATKO (40 min.).
Internationale Trailer
Internationale Picture Gallery
Hardcover Mediabook with partial UV Spot
28 pages Booklet with an Essay by Script writer Roberto Leoni in english and german, an essay by Udo Rothenberg (Blog „Grün ist die Heide“ ) in german and english and italian Promo material.
Double-sided Poster with the italian locandia and the US VHS Cover Artwork.
3 Covervariations, one with the italian Posterartwork, the US VHS Cover and a collage in a numbered & limited edition of 400/300/200 pieces.
Vietnam 1973 – a combat squad has to leave back one of theirs in a special mission.
USA 1986 – a secret mission does bring the Brothers in Blood back together – hostage rescuing in Guatemala. Terrorist leader is their former brother in arms. Tough and relentless Bo Svenson as Sergeant Steven Elliott called „Steel“. The storyline being set to Latin America puts „Brothers in Blood“ solidly into the then-zeitgeist. The mix of genre motifs is a perfect comment on the vanishing decade of action-packed war films in italian cinema.
Technical specification
Running time: 93 minuten
Format: 1:33:1, 1080p, 23,98 fps
Audio: English, German
Exklusive produced Featurette „Basterd in Blood“ with BO SVENSON (26 min.)
Documentary „Mr. Nice Guy“ about life & work of WERNER POCHATH with brother and Film Producer DIETER POCHLATKO (40 min.).
Audio: English, german
Subtitles: German, english
3 Cover Editions in a limited run of 400/300/200
Cover A 400 copiesCover B 300 copiesCover C 200 copies
