The Pope of Greenwich Village / Desperate Hours ('90) (Double Feature) - June 2, 2015

[Akijama]

Courtesy of Shout! Factory



https://sneakpeek.shoutfactory.com/f...double-feature

Academy Award® Nominee Mickey Rourke* Stars In Two Modern Classics!

The Pope Of Greenwich Village
Mickey Rourke (Sin City), Eric Roberts (Runaway Train) and Daryl Hannah (Blade Runner) "create emotion-charged characters who tingle with energy and play with conviction" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this modern-day classic.

In New York's Little Italy, smooth-talking hustler Charlie (Rourke) works in a restaurant and dreams of one day buying his own with his girlfriend Diane (Hannah). His wiry wheeler-dealer cousin Paulie (Roberts) waits tables, skims money off checks and is always scheming to score big. But they're all about to pull a scam on the wrong guy: Eddie (Burt Young, Rocky), the Mafia King of Greenwich Village! Now these small-time con men are in big-time trouble – trouble so big that even their mobster uncle might not be able to save them!

Desperate Hours
From Academy Award®-winning director Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) comes this taut psychological thriller about a family held hostage in their own home.

In dire need of a hideout, escaped convict Michael Bosworth (Mickey Rouke) uses his charming smile to gain entry into the posh home of Nora and Tim Cornell (Mimi Rogers and Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins**) and their two children. While waiting for his beautiful lawyer- turned- accomplice (Kelly 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.

*2008 The Wrestler **1991 The Silence Of The Lambs

[Member-260138]

Good to see the Pope finally coming to Blu.

[Atreyu]

Saw Pope many many years ago when it was on HBO. If the price is right I'll bite.

[spargs]

Really glad Pope is finally coming to Blu-ray. Wish this wasn't a double feature, though, as I'm not a fan of Desperate Hours.

[willo007]

Boooo on double fetures, these are magnificent films that deserve their stand alone release!!! Michael Cimino is not dead go get an interview with him, And Micky is half alive, go get the interviews and give these two gems the proper release they deserve, or give them to Kino!


Wit...if is two discs I could live with that!

[Irongod2112]

Been waiting forever for Pope Of Greenwich Village!!!

But what's with the double feature??? Just dumb...

CHARLIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! THEY TOOK MY THUUUUMB!!!!!!!! - YouTube

[octagon]

The list price is still twenty-five bucks.

What's the downside to a double feature?

[Member-260138]

Not sure. The description says two disks. Which is a good thing.

[tylergfoster]

My opinion is still that if Shout! would just either include reversible art that highlighted one film as the "feature presentation" on one side and the other film on the other, or (more likely) offered art that did so on the website as a .pdf, that would be great.

[Terrorfirmer]

Nice! I've been hoping to see a release for the Pope of Greenwich Village, I'll definately be picking this up. It looks like shout factory has got its hands on some pretty good stuff for 2015...can't wait to see what else gets announced.

[VHS Dreamer]

Right on! Love these double features. More bang for the buck. Keep em coming.

[wzollinger1]

Originally Posted by spargs

Really glad Pope is finally coming to Blu-ray. Wish this wasn't a double feature, though, as I'm not a fan of Desperate Hours.

The Pope of Greenwich Village definitely merits a standalone release. There are any number of lesser Mickey Rourke films that would've been better suited to pair with Desperate Hours, e.g. Fall Time, White Sands, Johnny Handsome, etc. Either way, I'm just happy The Pope of Greenwich Village is finally being released. It seems a number of my favorite films are getting released in '15: Miami Blues, State of Grace, At Close Range, etc.

[Troy Perkins]

Every time I watch "The Pope" I end up whistling or singing Summer Wind by Sinatra for a couple of weeks afterwards!

Great film and the some of the cinematography will look great in the correct aspect ratio unlike the old MGM dvd which is in some crappy letter-boxed format which looks completely wrong.

[PAULO JC]

Originally Posted by willo007

Boooo on double features, these are magnificent films that deserve their stand alone release!!!

I agree with you, double features are for Movies with giant sharks fighting octopuses, flying sharks with double heads, Japanese godzillas.etc,

[stanzibar]

I'll take The Pope however I can get it. It's worthy of Criterion treatment, but hopefully Shout! will at least honor it with a nice transfer.

[thompsonjohn]

Any word on if there will be any bonus material yet? I mean this is coming out a little over a week from now. Hopefully, if this does well enough for "Shout!" they'll do another double feature with two other Cimino films, preferably "Year of the Dragon" another film he did with Mickey Rourke and maybe the '96 film "Sunchaser" (which was his last film too) which starred Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda and Anne Bancroft.

Mickey Rourke did an interview some time ago and mentioned that Cimino needs to humble himself and come back and do a small indie picture to prove he can still do it, much like what Mickey did with "The Wrestler" as you know it was no walk in the park for Mickey and Darren was hard on him, but that's why we got a future classic out of it. I do hope Cimino takes this advice, I assume him and Mickey are still talking I mean they did 2 pictures together and seemed like close friends. The guy deserves one more shot before his time is up. he's 76 for Christ's sake.

[HorrorBlu]

Not sure, but there are definitely review copies out there. I saw a pic of the blu-ray posted on Facebook somewhere.

[shireguy]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

Any word on if there will be any bonus material yet? I mean this is coming out a little over a week from now. Hopefully, if this does well enough for "Shout!" they'll do another double feature with two other Cimino films, preferably "Year of the Dragon" another film he did with Mickey Rourke and maybe the '96 film "Sunchaser" (which was his last film too) which starred Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda and Anne Bancroft.

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ah... what I would GIVE for YEAR OF THE DRAGON on Blu !!!

[ScorpionReleasing]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

Any word on if there will be any bonus material yet? I mean this is coming out a little over a week from now. Hopefully, if this does well enough for "Shout!" they'll do another double feature with two other Cimino films, preferably "Year of the Dragon" another film he did with Mickey Rourke and maybe the '96 film "Sunchaser" (which was his last film too) which starred Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda and Anne Bancroft.

Mickey Rourke did an interview some time ago and mentioned that Cimino needs to humble himself and come back and do a small indie picture to prove he can still do it, much like what Mickey did with "The Wrestler" as you know it was no walk in the park for Mickey and Darren was hard on him, but that's why we got a future classic out of it. I do hope Cimino takes this advice, I assume him and Mickey are still talking I mean they did 2 pictures together and seemed like close friends. The guy deserves one more shot before his time is up. he's 76 for Christ's sake.

Cimino directed Rourke in three pictures, not two.

[JKR1963]

Originally Posted by shireguy

ah... what I would GIVE for YEAR OF THE DRAGON on Blu !!!

Love that movie.....one of my favorites!!