Label: Canadian International Pictures
Region Code: A
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 84 Minutes 39 Seconds
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Stephen Lack, Pam Holmes-Robert, Pierre Robert, Peter Brawley, Allan Moyle
Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group’s illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.
Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film’s docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as “one of the best films of the ’70s.” Out of official circulation for decades, The Rubber Gun returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Sister Hyde) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Special Features:
- Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the answer print
- Different Thinking Boys and Girls New interviews with actor and co-writer Stephen Lack (2026, 21:03)
- Stumbling Forward: New interview with director Allan Moyle (20:26, 29:46)
- Plead the Fifth: New interview with composer Lewis Furey (2026, 21:23)
- Golden Times: New interview with co-cinematographer Frank Vitale 2026, 17:26)
- American Cinematheque Q&A – Post-screening discussion featuring Moyle (2025, 34:19)
- Fantasia International Film Festival intro and Q&A featuring Lack and Vitale (2024, 31:17)
- Original theatrical outro song
- Archival stills gallery
- Original Theatrical Exit Music By Alexis Furey (2:04)
- Theatrical re-release trailer (2:10)
- Reversible Wrap
- 24 Page Illustrated Booklet featuring a new essay by professor Nathan Holmes and an archival profile by P.M. Massé-Connolly
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