Press Release Arrow Video Press Release: Cobra (1986) Limited Edition (4k UHD) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

CRIME IS A DISEASE. MEET THE CURE.

Fresh from the global success of Rambo: First Blood Part II, Sylvester Stallone and director George P. Cosmatos re-teamed for the iconic 80s action-thriller Cobra, this time waging a one-man crusade against crime on the streets of Los Angeles.

A crazed killer. A woman in danger. A city in fear. Lt. Marion "Cobra" Cobretti (Stallone) is the man the LAPD calls when standard police procedure isn't enough. Witness to a bloody murder, Ingrid Knudsen (Brigitte Nielsen) finds herself a target and is placed under Cobretti's protection. But repeated attempts on her life lead Cobretti to believe it's not just the work of one lone psycho wreaking bloody havoc across LA, but a murderous cult with plans for a new world order.

An era-defining example of glossy high-octane Hollywood cinema, Cobra arrives on Arrow Video in a sparkling new restoration with a wealth of new and archival extras.

Product Features​

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original 35mm negative by Arrow Films
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original lossless stereo 2.0, 4.0 and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by film critics Kim Newman and Nick de Semlyen
• Brand new audio commentary by film scholars Josh Nelson and Martyn Pedler
• Archive audio commentary by director George P. Cosmatos (1998)
• TV version of the film featuring deleted and alternate scenes, presented for the first time on home video (standard definition only)
• Slashing the Night Away, a new interview with composer Sylvester Levay
• Dark Glasses, Violence & Robots, a new visual essay by film critic Abbey Bender on Cobra and 80s maximalist cinema
• White Line Nightmare, a new visual essay by film critic Martyn Conterio on Cobra and the "Maverick Cop" genre
• Stalking and Slashing, an archive interview with actor Brian Thompson
• Meet the Disease, an archive interview with actor Marco Rodriguez
• Feel the Heat, an archive interview with actor Andrew Robinson
• Double Crossed, an archive interview with actor Lee Garlington
• A Work of Art, an archive interview with actor Art LaFleur
• The Making of Cobra, 1986 featurette
• Trailers and TV spots
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
• Illustrated collector's booklet containing new writing on the film by film critics Clem Bastow, William Bibbiani, Priscilla Page, and Ariel Schudson
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket

Cobra Limited Edition 4K UHD

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[Wes Candela]

“ I don’t deal with psychos I put them away”

“ I ain’t no psycho man… I’m a soldier, “

“ you a disease, I’m the cure”

- Marion Cobretti
By the way, after turning down Beverly Hills cop

Sylvester Stallone took all of the ideas he had for that film
And turned it into

“Cobra”, 1986

“ I’m gonna blow this whole place up!!!!”
“ that’s OK, I don’t shop here”

"you got a life preserver?"
"why?"
"it looks like your french fries are drowning"

 

[SwatDB]

Original lossless stereo 2.0, 4.0 and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio options

What's that, a 4.0 Mix? you don't get to stumble across these channel mixes on BD/UHDs in recent times.

Does this mean the 2.0 Stereo should be a downmix of the 5.1 mix like the Arrow BD/UHD of the DC of "RoboCop" (which also reworked to stay true to the R-Rated Mix, rather than the 2007 Mix).

My Multi Channel preferences on Audio Sources (not counting remixes or downmixes):

Pre-Dolby Digital/DTS Era:

3.0/3.1: Perspecta/Selected BD/UHD titles with 35mm 4-Track
4.0: 35mm 4-Track/Dolby Stereo/SR or Ultra Stereo?
4.1/5.0: 70mm 6-Track (Mono Surrounds) / 70mm 6-Track Dolby Stereo/SR (Stereo Surrounds)

Modern Age:

5.1: Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS

How does my audio mix preference look for you?

I'll be looking forward into assembling a definitive experience with this film someday.
- David

 

[Lord Dalek]

The Shout!Factory release had the original Ultra Stereo 2.0 on top of the 5.1 remix. But that 5.1 had little to no LFE at all so it is possible that the 4.0 is a straight port of the 70mm Six-track mix and was released with no information on the Left and Right center tracks (not unheard of, Heaven's Gate and Edward Scissorhands were reportedly 4-track discrete in a six-track container).

 

[TravisR]

There's plenty of inadvertently funny things in this movie but the best actual gag and funniest part of the movie has to be Stallone cutting the pizza with scissors. It's too stupid to believed which makes it even funnier.

 

[Jeffrey D]

“ I don’t deal with psychos I put them away”

“ I ain’t no psycho man… I’m a soldier, “

“ you a disease, I’m the cure”

- Marion Cobretti
By the way, after turning down Beverly Hills cop

Sylvester Stallone took all of the ideas he had for that film
And turned it into

“Cobra”, 1986

“ I’m gonna blow this whole place up!!!!”
“ that’s OK, I don’t shop here”

"you got a life preserver?"
"why?"
"it looks like your french fries are drowning"

I don’t recall the line about the French fries. Pretty funny. In the interviews for Beverly Hills Cop, this was brought up a little bit. My memory of watching the supplements is Sly was originally cast as Axel, then his ideas of making it an action flick didn’t jibe with what the other filmmakers wanted, so he bowed out.

 

[Wes Candela]

“ I don’t deal with psychos I put them away”

“ I ain’t no psycho man… I’m a soldier, “

“ you a disease, I’m the cure”

- Marion Cobretti
By the way, after turning down Beverly Hills cop

Sylvester Stallone took all of the ideas he had for that film
And turned it into

“Cobra”, 1986

“ I’m gonna blow this whole place up!!!!”
“ that’s OK, I don’t shop here”

"you got a life preserver?"
"why?"
"it looks like your french fries are drowning"

@Jeffrey D hahahaha

 

[Wes Candela]

I don’t recall the line about the French fries. Pretty funny. In the interviews for Beverly Hills Cop, this was brought up a little bit. My memory of watching the supplements is Sly was originally cast as Axel, then his ideas of making it an action flick didn’t jibe with what the other filmmakers wanted, so he bowed out.

"The Cobra" asks Bridget Nielsen who he's protecting from the night stalker while they are on the road grabbing some food hiding out that.

And yeah, he was gonna be Axel Foley

But he wanted to blow up Beverly Hills

So when he left the project, he took all of his notes and made "Cobra" 2 years later.

1986 baby
Another bit of trivia:

In "Beverly Hills Cop II", 1987
Rosewood has a poster for "Cobra" on his bedroom wall.

And Bridget Nielsen, Stallone's wife at the time, starred in the sequel to "Beverly Hills Cop"

 

[Wes Candela]

What's that, a 4.0 Mix? you don't get to stumble across these channel mixes on BD/UHDs in recent times.

Does this mean the 2.0 Stereo should be a downmix of the 5.1 mix like the Arrow BD/UHD of the DC of "RoboCop" (which also reworked to stay true to the R-Rated Mix, rather than the 2007 Mix).

My Multi Channel preferences on Audio Sources (not counting remixes or downmixes):

Pre-Dolby Digital/DTS Era:

3.0/3.1: Perspecta/Selected BD/UHD titles with 35mm 4-Track
4.0: 35mm 4-Track/Dolby Stereo/SR or Ultra Stereo?
4.1/5.0: 70mm 6-Track (Mono Surrounds) / 70mm 6-Track Dolby Stereo/SR (Stereo Surrounds)

Modern Age:

5.1: Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS

How does my audio mix preference look for you?

I'll be looking forward into assembling a definitive experience with this film someday.
- David

I wonder if there’s a mix existing for the 70mm six-track Dolby stereo release of the original “Die Hard”, 1988 anywhere?

I know it was shot on 35 mm and blown up for 70 mm engagements but I clearly remember the advertisements

"Presented in 70 mm six Trakt Dolby stereo"

"IT WILL BLOW YOU THROUGH THE BACK WALL OF THE THEATER"

(I did not see the 70 mm release. I was 13 at the time and my grandmother agreed to take me to the movies to see either "Coming to America" or "Die Hard"

Needed with her to take me to Die Hard,
I think it blew her through the back wall of the theater

"Too many guns" she said afterwards

 

[Konstantinos]

Great news, I will certainly buy this (I love the 80s), but it seems it will be difficult to sell the Shout blu-ray.

 

[Wes Candela]

There's plenty of inadvertently funny things in this movie but the best actual gag and funniest part of the movie has to be Stallone cutting the pizza with scissors. It's too stupid to believed which makes it even funnier.

Excellent!!!!

"you know that's bad for your health"
"what is Pinche?

"me"

"Clean up your act"