4K Ultra HD For Quiet Days In Clichy From Blue Underground On Oct. 25

Blue Underground, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has done a terrific job of updating its eclectic and genre-themed film catalog on a regular basis … and since May of 2020 Blue Underground has been building its own 4K Ultra HD library as well.

The latest upgrade, which will also be its newest 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack edition, is none other than director Jens Jørgen Thorsen's 1970 film release of Quiet Days in Clichy.  

The original fine-grain 35mm negative was recently unearthed, which is the new source for this 4K film restoration … and, as a bonus, the 35mm negative is uncut, with an additional six-minutes of unseen footage.

Grove Press, which was no stranger to controversary and running battles with censorship (certainly, they must have had attorneys on call well-versed in the First Amendment), made their mark in 1959 with the publishing of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley's Lover, which was quickly banned and seized by the government.   That was a mistake.   The First Amendment is there for exactly this reason and the courts agreed.

The flood gates were opened and Grove Press led the way.   By the late 1960s the arthouse trend in films had emerged and so the company bought up Amos Vogel’s Cinema 16 and jumped in feet first with experimental, arthouse and foreign-language imports.   Well, guess what … Grove Press was back in court with Swedish filmmaker Vilgot Sjöman’s I Am Curious (Yellow), which was banned. 

They won, again, in court, the First Amendment trumps this nonsense.   They then picked up the domestic distribution rights to Thorsen’s film in 1970 and when it was exhibited in May of that year it was promptly seized by the U.S. Government for being obscene.  Do we need to say it?  Grove Press won again in court.

Based on Henry Miller’s early two-part novel from his life in Paris before the war (first published as sort of a work-in-progress in 1940 and later expanded by Miller in 1956 … and, yes, published by Grove Press), Quiet Days in Clichy follows the sexual adventures of Joey (Paul Valjean) and Carl (Wayne Rodda), who live hand-to-mouth in their “vintage” apartment in the Clichy-sous-Bois area on the east side of Paris.

Blue Underground first put out a DVD in the early days of the format (through Image Entertainment in 2002 and then re-released in 2004 by Blue Underground itself) and then upgraded to a Blu-ray edition in 2011 … now the definitive 4K Ultra HD version will be available on Oct. 25.

Bonus goodies include, as mentioned, the completely uncut and uncensored presentation of the film, which also features five-songs by Country Joe McDonald.  The six-minutes of additional footage (which was likely cut for running time considerations) is included as a separate featurette, plus the court documents are presented here as well as three vintage featurettes — “Midnight Blue,” “Songs of Clichy” and “Dirty Books, Dirty Movies: Barney Rosset on Henry Miller.”

 

 

 

 

SRS Cinema Tabs Sept. 13 For The DVD Debut Of Director Shawn C. Phillips' Amityville Karen

SRS Cinema, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has an inspired horror tale from filmmaker Shawn C. Phillips ready for genre-fans to enjoy on DVD this coming Sept. 13.

Who knew that when writer Jay Anson delivered his book in 1977, “The Amityville Horror,” that an entire cottage industry of films would be inspired, beginning with director Stuart Rosenberg’s The Amityville Horror, which was released during the summer of 1979.  

Something on the order of at least 30 films have carried the “Amityville” moniker since then (with more on the way).   Which is, of course, an immediate identification — a red flare to genre fans — that what you are about to see is going to be scary!  

But what happens when you combine that built-in terror of an Amityville film with the latest affront to all things holy and descent, the nagging presence of a KAREN!!    

Actor-turned-director Shawn C. Phillips has come up with what could very well be the most terrifying entry in the Amityville film franchise (film legacy) yet … Amityville Karen!!   The DVD from SRS Cinema that will certainly rock the horror world on Sept. 13.

Vlogger, Playboy model and parody artist (her Lady Gaga is spot-on) Lauren Francesca was recruited for the title role of Karen and word is that she absolutely nailed it.   So much so that Shawn C. Phillips and Lauren Francesca have teamed up for four additional films — Mistletoe Massacre, Cheer Bloody Murder, Amityville Shark House and Amityville Bigfoot.

Karen is hell on wheels, a real work of art … dare we say it, a bitch.   Demanding and unforgiving … my way or the highway.   She’s given plenty of rope to establish just how irritating she can be and then the moment comes.   A struggling brew house/tasting room (with truly bad entertainment), has a cursed vintage and so Karen simply helps herself to it, which turns her into a monster (isn’t that redundant??).   The slaughter begins … the blood, and the wine flow, and Karen continues the tradition of Amityville being a hell-on-earth (in all the best ways)!

Bonus features include commentary and an extensive behind-the-scenes featurette!

 

 

 

VCI Entertainment Launches 16-Strong Western Double-Feature DVD Promotion On Oct. 11

Ride baby ride … classic Westerns are at the forefront Oct. 11 as VCI Entertainment has no less than 16 double-features heading home on DVD starring silver screen legends of the 1930s and 40s.

Showcased here are Allan “Rocky Lane with the double-feature collection of El Paso Stamped and Silver City, plus Big Boy Williams starring in Lucky Boots and Danger Trails.

“Wild” Bill Elliott stars in Law Comes to Texas and In Early Arizona, while the iconic Buck Jones gets not one, but two double-feature releases, one teaming California Trail with Treason, while the second double bill has Dawn Trail hooked-up with Ridin' for Justice.

The “Durango Kid,” Charles Starrett, stars in The Durango Kid and Lawless Plainsman, while the legendary Johnny Mack Brown has two double-feature options, Everyman's Law and West of El Dorado, plus the action continues with the pairing of Law of the Range and Raiders of San Juan!

Hopalong Cassidy (in real life, William Boyd) stars in Three on a Trail and The Eagle's Brood, and at the iconic Tim McCoy stars in four separate double-feature DVD releases.

 

 

 

Paramount Home Entertainment Readies Star Trek 4K Ultra Promotion For Sept. 06

Paramount Home Entertainment will be putting on a star show on Sept. 6 with 4K Ultra HD editions of the six original Star Trek movies, including a special “Director’s Edition” of the 1979 theatrical release from director Robert Wise that launched the film franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

There will be two 4K purchasing options for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  The first is Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition (a Combo Pack), which features an additional companion Blu-ray disc with new and vintage special features.   It took six months to complete this restoration.

Newly prepared bonus features include commentary from the restoration team of David C. Fein, Mike Matessino and Daren R. Dochterman (on the 4K disc), a new 8-part documentary titled “The Human Adventure,” deleted scenes, effects tests, costume tests and computer display graphics (all on the companion Blu-ray disc).

Vintage bonuses include the Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith and Stephen Collins​ tag-team commentary and a collection of previously released featurettes.

The other Star Trek: The Motion Picture purchasing option on 4K Ultra HD is titled Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition—The Complete Adventure, which features the above outlined material, plus a companion 4K Ultra HD disc with the Theatrical Cut and the first-ever longer version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, originally broadcast on TV in 1983.

Also, on Sept. 6, are 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack editions of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

 

 

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending June 30, 2022

 

 

New DVD Additions 

4 Digital Media (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Devil Within (aka: The Corruption of Divine Providence)

 

Altered Innocence       

06/28/22 — Released Two Films by Arthur J. Bressen Jr. (2 film set: Passing Strangers, Forbidden Letters)

 

BBC Home Entertainment

06/28/22 — Released Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils

 

BBC Home Entertainment (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Wakefield (3 disc set)

 

BCSN (MOD)

06/21/22 — Released 2022 - Alumni Mens Basketball Tournament: SMCC vs Edison, 2022 - Alumni Mens Basketball Tournament: SMCC vs Perkins and 2022 - Auto Racing: VanDoorn Racing Development 200

06/28/22 — Released 2022 - High School Summer League: Bellevue vs Margaretta

 

BEC-TV (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released School Board Meeting: June 27

 

BEK Communications (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released 2022 - Expedition League Baseball: Pierre Trappers vs Souris Valley Sabre Dogs

 

Bridgestone Multimedia (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Everything I Am and To a Moral Certainty

 

CasablancaDVDs/truth3152 (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Bower Boys: The Busters Set (3 film set: Spook Busters, Blues Busters, Jail Busters)

 

Changing Your World (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Deeper Definition of Grace, Divine Recovery from Spiritual Idolatry, Grace: God's Provision for the Believer, Secure in Grace, Sunday Service, Wednesday Morning Service and  Wednesday Night Service

 

CMI Education/PESI Publishing (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Managing Challenging Patient Behaviors: 101 De-escalation Strategies for Healthcare Professionals (2 disc set)

 

Cinedigm Entertainment (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Sleeze Lake: Vanlife at its Lowest and Best

 

Creature Feature Videos (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Bad Seed (Turkish), Flying Saucers in Istanbul (Turkish) and Iron Claw (Turkish)

 

EWTN

06/28/22 — Released EWTN Live: Father Brian Mullady, OP / St. Thomas Aquinas and modern psychology, Journey Home: DR. Tim Gregson / Former Presbyterian Worship Leader and Women of Grace: Michael J. Lichens for Idile Haumonte - Angels Among Us: Our Invisible Companions

 

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Animal Crackers, Babes in Arms, Brief Encounter, Burden of Proof, Cheyenne, Crazy Nights (Italian), Desert Attack (aka: Ice Cold in Alex), Detour, Great Texas Dynamite Chase, Guardian, Guest Wife, Hell's Belles, How Green was My Valley, Immortal Three, Jack-O, Keyholes are for Peeping, Lady Eve, Life of Her Own, My Favorite Brunette, Now, Voyager, Platinum Blonde, St. Louis Kid, Texas Lightning, War of the Wildcats, Wheeler Dealers and Zeigfeld Girl

 

Film Detective

08/09/22 — Sets Battle of the Worlds

 

Finders Keepers Classics, LLC (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Constant Husband (aka: Marriage a la Mode), Day the Earth Froze, Dear Wife, Driver’s Seat, Earl of Puddlestone, Farmer’s Daughter, Female Bunch, Frontier Gal, God’s Country and the Woman, Guilty Bystander, Heat Lightning, Hero of Rome, Invincible Gladiator, Johnny Stool Pigeon, Lady Luck, Love Among the Millionaires, Love Slaves of the Amazon, Man from Dakota, Manipulator (aka: B.J. Lang Presents), Mark of the Devil, Only the Brave, Outer Space Connection, Proud and Profane, Pyx, Raging Tide, Seven Percent Solution, Shakedown,  Son of Cleopatra, Son of Samson, Study in Terror, Swamp Women, Truth About Murder, Turning Point, War Goddess (aka: The Amazons), West Point Widow, When the West was Young and Woman Racket

 

Full Moon Features

09/13/22 — Sets Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl

 

Grasshopper Films

06/28/22 — Released Ascension (Mandarin)

 

Hallmark Films

06/28/22 — Released Mistletoe Promise

 

Hallmark Films (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Best Christmas Party Ever, Christmas Cure and Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, With Love

 

Hiawatha Broadband Communication (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Winona Municipal Band Concert (June 29)

 

High Fliers

06/28/22 — Released Haunting of Pendle Hill

 

Hope of the World (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Prophetic Message Part II

 

IFC Films

06/28/22 — Released See for Me (ARR of 172 days; box office: $51,191)

 

ITN Distribution

06/28/22 — Released Shadow Company (Cantonese)

 

Image Entertainment

06/28/22 — Released Mosquito State

 

Indican Pictures

06/28/22 — Released Victim of Love (ARR of 340 days; box office: $5,016)

 

Jarrett Enterprises - Loving the Classics (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released .357 Magnum, 28 Minutes for 3 Million Dollars (Italian), Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun (Italian), Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell (Italian),

Aloma of the South Seas - Upgraded, Assassination in Rome (Italian), Assault on the State Treasure (Italian), Assignment Skybolt (Greek), Battle of the Commandos (Italian), Beatles: Complete Series (4 disc set), Broadway’s Deadly Gold (German), Champagne Murders (French), Death and Diamonds (German), Death Be Nimble, Death Be Quick (German), Double Feature (2 film set: Two Latins from Manhattan, Two Senoritas from Chicago) (2 disc set), Green Hornet: Complete Series (4 disc set), Haunted House (Spanish), Incident on a Dark Street, Judd for the Defense: The Complete Series (6 disc set), Lady of the Pavements (silent-1929), Long, Hot Summer (14 episodes) (7 disc set), Man of Miracles, Man Without Desire (silent-1923), Manhattan Night of Murder (German), Murderer’s Club of Brooklyn (German), Museum of Crime (Spanish), New Dick Van Dyke Show: Complete Series (9 disc set), Pain in the A (Italian),

Playhouse 90: The Fabulous Irishman, Playhouse 90: The Nutcracker, Portrait of a Showgirl, Romulus and the Sabines, Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls, Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady, Time of the Apes, Tip Not Included (German), Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight (German), Under the Pampas Moon – Upgraded, Violin Case Murders (German), War Gods of Babylon and Zebra Force

 

Kaczmarek Digital Media Group, Inc. (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Pinky

 

Kino Lorber

06/28/22 — Released Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen and Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders: Season 2 (2 disc set)

 

Lightyear Video

06/28/22 — Released A-ha: The Movie

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

06/28/22 — Released Family Camp and Where the Scary Things Are

 

Media Outlet (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Anwar Sadat: In Life And Death

 

Music Box Films

06/28/22 — Released Rose Maker (French)

 

Orion Neighborhood Television (MOD)

05/17/22 — Released 2022 - Boys Lacrosse - Lake Orion vs Brother Rice, 2022 - Girls Soccer - Lake Orion vs Groves and 2022 - Varsity Girls Softball - Lake Orion vs Stoney Creek

06/07/22 — Released 2022 - ONTV News (6/06/22)

06/21/22 — Released 2022 - Lions Club Jubilee, 2022 - ONTV News (6/19/22) and 2022 - Orion Today (6/21/22)

06/28/22 — Released 2022 - Views from the Sidelines

 

PBS Direct

06/28/22 — Released NOVA: Determined - Fighting Alzheimer's, Plague at the Golden Gate and Trinity: Classically Irish

 

Paramount Home Entertainment (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Aviary

 

Plets Express (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released New England Shortline & Regional Railroads, Volume 3

 

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Absolute Intense Wrestling: Cibernetico de Mayo - Lakewood, OH, H2O Wrestling "BRAWLBQ" - Williamstown, NJ and Sean Henderson Presents "LUV is Rage" - Williamstown, NJ

 

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

06/28/22 — Released Mothering Sunday (ARR of 95 days; box office: $274,330)

 

Strand Releasing

06/28/22 — Released Artist's Wife

 

Sundance Now

06/28/22 — Released Hollington Drive: Series 1

 

Sundance Now

06/28/22 — Released Total Control: Season 2 (2 disc set)

 

The DVD HQ (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Always in My Heart, Ask Any Girl, Barbary Coast Gent, Barefoot Mailman, Child of Manhattan, Confessions of a Co-Ed, Corpse Came C.O.D., Gay Sisters, Girls of the Road, Good Luck, Mr. Yates, Hollywood Round-Up, I'll Take Romance, Kathy O', King Steps Out, Ladies in Love, Lady Wants Mink, Once to Every Woman, Remember Last Night?, Sweethearts of the U.S.A. and Tell It to a Star

 

Tri-Coast Studios (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Cold Blooded Killers and White Lie

 

VCI Entertainment (MOD)

10/11/22 — Sets Groom Wore Spurs, Jesse James' Women, Oklahoma Annie and Slowest Gun in the West

 

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

06/28/22 — Released Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season (4 disc set)

 

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released American Pickle

 

Zeus DVD (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Challenge, Cheyenne, Death in Small Doses, Elephant Stampede, Footloose Heiress, For Heaven's Sake, Fox Mystery Theatre: In Possession, Gambling on the High Seas, Go-Getter, Golden Fleecing, Great Catherine, Having a Wild Weekend, He Couldn't Say No, Here Come the Huggetts, Hollywood Barn Dance, In the Meantime, Darling, Intent to Kill, Joe Dakota, Kansas Pacific, King's Vacation, Men of Chance, Miracle, Miss Robin Crusoe, Mister Scoutmaster, Reward, Rise of Catherine the Great, Saboteur, Stop, You're Killing Me, Target Zero, Those Endearing Young Charms, White Feather, Widow from Chicago, Wyoming Renegades and Zig Zag

 

 

New Blu-ray Additions 

 

Altered Innocence

06/28/22 — Released Two Films by Arthur J. Bressen Jr. (2 film set: Passing Strangers, Forbidden Letters)

 

Asuka the Disc Dog (aka: Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Man vs. Bee - Season 1, Man with a Camera, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area - Season 1, Walker - Season 1 and Walker - Season 2 (2 disc set)

 

BBC Home Entertainment

06/28/22 — Released Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils

 

Canadian International Pictures

06/28/22 — Released Buster Keaton Rides Again

 

Collector’s Heaven (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Beavis and Butt-Head: Do the Universe, Bluey Seasons 1 and 2, Chrissy's Court - Seasons 1-2, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, God's Favorite Idiot - Season 1, LEGO City Adventures - Seasons 1-3, Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1, Roger Ramjet Complete Series, Sanjay and Craig Complete Series (2 disc set), Shining Girls - Season 1 and Umbrella Academy, The - Season 3

 

Creature Feature Videos (MOD)

06/21/22 — Released Ghost Ship of the Blind Dead (aka: Horror of the Zombies), Greta, the Mad Butcher (aka: Ilsa, the Wicked Warden), La Marca Del Hombre Lobo (Spanish) and Rodan (Japanese)

 

Culture Shock Releasing

06/28/22 — Released Game of Survival

 

Dark Star Pictures

06/28/22 — Released King Car (Portuguese)

 

Deaf Crocodile

06/28/22 — Released Ilya Muromets (Russian)

 

Factory 25

06/28/22 — Released Inspector Ike

 

Film Detective

08/09/22 — Released Battle of the Worlds

 

Full Moon Features

09/13/22 — Sets Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl

 

FUNimation

06/28/22 — Released Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan (2 disc set)

 

Good Deed Entertainment

06/28/22 — Released Charlotte

 

Grasshopper Film

06/28/22 — Released Ascension (Mandarin)

 

Gunpowder & Sky

06/28/22 — Released Little Hours

 

IFC Films

06/28/22 — Released See for Me

 

Kani

06/28/22 — Released Videophobia (Japanese)

 

Kino Lorber

06/28/22 — Released Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema (5 film set: Big House, U.S.A., A Bullet for Joey, He Ran All the Way, Storm Fear, Witness to Murder) (5 film set), Mondocane (Italian), Out of Sight and Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders: Season 2 (2 disc set)

 

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, Karate Girl: Kick to the Groin Edition (Japanese), Love Simon - Complete Series (2 disc set), Real Genius and Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion - Season 1

07/12/22 — Sets Ms. Marvel - Season 1 (2 disc set)

 

Paramount Home Entertainment

06/28/22 — Released Boomerang and Harlem Nights

 

Plets Express (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released New England Shortline & Regional Railroads, Volume 3

 

Powerhouse Films

06/28/22 — Released Pastor Hall

 

Saturn’s Core

06/28/22 — Released No Resistance

 

Sentai Filmworks

06/28/22 — Released Place to Place (2 disc set)

 

Severin Films

06/28/22 — Released Big Sleazy Jack Weis Double Feature (2 film set: Crypt of Dark Secrets, Death Brings Roses) and Hey … Stop Stabbing Me!

 

Shoreline Entertainment (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Deadly Virtues, Final Draft, Firstborn, Oddsville Christmas (Finnish), Omnivores (Spanish), Pearl Diver, Sal (Spanish), Slip and Fall, Stomp! Shout! Scream!, Subways, Therapy, Vanished, Watercolor Postcard and Weakness

 

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

06/28/22 — Released Mothering Sunday

 

Steam Train Video (MOD)

06/28/22 — Released Doubleheaders on the Durango & Silverton

 

Strand Releasing

06/28/22 — Released Artist's Wife

 

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

06/28/22 — Released A-Team: Complete Series (21 disc set)

 

Walt Disney Studios Home Ent

07/19/22 — Sets Bob's Burgers Movie (with Digital Copy)

 

Wild Eye Releasing

09/27/22 — Sets Acid King: Collector's Edition

 

 

New 4K Ultra HD Additions  

 

Kino Lorber

06/28/22 — Released Killer's Kiss and Out of Sight (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Paramount Home Ent.

08/09/22 — Sets Event Horizon: 25th Anniversary Edition (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

09/27/22 — Sets I Know What You Did Last Summer: 25th Anniversary Edition (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

10/04/22 — Sets Bram Stoker's Dracula: 30^th Anniversary Edition (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)