According to a report at DVD Drive-In, two of the announced titles in Shout! Factory's new arrangement with legendary exploitation film producer Roger Corman are new DVD and Blu-Ray special editions of Starcrash and Battle Beyond The Stars - both of which are due in the U.S. on September 7, 2010.Since these are authorized editions and Shout! will have access to the Corman film library - and, presumably, master prints and/or negatives - I expect that these will be high quality transfers. Also, Shout! has a very good reputation for really going the extra mile on their releases both technically and in terms of supplements.
Both titles have been released before (there was an authorized version of Battle from Corman's New Horizons video, with a decent array of extras but a non-anamorphic, fairly-beat-up looking transfer, and various bootleg versions of Starcrash are floating around out there from different outfits, none of which look very good) but I expect these editions to blow those away.
I'll keep people posted as more information becomes available.
Excellent news! Just in time for my birthday, assuming that they come out on time.
ReplyDeleteVery excited about these! Thanks for the update I'll be on the look out for these.
ReplyDeleteAwesome News!
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Thanks for letting us know. Loved Starcrash.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it nice that there's a place on the internet where admitting that you love Starcrash gets you a smile and an agreeing nod instead of derision and possible commitment to an institution?
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I hope this means that an official "Space Raiders" DVD won't be far behind...
ReplyDeleteStarcrash Finally!
ReplyDeleteWonderful news. My big hope is that they'll include the script for STAR RIDERS, the unproduced sequel to STARCRASH, which was penned by science fiction legend A.E. Van Vogt.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear Corman on some commentary tracks, I'm sure he's got AMAZING stories to tell.
ReplyDeleteReleased just after my B-day too! The Emperor of the First Circle of the Universe be praised!
ReplyDeleteGot my DVD copy of Starcrash signed last year by Caroline Munro, what a lovely lady she is !!!! The version I've got has the opening crawl in Italian, but it's the full version, not the hacked down Roger Corman cut !
ReplyDeleteAs for Battle Beyond the Stars, I got the US DVD many years back, but I think it's long since been deleted, glad to see these both getting a release again !!