Arguably the defining cult film of the Reagan era, and a long time personal favourite here at Outsider, the feature debut of Alex Cox (Sid & Nancy, Walker, Straight to Hell, A Revenger's Tragedy) is a genre-busting mash-up of atomic-age science fiction, post-punk anarchism, and conspiracy paranoia, all shot through with heavy doses of deadpan humour and offbeat philosophy.
After quitting his dead-end supermarket job, young punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) is initiated as a "repo man" after a chance encounter with automobile repossessor Bud (Harry Dean Stanton). An illicit, high-voltage life follows, including an adrenalised search for a mysterious '64 Chevy Malibu loaded with radioactive – and extragalactic – cargo...
With an iconic soundtrack (Iggy Pop, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies), stunning Robby Müller cinematography, and iconoclastic direction, Repo Man remains one of the great debut films of the 1980s.
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Voted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the top-ten best cult films ever, Reop Man will make its UK Blu-ray debut on 20th February 2012 as a definitive, director-approved release from Masters of Cinema at the RRP of £20.42 for the regular Blu-ray, or £30.63 for the Steelbook Edition.
Featuring a new high-definition master in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the original mono soundtrack and 5.1 remix, both in DTS-HD Master Audio, and English SDH subtitles on the main feature, the disc will also contain the following extras:
- Isolated music and effects track;
- Audio commentary with Cox and executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora;
- All-new 2012 video piece by Cox offering further thoughts on the film;
- Repo Man (entire TV version) – this legendary variant, prepared by Cox for network television, incorporates deleted material and surreal overdubs in place of profanity;
- Repossessed – a retrospective video piece on the making of the film, featuring Cox, producers Peter McCarthy and Jonathan Wacks, and actors Del Zamora, Sy Richardson, and Dick Rude;
- The Missing Scenes – a roundtable viewing of deleted scenes from the film with Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, real-life neutron bomb inventor Sam Cohen, and character "J. Frank Parnell";
- Up Close with Harry Zen Stanton – an extended interview with the legendary actor;
- Original theatrical trailer;
- A 48-page full colour booklet specially created by Cox, entitled The Repo Code and incorporating all manner of Repo ephemera.
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