After Dark: Neo-Noir Cinema – Collection Four (1990 – 1997) – Imprint Collection #568 – 573

Take another walk After Dark with six more seedy films from the grimy underbelly of cinema: 

• Wild At Heart (1990) – Blu-ray
• Unlawful Entry (1992) – 4K UHD & Blu-ray – Worldwide first on 4K UHD!
• The Getaway (1994) – Blu-ray
• Mulholland Falls (1996) – Blu-ray
• Freeway (1996) – Blu-ray
• City of Industry (1997) – Blu-ray

Limited Edition 7-Disc Hardbox. 1500 copies only.

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Wild At Heart (1990) – Imprint Collection #568

David Lynch’s quintessential, surreal road movie Wild at Heart stars Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, and Harry Dean Stanton. 

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.

The winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, and an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress to Diane Ladd, Wild At Heart is a keystone of Lynch’s filmography, and a defining entry in the gamut of 90s neo-noir thrillers. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary by producer Monty Montgomery
• Isolated Music and Effects Track
• NEW Interview with actor Willem Dafoe
• NEW Interview with editor Duwayne Dunham
• NEW Interview with casting director Johanna Ray
• Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of ‘Wild at Heart‘
• Dell’s Lunch Counter – extended interview segments
• Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch – featurette
• David Lynch on the DVD – archival interview with director David Lynch
• Archival making-of featurette
• Uncensored Bobby Peru Scene
• Interview with Novelist Barry Gifford
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Unlawful Entry (1992) – Imprint Collection #569

Worldwide first on 4K UHD!

Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, and Madeleine Stowe star in Unlawful Entry, a gritty mystery thriller directed by Jonathan Kaplan(The Accused).

Happily married, Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery attempt in their home. Taking extra interest in the couple’s case, the responding officer, Pete Davis, helps arrange the installation of a new security system. The grateful Carrs invite him to stay for dinner andstrike up an unexpected friendship. However, as the lonely policeman develops an intense fixation on Karen, his take on friendship soon develops into a dangerous obsession and becomes the Carrs’ worst nightmare.

Landing on 4K UHD for the first time worldwide, the film was praised on release by critics, awarded three out of four stars by Roger Ebert, and described as “a very effective victimisation thriller” by Variety. 

Special Features and Technical Specs: 

Disc One: 4K UHD

• NEW Dolby Vision presentation on 4K UHD, restored from the original 35mm negative
• Audio commentary by director Jonathan Kaplan
• Theatrical Trailer from a NEW 4K restoration
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

Disc Two: Blu-ray

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
• Audio commentary by director Jonathan Kaplan
• Archival making-of featurette
• Archival interviews with actors Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe, and director Jonathan Kaplan
• Unrestrained Realism – interview with director Jonathan Kaplan
• Too Tightly Wound: Inside the Filming of ‘Unlawful Entry’ – interview with director of photography Jamie Anderson
• Symphonic Intruder: Inside the Thriller Scores of James Horner – interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger
• B-Roll
• Archival Interviews
• Theatrical Trailer from a NEW 4K restoration
• TV Spots
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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The Getaway (1994) – Imprint Collection #570

Legendary director Roger Donaldson (Cocktail, Dante’s Peak, Species) assembled a powerful assortment of stars for this classic neo-noir thriller, including Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, Jennifer Tilly, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. 

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn’t go as planned.

With a script by Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones (Indecent Proposal), The Getaway is an action-packed, pulse-pounding tale of criminal punts and violent double crossing. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio commentary by film critic Travis Woods
• Ambushed: Scoring ‘The Getaway’ – interview with composer Mark Isham
• Double Crossed: Inside ‘The Getaway’ – interview with author / film historian C. Courtney Joyner
• Archival making-of featurette
• Archival behind-the-scenes footage
• Archival interview with actor Alec Baldwin
• Archival interview with actress Kim Basinger 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
• Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Mulholland Falls (1996) – Imprint Collection #571

“This isn’t America, Jack. This is LA.”

An enormous ensemble cast came together for the neo-noir crime thriller Mulholland Falls, including Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Melanie Griffith, Andrew McCarthy, Treat Williams, John Malkovich, Bruce Dern, and Rob Lowe. 

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Adored by critics on release, Roger Ebert described the film as “the kind of movie where every note is put in lovingly. It’s a 1950s crime movie, but with a modern, ironic edge”, giving it three and a half out of four stars.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary by Ryan Verrill and Will Dodson of Someone’s Favorite Productions 
• NEW Video Essay on Neo-Noir by Dr. Clayton Dillard, film critic, interviewer, author, and columnist for Slant Magazine
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Freeway (1996) – Imprint Collection #572

Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, and Brooke Shields star in Freeway, a darkly comic neo-noir and bloody modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. 

Following her mother’s arrest, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counsellor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realise that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer…

Now considered a cult classic, critic Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half out of four stars, saying “like it or hate it (or both), you have to admire its skill, and the over-the-top virtuosity of Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland”. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio commentary by director Matthew Bright (1997)
• Archival Interviews with writer/director Matthew Bright, executive producer Oliver Stone, executive producer Samuel Hadida, actress Amanda Plummer, and composer Danny Elfman
• Trailers from Hell: Josh Olson on “Freeway”
• Making-Of featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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City of Industry (1997) – Imprint Collection #573

Wanting a man dead can be reason enough to live.

Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff and Timothy Hutton star in neo-noir thriller City of Industry, directed by John Irvin.

A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Featuring appearances by Lucy Liu and Elliott Gould, this gruesome revenge flick features a killer soundtrack alongside the mean streets action of the criminal underworld.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary by director John Irvin
• Audio commentary by filmmaker Steve Mitchell and film critic Nathaniel Thompson
• NEW interview with actor Famke Janssen
• NEW interview with composer Stephen Endelman
• Archival making-of featurette
• Archival interviews with cast and crew
• Archival behind-the-scenes footage
• Theatrical Trailers
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Booklet

An exclusive 126-page hardback booklet containing production stills and essays from Walter Chaw on Wild At Heart, Travis Woods on Unlawful Entry, Patrick Bromley on The Getaway, Blake Howard on Mulholland Falls, Jerry J. Sampson on Freeway, and Roxana Hadadi on City of Industry.