SEVERIN FILMS ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE UHD/BLU-RAY PREMIERES OF RUSS MEYER’S 'CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL', 'COMMON-LAW CABIN' AND 'BLACKSNAKE!'

SEVERIN ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE UHD/BLU-RAY PREMIERES OF RUSS MEYER’S CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL,

COMMON-LAW CABIN AND BLACKSNAKE!

The Next 3 Seminal Films in Landmark Partnership with The Russ Meyer Trust

Also Includes Exclusive Online Auction of Meyer Memorabilia

In partnership with The Russ Meyer Trust, Severin Films today announced the UHD/Blu-ray world premieres of CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL, COMMON-LAW CABIN and BLACKSNAKE! from the filmmaker hailed by The Washington Post as “practically an American institution”. Each film will be released separately in 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD editions and come complete with bountiful Severin-curated bonus

materials that shine a spotlight on each film’s historic critical and commercial success, nationwide censorship battles and notoriety as landmark independent films.

In addition, Severin Films and The Russ Meyer Trust have announced an exclusive online auction of plaques

from Meyer’s home office featuring trade ads, foreign posters, repertory cinema calendars, original photos,

VHS wraps, press books and much more.

Pre-orders and auction info are now live at www.SeverinFilms.com

“★★★★★ ONE OF RUSS MEYER’S VERY BEST FILMS...

A Meyer montage of wild action and Bosomania, it’s an important final step towards his pop masterpiece, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.”

- Cinema Blend

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE

WITH 2+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

Between VIXEN and BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, Russ Meyer unleashed this 1969 classic that

took his trademark themes of American immorality and unbridled Bosomania to eye-popping extremes, it’s

now presented in UHD for the first time ever: In a corrupt southwestern border town, Sheriff Harry Thompson (Charles Napier of SUPERVIXENS and THE BLUES BROTHERS) is caught between the passions of bisexual prostitute Raquel (Larissa Ely), adventurous nurse Cherry (Linda Ashton) and his double-crossing role in a deadly marijuana smuggling ring. Frank Bolger (MUDHONEY, COMMON-LAW CABIN) and adult entertainment legend Uschi Digard (BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS, THE SCAVENGERS) co-star in Meyer’s’ “lots of fun” (Los Angeles Times) landmark, scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 2 hours of Special Features that include an all-new/ultra-rare interview with Ms. Digard.

Special Features for Russ Meyer’s CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL!

UHD:

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris

• Uschi Digard’s CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL! Outtakes

• Trailer

BLU-RAY/DVD:

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris

• Supersoul Uschi! – Interview With Actor Uschi Digard

• A Song Of Its Time!: Writing Music For Russ Meyer – Interview With Composer Stu Phillips

• Big Time!: Russ Meyer In Chicago – Video Essay By Archivist Adam Carston

• Uschi Digard's CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL! Outtakes

• Trailer

• Radio Spots

Feature Specs for Russ Meyer’s CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL!

• Runtime: 82 mins

• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

• Audio: English Mono

• Closed Captions: English SDH

• 4K Video: Dolby Vision

• Region: UHD & Blu: A/B/C, DVD: 0

“ONE OF RUSS MEYER’S BEST MOVIES...

COMMON-LAW CABIN is essential Meyer, a lurid and sweaty action-melodrama in stunning bright colors.”

- Images Journal

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE

RESTORED UNCUT WITH ALL-NEW SPECIAL FEATURES

One year before VIXEN was released, Russ Meyer triggered an international censorship firestorm – including a two-decade UK ban by the BBFC – with this razor-sharp melodrama “every bit as bombastic and entertaining as FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!” (Xploitation Reviews), now in UHD for the first time ever: At rundown Colorado River tourist trap ‘Hoople’s Haven’, susceptible travelers are seduced into an explosive maelstrom of immoral impulses, amoral violence and precisely how much loving a normal couple needs. Co-screenwriter Jack Moran (former child star and co-writer of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!),

Babette Bardot (MONDO TOPLESS), Frank Bolger (CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL), Alaina Capri (GOOD MORNING...AND GOOBYE!), John Furlong (MUDHONEY) and Ken Swofford (ANNIE) star in this criminally underseen favorite of Meyer fans, scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with new Special Features produced by Severin Films in collaboration with The Russ Meyer Trust.

Special Features for Russ Meyer’s COMMON LAW CABIN

UHD:

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris

• Trailer

BLU-RAY/DVD:

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris

• Boom... And Busts!: Russ Meyer's Landscapes After The Gold Rush – Video Essay By Bill

Ackerman, Host Of Supporting Characters Podcast

• Repent Or Perish: Russ Meyer In Toronto – Video Essay By Arts Journalist Eric Veillette

• Trailer

Feature Specs for Russ Meyer’s COMMON LAW CABIN

• Run Time: 69 mins

• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

• Audio: English Mono

• Closed Captions: English SDH

• 4K Video: Dolby Vision

• Region: UHD & Blu: A/B/C, DVD: 0

“THE THOUGHT ALONE OF RUSS MEYER MAKING A PERIOD PIECE IS PERVERSE... Meyer sensationalizes the whip and maniacal slaveowners in this screwy vision of a colonial plantation circa 1835.”

- Film Threat

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE

AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15+ YEARS

RESTORED UNCUT WITH 2+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

After the termination of his deal with 20th Century Fox, Russ Meyer returned to independent filmmaking with

perhaps his most wildly ambitious work – combining elements of blaxploitation, period epic and sexual

melodrama – now presented in UHD for the first time ever: In 1835 colonial West Indies, cruel plantation owner Lady Susan Walker (future British aristocrat Anouska Hempel, who would successfully block the film’s UK release) rules her slaves with racist brutality and a black bullwhip. But will the arrival of a studly nobleman (David Warbeck of THE BEYOND) trigger an island inferno of lust, violence and vengeance?

Percy Herbert (THE WILD GEESE), Thomas Baptiste (AMIN: THE RISE AND FALL) and Dave Prowse (STAR WARS, THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN) co-star in the film Russ himself called “hellishly entertaining” – also known as SWEET SUZY, THE DUCHESS OF DOOM and RUSS MEYER’S SLAVES –

shot on location in Barbados, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative and seething with over 2 hours of all-new Special Features.

Special Features for Russ Meyer’s BLACKSNAKE!

UHD:

• Audio Commentary With Documentarian Jason Fitzroy Jeffers

• Trailer

BLU-RAY/DVD:

• Audio Commentary With Documentarian Jason Fitzroy Jeffers

• Stunts Upon A Time In Hollywood!: The Breakthrough Stunt Work Of Blacksnake! – Interview With

Stunt Coordinator/Actor Bob Minor

• Uncle Russ!: The Racial Politics Of Blacksnake! – Interview With Film Historian Dr. Mireille Miller-

Young

• Radical Talent!: Milton McCollin And The 1970s Bajan Theatre Scene Remembered – Interview

With Actor/Poet Robert Lee And Actor/Broadcaster Tony Thompson

• Trailer For Russ Meyer's Unfinished Film FOXY

• Post-Film Promo For Russ Meyer's FOXY

• Trailer

• G-Rated Trailer

Feature Specs for Russ Meyer’s BLACKSNAKE!

• Run Time: 83 mins

• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

• Audio: English Mono

• Closed Captions: English SDH

• 4K Video: Dolby Vision

• Region: UHD & Blu: A/B/C, DVD: 0

Pre-Orders: 

Russ Meyer's Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (4K/BD) 

https://link.amazon/B06z7Eurm

Russ Meyer's Common-Law Cabin (4K/BD)  

https://link.amazon/B03aNQYP9

Russ Meyer's Blacksnake! (4K/BD) 

https://link.amazon/B005LGitw

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SEVERIN FILMS ANNOUNCES 'THE WILD GEESE' & 'ZULU DAWN' GET NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERES OF ALL-STAR ACTION CLASSICS

SEVERIN FILMS ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERES OF ALL-STAR ACTION CLASSICS THE WILD GEESE & ZULU DAWN

Both Movies Available in Strictly Limited-Edition Collector’s Sets

Severin Films today announced The Ultimate Collector’s Editions of two seminal ‘70s action classics: The acclaimed mercenary adventure THE WILD GEESE is directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and stars screen legends Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris. ZULU DAWN, the prequel to ZULU, from director Douglas Hickox and screenwriter Cy Endfield, stars Burt Lancaster, Peter O’Toole, Bob Hoskins and Simon Sabela. Both films have been scanned in 4K, with these epic collections available in strictly limited quantities. Pre-orders begin today at www.SeverinFilms.com

THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE

LIMITED EDITION UHD/BD/CD RELEASE

WITH 9+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

AN EXCLUSIVE 316pp BOOK BY TONY EARNSHAW

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK CD BY ROY BUDD

6 x UK LOBBY CARD REPRODUCTIONS

“GRITTY, EXCITING AND SUPERB...

In the stiff-upper-lip tradition of great UK war movies

and one of the best British films of its era.”

- Cinema Retro

“★★★★★ BURTON, HARRIS, MOORE – AND BAZOOKAS!

This muscular shoot ‘em up reaches back to the heroics of

THE DIRTY DOZEN and WHERE EAGLES DARE.”

- The Times UK

Screen legends Richard Burton (WHERE EAGLES DARE), Roger Moore (LIVE AND LET DIE) and Richard Harris (A MAN CALLED HORSE) star as a team of aging mercenaries hired by a wealthy industrialist for one final mission: Recruit and train a squad of desperate commandos, parachute into an

unstable African nation, snatch its deposed president from a maximum-security prison, escape via the military-controlled airport and massacre anyone who gets in their way. Reaching the target will be murder, but getting out alive may be impossible.

Hardy Kruger (A BRIDGE TOO FAR) and Stewart Granger (KING SOLOMON’S MINES) co-star in this explosive action classic produced by Euan Lloyd (THE FINAL OPTION) and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen (THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE) from a screenplay by Oscar nominee Reginald Rose (12 ANGRY

MEN) and featuring a soundtrack by Roy Budd (GET CARTER), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 9+ hours of new and archival Special Features.

Special Features for 3-Disc Limited Edition (UHD / BD / CD) THE WILD GEESE:

UHD:

• Audio Commentary With Action Film Experts Mike Leeder And Arne Venema

• Audio Commentary With Assembly Editor John Grover

• Archival Audio Commentary With Producer Euan Lloyd, Star Roger Moore, 2nd Unit Director John

Glen And Filmmaker Jonathan Sothcott

• Theatrical Trailer

BLU-RAY:

• Audio Commentary With Action Film Experts Mike Leeder And Arne Venema

• Audio Commentary With Assembly Editor John Grover

• Archival Audio Commentary With Producer Euan Lloyd, Star Roger Moore, 2nd Unit Director John

Glen And Filmmaker Jonathan Sothcott

• Jesse, Take Point! – Interview With Actor John Kani

• Wild Child – Interview With Actor Paul Spurrier

• Wild Goose Chase – Interview With 2nd Unit Director/Editor John Glen

• Flight Of Fancy – Interview With Sound Editor Colin Miller

• THE WILD GEESE Director – Interview With Director Andrew V. McLaglen

• The Mercenary – Interview With Military Advisor Mike Hoare

• The Last Of The Gentleman Producers – Documentary On Producer Euan Lloyd Featuring Euan

Lloyd, Roger Moore, Joan Armatrading, Ingrid Pitt & More

• The Flight Of THE WILD GEESE – Vintage Featurette

• THE WILD GEESE Royal Charity Premiere Newsreel

• Theatrical Trailer

Bonus Disc: CD Original Soundtrack

*EXCLUSIVE to the 3-Disc Limited Edition:

• FIFTY MEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW: A 316-Page Full-Color Hardbound Book On The

Making Of THE WILD GEESE By Tony Earnshaw

• CD Original Soundtrack Of THE WILD GEESE By Roy Budd

• 6x Original UK Lobby Card Reproductions

Feature Specs for THE WILD GEESE

• Runtime: 135 mins

• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

• Audio: English DTS-HD 2.0 Stereo

• Closed Captions: English SDH

• 4K Video: Dolby Vision

• Region: A/B/C

“★★★★ ITS SET PIECES AND BATTLE CHOREOGRAPHY ARE SECOND-TO-NONE... In the age of CGI, it’s refreshing to see everything done practically especially in this crisp 4K restoration.” 

- Film Hounds

“THUNDERINGLY GOOD STUFF.”

- The Telegraph

THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE LIMITED EDITION INCLUDES 6+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES,

100-PAGE BOOK, POSTER & ART CARDS

Screen legends Burt Lancaster (GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL), Peter O’Toole (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA), Simon Ward (THE THREE MUSKETEERS) and Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY) lead an all-star cast in this “fascinating and awesome” (DVD Talk) prequel to the 1964 classic ZULU: In January 1879, officials of the British colony of Natal, Africa, issued a list of ultimatums to the Zulu Nation. When the Zulu King refused, the Empire declared war. And in a series of grave tactical blunders, a garrison of 1,500 British soldiers faced 25,000 enraged Zulu warriors in what would become the most horrific disaster in British military history.

Nigel Davenport (CHARIOTS OF FIRE), Denholm Elliott (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK) and Simon Sabela (SHAKA ZULU) co-star in this “eye-filling, spectacular experience” (Mondo Digital), directed by Douglas Hickox (THEATRE OF BLOOD) from a screenplay by ZULU writer/director Cy Endfield, now scanned in 4K from the interpositive with 6+ hours of new and archival Special Features, plus an

exclusive 100-page book, poster and art cards.

Special Features for 3-Disc Limited Edition (UHD / BD / BD) ZULU DAWN

DISC 1: UHD – Original Theatrical Version

• Audio Commentary With Anglo-Zulu War Historian Ian Knight And Film Historian Simon Lewis

• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 2: BLU-RAY – Original Theatrical Version

• Audio Commentary With Anglo-Zulu War Historian Ian Knight And Film Historian Simon Lewis

• War Cry Of The Zulu – The Making Of ZULU DAWN, A Feature-Length Documentary Narrated By

Dai Bradley

• Trailblazer: The Simon Sabela Story – A Documentary On The South African Actor/Director

• The Saga Of Bob’s Last Stands – Bob Hoskins’ Death Scene

• The Scene That Never Was – The Eclipse At Isandlwana

• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 3: BLU-RAY – U.S. Theatrical Version

• The Symbol Of Sacrifice (1918) – The 1997 Reconstruction Of The Historical South African Film

• Saviour Of The Symbol Of Sacrifice – Interview With Mayer Levy

• The History Of The Zulu Wars – Featurette With Zulu Rising Author Ian Knight

• Recreating The War – Interview With Historical Advisor Midge Carter

• A Visit To The Battlefield – Author Ian Knight Visits The Location Of The Battle Of Isandlwana

• Outtakes

*EXCLUSIVE to the 3-Disc Limited Edition:

• 100-Page Collectors’ Book With New Articles By Ian Knight And Film Historian Simon Lewis

• 6 Collectors’ Art Cards

• Double-Sided Poster

Feature Specs for ZULU DAWN

• Runtime: Original Theatrical Version: 117 mins / U.S. Theatrical Version: 100 mins

• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

• Audio: English DTS-HD 2.0 Stereo

• Closed Captions: English SDH

• 4K Video: Dolby Vision

• Region: A/B/C

Pre-Orders: 

Zulu Dawn LE 4K/BD - https://link.amazon/B04w6ck9j

Wild Geese LE 4K/BD - https://link.amazon/B0fJd9cxB

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DISAPPEARANCE (2002) Iconoscope Blu-ray Screenshots

DISAPPEARANCE (2002) 

Label: Iconoscope 

Region Code: A

Rating: Unrated 

Duration: 90 Minutes 40 Seconds 

Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo with Optional English Subtitles 

Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.85:1) 

Director: Walter Klenhard

Cast: Harry Hamlin, Jamie Croft, Basia A'Hern, Adrianne Lelliott, Susan Dey

While Jim Henley is taking his family on a scenic road trip through the Nevada desert, his son Matt asks them to stop to photograph a ghost town called Weaver. The problem is, none of the locals seem to have ever heard of it, and it’s not on any of the maps except for a vintage one Matt dug up. Once there, they find more and more evidence that this abandoned town harbors something very alive and extremely perilous, and others who’ve gone to explore Weaver may have suffered horrible consequences. As they continue to poke around Weaver, an unknown force appears bent on making sure that Jim and his family aren't going anywhere.

An ambitious, thoroughly creepy thriller written and directed by prolific telefilm writer Walter Klenhard (Buried Alive II), DISAPPEARANCE uses the barren Australian outback as a stand-in for the US southwest for a tense tale inspired by desert horrors such as The Hills Have Eyes. Reuniting TV's L.A. Law veterans Harry Hamlin (Clash of the Titans) and Susan Dey (Looker), the film also boasts sweeping and eerie desert cinematography by David Connell (Storm of the Century) and an unsettling score by Shirley Walker (Final Destination). Iconoscope is elated to release this late-cycle telefilm on Blu-ray for the first time, newly scanned in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative and loaded with an array of supplemental extras.

This special limited edition Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss and embossed single walled hard slipcase + slipcover combo and is limited to 4,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Special Features: 

- Original 2.0 stereo soundtrack

- Audio commentary with director Walter Klenhard, moderated by author and film historian Amanda Reyes

- Audio commentary with film historian Rob Kelly and author Daniel Budnik

- Still Gallery (1:36) 

- TBS Superstation Promo Trailer (1:38) 

- New Concorde Home Video Promo Trailer (1:32) 

- 24-page booklet with an essay by film journalist and critic Simon Foster

- Reversible sleeve artwork

Harry Hamlin, Jamie Croft, Basia A'Hern, Adrianne Lelliott, Susan Dey 

Screenshots from the Iconoscope Blu-ray: 

Extras: 

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