Synopsis:
The hanging of honorable Indian-fighter Sam Phoenix in a small western town is cut short by the unexpected invasion of uranium-based insectoid creatures, forcing Sam and a small band of survivors to take refuge in a church.  They’ll need more than a prayer and a pistol to survive, as a Wild West landscape is inundated by a killer force of alien pioneers.
 
BASICS
Price:  $14.93
Street Date: April 6, 2010
Catalog Number:  RH01329
UPC: 883476013299
Languages:  English
Running time: 87 minutes
Rating: NR
Run Time: 134 minutes   

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA (February 8, 2010) - Get ready for a carnival freak show that will leave the crowd screaming when Carny slashes its way onto DVD March 23 from Vivendi Entertainment and RHI Entertainment. When a travelling carnival makes a stop in the small town of Reliance, Nebraska, the local townspeople eagerly await the debut of the rarely seen unimaginable Jersey Devil.  When the beast is unveiled and goes wild, tearing through the panic-stricken patrons in a violent, feral rampage, the local sheriff joins the carnival’s lovely clairvoyant and sets out to capture the carnivorous fugitive.  As the hunter and the hunted cross paths, the blood bath continues and hellfire will be ignited in the shadow of the beast.  The latest installment in the “Maneater Series,” the Syfy Channel original movie features Lou Diamond Phillips (”Stargate: Universe”), Alan C. Peterson (Shooter) and Vlasta Vrana (The Last Templar).  Carny will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.93.
 
Synopsis:
When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil.  When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas steps up to form a tracking team.

Basics:
Price:  $14.93
Street Date: March 23, 2010
Pre-book Date:February 9, 2010
Catalog Number: 1001081
Language: English
Running time: 89 minutes
Rating: NR

Released as a two disc Ultimate Edition DVD on 1st February and single disc Blu-ray on 22nd February 2010, The Day Of The Triffids – an effects-laden CGI extravaganza about a world threatened by carnivorous, man-eating plants – boasts a star-studded cast that includes Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie; Ocean’s Thirteen), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement; Evening), Jason Priestley (My Name Is Earl; Medium), Shane Taylor (Band Of Brothers) and Ewen Bremner(Hallam Foe).

The Day Of The Triffids is an action-packed, fast-paced suspense drama that vividly brings to life Wyndham’s chilling sci-fi thriller…

For more informaton, check out the official website - www.dayofthetriffids.co.uk

Filmed among the ruins of the Crystal Palace Terraces, The Pleasure Garden is a playful and poetic ode to desire, and winner of the Prix de Fantaisie Poétique at Cannes in 1954.

Made by the American poet James Broughton, the film features Hattie Jacques and Lindsay Anderson, with John Le Mesurier as the bureaucrat determined to stamp on any form of free expression. Photography is by Walter Lassally who went on to become a key figure in the British New Wave.

Lovers of the history of Crystal Palace will find much to treasure in this 1950s time capsule of a film, which shows the Crystal Colonnade and the bandstand (both later demolished), the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Memorial, and much of the statuary which was to be auctioned off in 1957.

The history of the Crystal Palace also comes alive in The Phoenix Tower, presented here as an extra.  This rare 1957 film, about the building of the BBC Transmission Tower, was one of a number of short subject colour films to be shown on BBC2 as a ‘test trade transmission’, and has become something of a ‘lost’ film since.

Special features
•The Phoenix Tower (1957, 39 mins), a short documentary charting the construction of the BBC’s Crystal Palace Television Tower
•Illustrated booklet with film notes, an original review and a history of the Crystal Palace

Release date: 15 February 2010
RRP: £15.99 / cat. no. BFIVD831 / cert U
UK / 1953 / black and white / English, with optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired /
37 mins + 39 mins / DVD-5 / original aspect ratio 1.33:1 /
Fully uncompressed PCM mono audio

Gabba gabba hey! Two hugely popular Roger Corman rock films that have long been out of print will hit the home-entertainment shelves on May 4, 2010: the Rock ’N’ Roll High School 30th Anniversary Special Edition DVD and Suburbia Collector’s Edition DVD, the first two titles launching the highly anticipated Roger Corman’s Cult Classics home entertainment series from Shout! Factory. Newly remastered and available for the first time in Anamorphic widescreen (16:9), Rock ’N’ Roll High School Special Edition and Suburbia Collector’s Edition  provide the outrageous candor of teenage angst and nostalgic reverie of a counterculture rock movement that captured the hearts of many generations. With explosive musical performances from the Ramones, T.S.O.L., The Vandals and D.I., and extensive bonus content including all-new interviews and commentary with cast and crew, rare behind-the-scenes footage and much more, these two definitive home entertainment releases from Shout’s Roger Corman’s Cult Classics line are a must-have for Roger Corman fans and film aficionados as well as anyone who remains young at heart. Each DVD title is sold separately and has a suggested retail price of $19.93.

Executive produced by Corman and directed by Allan Arkush (Heroes), Rock ’N’ Roll High School boasts performances by the Ramones and stars P.J. Soles (Halloween) in the lead role of Riff Randell, Vince Van Patten (Hell Night), Clint Howard (Grand Theft Auto), Dey Young (Spaceballs), Mary Woronov (Death Race 2000), Dick Miller (Piranha) and Paul Bartel (Hollywood Boulevard). 

Based on Arkush’s own high school fantasy, the 1979 cult film takes place at Vince Lombardi High School — the wildest, most rockin’ high school around! That is, until a thug of a principal, Miss Togar, comes along and tries to make the school a totalitarian state. With the help of the Ramones, the students of Vince Lombardi battle Miss Togar’s iron-fisted rule and take their battle to a truly rockin’ conclusion!

Rock ’N’ Roll High School quickly developed a devoted following after its release in 1979 and became a mainstay of the midnight movie cult circuit. As with films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, audience members began to dress up like the cast and the Ramones for screenings.

Arkush, a self-described “unabashed rock ’n’ roll fanatic,” chose the Ramones to star as the film’s musical heroes, as he felt they epitomized pure rock ’n’ roll. As Arkush remembers, “We staged a live, marathon show at the Roxy Theatre that consisted of 22 hours of nonstop Ramones,” and the tireless quartet also wrote two songs for the film: “I Want You Around” and “Rock ’N’ Roll School.” The Ramones were fans of Corman as well. Johnny Ramone said in an interview at the time, “When we found out Roger Corman was behind the picture, we said, sure, we’ll do it because we knew he had a reputation and we knew he made good movies.”

ROCK ’N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION

EXTENSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
·New Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.85:1)
·Special Introduction And “Thank You” From Director Allan Arkush
·Audio Commentary With Director Allan Arkush, Producer Mike Finnell And Screenwriter Richard Whitley
·Audio Commentary With Roger Corman And Dey Young
·New Audio Commentary With Director Allan Arkush, P.J. Soles And Clint Howard
·Back To School: A Retrospective Including All-New Interviews With Allan Arkush, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Dey Young, Marky Ramone And More . . .
·Staying After Class: A Roundtable Interview With P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten And Dey Young
·Interview With Roger Corman Conducted By Leonard Maltin
·New Interview With Director Allan Arkush Including A Look At Rare, Behind-The-Scenes Stills From His Personal Collection
·Audio Outtakes From The Roxy – Audio Recording Of The Ramones Shooting
·The Final Scene
·Original Radio Ads And TV Spots
·Original Theatrical Trailer
·Original Theatrical Trailer With Commentary By writer/director/actor Eli Roth Courtesy Of Trailers from Hell.
·Additional Roger Corman Trailers
·And more TBA!
Written and directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World), featuring live performances by T.S.O.L., The Vandals and D.I., and starring Bill Coyne, Chris Pederson, Jennifer Clay and Christina Beck, 1984’s Suburbia deftly explores the punk rock generation and follows the unforgettable journey of two teenage boys who escape their unhappy home and join a group of runaways, punks who have banded together to form their own family. Dubbing themselves “The Rejected,” (aka T.R.), the teens have taken squatters’ rights in a filthy, abandoned house, and are bound together by tragedy and punk rock until they’re confronted by the “Citizens Against Crime,” a group of irascible adults from the suburbs who blame the punks for the ruin of their town. During the course of filming, the production used real kids for many parts in addition to professional actors (and includes the acting debut of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea).

SUBURBIA COLLECTOR’S EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
·New Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.85:1)
·Audio Commentary With Director Penelope Spheeris
·New Audio Commentary
·Theatrical Trailers
·And more….

Following the release of the Rock ’N’ Roll High School 30th Anniversary DVD and Suburbia Collector’s Edition DVD, Shout! Factory will continue to present Roger Corman’s Cult Classics home entertainment releases on a monthly basis. Upcoming highlights include Death Race 2000, Battletruck (aka Warlords Of The 21st Century), Deathsport, Forbidden World, Galaxy Of Terror, Attack Of The Crab Monster, Not Of This Earth (1957), Piranha and Humanoids From The Deep, among others.

Independent filmmaker-producer Roger Corman’s storied career ranks as one of Hollywood’s most amazing success stories. Having produced more than 350 films and directed 50 others, his influence on American film goes far beyond his own energetic, creative low-budget movies. He is arguably one of Hollywood’s most gifted and masterful filmmakers.

Noted for his keen ability to spot young talent, Corman’s most lasting legacy will undoubtedly be the legion of producers, directors, writers and actors he has fostered, among them: Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda, Jonathan Demme, Gale Anne Hurd, Diane Ladd, Tommy Lee Jones, Sandra Bullock, Bruce Dern, Talia Shire, Charles Bronson, Joe Dante, Peter Bogdanovich and Sally Kirkland.

The Exiles chronicles one night in the lives of a group of young American Indians living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Deeply affecting and utterly convincing, this remarkable film is finally made available on DVD in the UK for the first time and is packed with special features.

Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows this group of exiles – transplants from Southwest reservations – as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance. With its vivid, high-contrast black and white photography and soundtrack by The Revels, Kent Mackenzie’s gritty, no-frills depiction of this marginalised Los Angeles community draws comparisons to John Cassavetes, Charles Burnett and Vittorio De Seta.

Special features
•Four shorts directed by Kent Mackenzie: Bunker Hill 1956 (1956), A Skill for Molina (1964), The Story of a Rodeo Cowboy (1962) and Ivan and His Father (1970)
•Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003): extracts from Thom Anderson’s film
•Last Days of Angels Flight (1969): a short film by Robert Kirste
•Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Removal (2009): a short film by Greg Kimble
•White Fawn’s Devotion (1910): a short film by James Youngdeer, thought to be the first directed by an American Indian
•2008 theatrical trailer
•Feature commentary by Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker, plus audio interviews with Charles Burnett and a panel discussion with the cast and crew
•Downloadable PDF files (DVD-ROM) of Kent Mackenzie’s scripts, Master’s thesis, press kits and much more

Release date: 15 February 2010
RRP: £19.99 / cat. no. BFIVD853 / cert 12
USA / 1961 / black and white / English, optional feature subtitles for the hard-of-hearing / 70 mins + 111 mins extra material / DVD-9 and DVD-5/ 1.33:1 /
Feature audio: PCM dual mono (48k/16bit)

Hundreds of Chinese refugees wash up on Japan’s Wakasa Bay. Each has a dream of a better life, but most will encounter only prejudice and oppression. One, a law-abiding farm-worker known as Steelhead (Jackie Chan), has come to find the woman (Xu Jinglei) he has loved since childhood, but his quest ends in bitter rejection when he discovers she has married Yakuza underboss, Eguchi (Masaya Kato).



Heartbroken, his life descends into darkness and petty crime quickly escalates to murder. With blood on his hands, he will risk everything to secure a future for his people, as they face an increasingly brutal onslaught from a criminal empire protected by a secret code. However, ancient traditions will not be broken and his defiance will lead to all-out war as both factions fight for control of the infamous Shinjuku district in the heart of Japan’s greatest city.



Ultimately pursued by forces on both sides of the law, Steelhead must fight for redemption and the survival of those he loves in the darkest night he has ever known…


The Shinjuku Incident is radical, uncompromising cinema with the most unforgettable finale of any Jackie Chan film to date!

Special Features include:
  Making of; behind the scenes featurettes; extended and deleted scenes; trailer gallery; interview gallery (Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, Masaya Kato, Naoto Takenata, Chin Kar Lok, Pater Kam Pau-Tat)

Dolby Digital original language 2.0 and 5.1, plus English 5.1 audio tracks (DVD); DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 original language and 5.1 English, plus Dolby Digital original language 2.0 audio tracks (Blu-ray).
“PULSATING IN ITS DRAMATIC INTENSITY AND INDELIBLE IN ITS BRUTAL VISION.” – TIME OUT, HK.

The Shinjuku Incident (cert. 18) is released on two-disc DVD (£17.99) and single disc Blu-ray (£24.99) by Cine Asia

The first volume in a new BFI DVD series of historical documentary films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) explores crime, policing, juvenile delinquency and the justice system.

Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information and was responsible for producing thousands of films that reflected the culture and concerns of the nation. With the majority of them previously unseen on DVD, these films provide a wonderful and fascinating record of British life in a seemingly more innocent age.

The COI film collection is preserved by the BFI National Archive in collaboration with COI and The National Archives (TNA). On 15 February, the BFI begins releasing thematic collections of COI films on DVD. Future collections will look at fashion, design, the military, food & drink and more.

The first volume, Police and Thieves, explores the subjects of crime, policing, juvenile delinquency and the justice system. A variety of styles and genres – including story documentary, public information shorts and cinemagazines – were employed to deliver crime prevention messages and bolster recruitment.

Highlights of this double-disc set include: Children on Trial (1946), an approved schools drama set in a progressive and enlightened system; Youth Club (1954), which proposed a solution to keeping Britain’s young people out of trouble; Help Yourself (1950), a no-nonsense crime prevention film; Man on the Beat (1956) and British Policeman (1959), in which the local Bobby comes armed with a friendly smile.

The accompanying 25-page booklet provides comprehensive film notes from academics and film historians and a brief history of COI. Film listing on page 2.

Available for interview:
The BFI’s COI film expert Tony Dykes is available for interview. We can also recommend Leo Enticknap who is Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching and a lecturer in Cinema at the University of Leeds and contributor to the booklet. To speak to a COI spokesperson, please contact them directly.

Volume Two of The COI Collection will be Design for Today featuring fashion, design and architecture, released on 22 March.

Release date: 15 February 2010
RRP: £19.99 / cat. no. BFIVD860 / E
UK / 1944 - 1077 / black and white / English, optional hard-of-hearing subtitles /
296 mins / DVD-9 and DVD-5 / original aspect ratio 1.33:1

In Stores Nationwide March 16, 2010 from Shout! Factory

Welcome to the Satellite of Love, the orbiting home of legendary hosts Joel Robinson and Mike Nelson, along with their robotic companions — Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo and Gypsy.  Join them as they embark on their 17th, and perhaps most impressive, volume of gut-busting riffs on the classic cinematic missteps of yesteryear when Shout Factory, in association with Best Brains, Inc., proudly presents Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVII  4-DVD box set on March 16, 2010. The 17th DVD collection of the famed MST3K features the long-awaited episodes The Crawling Eye, The Final Sacrifice, The Beatniks and Blood Waters of Dr. Z, along with a wealth of bonus content including The Crawling Eye special introduction by Joel Hodgson, Mystery Science Theater Hours wraps on The Beatniks, The Main Event: Crow Vs. Crow at Dragon*Con ’09, a brand-new interview with The Final Sacrifice star Bruce J. Mitchell, Blood Waters of Dr. Z photo gallery, original theatrical trailers and more!  This collectible 4- DVD box set is priced to own at $59.97.

MST3K: THE CRAWLING EYE
Things start to look eerily familiar to scientists Crevett and Brooks when mountain climbers begin losing their heads in the Trollenberg Mountains. Can the two investigators finally uncover the answers they’ve been seeking since encountering similar tragic accidents in the Andes?

The loyal MSTies asked for it, and now they’ve finally got it! The very first episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 following its departure from KTMA is now on DVD, complete with the introductions of Doctors Forrester and Erhardt, Deep 13 and Joel’s very first Invention Exchange seen on the Comedy Channel!

MST3K: THE BEATNIKS
When a hold-up carried out by his two-bit hoodlum friends goes tragically awry, Eddie Crane’s bright future as a recording artist from the mean streets could be in jeopardy.

With a sadistically hilarious game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, a Tony Travis-themed slumber party and a full-fledged dramatization of a nobody’s transformation into a 1950s rock star (and back) starring none other than Tom Servo — Joel and the crew of the SOL certainly know how to usher in this Turkey Day favorite’s DVD debut!

Also includes the second segment of the short “General Hospital.”

MST3K: THE FINAL SACRIFICE
With the help of a mysterious map and a truck-driving drifter named Rowsdower, young Troy McGreggor sets out on a dark adventure across Alberta in search of the answers behind the hooded cult responsible for his father’s grisly murder.

MSTies have long believed they’d never see this Tjardus Greidanus–directed student-film-turned-MST3K masterpiece on DVD, so we’re especially proud to serve it up! This long-awaited episode also features “The Canada Song,” a treasured song by Tom Servo in one of the host segments. Join Mike and the ’bots of the Satellite of Love as they skewer the beloved “cult” classic that became one of the most requested episodes in the history of Mystery Science Theater 3000. 

MST3K: BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z
Seeking revenge against those responsible for stripping him of his tenure and the denial of human research subjects, Dr. Z mutates himself into a hideous — and murderous — half-human-half-fish-like creature!

Mike Nelson and the crew of the Satellite of Love — Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo and Gypsy — take on one of the most laughable treasures ever to grace the MST3K screen with a disgusting new habit for Crow, a day of fishing for the crew and — GASP — an unforgettable appearance by Brain Guy and Bobo!

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 series was created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Jim Mallon. After a year on KTMA TV in Minneapolis, its national broadcast life began in 1989 on the Comedy Channel (later to become Comedy Central), where it ran for seven seasons. The show’s final three seasons aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.  The premise of the series features a hapless man who is trapped by mad scientists on a satellite in space and forced to watch old B-movies of questionable worth. To keep sane, he’s built two robot sidekicks, and together they do a running commentary on the films, affectionately mocking their flaws with inspired wisecracks and acting as a demented movie theater peanut gallery. Series creator Hodgson originally played the stranded man, Joel Robinson.  When he left in 1993, series head writer Mike Nelson replaced him as the new B-movie victim Mike Nelson, and continued in the role for the rest of the show’s run.  The format proved to be popular. During its eleven years and 198 episodes (including one feature film), MST3K attained a loyal fan base and critical acclaim. The series won a Peabody Award in 1993, and was nominated for writing Emmys® in 1994 and 1995.

“Audaciously funny, original and resonant!”
- Owen Gielberman, Entertainment Weekly

” * * * * ”
- ROGER EBERT, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

OVERVIEW:  Loaded with originality and dark humor, A Serious Man is the new comedy from the brilliant minds of the Coen brothers, the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers responsible for The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country for Old Men and Burn After Reading.  Praised as “Seriously awesome!” by Michael Hogan of Vanity Fair, this film imaginatively explores questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behavior and mortality in one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man.  Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus.

BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF: Unleash the power of HDTV and experience A Serious Man with perfect picture and purest digital sound.

BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through an Internet-connected player to download exclusive content, the latest trailers and more!
MY SCENES SHARING:  Bookmark favorite scenes from A Serious Man, then share with BD-Live™ buddies!

BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF AND DVD):
BECOMING SERIOUS: Explore the creative vision behind A Serious Man and see why it’s the Coen brothers’ most personal film.
CREATING 1967: Take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film.
HEBREW AND YIDDISH FOR GOYS: Unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish language.

SYNOPSIS:  Academy Award®-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man.  Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can’t believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won’t move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in the film critics rave is “seriously awesome!” (Michael Hogan, Vanity Fair)

TECHNICAL INFORMATION (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106375
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: BD-50
Picture Format: Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French DTS Surround 5.1

TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DVD):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106191
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: Dual layer
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1

CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus
Directed By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Executive Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf
Produced By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Editor: Roderick Jaynes
Music By: Carter Burwell
Costume Design By: Mary Zophres
Casting By: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tanner
 

“MVD is very pleased to be expanding its physical, digital and broadcast catalog with these great horror and b-films,” said Ed Seaman, COO of MVD Entertainment Group. SRS has handled such best sellers as “I Spit on Your Corpse, I Piss on Your Grave”, “Shatter Dead”, “Truth or Dare”, “Killing Spree”, “Inbred Rednecks” and much more. SRS is also a production company, having produced over 40 movies, several of them award winners like “Clay” and “The Undertow”.

“SRS and our dozens of filmmakers are very excited about this partnership with MVD,” said Ron Bonk, owner of SRS. “We feel MVD will greatly increase the exposure of these movies, and bring them both to an audience already actively and eagerly seeking them out, but also to a huge collective of brand new fans who before MVDs extensive worldwide reach would have been unaware that these exciting and unique films even existed.”

SRS founded the B-Movie Hall of Fame in 1998 and the B-Movie Film Fest in 1999. Most recently, SRS has produced a new action horror thriller called “Ms Cannibal Holocaust” which will be released this year, and is in post on a re-mastering of their cult classic “the vicious Sweet”, the director’s cut of “Killing Spree” and a brand new feature called “Close Encounters of the Inbred Redneck Kind”.

Bone-Breaking Physical   Conflict Is Elevated To An Art Form When The Visceral Battle  Premieres On  Blu-ray Disc February 2
 
LOS ANGELES, CA – (January 20,  2010)  – When the head of his village’s sacred Buddha statue is stolen, simple   country boy Ting (Tony Jaa) is sent to Bangkok to retrieve it in the  martial  arts symphony of flying limbs Ong-Bak: The Thai  Warrior debuting  on Blu-ray Disc February 2 from Twentieth  Century Fox Home Entertainment. It’s  non-stop action as Ting  infiltrates Bangkok’s seedy underworld and takes on a  series of  lowlifes and criminals in his quest to obtain the sacred head.  
 
Featuring elaborate and eye-popping  martial  arts enhanced in high-definition all performed without the aid of   stunt doubles, wires or computer graphic enhancements,  Ong-Bak  packs a punch that sets the new gold standard  for hand-to-hand combat in  action cinema. Written and directed by  Prachya Pinkaew (Chocolate),  Ong-Bak features  Jaa (The Bodyguard) in an amazing  performance that secures  his reputation as one of cinema’s most incredible  martial artists  with action that rivals the awe-inspiring stunts found in  acclaimed  imports such as Hero and House Of Flying Daggers.   Bursting with bonus features including a music video featuring Jaa,  an  instructional walk-through highlighting the movements of Muay  Thai, behind the  scenes stunt footage, a promotional spot featuring  The RZA of The Wu-Tang  Clan, and more, the Ong-Bak: The Thai  Warrior Blu-ray Disc will  be available for the suggested  retail price of $24.99 U.S.

Jaa’s jaw-dropping, gravity defying  stunts  continue in the prequel Ong Bak 2: The Beginning,   arriving February 2 as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Disc and DVD  from  Magnolia Home Entertainment as part of the Six Shooter Film  Series under the  Magnet Releasing Label. Starring and co-directed by  Jaa, the epic tale of  revenge is set hundreds of years in the past  and follows an orphaned boy,  trained to be a killer and prophesized  to conquer an empire. Including an  alternate cut, cast interviews  and more, the Ong Bak 2: The Beginning  Collector’s Edition  Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be available for the suggested  retail  prices of $34.98 and $29.98 respectively; and on standard DVD for   $26.98.

Special  Features: (Blu-ray Disc Catalog #  2262663)  
●Life Tony Jaa And Stuntman Performance Before French  Audition 
●The  Movements Of Muay Thai
●French Rap Music Video With Tony Jaa
●Making Of Music Video
●B-Roll
  -Taxi Stunts
  -Legs Ablaze Fight Sequence
  -Arena Fight Sequence