The Legend of the Lone Ranger and Raise the Titanic have both been pushed back to next year, with a new release date of Monday 9th February (source: Network's website).
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but His and Hers has a new release date of Monday 11th August and Tom at the Farm has a new release date of Monday 18th August (source: Network's website).
The Legend of the Lone Ranger and Raise the Titanic have both been pushed back to next year, with a new release date of Monday 9th February (source: Network's website).
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but His and Hers has a new release date of Monday 11th August and Tom at the Farm has a new release date of Monday 18th August (source: Network's website).
I suppose that's the problem with announcing so many forthcoming releases. There's bound to be a few that get delayed. Although until next year is a long delay
Animal Farm was 22/09/14 now 20/10/14
Bad Timing was 18/08/14 now 10/11/14
Black Narcissus was 07/07/14 now 04/08/14
The Four Feathers was 23/06/14 now 01/09/14
His & Hers was 21/07/14 now 11/08/14
Insignificance was 10/11/14 now 23/03/15
The Last Seduction was 03/11/14 now 10/11/14
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger was 07/07/14 now 09/02/15
The Medusa Touch was 08/09/14 now 15/09/14
The Monster Club was 11/08/14 now 18/08/14
Plenty was 21/07/14 now 11/08/14
Raise The Titanic was 14/07/14 now 09/02/15
Animal Farm was 22/09/14 now 20/10/14
Bad Timing was 18/08/14 now 10/11/14
Black Narcissus was 07/07/14 now 04/08/14
The Four Feathers was 23/06/14 now 01/09/14
His & Hers was 21/07/14 now 11/08/14
Insignificance was 10/11/14 now 23/03/15
The Last Seduction was 03/11/14 now 10/11/14
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger was 07/07/14 now 09/02/15
The Medusa Touch was 08/09/14 now 15/09/14
The Monster Club was 11/08/14 now 18/08/14
Plenty was 21/07/14 now 11/08/14
Raise The Titanic was 14/07/14 now 09/02/15
Animal Farm was 22/09/14 now 20/10/14
Bad Timing was 18/08/14 now 10/11/14
Black Narcissus was 07/07/14 now 04/08/14
The Four Feathers was 23/06/14 now 01/09/14
His & Hers was 21/07/14 now 11/08/14
Insignificance was 10/11/14 now 23/03/15
The Last Seduction was 03/11/14 now 10/11/14
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger was 07/07/14 now 09/02/15
The Medusa Touch was 08/09/14 now 15/09/14
The Monster Club was 11/08/14 now 18/08/14
Plenty was 21/07/14 now 11/08/14
Raise The Titanic was 14/07/14 now 09/02/15
Thanks for bunching them all up that's a really helpful post! Shame as some of these affect me...I already knew about Bad Timing, but Black Narcissus is the most frustrating as I sold my ITV copy on soon after pre-ordering and would like to see it again soon. Insignificance has been put back to March 2015 which is quite a way away! Will have to make a note of it.
British distributors Network have revealed that they are planning to add six more titles to their Blu-ray catalog: Pang Ho-Cheung's Dream Home (2010), Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and The Lady Vanishes (1938), Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout (1978), John Hough's Twins of Evil (1971), and Peter Sasdy's Countess Dracula (1971).
Dream Home
Combining visceral horror and darkly topical satire, Dream Home stars Josie Ho (Naked Ambition) as the murderous Cheng, with Cantopop star Eason Chan (Lady Cop and Papa Crook), Michelle Ye (Vengeance) and Laurence Chou (Forest of Death). Uncompromising, stylish and filled with unexpected twists, Dream Home is a bold departure into the slasher genre for Pang Ho-Cheung, one of Hong Kong's most acclaimed young directors.
As a child, Cheng Lai-Sheung could see Hong Kong's famed Victoria Harbour from her apartment. However, as time passed, the old buildings in front of her home were demolished to make way for the huge residential project that now blocks her cherished view. Cheng vowed to save enough money for a new apartment with a magnifi cent sea view, and now works hard in two full-time jobs. Yet no matter how hard she toils, she cannot earn enough to match the ever-increasing value of Hong Kong's real estate. With her father terminally ill and medical bills rising, she makes a fateful decision: she allows her father to die and cashes in his insurance.
Even this, however, is not enough. It seems Cheng's dream home will remain forever out of reach. Then, suddenly, it dawns on her: to get what she wants, she must take matters into her own hands – even if that means getting them seriously bloody...
Special Features:
Theatrical Trailer
Josie Ho interview
Image Gallery
Booklet by Billy Chainsaw
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 22.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
One of cinema's greatest auteurs, Alfred Hitchcock's six-decade career generated an unmissable run of suspense-packed thrillers, strongly characterised by macabre plots and twist endings. Starring British screen icon Leslie Banks and featuring the English-speaking debut of Peter Lorre, The Man Who Knew Too Much is one of Hitchcock's most thrilling pre-war British films, and one which he would remake twenty years later in Hollywood. This peerless suspense classic is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
While holidaying in Switzerland with their daughter Betty, Jill Lawrence and her husband are accidentally caught up in murder and intrigue when they befriend an undercover secret-service agent, Louis Bernard. When Bernard is fatally wounded by a gunshot, he whispers the whereabouts of a vital message to Lawrence as he lies dying – a message that is overheard by a number of sinister strangers...
Special Features:
Introduction by Charles Barr
Aquarius: Alfred the Great - Hitchcock is interviewed on the 1972 Arts programme
Image Gallery
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 3.
The Shout
Oscar-nominee Alan Bates turns in one of his most forceful performances as an asylum inmate with supernatural powers in a film that is both highly unsettling and deeply compelling – a perfect companion piece to Nicolas Roeg's '70s masterpiece Don't Look Now. Also featuring strong performances from Susannah York and John Hurt, and employing a distinctive narrative style employed by Palm d'Or-nominated director Jerzy Skolimowski, The Shout is presented here in a High Definition transfer made from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
During a cricket match at an insane asylum between the inmates and the local villagers, patients Crossley and Graves keep themselves entertained by telling stories. Crossley tells of how he came to possess supernatural powers enabling him to kill with a single shout and although his friend dismisses the tale as an insane fantasy, as the match continues the proceedings take an emphatically sinister turn...
Special Features:
Audio commentary with horror experts Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
Booklet by Kim Newman
Original Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Original Press Material PDFs
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 15.
The Lady Vanishes
One of cinema's greatest auteurs, Alfred Hitchcock's six-decade career generated an unmissable run of suspense-packed thrillers, strongly characterised by macabre plots and twist endings. Made in 1938, this classic comedy-thriller was arguably his most popular and significant pre-war feature, and one of the films that helped pave his way to Hollywood success. Featuring a whimsically suspenseful script from Launder and Gilliat, The Lady Vanishes boasts one of the all-time great ensemble casts and is featured here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Intrigue and espionage abound when a young woman travelling aboard a transcontinental express train strikes up an acquaintance with a charming elderly English governess, who then disappears without a trace. Is the young woman hallucinating, or is something altogether more sinister afoot..?
Special Features:
Introduction by Charles Barr
Original Theatrical Trailer
Image Gallery
PDF Material
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 3.
Twins of Evil
Directed with characteristic style and energy by cult filmmaker John Hough, Twins of Evil combines the signature Hammer elements of supernatural horror, black humour and fabulously lurid sensuality, Featuring another standout appearance from Peter Cushing, Twins of Evil also stars Kathleen Byron, Isobel Black and Dennis Price, with Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson as the twins. Featuring an all-time classic score by Harry Robinson, Twins of Evil is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Glamorous identical orphaned twins Maria and Frieda move from Vienna to the village of Karnstein to take up a new life with their submissive aunt and grim uncle - a fanatical Puritan and leader of a witch-hunting religious sect who is determined to kill his nemesis, Count Karnstein: a devil-worshipping libertine who has been turned into a vampire...
Special Features:
Original Theatrical Trailer
Deleted Scene
Image Gallery
PDF Material
Commemorative Booklet
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 8.
Countess Dracula
One of Hammer's most enduringly popular films and a benchmark for 1970s horror, Countess Dracula stars Ingrid Pitt in an iconic, career-defining role as the aged countess who must regularly bathe in virgins' blood to regain her fading youth. Genre stalwart Peter Sasdy directs arguably his best Hammer film, from a script by award-winning writer Jeremy Paul and showcasing a rousing score from composer Harry Robinson. Countess Dracula is featured here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
In medieval Hungary, Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy, an embittered, ageing widow, discovers by accident that virgin's blood causes her skin become youthful and smooth. Determined to retain her new youth at all costs, the Countess coerces her lover to abduct a string of young virgins to keep her supplied with the blood she now craves to stay beautiful...
Special Features:
Audio commentary with Ingrid Pitt and horror experts Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
Original Theatrical Trailer
Archive interview with Ingrid Pitt
50 Years of Hammer - news feature
Thriller episode
Conceptions of Murder episode
British distributors Network have released a new clip from acclaimed director Amat Escalante's crime drama Heli (2013), starring Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Reina Torres, and Gabriel Reyes. The film is set to be released on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on October 6th.
In 2013, Heli won Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was also Mexico's official entry in the Foreign Language Film Category of the 2014 Academy Awards.
Synopsis: In his third film exploring modern Mexican society, Cannes award-winning director Amat Escalante looks unflinchingly at the country's escalating drug wars and their devastating impact on one fictional family. Heli is uncompromising and graphic in its depiction of the sadistic violence, corruption and climate of fear in which the region's people must go about their daily lives. Stark, shocking and beautifully photographed, this powerfully affecting film has received worldwide critical acclaim.
Heli lives a simple existence in a small house with his father, wife, baby son and 12 year old sister, Estela. When Estela's boyfriend, a young cadet, seeks to change their lives by stealing confiscated cocaine, Heli and his family are caught up in the murderous world of Mexico's drug cartels and the corrupt police they control.
Network have got so many forthcoming Blu-ray releases I'm beginning to lose count. I wonder if these ones will stick to the dates or whether they'll be delayed like some of the other releases
Have Network published a list of the British titles they got from Studio Canal?
It'll be interesting(although, unlikely I'm guessing) to see if they've prized The Third Man away from them.
Have Network published a list of the British titles they got from Studio Canal?
It'll be interesting(although, unlikely I'm guessing) to see if they've prized The Third Man away from them.
They haven't got Studio Canal's Hitchcocks from them so I'll be shocked and stunned if they got The Third Man!
I agree with you re: The Lady Vanishes cover. Not much wrong with the original poster:
NOTE: This Sporting Life has lossy audio. If everyone here could contact Network, hopefully we can ensure that future releases don't have the same fate.
The DVD release of Dream Home was cropped from its original ratio, so hopefully this will be the correct aspect ratio.
i wonder if its gonna be uncut. the HK release is cut as well. the UK DVD cropped. the only real uncut relase is the AT release but that one is a 1080i mess of a encode
Twins of Evil and Countess Dracula are firm favourites of mine, i wonder if they will be same transfers of the American releases or brand new restorations?!
Nevermind, the descriptions boast brand new transfers from the original film elements, happy days!
Network extras are very poor with the Hammer horror titles compared to USA Synapse releases with one exception Network Countess Dracula
is possibility better
I was expecting a lot better even Raise The Titanic has better extras on the Shout Factory Release
Disappointing extras from network
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I wish network would standardise their cases, we've had regular amaray cases for titles like odd man out, then transparent cases for the likes of the lodger, then those horrible cheap slim dvd cases for several titles and now slim US style amarays, just put em' in regular cases for feck's sake!
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