Arrow Video has announced two new titles to join their collection on 4K UHD and Blu-Ray this March: The Shootist (1976) and Dark Water (1977). These represent a classic John Wayne Western and an acclaimed J-Horror favorite. Details on these films can be found below:

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The Shootist [Limited Edition]

Street Date: March 12, 2024

Synopsis: Legendary director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry) directs the iconic John Wayne as an aging gunfighter dying of cancer in his final screen appearance, a superb adaptation of Glendon Swarthout’s classic western novel, The Shootist. John Bernard Books is the stuff of legend, a renowned ‘shootist’ whose reputation looms large. But it’s 1901, and like the old west, John is dying and a reputation like his draws trouble like an outhouse draws flies. As word spreads that the famous gunfighter is on his last legs, the vultures begin to gather; old enemies, the marshal, newspaper men, an undertaker, all eager to see him dead. Other men might die quietly in bed or take their own lives, but J. B. Books will choose his executioner and face down death with a pistol in each hand.

With an outstanding cast that features not only Wayne, but James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers and John Carradine, The Shootist is an elegiac ode to a monumental screen presence and to the Western genre itself.

Bonus Materials

• New 2K remaster by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original lossless mono audio
• Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker and critic Howard S. Berger
• The Last Day, a new visual essay by film critic David Cairns
• A Man-Making Moment, a new interview with Western author C. Courtney Joyner
• Laments of the West, a new appreciation of Elmer Bernstein’s score by film historian and composer Neil Brand
• Contemplating John Wayne: The Death of a Cowboy, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya
• The Shootist: The Legend Lives On, archival featurette
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
• Six postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by film critic Philip Kemp

Dark Water [4K UHD Limited Edition]

Street Date: March 19, 2024

Synopsis: After terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically acclaimed, tale of the supernatural which took the common theme of the “dead wet girl” to new heights of suspense and drama. Based upon on a short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki, Dark Water follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko. When they move into a new home within a dilapidated and long-forgotten apartment complex, Yoshimi begins to experience startling visions and unexplainable sounds, calling her mental well-being into question, and endangering not only her custody of Ikuko, but perhaps their lives as well. Beautifully shot by the same cinematographer as Ring and Pulse, and featuring an especially unnerving sound design, Dark Water successfully merges spine-tingling tension with a family’s heart-wrenching emotional struggle, creating one of the very finest and most unsettling contemporary Japanese horror films.

Bonus Materials

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Ghosts, Rings and Water – interview with director Hideo Nakata
• Family Terrors – interview with author Koji Suzuki
• Visualizing Horror – interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi
• Archive interviews with actresses Hitomi Kuroki and Asami Mizukawa, and theme song artist Shikao Suga
• Original ‘making-of’ documentary
• Trailers and TV spots
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by David Kalat and Michael Gingold

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