Penitentiary: Specs Thread

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Penitentiary (ArrowDrome) DVD



There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

Too Sweet likes three things... Candy bars, makin’ love and fighting. Arrested while defending a beautiful hooker in a roadside diner brawl, he finds himself unjustly incarcerated in a violent prison hellhole where life is cheap and punks get owned by predatory lifers. There’s only one way out... Victory in the ring!

Now Too Sweet has to fight for his freedom in series of boxing battles, all the while watching his back in the prison corridors, waiting for the cold sting of the shiv that might end his life.

Experience Jamaa Fanaka’s extraordinary grindhouse classic – Which is arguably the last great Blaxploitation flick – and pray to God you never end up somebody’s bitch in the PENITENTIARY!

ARROWDROME IS A FLEAPIT SELECTED LIBRARY OF CULT FILMS; VIOLENT, HORRIFIC, SLEAZY, EXPLOITATIVE. TO EXPLORE STEP IN TO THE CULT ARENA! EVERY ARROWDROME RELEASE INCLUDES A REVERSIBLE SLEEVE OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND A COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET!

ALSO INCLUDES AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR JAMAA FANAKA, TRAILERS, FEATURE LENGTH SEQUEL PENITENTIARY II STARRING ERNIE HUDSON AND MR T. + COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET BY AUTHOR CALUM WADDELL!



Running Time 99 mins approx
English language
Region 0 NTSC
RRP £9.99
Released 13th February 2012

You can pre-order yours from either:

- Amazon

- HMV

- Play

[Baseball Fury]

The sequel is included as well? Get in!

[dream demon]

So will this be a 2-discer, then?

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by dream demon

So will this be a 2-discer, then?

I don't know but I'm assuming so. I imagine it'll be like The Cheerleaders in that the first film is on one disc and the second on another.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by dream demon

So will this be a 2-discer, then?

As far as I know, both films are on the same disc with Penitentiary 2 listed in the extra features along with trailers for both Penitentiary movies.

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

As far as I know, both films are on the same disc with Penitentiary 2 listed in the extra features along with trailers for both Penitentiary movies.

Thanks for clearing that up, Nos.

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Just double checked with Arrow and, just to clarify, they tested the encode on separate discs and because of the source material the picture quality was no different so they kept it all on one disc.

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[dream demon]

Thanks for clearing that one up for me , guys. This is another example where ArrowDrome has released nice shiny versions of films I've been meaning to pick up for ages - keep 'em coming, Arrow!

[PaulD]

Good stuff! Was always going to pick this up as am keen to expand my blaxploitation watching but it's more of an essential purchase now knowing that there's 2 films instead of 1.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Excellent news about the sequel. Hopefully we could see Penitentiary III at some point in the futre.