KAOS: December 2024

Dressed To Kill

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Upon its release in 1980, Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill was as acclaimed for its stylish set-pieces and lush Pino Donaggio score as it was condemned for its sexual explicitness - but the glee with which the writer/director turns this material inside out is completely infectious, as he delves deep inside the troubled psyches of his characters to undermine expectations at every turn.

After sexually frustrated housewife Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) has a session with her psychiatrist, Dr Elliott (Michael Caine), she silently seduces a man in an art gallery - an assignation that ends in murder and the only witness, high-class prostitute Liz Blake (Nancy Allen), being stalked by the killer in turn.

One of De Palma's darkest and most controversial suspense thrillers, Arrow Video is proud to present this iconic neo-Hitchcockian masterwork in stunning 4K alongside a raft of archival and newly commissioned bonus features.

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)

Original lossless 1.0 mono soundtrack

Optional lossless 5.1 soundtrack

Brand new audio commentary by critics Drusilla Adeline and Joshua Conkel

Audio commentary by critic Maitland McDonagh

Beyond Good and Evil, a brand new visual essay by critics BJ and Harmony Colangelo

The Empathy of Dressed to Kill, a brand new visual essay by critic Jessica Crets

Strictly Business, a 2022 interview with actress Nancy Allen

Killer Frames, a 2022 interview with associate producer/production manager Fred C. Caruso

An Imitation of Life, a 2022 interview with actor Keith Gordon

Archival interviews with actors Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen and Keith Gordon, and producer George Litto

The Making of a Thriller, an archival documentary on the making of the film

Unrated, R-rated and TV-rated comparison featurette

Slashing Dressed to Kill, an archival featurette examining the changes made to avoid an X rating

Photo gallery / Theatrical trailer

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Sara Michelle Fetters, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Matthew Sorrento and Heather Wixson

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The Terminal Man

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From the director of Get Carter and the writer of Jurassic Park comes a chilling techno-thriller. George Segal is... The Terminal Man.

Harry Benson (Segal) is a brilliant computer scientist who suffers from seizures that induce blackouts and violent behaviour. Undergoing experimental surgery, electrodes are implanted in his brain to detect oncoming seizures and stop them with an electrical impulse. But the pleasure centre of his brain becomes addicted to the stimulus, triggering seizures at shorter and shorter intervals. If they become continuous the blackouts will be permanent, and Benson a homicidal killer.

Much admired by Terrence Malick and Stanley Kubrick, Mike Hodges' film of Michael Crichton's novel is an unnerving slow-burn masterpiece long overdue for re-evaluation.

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

High Definition (1080p)

Blu-ray presentations of both the theatrical and director's cuts of the film

Original lossless mono audio

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Brand new audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Steven Mitchell

A (Misunderstood) Modernist Masterpiece, a new visual essay by film scholar Josh Nelson

Who Am I If Not Myself, a new visual essay by Howard S. Berger

The Skin We Live In, a visual essay by film critic and historian Howard S. Berger on the conjunction of author Michael Crichton, Mike Hodges and cinematographer Richard H. Kline

Mike Hodges on The Terminal Man, an archive interview

Theatrical trailer / Image gallery

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde

Illustrated collector's booklet containing new writing by author and critic Guy Adams, plus select archival material

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Deep Blue Sea

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From Renny Harlin, maximalist director of Die Hard II, Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight, comes Deep Blue Sea, a shark-infested action-thriller where everyone is on the menu.

At an isolated research facility in the middle of the ocean, a team of scientists, led by Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows), are working on a cure for Alzheimer's by genetically altering the brains of sharks. When a shark escapes and attacks a pleasure boat, the company sponsoring the research threatens to pull its funding and sends corporate executive Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) to investigate. McAlester has just 48 hours to prove the value of her work, but her experiments have made the sharks smarter. No longer happy to be injected, prodded, and caged, they begin to turn the tables. As a freak storm causes chaos on the surface, making it impossible to leave, the facility is flooded and the scientists must fight to survive against the rising water and the hungry sharks that now swim freely through the corridors.

Embracing action, horror and suspense with a knowing sense of humour and pushing them all as far as they can go, Deep Blue Sea is an adrenaline rush of pure entertainment presented in a brand new 4K restoration approved by director Renny Harlin. Come on in, the water's great!

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negatives by Arrow Films approved by director Renny Harlin 4K (2160p)

Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation Original DTS HD-MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Brand new audio commentary by screenwriter Duncan Kennedy

Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker and critic Rebekah McKendry

Archive audio commentary by director Renny Harlin and star Samuel L. Jackson

From the Frying Pan... into the Studio Tank, a new interview with production designer William Sandell

Beneath the Surface, a new visual essay by film critic Trace Thurman

When Sharks Attack: The Making of Deep Blue Sea, an archive featurette

The Sharks of the Deep Blue Sea, an archive featurette

Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary by director Renny Harlin

Theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Preece

60-page perfect bound collector's book containing new writing by film critics Josh Hurtado, Jennie Kermode, and Murray Leeder, plus previously unseen production art and designs

Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Preece

Postcards from Aquatica

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The Lion In Winter

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The most royal of the cycle of '60s films dealing with the history and castle intrigues of medieval England, Anthony Harvey's The Lion In Winter returns in a new 4K restoration by Studiocanal.

At Christmas Court in 1183 King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) argues with his estranged wife, Eleanor (Katharine Hepburn), over whether Prince John (Nigel Terry) or Richard (Anthony Hopkins in his film debut) shall inherit the throne. Complicating matters, King Philip II of France (Timothy Dalton, also his debut) seeks his own fortune by demanding his sister Alais (Jane Merrow), currently Henry's mistress, be betrothed to Richard, all the while stirring insurrection among all of Henry's sons toward their father.

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I Remember Mama

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The life of a Scandinavian family living in San Francisco at the turn of the century is lovingly recreated with warm humor by director George Stevens in I Remember Mama (1948), his first film following WWII.

Having done active duty and witnessed the horrors of the war, including the liberation of the concentration camps, Stevens wanted his first film to be a loving tribute to family life and the immigrants who came to America to find freedom and opportunity. It gave Irene Dunne one of the most beloved roles of her career, as well as brilliant supporting work from such players as Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka, Barbara O’Neill, Florence Bates, and Ellen Corby. Steve Hayes

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Ash

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A woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed. Her investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events.

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Hardboiled

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The hardboiled genre of crime fiction evolved from the mystery crime novels of the early 20th century - closely associated with the US pulp magazines, these cynical and unsentimental stories of desperate criminals and social corruption were both influenced by and an influence on the golden era of film noir. As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France. In Alain Corneau’s early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing and Jim Thompson. A heady combination of classic noir and 70s grit, these three darkly thrilling films are vastly underrated and important works in the canon of crime cinema.

In Police Python 357, Yves Montand (The Wages of Fear) plays a tough cop who, when his lover is found murdered, finds himself implicated in her death and in a battle of wits with a powerful rival, in the second screen adaptation of Kenneth Fearing’s The Big Clock.

Série noire adapts Jim Thompson’s A Hell of A Woman to the banlieues of Paris: in an astonishing performance, Patrick Dewaere (Themroc) attempts to save a young girl from prostitution, with murder the only solution.

In Choice of Arms, Yves Montand heads an all-star cast, including Catherine Denueve and Gerard Depardieu, as a former crook pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.