Sky Pirates (1986) Umbrella Entertainment - Blu-ray Forum

jaws3dfan · 06-01-2023, 08:04 PM

Umbrella Entertainment has provided us with a promotional trailer for its brand new 4K restoration of Colin Eggleston's Ozploitation classic Sky Pirates (1986), starring John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, and Max Phipps.

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Official description:
In the wake of the success of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, maverick Ozploitation auteurs John D. Lamond (FELICITY) and Colin Eggleston (LONG WEEKEND) joined forces on this breezy, tongue-in-cheek, thrill-a-minute, big screen epic inspired by their love of Republic Pictures' cliffhanger serials.

John Hargreaves is Flight Lt. Harris – a wisecracking pilot with an addiction for adventure. He teams up with the feisty daughter of a kidnapped clergyman and they hotfoot it across the globe to rescue her father and locate the separated pieces of a powerful, mystical tablet. In pursuit is arch villain Savage (Max Phipps) hell-bent on getting his mitts on "the ultimate power".

Boasting exotic location work (including a climactic showdown filmed on Easter Island) and an action-packed, genre-bending plot that includes time warps, UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle and the Philadelphia Experiment – not to mention an aerial dogfight and a RAIDERS-style truck chase – SKY PIRATES is the ultimate old fashioned, fast-moving, two-fisted, pulpy B-movie experience! What's not to like?

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jaws3dfan · 06-01-2023, 08:07 PM

The alternate title for Sky Pirates is Dakota Harris

jaws3dfan · 06-01-2023, 08:16 PM

More Details From Dawn of The Discs on Twitter

Sky Pirates Collector's Edition
(Blu-Ray +Book +Rigid case +Slipcase +Poster +Artcards)

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jaws3dfan · 06-01-2023, 08:27 PM

jeffm2016 · 06-01-2023, 09:05 PM

Never saw this growing up….anyone who did what did u think?

The Mole · 06-02-2023, 06:58 AM

75 AUD = ca. 45 €?

Nope. I'll pass until they release a standard edition. Especially since this is not even a 4K UHD.

SubElement · 06-02-2023, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Mole

75 AUD = ca. 45 €?

Nope. I'll pass until they release a standard edition. Especially since this is not even a 4K UHD.

They are releasing a standard edition: https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/prod...s-blu-ray-1986

The Mole · 06-02-2023, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SubElement

They are releasing a standard edition: https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/prod...s-blu-ray-1986

Oh. Didn't see that. Thank you.

LMFAObros · 06-02-2023, 01:02 PM

This looks like a couple hours of fun

Hedji · 06-02-2023, 01:30 PM

The marketing and presentation is terrific. Is the movie a decent enough ripoff?

jaws3dfan · 06-02-2023, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hedji

The marketing and presentation is terrific. Is the movie a decent enough ripoff?

This was a blind buy for me, like you said The marketing and presentation is terrific so I was willing to give it a chance.

davidsal · 06-02-2023, 02:29 PM

Looking forward to it.

The Mole · 06-05-2023, 07:27 AM

The movie is ok but not that great. It drags on quite a bit at times.

foreigncontaminant · 07-08-2023, 12:28 AM

This looks like a very nice release for this film. Surprising... because the film is a real mixed bag. It was a box office bomb when released and hence disappeared from view - most Aussies have never heard it. Unless they were around in the 80s.

I watched it about a year ago for the first time, having heard about it in the 80s as a kid (but we never rented it back in the day). I feel like it was one of a handful of Aussie 80s attempts to create a sci-fi or fantasy spectacle somewhat in the Spielberg vein. Another perhaps being The Time Guardian.

The film starts promisingly. And you have that sense of "why had I never seen this before?". But by the end it loses its way and becomes confusing, far-fetched and even strange. A noble effort at fantasy spectacle that doesn't land. But certainly a curiosity.

I like B and C grade genre efforts, so I'm sort of glad it exists. Even if I didn't particularly like it. Personally I enjoyed The Time Guardian far more, and I hope that gets a special release at some stage. (Surely it will, if this did).

PT Ryan · 07-08-2023, 01:08 AM

I’m very interested in that booklet, but not $75-interested. Still, anything with John Hargreaves is worth a watch. Most of my knowledge of this film comes from John Lamond’s description in Not Quite Hollywood, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Crap.”

jaws3dfan · 08-21-2023, 07:43 PM

Only 2 more days until this gets released!

browny · 08-22-2023, 12:45 AM

my standard copy arrived today!
Looking forward to getting my hands on the CE when it arrives

Cant wait to watch this weekend

jaws3dfan · 09-12-2023, 04:49 PM

I got my Collector's Edition in the mail today, I can't wait to watch it!

spongwapkaplet · 09-13-2023, 02:33 AM

I saw this movie with a friend at the cinema in Sydney during its opening week. As it turned out we were the only ones in the session!

During the film we were laughing at how cheesy and hokey it was. In addition to the totally ludicrous plot I remember a scene in a bar supposedly in the middle of Australia but it looked like a really dimly lit studio, and cheesy dialog to fill in what appeared to be large cuts to the film - e.g. they are in the sea (painfully obvious studio with fog) with a number of actors, and suddenly a cut to them with fewer actors and a voice over "we lost so-and-so".

As we came out of the cinema we overheard a man talking - he was someone from the movie's production/finance team, and was asking the proprietor if it was normal for the sessions to have so few people in it. We felt so sorry for him as we both knew this movie would disappear quickly and wondered if they would ever get their money back.

I haven't seen the movie since then, but have never forgotten my initial reaction to it. So of course I absolutely had to buy it on Blu-Ray during the recent 20% off JB hifi sale. Looking forward to watch it again with much lower expectations this time. I recently watched Secret of the Incas on Blu-Ray which was also hokey but enjoyable despite the singing, so maybe Sky Pirates will have aged well and be good for a laugh! Or maybe not!

Vindicator89 · 07-09-2024, 12:27 AM

Anyone else have issues with the audio on this disc? The audio track on mine sounds particularly bad. It's like the sound mix was done underwater. It's really awful.

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06-01-2023, 08:07 PM	#2
jaws3dfan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1483 DVD collection:254 Digital collection:506 Trading Score:80	The alternate title for Sky Pirates is Dakota Harris

06-01-2023, 08:27 PM	#4
jaws3dfan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1483 DVD collection:254 Digital collection:506 Trading Score:80

06-01-2023, 09:05 PM	#5
jeffm2016 Active Member Member since:Sep 2016 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:64	Never saw this growing up….anyone who did what did u think?

06-02-2023, 06:58 AM	#6
The Mole Power Member Member since:May 2014	75 AUD = ca. 45 €? Nope. I'll pass until they release a standard edition. Especially since this is not even a 4K UHD.

06-02-2023, 01:02 PM	#9
LMFAObros Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2016 Location:Melbourne, Australia 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:73 Trading Score:10	This looks like a couple hours of fun

06-02-2023, 01:30 PM	#10
Hedji Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:944 DVD collection:73 Trading Score:17	The marketing and presentation is terrific. Is the movie a decent enough ripoff?

06-02-2023, 02:29 PM	#12
davidsal Senior Member Member since:Apr 2013 Trading Score:82	Looking forward to it.

06-05-2023, 07:27 AM	#13
The Mole Power Member Member since:May 2014	The movie is ok but not that great. It drags on quite a bit at times.

07-08-2023, 12:28 AM	#14
foreigncontaminant Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2017 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:220 DVD collection:14 Blu-ray reviews:1	This looks like a very nice release for this film. Surprising... because the film is a real mixed bag. It was a box office bomb when released and hence disappeared from view - most Aussies have never heard it. Unless they were around in the 80s. I watched it about a year ago for the first time, having heard about it in the 80s as a kid (but we never rented it back in the day). I feel like it was one of a handful of Aussie 80s attempts to create a sci-fi or fantasy spectacle somewhat in the Spielberg vein. Another perhaps being The Time Guardian. The film starts promisingly. And you have that sense of "why had I never seen this before?". But by the end it loses its way and becomes confusing, far-fetched and even strange. A noble effort at fantasy spectacle that doesn't land. But certainly a curiosity. I like B and C grade genre efforts, so I'm sort of glad it exists. Even if I didn't particularly like it. Personally I enjoyed The Time Guardian far more, and I hope that gets a special release at some stage. (Surely it will, if this did).

07-08-2023, 01:08 AM	#15
PT Ryan Senior Member Member since:Nov 2010 Blu-ray collection:641	I’m very interested in that booklet, but not $75-interested. Still, anything with John Hargreaves is worth a watch. Most of my knowledge of this film comes from John Lamond’s description in Not Quite Hollywood, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Crap.”

08-21-2023, 07:43 PM	#16
jaws3dfan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1483 DVD collection:254 Digital collection:506 Trading Score:80	Only 2 more days until this gets released!

08-22-2023, 12:45 AM	#17
browny Active Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Victoria, Australia 4K collection:200 Blu-ray collection:701 DVD collection:9 Trading Score:5	my standard copy arrived today! Looking forward to getting my hands on the CE when it arrives Cant wait to watch this weekend

09-12-2023, 04:49 PM	#18
jaws3dfan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1483 DVD collection:254 Digital collection:506 Trading Score:80	I got my Collector's Edition in the mail today, I can't wait to watch it!

09-13-2023, 02:33 AM	#19
spongwapkaplet Junior Member Member since:Nov 2011	I saw this movie with a friend at the cinema in Sydney during its opening week. As it turned out we were the only ones in the session! During the film we were laughing at how cheesy and hokey it was. In addition to the totally ludicrous plot I remember a scene in a bar supposedly in the middle of Australia but it looked like a really dimly lit studio, and cheesy dialog to fill in what appeared to be large cuts to the film - e.g. they are in the sea (painfully obvious studio with fog) with a number of actors, and suddenly a cut to them with fewer actors and a voice over "we lost so-and-so". As we came out of the cinema we overheard a man talking - he was someone from the movie's production/finance team, and was asking the proprietor if it was normal for the sessions to have so few people in it. We felt so sorry for him as we both knew this movie would disappear quickly and wondered if they would ever get their money back. I haven't seen the movie since then, but have never forgotten my initial reaction to it. So of course I absolutely had to buy it on Blu-Ray during the recent 20% off JB hifi sale. Looking forward to watch it again with much lower expectations this time. I recently watched Secret of the Incas on Blu-Ray which was also hokey but enjoyable despite the singing, so maybe Sky Pirates will have aged well and be good for a laugh! Or maybe not!

07-09-2024, 12:27 AM	#20
Vindicator89 Member Member since:Sep 2014 4K collection:257 Blu-ray collection:548	Anyone else have issues with the audio on this disc? The audio track on mine sounds particularly bad. It's like the sound mix was done underwater. It's really awful.

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