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Independent U.S. distributors Severin Films will add to their Blu-ray catalog director Roman Polanski's film What? (1972), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Hugh Griffith, Sydne Rome, Gianfranco Piacentini, Romolo Valli, and Guido Alberti. The release will be available for purchase on April 26.

Synopsis: Roman Polanski described it as the ribald adventures of an innocent girl. More than four decades after its controversial release, it remains the most butchered, debated and least-seen film of the Oscar-winning director's entire career.

The succulent Sydne Rome stars as an oft-naked American girl lost inside a Mediterranean villa inhabited by priests, pianists, perverts and a pimp (a deliciously bizarre performance by Marcello Mastroianni) while indulging in madcap acts that even include ping-pong. Hugh Griffith (Tom Jones), Romolo Valli (Boccaccio 70) and Polanski himself co-star in this surreal and sexy comedy, now finally restored to its original running time from a vault print reportedly stolen from the wine cellar of producer Carlo Ponti.

Special Features:

Featurette: Sydne In Wonderland - Interview With Star Sydne Rome
Featurette: Memories Of A Young Pianist - Interview With Composer Claudio Gizzi
Featurette: A Surreal Pop Movie - Interview With Cinematographer Marcello Gatti
Theatrical Trailer


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Also on April 26, Severin Films will release on Blu-ray Frank Henenlotter's documentary That's Sexploitation! (2013).

Synopsios: From director Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Bain Damage) and co-producer Mike Vraney (the late founder of Something Weird Video) comes the epic documentary critics call "fascinating" (Video Watchdog), "titillating" (Time Out Los Angeles) and "jaw-dropping" (Seattle Weekly): Henenlotter and legendary exploitation monarch David F. Friedman – in his final film appearance – are your hosts for this eye-popping expedition through the world of pre-code peekaboos, stags, sex-hygiene films, goona-goonas, nudie-cuties, roughies, druggies, white-coaters and more, featuring thousands of spicy, steamy and downright sleazy slips from the SWV archives. And is that's not enough to tickle your pickle, Bonus Features include an additional 3+ hours of rare loops and shorts from four decades of Sexploitation history!

Special Features:

Over 3.5 hours of Sexploitation Shorts from the Something Weird Archives
Audio Commentary with Director Frank Henenlotter and Something Weird's Lisa Petrucci
Trailer