Coming Soon to Blu-ray: Arrow Video June 2019 Titles
Posted Mon May 6, 2019 at 03:00 PM PDT by Steven Cohen
Arrow's latest Blu-ray titles have been detailed.
Pre-orders are now available for several upcoming Blu-ray releases from Arrow Video, including Robert Wise's The Andromeda Strain.
Here's a full rundown of Arrow Video's June 2019 collection of Blu-rays:
June 4
Robert Wise's The Andromeda Strain starring James Olson, Arthur Hill, and David Wayne. The disc will feature a new restoration by Arrow Films from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, and supplements will include:
- Audio commentary by critic Bryan Reesman
- A New Strain of Science Fiction, a newly-filmed appreciation by critic Kim Newman
- The Andromeda Strain: Making The Film, an archive featurette from 2001 directed by Laurent Bouzereau and featuring interviews with director Robert Wise and screenwriter Nelson Gidding
- A Portrait of Michael Crichton, an archive featurette from 2001 directed by Laurent Bouzereau and featuring an interview with author Michael Crichton
- Cinescript Gallery, highlights from the annotated and illustrated shooting script by Nelson Gidding
- Theatrical trailer, TV spots and radio spots
- Image Gallery
- BD-ROM: PDF of the 192-page "cinescript" with diagrams and production designs
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Corey Brickley
- First pressing only: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Peter Tonguette and archive publicity materials
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June 25
Riccardo Freda's Double Face starring Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, and Günther Stoll. The disc will feature a brand new 2K restoration of the full-length Italian version of the film from the original 35mm camera negative, and supplements will include:
- Original English and Italian titles and credits
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- New audio commentary by author and critic Tim Lucas
- New video interview with composer Nora Orlandi
- The Many Faces of Nora Orlandi, a new appreciation of the varied career of the film's composer by musician and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon
- The Terrifying Dr. Freda, a new video essay on Riccardo Freda's gialli by author and critic Amy Simmons
- Extensive image gallery from the collection of Christian Ostermeier, including the original German pressbook and lobby cards, and the complete Italian cineromanzo adaptation
- Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- First pressing only: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Neil Mitchell
American Horror Project Vol. 2 starring Edmund O'Brien, Michael Pataki, Kim Hunter, J.J. Barry, and Laurel Barnett. The collection will feature Dream No Evil, Dark August, and The Child. Supplements will include:
Dream No Evil
- Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower
- Brand new audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan
- Hollywood After Dark: The Early Films of John Hayes, 1959-1971 – brand new video essay by Stephen Thrower looking at Hayes' filmography leading up to Dream No Evil
- Writer Chris Poggiali on the prodigious career of celebrated character actor Edmond O'Brien
- Excerpts from an audio interview with actress Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls) discussing her many cinematic collaborations with director John Hayes
Dark August
- Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower
- Brand new audio commentary with writer-director Martin Goldman
- Brand new on-camera interview with Martin Goldman
- Brand new on-camera interview with producer Marianne Kanter
- The Hills Are Alive: Dark August and Vermont Folk Horror – author and artist Stephen R. Bissette on Dark August and its context within the wider realm of genre filmmaking out of Vermont
- Original Press Book
The Child
- 1.37:1 and 1.85:1 presentations of the feature
- Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower
- Brand new audio commentary with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian, moderated by Stephen Thrower
- Brand new on-camera interviews with Robert Voskanian and Robert Dadashian
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Original Press Book
You can find the latest specs for all of the titles listed above linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule where they are indexed throughout June.