ALTERNATIVE CINEMA TO DISTRIBUTE SELECT BLUE UNDERGROUND TITLES: EXPLOITATION CLASSICS BARE BEHIND BARS AND 99 WOMEN SEPTEMBER 2008 

New York, NY – Independent distribution company Alternative Cinema has finalized an agreement with cult classic label Blue Underground to be the exclusive distributor of BU’s line-up of mature sexploitation DVD titles,which currently include Oswaldo de Oliveira’s Bare Behind Bars and JessFranco’s 99 Women (X-rated French cut).

Beginning September of 2008, Alternative Cinema and its long-standing web-based store AlternativeCinema.com will fulfill all retail, etail and direct-to-consumer sales for the two Blue Underground exploitation classics. The new relationship was a natural in light of Alternative Cinema’s continued expansion into exploitation and mature sexploitation genres, combined with the recent conservative trend in traditional distribution.

Long-standing distribution company Alternative Cinema specializes in horror, cult, exploitation and sexploitation home entertainment, marketing and distributing its own proprietary line of classic mature sexploitation and grindhouse films from the 1960s and ‘70s on its AfterHours Cinema, Secret Key Motion Pictures and New York Grindhouse labels. Via AlternativeCinema.com, DVD new releases and catalog titles from the following home entertainment labels (and others) are sold to consumers worldwide: Seduction Cinema, Retro Seduction Cinema, Shock-O-Rama Cinema, Secret Key Motion Pictures, Camp Motion Pictures, and Bloody Earth Films, Blue Underground (Mature Titles), After Hours Cinema and New York Grindhouse. To view Alternative Cinema’s catalog of films, visit www.AlternativeCinema.com

THE LATEST CHAPTER OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME BECOMES THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DVD AND BLU-RAY RELEASE OF 2008
With More Than $770 Million in Worldwide Box Office, the Globe-Trotting Adventure Launches October 14 in Single & Two-Disc DVD and Blu-ray Packed with Sensational Behind-the-Scenes Special Features
‘Crystal Skull’ Marks First New Release on Blu-ray from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Steven Spielberg
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – The highest-grossing installment of the phenomenally popular adventure franchise, with more than $770 million at the global box office, Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm Ltd.’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will make its highly anticipated debut on DVD and Blu-ray October 14.
Released by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Entertainment, the film will be available as a two-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray loaded with spectacular bonus features that allow viewers to accompany the filmmakers and cast on a fascinating journey behind-the-scenes of this modern classic.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Frank Marshall, with George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy as executive producers, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the newest adventure in the phenomenally successful INDIANA JONES series, which has earned six Academy Awards® and over $2 billion worldwide.

Set in 1957, the film stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone and John Hurt, following Indy on a perilous adventure to find the coveted Crystal Skull of Akator. From the ivy-covered halls of Marshall College to the verdant jungles of South America, Indy is relentlessly pursued by sinister Soviet agents who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the eerie object of fascination.

The two-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray presentations feature hours of new content that opens up the world of Indiana Jones as never before through in-depth footage of Steven Spielberg and his cast and crew at work.  From Shia LaBeouf’s training to become a master swordsman to Harrison Ford’s reunion with his fedora, whip…and Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood, viewers will play witness to the magic of cinema’s greatest action-adventure hero’s triumphant return to the big screen, as well as the of the extraordinary work of legendary artists who brought Indy’s latest thrilling adventure to life.

In addition, all four INDIANA JONES films will be showcased in the quintessential Indiana Jones collection entitled The Complete Adventure Collection, which will include the first three films plus the two-disc Special Edition DVD of the latest installment.

DVD

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull two-disc Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with THX Certified Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles.  The two-disc set includes the following special features:

Disc 1:

·         The Return of a Legend—The evolution of the new film and a tribute to the legendary hero and his creators.

·         Pre-Production—Follows Steven Spielberg as he creates animatic sequences, Shia LaBeouf as he learns to swordfight and captures the reunion of filmmakers and cast on the soundstage.

DVD Disc 2:

·         Production Diary: Making Kingdom of the Crystal Skull—Join filmmakers, cast and crew for a complete look at the making of the film.

o       Shooting Begins: New Mexico

o       Back To School: New Haven, Connecticut

o       Welcome to the Jungle: Hilo, Hawaii

o       On-Set Action

o       Exploring Akator

o       Wrapping Up!

·         Warrior Makeup

·         The Crystal Skulls

·         Iconic Props

·         The Effects of Indy

·         Adventures in Post Production

·         Closing: Team Indy

·         Pre-Visualization Sequences

o       Area 51 Escape

o       Jungle Chase

o       Ants Attack

·         Galleries

o       The Art Department

§         The Adventure Begins

§         Cemetery and Jungle

§         Akator

o       Stan Winston Studio

§         Corpses, Skeletons & Mummies

§         Aliens & Crystal Skulls

o       Production Photographs

o       Portraits

o       Behind-the-Scenes Photographs

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull also will be available as a single disc DVD presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with THX Certified Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles.

Blu-ray

The Special Edition Blu-ray is presented in 1080p High Definition with THX Certified English 5.1 Dolby True HD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.  The two-disc set includes the following special features:

           Blu-ray Disc 1:

·         Indiana Jones Timelines— Explore the movie through interactive timelines that include video featurettes, in-depth information and unique imagery.  Your adventure begins with one of these three timelines:

o       Story Timeline: Showcases the key events of the “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” storyline.

o       Production Timeline: A Making-of chronology for “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”.

o       Historical Timeline: Dives into the real-world historical influences that are referenced in the film.

·         The Return of a Legend—The evolution of the new film and a tribute to the legendary hero and his creators. (HD)

·         Pre-Production—Follows Steven Spielberg as he creates animatic sequences, Shia LaBeouf as he learns to swordfight and captures the reunion of filmmakers and cast on the soundstage. (HD)

Disc 2:

·         Production Diary: Making Kingdom of the Crystal Skull—Join filmmakers, cast and crew for a complete look at the making of the film.

o       Shooting Begins: New Mexico (HD)

o       Back To School: New Haven, Connecticut (HD)

o       Welcome to the Jungle: Hilo, Hawaii (HD)

o       On-Set Action (HD)

o       Exploring Akator (HD)

o       Wrapping Up! (HD)

·         Warrior Makeup (HD)

·         The Crystal Skulls (HD)

·         Iconic Props (HD)

·         The Effects of Indy (HD)

·         Adventures in Post Production (HD)

·         Closing: Team Indy (HD)

·         Pre-Visualization Sequences

o       Area 51 Escape (HD)

o       Jungle Chase (HD)

o       Ants Attack (HD)

·         Galleries

o       The Art Department

§         The Adventure Begins

§         Cemetery and Jungle

§         Akator

o       Stan Winston Studio

§         Corpses, Skeletons & Mummies

§         Aliens & Crystal Skulls

o       Production Photographs

o       Portraits

o       Behind-the-Scenes Photographs

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a running time of 122 minutes and an MPAA rating of PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images and is rated PG in Canada for violence and frightening scenes.  For even more information about the adventures of Indiana Jones, visit http://www.indianajones.com.

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Street date:      
October 14, 2008
Pricing:  
$29.99 U.S. (Single Disc)
$39.99 U.S. (Two-Disc)
$39.99 U.S. (Blu-ray)
$89.99 U.S. (Complete Adventure Collection)

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Coming Soon….

TOKYO DECADENCE
Genre: Drama/Cult
Director: Ryu Murakami
Country: Japan
DVD Release Date: August 5

Long out of print, the cult classic returns to DVD! A timid Japanese college girl, Ai, tries to make ends meet as a S&M bondage girl for hire within a world of wealthy businessmen & lavish Tokyo penthouses. Her quest for true love and happiness contrasts with the dark nighttime in Tokyo, ridden with perverse sex and drugs. From the writer of “Audition.

JUPITER LOVE
Genre: Action/Thriller
Directors: Michael Andre, Nikka Kalashnikova
Country: Australia
Cast: Michael Andre, Nikka Kalashnikova
DVD Release Date: August 5

Part crazed road film, part acidic commentary on the power struggle of the sexes, Jupiter Love is a turbo-charged film that grips the viewers with its twists of sexual psychopathology. A digital artist drives interstate to her first solo exhibit. On the open road a lone male driver pulls up along side and start videotaping her. The film eschews expectation as she sexually teases & taunts him. Crazed and enraged he repeatedly rams her car and she reacts by laughing. What follows is an allegorical decent to the raw nerve of male sexual-psychosis. As his obsession deepens, follows by stalking, fits of rage, and paranoid monologue, his increasing futile attempts to overpower her only reveal to us who has the control and own the power. With cruelty and contempt, she is a key player and orchestrator of the unfolding drama.

ASIAN STORIES
Genre: Comedy
Directors: Ronald Oda, Chris Chin
Country: U.S.
DVD Release Date: September 2

Jim is a young closefisted Chinese American living in LA who desperately finds himself with a stack of white flower themed disposable cameras, fleur-de-lis invitations, a number of champagne bottles, and a ten-thousand dollar engagement ring bill. The only thing missing is a bride. In financial debt and miserable for having his fiancé leave two weeks prior to Valentine’s day, Jim tries to resurface his dignity and wash away his wretchedness by asking his best friend, a Japanese hitman whose passion for cooking fancy entrees extends far beyond his kitchen, to kill him just in time to miss the Hallmark holiday. With less than four days to live, Jim, while wearing his wedding tuxedo the entire time, treks to the mountains to find his fate, meet a pizza delivery boy with lucky charms, the funeral spot of his choice, and a girl. Stars James Kyson Lee of the hit horror film ‘Shutter’ and regular on TV’s ‘Heroes’.

BLOOD & WINE
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: João Batista de Andrade
Country: Brazil
Cast:Leonardo Vieira, Simone Spoladore,
Leopoldo Pacheco, Eva Wilma, José Dumont, Kaio Pezutti
DVD Release Date: July 8

The story of a simple Brazilian family engaged in the political life of the 1950s; from the suicide of President Getúlio Vargas, the establishment of martial law in 1964 and the tumultuous two decades that followed culminating in the death of President Tancredo Neves, responsible for the re-democratization
of the country.