The Cat O' Nine Tails (Arrow)

[tollickd]

Starring: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak
Directed by: Dario Argento
Rating: TBC
Duration: 111 mins

Overview: Caught between the truth and a murderer’s hand!

A break in at a genetics lab leads to a spiralling vortex of bloody murder in Cat O’ Nine Tails, Dario Argento’s 70s Giallo classic.

Strange circumstances surrounding the crime pique the interest of a journalist and a blind crossword compiler whose sharp ears have overheard talk of blackmail. However, all the would be investigators leads soon regret the help they gave as scientists die in front of speeding trains and photographers are viciously slain while others fall to their screaming deaths down elevator shafts in this surreal and nightmarish thriller from one of the acknowledged masters of Italian horror.

As the body count increases, will no one escape the sting of The Cat O’ Nine Tails?

THIS AMAZING EDITION CONTAINS:
- 4 Sleeve art options with original and newly commissioned artwork
- Two-sided fold-out poster
- Exclusive collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing by Alan Jones, author of ‘Profondo Argento’
BLU-RAY DISC CONTAINS:
- Brand new High Definition transfer of the film (1080p)
- Optional English & Italian Mono Audio
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Dario Argento Remembers The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1080p)
- The Cat O’ Nine Tails in Reflection, an interview with long-time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi (1080p)
- Sergio Martino: The Art and Arteries of the Giallo (1080p)

Original Artwork by Rick Melton

In original 2.35:1 (16x9) aspect ratio
Optional English and Italian Language with English subtitles for Italian language
BD50 Region ABC
RRP £24.99
Released: 26 Sep 2011

[Hitchcock]

More Argento on blu ray,well done Arrow.
Day one for me.

[josuv22]

reviews

visual reproduction here is, unfortunately, likely to cause disappointment. Whilst it’s appreciated that the source material is going to have suffered degradation over the years, it seems difficult to justify a visual quality here which is of a lower standard than Arrow’s release of the earlier The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, which struck a good balance between maintaining the original visual appearance of the period, whilst also presenting a clean and accurate image. The picture here is subject to a certain level of noise, with occasional flecks making an unwanted appearance with surprising regularity.

thedigitalfix

so dose this compare to the BU version dose anyone know

[DEF!]

How does it compare to the Blue Underground release? I fancy a bit of Argento and its only £8.99 at play.com.

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by DEF!

How does it compare to the Blue Underground release?

http://www.dark-dreams.co.uk/dd_foru...=10823&page=53

^ Michael MacKenzie (of landofwhimsy.com) states, 'As suspected, going by those screenshots: same awful master plus Arrow's usual shoddy Apple Compressor encoding.' So BU's Argento bd wins over Arrow's Argento bd. Again.

[roguejp]

Well, with the new edition coming out, I guess it's time this topic is revisited again....up she goes .

See the new edition here

[David M]

How times change!

[Pyoko]

Originally Posted by David M

How times change!

Indeed. Beginning with Time Bandits and the Cinema Paradiso re-release, Arrow slowly and steadily climbed out from the "don't even bother" gutter, eventually rising to "pretty much the best thing that can happen to a title".

I just hope the standard edition timelines are compressed going forward, that The Thing was not a one-time... thing. Having a title only available from scalpers for 6 months is both annoying and discouraging. I could just get the LE, but that would make my OCD want to get the LEs for the other Arrow Argento titles, which is something I'd really, really, really rather not do at this point...

[Aclea]

It's at times like this that I feel like I've been cursed by a gypsy to buy every Dario Argento film at least three times...

[SymbioticFunction]

Pre-ordered from Amazon, am assuming that price will drop to 19.99 before release. Am looking forward to seeing a 4K mastered version where fine detail isn't obliterated by scanner noise.

[Keyser Soze.]

Yes. Yes. Yes!

[OgamiittoMcJ]

NEW UK/US TITLE: The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD) Limited Edition

https://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/in...roduct_id=1059

Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer/director Dario Argento with delivering a follow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatly enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as “nine times more suspenseful” than its predecessor, was The Cat O’ Nine Tails.

When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò (Karl Malden, Patton, One-Eyed Jacks), who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute’s scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperilled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, Cannibal Apocalypse), Franco’s young niece, may also be in the killer’s sights…

This second entry in the so-called “Animal Trilogy” found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (Il Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron Blood), and featuring another nerve-jangling score by the great Ennio Morricone (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), The Cat O’ Nine Tails remains one of Argento’s most suspenseful and underrated films.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• New audio commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
• New interviews with co-writer/director Dario Argento, co-writer Dardano Sacchetti, actress Cinzia De Carolis and production manager Angelo Iacono
• Script pages for the lost original ending, translated into English for the first time
• Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp
• Double-sided fold-out poster
• 4 lobby card reproductions
• Limited edition booklet illustrated by Matt Griffin, featuring an essay on the film by Dario Argento, and new writing by Barry Forshaw, Troy Howarth and Howard Hughes

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[nvadr]

Got my order in.. hope the price drops a little but not enough to where they start canceling orders. I always order my copies from Amazon U.K. since I have had 3 different Arrow releases canceled by the U.S. Amazon.

[OgamiittoMcJ]

ordered this with Arrow on the new site the other day

still no points added, despite it saying you still get them on non sale items and pre-orders, might have to email them to see wtf is going on

[OgamiittoMcJ]

*** The Cat O' Nine Tails release date update***

unfortunately we have discovered a small authoring error on the blu-ray of our upcoming release of the cat o' nine tails in which one of the menu links incorrectly links to the wrong interview. We have rectified the problem and replacement discs are currently being manufactured. We are hoping that we can have the replacement discs swapped out for the faulty ones before new year, regrettably this process is going to result in a short delay to the release date, the product will now be released on January 29th in the UK and January 30th in the US.

We caught this error before any stock had shipped to retailers, so all copies will be correct come the new release date, however a very small number have shipped to some customers who ordered directly from our website (we have contacted you via email if you order has shipped/been affected so please check those inboxes!)

apologies for the delay and we very much hope you enjoy the release once it arrives!

[Ste7en]

I've no problem with this. I'm skint

[DefLeppard]

Unsure when this was reviewed @ DVDBeaver but wish I'd owned the Arrow's old release. Don't know which one is the 'intended' look but I prefer the brighter one so need to double dip on USA release .

[OgamiittoMcJ]

http://www.mondo-digital.com/cato.html

[Spiderwalk]

Just had an email from Arrow; they're hoping to get the corrected sets by the 22nd of Jan, and they'll be shipping them out as soon as they arrive.

Apparently there were 65 copies sent out before they discovered the disc error.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by DefLeppard

Unsure when this was reviewed @ DVDBeaver but wish I'd owned the Arrow's old release. Don't know which one is the 'intended' look but I prefer the brighter one so need to double dip on USA release .

I have both old Arrow and BU releases. The Arrow still has the cellophane wrap on it - I tend to slice off the sections of the wrap where the cases slide in and leave the rest.