Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection Coming To Blu-ray!

[Dark Horse 77]

As someone who's just really getting into Di Leo's filmography is there a thread that lists the definitive releases of his films so far?

[Ian Jane]

And so is The Italian Connection!

Coming 11/5/24 from Raro!

The explosive second film in Fernando Di Leo’s Milieu Trilogy (following 1972’s Caliber 9) is an Italian action classic that was a major influence on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994). When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan (Mario Adorf, The Tin Drum) is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen (Woody Strode and Henry Silva) are dispatched from New York to rub him out, while the real thieves are rushing to kill him first so the Americans don’t learn the truth. When the pimp's wife and daughter are murdered in the course of the manhunt, he swears revenge on everyone. Presented in a 4K restoration from the original negative.

Product Extras :

Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
Archival documentary Roots of the Mafia
Alternate English feature audio track
Trailers

[Ian Jane]

The Boss is getting a stand alone reissue.

Coming 11/12/24 from Raro!

The thrilling final chapter in Fernando Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy (following Caliber 9 and The Italian Connection), The Boss stars Henry Silva as a mob enforcer who gets stuck in the middle of a violent gangland power struggle. Presented in a 4K restoration of the original negative.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
Archival Documentary: Mafia Stories
Alternate English feature audio track
Trailers

[Ian Jane]

Coming in April...

https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/products/the-boss-le

The Boss

In the 1970s the crime film flourished in Italy as the country went through years of political and social unrest, the so-called ‘Years of Lead’. Italian movie producers would capitalise on these times by producing cheap, violent movies about the country’s organised crime and corruption, establishing the genre of the poliziotteschi. One of the most celebrated poliziottesco directors was Fernando Di Leo, a director as concerned with telling entertaining stories as he was with creating socially relevant backdrops. In Di Leo’s The Boss, Henry Silva plays mob enforcer Nick Lanzetta, who assassinates key members of a rival gang in order to put his boss in a position to seize power. However, one surviving member of the gang, Cocchi (Pier Paolo Capponi, The Cat o' Nine Tails) plots his revenge involving corrupt cop Torri (Gianni Garko, If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death), leading to a bloody series of double-crosses and power plays to find who will ultimately become the boss.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

2020 4K restoration of the original negative, presented in the original Italian version and the shorter English export cut, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Audio commentary by critic Rachael Nisbet
New interview with Fernando Di Leo biographer Davide Pulici
Archival documentary Mafia Stories featuring stars Gianni Garko, Pier Paolo Capponi, producer Armando Novelli and director Fernando Di Leo among others (24 mins)
Original trailer
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters
New and improved English subtitle translation
Limited edition booklet with new writing by Italian crime expert and scholar Giulio Olesen and an archival interview with Di Leo
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with limited edition booklet and reversible sleeve
This item is not included in the multi-month Bundle Package "2024 Bundle", customers who ordered this package will not receive this release.

[Clive Smith]

I received a message from Erin at Raro yesterday to say they'd run out of stock already! They're pressing more for shipping mid Feb. A small wait for me, but it's great news for them... hopefully it'll give them the confidence to release a BD of THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK.

[Mark Tolch]

My set shipped from Raro Video yesterday. Schwing!

[Ian Jane]

First review I've seen, with a few screen caps too!

http://www.mondo-digital.com/dileo.html

[Mark Tolch]

It won't matter to much to the 'mericans, because the collection is only 23.99 on amazon.com, but if you order the new blu-ray set from rarovideousa.com, the Crime Collection is only 24.99 with free shipping worldwide, and available as of the 17th or January.

On amazon.ca, it was 37.99 plus taxes. Score!

[Ian Jane]

Amazon.ca has the pre-order up for December 6th.

I will be very surprised if that doesn't change to the Jan. date.

[Mark Tolch]

Amazon.ca has the pre-order up for December 6th.

[Horace Cordier]

I kind of kick myself for buying this on DVD a few months ago, but at the time I wasn't aware of a pending BR release and only paid ~$22. I had pretty much resigned myself to being satisfied with that package since I hate spending money on things I already own, but out of curiosity I checked the product page for this new set over at Amazon. $24.99 pre-order for four blu-ray discs may be too tempting to resist.

Yep. And I have the dvd box too - but my preorder is already in.

[Dave Starry]

I kind of kick myself for buying this on DVD a few months ago, but at the time I wasn't aware of a pending BR release and only paid ~$22. I had pretty much resigned myself to being satisfied with that package since I hate spending money on things I already own, but out of curiosity I checked the product page for this new set over at Amazon. $24.99 pre-order for four blu-ray discs may be too tempting to resist.

[Mark Tolch]

We are in agreement on this. :-)

[Horace Cordier]

Henry Silva taking out a roomful of mafia scum in a porno theater in high def? Oh. Hell. Yeah.

ESSENTIAL.

[The Silly Swede]

This, I must buy.