Director James Bridges’
1988 film adaptation of Jay McInerney’s novel, Bright Lights, Big City,
will be getting “Rewind Collection” status on Nov. 13, so says MVD
Entertainment Group.
Michael J. Fox joins the
likes of Nicole Kidman (Windrider … on Blu-ray July 24), Jean-Claude
Van Damme (Lionheart … on Blu-ray June 12), Olivier Gruner (Angel
Town … heading to Blu-ray on Sept. 25) and cult filmmaker Jesus
Franco's “guilty pleasure” Blu-ray action gems, Golden Temple Amazons and
Diamonds
Of Kilimandjaro (debuting Sept. 11) with this Rewind Collection film entry;
an anthem of sorts about the rapidly changing “fast lane” culture of the 1980s.
Fox plays Jamie Conway, a
mid-20s New York City-based journalist, who finds the party scene more
compelling than work. Alcohol and
cocaine are the fuel which hasten his descent to the bottom. His mother has died and Amanda (Phoebe Cates),
his wife of a fleeting marriage, has kicked him to the curb, so he has plenty
of reasons to dull his sorrows.
His guide to world of
“bright lights” in the big city is Tad (played by Kiefer Sutherland), who acts
as sort of a one-man Greek chorus … a voice of unreason while the drugs consume
our hero and the music beats on.
Bright Lights, Big City is indeed an ode to ‘80s culture; a moment
captured beautifully in time by filmmaker James Bridges … and an outstanding
new entry in MVD’s “Rewind Collection” of Blu-ray special editions.
Bonus features include
not one, but two commentary options.
The first features author and screenwriter Jay McInerney, and the second
comes from cinematographer Gordon Willis.
There are also two featurettes — “Big City Lights” and “Jay McInerney's
The Light Within” — and an extensive photo gallery.
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