DVD Releases for May 2007
"I'll have my rifle
on one arm and my baby on the other, and I'll fight for what's mine."
–Voice from American
Revolution 2
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2
****…see this film… --Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Available for the 1st time on DVD!
A heady time of change and chains, the 1960s was
defined by a common effort to fight against injustice. And
U.S./1969/Black & White/Fullscreen/ 76 mins/ In
English
Special Features:
Booklet by Director Mike Gray
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2. Directed by Mike Gray and
Howard Alk. Cinematography by Mike Gray and Howard Alk. Edited by John Mason
and Howard Alk. Produced by Mike Gray and Chuck Olin for The Film Group.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2
DV86930
UPC 736899090623
DVD $24.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
“I believe I’m going to…die doing the things I
was born for.” --Fred Hampton
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON
****…political dynamite…
--Roger Ebert, CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES
“..an example of the power
of independent media in providing the truth….”
--David Walker,
Available for the 1st
time on DVD!
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON began as a film portrait
of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the
shoot,
U.S./1971/Black & White/Fullscreen/88 mins/ In
English
Special Features:
Booklet by Mike Gray
Bonus Short Film
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON.
Directed by Howard Alk and Mike Gray. Cinematography by
Howard Alk, Mike Gray, and Gordon Quinn. Edited by Howard Alk and John Mason.
Produced by Mike Gray and Emmett Grogan for Canyon Cinema.
THE MURDER OF FRED
HAMPTON
DV86922
UPC# 736899090029
DVD $24.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
“Luc Moullet is one of the
pioneers of cinema.” – THE
THE LUC MOULLET COLLECTION
“Undoubtedly the only heir
to both Bunuel and Tati.”
–Director
Jean-Marie Straub
AWARDS
Special Recommendation to
Genesis of a Meal
Available at last in this
exceptional four-disc set are the feature films of Luc Moullet, original member
of the French New Wave and long-time critic for Cahiers du Cinema. Rarely seen outside
France/1966-1992/Color and Black &
White/Fullscreen/In French with optional English.
Special Features:
The Man of the Badlands, a
documentary about Luc Moullet
THE LUC
MOULLET COLLECTION. Written and directed by Luc Moullet. With Jean-Pierre
Leaud, Jean Valmont, Olivier Maltinti, Francois Vatel, Colette Descombes, and
special appearances by Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, and Sam Fuller. Produced by
Luc Moullet.
THE LUC MOULLET
COLLECTION
DV92393
UPC 736899106423
DVD $129.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
“…visually dazzling….”
–VARIETY
VASKA EASOFF
AWARDS:
Hungarian Film Week
Grand Prize
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematographer
Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival, Best Director
In this fractured fairy
tale for adults, two thieves—Vaska and Vanya—steal the czar’s treasure from the
Bank of St. Petersburg by opening the roof with a sardine-can key taken from
the nest of a griffin. And, this is only the start of their misadventures:
Vaska is temporarily beheaded, the Red Guards are hot on their heels, and
copious amounts of Vodka are consumed by all. Set in
Hungary/1995/Color and Black & White/Fullscreen/86
mins. In Russian and Hungarian with English subtitles. ALL-ZONE NTSC DVD
Special Features:
Scene Selection
VASKA EASOFF. Haggyallogva Vaszka: Lagermese.
Directed by Peter Gothar. With Maxim Sergeyev, Yevgeny Sigyihin, Valja
Kazyanova, and Sergei Ruzhkin. Written by Peter Gothar and Mariana Kozireva.
Cinematography by Francisco Gozon. Original music by Gyorgy Orban and Gyorgy
Juhasz.. Set design by Sergei Kokovkin. Produced by Jolan Arvai for
MTV/FMS/Magic Media.
VASKA EASOFF
DV92392
UPC 736899106522
DVD $29.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
Passover Comes to
JEWS IN SPACE
“The continuing vitality and charm of the New Argentine Cinema
is evident in Jews in Space….”
--
“Why is this night
different from all the other nights?” The answer to this traditional Passover
question lingers throughout this comedy-drama about a Jewish family in Buenos
Aires who come together to celebrate the holiday, despite petty jealousy,
mismatched romantic feelings, and a suicidal patriarch. Affectionate yet keenly
observed, JEWS IN SPACE features a stellar cast of screen veterans, including
Axel Anderson and Sammy Lerner, in an intricate portrait of a contemporary
family that everyone can relate to.
Argentina/2005/Color/Fullscreen/89 min./In Spanish
with English subtitles. ALL-ZONE NTSC DVD
Special Features:
none
JEWS IN SPACE. Judios en el Espacio O Por Que Es Diferente
Esta Noche A Las Demas Noches? Written
and directed by Gabriel Lichtmann With Luna Paiva, Fernando
Rubio, Axel Anderson, Sammy Lerner, Veronica Llinas, Romina Sznaider, and
Beatriz Spelzini. Cinematography by Diego Poleri. Edited by Anders Pepe
Estrada. Original music by Diego Voloschin. Produced by Diego Radivoy, Fernando
Sirianni, and Pablo Larripa for Primer Plano Film
Group S.A.
JEWS IN SPACE
DV92394
UPC 736899106324
DVD $24.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
Straight from the underworld
of
CROSSROADS CAFÉ
Polish Film Festival (
Best Director
Editing
Polish Film Awards
Best Editing
Cinematography
In this action-packed drama
by veteran director Leszeck Wosiewicz (House
Chronicles), a young man moves to the city to earn enough money to keep his
sister from entering a bad marriage. Seduced by the fast money and cheap
thrills of life with a mob kingpin, he finds himself lured into a bank robbery
that goes awry. A crime story with a hip-hop beat, CROSSROADS CAFE is a
gritty, twitchy ride through
Poland/2005/Color/16:9 Wide
Screen/112 mins./In Polish with English subtitles.
Special Features:
Scene Selection
CROSSROADS CAFE. Rozdroze
Café. Written and directed by Leszek Wosiewicz. Maria Pakulnis, Kaziemierz
Staszewski,Robert Olech, Dominika Markuszewska, and Miroslaw Zbrojewicz.
Cinematography by Andrzej Ramiau. Edited by Krzysztof Raczynski. Original music
by Kkazik Staszewski. Produced Maciej Karpinski, Pawel Mossakowski, Maigorzata
Retej, Andrzej Serdiukow, Ryszard Sibilski, an Marek Trojak for Telewizja
Polska.
CROSSROADS CAFE
DV92390
UPC 670541001301
DVD $24.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
“…a visual delight…and a
crowd pleaser….” –HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
LOVE STORIES
“If anyone now carries the
mantle of Krzysztof Kieslowski…it is
Jerzy Stuhr….”
-Andrew J. Horton,
“Ingenious, insightful and finally rather touching.” –TIME OUT
Grand Jury Award
Venice Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
Polish Film Festival (
Golden Lion
Beloved Polish actor Jerzy
Stuhr (The Decalogue) directs and
stars in four engaging tales of life and love. LOVE STORIES deftly interweaves
the romantic troubles of four
Poland/1997/Color/Full Screen/84 mins./In Polish with
English subtitles.
Special Features:
Scene Selection
LOVE STORIES. Historie Milosne. Written and directed
by Jerzy Stuhr. With Jerzy Stuhr, Katarzyna Figura, Dominika Ostalowska, Irina
Alfiorowa, Karolina Ostrozna, Jerzy Nowak, Artur Barcis, and Andrzej Hudziak.
Cinematography by Pawel Edelman. Original music by Adam Nowak. Produced by Jan
Kaczmarski for S.F. Zebra, Canal Plus
LOVE STORIES
DV92391
UPC 670541002377
DVD $24.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
Don’t be fooled by…..
THE CONSUL
“…delightful,
amusing….”—VARIETY
For con men, it is all
about the game. When a Polish con artist is released from jail, he
returns to his life of deception, deceit, and chicanery. Starting off
small, he swindles modest shopkeepers
and vendors, but he works his way up the social ladder and into local politics
by passing himself off as a consul. A delightful caper film full of twists and
turns as well as a subtle satire of communism, THE CONSUL stars veteran actor
Piotr Fronczewski (Enigma Secret; Agent No. 1)
as the clever swindler going for the long con.
Poland/1989/Color/Fullscreen/104 mins./In Polish with
English subtitles.
Special Features:
Biographies of the director and stars
Scene Selection
THE CONSUL. Konsul. Directed
by Miroslaw Bork. With Piotr Fronczewski, Maria Pakulnis, Krzysztof Zaleski,
Jerzy Bonczak, Grazyna Krukowna, and Henryk Bista. Written by Miroslaw Bork and
Andrzej Jarecki. Cinematography by Julian Szczerkowski . Original music by
Zbigniew Szczerkkowski. Produced for Film Polski.
THE CONSUL
DV92388
UPC 644527449098
DVD $29.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
“…
NIGHTS AND DAYS
Academy Award Nominee
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Actress
Polish Film Festival
Golden Lion
Best Actor
Best Actress
In this Oscar-nominated
epic by Jerzy Antszak (Chopin: Desire for
Love), the triumphs and tragedies of a couple are chronicled from
Poland/1975/Color/Widescreen/245 mins./In Polish with
English subtitles.
Special Features:
Biographies of the director and stars
Scene Selection
NIGHTS AND DAYS. Noce
I Dnie. Written and directed by Jerzy
Antszak. With Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Emir Buczacki,
Stanislawa Celinska, and Wladyslaw Hancza. Cinematography by Stanislaw Loth.
Edited by Janina Niedzwiecka. Original music by Waldemar Kazanecki. Produced
for Zespol Filmowy Kadr..
NIGHTS AND DAYS
DV92389
UPC 644527053097
DVD $29.95
PRE-ORDER: 05/01/07
STREET: 05/22/07
Pre-order:
MAY 1 Street: MAY 22
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2 - "I'll have my rifle on one arm and my baby on the other,
and I'll fight for what's mine." –Voice from American Revolution 2
THE MURDER OF FRED
HAMPTON - “I believe I’m going to…die doing the things I was born for.”
--Fred Hampton
THE LUC
MOULLET COLLECTION - Undoubtedly the only heir to both Bunuel
and Tati.”–Director Jean-Marie Straub
VASKA EASOFF - “…visually dazzling….” –VARIETY
JEWS IN SPACE - “The continuing vitality and charm of the New Argentine Cinema
is evident in Jews in Space….”--
CROSSROADS CAFE - Straight from the
underworld of
LOVE STORIES - “…a visual delight…and a
crowd pleaser….” –HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
THE CONSUL - “…delightful,
amusing….”—VARIETY
NIGHTS AND DAYS - “…
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