KINO LORBER THREAD

[Susan Foreman]

'THAT MAN BOLT' (1973) Coming from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Release date: February 7

"Action legend Fred Williamson (Hammer, Black Caesar, Original Gangstas) is That Man Bolt — the highest-flying, toughest-talking, hardest-hitting dude the world has ever faced

When you need a real man of steel, martial arts expert Jefferson Bolt is the high-priced pick for the job. His latest client, a mysterious British man with a cool million in cash, has an offer Bolt can’t refuse: transport his money from Hong Kong to Mexico City or be sent to prison on phony charges. But halfway to his destination, Bolt discovers that the money is funny, and he’s been set up to take the fall. With a price on his head and nowhere to turn, Bolt sets out to destroy the crime syndicate that dared to take him on

From high-stakes danger in glitzy Las Vegas to high-speed chases through gritty Los Angeles, Bolt strikes back again and again with an explosive battle culminating in a fiery finish

Co-directed by Henry Levin (Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, Murderers’ Row) and David Lowell Rich (A Lovely Way to Die, The Concorde… Airport ’79)"

Special features and specs:

• Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the InterPositive!
• THAT MAN HAMMER: NEW Interview with Star Fred Williamson
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 104 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Rated R

[Susan Foreman]

'BUG' (2006) - Coming to 4K UHD in 2023 from Kino Lorber Studio Classics in a brand NEW HDR / Dolby Vision Master!

[Susan Foreman]

'Rawhead Rex' (1986) - 4K UHD coming from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Release date: February 21

Special features and specs:
DISC 1 (4KUHD):

• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a New 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary with Director George Pavlou, Moderated by Author Stephen Thrower
• 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):

• 2017 HD Restoration – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary with Director George Pavlou, Moderated by Author Stephen Thrower
• CALL ME RAWHEAD: Interview with Actor Heinrich von Bünau (Rawhead Rex)
• GROWING PAINS – THE CHILDREN OF RAWHEAD: Interview with Actors Hugh O’Conor and Cora Venus Lunny
• WHAT THE DEVIL HATH WROUGHT: Interview with Actor Ronan Wilmot
• RAWK ‘N’ ROLL – THE REX SESSIONS: Interview with Composer Colin Towns
• RAWHEAD FX – A COCK AND BULL STORY: Interview with Crew Members Peter Mackenzie Litten, Gerry Johnston, Rosie Blackmore, John Schoonraad & Sean Corcoran
• RAWHEAD RISING: Interview with Artist Stephen R. Bissette
• RAWHEAD REX: Behind-the-Scenes and Original Art Image Gallery
• RAWHEAD REX: Restored Theatrical Trailer
• 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Lossless Audio
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 89 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Unrated

[Susan Foreman]

'The Big Bus' (1976) - Coming to Blu-ray in a Brand NEW 2023 HD Master – From a NEW 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative

Starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Rene Auberjonois, Ned Beatty, Bob Dishy, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon, Harold Gould, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Lynn Redgrave, Stuart Margolin, Richard B. Shull, Mary Wilcox, Vic Tayback, Vito Scotti & Howard Hesseman – Shot by Harry Stradling Jr. (Bite the Bullet) – Music by David Shire (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three) – Written by Fred Freeman (Delirious) & Lawrence J. Cohen (Start the Revolution Without Me) – Directed by James Frawley (The Muppet Movie)

[Susan Foreman]

'The Hunter' (1980) - Coming to Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Release date: February 21

"The final film of screen icon Steve McQueen (The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Getaway) shows the dynamic talent of the late, great actor in one of his most memorable roles: the true story of Ralph “Papa” Thorson, a modern-day bounty hunter

Thorson’s exploits are detailed as he pursues a number of fugitives who have skipped bail. The chase comes full circle when he becomes the quarry of a vengeful psychopath (Tracey Walter, The Silence of the Lambs)

The King of Cool’s multi-dimensional performance as Thorson, a man born in the wrong age, is counterpoint to the explosive action in The Hunter

Directed by Buzz Kulik (Warning Shot, Shamus) and featuring Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), Kathryn Harrold (Raw Deal), LeVar Burton (TV’s Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Ben Johnson (The Wild Bunch)."

Special features and specs:

• Brand New 2022 HD Master – From a 2022 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
• Theatrical Trailer
• 2 TV Spots
• VHS Trailer
• Reversible Art
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 97 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Rated PG

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Originally announced in November 2021, 'The Werewolf Of Washington' now has a release date of October 18, 2022

Release date has been changed again!

Now it is due to be available on February 21st, 2023

[Susan Foreman]

'Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Volume 14' - Coming to Blu-ray from Kino Classics and Something Weird!

Release date: February 28

"Today’s viewers may be baffled by the cinematic atrocities that midcentury filmgoers had to endure in order to witness naked bodies on screen. Released in the guise of educational documentaries, nudist films usually combined newly-shot material with cannibalized nudist films, stock footage, and decades-old ethnographic films, backed with needle-drop music, and processed under substandard lab conditions. Eventually, these Frankensteined films became a genre unto themselves, paving the way for the more gruesome Mondo films that would soon follow.

Dan Sonney and Maurice Zouary’s Nudist Life (1961) follows a quintet of ringers in a Florida nudist colony. 10 Days in a Nudist Camp (1957) is a reworking and expansion of This Nude World (1932). In Dick Randall’s Shangri-La, former Jerry Lewis impersonator Sammy Petrillo provides loads of cringe-inducing laffs while he lasciviously eyeballs the sun-worshipers"

Special Features

• Short films:
  - Back to Nature (1955)
  - The Expose of the Nudist Racket (1938)
  - Nature Girls (1952)
  - Nudes, Nudists, and Nudism Around the World, Nudist Memories (1961)
• English with optional English SDH subtitles

[Susan Foreman]

'The Experts' (1989) - Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics in a Brand New HD Master from a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative

"Starring John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Arye Gross, Deborah Foreman, James Keach, Jan Rubes, Brian Doyle-Murray, Charles Martin Smith & Rick Ducommun – Shot by Ronnie Taylor (Cry Freedom) – Music by Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting) – Directed by Dave Thomas (Strange Brew)"

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Volume 14' - Coming to Blu-ray from Kino Classics and Something Weird!

This is a fantastic lineup, and absolutely for the wish list. As is becoming custom-ary (ha! bad pun), importing from the US is a budget-busting endeavour. If only Amazon got a bunch of these to sell through the German Amazon or something like that. This particular volume would sell like hotcakes, I'm sure.

[Susan Foreman]

'The Questor Tapes' (1974 TV Movie) - Coming soon to Blu-ray in a brand new HD Master from a 2K Scan of the interpositive

Starring Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Lew Ayres, James Shigeta, Robert Douglas, Dana Wynter & Walter Koenig – Shot by Michael D. Margulies (Dirty Mary Crazy Larry) – Music by Gil Mellé (The Six Million Dollar Man) – Story by Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek) – Teleplay by Roddenberry & Gene L. Coon (Man in the Shadow) – Directed by Richard A. Colla (Fuzz, The UFO Incident)