Arrow Releasing Rogue Cops And Racketeers

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Coming to Blu-ray in April from Arrow Video - Rogue Cops and Racketeers
•The Big Racket
•The Heroin Busters

2-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restorations of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films
- High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentations
- Original Italian and English front and end titles
- Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- New audio commentaries on both films by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and Barry Forshaw
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
- Twelve double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards

DISC 1 – THE BIG RACKET
- The Years of Racketeering, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Violent Times, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- Angel Face for a Tough Guy, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- King of Movieola, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- The Great Racket, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery

DISC 2 – THE HEROIN BUSTERS
- Endless Pursuit, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Drug Squad, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- The Drug Dealer, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- How They Killed Italian Cinema, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- A Cop on the Set, a new video interview with retired poliziotto and criminologist Nicola Longo
- The Eardrum Busters, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Goblin by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

Great stuff.

Looking forward to watching 'The Big Racket' again in particular.

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

Both great movies but wondering if I should upgrade or not.

[FnordChan Member Find all posts View Profile Close FnordChan]

I’m stoked to see Arrow releasing more poliziottesch films on Blu-ray and will happily pick this up.

[Ian Miller Flattery and foreplay Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Miller]

I just wished I liked HEROIN BUSTERS more than I do, or I would be super-excited to get this, whereas THE BIG RACKET? That movie freakin’ DELIVERS!

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

I love the way that Fabio Testi goes undercover in Heroin Busters by cunningly wearing a denim jacket with someone else's name on the back. Castellari is the one big Italian cult director that I have difficulty getting in to.

[killer must kill again Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close killer must kill again]

finally! racket is one of my fav poliziescos and heroin busters is a big guilty pleasure with a kickass score by goblin. weird choice by arrow to release only those two though and not grabbing street law and high crime for a complete enzo g. crime box set. I mean I already bought the other two on blu-ray so it's perfect for me, but street law and high crime had no official UK hd-release yet afaik ... so it's kinda odd.

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

finally! racket is one of my fav poliziescos and heroin busters is a big guilty pleasure with a kickass score by goblin. weird choice by arrow to release only those two though and not grabbing street law and high crime for a complete enzo g. crime box set. I mean I already bought the other two on blu-ray so it's perfect for me, but street law and high crime had no official UK hd-release yet afaik ... so it's kinda odd.

If I'm remembering correctly, I think Studio Canal owns the UK rights for 'High Crime'. They submitted it to the BBFC a while back, suggesting a release might be on the cards, but then just released a cut/botched version in France, and, uh, nothing further since then as far as I'm aware...?

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Amazon has this for $37.99 (46% off).

https://amzn.to/3j5A3hF