Celebrate Louis Armstrong's 116th Birthday With New Digital Collection, "The Complete Decca Singles 1935-1946"

HAPPY 116TH BIRTHDAY, POPS!

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S THE COMPLETE DECCA SINGLES 1935-1946

RELEASED DIGITALLY TODAY ON HIS BIRTHDAY

MANY SONGS MAKING THEIR DIGITAL DEBUT

ANNUAL SATCHMO SUMMERFEST KICKS OFF TODAY IN NEW ORLEANS

In celebration of the late, great Louis Armstrong’s 116th birthday today, Verve Records/UMe have released the digital collection, The Complete Decca Singles 1935-1946, bringing together every single and B-side Pops released during his first decade on Decca Records. Totaling 136 tracks – with many available digitally for the first time – the comprehensive collection is now on all digital retailers and streaming services just as the annual music extravaganza Satchmo SummerFest gets underway in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter for three days and nights of contemporary and traditional jazz in honor of the legendary trumpet player and singer. The Complete Decca Singles 1935-1946 is available here: https://UMe.lnk.to/LouisCompleteDecca

A prequel to The Complete Decca Singles 1949-1958 issued at the end of 2016, the new collection is comprised of six digital volumes with the tracks (A-side/B-side) in chronological order by original release date. Representing an overview of Armstrong’s highly prolific period recording for Decca Records, The Complete Decca Singles illuminates a time when Satchmo was developing a clear vocal and scatting style and and his trumpet playing was second to none. Of note, three-quarters of this collection has been properly pitch-corrected for the first time ever, a cause for joy for practicing trumpet players (and singers) all over the world.

Upon signing to the recently formed U.S. Decca label in 1935, Armstrong quickly scored a hit with “I’m in the Mood for Love” and it’s that song that appropriately begins the sprawling set. Many of his other hits are represented throughout including, “When The Saints Go Marching In,” “Public Melody Number One,” “Swing That Music,” and “Struttin’ With Some Barbecue,” as well as several notable collaborations like Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald’s first-ever duets, “You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)” and “The Frim Fram Sauce,” and his duet with Bing Crosby, “Pennies From Heaven,” the title track of the 1936 film they starred in together.

During this fertile decade, Armstrong recorded in a wide variety of settings, including big bands, small ensembles and pairings with the likes of Jimmy Dorsey and the Mills Brothers, and the material here encapsulates this creative wanderlust and evolution. The songs range from early jazz, big band swing, ragtime and Dixieland, to the novelty Polynesian sounds of the day and even spoken word. Regardless of genre, it’s Armstrong’s remarkable trumpet playing and trademark gravelly tenor that are always front and center, making these songs unmistakably the work of the one and only, Louis Armstrong.

Artsploitation Puts Theatrical Release Under the Tree for RED CHRISTMAS

Artsploitation Decks the Halls with a Red ChristmasCraig Anderson's Festival Hit Opens in Los Angeles August 25thBlood-Soaked Holiday Cheer to Spread in Limited Release

"An energetic, candy-colored romp through genre tropes that manages to take its subject matter seriously while poking fun at itself at the same time." 

-- Variety 

"Quite simply, Wallace can do no wrong, and Red Christmas proves that she still is - and always will be - a horror force to be reckoned with." 

-- Horror Film News

Artsploitation has unwrapped a gift for all the bad boys and girls with the upcoming limited release of the Australian horror film Red Christmas.  Veteran television director and actor Craig Anderson makes his feature debut with Red Christmas, combining the banal horror of family gatherings with the issues of abortion, feminism, ethics, religion and privacy, with a blood-splattered twist on what happens when secrets refuse to stay dead.  

Genre icon Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, E.T., Cujo, Critters) stars as the stressed-out mother of a squabbling family, gathered together in a remote Outback estate on Christmas Eve.  Their petty dramas threaten to blacken the holiday until a mysterious and deformed stranger appears at the door seeking bloody vengeance.  Red Christmas will open in Los Angeles August 25th for a weeklong run at the Laemmle Music Hall, and expand to screens in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas and more over the coming weeks.

Dee Wallace headlines as Diane, a matriarch presiding over the gathering of her squabbling grown children on Christmas Day.  Tensions give way to terror when a deformed stranger appears at the door with vengeance on his mind.  Diane must protect her family as limbs are severed and secrets are brought into the light.

THE MONSTER PROJECT Coming to Select Theaters and VOD/Digital HD August 18th

A film by Victor Mathieu

In a chilling and inventive take on the classic monster movie genre, THE MONSTER PROJECT follows a group of aspiring horror filmmakers, eager to raise their YouTube subscriber count, who post an online casting call for “real life” monsters to interview for their documentary. They find three participants and choose to film them sharing their haunted experiences in a mansion in the woods on the night of a lunar eclipse. The production suddenly turns into a nightmare when the participants transform into a real vampire, demon, and skinwalker (a type of harmful witch, according to Navajo legends, that can transform into any animal with the intent of harming people), forcing the unsuspecting crew to fight for their lives.

The film was directed by Victor Mathieu and written by Mathieu, Shariya Lynn, and Corbin Billings. Toby Hemingway ("BLACK SWAN", "IN TIME"), Justin Bruening ("GOOD BEHAVIOR", "GREY'S ANATOMY", "RINGER"), and Yvonne Zima ("IRON MAN 3", "NICE GUYS") provide strong performances with Jamal Quezaire and Murielle Zuker rounding out the cast.
THE MONSTER PROJECT is distributed by Epic Pictures.

Established in 2007 by Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson, Epic Pictures Group has grown to become one of the most creative and dynamic independent studios, focusing on filmmakers’ vision driven projects, shaping them from script to launch via its domestic distribution division Epic Pictures Releasing. Throughout the past 10 years, Epic produced many genre cult hits including the 2015 Sundance premieres “ENTERTAINMENT” and “TURBO KID” and all-star horror anthology “TALES OF HALLOWEEN”. More recently Epic produced the psychological horror “THE LODGERS,” sci-fi thriller “RADIUS,” action horror “REDCON-1,” and the adventure thriller “THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT” starring Sam Elliott.


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October 31st: A Memoir by Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO?

DEY STREET BOOKS TO PUBLISH ROCK LEGEND, IRON MAIDEN’S BRUCE DICKINSON THIS AUTUMN

This Autumn Dey Street Books is publishing What Does This Button Do?, the hugely anticipated memoir from Iron Maiden frontman and rock legend, Bruce Dickinson.

Heavy metal pioneers since their formation in 1975, Iron Maiden have sold over 90 million albums and played over 2000 shows in 63 countries, making them one of the most successful and globally influential bands of all time.

One of the world’s most storied musicians, Bruce Dickinson has been the band’s internationally-acclaimed lead singer for more than 30 years, and quite aside from the decades spent delivering high-octane performances with his larger-than-life persona, Bruce has lived an extraordinary off-stage existence too.
A true polymath, Bruce is, or has been, an airline pilot and captain, an aviation entrepreneur, a beer brewer, motivational speaker, film scriptwriter, twice-published novelist, radio presenter, TV actor and a world-class fencer.

Over the last couple of years, and throughout Iron Maiden’s The Book Of Souls World Tour, which has covered 39 countries and 117 shows since February 2016, Bruce has turned his unbridled creativity to writing his memoirs, longhand (in seven A4 notebooks no less). In What Does This Button Do?, Bruce (a man who famously  never gives interviews about his personal life) shares, for the first time, the most fascinating recollections, including his thirty years with Maiden, the early days, his childhood within the eccentric British school system, going solo, realizing his dream of flying jumbo jets and his recent battle with tongue cancer.

Bruce Dickinson is so much more than the frontman of one of the biggest bands on the planet. A rock icon, a true renaissance man, Bruce has been, and remains, a man of legend.

The U.S. publication on October 31st will be accompanied with a commensurate international book tour. For more information, please visit: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062468130/unti-bruce-dickinson

Fright-Rags Phones Home with E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Collection

Fright-Rags phones home with E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Collection

Limited edition mask, shirts, socks, & enamel pins on sale now: bit.ly/ETfright

It's hard to believe it's been 35 years since E.T. phoned home, as the magic of Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic still resonates today. Fright-Rags commemorates one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time with the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial collection.

Relive the adventure with Fright-Rags' E.T. mask and shirt box set, which features an exclusive tee designed by Justin Osbourn and a retro-style ventilated mask packaged in a collectible window box. It's limited to 500 units.

Paul Shipper, Christopher Lovell, and Dan Norris have all designed new T-shirts for the collection, plus the classic E.T. artwork can be purchased on tri-blend or blue ringer tees. Osbourn's design is available outside of the box set on baseball tees.

The E.T. line also includes two styles of custom-knit socks and four enamel pins - including one with a light-up heart and another with a glow-in-the-dark moon.

Beeee good by visiting Fright-Rags.com, where the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial collection is on sale now. All items are in stock and ready to ship with the exception of the mask box sets, which begin shipping in mid-September.

ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Makes its Retail Debut on 9/5

Although "Saturday Night Live," "MADtv" and other sketch shows have captured some of the flavor of "Laugh-In," no other comedy show has matched it in terms of its hyper-speed outrageousness and offbeat sensibility.

-- The Los Angeles Times

"The frenetic, chaotic comedy still earns laughs 50 years later...

it's a wonderful time capsule of the era"

-- DVD Talk

From 1968 to 1973, anarchy reigned supreme on NBC,

and network television was never quite the same

-- Winston-Salem Journal

MORE LAUGH-IN FROM TIME LIFE?  

YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY!

THIS SEPTEMBER, TV'S GROUNDBREAKING VARIETY SHOW LAUNCHES AT RETAIL WITH A ZANY, STAR-STUDDED

INAUGURAL SEASON DVD SET

ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN:THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

The 4-Disc Set Features 14 Remastered Episodes from the Landmark 

Emmy® and Golden Globe®-Winning Series - 64% of Which Have Never Before Been Available at Retail -- Hours of Bonus Programming Including the Pilot Episode and a New Interview with Creator George Schlatter; Guest Stars Include Harry Belafonte, Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Cher, Tim Conway, Sammy Davis Jr., Sally Field, Jerry Lewis and Many More!

PROGRAM SYNOPSIS

The '60s gave us "in-crowds," "be-ins" and "love-ins," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target.  Political correctness?  Forget it!  The off-the-wall groundbreaking, Emmy Award-winning show would go on to anchor the Monday 8 p.m. time slot on NBC until March 12, 1973, transforming both pop culture and the medium of television. 

Following the acclaimed release of LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SERIES (available exclusively through TimeLife.com/Laugh-In), the TV-DVD archivists at Time Life are making ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON available for classic TV aficionados

and comedy lovers alike.  Comprised of 4 DVDs and 14 complete episodes - 64% of which have never before been available at retail -- the star-studded set delivers audiences to the beginning of the landmark series which became an instant classic and one of the most popular shows in the history of television. 

Flip Wilson as Adam (now residing outside of the Garden of Eden); Tim Conway and Cher as John Smith and Pocahontas; a silent salute to presidential candidate George Wallace; a Mod, Mod World look at the Olympics -- these are just a few of the zaniest things crammed into Season 1.  Also making their appearances for the first time: Goldie Hawn's giggly blonde, Judy Carne's "Sock-It-To-Me" girl, Jo Anne Worley's anti-chicken-joke militant, Ruth Buzzi's perpetually-frustrated spinster and Arte Johnson's "verrry interesting" German soldier.  The biggest news, however, was the first national television appearance of Tiny Tim, the ukulele-toting, falsetto-singing throwback to a bygone era of American pop music.  He made the rest of the cast seem normal -- and Dan and Dick squirm.  The show's first season was also highlighted by long running fan favorite features including "Sock It to Me," "Cocktail Party," the "Joke Wall", and the first appearance of Johnson's elderly Tyrone F. Horneigh and Sammy Davis Jr. introducing the all-time classic sketch "Here Comes the Judge".

ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON includes hours of specially-produced extras, including the rare Laugh-In pilot, an all-new interview with creator and executive producer George Schlatter, 25th Anniversary Cast Reunion Highlights and Laugh-In Bloopers.

CAST 

Dan Rowan

Dick Martin

Pamela Austin

Ken Berry

Eileen Brennan

Ruth Buzzi

Judy Carne

Barbara Feldon

Henry Gibson

Goldie Hawn

Larry Hovis

Arte Johnson

Gary Owens

Jo Anne Worley

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Format: DVD/4 Discs

Running Time: 869 minutes

Genre:  TV DVD/Comedy

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Audio: Stereo

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's "Source Tags & Codes" Expanded 15th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue Out On August 11

… AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD’S MODERN CLASSIC, SOURCE TAGS & CODES,RECEIVING EXPANDED 15TH ANNIVERARY VINYL REISSUE ON AUGUST 11

ALBUM TO BE RELEASED AS DOUBLE LP WITH GATEFOLD JACKET, 3 RARE TRACKS, ALTERNATE LP ART AND UNIQUE ETCHING

… And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead’s landmark album, Source Tags & Codes, will be released as an expanded vinyl edition on August 11 via Interscope/UMe to commemorate its 15th anniversary. Housed in a gatefold sleeve, the album, which will also be available digitally, will be pressed on black vinyl as a double LP for the first time ever and include three tracks previously only available on various rare and international releases (“Invocation,” “Life Is Elsewhere,” and “Blood Rites”). The back cover will be a replica of the Japanese version which features a drawing of a teenage boy while the iconic image of a cackling Henry Miller from the compact disc and North American back cover will be represented with a unique etching on Side D of the second LP. A very limited amount of 500 copies will be available on midnight navy vinyl exclusively via The Sound of Vinyl. The album is available for pre-order here: https://UMe.lnk.to/TODsource

 

Few albums in 2002 were as highly anticipated as Trail of Dead’s major label debut, Source Tags & Codes, which saw the band making the leap from venerable indie Merge Records to Interscope. Having already amassed a rabid fanbase off the strength of two acclaimed albums and their legendary, nihilistic live shows, the Austin, Texas-based band – fronted by dual vocal powerhouses and multi-instrumentalists Conrad Keely and Jason Reece and rounded out with Neil Busch and Kevin Allen – had many waiting with baited breath to see what their move to the majors would produce. Armed with the biggest recording budget of their career, the band teamed back up with producer Mike McCarthy who helmed their sophomore album, Madonna, and secluded themselves at Prairie Sun Recording Studio, in Cotati, Calif., a sleepy town located north of San Francisco in Sonoma County wine country. Free from financial and time constraints and the distractions of home they were able to focus, experiment and fully realize their distinctive sound.

 

“Source Tags & Codes was our moment to take a stab at creating a timeless album,” says founding member Reece. “We had the chance to have that freedom to experiment with new sonic possibilities while messing with the major label paradigm. It was truly a chaotic, strange and beautiful time in our young lives.”

 

Upon release on February 26, 2002, Source Tags & Codes thrust the band into the mainstream spotlight as it was met with glowing reviews from critics and fans alike who hailed the album as a masterpiece, lauding the band’s uncanny ability to create something at once beautiful and brutal, raw and refined. Pitchfork awarded the album a perfect 10 rating, putting it the rarefied company of such classic records as Radiohead’s OK Computer and Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Writer Matt LeMay proclaimed: “Dense, beautiful, intricate, haunting, explosive, and dangerous, this is everything rock music aspires to be: intense, incredible songs arranged perfectly and performed with skill and passion. Source Tags & Codes will take you in, rip you to shreds, piece you together, lick your wounds clean, and send you back into the world with a concurrent sense of loss and hope. And you will never, ever be the same.” Entertainment Weekly declared, “Hardcore punk outbursts alternate with art-rock feedback flights and dreamy bits of melody that somehow fuse into a coherent, often spectacular album,” while NME remarked, “Accordingly, Source Tags & Codes comes with an albatross-like weight of expectation round its skinny neck – yet happily, it’s supported by a band who have grown to match it,” adding, “their smash-and-grab dynamic manages the neat trick of sounding simultaneously untutored and highly focused, following new twisted threads out from the early-90s underground labyrinth.” In its “A” review, The Onion’s AV Club wrote, “When …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead wraps the project with the clanging title track, with its images of ‘the ruined landscapes that I once called home,’ it’s concluded more than just a collection of songs. It’s provided an experience.”

 

The 15th anniversary vinyl edition provides fans an opportunity to hear the album with the addition of 3 tracks previously not included on the US release. The plaintive piano piece “Invocation” gently begins the LP before shifting into the driving “It Was There That I Saw You,” providing a unique alternate beginning. The sparse instrumental “Life Is Elsewhere” serves as an intermission to the first act and evokes feudal Japan with its sound effects and Japanese dialog. The pummeling “Blood Rites” follows the title track and closes things out with orchestral strings that give way to a piercing guitar, Keely’s blood curdling scream and the band’s controlled sonic chaos. 

 

A decade and a half later Source Tags & Codes has stood the test of time and sounds as urgent, challenging, enthralling and explosive as Trail Of Dead’s influential opus did when first released. In recent years, retrospective reviews have continued to heap on the praise with Pitchfork including it in their “Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s,” the BBC calling it “one of the finest rock albums of recent history,” and XPN hailing it as “an unparalleled masterpiece of its time, an unbloated orchestral record during a time when punk bands weren’t supposed to be so worldly or indulgent.”

 

TRACKLISTING

 

LP1

[A]

1. Invocation

2. It Was There That I Saw You

3. Another Morning Stoner

4. Baudelaire

5. Homage

 

[B]

1. How Near, How Far

2. Life Is Elsewhere

3. Heart In The Hand Of The Matter

4. Monsoon

5. Days Of Being Wild

 

LP2

[C]

1. Relative Ways

2. After The Laughter

3. Source Tags & Codes

4. Blood Rites

 

[D]

Etching

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 35th Anniversary Gift Set Coming to Blu-ray and 4K on 9/12

STEVEN SPIELBERG’S TIMELESS CLASSIC CELEBRATES 35 YEARS AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST BELOVED FILMS 

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
35th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION GIFT SET

AVAILABLE WITH 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY™ ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

In 1982, acclaimed director Steven Spielberg created iconic movie magic with his classic film, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the unforgettable and emotional adventure of an adorable alien lost on Earth and the lonely boy who befriends him. Winner of four Academy Awards®, including Best Music, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has become a cinematic touchstone for generations of moviegoers and one of the most beloved films of all time. Now, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the film’s original theatrical release with a special gift set, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 35th Anniversary Limited Edition on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray™ + Digital available on September 12, 2017. This special gift set features premium packaging, includes a re-mastered CD soundtrack of the original Grammy Award®-winning album, is packed with over three hours of bonus features and includes a collector’s booklet with behind-the-scenes stories and rare images from the archives. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 35th Anniversary Limited Edition retains all the excitement, drama and warm-hearted humor that made it an instant worldwide classic.

Fans can also relive the adventure and magic of one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time, with the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack along with the new Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD editions that showcase new artwork of the beloved cast on September 12, 2017. All releases include  a code to redeem the film on Digital plus over three hours of bonus features such as deleted scenes and revealing interviews that bring back the film’s humor, suspense and wonder, making this a must-own movie for everyone’s library.

Captivating audiences of all ages, this timeless story follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien and the 10-year-old boy he befriends. Join Elliot (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore) and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) as they come together to help E.T. find his way home. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is “one of the great American films” (Leonard Maltin) that forever belongs in the hearts and minds of audiences everywhere.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial returns to movie theaters nationwide for a two day cinema event on Sunday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 20. These special event screenings will feature an exclusive commentary from TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz. Tickets and participating theaters are available at www.FathomEvents.com.

BONUS FEATURES on BLU-RAY™ and DVD:

The E.T. Journals - Retrace the day-to-day experience of creating E.T from behind-the-scenes footage shot by Academy Award®-winning cinematographer John Toll.  

Steven Spielberg & E.T. - Watch an interview with Steven Spielberg, as he reflects back on the film and discusses his experience working with the actors, as well as his overall and current perspective on E.T.

The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams - Interviews and footage focused on the long-standing relationship between John Williams and Steven Spielberg.

Designs, Photographs and Marketing of E.T

E.T. Designs by Production Illustrator Ed Verreaux

E.T. Designs by Carlo Rambaldi

Spaceship Designs by Ralph McQuarrie

Designs by Production Illustrator Ed Verreaux

Production Photographs

Marketing E.T. A Look Back - A special insider’s look into the making of E.T. featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg, the cast, and others intimately involved with the film.     

The E.T. Reunion - The cast and filmmaker reunite to discuss their thoughts on the impact of the film.

The 20th Anniversary Premiere - Composer John Williams played the score of E.T. live at the Shrine Auditorium for the re-release premiere of E.T.   This featurette gives us a behind the scenes look at this presentation.

Deleted Scenes

Theatrical Trailer

Malcolm McDowell's Shocking Rock-n-Roll Thriller/Horror Film

AMERICAN SATAN!

From the son of legendary Academy Award winning director John Avildsen (ROCKY, THE KARATE KID) comes the highly anticipated supernatural thriller AMERICAN SATAN, and its new trailer just reached over two million views in less than 2 days. AMERICAN SATAN is shaping up to be the next rock-n-roll classic, starring Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), BooBoo Stewart (X-Men: Days of Future Past),Mark Boone Jr. (Sons of Anarchy), Andy Biersack(Black Veiled Brides), and John Bradley (Game Of Thrones). In theaters everywhere on Friday, October 13th, we'd love to set up an interview with director & writer Ash Avildsen and/or the film's stars (depending on availability) to discuss the evil twists and turns within.   

Please view the new trailer here: AMERICAN SATAN TRAILER 

Set in the land of dreams, AMERICAN SATAN tells the story of a young rock band, half from England half from the US, who move to the Sunset Strip to chase their music dreams.  Living in a van, their passion and talent exceed their means to survive when an enigmatic stranger (Malcolm McDowell) preys on the emotional turmoil lead singer Johnny Faust (Andy Biersack) finds himself in turmoil after learning of his mother's (Denise Richards) illness.  Manipulating this time of weakness for the band, he offers them a deal that will set them on a path of fame, fortune, and ultimately dark destruction. Caught in the middle of a pact with the devil himself, their music and controversial  altercations end up influencing society beyond anything this century has seen.

Embark on a Musical Pilgramage to the Deep South to Visit with America's Last Generation of Blues Devils in the Acclaimed Doc I AM THE BLUES, on DVD/Digital HD on 8/8

"An engaging, must-see documentary." 

-- Melinda Newman, Billboard

"Heartache never sounded so good." 

-- Chris Knight, National Post

EMBARK ON A MUSICAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE DEEP SOUTH

AND VISIT AMERICA'S LAST GENERATION OF BLUES DEVILS

IN THE ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY

I AM THE BLUES

Directly following its national theatrical release, this feature-length doc - which captured the "Best Feature-Length Documentary" and "Best Cinematography" honors at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards -- 

Will Arrive on DVD and Digital HD on August 8, 2017

This August, hit the road with Film Movement for a vibrant, reverential, and nostalgic musical tour of the juke joints, back roads, and church halls of the Mississippi Delta with Daniel Cross' feature-length documentary, I AM THE BLUES.  Diving deep into America's last generation of blues devils, the film takes the audience on an enthralling journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta, and moonshine-soaked BBQs in North Mississippi Hill Country to visit with many unsung living legends of blues, including 83-year old Bobby Rush - whose latest recording, "Porcupine Meat," won him his first GRAMMY Award for Traditional Blues Album in February. 

 

Following its national theatrical release, I AM THE BLUES, an official selection of Hot Docs International Film Festival and South by Southwest, will be available to documentary and music aficionados on DVD and Digital HD on all leading platforms. The DVD features 30 minutes of deleted scenes, including interviews and performance footage.

 

Crisscrossing unseen byways and back roads, I AM THE BLUES highlights a generation of veteran blues musicians rooted from the genre's heyday, many of whom are now in their 80s, still living in the American deep south and touring the Chitlin' Circuit, including Barbara Lynn, Little Freddie King, Lazy Lester, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Bilbo Walker, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, RL Boyce, LC Ulmer and Lil' Buck Sinegal.  I AM THE BLUES is directed by award-winning writer-director Daniel Cross, a multi-disciplined filmmaker who also produced the award-winning Canadian films UP THE YANGTZE and LAST TRAIN HOME.

 

Daniel Eagan of Film Journal International calls I AM THE BLUES "pure magic" and says, "For blues fans, these are irreplaceable moments." And Barry Kerzner of American Blues Scene says, "This movie should not be missed. It is a gift on so many levels....this is an invaluable glimpse into the past, and a living record of the blues as it was, and as these greats lived it." 

 

A Rare Glimpse at Johnny Cash Through His Longtime Manager's Eyes

NEW BOOK REVEALS THE UNTOLD STORY OF JOHNNY CASH’S LONG-TIME MANAGER SAUL HOLIFF

In 1973, at the zenith of Johnny Cash’s career, his manager of thirteen years quit. Until now, no one knew why.

Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and Saul. THE MAN WHO CARRIED CASH chronicles a relationship that was both volatile and affectionate between Johnny Cash and his manager Saul Holiff. From roadside taverns to the roaring crowds at Madison Square Garden, from wrecked cars and jail cells all the way to the White House, the story of Johnny and Saul is a portrait of two men from different worlds who were more alike than either cared to admit.

After Holiff’s death his son discovered a key to a storage locker, revealing a whole other side to Cash: Holiff kept a meticulous record of his life—which included audio diaries as well as taped phone calls with Cash. In addition to audiotapes, Holiff’s personal archive included hundreds of letters and photos and rare magazine and newspaper clippings, which give insight and perspective that interviewing people decades after the fact does not.

THE MAN WHO CARRIED CASH explores the dizzying success and rock-bottom depths the Cash-Holiff partnership faced over two decades, and reveals the differences that eventually pulled them apart. The book sheds light on several facets of Johnny Cash's legacy, including:

• Offering rare new material on the musical idol, illuminating a previously unknown but major side of his professional and personal life
• Exploring one of the least-known but most influential men in music; Holiff was one of the first promoters of many rock n’ roll artists such as Bill Haley, Paul Anka, Little Richard, Carl Perkins and Buddy Holly. He also managed Tommy Hunter and June Carter
• Presenting not only an in-depth exploration of the relationship between a famous client and his manager, but of two men faced with a variety of inner demons and conflicts

Part memoir/part showbiz drama due to the incredible fireworks the two shared, THE MAN WHO CARRIED CASH is the most in-depth and insider look at the unlikely, rocky relationship between an American country superstar and his straitlaced business manager!

THE MAN WHO CARRIED CASH

Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, and the Making

of an American Icon

by Julie Chadwick

Dundurn Press

June 20, 2017