Don't Torture A Duckling Coming To Blu-ray

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

It is! Not from Blue Underground, mind you, but from 84 Entertainment in Germany.

Awkward translation of a FB post:

"+++ Fulci Germany premiere 2015 +++ after long search and intensive negotiations succeeded in ' 84 entertainment Fulcis don't TORTURE A DUCKLING to license.

2015, the film appears as a premiere for the first time with a German synchronization and in HD."

No word on English friendly audio or subs yet.

[Clive Smith noodle doodle Find all posts View Profile Close Clive Smith]

Here's hoping for subs. Their SUSPIRIA release has me tempted; although it's taken from quite a dated transfer, it sounds like it has the most faithful colour reproduction so far.

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Oh man, I sure hope it's English-friendly in some form.

[Ryan Clark Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryan Clark]

This is perhaps my favorite non-Argento giallo so I will definitely pick this up if it's English friendly. I'm not waiting around for Blue Underground to do it!

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

84 Films put out this promo image, but still no word on Eng. audio or subs.

[Tim R-T-C Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tim R-T-C]

English subs on Italian dialogue would sell this to me, the biggest disappointment from the old ABUS disc was the English audio only. Given the rural settings, Italian would suit it so much better.

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

So this has an English track... with forced German subs.

Screen caps here:

http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=6980&d2=6977

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

Diabolik just got this in stock. It's not cheap, but it looks like a nice release, though the subs appear to be forced.

http://www.diabolikdvd.com/category/Horror-[sl]-Thriller/Don't-Torture-a-Duckling-(3-Disc-Mediabook)-(DVD-[sl]-Blu~Ray-Combo-Region-2[sl]B).html#



Don't Torture a Duckling (3 Disc Mediabook) (DVD / Blu-Ray Combo Region 2/B)
Several young boys are murdered in a remote village rife with sex and superstition, and the townspeople go mad with rage and violence. But when a hard-nosed reporter and promiscuous young woman search for the true killer, they discover a fiend - and motive - even more shocking than the crimes themselves.

1. Disc 1 (Blu-ray)
Picture: 2.35: 1 1080p Full HD 24p
Sound: German DTS-HD MA 2.0, English DTS-HD MA 1.0 with forced German subtitles. Italian DTS-HD MA 1.0 with forced German subtitles
Bonus: Audio commentary with Marcus Stiglegger, German Trailer,
Original Trailer, Italian bias, Italian guy,
Restoration Comparison, Slideshow


2. Disc 2 (DVD)
Picture: 2.35: 1 16: 9 PAL Widescreen
Sound: German Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 2.0 with forced German subtitles, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 with forced German subtitles
Bonus: Audio commentary with Marcus Stiglegger, German Trailer,
Original Trailer, Italian bias, Italian guy,
Restoration Comparison, Slideshow


3. Disc 3 (Bonus DVD)
Interviews with cinematographer Sergio D'Offizi and Cutter Bruno Micheli -
Italian with dt. UT.

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

There's a Japanese release coming soon.



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

3 more different media book options coming from '84 on 8/31/16.

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

So maybe there's a domestic release in the works?

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

Arrow. August. Fuck yeah.

NEW UK/US TITLE: Don't Torture a Duckling (Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD)

One of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced

Pre-order in the UK via Arrow: http://bit.ly/2r9DXtx
Pre-order in the UK via Amazon: http://amzn.to/2r9R12f
Pre-order in the US: http://bit.ly/2r9PpWe
Release dates: 14/15 August

From Lucio Fulci, the godfather of gore (The Psychic, The Beyond), comes one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced: his 1972 masterpiece Don't Torture a Duckling.

When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local “witch”, Maciara (Florinda Bolkan, A Lizard in a Woman's Skin). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by panic and a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders - city journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian, The Four of the Apocalypse) and spoilt rich girl Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) - team up to crack the case. But before the mystery is solved, more blood will have been spilled, and not all of it belonging to innocents...

Deemed shocking at the time for its brutal violence, depiction of the Catholic Church and themes of child murder and paedophilia, Don't Torture a Duckling is widely regarded today as Fulci's greatest film, rivalling the best of his close rival Dario Argento. Arrow Video is proud to present this uniquely chilling film in its North American high definition debut.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
• English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
• The Blood of Innocents, a new video discussion with Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film
• Hell is Already in Us, a new video essay by critic Kat Ellinger
• Interviews with co-writer/director Lucio Fulci, actor Florinda Bolkan, cinematographer Sergio D'Offizi, assistant editor Bruno Micheli and assistant makeup artist Maurizio Trani
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Timothy Pittides


FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet with new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw and Howard Hughes

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

Looks good.

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

Super Psyched for this!!!

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

Pushed back to Sept. 12th.