D.O.A.: A Right Of Passage coming to Theaters and Blu-ray + DVD

D.O.A.: A Right Of Passage 

coming to Theaters in November and Blu-ray + DVD December 8

Brand-new HD transfer of classic punk rockumentary following the 

Sex Pistols 1978 tour... Available for the first time.

"D.O.A. is as much of a Woodstock as punk may ever inspire."

- The New York Times

"D.O.A. features state-of-the-art performances... 

Still, it's the eerie Spungen-Vicious dialogue that will probably haunt most viewers."

- Rolling Stone

D.O.A.: A Right Of Passage is the ground-breaking classic rockumentary about the origin of punk rock. The film will be coming to select theaters in mid-November, and will also be available in a collector's edition Blu-ray + DVD package.

"High Times is pleased to finally uncover and restore this extraordinary, vintage film - D.O.A.," said High Times owner and CEO Adam Levin. 

The vision for the film can be attributed to two people: Tom Forcade (the founder of High Times magazine) and filmmaker Lech Kowalski (East of Paradise). The production centered around the Sex Pistols 1978 tour of the US, which ended with the group breaking up. Forcade and Kowalski followed the band with handheld cameras through the clubs and bars during their seven-city U.S. tour. 

Mixing this with footage of other contemporary bands, trends in the fashion capitals and punks of all shapes and colors, the film makers captured a grainy, stained snapshot of the punk movement at its peak (which includes the now famous footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen in bed) along with rare interview and concert footage of the late seventies punk rock music scene. 

As John Holmstrom, Founding Editor of PUNK Magazine, writes in his liner notes:

"D.O.A., the original 1950 film noir and A Rite of Passage's namesake, was about a dead man walking who wanted to get revenge on his killers. This aptly describes D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage, which was made by a man who killed himself a few months later, who wanted to get revenge on his tormentors: corporate and government control of rock music and youth culture."

With live performances by the Sex Pistols, The Dead Boys, Generation X (with Billy Idol), The Rich Kids, the X-Ray Spex, and Sham 69, along with additional music from The Clash, Iggy Pop, this iconic documentary is now available for the first time ever on disc!

Screenings:

11/15-11/16 - Phoenix, AZ - FilmBar 

11/16 - Pittsburgh, PA - Hollywood Theater

11/17 - Dallas, TX - Texas Theater 

11/21 - Baltimore, MD - Parkway Theater

11/29 - Iowa City, IA - FilmScene

12/1 + 12/3 - Boston, MA - Brattle (Cambridge, MA)

12/4 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theater

12/11 - Nashville, TN - Belcourt

12/18 - Maitland, FL - Enzian 

1/3 - Yonkers, NY - Alamo Drafthouse

1/12 - Tulsa, OK - Circle Cinema 

1/12-1/14 - Seattle, WA - Northwest Film Forum

1/15 - San Francisco, CA - Alamo Drafthouse

1/15 - Denver, CO - Alamo Sloans Lake 

1/18 - Louisville, KY - Speed Museum

Bonus Materials:

- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the main feature

- Original 2.0 Mono Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)

- 12 page booklet with liner notes written by John Holmstrom, founding editor of PUNK Magazine

- 'Dead On Arrival: The Punk Documentary That Almost Never Was' - A feature length documentary about the making of D.O.A. A Rite of Passage produced by award-winning filmmaker (and former MTV Senior Producer) Richard Schenkman (HD)

- Reversible artwork

- 2-Sided Poster included

- Original Theatrical Trailer

- Limited Edition Retro 'Video Store Style' Slipcover / O-Card (First Pressing Only)

- Rare Sex Pistols photo gallery

Pre-order at MVDshop.com 

AFTERIMAGE, Legendary Director Andrzej Wajda's Powerful Final Film and Poland's Submission for Best Foreign Language Film, Will Now Arrive on BD+DVD on 11/7

"Angry, vivid, passionate."

-Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

"Triumphant... one of the year's best pictures."

-John Fink, The Film Stage

THIS OCTOBER, FILM MOVEMENT PRESENTS LEGENDARY DIRECTOR ANDRZEJ WAJDA'S FINAL FILM -- POLAND'S

OFFICIAL SUBMISSION FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- A PASSIONATE PORTRAIT OF A RENOWNED AVANT-GARDE

PAINTER WHO BATTLED STALINISM

AFTERIMAGE

Called "a Fitting Coda for Wajda's Career[1]" This Powerful Biopic -- 

a New York Times Critic's Pick -- arrives on Blu-ray + DVD Combo on 

NOVEMBER 7, 2017; Bonus Features Include the Feature-Length HD Documentary "Wajda by Wajda" and Commentary by History/Theory 

of Cinema Professor Emeritus Stuart Liebman

SYNOPSIS

AFTERIMAGE, legendary director Andrzej Wajda's final film, is a passionate portrait of renowned avant-garde painter, Władysław Strzemiński, who challenged Stalinist orthodoxy.  On October 24, Film Movement will release this powerful biopic -- Poland's Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film at this past year's Academy Awards -- as a Blu-ray + DVD combo for $39.95.

Looking at the last years of the controversial and visionary artists' life, AFTERIMAGE follows Poland's best-known interwar artist and theoretician as he wages war against Stalinism.  Though he didn't start painting until after becoming a double amputee, the ever-compelling and charismatic Strzemiński eventually became a professor at the National School of Fine Arts in Lodz.  It's there that students treat him like the "messiah of modern painting," but university authorities and the Ministry of Culture have a differing opinion.  Refusing to comply with Party regulations, the rebellious artist is eventually expelled from the university and the artists' union. And as the Communist authorities continue their efforts to ruin him, Strzemiński, brilliantly played by Polish superstar Boguslaw Linda, remains steadfast in his political and artistic convictions.

Called "a fitting capstone[2]" to the career of Wajda and "a strong story from a cinematic master[3]," Dan Fainaru of Screen Daily also called AFTERIMAGE "an essential addition to the tragic cultural history of the communist era in Eastern Europe and the disasters wrecked by this totalitarian rule." 

BONUS FEATURES

The feature-length HD documentary "Wajda by Wadja" (95 mins.) - The filmmaker offers a unique perspective on his work and provides us with the keys to understanding it shortly before his death.

Commentary by History and Theory of Cinema Professor Emeritus Stuart Liebman from the CUNY Graduate Center 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type:  Blu-ray + DVD

Running Time: 100 mins. + extras

Rating:  N/A

Genre:  Drama

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1

Audio:  (BD) DTS-HD Master Audio/5.1 Dolby Digital / (DVD) 5.1 Dolby Digital/2.0 Stereo

Language: Polish with English Subtitles

About Film Movement

Celebrating its 15th year, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City.  Film Movement has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide, and last year it had its first Academy Award-nominated film, Naji Abu Nowar's THEEB. Film Movement's theatrical distribution strategy has evolved to include promising American independent films, documentaries, and an even stronger slate of foreign art house titles.  Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com.