The Last Hunter (1980)

[Quuhod]

THE LAST HUNTER (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
LIMITED TO 2,000 UNITS*
RELEASE DATE: April 10th 2023
£24.99

The screen explodes in a blazing spectacle of war, there was no escape for...THE LAST HUNTER!

Director: Antonio Margheriti
Starring: David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow, Tony King, Bobby Rhodes, Margie Newton, John Steiner

Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Henry Morris (David Warbeck) accepts a deadly mission to go behind enemy lines and put a stop to the broadcasting of anti-war propaganda, which is damaging the morale of American troops.

Finally making its UK blu-ray debut, Treasured Films is proud to present this former Section 3 'video nasty', Antonio Margheriti's The Last Hunter (L'Ultimo Cacciatore) as a much-treasured special edition!

Limited Edition Contents:

• Rigid slipcase with exclusive artwork by Graham Humphries
• 60 page perfect-bound booklet with essays & interviews by Troy Howarth, Eugenio Ercolani and John Martin
• 6 collectors' art cards
• Webstore exclusive A3 reversible fold-out poster! (first 1,000 units only**)

Special Features:

• New 2K scan and restoration from the original camera negative.
• Disc mastered by Fidelity in Motion
• The Outsider: Il Cinema Di Antonio Margheriti: The feature length documentary by Edoardo Margheriti as tribute to his father's career. Released for the first time on blu-ray with English subtitles.
• New audio commentary with Nathaniel Thompson, Troy Howarth & Eugenio Ercolani
• Apocalypse Hunter: a new video essay by Eugenio Ercolani
• From Dawson To Dawson: a new interview with Edoardo Margheriti
• Margie In The Jungle: a new interview with Margie Newton
• Jungle Boogie: a new interview with Franco Micalizzi
• Mud And Blood: a new interview with Massimo Vanni
• Trailer (2K scanned and restored from the Original Camera Negative)
• Image Gallery
• Reversible cover artwork with original Italian title and artwork
• English SDH Subtitles

Certificate: 18
Region: B

DUE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, WE CAN ONLY SHIP THIS PRODUCT WITHIN THE UK
https://www.treasuredfilms.co.uk/tre...imited-edition

A standard was edition released on 25th September 2023 -
https://www.treasuredfilms.co.uk/tre...hunter-blu-ray

*"Limited to 2,000 units" has been removed from the Treasured Films website, presumably because it wasn't limited to 2,000 units or has been repressed.

**"1,000 units only" has been removed and the poster is still available.

[Steel76]

Originally Posted by Quuhod

DUE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, WE CAN ONLY SHIP THIS PRODUCT WITHIN THE UK

Or an excuse to not having to deal with international orders?

Got a copy pre-ordered from a store here in Sweden.
http://videodrome.se/product/63c53c89a476dc18ac9b5954

So might pop up in other stores as well.

[Quuhod]

It's on Amazon and Zavvi too.

[WJB]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Keep forgetting I have this pre-ordered. Never seen it before but it's a Section 3 near-nasty and I wanna support this new label.

Wrong section, though.

Oh it's such a fun film. I first saw it on the Code Red BD in 2018; I've since watched it many times and bought the frankly brilliant soundtrack.

I'm really looking forward to getting this new version; I'm sure you'll love it too!

[ste71]

I pre-ordered this months ago now Ive just had a shipping email from Treasured Films!

Can't wait to have it!

[Quuhod]

Originally Posted by ste71

I pre-ordered this months ago now Ive just had a shipping email from Treasured Films!

Me too! I got an email today that said they now have it in stock but it didn't say it had been shipped. I hope they do send it out early, looks like a really nice release.

[Show spoiler]

[ste71]

Wow! Thats a nice package (as the actress said to the Bishop)!

Ive only ever seen a bit of this film and remember enjoying it. It seems a good watch!

[Quuhod]

Originally Posted by ste71

Wow! Thats a nice package (as the actress said to the Bishop)!

Ive only ever seen a bit of this film and remember enjoying it. It seems a good watch!

It's really good, very gory. Makes Rambo look like a picnic.

[ste71]

Originally Posted by quuhod

it's really good, very gory. Makes rambo look like a picnic.

sold!!

[Marv Inc.]

Originally Posted by ste71

sold!!

Its not that gory but its fun.

[WaverBoy]

Had no idea this was getting a deluxe release. Preordered from Amazon UK, $38 shipped to the US. I’ll take it. This will be a nice upgrade to the Code Red disc, which wasn’t half bad.

[ste71]

My copy arrived this morning! Tonight's viewing sorted!

[johnlennon696]

Goty shipping email just now! Hopefully RM deliver it at some point.

[Eidolon]

So is this limited-limited with only 2000 units of the BD, or a limited edtion, with a standard edition following?

[Sleazeaddict]

No italian audio ?

Have the codered and Margheriti doc on Cannibal Apocalypse fr release so may skip this one.

[Quuhod]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

So is this limited-limited with only 2000 units of the BD, or a limited edtion, with a standard edition following?

There's no mention of a standard edition that I could find.

Originally Posted by Sleazeaddict

No italian audio ?

English only according to this alternate sleeve artwork -

[ste71]

Granted, Italian soundtrack is important for some but all the actors in the film so far as I could tell were speaking English (with dubbed voices). Even Margie (who couldn't speak English well at the time) was - with a dialogue coach obviously. Just saying.

What a great romp this film is though, typically Italian!

[CelestialAgent]

I tend to get the impression English audio makes more sense most of the time anyway, considering international casts (some British/American or with a good grasp of English) and aiming not solely at Italian audiences but also for international export, sometimes using American settings and not being definitively set in Italy. I remember reading Argento’s screenplays are written in English before being translated into Italian, Suspiria had some on-set sound recorded in English.

Usually labels include both tracks, but probably depends on what the licensor has available for a territory and what materials are surviving - Sabata, Hatchet for the Honeymoon, The Syndicate Sadists only have English soundtracks (88 tends to default to English from the menu) and with German Blu-rays often both English subtitle and dubs are available but it can vary, I’ve never really had an issue with Blue Underground DVDs of The Heroin Busters and The Big Racket and all Wild East releases only including dubs (some newly recorded I believe.) Though sometimes the dialogue is translated differently English vs. Italian so would need both dubtitles and subtitles tracks. Or issues with Deep Red and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (at least initially) having scenes exclusive to the Italian rather than export versions.

Sometimes you could research the intent or the nationalities of the actors, but I’m not sure one would want to do that before every film. But a high quality dub should be on par with the Italian dub (or maybe better?) even if the voices don’t always align perfectly with the faces/mouth movements - but sometimes it does a pretty admirable job and you don’t notice. Of course dubbing/post-synchronisation is still an everyday occurrence in the industry to an extent with the use of ADR - sometimes mor often than you realise.

Even as someone who watches a lot of subtitled films, it can be more relaxing at times to just watch a dub.

[CompleteCount]

Originally Posted by ste71

What a great romp this film is though, typically Italian!

About 25 years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing this on the big screen at one of the Eurofests in London. I believe it was played in tribute to David Warbeck, who was a friend of 'Fests and had died since the previous one.

It went down a storm with the appreciative crowd.

[ste71]

Originally Posted by CompleteCount

About 25 years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing this on the big screen at one of the Eurofests in London. I believe it was played in tribute to David Warbeck, who was a friend of 'Fests and had died since the previous one.

It went down a storm with the appreciative crowd.

That must have been amazing.....