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I love this movie. This news pleases me greatly.
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And it does look like it will be English friendly (though it was mentioned on that twitter thread that it won't be called out on the cover).Rock! Shock! Pop! -
thumbs up! but with their current release schedule I'm afraid this will take forever to be released.Comment
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Extras for the UK release:
SPECIAL FEATURES
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase [2000 copies]
1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration
English and Italian audio options
Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
Brand new audio commentary by author / critic Kim Newman
Brand new interview with film scholar Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA
Archival interview with actor Fabio Testi
Original Trailers and Radio Adverts
A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring two new essays by author Howard Hughes; one covering the background to the making of Revolver, and an extensive piece on Ennio Morricone’s “Eurocrime” soundtracks [2000 copies]Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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Here's the full press release for the Eureka Blu-ray.
Hard-hitting thriller with Oliver Reed in one of his best action performances!
[For immediate release] Eureka Entertainment to release REVOLVER; a suspenseful crime thriller starring Oliver Reed, co-written and directed by the legendary Sergio Sollima, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from a brand-new 4K restoration. Available as part of the Eureka Classics range from 16 May 2022, the first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector’s Booklet.
After directing his triptych of political (and acclaimed) spaghetti westerns (The Big Gundown; Face to Face; and Run, Man, Run), Sergio Sollima directed two crime thrillers in the poliziotteschi genre – the name given to the violent and action-packed Italian crime thrillers that had become exceedingly popular amongst Italian audiences. Sollima was a perfect fit for this style of filmmaking, and the two films he directed in the genre are both essential viewing. Presented here is the second, Revolver, starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.
Kidnappers have snatched the wife of Milan’s top prison warden (Reed) and demand the release of an inmate (Testi) as ransom. But when the warden allows his prisoner to escape, the two become trapped in a deadly conspiracy that reaches from the halls of government to the bullet-riddled city streets. Can an obsessed lawman and an escaped convict survive the forces of corruption as well as each other, or does the ultimate law of society belong to the revolver?
“Makes Death Wish look like wishful thinking!” was the immortal tagline that accompanied the film upon its US release (also retitled Blood in the Streets), but Revolver—as is to be expected from Sollima—is a much more complex film. Sollima was a highly political director and his films were often allegorical, implicitly opposed to the corruption endemic in Italian society at the time. With music by the late maestro, Ennio Morricone (including one of his most beloved compositions, Un Amico), Eureka Classics is proud to present Revolver from a new 4K restoration for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.
REVOLVER (Eureka Classics) New & Exclusive Trailer
Available to order from:
Eureka Store https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/revolver/
SPECIAL EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY FEATURES
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase (2000 copies only) | 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration | English and Italian audio options | Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentary by author / critic Kim Newman | Brand new interview with film scholar Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA | Archival interview with actor Fabio Testi | Original Trailers and Radio Adverts | PLUS: A Limited-Edition Collector’s Booklet (2000 copies only) featuring two new essays by author Howard Hughes; one covering the background to the making of Revolver, and an extensive piece on Ennio Morricone’s “Eurocrime” soundtracks | * All extras subject to change
DETAILS:
Label: Eureka Entertainment
REVOLVER (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray
OLIVER REED | FABIO TESTI | AGOSTINA BELLI | PAOLA PITAGORA | DANIEL BERETTA | FRÉDÉRIC DE PASQUALE
1973 | 109 min. | 1.85:1 OAR | ITALY / FRANCE / GERMANY | CRIME / ACTION / THRILLER |
Certificate 15 | Director SERGIO SOLLIMA | Language ENGLISH | COLOUR | 16 MAY 2022
Blu-ray Cat. No. EKA70459 | Blu-ray Barcode 5060000704594 | Blu-ray RRP £21.99
REVIEWS
“Revolver is an original plot idea and lots of sweaty tension; the action is sparse, but the plotting and two muscular central performances make this a minor classic.” - Film Authority
” …plenty of twists along the way keep the film moving at a brisk pace and the audience completely engaged in what’s happening on screen. Production values are also pretty strong here. The cinematography from Aldo Scavarda is slick, giving the film a nice, polished look while the score from the amazing Ennio Morricone ranks up there with the best of the maestro’s work…” - Rock! Shock! Pop!
“Questions about the relative worth of human lives, what we owe society and one another as human beings and just what happens when the “right” thing to do and the thing we want to do are completely at odds, all intertwine and culminate in a shocking climax that won’t have you forgetting this movie for quite a while.” - MonsterHunter
KEY SELLING POINTS
Directed by the legendary Sergio Sollima (The Big Gundown; Face to Face; and Run, Man, Run) | Stars Oliver Reed (Women in Love, Oliver!, Big Sleep) and Fabio Testi (That Most Important Thing: Love) | Music by the late maestro, Ennio Morricone (including one of his most beloved compositions, Un Amico | New 4K restoration for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK | The first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector’s Booklet.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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