Blaxploitation marathon begins streaming 6/14 on Shout TV. The marathon will characteristic TNT Jackson, Caged Warmth and extra cult classics streaming all-day on the channel.
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From the drive-in to 4K and Blu-ray, the heavy-duty motion of the ’70s subgenre referred to as ‘Blaxploitation’ has thrilled and captivated audiences for many years. Shout Choose is proud to current an explosive six-film assortment of a number of the coolest motion pictures to ever hit the streets. That includes style legends Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Isaac Hayes, and Yaphet Kotto, these tough-as-nails and unbelievably hip classics of the subgenre — introduced right here on each Blu-ray and 4K Extremely Excessive Definition — are an amazing entry level into the world of Blaxploitation for newcomers in addition to must-haves for discerning followers of style cinema.
ACROSS 110TH STREET (2160p Extremely Excessive-Definition HDR Widescreen & 1080p Excessive-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono / 101 min.)
‘EXCITING, WELL-PACED, AND EXTREMELY VIOLENT!’ – LEONARD MALTIN
When you steal $300,000 from the mob, it is not theft … it is suicide. Anthony Quinn (Zorba The Greek) and Yaphet Kotto (Alien) lead a double-barreled cop thriller with model and violence to spare in Barry Shear’s Throughout a hundred and tenth Road. When a crowd of gun-toting gangsters tackle the Mafia, the bullets begin flying … and cops begin dying. To be able to convey justice to the streets, two of New York’s best (Quinn and Kotto) are compelled to crew up in an unlikely pairing. With the gangsters, the mob, and The Man concerned in a three-way dance, one factor’s for positive – the one assured approach Throughout a hundred and tenth Road … is in a physique bag.
BLACK CAESAR (2160p Extremely Excessive-Definition HDR Widescreen & 1080p Excessive-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono / 95min.)
‘COMPELLING. EXCITING. BLACK CAESAR HAS AUTHENTIC POWER!’ – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Hail Caesar! Godfather of Harlem … the cat with the .45-caliber claws! Fred Williamson stars in his signature function of Tommy Gibbs within the motion traditional Black Caesar! Rising up on the streets and making an attempt to make his mom proud, Gibbs resorts to operating ‘errands’ for The Man. However when a crooked cop beats him up, Tommy realizes there’s a greater strategy to reside his American dream: by making The Man ship for him! Infiltrating – after which destroying – an notorious mob household, Gibbs takes over Manhattan … and tragically loses his maintain on a very powerful issues in his life, making him susceptible to each cutthroat gangster who ever dreamt of ruling an empire!
With Williamson’s powerhouse efficiency and gritty path by cult film legend Larry Cohen (It is Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent, Unique Gangstas), it is little surprise that Black Caesar stands tall among the many greatest the Blaxploitation style has to supply.
HELL UP IN HARLEM (2160p Extremely Excessive-Definition HDR Widescreen & 1080p Excessive-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono / 95min.)
‘PURE ADRENALINE IN A FILM CAN!’ – STEVEN PUCHALSKI, SHOCK CINEMA
He might by no means get to Heaven — however he is elevating Hell Up In Harlem. The Black Godfather, Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is again on this explosive sequel to Black Caesar! When Gibbs steals a ledger with the title of each crooked cop and politician on the mob’s payroll, he turns into essentially the most needed man within the metropolis. Enlisting assistance from his father and a military of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from protection to offense, launching a lethal assault on his enemies that units off a violent chain response from Harlem all the best way to the Caribbean, climaxing in some of the mayhem-filled turf warfare battles in historical past.
COFFY (2160p Extremely Excessive-Definition HDR Widescreen & 1080p Excessive-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono / 90 min.)
‘A BIG HIT FOR THE QUEEN OF THE GENRE!’ – LOS ANGELES TIMES
They name her Coffy – and she or he’ll cream ya! The good Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) is a one-woman instrument of justice within the no-holds-barred revenge thriller Coffy.
A nurse by day and avenging angel by night time, Coffy (Grier) turns up the warmth when she discovers that her little sister has been doped up by a grasping drug pusher. Vowing to not solely put the pusher down for good but additionally to observe his path of corruption as much as the highest – the very prime – Coffy is unaware that each one is just not what it appears … and that the pipeline of medication simply might result in somebody she is aware of!
Directed by Jack Hill (Cunning Brown, Switchblade Sisters) and that includes Sid Haig (Home Of 1000 Corpses, The Satan’s Rejects), Coffy is an exhilarating motion flick and a showcase for the distinctive skills of Pam Grier.
SHEBA, BABY (2160p Extremely Excessive-Definition HDR Widescreen & 1080p Excessive-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono / 90 min.)
‘PAM GRIER IS BETTER THAN EVER!’ – VARIETY
Pam Grier (Cunning Brown) is hotter than dynamite and simply as lethal on this hard-hitting thriller that leaps from one death-defying scene to the subsequent. Sheba Shayne (Grier) is a non-public eye summoned to her outdated stomping grounds to assist her father hold the mob from shifting in on his enterprise. However she will get too near the fireplace, narrowly escaping the blast of a automotive bomb. Gunning for justice, Sheba vows to take revenge. Packing a .44 Magnum, a machine gun, and some further surprises to blow the dangerous guys away, Sheba leaves a blazing path of blood in her wake, placing the mob on the defensive … till she’s lured right into a plot that would flatten her curves as soon as and for all.
TRUCK TURNER (2160p Extremely Excessive-Definition HDR Widescreen & 1080p Excessive-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono / 91 min.)
‘***1/2! TOUGH-AS-NAILS AFRICAN AMERICAN BOUNTY HUNTER GOES UP AGAINST ALL KINDS OF EVIL!’ – BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
He is a skip tracer, the final of the bounty hunters, dwelling on blood cash and borrowed time. Isaac Hayes (Escape From New York, South Park) is Truck Turner – a soccer star turned bounty hunter who’s monitoring a sadistic pimp on the imply streets of Los Angeles. However when a tragic accident modifications all the foundations, immediately the hunter finds himself being hunted by the town’s deadliest employed killers! Truck strikes again in a collection of untamed automotive chases, shootouts, and bone-crushing fistfights, realizing that the battles can result in just one place: an intense wrestle to the loss of life in opposition to the brutal chief of L.A.’s crime syndicate, Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto, Stay And Let Die).
That includes an excellent rating by Hayes, riveting performances by Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek) and Scatman Crothers (The Shining), and path by Jonathan Kaplan (Over The Edge, Illegal Entry), Truck Turner is an explosive drive that may’t be stopped!
Bonus Options for UHD/Blu-ray
DISC ONE: ACROSS 110TH STREET (1972 – 4K UHD):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Offered In Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR-10 Appropriate)
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
DISC TWO: ACROSS 110TH STREET (1972 – BLU-RAY):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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NEW It is The place The Motion Is The Blaxploitation Movies Of A.I.P., Half One – An In-Depth Documentary That includes New And Archival Interviews With Movie Critic And Writer Odie Henderson, Movie Producer and Son Of AIP Movie Producer Samuel Z. Arkoff – Lou Arkoff, Afrocentric Movie Scholar Dr. Michelle B. Taylor, Writer And Movie Historian Chris Poggiali, Movie Historian Nathaniel Thompson, “Coffy” Director Jack Hill, And Submit-Manufacturing Supervisor at AIP James L. Honore
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Trailer
DISC THREE: BLACK CAESAR (1973 – 4K UHD):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Offered In Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR-10 Appropriate)
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Author/Director Larry Cohen
DISC FOUR: BLACK CAESAR (1973 – BLU-RAY):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Author/Director Larry Cohen
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Trailer
DISC FIVE: HELL UP IN HARLEM (1973 – 4K UHD):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Offered In Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR-10 Appropriate)
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Author/Director Larry Cohen
DISC SIX: HELL UP IN HARLEM (1973 – BLU-RAY):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Author/Director Larry Cohen
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Trailer
DISC SEVEN: COFFY (1973 – 4K UHD):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Offered In Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR-10 Appropriate)
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Author/Director Jack Hill
DISC EIGHT: COFFY (1973 – BLU-RAY):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Interview With Director Jack Hill
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Interview With Actor Pam Grier
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Audio Commentary With Author/Director Jack Hill
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Trailer
DISC NINE: SHEBA, BABY (1975 – 4K UHD):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Offered In Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR-10 Appropriate)
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Screenwriter David Sheldon
DISC TEN: SHEBA, BABY (1975 – BLU-RAY):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Interview With Screenwriter David Sheldon
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Audio Commentary With Screenwriter David Sheldon
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Trailer
DISC ELEVEN: TRUCK TURNER (1974 – 4K UHD):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Offered In Dolby Imaginative and prescient (HDR-10 Appropriate)
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Director Jonathan Kaplan
DISC TWELVE: TRUCK TURNER (1974 – BLU-RAY):
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NEW 4K Scan/Restoration From The Unique Digicam Unfavourable
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Audio: English DTS-HD Grasp Audio Mono
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Audio Commentary With Director Jonathan Kaplan
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Trailer