BLU-RAY & LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK
UK RELEASE – 16th December
Arrow Video is thrilled to announce 16th December 2013
as the confirmed release date for Big Trouble in Little China, one of
the most hotly anticipated Blu-ray titles of the year. John Carpenter’s
iconic cult classic will be released as
both a deluxe Blu-ray & also as a limited edition SteelBook
featuring Drew Struzan’s iconic artwork.
Featuring a bumper crop of bonus features including
newly filmed interviews with the director John Carpenter and star, Kurt
Russell as well as Carpenter’s long-time producer Larry Franco and the
film’s stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, cinematographer
Dean Cundey and a further wealth of archive content. The Blu-ray
producer’s Francesco Simeoni says of the release “Big Trouble was a
dream come true, it’s such an iconic film and to be able to work on a
new version of this was a real treat. Technically one
of our most complicated discs with acres of content to fit in whilst
making everything easy to navigate and user friendly our technical team
made this all seamless on the final disc and we are really pleased with
the final presentation. The film’s restoration
from Twentieth Century Fox was a gift, it’s never looked so good and we
can’t wait for our fans to enjoy this package for Christmas.”
A commercial failure upon release in cinemas the
film was mishandled by the studio and interviewees Carpenter and Russell
especially make no bones about what happened. Finding a secondary life
on home video and becoming a bona fide cult
classic the film has enjoyed a great reputation on VHS and DVD and now
for the first time can be enjoyed in this definitive edition.
Synopsis
Following Escape from New York and The Thing, John
Carpenter and Kurt Russell re-unite for this mystical, action,
adventure, comedy, kung-fu, monster, ghost story!
Russell plays Jack Burton, a reasonable guy who is about to experience some unreasonable things in San Francisco’s Chinatown. As his friend’s fiancĂ©e is kidnapped Jack becomes embroiled in a centuries-old battle between good and evil. At the root of it all is Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who rules an empire of evil spirits. Jack goes to the rescue dodging demons, goblins and the unstoppable Three Storms as he battles through Lo Pan’s dark domain.
One of Carpenters most enjoyable and best loved films, Big Trouble in Little China brilliantly juggles delirious set-pieces, comedy and kung-fu action with a razor sharp script of corking one-liners, as Jack would say “It’s all in the reflexes”.
Russell plays Jack Burton, a reasonable guy who is about to experience some unreasonable things in San Francisco’s Chinatown. As his friend’s fiancĂ©e is kidnapped Jack becomes embroiled in a centuries-old battle between good and evil. At the root of it all is Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who rules an empire of evil spirits. Jack goes to the rescue dodging demons, goblins and the unstoppable Three Storms as he battles through Lo Pan’s dark domain.
One of Carpenters most enjoyable and best loved films, Big Trouble in Little China brilliantly juggles delirious set-pieces, comedy and kung-fu action with a razor sharp script of corking one-liners, as Jack would say “It’s all in the reflexes”.
The super-deluxe
package, which is available both as a standard Blu-ray and as a limited
edition Blu-ray SteelBook, is full of special features and bonus
material. The special features for this edition include:
· Optional 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed Stereo 2.0 Audio
· Isolated 5.1 DTS-HD Isolated Score Soundtrack
· Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
· Audio Commentary with director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell
· Return to Little China – A brand new interview with John Carpenter
· Being Jack Burton – A brand new interview with Kurt Russell
· Carpenter and I – A brand new interview with cinematographer Dean Cundey
· Producing Big Trouble – A new interview with producer Larry Franco
· Staging Little Trouble – A new interview with stuntman Jeff Imada
· Interview with visual effects producer Richard Edlund
· Vintage Making-of featurette featuring cast and crew
· Extended Ending
· Deleted Scenes
· Music Video
· Gallery of behind-the-scenes images
· 3 original trailers
· TV Spots
· Booklet featuring new writing on the film by John Kenneth Muir, author of The Films of John Carpenter, as well as a re-print of an interview with production designer John Lloyd and make-up effects artist Steve Johnson on the design and effects of the film, illustrated with archive stills and posters
· The standard release is available with a reversible Sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jay Shaw and the Limited Edition SteelBook is presented with the original iconic Drew Struzan artwork
