Cinema Retro has received the following press release from
Cult Epics:
Cult Epics presents
SYLVIA KRISTEL 1970s COLLECTION
Includes 4 films premiering on Blu-ray & DVD on December
14, 2021
Los Angeles, CA (November, 2021)
Synopsis: Cult Epics proudly presents the Sylvia
Kristel 1970s Collection, featuring four of the legendary Dutch icon's most
diverse films in new 2K transfers and entirely uncut, for the first time on
home video in the United States.
Released in 1975, Alain Robbe-Grillet's surreal, absurdist
sado-masochistic drama Playing with Fire (Le jeu avec le feu) features Sylvia
in one of her most challenging roles alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anicée
Alvina and her Emmanuelle co-star Christine Boisson. The set's two Dutch films
are co-starring Rutger Hauer, and Sylvia at the peak of her career. Submitted
for the 1978 Academy Awards — Best Foreign Film, Wim Verstappen's Pastorale
1943 is a war drama centered on the Dutch resistance during World War II, and
features also the debut of Renée Soutendijk. Painter turned director Paul de
Lussanet’s romantic psychological drama Mysteries, based on the world famous
novel by the Norwegian nobel prize winner Knut Hamsun and shot by renowned
cinematographer Robby Müller, also stars Rita Tushingham and David
Rappaport. Filmed and released right after Sylvia became one of the world's
biggest stars as Emmanuelle (1974), Sigi Rothemund's 1974 film Julia is a
German sex comedy drama, with Sylvia as a young boy’s first love, foreshadowing
her later U.S. commercial hit Private Lessons.
SYLVIA KRISTEL 1970s
COLLECTION 4xBlu-ray / 4xDVD
Price:
$99.95 / $79.95
Street Date:
December 14, 2021
Production Year: 1975/1978/1978/1974
Country: France/Netherlands/Germany
Video run
time: Approx. 429 Mins
Language: French, Dutch, German &
English language w/optional English subtitles
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1/1.66:1
Audio: LPCM 2.0 Mono, DTS-HD MA 2.0
Mono / LPCM 2.0 Mono, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Label: Cult Epics
Distributor: CAV
Blu-ray/DVD Cat.no. CE188/189
BD/DVD UPC 881190018897 / 881190018996
Rating:
Not Rated
Region: Region Free
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SPECIAL FEATURES
New 2K HD Transfers
(from original 35mm film elements) and Restoration
Original LPCM 2.0 Mono.
New DTS-HD MA 2.0
Mono
Audio Commentaries by
Tim Lucas, Jeremy Richey, and Peter W. Verstraten
New and Vintage
Interviews with Cast & Crew
Poster & Photo
Galleries
Original Theatrical
Trailers
Limited
numbered Edition of 2500 copies made (Blu-ray) includes 40-Page illustrated
booklet written by Jeremy Richey and Poster with Art by Gilles Vranckx. DVD
Ltd. Edition of 1000 includes booklet and poster
Cult Epics website
exclusive includes an additional DVD with Interview with director Just Jaeckin
on Sylvia. Limited to 200 copies www.cultepics.com
In conjunction Cult
Epics will release Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle written by Jeremy Richey as
a Hardcover book, on January 17, 2020 (new release date). 352 Pages, fully
illustrated, 12x10 inches.