Desperate Hours (1990) (MVD Rewind Collection) - July 19, 2022

[MifuneFan]

MVD will be releasing the film Desperate Hours (1990) as part of their Rewind Collection on July 19th. The film was previously released by Shout! Factory in a Mickey Rourke double-feature set, but has since gone OOP.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the main feature in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio
• DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround, French Stereo
• English Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles, French Subtitles
• Behind the Scenes Featurette (HD, 6:00)
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2:00)
• Photo Gallery
• Collectible Mini-Poster
• Reversible Artwork
• Limited Edition Slipcover
This title will be "Region A" locked.

From Academy Award®-winning director Michael Cimino* comes this taut psychological thriller about a family held hostage in their own home. Starring Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins** (The Silence of the Lambs), Mimi Rogers (Someone Who Watch Over Me) and Kelly Lynch (Road House), this nail-biting action film grabs you by the throat and leaves you gasping in terror. Prepare yourself. The Desperate Hours have begun.

In dire need of a hideout, escaped convict Michael Bosworth (Rourke) uses his charming smile to gain entry into the posh home of Nora and Tim Cornell (Rogers and Hopkins) and their two children. While waiting for his beautiful lawyer-turned-accomplice (Lynch) to arrive, Bosworth's smile soon explodes into homicidal rage when the Cornells desperately try to fight back. Holding the family at gunpoint and ruthlessly pitting husband against wife, Bosworth's fury escalates into a shocking night of terror and cold-blooded murder. Finally, the family is forced to take a stand that will either destroy them...or unite them as never before.

[Guydowood]

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the main feature in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio
• DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround, French Stereo
• English Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles, French Subtitles
• Behind the Scenes Featurette (HD, 6:00)
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2:00)
• Photo Gallery
• Collectible Mini-Poster
• Reversible Artwork
• Limited Edition Slipcover
This title will be "Region A" locked.

[MifuneFan]

Thanks! will add to the op.

[willo007]

Finally gets the respects it needs, the Shout! double feature release was an insult! thank MVD!

[lildemon666]

Originally Posted by willo007

Finally gets the respects it needs, the Shout! double feature release was an insult! thank MVD!

YUP!!! I looked the other way and this is one of my favorites. Now I will pick up.

Shawnee Smith always was a crush back in the day

[DukeTogo84]

Pretty good film. If I didn't already have the Shout release I would be all over this, but pretty happy with the Shout release which also has the great Pope of Greenwich Village.

[zepol]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Pretty good film. If I didn't already have the Shout release I would be all over this, but pretty happy with the Shout release which also has the great Pope of Greenwich Village.

The bluray really brings out the great cinematography. Movie though is kina dumb on what the home hostages do in this situation.

[ShellBeacher]

Happy to see this individually released, and will eventually pick up to complete the Cimino catalogue, but will not buy at face-value for that price because no real "special features." A slipcover, in this case, doesn't interest me when it's nothing special. And archival "behind the scenes" are not worth enough, either. How about an audio commentary, at least?? Even if Cimino never recorded one, a film historian would do, a la what Kino does?

[Metalbeast]

I guess this confirms they have a deal with MGM then.

[Ill_Be_Back]

Watched the German blu ray a few years ago for the first time. Good film.

[GuruAskew]

Thanks to the Godfather connection tomorrow would be the ideal day to announce The Sicilian if they have it.

[Gacivory]

Will get this to further my Camino collection.

[SGFfilmfan]

Where did they dig up that picture of Anthony Hopkins? My God!!! Awful!!!

[HipsterTrash]

Cimino rules.

[Aunt Peg]

Dare I say it but I prefer this over the original William Wyler film.

[rip63]

Originally Posted by Aunt Peg

Dare I say it but I prefer this over the original William Wyler film.

Dem's is fightin' words...

I do like this version a lot and I have the Shout double feature blu-ray, but I still prefer the original. Bogart's performance is incredible and his character is absolutely hateful. It's also dramatically superior. This remake gets a little overwrought at times. But Mickey Rourke rocks regardless.

The Desperate Hours was originally a stage-play with Paul Newman in the Bogart/Rourke role, if I recall correctly. Would love to have seen it.

[hiraeth]

Originally Posted by rip63

The Desperate Hours was originally a stage-play with Paul Newman in the Bogart/Rourke role, if I recall correctly. Would love to have seen it.

It was originally a novel by Joseph Hayes (and a good one, imo) written in 1953 and based on a real life hostage situation took place the year before. He adapted it for stage the following year (starring Newman, and Karl Malden as the dad), then shortly thereafter for the big screen. There's a late-'60s TV adaptation he wasn't involved in, but he is credited as one of three writers for this remake, even if Cimino rewrote and shot his own script (it was retitled Compulsion and changed back during the shoot - long after the other two writers quit).

Rourke brought Cimino on after Friedkin left for The Guardian, though Christopher Cain - coming off of Young Guns and The Principal - was the first (and longest) attached (he went on to direct a TV movie written by Halloween 4's Alan McElroy).

Would like to have seen the original cut - supposedly 140+ minutes long. Last I saw it a decade or so ago (on DVD), I found it a fascinating mess. Looking forward to seeing it again via MVD's release, and hoping for a sooner-than-later solo release of The Pope of Greenwich Village.

[Chumpster99]

No stereo track, just 5.1? Odd, to say the least, given the Shout had it. Wish the original poster art was used as well.

Hopefully a decent remaster of The Sicilian (perhaps woth both cuts) is on the horizon, and *any* HD release of Sunchaser would be splendid. The old Sicilian transfer was overbright and had interlace artifacts iirc, and Sunchaser's BD was cancelled outright.

[antman60]

Does anyone know a preorder date?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by antman60

Does anyone know a preorder date?

Not sure what you're asking for, but here is the Amazon pre-order page. It's still scheduled to come out July 19th from what I can see. Surprised the Amazon link wasn't in the database here yet, so I'll add it.

https://www.amazon.com/Desperate-Spe...v%2C155&sr=1-2