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Old 07-26-19, 10:49 AM
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An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

So, that's a special edition. Coming in October from Arrow:



One of the greatest directors of the 1980s, John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Trading Places), expertly combines macabre horror with dark humor in the lycanthropic classic, An American Werewolf in London.

American tourists David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. David awakes in a London hospital to find his friend dead and his life in disarray. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse (Jenny Agutter, Walkabout) to recuperate, he soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body, undergoing a full-moon transformation that will unleash terror on the streets of the capital…

An American Werewolf in London had audiences howling with laughter and recoiling in terror upon its cinema release. Landis’ film has gone on to become one of the most important horror films of its decade, rightly lauded for its masterful set-pieces, uniquely unsettling atmosphere and Rick Bakers’ truly ground-breaking, Oscar-winning special makeup effects. Now restored in 4K, and presented with an abundance of extra features, this big beast of horror can be devoured as never before…

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• New 2018 4K restoration from the original camera negative supervised by John Landis

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation

• Original uncompressed 1.0 mono and optional 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

• Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• New audio commentary by Beware the Moon filmmaker Paul Davis

• Audio Commentary by Actors David Naughton and Griffin Dunne

• Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf, newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with John Landis, David Naughton, Joe Dante and more

• An American Filmmaker in London, a newly filmed interview with John Landis in which he reflects on his time working in Britain and British cinema

• I Think He’s a Jew: The Werewolf’s Secret, new video essay by filmmaker Jon Spira (Elstree 1976) about how Landis’ film explores Jewish identity

• The Werewolf’s Call, Corin Hardy, director of The Nun, chats with writer Simon Ward about their formative experiences with Landis’ film.

• Wares of the Wolf, new featurette in which SFX artist Dan Martin and Tim Lawes of The Prop Store look at some of the original costumes and special effects artefacts from the film

• Beware the Moon, Paul Davis’ acclaimed, feature-length exploration of Landis’ film which boasts extensive cast and crew interviews

• Making An American Werewolf in London, a short archival featurette on the film’s production

• An Interview with John Landis, a lengthy archival interview with the director about the film

• Makeup Artist Rick Baker on An American Werewolf in London, the legendary make-up artist discusses his work on the film

• I Walked with a Werewolf, an archival interview with the make-up artist about Universal horror and its legacy of Wolfman films

• Casting of the Hand, archival footage from Rick Baker’s workshop as they cast David Naughton’s hand

• Outtakes

• Original trailers, teasers and radio spots

• Extensive image gallery featuring over 200 stills, posters and other ephemera

• Reversible sleeve featuring original poster art and artwork by Graham Humphreys

• Double-sided fold-out poster

• Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions

• Limited 60-page booklet featuring new writing by Travis Crawford and Simon Ward, excerpts from archival interviews original reviews

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Killer Nun, Toys Are Not for Children, The Dead Center, and a collection of the Japanese Ring films (I politely decline to call them "Ringu") are coming that month as well, but I figure this is the one warranting its own thread.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Odd that the pub-man makes the cover instead of the doctor! Very tempting release. I'll likely bite.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I'm a sucker for this film so I'll probably pop for this- though I know full well a 4K release is just around the corner too.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

That looks like an awesome set. I never upgraded to BD. I still have the old Unversal SE DVD from years ago.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I will buy this and then buy the UHD when it is released and I will like it.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?



These limited Arrow gift boxsets are usually of pretty awesome quality, so I'll feel more than comfortable getting this at release.

Originally Posted by stvn1974
I will buy this and then buy the UHD when it is released and I will like it.
Yup. ​​​​​​​
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Were there issues with the Restored version?
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I don’t need all the postcards etc. but the new extras sound great and I only own this on DVD. If they do a disc only version I’d jump ... if not, I’ll probably still jump.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Originally Posted by dex14
Were there issues with the Restored version?
There are a lot of people bitching & moaning about it being DNR'd to death. I say bullshit.
The screencaps are misleading. Like Jaws, there is some grain management at work, but what's left is a huge uptick in high frequency detail over the noisy, far more EE'd earlier release.
It will be interesting to see a comparison between it and the new arrow. I'm expecting a situation similar to the remastered Saturday Night Fever, which most people feel is more natural, but which also looks much softer and less resolved in caps compared to the (slightly) sharpened original release. But people will fall all over themselves praising it- and two years later tell us all how much better the UHD is.

I'm a sucker for limited ed packaging, especially with a nice book(let), so looks like I'll be buying this yet again.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I love this movie with all my heart. I love Arrow Special Editions.

I will wait for the 4K release and keep my current BD copy.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I gotta draw the line somewhere with Blu-ray double dipping. Hate for it to be this, I’ll wait for 4K.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

yeah, i'm out. enough is enough...
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Hell no, this movie deserves it's own thread and edition such as this one. I'm all over this. I'll be all over the 4K when/if Universal ever decides to release it.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I'm guessing this will be between $27-35 when it comes out. Hell, the Waterworld Arrow set has an MSRP of $50 and was selling for mostly $35 at Amazon. I managed to get Waterworld for $22 at B&N.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

I only paid about $10 or less for the previous BD released in the States, so depending on reviews, I might pick this up.
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Time to upgrade my 13 year old HD DVD I guess (it's a flipper, so god knows if it still even plays properly anyway!).
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Originally Posted by DJariya
I'm guessing this will be between $27-35 when it comes out. Hell, the Waterworld Arrow set has an MSRP of $50 and was selling for mostly $35 at Amazon. I managed to get Waterworld for $22 at B&N.
I got WW for like $14 with credits. They are awesome sets. Grateful for my small collection. If this has new restoration and new extras and similar price to WW when first able to preorder, then maybe my mind can change. Actually a lot of new extras and lengthy. Now it’s a must. Someone please let me know when avail for preorder at Amazon...

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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Anyone order from Arrow? How are they?
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So this is US release? Only see UK on their site...
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Re: An American Werewolf in London - third time's the charm?

Originally Posted by OldBoy
So this is US release? Only see UK on their site...
Yep!


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but you can't preorder yet, correct?

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