New from Arrow Video US and Arrow Academy US - December Releases

THE SERPENT'S EGG [BLU-RAY] (12/4)

DE PALMA & DE NIRO: THE EARLY FILMS [LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY] (12/11)

DJANGO [LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY] (12/11)

DJANGO [LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY STEELBOOK] (12/11)

BLOODY BIRTHDAY [BLU-RAY] (12/18)

THE APARTMENT [BLU-RAY] (12/11)

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Winter is Coming and so is Arrow!

With winter right around the corner, you're going to want to stay inside to beat the cold, unpleasant weather. Thanks to Arrow, staying in is better than ever and this December they're going to give you six more reasons to do so!

On December 4th, Arrow Video is pleased to release The Serpent's Egg from legendary director
Ingmar Bergman. In this spellbinding mystery, David Carradine stars as an out-of-work circus performer that gets caught up in a tangled web when he begins to ask questions about his brother's bizarre death. For this film Bergman teamed with powerhouse Italian director Dino De Laurentiis.

Things get really busy on December 11th starting with the release of De Palma & De Niro: The Early Films. This boxset showcases Robert De Niro on the big screen for the first time and highlights the beginnings of his wonderful relationship with the legendary Brian De Palma. The set includes three films from the iconic duo - The Wedding Party, Greetings and Hi, Mom! - all of which have been newly restored specifically for this release. Featuring brand-new interviews, commentaries and writings, this is one boxset not to be missed.

If you like westerns you're in luck, because rounding out the December 1th slate will be Sergio Corbucci's landmark spaghetti western, Django. Franco Nero stars as a mysterious loner that arrives on the US-Mexico border and gets caught up in a war between a racist gang and Mexican revolutionaries. This release features a brand new 4K restoration and includes Texas Adios, the follow up in which Nero returns as Django. Django will also be available as a limited edition steelbook.

Twisted '80s slasher Bloody Birthday comes home on December 18th with a brand new 2K restoration. A trio born on the same solar eclipse develop a habit for murdering adults in the Ed Hunt directed classic. This new release is loaded with special features, including two new commentaries, an interview with lead actress Lori Lethin and a video appreciation from renowned genre journalist Chris Alexander.

Joining the Arrow Video December releases will be The Apartment, coming to Blu-ray on December 11th from Arrow Academy. Hollywood icons Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon re-team for perhaps their greatest achievement in this hilarious masterpiece that took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Arrow Academy is proud to present The Apartment with a brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative and produced exclusively for this release.

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Serpent's Egg, The
HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR OWN SANITY IN A WORLD GONE MAD?
In 1977, legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Persona) teamed up with the equally legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis (La strada, Danger: Diabolik) for what would be the director's one and only Hollywood feature.
BLU-RAY
Street Date: 12/04/18
PreBook Date: 10/30/18
Label: Arrow Academy
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Language: English
Run Time: 114 mins

 De Palma & De Niro: The Early Films [Limited Edition Blu-ray]
In 1963, Robert De Niro stepped in front of a movie camera for the first time. The resulting film, a low-budget black and white comedy called The Wedding Party, would take three years to complete, and another three years to be released, but it would also establish a hugely important working relationship for the aspiring actor...
BLU-RAY
Street Date: 12/11/18
PreBook Date: 10/09/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Cult
Language: English
Run Time: 267 mins


 

Django [Limited Edition Blu-ray]
In this definitive Spaghetti Western, Franco Nero (Keoma, The Fifth Cord) gives a career-defining performance as Django, a mysterious loner who arrives at a mud-drenched ghost town on the Mexico-US border, ominously dragging a coffin behind him. After saving imperilled prostitute Maria, Django becomes embroiled in a brutal feud between a racist gang and a band of Mexican revolutionaries...
BLU-RAY
Street Date: 12/11/18
PreBook Date: 10/16/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Western
Language: English
Run Time: 91 mins

   

Django [Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook]
In this definitive Spaghetti Western, Franco Nero (Keoma, The Fifth Cord) gives a career-defining performance as Django, a mysterious loner who arrives at a mud-drenched ghost town on the Mexico-US border, ominously dragging a coffin behind him. After saving imperilled prostitute Maria, Django becomes embroiled in a brutal feud between a racist gang and a band of Mexican revolutionaries...
BLU-RAY
Street Date: 12/11/18
PreBook Date: 10/16/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Western
Language: English
Run Time: 91 mins

   
Bloody Birthday
Debbie, Curtis and Steven may seem cute as buttons. But their angelic facade conceals the wicked, murderous streak given to them having all been born under the same solar eclipse. With the grown-ups around them blissfully unaware of their little darlings' homicidal tendencies, the evil brats begin to bump off the adults one-by-one. By gun. By arrow. By cake. Bye-bye!
BLU-RAY
Street Date: 12/18/18
PreBook Date: 10/30/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 85 mins

   

Apartment, The
In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon (The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross) for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment.
BLU-RAY
Street Date: 12/11/18
PreBook Date: 11/06/18
Label: Arrow Academy
Genre: Cult
Language: English
Run Time: 125 mins

 

CANDY APPLE, an Homage to NYC's Lower East Side of the '70s & '80s, Arriving on DVD on 11/28 from IndiePix Films

Reality is Skewed in the Eccentric Drama CANDY APPLE, an Homage to NYC's Lower East Side of the '70s & '80s, Arriving on DVD on 11/28 from IndiePix Films

"If you like your New York served up grimy, and filled with an assortment of intense, oddball characters that are low on cash but high on ideas, 

you don't want to miss Candy Apple"

-- Indie Flurry

REALITY IS SKEWED IN AN ECCENTRIC, ECLECTIC 

FATHER-SON STORY, AN HOMAGE TO THE 

LOWER EAST SIDE OF THE '70s & '80s

CANDY APPLE

Street Date: November 28, 2017

The Blackly Comic Feature Film Debut of Visual Artist Dean Dempsey

in Collaboration with CREEM Magazine Arrives on DVD this November

CANDY APPLE, the first feature-length narrative film from visual artist Dean Dempsey (who also stars) uses Dempsey's biological father and a handful of true stories to weave an eccentric, eclectic and compelling black comedy.  The collaboration with CREEM Magazine, an homage to New York's gritty Lower East Side of the '70s & '80s features a cast of familiar art world and nightlife faces like the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black and Sophia Lamar, and arrives on DVD from IndiePix Films on November 28.

After burning bridges out west, double-amputee punk rocker Terry Trash moves back to New York to room with his adult son Bobby (Dempsey) in a small apartment on the Lower East Side.  Bobby is reluctant, but committed, to helping his ex-junkie father, all the while trying to stay focused on his own creative pursuits.  A fledgling filmmaker, Bobby tries to cast his Trash and the neighborhood characters that inspire him, but constantly fails to finish a project, so he turns to sex work organized by his confidant, Lady (Lamar).  Meanwhile, Trash has all but abandoned landing a job or reigniting his band, and, instead, has befriended local eccentric, Roxy (Neon Music).  With the help of hallucinogens, the two embark on regular adventures through New York and other worlds, when Trash isn't selling drugs.  Ultimately, he overdoses and when Bobby hears of Trash's relapse, his confidence and belief in his father is broken. And as the cast's interrelationships weaken, CANDY APPLE ends where it begins, with a father and son struggling to balance desire with reality but never getting it right.