Happy 20th birthday, BD! Or more specifically, happy 20th birthday to BDMV, the version of Blu-ray used for pre-recorded movies. The massive capacity and forward-thinking design of Blu-ray allow it to present amazing AV quality even 20 years later. https://t.co/joxhrMLg3E
@paul_gaitan87@ghoulbasement None of this matters for BD, because the BD spec requires all players play through the layer change seamlessly, so it doesn't matter where it is... although seamless branching BDs have some rules on where the break(s) are.
@paul_gaitan87@ghoulbasement then a normal scene cut without audio overhang, but some content has neither. Some movie editors liked to fade between each sequence, which isn't good for hiding DVD layer breaks. Occasionally there’s just not a good place near-halfway through the film to conceal the break.
In Phase IV, ants get hit by a cosmic glitch and suddenly they’re thinking, really thinking. Scientists stand around as they watch the insects organise attacks on humans.
Available on ltd. edition 4K UHD from @88_films.
#gettofopp
Bits #4K Review – @BillHuntBits dives deep into Guy Hamilton’s legendary air combat epic BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969) in a terrific #UltraHD limited edition box set from @imprint_films!
https://t.co/6zArORLyxr
***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming in late March on #4K/Blu-ray dual format in the US from
@DeafCrocodile : #DeadMountaineersHotel (1979)! "I was on call to drive to a mountain hotel. The hotel's name was The Dead Mountaineer," says police inspector Peter Glebsky (Uldis Pūcītis) at the beginning of Estonian director Grigori Kromanov’s dazzling, paranoid mixture of locked-room mystery, 1970s Euro giallo, classic noir whodunit, and (unbelievably) alien sci-fi ala THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
Based on a novel by famed Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (STALKER, HARD TO BE A GOD), the hall-of-mirrors plot follows Glebsky as he’s trapped by avalanche in the ski lodge with a rogues’ gallery of weird suspects: tubercular gangster Hinckus (Mikk Mikiver), creepy hotel owner Snewahr (Jüri Järvet, KING LEAR), a wall-climbing physicist (Lembit Peterson), a louche, wig-wearing beauty out of a Bryan Ferry song (Irena Kriauzaite) – oh, and the Dead Mountaineer’s faithful St. Bernard.
The interior of the hotel (brilliantly art directed by Tõnu Virve and Priit Vaher, and photographed by Jüri Sillart) is straight out of a Dario Argento or Sergio Martino thriller: all chrome-and-marble with Space Age modern designs, drenched in champagne and feather boas. Featuring a stellar electronica / prog score by composer Sven Grünberg, the film combines an eerie THE SHINING-like mountain locale with speculative sci-fi straight out of Chariots of the Gods. “This is the end of the road. The only way is back,” as the hotel owner cryptically smiles.
Newly restored in 4K by Deaf Crocodile in collaboration with the Estonian Film Institute and Film Archive. In Estonian with English subtitles.
Bonus Features:
New 4K restoration by Craig Rogers and Michael Coronado for Deaf Crocodile and color grade by Tyler Fagerstrom.
First-ever Worldwide 4K UHD + Blu-ray release
New commentary by film historian Michael Brooke “Snow Job: A Routine Investigation in Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel” - new visual essay by Ryan Verrill & Dr. Will Dodson of Someone’s Favorite Prod.
Excerpt from the documentary BONUS TRACK (2016, dir. Riho Vastrik) on composer Sven Grünberg and his score for the film (13 min.)
Original trailer
Vintage “Making of DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL” featurette created by Estonian Public TV
Vintage Soviet Estonian newsreel footage on the making of the film (2 min.)
New artwork by Beth Morris
Disc authoring by @FidelityUHD
Deluxe Edition Bonus Content:
Limited Edition of 3000 units
Hard slipcase featuring new painted cover art by Hans Woody
60-page illustrated booklet including:
New essay by Soviet film scholar Peter Rollberg
New essay by film historian Michelle Kisner
New essay by film critic Walter Chaw
https://t.co/Tuj1BCgI2v
#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #DeafCrocodile #Estonia
Movie-Wise...Love-Wise...Laugh-Wise...Or Otherwise...You'll Rave About This One!
Arriving on Limited edition 🇬🇧 4K UHD next week! Billy Wilder's five-time @TheAcademy 🏆 winning masterpiece, THE APARTMENT 🔑
🥁 FIRST FEBRUARY REVEAL! 🥁
Brand-new 4K remaster of SWAMP THING
Deluxe Limited Edition & Website Exclusive
Pre-order the 4K from Amazon and other retailers from Wednesday 26th November.
Website Exclusive pre-order window coming soon!
More announcements coming this week 👀
We have officially announced the whole 2025 physical media slate which concludes with our release of DOGMA 4K on the 10th of December!
It has been an insane year for us, especially in the 4K space where we have undertaken brand-new restorations of Wake in Fright, Hardware, Black Sheep, The Salute of the Jugger, and Lake Mungo.
Add to that world-first 4K releases of The Fall, Angst, Freaked, Shutter, You Were Never Really Here, Cypher, Angel's Egg, Dust Devil, and Dogma... and you can see that we have been putting in the graft to make our releases shine in their best format.
What has been your favourite announcement of 2025?
William Friedkin’s essential erotic thriller JADE (1995) comes to 4K UHD and Blu-ray in a Limited Edition 3-Disc Hardbox with brand NEW Special Features and accompanied by an exclusive hardback booklet! 💚
Starring Linda Fiorentino, David Caruso, and Chazz Palminteri, this suspenseful and steamy cult classic is crafted from a screenplay by Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct) and follows an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption, and crime.
This release also includes the feature documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002), an incisive look at legendary producer Robert Evans.
Special Features:
• Audio commentary by film historian Jennifer Moorman (Theatrical Cut)
• NEW Audio commentary by film critic William Bibbiani, editor Augie Hess, and assistant editor Darrin Navarro
• NEW Friedkin's Enigma - video essay by filmmaker Chris O'Neill
NEW Interview with assistant editor Darrin Navarro
• Eszterhas, Friedkin and Jade - an interview with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas
• Hysterical Blindness: William Friedkin at Paramount - a featurette with editor Augie Hess and assistant editor Darrin Navarro
• Archival interviews with Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, David Caruso, Michael Biehn, Ken King and Angie Everhart
• Audio commentary by directors Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
• The Film That Saved Hollywood featurette
• On the Red Carpet featurette
• Up Close with the Kid featurette
• The Spirit of Life Award featurette
• Lifetime Achievement Award featurette
• Showgirls on Evans featurette
• Evans Gag Reel
• The Truth According to Others: On the Red Carpet featurette
• Original Theatrical Trailer
1500 copies only! 📀 Pre-orders open this Friday 5 September.
Sound the sirens! Our #500 Imprint Films release is the World War II epic BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969), which comes to 4K UHD for the first time worldwide, fully restored by Imprint Films from the original 35mm negative. 🇬🇧
After the tremendous success of our 2024 release of A Bridge Too Far, we are thrilled to nosedive back into combat with this aviation spectacular. Filled with extraordinary large-scale flying sequences and heart-stopping assaults, director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger) pulled off a miracle bringing this film to life, which was captured by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Freddie Young (Lawrence of Arabia).
Featuring an all-star cast including Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, and Christopher Plummer, this NEW Dolby Vision presentation was restored at Fidelity in Motion and is housed in a Limited Edition 3-Disc hardbox with an exclusive 100-page hardback booklet.
Special Features:
• Audio commentary by director Guy Hamilton, production manager Bernard Williams, documentary director Paul Annett and assistant director Garth Thomas
• NEW Audio commentary by film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin
• More NEW Special Features TBC
• NEW Documentary by Simon Lewis
• NEW Interview with film historian Sheldon Hall
• NEW Feature documentary, including interviews with original production crew
• Original Theatrical Score by Ron Goodwin with a single cue from Sir William Walton
• Alternative Score by Sir William Walton
• Score by Sir William Walton
• Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain – 1943 propaganda film
• The Battle for the Battle of Britain – 1969 documentary
• Authenticity in the Air – featurette (2004)
• A Film for the Few – featurette (2004)
• Recollections of an R.A.F. Squadron Leader – featurette (2004)
• Images From the Sky
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English HOH Subtitles
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders are now live for our full November 4K UHD wave!
Quintessential neo-noir erotic thriller THE LAST SEDUCTION (1994) comes to 4K UHD for the first time worldwide, fully restored by Imprint Films from the original 35mm negative! 🫦
We are thrilled to present the film in three versions: not only in its full colour Theatrical Cut on 4K UHD, but also in an exclusive Noir Edition on 4K UHD (with the film in black-and-white), and in its Extended Version in standard-definition on Blu-ray.
Passion, greed and revenge forge a desperate triangle between Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino), a woman who wants it all, her husband (Bill Pullman), a doctor forced to deal drugs, and a violent and impatient loan shark (Peter Berg).
Special Features:
• Audio commentary by director John Dahl
• NEW Small Town Noir – interview with director John Dahl
• NEW The Demolished Man – interview with actor Peter Berg
• NEW The Good Doctor – interview with actor Bill Pullman
• NEW Seductive Rhythms – interview with editor Eric L. Beason
• NEW Hard Light and Soft Shadows – interview with cinematographer Jeffrey Jur
• More NEW Special Features TBC
• The Art of Seduction – archival featurette
• Behind-the-scenes footage
• Image gallery
• Deleted Scenes (with optional audio commentary)
• Alternate Ending (with optional audio commentary)
• 128-minute Extended Version of the film (standard-definition)
• Optional English Subtitles
This Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray 4-Disc Hardbox comes with an exclusive hardback booklet featuring original production notes, information on the cast and crew, and publicity photographs.
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open this Friday 5 September.
Ridley Scott’s high-octane action-thriller G.I. JANE (1997) comes to 4K UHD for the first time worldwide, fully restored by Imprint Films from the original 35mm negative. 🪖
With a powerhouse leading performance from Demi Moore as Lt. Jordan O’Neil, an intense turn from Viggo Mortensen as her Navy SEAL instructor, and Anne Bancroft as a sharp, shrewd senator, the film tackles gender politics within the military system through a big-budget Hollywood lens.
This Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray 2-Disc Hardbox is accompanied by an exclusive 60-page hardback booklet.
Special Features:
• Audio commentary by director Ridley Scott (1997)
• NEW 4K Scan of the Theatrical Trailer
• NEW Interview with director Ridley Scott
• NEW Interview with writer David Twohy
• NEW Interview with actor Jason Beghe
• NEW Interview with production designer Arthur Max
• NEW Interview with editor Pietro Scalia
• Archival interviews with director Ridley Scott, and actors Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen and Jason Beghe
• The Making of G.I. Jane – featurette (1997)
• Interviews with the cast & crew
• B Roll
• Optional English HOH Subtitles
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders available on Friday 5 September.