Arrow Video, with
domestic sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group,
will be celebrating the early career of the late iconic filmmaker George A. Romero
with new 4K restorations of three of his early films on Oct. 24 with the 3 Blu-ray/3
DVD Combo Pack collection titled George Romero Between Night and Dawn.
Kicking off the
proceeding is his first film after Night of the Living Dead, which was
the 1971 romantic comedy, There’s Always Vanilla, starring
Raymond Laine (Season of the Witch, Sudden Death, etc.) as a studio musician
who leaves New York to return home to Pittsburgh (naturally), where he rejects
working for his father’s company in favor of hanging out with a woman named
Lynn (Judith Ridley), who is married … and pregnant. Much Bold Gold beer is consumed and little
else happens … Romero was not pleased with the film, but here it is.
Bonus features include
commentary from writer Travis Crawford (MovieMaker
Magazine, etc.), newly prepared video sessions with actors Judith Ridley
and Richard Ricci, producer Russ Streiner and crew member Gary Streiner, plus a
vintage interview with Romero titled “Digging Up the Dead: The Lost Films of
George A. Romero.”
Next up is the 4K
restoration — from the original 35mm film elements — of his 1973 film
release of Season of the Witch (aka: Hungry Wives). Joan (Jan White) is pushing 40 and has been
having some tormenting nightmares, which her therapist dismisses.
Her marriage with her
husband is rocky, so too is her relationship with her 19-year-old daughter and
as the dreams intensify she finds herself having an affair with a younger man
(with Raymond Laine from There’s Always Vanilla) and hanging
out with a coven of would-be witches.
By film’s end her husband is dead and she’s a witch!
Bonus features include
commentary from Travis Crawford, an extended cut of the film, an archive video
session with Jan White title “The Secret Life of Jack’s Wife” and a vintage
video session with filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro and Romero that is titled “When
Romero met Del Toro.”
Rounding out the trio of
new 4K restorations is Romero’s full-fledged return to the horror genre with
the 1973 release of The Crazies.
A bio-weapon gone awry
wipes out the town of Evans City and the desperate attempts by David (Will
MacMillan) and his pregnant wife, Judy (Lane Carroll), to escape the plague
ultimately prove fruitless. And just
when you think that 1,500 dead people is the end of it … Romero throws a twist
at you!
Bonus goodies include
commentary from Travis Crawford, the featurette titled “Romero was Here,” a
2016 Q&A session with actress Lynn Lowry and never-before-seen
behind-the-scenes footage.
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