NEWS – Caroline Munro and Joe Spinell Come to Blu-ray for StarCrash

Published on: 31st July, 2010

NEWS - Caroline Munro and Joe Spinell Come to Blu-ray for StarCrash  | read this item

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Italian cinema during the late 1970s was notorious for its shameless plagiarism of successful American productions. Two years before capitalising on Ridley Scott’s masterpiece Alien with the guilty pleasure Contamination, Dario Argento associate Luigi Cozzi ripped off George Lucas’ 1977 blockbuster Star Wars provided ample material for his own low budget effort StarCrash. Co-starring Caroline Munro and Joe Spinell, both of whom would appear together soon afterwards in the sleazy slasher Maniac (also heading to blu-ray), the cast would also include Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff and Mr. Munro, Judd Hamilton. According to Blu-ray.com, Shout Factory are set to release the movie on blu-ray on September 14th as part of their Roger Corman Cult Classics.

The special features will be as follows:
- Two feature-length commentaries by StarCrash historian Stephen Romano
- The history of StarCrash, the making of the film and its importance in 1970s fantastic cinema
- StarCrash scene-by-scene: production trivia, anecdotes and critical analysis
- Interview with writer/director Luigi Cozzi
- StarCrash: the music of John Barry, a detailed analysis of the score by Mars of Deadhouse Music
- Behind-the-scenes image gallery, featuring storyboards, art, and rare, never-before-seen photos
- Promotional art gallery, featuring photos, posters, lobby cards and early poster designs by Drew Struzan
- Fan art gallery, featuring an exclusive look at the all-new, sexy Stella Star art from fantasy illustrator Robin Greenville Evans
- Theatrical trailer with commentary by Eli Roth from Trailersfromhell.com and an all-new exclusive trailer commentary by filmmaker/editor Joe Dante
- TV spots and radio Spots
- Interview with actress Caroline Munro (60 min)
- 17 Deleted and alternate scenes
- The complete, original StarCrash screenplay, illustrated with original storyboards and early, full-color concept art
- Exclusive 20-minute behind-the-scenes footage reel, with commentary
- The making of the special effects of StarCrash by Armando Valcauda with exclusive, never-before-seen special-effects footage

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