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MAY 10TH, 2004 |
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TOKYO ELEGY
Seven Days in the Snake Pit
Available on DVD June 15, 2004 Through Eclectic DVD
Seven days of intense and passionate affair in an enclosed
room!
Director of “Wasted”, Ian Kerkhof, made this film in
collaboration with Japanese cineaste in Tokyo. During the
shooting, Hoffman and Hoshino actually lived in the set as a
couple. This controversial film depicts passionate and
shocking love and sex with innovative digital image.
The story features Jack who betrays his partners and escapes
from the police in Tokyo. Now with a price on his life, he
decides to hide himself with Keiko, a prom queen who has been
sexually abused by her father. Jack and Keiko try to cure
Keiko’s emotional wounds by electric and enlightening sexual
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APRIL 7TH, 2004 |
ULTRACHRIST!
Available on DVD
May 25, 2004
Through Eclectic DVD
Oaks, PA- Eclectic DVD and Leisure Suit Media are pleased to
announce the home viewing release of ULTRACHRIST! for
worldwide distribution on DVD.
"I just can't seem to relate to the people of today. There are
so many new words to learn, like 'extranet' and 'foofaraw'."
What would Jesus (Jonathan C. Green) do if he returned to
Earth and discovered that he was wildly out of touch with
today's youth? In Ultrachrist!, he dons a Spandex costume and
goes out into the streets of New York City to fight sin
wherever it rears its ugly head.
His disapproving Father (Don Creech) wants him to minister as
he did 2000 years ago. The Antichrist, in the guise of the New
York City Park's Commissioner (Samuel Bruce Campbell),
resurrects a legion of famous sinners to destroy him. And when
the beautiful seamstress Molly (Celia A. Montgomery) tempts
Ultrachrist with Earthly love, his own inner hang-ups
guarantee that redemption will not come easily.
Can Ultrachrist come to terms with his human side and lead
mankind to salvation? In the words of his Father: "I've had
this terrible vision! You go forward as Ultrachrist, but end
up wagering your soul to Satan. The rest of the prophecy is
too weird to go into . . ."
But it's just another day in the life of Ultrachrist!
"FOUR STARS! If comic book superheroes are religion, consider
us converted! Ultrachrist! saves the day!" -- Film Threat
Trailer -
http://www.leisuresuit.net/promos/ultrachrist
DVD
Catalog# EDD02041
UPC 022891204190
Prebook April 27, 2004
Street Date May 25, 2004
Retail Price $19.95
Sound: AC 3
Running Time: 90 minutes |
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SURVIVAL
RESEARCH
LABORATORIES
TEN YEARS OF ROBOTIC MAYHEM
Available on DVD
May 25, 2004
Through Music Video Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Artist 50 are pleased
to announce the home viewing release of SURVIVAL RESEARCH
LABORATORIES - TEN YEARS OF ROBOTIC MAYHEM for worldwide
distribution on DVD.
Before "Battle Bots", "The Matrix", "TheTerminator" or any of
their imitators, there was Survival Research Laboratories.
Founded by the visionary Mark Pauline in 1978, SRL utilizes
incredibly complex props and robotics to create a unique
spectacle unlike anything seen before. In this DVD collection
Jon Reiss encapsulates the humor, terror, artistic bravado and
technical genius behind the menacing machines and eaves it
into a gloriously cacophonous whole.
Since its inception SRL has operated as an organization of
creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the techniques,
tools, and tenets of industry, science, and the military away
from their typical manifestations in practicality, product or
warfare. Since 1979, SRL has staged over 45 mechanized
presentations in the United States and Europe. Each
performance consists of a unique set of ritualized
interactions between machines, robots, and special effects
devices, employed in developing themes of socio-political
satire. Humans are present only as audience or operators.
This DVD shows the development of SRL from it's earliest
performances in front of a handful of people in San Francisco
to grand spectacles staged for thousands in the U.S. and
Europe.
Points of Added Interest:
- Features special edition of SRL Documentaries, biographies,
interviews and photos
- World Premiere of the Delusions Of Expediency
- "SRL 25th Anniversary" in San Fran this April kickstarts the
DVD release campaign!
- From Director Jon Reiss, whose works include Better Living
Through Circuitry and Nine Inch Nails "Happiness In Slavery"
video
DVD
Catalog# DR-4403
UPC 022891440390
Prebook April 27, 2004
Street Date May 25, 2004
Retail Price $19.95
Running Time 120 minutes
Audio AC3
Region 0
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NOVEMBER 13TH, 2003 |
THREE CLASSIC HORROR FILMS by JEF FILMS
Eclectic DVD and JEF Films are pleased to
announce the home viewing release of Castle of the Walking
Dead, Zombie Brigade, and PRANKS for US distribution on DVD.
Castle of the Walking Dead:
After a public execution, the good citizens of a small
Transylvanian community think they have finally rid themselves
of the murderous Count Regula, known to his victims as Dr.
Sadism...they were wrong! Even being drawn and quartered does
not cripple this sadist. Thirty-five years later, he comes
back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended
thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor in order to
attain immortal life.
Zombie Brigade: A
horror send-up where over half the cast is either a vampire or
a zombie. The conniving Mayor Ransom (Geoff Gibbs) is selling
off rural property to the Japanese who plan to build a cartoon
theme park. When he orders a memorial and graveyard to Vietnam
servicemen to be removed, the dead come back as vampires and
zombies to exact their macabre revenge on the living.
PRANKS: Morgan
Meadows Hall has been condemned and soon will be torn down.
Five college students volunteer to close the structure during
Christmas holiday. What ensues are bone-chilling events and
narrow escapes from a murderer wielding a spiked baseball hat.
Everyone is not successful in escaping from the horror of this
psychopathic killer.
Street Date December 2, 2003
Retail $14.95 |
ABBY…
The story of a woman POSSESSED!
Available on DVD December 9, 2003 • Through
Eclectic DVD
Eclectic DVD and Sinema Diable are pleased to announce the
home viewing release of Abby for worldwide distribution on
DVD.
The 1974 “blaxploitation” classic Abby, is being brought to
DVD to revisit the tale of a woman possessed by an African
demon. This film, with its Exorcist similiarities, shows the
horrific journey of a minister’s wife turned sex-crazed
egotistical man-killer.
While on an excavating trip in Nigeria, Abby’s father in law,
Dr. Williams, played by William Marshall, accidentally
uncovers an ancient idol and releases Eshu, the god of
sexuality, from a phallus shaped box. The spirit makes his
way from Nigeria to Kentucky where he enters Abby’s body in an
evocative shower scene.
The spirit claims Abby and she begins acting out in a
not-so-holy manner. When attending a church picnic, Abby’s
spirit becomes so obsessed with chicken blood that she attacks
her own arm and bleeds until she passes out. Later, Abby
appears to be back to her old self and counseling until Eshu
interrupts her session advice and declares, “I have a few tips
for you Sue. All men are not created equal, better make sure
what he’s got first.”
Directed by William Girdler, Abby, may share some connections
with “The Exorcist,” but creates its own identity with the 70s
style disco balls and jukebox ending.
Street Date 12/09/03
Retail Price 14.95 |
NOISY!
First Punkervision Comp
Available on DVD December 2, 2003 Through Music Video
Distributors
Music Video Distributors and Punkervision are pleased to
announce the home viewing release of Noisy! First Punkervision
Comp for distribution on DVD in US and Canada.
Offering styles of garage punk, rockebility revival, indie
rock, alternative pop/rock, punk revival and heavy metal, this
DVD set offers an explosive set up of 36 songs by 10 great
bands including Propagandhi, Supersuckers, Good Clean Fun,
Diesel Boy, Atom & His Package, Fleshies, Boris the Sprinkler,
theLINE, Blocko and Degrassi. With over 90 minutes of
previously unreleased live punk video, this is Punkervision’s
3rd DVD release.
Propagandhi - Back to the Motor League, Natural Disasters,
Albright Monument Baghdad, With Friends Like These...
Supersuckers - Rock n' Roll Records (Ain't Sellin' This Year),
Rock Your Ass, Creepy Jackalope Eye, Pretty Fucked Up
Good Clean Fun - Good Clean Fun, You're Only Punk Once,
Loserdotcom, On the Streets Saving the Scene From the Forces
of Evil
Diesel Boy - Punk Rock 101, From the Used Bin, Cock Rock,
Titty Twister
Atom & His Package - Hats Off To Halford, Happy Birthday
Ralph, Pumping Iron for Enya, Punk Rock Academy
FLESHIES - There Will Be No Apocalypse, Don't Hate Me For The
Reward, Meatball, Jumpers
Boris the Sprinkler - (She Digs My) New Wave Records, (She
Must Not Suspect) I Dig Her, UFO, (My Baby Put Me In The)
Penalty Box
theLINE - Destructive Preservation, Modem, Pride, System
Deceptive
Blocko - Aches & Pains, Dry Sky
Degrassi - The Punisher, Target
Street Date December 2, 2003
Retail Price $19.95 |
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
Commissioner of Sewers
Available on DVD December 2, 2003 Through Eclectic DVD
Distribution
This DVD documentary traces the life and career of William S.
Burroughs. With faint humor and dry wit, Burroughs talks
about the world as a virus, about death and dreams, about
travel in time and space and about language. Profiled and
directed by Klaus Maeck, this documentary combines footage
from some of Burroughs' public readings with rare film
appearances, shots of his paintings, and discourses on the use
of language as a weapon.
In search of freedom, Burroughs moved to New York in his
thirties and joined the city’s gangster underground where he
intentionally became a heroine addict. Friends said they were
interested in h is underground experiments, but would not
follow him far into it. After spending much time with Allen
Ginsberg and Jack Keroac, Burroughs became inspired to write
his heroine-tinged autobiography, Junky. His next book,
Queer, a study of his homosexuality, would not be published
for decades.
Burroughs relocated to Texas where he live as a farmer growing
oranges, cotton and marijuana. Authorities soon caught on to
his drug activities, so he fled to Mexico where he
accidentally killed his common-law wife by trying to prove his
marksmanship. He moved to South America and continued to
write; claiming the death of his wife gave him literacy
vocation. He eventually settled in Tangier where drugs were
obtainable and living was cheap.
Street Date December 2, 2003
Retail Price $19.95 |
PSYCHIC TV
Black Joy
Available on DVD December 2, 2003 Through Music Video
Distributors
When the band Throbbing Gristle broke up, the two front men,
Genesis P. Orridge and Peter "Sleazy" Christoperson formed the
bands Psychic TV and Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth. The goal
of T.O.P.Y. was to create thought through music, poetry, and
visual art, but after being misrepresented, T.O.P.Y. was
forced to break up after a “lifestyle” attack by the British
Establishment. Psychic TV picked up where T.O.P.Y. left off,
using ideas and philosophies to create visual art through
music. Genesis remained the front man of the band, while
others worked alongside him through various projects,
including his wife Coil, William Burroughs, Derek Jarman,
Monte Cazazza, Marc Almond, guitarist Alex Ferguson, and Jim
Therwell.
This DVD features the combination of two shows from Psychic TV
that were previously available separately on VHS. The first
show, Black, was at the height of the band’s acid-adventures
and features their performance at London’s Subterrania Club in
1992 during the band’s tenth anniversary year. In this show,
the band crosses the barriers of artist and audience and
creates a unique image of shared participation. Songs from
this show include, “Thee Infinite Beat,” “Intoxication,”
“Surrender,” “Horror House,” “Jigsaw,” “Money for E…,” and
“Black.”
The second element, Joy, is a show recorded live in Manchester
in 1989. Through Voodoo Acid, the band performs a rare
version of “Candy Says,” featuring Genesis P. Orridge. Known
as a classic moment in rock history, this video captures the
stimulating moment the audience stormed the stage. Other
songs include "Your Body," "We Kiss," "Surprised," "R U
Experienced," "Love Ware Rito," "Arcadia," "Joy" and more.
Directed by Karen Bentham.
Street Date December 2, 2003
Retail Price $19.95
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THE ADVENTURES
OF TWITCH AND SCUMMY
Available on DVD December 2, 2003 Through
Eclectic DVD
This DVD is one of the hottest Freestyle Motocross movies,
featuring Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg and Colin "Scummy"
Morrison. This DVD takes you into a behind the scenes look
into two of Freestyle Motocross hottest upcoming stars. Also
featuring some behind the scenes footage from when "Twitch"
and "Scummy" were featured riders on the WARP tour. This DVD
also features riders like Mike Metzger, Beau Manley, Ronnie
Faisst, Brian Deegan, Tyler Evans, Doug Parsons, and Seth
Enslow - plus bands like Kottonmouth Kings, NOFX, and
Pennywise.
Colin “Scummy” Morrison is one of freestyle motocross’ younger
up and coming riders. At 20 years old, he’s been riding for 9
years using a CR 250 bike. Sponsored by Metal Mulisha, RXS,
TRE, DVS shoes, FMF, No Fear and Split, Scummy’s
accomplishments consist of a 3rd place step up at the 1999
X-games, a warped tour rider for the past four years, and
continuous attempts for the world record jump. His personal
best is at 228 feet, only 20 feet short of the record. “Colin
Morrison is psycho. Going big is an understatement for this
Metal Mulisha member.” -freestyle.com
Jeremy “Twitch” Sternberg, who’s sponsored by Split, is a 22
year old pro-freestyler. Riding a CR 250, he’s charging his
way through the freestyle world with a gold medal from the
Planet X Summer Games for exceptional skills and regularly
performs stunt work in movies and music videos.
Street Date December 2, 2003
Retail Price $19.95 |
ECLECTIC DVD TO RELEASE THREE METAL FILMS
ON DVD THROUGH GRIMOIRE FILMS
Death Metal - A Documentary:
Death Metal is herein explored in such a way that everyone
will get an education, whether a fan of the music or just
curious about it. This story of Death Metal is told by a
variety of experts who helped shape the genre. There are no
outsiders in this documentary! Peter Steele was invited to
participate because of his contribution to brutal vocals in
CARNIVORE days. Plenty of video clips as well as live footage
that is exclusive to this DVD makes for a rare treat to any
true fan of music.
Dirtbags - Armpit of Metal:
This fantastic comedy explores the world of
DIRTBAGS- they never achieve anything through honesty, whether
it’s the pharmacy student who uses his skills to make
date-rape drugs or the weasel who videotapes girls without
their knowledge (and then sells the tapes on the internet).
Will they get away with their schemes or is there really such
thing as fairness in the university? This movie was made to
discover the boundaries of comedy. Are there really things
that cannot be laughed at? Yes, this movie contains nudity. No
matter what you gender is, if you like politically incorrect
humor, you will laugh until you pass out and wake up with your
zipper open.
Metal Heads: Take
a glimpse into the metal lifestyle! It’s not what you have
come to expect because television has falsely portrayed this
world. This dark comedy is 100% metal. That means no baggy
pants, no trendy hairstyles and no mercy!
Street Date January 6, 2003
Retail $9.95 |
U.K. SUBS
PUNK CAN TAKE IT
Available on DVD January 6, 2004
Through Music Video Distributors
On May 16th 1979, the UK Subs signed to GEM Records, a
subsidery of RCA Records. They went into the studio to start
recording their first album Another Kind Of Blues.
Stranglehold was to be the UK Subs biggest hit. It was
released on red vinyl. It reached number 26, in the British
pop charts in June 1979, selling 75,000 copies. The
Stranglehold Tour started on June 11th 1979, to coincide with
single release.
On July 15th, the Subs were filmed playing live at the Lyceum,
this was to be included in Julien Temple's wartime documentary
parody "Punk Can Take It". The film was released on September
21st as a support to the BBC film about borstal life, entitled
Scum. The docu - complete with narration by BBC voice-over
veteran John Snagge - paints a glorious picture of England in
a punk rock "identity crisis".
The Theme?
Punk morale was higher than ever before. Punks were fused
together not by fear, but by a surging spirit of revenge,
immortality, and the courage never to submit or yield. This
proved that punk won't go away and that punks themselves are
becoming younger and nastier everyday… they have no time for
the precarious thrills of nostalgia nor for its trivial rules.
This motif is accompanied by soundtrack and performance
footage of the U.K. Subs.
Charlie Harper: Vocals
Nicky Garratt: Guitars
Paul Slack: Bass
Pete Davies: Drums
Written & Directed by Julien Temple
Street Date January 6, 2004
Retail Price $9.95 |
IN GOTH WE TRUST
A Gothic Industrial Collection
Available on DVD January 23, 2004 Through Music Video
Distributors
Considered the best guide to the Polish gothic scene, both
mainstream and underground, this DVD/CD combination features
20 video clips of cult bands, the best-selling top of the
scene, Closterkeller, Moonlight, Delight, Fading Colours,
Sirrah and God’s Bow, as well as promising debutants,
StrommoussHeldm, Desdemona, and Daimonion. Unavailable
elsewhere, this DVD contains live versions of Moonlight,
Asgaard, Delight, and Closterkeller pieces. A fully animated
menu allows for band selection, band photos, information on
each band and album’s artwork. Five bands featured in this
compilation take part in the second edition of Dark Stars
Festival, a very prestigious gothic tour including 17 dates in
Poland.
Track List:
DVD CD
1. Closterkeller- Beyond the Border of Touch
1. Batalion D’Amour- The White Dress
2. Moonlight- Meren Re (Rapsod)
2. Angor- Wolf Lady
3. Lorien Black Flower of Lotus
3. Dance on Glass- Dying So Slowly
4. Darzamat- When the Dreams Died
4. Sacriversum- Borm to be the Best
5. Artosis- Amoung Flowers and Shadows
5. Naamah- Eternal Fear
6. Delight- Stained Glass
6. Lebenssteuer- The Jar
7. Cemetery of Scream- Anxiety
7. Undish- (untitled)
8. Desdemona- XI-IX
8. Sui Generis Umbra- Lashta
9. Fading Colours- Black Horse
9. Nocturia- Scent
10. Tower- Tempter
10. Eternal Tour- Deep Water
11. Daimonion- Willas
11. Via Mistica- Gold Dust
12. Delight- 1 Promise (live)
12. Unnamed- Duality:Mystery of Love
13. Aion- Guilty
13. Sith of Thone- The Script
14. Asgaard- Mare Serenitatis (live)
14. Athanor- Prayer on the End of the Day
15. Moonlight- Col (live)
15. God’s Bow- Clear
16. StrrommoussHeld- D.E.C.E.P.T.I.O.N
17. Closterkeller- Graphite (live)
18. Artrosis- In a Daze
19. Neolith- In The Garden of Forgetfulness
20. Sirrah- Passover 1944
Street Date January 23, 2004
Retail Price $19.95 |
EXORCISMO
Available on DVD January 6, 2004 Through Eclectic DVD
Once again, the classic Euro-Trash madness from the
irrepressible Paul Naschy is brought to DVD with many
“sexploitative” scenes and occult themes. Written long before
William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist,” this story tells of a
priest who is summoned to perform an exorcism on a young woman
who participated in a satanic ceremony and is now possessed by
an evil spirit.
A deceased father is enraged at his wife’s infidelity. To get
back at her, he returns as a sadistic demon that takes over
the body of his daughter after she becomes active with Satanic
Black Masses and Black Magic rituals. The young innocent
woman soon turns into a hideous, evil, homicidal foul mouth
maniac. Naschy, who plays a specialist in Demonology must now
perform an exorcism of the daughter and battle the evil spirit
for the young woman’s soul.
Written by Paul Naschy and directed by Juan Bosch, this 1974
horror film is being re-released on DVD, featuring Paul Naschy,
Maria Perschy, Maria Kosti, Grace Mills, Jorge Torras and Luis
Induni.
Street Date January 6, 2004
Retail Price $14.95
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OCTOBER 10TH, 2003 |
TOKYO X EROTICA
Available on DVD October 28, 2003 Through Eclectic DVD
Distribution
Eclectic DVD Distribution and Uplink are pleased to announce
the home viewing release of Tokyo X Erotica for North American
distribution on DVD.
What lasts longer, the time before birth or the time after
death? In the 1990's, Kenjo (Ishikawa Yuichi) dies in a
terrorist gas attack. His girlfriend Haruka (Sasaki Yumeka) is
killed by a man she meets as a street prostitute. In 2002,
Kenji and Haruka who should already be dead, meet again and a
new story begins...
Directed by ZEZE TAKAHISA, Tokyo X Erotica is a profound film
about everything essential - i.e. sex, politics and God -
packed into just 80 minutes. It has screened at film festivals
around the globe, including:
- 2002 Rotterdam International Film Fest
- Hong Kong Film Fest
- Frankfurt International Film Fest
- Far East Film Festival (Udine – Italy)
- Jeonju International Film Festival (Korea)
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Japanese Film-Art Festival
“Zeze has always been a provocateur among pornographers, and
Tokyo X Erotica showcases his feverish talent with another
thought provoking and involving script. Definitely worth
running to Tokyo for the late show”
- Michael Arnold, Midnight Eye
“The film's true brilliance lies in the ease with which Zeze
builds layer upon layer, developing a piercing vision of the
Heisei period, its politics/catastrophes/state-of-mind, which
he then goes on to transcend into a Zeze-typical meditation
about rebirth, God, the essence of the human soul, but with a
surprisingly ironic touch. " - Olaf Möller, Die Welt
Street Date
10/28/03
SRP
$19.95
Running Time 80 minutes
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COLDPLAY LIVE 2003
DVD/CD
TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 4TH
SPECTACULAR TWO-DISC VIDEO/AUDIO SET FEATURES NEW AND
UNRELEASED TRACKS, LOST CLASSICS,
AND FULL BAND DOCUMENTARY
Just over one year ago, Coldplay released A Rush of Blood to the Head,
the smash double-platinum album that earned the band two 2003
Grammy Awards, recently returned to the Top Ten of the
Billboard album charts and spawned the international hits "In
My Place," "Clocks" and "The Scientist." The band, which
during that time also swept all three of their nominated
categories in the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards and completed
multiple sold-out tours of America, will on November 4th, 2003
release a spectacular two-disc live DVD/CD, Coldplay Live
2003.
Filmed at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on July 21 and 22 of this
year, the 90-minute Coldplay Live 2003 DVD features the band
at the peak of their powers, captured by director Russell
Thomas and acclaimed production company Done & Dusted in a
stunning nine-camera, super 16 film shoot that includes all
the hits plus new track "Moses" and two rarities previously
unreleased in the U.S. -- "One I Love" and "See You Soon."
The DVD also includes a full, 40-minute tour diary documentary
featuring intimate, behind-the-scenes footage filmed at
various locations around the world including Los Angeles,
London and Madrid, as well as access to song lyrics.
The 70-minute audio CD features an edited version of the
Sydney concerts, including hits and album tracks from
Coldplay's 2000 debut, Parachutes, 2002's A Rush of Blood to
the Head and all of the new and unreleased tracks featured on
the DVD. Complete with CDRom access to an extensive
photo gallery, the CD stands as Coldplay's first live album
and as an incredible document from one of the world's most
popular bands.
Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head has been RIAA certified double
platinum in America and earned the band two 2003 Grammy
Awards: Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Performance
by Duo or Group with Vocal. The album entered the
Billboard Top 200 chart at #5 and has remained in the upper
reaches of the chart ever since. Coldplay's debut album,
Parachutes, which features hit songs "Yellow" and "Trouble,"
has sold almost two million copies in the U.S., was awarded
the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and
currently sits high on the Billboard Pop Catalogue chart.
Coldplay is the only band to have ever won the Grammy Award
for Best Alternative Music Album for two consecutive years.
Both albums have been certified gold or platinum in over
twenty-five countries each.
Coldplay Live 2003 DVD Tracklisting
Politik
God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Daylight
Trouble
One I Love
Don't Panic
Shiver
See You Soon
Everything's Not Lost
Moses
Yellow
The Scientist
Clocks
In My Place
Amsterdam
Life is for Living |
SUBLIME
"Stories, Tales, Lies, &
Exaggerations Collectors Edition"
Available on DVD November 11, 2003 Through Music Video
Distributors
Oaks, PA- Music Video Distributors and Cornerstone are pleased
to announce the home viewing release of Sublime- Stories,
Tales, Lies, & Exaggerations Collectors Edition for worldwide
distribution on DVD.
Stories, Tales, Lies and Exaggerations tells the story of
Sublime. See why it was more than just the music, and
experience first hand the depth and emotion within the legacy
left behind. Check out never before released live
footage of backyard parties in the LBC, skate shop
performances, intimate acoustic jams, and the mayhem of the
95’ Warped Tour.
This collectors edition includes 5.1 Surround sound audio,
Director’s Commentary with great insight into the making of
this documentary, 3 rare and uncut interview sections with the
entire band from the KROQ Weenie Roast, Saturday Mornings
Cartoons recording sessions, and the 1995 Warped Tour.
Other features include a Ron Jeremy interview and the last
Steppin Razor video.
Complete Track Listing:
Get Out
Slow Ride
Ruca
Ebin
Pool Shark
Saw Red
Total Hate
Don’t Push/Garden Grove
40 oz To Freedom
DJ’s
Hope
Lou Dog Went To The Moon
Falling Idols Theme Song
Big Salty Tears
Gimme My Share Freestyle
Doin’ Time
Seed
Wrong Way
Freestyle
Badfish
Homicide Dub
Murderer
Had a Dat
Directed by Joel Fischel
Produced by Zach Fischel and Jason Westfall
DVD
Street Date November 11.
2003
Retail Price
$19.95
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NASHVILLE PUSSY
"KEEP ON F*CKING IN PARIS"
Available on DVD November 11, 2003 Through Music Video
Distributors
Oaks, PA- Music Video Distributors and FGL are pleased to
announce the home viewing release of Nashville Pussy – Keep On
F*cking In Paris for North American distribution on DVD.
Explosive, head-banging, foot stomping, obscenity-laden, punk
charged, sexually fueled, in your face – NASHVILLE PUSSY is
coming at you full-throttle. NASHVILLE PUSSY’S souped-up hot
rod of musical styles, muscular rhythms, break-neck tempos and
balls-out new songs that swagger, strut, stomp and fly in the
face of convention serve up a southern-fried, finger lickin’
good, red hot platter of sexy, raunchy, high-voltage rock &
roll. NASHVILLE PUSSY is rock & roll’s main course –
appetizing, substantial, hot and tasty.
ALWAYS performing like they're the last rock & roll band on
earth – touring non-stop since 1996 – NASHVILLE PUSSY is
the “hardest band working in show biz” today. Earning them an
army of rabid fans and followers – NASHVILLE PUSSY’S live
shows are beer-soaked, sweat-drenched spectacles of decadent
perfection. Explosive songs, bone-crunching rhythms, heavy
metal riffing and punk rock ethics combined with raw sex
appeal. Armed with Blaine Cartwright’s highly memorable and
well-crafted songs – as well as Ruyter Suys’ undeniable
shread-ablilty on guitar and backed with the ultimate hard
rockin’ rhythm section – this is a band that is ALWAYS at its
peak.
Song Listing:
Something Nasty
Struttin’ Cock
Piece of Ass
She’s Got the Drugs
The Bitch Just Kicked Me Out
High as Hell
You Give Drugs a Bad Name
Shoot First and Run Like Hell
Go To Hell
Let’s Ride
Keep on F*ckin’
Gonna Hitchhike Down to Cincinnati and Kick the Shit Outta
Your Drunk Daddy
Fried Chicken and Coffee
Shot Down in Flames
Age of Pamparius
Go Mother F*cker Go
Extras Include:
Sing Along Option
Bonus Videoclip for Say Something Nasty
slide show
complete lyrics
Street Date
November 11. 2003
Retail Price
$19.95
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SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2003 |
PUNK - THE EARLY YEARS
Available on DVD
October 28, 2003
Through Music Video Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Signature Visuals are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of Punk - The
Early Years for North American distribution on DVD.
This fascinating film, shot in 1977-78, documents the early
days of the Punk Rock phenomenon. From its beginnings on
London's pub rock circuit to UK chart domination, Punk The
Early Years has it all! Includes performances from Sex
Pistols, X Ray Spex, Generation X, The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux,
Marc Bolan, The Adverts, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Billy Idol,
Poly Styrene and many more!
Also includes extensive interviews, including the last-ever
with Marc Bolan.
Selection # DR-4381
UPC: 022891438199
Prebook: September 23, 2003
Street Date: October 28, 2003
Retail $16.95
Run Time 60 minutes
Audio AC-3
Region 0
For more information, press kits, etc. please contact Clint
Weiler at Music Video Distributors, Inc. at 800-888-0486 x
115, or email
clint@musicvideodistributors.com . Check out
www.musicvideodistributors.com
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SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2003 |
DOPE, GUNS AND F*CKING UP YOUR
VIDEO DECK
VOLUMES 1-3
Available on DVD - November 11, 2003 - Through Music Video
Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Atavistic are pleased
to announce the home viewing release of DOPE, GUNS AND F*CKING
UP YOUR VIDEO DECK for worldwide distribution on DVD.
From the mid 80-s through the mid 90's, Amphetamine Reptile
Records defined the term "Underground." For blistering
genre-creating sounds, graphics and attitude, AmRep had no
equal. Being far too raw for MTV, the label began what was
then a first - the cheap self-published Video Compilation.
Enlisting the insane "Dr. Sphincter", the "Dope, Guns..."
video series documents a seminal movement in music history.
Volume One
HELMET “Bad Mood”
HELIOS CREED “The Rant” COWS “Cartoon Corral”
VERTIGO “Tonic Thing”
KING SNAKE ROOST “Top End Killer”
GOD BULLIES “Cemetary:”
TAR “Les Paul Worries"
LUBRICATED GOAT “In The Raw”
SURGERY “Maliblues”
HALO OF FLIES “No Time”
Volume Two
COWS “Hitting The Wall”
HELIOS CREED “I’m Your Spaceman”
SURGERY “Little Debbie”
VERTIGO
“Smoked”
BOSS HOG “Commercial #1”
TAR “Goethe:”
GOD BULLIES “War On Everybody"
COSMIC PSYCHOS “Dead Roo”
BOSS HOG “Commercial #2”
CROWS “Crisper”
HELMET “Black Top”
Volume Three
GUZZARD “Last” COWS “Sugar Torch”
JANITOR JOE “Boys In Blue”
BOSS HOG “Hustler”
CHOKEBORE “Coats”
HAMMERHEAD “Mine”
COSMIC PSYCHOS
TODAY IS THE DAY “6 Dementia Satyr”
HELMET “Unsung”
MELVINS “Honey Bucket”
COWS “Mine”
BONUS VIDS • 1994 and later
1) UNSANE “Scrape"
2) LOLLIPOP “Slow Drip”
3) SERVOTRON “People Mover”
4) COSMIC PSYCHOS “Whip Me”
5) MELVINS “Mobius Hiabatchi”
6) SUPERNOVA “Math”
7) FREEDOM FIGHTERS “Bad Back”
8) FEEDTIME “Melody Line”
9) TODAY IS THE DAY “Realization”
10) GNOMES OF ZURICH “Bath In Me”
11) CHOKEBORE "A Taste For Bitters"
12) UNSANE “Alleged”
Street Date
November 11, 2003
RetailPrice $24.95
Running Time: 240 minutes |
HEY IS DEE DEE HOME
Available on DVD - October 21, 2003 - Through Music Video
Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Lech Kowalski are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of Hey Is Dee Dee
Home for worldwide distribution on DVD.
In 1992, Dee Dee Ramone met with director Lech Kowalski to
film a story about Johnny Thunders for Born to Lose. The
session took on a life of its own as Dee Dee examined his most
poignant memories of drugs, friends, loves and tattoos. Mostly
drugs. Kowalski continued to shoot until he had enough footage
to make a film about Dee Dee Ramone. Hey Is Dee Dee Home is a
character study, a raging stage performance not unlike a punk
Lenny Bruce riff. It is a rare chance to glimpse into the mind
of an ordinary/extraordinary guy from Queens, New York, who
wrote punk standards, songs that distilled frustration, humor
and pleasure into the melodies that made the Ramones a
worldwide influence.
Watching and listening to Dee Dee recall what happened during
the formative days of punk rock is a unique eavesdrop into a
demented and troubled soul. The film leaves the impression
that this legendary figure, an undying symbol of an entire
lifestyle, was nothing more than an eager and energetic child.
He giggles, shrugs and smirks his way through the film like a
guilty schoolboy. From his debauched dealings with drugs, to
his rocky relationship with Johnny Thunders, to stealing Joey
Ramone's TV set in Blondie’s lower east side apartment, Dee
Dee exudes a playful innocence not a prevalent quality in rock
stars.
Now Dee Dee is dead (June 2002), and this film stands amongst
his most honest performances. Kowalski captured what most were
unable to get out of Dee Dee. While Dee Dee's recollections
might not be totally accurate, at times he even questions
himself, they are his memories and that is what makes this
film so important. His life was a perfect balance of tragedy
and comedy and the film is not only a war veteran's story, but
a glimpse into a time and place that will never happen again.
Not everyone made it out alive and for Dee Dee the scars are
permanent in all respects, but with scars and all, he survived
and perhaps is even a hero.
“Your experience of talking heads will not be complete until
you’ve seen Dee Dee Ramone’s” - Amy Taubin, Village
Voice
The Director:
Lech Kowalski is a controversial director who the Locarno Film
Festival called “the most radical documentary film maker
anywhere”. He directed blue movies after dropping film school
and shot the Sex Pistols' only American tour for the seminal
D.O.A. (1980). He filmed Gringo in 1985, which premiered at
Rikers Island Penal Colony, which took place in Manhattan's
narcotics subculture. His many short films made over the years
are just being released. The stories take place in assorted
subcultures. His 1991 film, Rock Soup, about the homeless in
Tompkins Square Park won the San Francisco Film festival award
for best documentary and it played in Sundance. He directed
the as yet unreleased Stations of The Cross and then Born to
Lose--The Last Rock and Roll Movie about the legendary New
York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders. He made The Boot Factory
in Poland, which was named best Documentary of 2002 by S.C.A.M.,
the French organization of film authors. On Hitler's Highway
filmed in Eastern Europe won prizes in festivals around the
world. Three months after the fall of the Taliban, he filmed
Full House in Malalai in still smoldering Afghanistan. Camera
Gun is about an American trained by the Mujahadin and who
fought in Chechnya against the Russians: it has just been
released. East of Paradise is the story about his mothers
capture by the Soviet’s and her internment in Siberia is in
production.. Hey Is Dee Dee Home is the first film to be
released in a series called Born Losers about Kowalski’s
vision of punk history. The films will be released by MVD on
Kowalski’s label Extinkt. He lives between New York, Paris and
Krakow.
Special Features:
Born to Lose (The Last Rock and Roll Movie) outtake
Johnny Thunders performing “Chinese Rock”
Photo Gallery
Interview with Joey Ramone
Temporary Dee Dee Tattoos & Poster
Retail Price: $19.95
Running Time: 63 minutes |
VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
HOLMES MOVIES
Available on DVD - October 7, 2003
Through Music Video Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Cornerstone RAS are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of Voodoo Glow
Skulls – Holmes Movies for North American distribution on DVD.
What do you get when you combine guttural, rapid-fire vocals,
a tough metallic guitar attack, a funhouse horn section and
muscular drumming that borders on polka for the insane? Voodoo
Glow Skulls of course, a great Punk Rock band that plays very
fast songs with horns to boot. VGS concocted their infectious
mixture of Punk, Metal, Ska and Latino music thirteen years
ago and proceeded to distill it into a poisonous brew of
propulsive Rock N’ Roll that has driven audiences wild around
the globe.
Now, Voodoo Glow Skulls are back with Holmes Movies, a DVD of
epic mischievous proportions. This program features live
tracks, interviews with each of the band members, and general
VGS carnage.
Tracks Include:
We’re Back
The Drop In
Bulletproof (LP Version)
El Mas Chingon
Charlie Brown
Shoot The Moon
Fat Randy (English)
High Society
Left For Dead
The Devil Made Me Do It
Extras include:
Drunk Punk Chick in Mexico
Late Night with Jerry
Band Member Interviews
Alternative Versions of the Music Videos-
Fat Randy (Spanish) and Bulletproof (MTV/Clean Version)
DVD
October 7, 2003
Retail Price $19.95 |
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AUGUST 9TH, 2003 |
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MY LIFE WITH MORRISSEY
"The outrageous tale of a Morrissey fan gone wrong."
Available on DVD October 7, 2003.
My Life With Morrissey, written and directed by Andrew
Overtoom (Animator/Director of Spongebob Squarepants), is the
dark and outrageous comic tale of an off-kilter career girl
whose life unravels after a chance meeting with her idol,
British rock singer Morrissey. Jackie, a hard working
production assistant at a Los Angeles television studio, pours
herself into her work with an odd enthusiasm for Morrissey
that her co-workers embrace with mixed feelings. As an
obsessed Morrissey fan, her off hours are spent talking to
posters and photos of him and scouring places he's been
spotted around L.A.
One fateful night things take a turn for the worse when by
chance her dream comes true; meeting Morrissey in a deserted
parking lot, Jackie’s world is suddenly turned upside down. My
Life With Morrissey takes a disturbing look at life, love and
the search for fulfillment in the otherwise vapid life of an
obsessed Morrissey fan trapped within the confines of
corporate America. It’s a dark comedy filled with hi-jinx and
insanity, it will leave you asking the burning question: “What
the...?”.
My Life With Morrissey is based on a true story. A
production assistant at Spongebob Squarepants bumped into
Morrissey at the Cat and Fiddle bar one night. The PA, a
recovering Morrissey addict, promptly leaned in and hugged her
idol, spilling his drink in the process. The next day at
Spongebob, as the PA recounted her story dozens of times for
anyone who would listen, Overtoom decided the story would make
a good film, and promptly began writing the screenplay.
He also eventually cast the PA in the part of Jackie, the
disturbed lead of the film. The film employs most of the
Spongebob cast and crew as the actors including Tom Kenney,
the voice of Spongebob.
Bonus Documentary “Real Life With Morrissey” Ever wonder what
makes Morrissey fans so... well, fanatical? Find out when
Director Andrew Overtoom interviews the most hardcore Moz fans
from across the nation! Stalkers, tattoo addicts, convention
junkies and Moz-alikes -- get the inside scoop on them all,
and the man they adore, in this zany action-packed
documentary!
www.mylifewithmorrissey.com
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the london SUEDE
“Introducing the Band”
Wienerworld/MVD
Forced to add “the london” to their name for the US market,
the band known to the rest of the free world as simply SUEDE
release a stunning DVD. Loaded with live footage, tour films
and archived footage from the bands personal collection
“Introducing The Band” marks a significant milestone in the
history of one of today’s greatest rock acts.
The DVD is loaded with amazing live takes on favorites like
Killing of a Flash Boy, The Asphalt World, The 2 of Us, and
Still Life, as well as chart-topping faves like Animal
Nitrate, My Insatiable One and Metal Mickey. This is Suede at
the height of their powers. Brett Anderson is in top form as
he belts out the songs from his thin frame and the newly
groomed Richard Oaks on guitar and piano replacing original
guitarist and co-writer Bernard Buttler.
“Introducing The Band” also includeds the full versions of the
short tour films made exclusively for the live performances.
This is a definitive SUEDE experience. The cinamatography and
editing leaves a lot to be desired but it’s made-for-tv
concert style also bears its own endearing qualities. What it
does portray is the gleeful frenzy of a live Suede
performance. The throngs of adoring fans and the power this
band wields over an audience is clear. Having had the rare
privilidge of witnessing one of these shows myself and getting
the amazing of experience of hanging out with the band I can
say that this DVD can duplicate the experience first hand, but
it comes as close as anything can get.
-Max Michaels
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Joe Coleman:
REST IN PIECES
New York and Los Angeles based The Disinformation Company
announces second release in their new line of Underground
Culture DVDs
Watch out this year for a repeat performance by The
Disinformation Company's new home video division. Hot on the
heels of their first DVD release DISINFORMATION: THE COMPLETE
SERIES, the team at The Disinformation Company announced an
October 15 release date for REST IN PIECES, a feature-length
documentary portrait of apocalyptic painter Joe Coleman.
“We were incredibly happy to acquire rights to REST IN
PIECES,” said The Disinformation Company president Gary
Baddeley, “and we’re look forward to creating the same wave of
shock and awe within the video industry as we have in book
publishing.”
Baddeley promises shock and awe will be one of the milder
effect of the company’s second contribution to home video
entertainment. REST IN PIECES documents the life and passion
of Joe Coleman, a nice, idealistic Catholic boy who survived a
surreal, twisted upbringing surrounded by love and violence,
and eventually settled on becoming an artist after abandoning
early dreams of mass murder.
Now in his 40’s and just beginning to receive mainstream
recognition, Joe paints inhumanly detailed masterworks
commissioned by patrons in the international art world and
celebrity admirers like Iggy Pop, Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny
Depp. His tools: magnifying glasses and a single-hair
paintbrush to create visual intricacies that match the
complexity of his imagination.
The film follows Joe through deserted New York City streets,
an autopsy room in Budapest and live performances where he
blows himself up with dynamite. Director Robert Pejo pieces
together a portrait of his subject through interviews with
Joe, his therapist, ex-lovers, his publisher and the filmmaker
Jim Jarmusch. Pejo delves into the intimate folds of Coleman’s
bizarre personal life, taking his camera into the artist’s
home to film his family—photographer wife Whitney Ward and the
couple’s adopted son “Junior,” a deformed baby preserved
inside a jar of formaldehyde.
This special Disinformation DVD release of REST IN PIECES also
contains
these exclusive extras:
• Joe Coleman Opera – an intricate look at
Joe’s work
• Film Diva Asia Argento on Joe’s influence
on her work and life
• Film outtakes
• Interview with Joe’s photographer wife
Whitney Ward
Joe Coleman also features, along with underground luminaries
Robert Anton Wilson, Marilyn Manson, comics genius Grant
Morrison, cult filmmaker Kenneth Anger and others on the first
Disinformation DVD release, DISINFORMATION: THE COMPLETE
SERIES, the legendary banned TV series hosted by
Disinformation’s own Richard Metzger.
Title: REST IN PIECES
Director: Robert Pejo
Running Time: 89 minutes & 21 minutes of extras
SRLP: $19.95
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KETTLE CADAVER
"A TASTE OF BLOOD"
Available on DVD September 23, 2003 Through Music Video
Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Kettle Cadaver are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of Kettle Cadaver
– A Taste of Blood for North American distribution on DVD.
A Taste of Blood blatantly calls the bluff on all of today’s
so called "extreme" metal bands as it delivers an unsurpassed
dosage of bloodshed and mutilation that one would have to see
in order to believe. The days of getting away with only
singing about horror are over. For the first time, you are
given a complete inside look at the gruesome, no holds barred
world of Kettle Cadaver, completely uncensored.
Kettle Cadaver was formed in 1995 by singer/songwriter Edwin
Borsheim. The band would soon create their own genre of music
that they appropriately named "Horror Rock". The groups
releases thus far include: "Horronomicon" (single),
"Halloween" (EP), and "Bad Taste" (comp). Kettle Cadaver has
performed with a variety of acts such as: The Genitorturers,
Mayhem, Enslaved, and the late Rozz Williams of Christian
Death. They were also the only band to ever get kicked off
SpinRecords.com, (Which featured Alien Antfarm, etc.). One
look at this DVD and you'll know why…
“It’s like Caligula reincarnated as a rock star, with a
Cenobite back-up band.”
– Sleazegrinder
Tracks Include:
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Pumpkin Man
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Symphony of Nightmares
- Coffin
Bangers
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Horronomicon
- Blood
Extras include backstage footage and an 83 picture
double-sided mini-poster.
DVD
Street Date September 23, 2003
Retail Price
$12.95
Running Time: 18
minutes
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JULY 8TH, 2003 |
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KMFDM
Sturm & Drang 2002 DVD
I'll be honest; I gave a scathing review of the Sturm & Drang CD
many months ago and didn't have high hopes for KMFDM's DVD of
the tour. However, pressing play, I found myself to be surprised
that I actually watched this with intent and found myself
entertained.
While not a straight out recording from just one show, this is an
amalgamation from multiple shows during KMFDM's 2002 nationwide
tour. We get
treats along the way such as guest appearances like Chris
Connelly. In between songs we have a video collage of the band
"behind the scenes" that's
fairly reminiscent of their Beat by Beat VHS/DVD that brings a
more humanistic side to the now "lofty" band.
The editing is terrific and just smoothly done. They have edited
recordings from different venues together and transitioned it so
well, that even during
the same song; the only way you realize that it's edited is that
they are wearing different clothes.
The only complaint with the DVD was the hopes of some of the older
stuff sung during encores and hoping to have some of that on the
disc. Overall
though, quality sound, picture and nice to listen to on the
surround sound.
With the DVD you can now skip through the Raymond "Pig" Watts's
songs 6x faster than you could before.
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THE EERIE MIDNIGHT
HORROR SHOW
Available on DVD
September 23, 2003
Through Eclectic DVD
Oaks, PA – Eclectic DVD and Glenn Danzig's Sinema Diable are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of The Eerie
Midnight Horror Show for US distribution on DVD.
Finally, a European 70’s horror film is being re-released in the
US in all its glory. The Eerie Midnight Horror Show is a
smorgasbord of sex, seduction, violence, suspense, and horror.
It is what horror films were meant to be, with a European flair.
Daniella becomes the victim of satanic possession after she
unknowingly releases a demonic statue from the stolen crucifix
that held him captive. Her body and soul are under his
spell, and her guilty pleasures and suppressed desires are set
free. Soon Daniella’s world begins spinning wildly out of
control as the evil takes complete control of her. She
suddenly develops an appetite for sexual cravings, becoming a
sexual predator for everything in sight.
“What this movie does have to offer is a lot of sex, blood,
sadomasochism, and self-mutilation, set against a backdrop of
religious dogma…It’s an enjoyable watch if you like a little sex
with your violence.” – Kult Movie Maximus
No one can pull their eyes away from this 70’s European
nail-biter…be afraid, be very afraid!
Street Date
09/23/03
Retail price
14.95
Running Time:
86 minutes |
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SNAKE PEOPLE
September 23, 2003
Through Eclectic DVD
Oaks, PA – Eclectic DVD and Sinema Diable are pleased to
announce the home viewing release of Snake People for US
distribution on DVD.
The 1968 horror classic, Snake People, is being brought back to
video to celebrate one of Boris Karloff’s final films in which
he plays the part of the mysterious Mr. Van Molder. This
suspense-filled Mexican-American production of the supernatural
and evil native rituals is filled with zombies, cannibalistic
women, an evil dwarf, and a scientist-turned voodoo priest.
When French army officer, Captain Labiche, arrives at the
secluded island of Coaibi, he enters a world that is hung in a
precious balance between the mysteries of voodoo, an evil snake
cult, and legions of zombies worshipping their corrupt god.
He becomes involved in the hunt for Mr. Van Molder’s, niece,
Anabella, not knowing of Van Molder’s devotion to the
supernatural and the powers of telekinesis. To add to the
mystery of this strange island village, men are disappearing due
to a tribe of cannibalistic women. Somehow, this all ties into
bringing Damballa, the mysterious zombie god, out of hiding.
“Across the centuries in various parts of the world, countless
diabolical rites have been performed in homage to sinister gods
who are believed to have supernatural powers…This delectably
eerie chiller spotlights not only voodoo practices, but other
untold and indescribably scary ceremonies.” – MadPhat.com
This is Boris Karloff’s grand finale of horror!
Street Date
09/23/03
Retail Price
14.95
Running Time:
91 minutes |
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JUNE 14TH, 2003 |
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MOBY presents
ALIEN SEX PARTY
Available on DVD August 5, 2003
Through Eclectic DVD Distribution
Oaks, PA - Eclectic DVD Distribution and Next In Line are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of Moby Presents -
Alien Sex Party for worldwide distribution on DVD.
Alien Sex Party is a comic frenzy filled with sexual
innuendo, music, science fiction, and all combinations thereof.
The film takes place in an adult video store on Christmas Eve
and features Joe (the befuddled owner who is terrified of his
own merchandise), Adam (an employee who spouts his indignation
on all subjects), and Tina (a woman whose unabashed promiscuity
lends itself well to the leadership of the three porno
pioneers). There are also dancing security guards, mad bombers,
Star Trek nerds, and porn-obsessed freaks all in the presence of
musical numbers, pornstar cameos, and appearances by
dildo-festooned executive producer Moby all proving that sex is
not crime and that the Christmas spirit can be found anywhere,
even at Amazing Video.
"... there's a party going on at Amazing Video... it's
good goofy fun..." - Film Threat
"The most wholesome porno-comedy ever made!" -
Moby
Bonus Materials Include:
Slide Show
13 Tracks of Bonus Audio from: The Pork Guys, The Happiest
Guys in the World,Moby, The Zambonis, and more
The Making of “Plain Brown Wrapper”
Short Film “Space Water Onion”
Music Videos from: The Pork Guys, The Happiest Guys in the
World, and Schaumgummi
Plus Hidden Fun Stuff!
StreetDate: September 23, 2003
Retail Price:
$19.95
Sound:
5.1
Running Time:
87 minutes + bonus material
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12 O'CLOCK HIGH
COMPLETE SESSIONS
Available on DVD August 5, 2003
Through Music Video Distributors
Oaks, PA - Music Video Distributors and Atavistic are
pleased to announce the home viewing release of 12 O’Clock High
Complete Sessions for worldwide distribution on DVD.
120 minutes of groundbreaking alternative music videos
from some of the most influential bands of the scene such as the
Flaming Lips, Mudhoney, Bad Brains, Afghan Whigs, Foetus Inc.,
Soul Asylum, American Music Club, Babes in Toyland, Dinosaur Jr.
and more. 28 videos, 2 volumes, 2 hours of solid alt-rock on one
DVD.
Videos Featured:
Pussy Galore – Dick Johnson
Savage Republic – So it is Written
Crime & the City Solution – On Every Train
Thin White Rope – Red Sun
Selektion Optik - Konvolut
Live Skull – 5-D
Flaming Lips – Redneck School of Technology
Mudhoney –This Gift
Tall Dwarfs – Turning Brown + Torn in Two
American Music Club – Electric Light
Dinosaur Jr. – Little Furry Things
Soul Asylum – Artificial Heart
Carbon – Inverse Proportions
Nice Strong Arm – Framingham
Lee Ranaldo – King’s Ogg
Flaming Lips – Unconsciously Screamin’
Bad Brains – Soul Craft
Babes in Toyland – He’s My Thing
Foetus Inc – Butterfly Potion
David Atherton – Babylon
Thin White Rope – Hidden Lands
Afghan Whigs – You My Flower
Halo Of Flies – No Time
Buffalo Tom – Sunflower Suit
Big Trouble House – Union Feed Grain
Bongwater – Jimmy/Lesbians of Russia
Adrienne Altenhaus – Three Shorts
Lee Ranaldo – Notebook
Street Date August 5,
2003
Retail Price
$19.95
Sound
5.1
Running Time 120 minutes |
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FILM REVIEWS |
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JUNE 28TH, 2004 |
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Spiderman 2
by Nathan Thorin
Stan Lee has finally brought his vision of a superheroic world
to full fruition. Since the '70s there has been attempt after
attempt to bring the dynamics of sequential art to a full-action
presentation for the masses. Previous attempts, such as the
old-school Spidey television series, have always come across as
super-hokey. Maybe special effects just needed to catch up to
the vision, maybe the webhead needed the treatment of director
Sam Raimi, maybe the characters just needed a screen-play that
did justice to the depth and very human side of their comic
counterparts.
Whatever elements were missing before, they are all fleshed out
now. Spiderman 2 brings all of the mind-boggling city-slinging
action of the first flick, with characterization that makes it
all feel plausible. The pacing is better than the first, with
the emotional scenes feeling more natural. Overall this is a
step forward with a look deeper into the psyche of what makes a
hero.
OPENS JUNE 30TH |
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Fahrenheit 9/11
far greater than the sum of its parts
by Whitney Weiss
I walked into Fahrenheit 9/11 preparing to be disappointed.
Reading about the 20-minute standing ovation at Cannes, the 24
hours of nonstop showings in New York City, and the sold-out
theatres of Los Angeles had the cynic in me wondering if all of
my hopeful idealism was about to be smashed. Surely a
documentary by Michael Moore, the Fisher Price My First
Political Activist, would do what documentaries by Michael Moore
often do: present the best facts in the most detrimental way
possible. Do not get me wrong - I think Moore is a valuable
political presence and an important filmmaker. But, I also think
he sometimes takes an approach that merely gives his detractors
fuel for their claims that he's simply a liberal windbag who
relies on shock and not facts (remember that Charlton Heston
interview)? Moore also lifts a whole lot of details from other
investigative journalists (Greg Palast anyone?) who presented
them long before he did, and puts a spin on that is nothing
short of "me! me! me!"
I tell you all of this because I want you well-aware that, while
I am thrilled to see a film denounce the war in Iraq, give
attention to soldiers and their families, and expose the corrupt
goings-on in our current administration, hitting all three of
those nails on the head wasn't going to shield Moore from my
criticism. It is with great happiness I tell you that Michael
Moore has finally learned to shut his mouth when he needs to,
and let a story far larger than himself be told to the audience
with little to no interference.
Our story begins with a memory painful to many Floridians - the
2000 election. Moore gives just enough background on what
happened in 2000, explaining how Bush got into the White House
without making it the focus of his film. Then, Moore offers up
some information that our audience may not have been aware of:
the egging of Bush's inaugural procession, the amount of
protesters who showed up that November day and their affect on
the traditional ceremony. Next, we see Bush on his vacation in
June, July, August...and then there's the first example of how
Moore has finally learned his place within the narrative.
A black screen, the sounds of September 11, 2001, in New York
City. You can feel the impact of the sound from plane one
crashing, then plane two. You sit in silence, with the rest of
the theatre, staring at the empty screen, hearing the screams
and the shouting on the street. In a country where you couldn't
turn on the television without reliving those planes crashing
into those towers, where many may have been inadvertently
desensitized to what happened that fall morning, you finally
have a new perspective. Taking away the visuals made the event
poignant in a way it has never before been to me. When pictures
finally do reappear on the screen, you see a woman on the street
praying for the lives of those jumping. You see people so
stunned they have to sit down. You see the papers floating
through the air. And later, you see the wall of flyers made by
loved ones searching for missing family members.
I never thought I'd see the day the world's most tasteful and
poignant coverage of September 11th was done by Michael Moore,
but I thank him. Anyone who ever questions his patriotism need
only look at the way he handled presenting this to realize he
cares more about this country than George W. Bush ever will.
What follows is the type of information that will overwhelm
people not familiar with it. The story of how the Bin Laden
family was flown out of our country, despite all commercial
aircraft being grounded. "Even Ricky Martin couldn't fly," says
Moore, over footage of a very confused looking Martin wandering
the airport. The story of Saudi investment in Dubya's business
ventures. The answer to the question of why people from a
country where oil is plentiful would invest their funds into a
Texas yokel who did nothing but drill dry holes. Later, viewers
will have things like the Carlyle Group explained and presented.
The connection between Enron and our government. Pictures of the
Taliban visiting Bush in Houston. A montage of Saudis shaking
hands with Bush Sr. and Dubya over the years. Some damning
footage of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam Hussein back when
our government put him into power. I can't possibly begin to
explain to you all of the information Moore manages to present
in this movie. I will tell you, though, that there were some
very shocked people in that theatre. Unless you've gone out and
done research on your own, there is a lot to be surprised by.
But it's a whole lot of things that every American should be
aware of, and I am glad they get the chance to see them because
of this film.
Moore's true gift for filmmaking isn't just presenting facts
he's lifted from other people's research. It's the way he
manages to incorporate a human element. In this case, it's Lila
Lipscombe, the mother of a solider who is killed in Iraq. Ms.
Lipscombe is a patriot, a woman who knows the rules of putting a
flag up and who follows these rules everyday. We first meet her
as a staunch supporter of the military and its options for her
family (her daughter safely returned from serving in Desert
Storm). Later, we hear her read the last letter her son ever
wrote.
Her son, a United States solider, condemns Bush's decision to
send troops to Iraq, calls the president an idiot, and hopes for
his defeat in 2004. But that's not what makes you cry. It's what
happens to Ms. Lipscombe's face when she reads the ending of the
letter, where her son thanks her for the Bible, asks for more
letters, and tells his mom that he can't wait to meet his new
nephew and to come home and start his life again. You'd have to
be a soulless bastard to not be moved by this woman, who is the
epitome of Middle America.
Later, we watch a grief-stricken Lila Lipscombe make her way to
the White House -- on her own (this wasn't a coerced Michael
Moore stunt like taking Columbine victims to K-Mart). She comes
face-to-face with a woman who claims a protester's display is
"staged." When Lipscombe replies that her son was killed in
Iraq, the ignorant women tells her to "blame Al-Queda."
It wasn't just this mother's grief that brought tears to the
eyes of many sitting in that theatre in Jacksonville, Florida.
So did the images of a sobbing Iraqi woman whose house had been
destroyed, who had lost family members for no conceivable
reason. So did the footage of napalmed women and children. Fuck
everyone who says this war isn't remotely like Vietnam: I'm sure
that image would burn in the minds of those who lived through
Vietnam, reminding them of many atrocities from another time;
another president with a war he couldn't finish killing
America's youth in a country the United States hadn't a goddamn
reason to be involved with the first place!
I can't possibly go over everything that happens in Fahrenheit
9/11 in a single review. I'm already noticing what I'm leaving
out, the two times during the film a Sunday matinee audience,
who filled the entire theatre, burst into applause. Once, it was
for a man who has already served in Iraq and refuses to go back,
even if it means going to jail. The other, it was for a
particular exchange Moore had with a member of Congress while he
was hunting them down, urging them to have their sons and
daughters enlist to serve in Iraq. This is not the sort of film
that can be summed up in words. I cannot describe to you the
emotions you will feel when you have all the facts presented to
you, the footage of bodies and coffins that our American
newsmedia will not, cannot show. I can only say that Michael
Moore has impressed me and has made a film I can strongly say is
not just propaganda. Moore has come into his own as a filmmaker,
finally learning that when a story is larger than you, it's best
to let the facts and the people involved do the talking.
Fahrenheit 9/11 combines facts, personal stories, and humor in a
way that makes it palatable but still poignant. We're certainly
all laughing when Moore says, "Who's your daddy?" but it is a
painful laughter. It's obvious the laughter is that of a people
waking up, a people who are going to hold this government
accountable, or at least vote in November. And if a single movie
can inspire so many people, if 13 year old kids who are sneaking
in to see it are shushing each other as not to miss a word, then
I can deal with its filmmakers' occasional bursts of pretension.
Please see this movie, and please take fence-sitting voters and
your conservative friends and relatives with you. If it's
getting united applause in Jacksonville, Florida; imagine what's
happening in states that aren't the buckle of the Bible Belt.
IN THEATRES NOW |
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MARCH 30TH, 2004 |
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THE DREAMERS
NC-17
FOX SEARCHLIGHT
Other directors point cameras and start filming. Bernardo
Bertolucci has always cradled his camera and guided it instead.
Previous Bertolucci films have garnered controversy, expressed
sexuality, and become part of the fabric of film that is art.
With "The Dreamers," Bertolucci outdoes his previous work and
produces what may indeed be the year’s best film
"The Dreamers" is a sprawling passionate salute to Paris and to
classic film. The story begins with Matthew (Michael Pitt, in
his best performance ever), a young American studying abroad in
1968. Matthew’s love for the cinema finds him sitting in the
front row as often as possible, absorbing films both new and
old. He meets quite the brother-sister duo who bring him into
their lives and then their home. When the twins’ parents go out
of town for awhile, Matthew moves from his university hotel room
into their posh apartment.
While Matthew, Theo and Isabelle are experiencing their own
upheavals and changes, so is the city of Paris and the rest of
the world. Matthew and Theo have heated discussion about The
Vietnam War and about Communism. Paris is experiencing student
riots that grow into something too large to ignore.
Unfortunately, too much attention will be given to the sexual
content of this film, and it will be done so in a negative light
because of the rating. Fox opted to not ask for anything to be
cut, and kept the NC-17 rating. Though a few taboo things
happen, the sexual content is ultimately far less offensive than
any of the violence found in most Hollywood blockbusters.
Bertolucci genuinely appreciates the human form and does not shy
away from showing believable interactions that add to the plot
progression. If you’re seeing a body part, it’s not because the
studio wanted to capture teenage boys with the promise of a
naked boob here or there. It’s because the nudity is central to
the plot.
One of the film’s most beautiful aspects is Bertolucci’s phenomenal
ability of tying in old films, especially those of the French
New Wave, to the actions of the characters in "The Dreamers."
When the three friends quiz each other on what movies certain
lines or actions appear in, or when Bertolucci is drawing
parallels in other ways, the integration really adds to the film
overall. Another aspect of "The Dreamers" that has a great
affect on the way the film is perceived is the choice of music.
When Matthew talks about Hendrix telling the truth, embodying
the chaos through music, it makes perfect sense. The use of Jimi
Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead is perfect and
helps scenes move seamlessly.
Politics play an important role in "The Dreamers" and the
statements being made by Matthew, Theo, and Theo’s father give
different perspectives and ultimately serve to set up scenes of
demonstration well. The film begins with a view of protestors
and police and the two groups appear throughout. Film isn’t the
only thing changing at this point in time. The music and the
beliefs of the youth are changing, too, and it’s baffling some
and infuriating others. Matthew’s insight into Theo’s enjoyment
of Communist ideals from his posh apartment where he drinks
expensive wine would shut up those quick to shout "fascist" in
any time period. Gilbert Adair does a fantastic writing these
exchanges.
The film’s writing is absolutely solid, and this allows Bertolucci
even more freedom in terms of choosing beautiful shots that add
to subtext and the expansion of characters and themes. Not a
single shot reeks of self-congratulatory posing; rather, they
all delicately embrace or violently expose the truths and
matters at hand. If I wrote screenplays, I would want nothing
more than to watch Bertolucci guide my story along with his
patient and loving directing.
Every single actor in this film delivers a spectacular performance,
but Michael Pitt absolutely shines. This will be the film that
catapults him far away from Sandra Bullock bombs and Sundance
darlings and into the world of talented big-league cinema. He’s
ready to carry his own with just about anyone, and I hope other
directors have the chance to work with him on their films.
Though it may not reach Jacksonville, "The Dreamers" is a must-see
film. It is rare to be so sure that the sincere emotions you as
a viewer are experiencing mirror those of the director, actors,
and writer. Ignore whatever reservations you might have because
of the sexual content, and look at the bigger picture.
-Whitney Weiss
[WATCH
THE TRAILER] |
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MARCH 19TH, 2004 |
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE
of the spotless mind
Finally a new movie that is truly impressive. Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind is a gorgeous film from it's intricate, finely
woven plot, to it's amazing use of special effects. The abstract
cinematography is used to put you into the frame of mind of a
precarious battle of the subconscious to save the soul. From the
internal landscape of a lovelorn man about to lose everything
that made him happy, to the very lived in feel of every set in
the 'real world', the detail of this movie makes you forget that
at it's core it is a sci-fi love story.
Though some audiences may find this story a bit complex, I think
most will walk away from it with their synapses tingling, and
their romance nodes on fire. It is a reaffirmation of destiny in
the face of deleting technology. This is the first flick Charlie
Kaufman has truly outdone himself on since 'Being John
Malkovich'. The casting is superb and allows every actor/actress
to shine in ways you may never have seen them before. Overall,
it is a beautiful thing that Hollywood is making movies like
this.
-nATHAN tHORIN |
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OCTOBER 13TH, 2003 |
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