Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Kino Cult have unveiled the details of their August 2025 4K UHD and Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Adam Sandler, Kris Kristofferson, Sylvia Sidney, Alan Ladd, Olivia Newton-John, Dan Aykroyd, Wesley Snipes, Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Scarlett Johansson, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and more.
and more. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below:
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Street Date: 8/5/25
Synopsis: When the western film, for many decades the staple of the American cinema, suffered a decline in the Seventies, a new sub-genre helped fill the void—the trucking epic. Legendary filmmaker Sam Peckinpah (Ride the High Country, Straw Dogs, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) directed this action-packed classic based on the runaway hit song, Convoy. Martin ‘Rubber Duck’ Penwald (Kris Kristofferson, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid) who, in pursuance of a feud with Sheriff Dirty Lyle ‘Cottonmouth’ Wallace (Ernest Borgnine, The Wild Bunch), unites scores of his fellow drivers via Citizen Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel fuel, rolls irresistibly along the Arizona highways towards the freedom of the New Mexican border. The stellar cast includes Ali MacGraw (The Getaway), Seymour Cassel (Rushmore) and Burt Young (The Killer Elite) as Bobby ‘Love Machine’ ‘Pig Pen’. Beautifully shot in CinemaScope by the great Harry Stradling Jr. (Bite the Bullet), Convoy was Peckinpah’s biggest box office hit.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell | Audio Commentary by Sam Peckinpah Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and Nick Redman | Audio Commentary by Peckinpah Scholar Mike Siegel | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell | Audio Commentary by Sam Peckinpah Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and Nick Redman | Audio Commentary by Peckinpah Scholar Mike Siegel | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 3 (SPECIAL FEATURES BLU-RAY): Sam’s Trucker Movie: 2013 Documentary – Revised in 2024 (70:44) | The Lost Convoy: 2024 Video Essay by Mike Siegel | Three Lost Scenes: Deleted Scenes Illustrated with Rare Photos (5:53) | Injokes, Friends & Cameos: 2013 Featurette (6:05) Trucker Notes from Norway: 2013 Interview with Norwegian | Trucker Expert Anders Loefaldli (3:19) | The Duck Trucks: 2024 Featurette (8:34) | Promoting Convoy: International Posters & Lobby Cards (9:49) | Convoy in Color: A Selection of 125 Color Stills (11:03) | Filming Convoy 1: A Rare Selection of 360 Production Stills (10:32) | Filming Convoy 2: A Rare Selection of 360 Production Stills (11:06) | Filming Convoy 3: A Rare Selection of 360 Production Stills (11:18) | Theatrical Trailer Widescreen (3:47) | TV Spot (1:07) | 4 Radio Spots (3:32)
FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA XXVI
[DR. BROADWAY/SMOOTH AS SILK/THE GREAT GATSBY]
Street Date: 8/12/25
Synopsis: This collection features three unsung gems of classic film noir. Dr. Broadway (1942) – An Apple a Day Couldn’t Keep This Doctor Away! Macdonald Carey (Shadow of a Doubt) stars as hot-shot city physician Timothy “Doc” Kane, also known as Dr. Broadway, in a rollicking mystery film which marked the directorial debut of Anthony Mann (T-Men, Raw Deal, The Naked Spur). Under the bright lights of the Great White Way, Doc knows everyone and everyone knows him. He’s no ordinary practitioner; when he’s not doling out medical advice, he’s rounding up racketeers and saving a beautiful blonde (Jean Phillips, Among the Living) from a window ledge—twice. Based on a story by Borden Chase (Winchester ’73, Bend of the River), the plot throws Doc into a zippy gangster mystery set against a glittering backdrop of 1942 Times Square. The lively cast includes J. Carrol Naish, Richard Lane, Eduardo Ciannelli and Joan Woodbury. Smooth as Silk (1946) – He Takes What He Wants… A Lady’s Lips, A Lover’s Life! A slick lawyer attempts to get away with murder in Smooth as Silk, a fast-paced noir thriller starring Kent Taylor (Tangier) and Virginia Grey (Portrait in Black). When Paula Marlowe (Grey) learns her boyfriend Mark Fenton (Taylor) represents the nephew of theatrical producer Stephen Elliott (John Litel, Woman in Hiding), the ambitious actress two-times the attorney and begins seeing his client so she can score a role in his uncle’s play. Successfully landing a part, Paula quickly trades up to Stephen, who announces their engagement at a party on opening night. Determined to get even, Fenton plans to use his advanced legal knowledge to pull off the perfect diabolical crime. Smoothly directed by the versatile Charles Barton (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein). The Great Gatsby (1949) – A Great Cast… A Great Novel… A Great Motion Picture! This 1949 retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved novel takes us back in time to The Roaring Twenties, an age of hot jazz and cold champagne. The great Alan Ladd (Shane) stars as Jay Gatsby, formerly Gatz, who works his way from poor fisherman to extravagant Long Island millionaire and then risks it all to woo back his former love, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan (Betty Field, The Shepherd of the Hills). Shot with noir style by director Elliott Nugent (The Cat and the Canary), this rare and ravishing Paramount adaptation was made long before the book became canonized as The Great American Novel. The first-rate cast features Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Howard da Silva, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook Jr. and Shelley Winters.
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Masters (Dr. Broadway / The Great Gatsby) – From 4K Scans | NEW Audio Commentary for DR. BROADWAY by Filmmaker Allan Arkush and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | NEW Audio Commentary for DR. BROADWAY by Film Historian Jeremy Arnold | NEW Audio Commentary for SMOOTH AS SILK by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode | NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Paul Talbot | David Ladd Interview with Alan K. Rode: Ladd Discusses His Father’s Career and The Great Gatsby | Theatrical Trailers (Smooth as Silk / The Great Gatsby) | Optional English Subtitles
[CONFESSIONS OF A COED/LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE]
Street Date: 8/12/25
Synopsis: Early in her legendary Hollywood career (from Fritz Lang to Tim Burton), the luminous Sylvia Sidney starred in these 2 passion-packed, Pre-Code melodramas. Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) – Through the intimate pages of her diary, Patricia Harper (Sidney) recalls her scandalous time at co-educational Stafford College. She becomes pregnant by the man she loves; but when circumstances prevent their union, she’s forced to make a devastating choice. Featuring a rare appearance by Bing Crosby and his musical “Rhythm Boys.” Ladies of the Big House (1931) – Young florist Kathleen Storm (Sidney) tries to save her husband (Gene Raymond) from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn’t commit. Suffering vicious treatment from the prison inmates, Kathleen quickly becomes desperate to escape and tell the world of their innocence. You’ll be gripped by the taut, sizzling drama in these rare films starring, as one Paramount advertisement declared, “the screen’s finest emotional actress—Sylvia Sidney!”
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Masters – From a 4K Scans | NEW Audio Commentaries by Film Historian David Del Valle and Film Historian/Archivist Stan Shaffer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/12/25
Synopsis: A Great Cast… A Great Novel… A Great Motion Picture! This 1949 retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved novel takes us back in time to The Roaring Twenties, an age of hot jazz and cold champagne. The great Alan Ladd (Shane) stars as Jay Gatsby, formerly Gatz, who works his way from poor fisherman to extravagant Long Island millionaire and then risks it all to woo back his former love, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan (Betty Field, The Shepherd of the Hills). Shot with noir style by director Elliott Nugent (The Cat and the Canary), this rare and ravishing Paramount adaptation was made long before the book became canonized as The Great American Novel. The first-rate cast features Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Howard da Silva, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook Jr. and Shelley Winters.
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan | NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Paul Talbot | David Ladd Interview with Alan K. Rode: Ladd Discusses His Father’s Career and The Great Gatsby | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/12/25
Synopsis: Broadway promoter Nickie North (Charlie Ruggles, Bringing Up Baby) and press agent Scoop Trimble (William Frawley, I Love Lucy) find an investor for their next show who requires that they cast his ex-flame, Clarice Sheldon, and rehearse out-of-town. The crew set up on a remote family farm, and all is well until the farmer’s klutzy daughter, Patience Bingham (singer-actress Martha Raye, Never Say Die), begins to fall for the leading man. And when the temperamental Clarice walks off the show, North and Trimble scramble to find their new leading lady. Will a star be born when The Farmer’s Daughter takes the stage? Martha Raye is positively radiant in this high-spirited musical comedy directed by James P. Hogan (The Last Train from Madrid) from a story by Delmer Daves (Jubal) and screenplay by Lewis R. Foster (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington).
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Film Historian Farran Smith Nehme
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: Step into a magical world with superstars Olivia Newton-John (Grease) and Gene Kelly (Singin’ in the Rain) as they take you through one of the most extraordinary musicals in the beloved film, Xanadu! Newton-John is Kira, a beautiful muse sent from up above to inspire a struggling artist (Michael Beck, The Warriors) and help motivate him to open a roller-disco. The dazzling soundtrack features ten original songs (five by Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne and five by John Farrar), including such hits as “Magic,” “I’m Alive,” “All Over the World,” “Suddenly” and the title song “Xanadu.” And, reprising his role of nightclub owner Danny McGuire from 1944’s Cover Girl, Gene Kelly shines in what would become his final film performance. Throw on your roller-skates, turn up the volume and enjoy this sparkling out-of-this-world fantasy!
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Director Robert Greenwald, Moderated by Filmmaker Douglas Hosdale | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker Jennifer Clymer and Film Historian Nathaniel Thompson | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians David Del Valle and Krystov Charles | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | Original 4.0 Stereo | 5.1 Surround & Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Director Robert Greenwald, Moderated by Filmmaker Douglas Hosdale | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker Jennifer Clymer and Film Historian Nathaniel Thompson | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians David Del Valle and Krystov Charles | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | Vintage 1980 Sizzle Reel (20:36) – Newly Mastered in 2K | Going Back to Xanadu: 2009 Documentary with the Cast and Crew (27:15) • 5 TV Spots (2:25) | 17 Radio Spots (14:17) | Theatrical Trailer (2:05) Newly Mastered in 2K | Original 4.0 Stereo | 5.1 Surround & Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
HAPPY GILMORE (4K UHD Blu-Ray)
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: Fore! Make way for the pro golf circuit’s worst nightmare—Happy Gilmore. Comedy legend Adam Sandler (Billy Madison) stars in this beloved fairway farce that scores a hole-in-one for gut-busting wit and outrageous slapstick. Although Happy dreams of becoming a professional hockey player, he discovers that his hockey slap shot translates to an astonishing 400-yard tee shot. So when his grandmother loses her home to the IRS, Happy decides to earn the house back by joining the pro golf tour, bringing his ferocious temper and outlandish antics to the well-tended fairways. Before long, Happy is a media sensation, attracting crowds and news cameras wherever he goes. But Happy’s bitter rival, Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald, Thelma & Louise), has his own plans for the golf superstar, resulting in a riotous and laugh-filled confrontation on the links. Directed by Dennis Dugan (Big Daddy) and featuring the great Carl Weathers, Julie Bowen, Richard Kiel, Kevin Nealon, Ben Stiller and The Price Is Right’s Bob Barker, Happy Gilmore delivers 18 rounds of wackiness where nonstop laughs are par for the course!
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 6K Scan (Arri Dry Gate Full Aperture 5460 x 4150 16-Bit) of the EK Original Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Author and Filmmaker Bryan Connolly & The Billy Gilmore Podcast Host Wilson Smith | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 6K Scan (Arri Dry Gate Full Aperture 5460 x 4150 16-Bit) of the EK Original Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Author and Filmmaker Bryan Connolly & The Billy Gilmore Podcast Host Wilson Smith | 6 Deleted Scenes (18:36) | Outtakes (5:07) | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: One look and you know they’re from a very strange place. They’re from New Jersey, by way of “France,” by way of far-off, far-out Remulak. They’re Coneheads. And their comedy antics are heads above the crowd! Lampooning our Bluntheaded civilization as only a Conehead can, Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin (Saturday Night Live) star as mega-domed Beldar and Prymaat. Michelle Burke plays the teen daughter at odds with her parental units. And Michael McKean adds to the fun as an INS agent who—mebs!—wants to deport illegal alien Beldar. Yours to consume mass quantities of, this all-out laugh attack—from Remulak!—also features a gargantuan all-star cast of cameos including Jason Alexander, Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Carey, Chris Farley, Eddie Griffin, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Tim Meadows, Garrett Morris, Kevin Nealon, Laraine Newman, Parker Posey, Michael Richards, Adam Sandler, Sinbad, David Spade, Julia Sweeney, Dave Thomas and more!
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary with Director Steve Barron and Film Historian Michael Felsher | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary with Director Steve Barron and Film Historian Michael Felsher | Consuming Mass Quantities: An Interview with Actress Michelle Burke | A Garthok Narfled: An Interview with Monster Creator Phil Tippett | Vintage EPK | Extended Vintage Interview Clips with Dan Akyroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Lorne Michaels, and Steve Barron | BTS Footage | Theatrical Trailer | TV Spots | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: Ready for a devil of a good time? Linda Blair will scare you silly when she’s Repossessed! Blair stars in this uproariously spooky spoof with Leslie Nielsen, the deadpan comedy hero who provided loop-de-loops of laughter in Airplane! and rapid-fire hilarity in The Naked Gun. The fun begins when grown-up Blair starts spewing curses and pea soup. This is a job for ex-exorcist Nielsen! So he gears up to battle the spirit world—and finds he must also outwit a pair of phony TV evangelists (including Ned Beatty), trying to cash in on the exorcism biz. Get Repossessed. The supernatural hijinks will have your head spinning with laughter!
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Director Bob Logan | Theatrical Trailer
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: Michael Keaton (Night Shift, Mr. Mom, Beetlejuice) shines as whip-smart Pennsylvania wheeler-dealer Hunt Stevenson in this rousing comedy by director Ron Howard (Splash, Cocoon, Apollo 13)! When Hunt persuades a Japanese automotive firm to reopen his home town’s defunct auto factory, he’s a hero. But when the Japanese hire him to enforce their policies among his American co-workers, he goes from hero to zero in seconds flat. It’s manpower vs. horsepower on the assembly line. Salami vs. sushi in the cafeteria. And a head-on cultural collision that’s enough to upset the world’s balance of laughter. See how really crazy things can get when Michael Keaton’s in charge in Gung Ho—co-starring Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, John Turturro, Mimi Rogers and Clint Howard!
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Author Dwayne Epstein | Finding Common Ground: NEW Interview with Actor Gedde Watanabe | A Big Old Movie: NEW Interview with Actor George Wendt | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: Jackie Coogan (Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid), Mitzi Green, and Junior Durkin star in this underseen 1931 film version of Mark Twain’s classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Tom Sawyer’s (Coogan) puppy love of Becky Thatcher (Green) keeps him home, while Huck Finn (Durkin), sick of “civilizing” influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. Tom and Jim (Clarence Muse, Hearts in Dixie) help him escape, and all three raft down the Mississippi, where they’re joined by two likable con men and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane (Charlotte Henry, Alice in Wonderland). The latter may change Huck’s mind about girls! Directed by Norman Taurog (Boys Town, G.I. Blues), this cheerful adaptation was made as a follow-up to Paramount’s Tom Sawyer, which had been released a year earlier with the same main cast and became the top-grossing film of 1930.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Writer Julie Kirgo and Writer/Filmmaker Peter Hankoff | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
THE TWO JAKES (4K UHD & Blu-Ray)
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that’s hit upon “the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original” (USA Today). Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there’s one thing Jake knows hasn’t changed: “Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth.” And that’s the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that’s tied to a grab for oil—and to Jake’s own past. Directed by Jack Nicholson, written by Robert Towne and produced by Robert Evans, The Two Jakes weaves an intricate and “exquisite” (Roger Ebert) noir mystery, also starring Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rúben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith and Richard Farnsworth.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Mystery Writer and Filmmaker Max Allan Collins with Film Historian and Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast Heath Holland | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Mystery Writer and Filmmaker Max Allan Collins with Film Historian and Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast Heath Holland | Flying High with Jack: NEW Interview with Actor David Keith (9:06) | Time Changes Things – Editing The Two Jakes: NEW Interview with Editor Anne Goursaud (18:37) | Jack on Jake: Jack Nicholson Interview (18:20) | Theatrical Trailer (3:09) | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Two of Hollywood’s undisputed stars—Wesley Snipes (Blade) and Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible)—go head-to-head in this explosive crime thriller! When the world’s heavyweight champion (Rhames) is sent to prison, everything points to an inevitable showdown with the penitentiary’s undefeated champ (Snipes). But to make sure the meeting will happen, a former mob boss (Peter Falk, Columbo) must call in favors from the outside world. Then the battle is on…and the action, adrenaline and intensity switch into high gear! Also featuring Michael Rooker, Wes Studi, Fisher Stevens and rapper Master P—this powerfully entertaining motion picture is another knockout hit from the great Walter Hill, director of The Long Riders, 48 Hrs. and Johnny Handsome.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historian Mike Leeder and Filmmaker Matt Routledge | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historian Mike Leeder and Filmmaker Matt Routledge | Personal Combat: NEW Interview with Director Walter Hill | A Conversation with Wesley Snipes (4:39) | A Conversation with Ving Rhames (2:47) | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Welcome to the Jungle! Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Walking Tall) teams up with Seann William Scott (Road Trip) for a wildly entertaining action-adventure that Good Morning America’s Joel Siegel raves is “one of the year’s biggest, most fun movies!” Beck (Johnson) is a bounty hunter sent into the treacherous jungles of the Amazon to bring the rebellious Travis (Scott) back to the States. When Beck and Travis reluctantly join forces to hunt down a priceless treasure, this unlikely team embarks on a pulse-pounding, non-stop thrill-ride. Co-starring Rosario Dawson (Sin City), Jon Gries (Napoleon Dynamite), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting) and Christopher Walken (Mouse Hunt), and directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor).
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director Peter Berg and Star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson | Audio Commentary by Producers Kevin Misher and Marc Abraham | NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historian Mike Leeder and Filmmaker Matt Routledge | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director Peter Berg and Star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson | Audio Commentary by Producers Kevin Misher and Marc Abraham | NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historian Mike Leeder and Filmmaker Matt Routledge | Rumble in the Jungle: Featurette (10:32) | The Amazon, Hawaii Style: Featurette (5:27) | Apprtite for Destruction: Featurette (8:20) | The Rundown Uncensored – A Rock-umentary: Featurette (6:08) | Running Down the Town: Featurette (4:09) | Walken’s World: Featurette (5:33) | Deleted Scenes (13:50) | Theatrical Trailer (2:35) Newly Mastered in 2K | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE (4K UHD & Blu-Ray)
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: The Lords of Discipline is a riveting and suspenseful tale of human triumph. David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman) gives an intense performance as Will McLean, a fine, disciplined cadet whose uncompromising integrity leads him to defy and reject the rules of conduct that have shaped him. The year is 1964. Carolina Military Institute has admitted, for the first time, a young black man into its freshman class. Will is asked to protect him from The Ten—a secret society of cadets dedicated to eliminating from the school those it deems “unfit.” Steeped in myth and legend, The Ten’s power extends to every corner of Will’s life, and he is ultimately forced to risk his career, his friends…and his own life. Powerfully directed by Franc Roddam (Quadrophenia, K2) from the novel by Pat Conroy (The Great Santini), the film features a strong supporting cast with Mark Breland, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson with Pat Conroy Historian Lynn Smith | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson with Pat Conroy Historian Lynn Smith | An Actor and a Gentleman: NEW Interview with Star David Keith (14:30) | Films to Change the World: NEW Interview with Director Franc Roddam (40:14) | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Jack Lemmon (The Apartment, The China Syndrome) won an Academy Award (Best Actor, 1973) for his dramatic performance in this searing Seventies classic by director John G. Avildsen (Rocky). Lemmon plays Harry Stoner, a man caught in a violent collision with his past and present existence. He believes there is nothing significant in his life except survival, and that instinct pushes him beyond moral conduct. He’ll juggle the books, supply women for clients…and even set fire to his own dress manufacturing company. He is drawn to an America when life not only had values and heroes, but it all seemed worth living and building. But Harry is frightened to break away from the emptiness of his seemingly successful life. Save the Tiger grabbed early-’70s anxiety by the tail, and painted a dark portrait of a dying American dream. The acclaimed film earned additional Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Jack Gilford) and Original Screenplay (Steve Shagan).
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director John G. Avildsen and Writer/Producer Steve Shargan | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Author Dwayne Epstein | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Scarlett Johansson (Match Point) and Hugh Jackman (X-Men) star in this hilariously twisted tale of murder and mystery by the great Woody Allen (Annie Hall, Vicky Christina Barcelona). Sondra Pransky (Johansson) is an American journalism student visiting friends in London. While watching a stage performance by another American, magician Sid Waterman (Allen), a.k.a. Splendini, Sondra is shocked to find herself able to see and hear the recently departed U.K. journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane, John Wick). From beyond, Joe gives her a hot tip, on the identity of the “Tarot Card Killer,” who’s still at-large in London. Sondra immediately starts chasing the big story, enlisting the aid of a very reluctant Sid. Her chase leads right to a handsome British aristocrat, Peter Lyman (Jackman), with whom she falls head-over-heels. Soon, Sondra finds that the romance of her lifetime may very well be the dangerous Scoop for which she’s in hot pursuit.
Bonus Features: Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Where there’s Smoke…there’s laughter! New Yorkers’ lives change forever when a Brooklyn cigar store manager, Auggie (Harvey Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer…who can’t write (William Hurt), a reluctant father…hiding from his past (Forest Whitaker), a streetwise teen…with an unusual identity crisis (Harold Perrineau), and Auggie’s long-lost ex-girlfriend (Stockard Channing)…who returns with some surprising news! Full of offbeat humor, unexpected wit, and a star-studded cast also featuring Giancarlo Esposito and Ashley Judd, Smoke was directed by trailblazing filmmaker Wayne Wang (Chan Is Missing, Blue in the Face), and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay by acclaimed novelist Paul Auster (Lulu on the Bridge). 2K Film Restoration by ZAP Zoetrope Aubry Productions – San Francisco. Special thanks to Leo Hallal, Kim Aubry, and Ashley Pagan for their restoration work.
Bonus Features: Interview with Director Wayne Wang moderated by Kate MacKay, Associate Film Curator at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive | Interview with Writer Paul Auster (excerpt from Running Away to the Circus: Paul Auster On Film) | Behind-the-Scenes Featurette | Berlin Film Festival Press Conference (1995)
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Film Restoration by ZAP Zoetrope Aubry Productions – San Francisco! In the uproarious follow-up to the hit comedy Smoke, Harvey Keitel returns with a red-hot cast and nonstop laughs when a wacky group of locals visits the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times…and finding plenty of hilarious fun! But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good—and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant—the neighborhood proves they’ll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout! Don’t miss this highly original and entertaining New York comedy from the filmmaking team of Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club) and Paul Auster (The Inner Life of Martin Frost), with a killer ensemble cast including Giancarlo Esposito, Roseanne Barr, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, Victor Argo, Mira Sorvino, Lou Reed, Keith David, Jim Jarmusch, Jared Harris, RuPaul, and Madonna!
Bonus Features: Interview with Director Wayne Wang moderated by Kate MacKay, Associate Film Curator at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive | Interview with Writer Paul Auster (excerpt from Running Away to the Circus: Paul Auster On Film) | Archival Conversation with Lou Reed
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Smoke (1995) – A group of people’s lives intertwine when a Brooklyn cigar store manager, Auggie (Harvey Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer…who can’t write (William Hurt), a reluctant father…hiding from his past (Forest Whitaker), and Auggie’s long-lost ex-girlfriend (Stockard Channing)…who returns with some surprising news! Trailblazing director Wayne Wang and acclaimed writer Paul Auster deliver a smoldering film full of offbeat humor and unexpected wit! Blue in the Face (1995) – Harvey Keitel returns with a red-hot cast and nonstop laughs in Wayne Wang and Paul Auster’s uproarious follow-up to Smoke. When the cigar shop’s owner threatens to turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the neighborhood proves they’ll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout! The killer ensemble cast includes Giancarlo Esposito, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, Mira Sorvino, Lou Reed, RuPaul, and Madonna!
Bonus Features: Interviews with Director Wayne Wang, Moderated by Kate MacKay, Associate Film Curator at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive | Interviews with Writer Paul Auster (Excerpts from Running Away to the Circus: Paul Auster on Film) | Smoke – Behind-the-Scenes Featurette | Smoke – Berlin Film Festival Press Conference (1995) | Blue in the Face – Archival Conversation with Lou Reed
Street Date: 8/19/25
Synopsis: A criminal mastermind (Jack Taylor, Female Vampire) deploys poison gas and a beautiful whip-wielding assassin (Beni Cardoso) in a plot to steal government secrets in The Vengeance of Dr Mabuse (Dr. M schlägt zu). But his elaborate schemes risk unraveling when a small-town inspector (Fred Williams) stumbles into the scene. An unauthorized entry in the Dr. Mabuse cycle, the film makes no reference to Norbert Jacques’s clairvoyant criminal (the M-word is carefully avoided). Instead, director Jess Franco used the project as a chance to revisit his own sci-fi thrillers (The Awful Dr. Orlof, The Diabolical Dr. Z). Fold in a disfigured henchman (Rocha), a striptease dancer (Ewa Strömberg, Vampyros Lesbos), and wrap it all in a feverish jazz score, and the result is a spicy cinematic melange that could only have been concocted in the demented mind of Jess Franco.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
FRANKENSTEIN’S BLOODY TERROR (3D)
Street Date: 8/26/25
Synopsis: Among the most elusive gems of 1960s Eurohorror, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (La marca del Hombre Lobo) is a modern gothic 3-D monster mash written and directed by Paul Naschy (The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman). Waldemar Daninsky(Naschy) suffers the bite of a werewolf and seeks the aid of a pair of occultists to rid himself of the curse. But Dr. Mikhelov and his wife (Julián Ugarte and Aurora de Alba) are in fact vampires, and Waldemar’s only defense against them is to unchain the lycanthrope within. Newly mastered in 4K from 35mm elements of the U.S. release cut of the film (compromised by decomposition), this Kino Cult edition has been meticulously restored by the 3-D Film Archive and is presented in both the stereoscopic (3-D player and monitor required) and anaglyph versions (one pair of red/green glasses provided).
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas | Audio Commentary by Film Historians Troy Howarth, Troy Guinn and Rodney Barnett | About the 3-D Restoration, by Tim Lucas | Alternate Opening Title Sequence | Deleted Scenes | Theatrical Trailer | Radio Spots
Dillon is most comfortable sitting around in a theatre all day watching both big budget and independent movies.
