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Freemantle / Mediumrare Entertainment

#1 Post by pointless » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:29 pm

Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway, 1988)

To be released by Mediumrare Entertainment on May 25, 2015

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#2 Post by kidc85 » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:01 am

Mediumrare Entertainment is delighted to announce the acquisation of some of Hong Kong's finest martial arts films to be released through 2015. Plans are still to be ironed out but most of the titles will be restored in high definition from original 35mm masters and will be available in Bluray and limited edition steelbook, these movies will never have looked so good! Some highlights from the newly acquired titles are, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, The Way of the Dragon, The Big Boss, When Taekwondo Strikes, Armour of God, and the infamous Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky.

Restored in high definition from original 35mm masters sounds great but, although I'm crossing my fingers, based on past treatment of these titles that also contained similar promises I can't say I'm massively hopeful. Their RIKI-OH blu-ray is coming out June 8, it's less than a tenner on Amazon at the moment so I'm probably going to pre-order it but I'm still anticipating it being an SD up-scale like the American release.

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#3 Post by DeprongMori » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:33 pm

Has anyone had any positive experiences with any MediumRare BluRay releases they can report?

I've been anxiously awaiting Peter Greenaway's "Drowning By Numbers" on BluRay for years, and the reviews I've found of MediumRare's other BluRay releases have not been encouraging. Such a shame if Sacha Vierny's cinematography and Greenaway's composition don't get their due here. BFI has done such a beautiful job with "A Zed & Two Noughts" that I'm sorry they aren't in charge of this one.

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#4 Post by pointless » Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:42 pm

Four Classic Bruce Lee Films Announced for Blu-ray Release -

To be released by Mediumrare Entertainment on October 26th


The Big Boss (1971)

Special Features:
  • Audio Commentary with Hong Kong cinema expert Mike Leeder
    Audio Commentary with Bruce Lee expert Andrew Staton and Will Johnston
    "Breaking the West" Interview with Warner Bros executive and co-producer of "Enter the Dragon" "What Might Have Been" Interview with Tom Kuhn
    The History of The Big Boss: A photographic retrospective
    Original 35mm Title sequence
    Textless 35mm Title sequence
    Rare uncut 8mm trailer
    Promotional Gallery
    Deleted Scenes Examined
    Hong Kong promotional trailer
    Original Theatrical Trailer
    24-page collector's booklet
    Reversible sleeve within newly commissioned artwork
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Fist of Fury (1972)

Special Features:
  • Audio commentary with Hong Kong cinema expert Mike Leeder
    Audio commentary from Asian film expert Bey Logan
    The First Lady: an interview with Nora Miao
    Blade of Fury: an interview with Riki Hashimoto
    Master of Bushido: an interview with Jun Katsumura
    The Fist of Fury location guide with Bey Logan
    First Amongst Equals: an interview with the world's number one Jeet Kune Do instructor, Sifu Dan Inosanto
    Legacy of a Master: an interview with acclaimed action-director, Jeff Imada
    Tracking the Dragon: an interview with Bruce Lee's personal photographer Linda Palmer
    Friend to the Stars: an interview with Bruce Lee confidante, Joe Torreneuva
    Trailer gallery
    Rare photo archive
    24- page collector's booklet
    Reversible sleeve within newly commissioned artwork
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The Way of the Dragon (1972)

Special Features:
  • Introduction: Robert Lee
    Introduction: Bey Logan
    Audio Commentary with Hong Kong cinema expert Mike Leeder
    Audio Commentary by Bey Logan and co-star Jon Benn
    "A Dragon Remembered": Interview with Bruce Lee's brother Robert Lee
    "Double Edged Sword": An exclusive interview with co-star and 'Black Belt Hall of Fame' championship fighter Bob Wall
    Bruce Lee Trailer Archive including rare UK theatrical trailers and TV spots
    Inside "Way Of The Dragon" featuring interviews with production managers Chaplin Chang and Louis Sit
    "Memories of the Master" featurette: Bruce's training partner (Pat Johnson) reveals fascinating anecdotes of Bruce's relationship with Chuck Norris and Steve McQueen
    "Dragon Rising": a re-mastered transfer of Bruce Lee's only remaining screentest
    "Artist and Warrior": An exclusive interview with Bruce's friend and co-star Tony Lau Wing
    "Warrior Immortal featurette" with co-star and Hapkido Grandmaster Wong In-sik sharing his thoughts on Bruce Lee and his fighting art Jeet Kune Do
    Reflections on the "The Little Dragon" Promo
    Production Photo Gallery
    Rare Photo Archive (containing rare stills, posters and original lobby card artwork)
    24 page Collectors booklet
    Reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork
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Game of Death (1978)

Special Features:
  • Audio commentary with Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
    Audio Commentary With Hong Kong Film Expert Mike Leeder
    Five deleted scenes, including alternate title sequence and extended ending
    Production photo gallery
    Rare archive photo gallery
    Original UK and Cantonese Theatrical Trailers
    Featurette: Dan Inosanto - Warrior And Teacher
    Dan Inosanto Jeet Kune Do and other Asian methods of fighting seminar (40mins)
    Featurette: Taky Kimura - Keeping The Flame Alive
    Featurette: George Lazenby - Reflections Of The Master
    "Game of Death" outtake footage
    'Legacy of the Dragon' documentary (46 mins)
    "Game of Death" re-visited (40 minutes of footage edited as a literal interpretation of Lee's original plan)
    24 page collector's booklet
    Reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork
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#5 Post by L.A. » Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:49 am

Just noticed the company has released a collector's edition of The Last Temptation of Christ but haven't found any information about the specs and extras. Anyone know more about this?

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#6 Post by pointless » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:24 pm

Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995) - September 25th release

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#7 Post by L.A. » Wed May 27, 2020 1:05 pm

This Island Earth came out from the company this week. Wonder how it fares for Shout Factory’s disc.

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#8 Post by L.A. » Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:20 am

Waterloo - Limited Edition Blu-ray in June. Limited to 5000.

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#9 Post by TMDaines » Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:52 am

L.A. wrote:
Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:20 am
Waterloo - Limited Edition Blu-ray in June. Limited to 5000.
The Standard Edition is at a really good price and beats foreign releases for PQ and on-disc extras (commentary and documentary), but the film itself is cut for horsefalls, which I didn't know about until purchasing. I will probably import the German release, which has English subtitles too.

It appears that it was not resubmitted to the BBFC and they re-used the prior classification. Weirdly it seems the film was uncut in the cinema in 1970.

https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/waterloo ... c0yodaymdi

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