Dressed to Kill (1980) - July 29th

[Oscar Rothman]

Dressed to Kill Blu-ray



Dressed to Kill Blu-ray

THE LATEST FASHION IN MURDER

After sexually frustrated housewife Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) has a session with her psychiatrist Dr Elliott (Michael Caine), she silently seduces a man in an art gallery, an assignation that ends in murder and the only witness, high-class prostitute Liz Blake (Nancy Allen) being stalked by the killer in turn.

One of Brian De Palma's darkest and most controversial suspense thrillers, Dressed to Kill was as acclaimed for its stylish set-pieces and lush Pino Donaggio score as it was condemned for its sexual explicitness and blatant borrowings from Alfred Hitchcock in general and Psycho in particular.

But the glee with which De Palma turns this material inside out is completely infectious, as he delves deep inside the troubled psyches of his characters (critic Pauline Kael said that the film was "permeated with the distilled essence of impure thoughts") in order to undermine expectations at every turn.

Special Features:
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature
- Optional original uncompressed Mono 2.0 Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround Sound
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Symphony of Fear: Producer George Litto discusses his working relationship with Brian De Palma
- Dressed in White: Star Angie Dickinson on her role in the film
- Dressed in Purple: Star Nancy Allen discusses her role in the film
- Lessons in Filmmaking: Actor Keith Gordon discusses Dressed to Kill
- The Making of a Thriller – A documentary on the making of Dressed to Kill featuring writer-director Brian De Palma, George Litto, stars Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz and more!
- Unrated, R-Rated, and TV-Rated Comparison Featurette
- Slashing Dressed to Kill – Brian De Palma and stars Nancy Allen and Keith Gordon discuss the changes that had to be made to avoid an X-rating
- Original Theatrical Gallery
- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanel Marsh
- Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and author Maitland McDonagh, illustrated with original archive stills and promotional material.

[duggie walker]

Includes the MGM extras from the US disc and all the extras (and original mono) from the French release. Looks like this is the definitive version as long as they don't mess up the print.

[bBop87]

Day 1 for me, always loved this film

[Jim Morrison]

Already cleared a space on the shelf next to my US BD. CAN.NOT.WAIT!

[indisposed]

Nice looking release. I bought the MGM release when it came out, though, so don't think I will buy it. God, I wish they would release Body Double!

[Refused]

Originally Posted by indisposed

Nice looking release. I bought the MGM release when it came out, though, so don't think I will buy it. God, I wish they would release Body Double!

There's more De Palma films coming from Arrow, so you never know!

[indisposed]

Originally Posted by Refused

There's more De Palma films coming from Arrow, so you never know!

I hope so, but seeing as Body Double was made by Columbia Pictures, Sony will probably end up selling it to Twilight Time and over charge for it.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Refused

There's more De Palma films coming from Arrow, so you never know!

Originally Posted by indisposed

I hope so, but seeing as Body Double was made by Columbia Pictures, Sony will probably end up selling it to Twilight Time and over charge for it.

They have.

Hopefully we'll get it eventually but I think they have an exclusive time period or it remains exclusive until they sell their 3,000 copies.

Blow Out, Dressed To Kill and Body Double would be a pretty awesome Arrow trilogy box set!

[DetroitSquirreL]

I added a database entry for it, just waiting for the site to update for it to post

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by indisposed

I hope so, but seeing as Body Double was made by Columbia Pictures, Sony will probably end up selling it to Twilight Time and over charge for it.

Sony Germany have released some of these TT exclusives. I'll be keeping an eye on amazon.de for Body Double.

[indisposed]

Originally Posted by Refused

There's more De Palma films coming from Arrow, so you never know!

Yeah, I heard somewhere that they releasing Carpenter's Christine, aswell, though I still can't seem to find a release date. We can hope, I guess.

[charnier]

Originally Posted by indisposed

Yeah, I heard somewhere that they releasing Carpenter's Christine, aswell, though I still can't seem to find a release date. We can hope, I guess.

That would be beautiful if it's true - can you imagine the uproar that would take place after TT's release? It would really hit the scalpers and devalue their copies, and finally give fans a chance to own the film. Plus there is a chance that the art and extras may be better.

But Sony licensing to Arrow? Well it happened with MGM.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by indisposed

I hope so, but seeing as Body Double was made by Columbia Pictures, Sony will probably end up selling it to Twilight Time and over charge for it.

Already announced by Twilight Time for an 8/13 release.

[legendarymatt92]

I've never understood why people always condemn this for being too Hitchcockian but always praise De Palma's other film Obsession when it's even more influenced from obvious Hitchcock sources.

That said, this is an often overlooked film and is decent, from what I remember about seeing it quite a while ago.

[McCrutchy]

Interesting to note that Carlotta's new extras are also on this release, as well as the mono soundtrack, in addition to all the MGM extras. Will be keeping an eye on this one.

[NoirFan]

A jet-black steelbook with the original art would have been preferable, but I still may double-dip when/if it drops under 10 pounds.

[indisposed]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Already announced by Twilight Time for an 8/13 release.

DAMN! It baffles me how Sony are willing to dump these titles, even when they have a genuine cult following. I suspect Body Double will sell out quickly like Fright Night and Christine did.

[ghidorah]

Maybe not. Copies of THE FURY are still sitting there.

[Wes Blu-ray]

Already picked this up from Amazon France a couple of months ago...comes in a nice Black Blu-ray Case complete with a nice Slipcover

[Brian81]

will this be region free? the u.s. release is, after all...