Film Detective - Hercules and the Captive women (1961) - 4/13/2021 (1 Viewer)

[Konstantinos]

I was very happy to hear this news today over at the other forum.
This is a peplum film that I watched in my childhood and eagerly waiting for this blu-ray release.

Bonus Materials
Full Feature, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K): Hercules and the Captive Women
All new documentary: Swords and Sandals
Audio Commentary by film critic, Tim Lucas
Full color insert booklet with essay on film
Sales Points
Subtitles in English and Spanish
All new 4K restoration
MST3K Full Feature included!

Trailer:

ERCOLE ALLA CONQUISTA DI ATLANTIDE - film 1961 - Trailer Originale

ERCOLE ALLA CONQUISTA DI ATLANTIDE (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide) - film 1961 - Trailer Originale - regia: Vittorio Cottafavi - cast: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni - trama: La flotta di Corinto partì molto tempo fa, non è ancora tornato. Androclo, re di Tebe, decide di andare dopo di...

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[john a hunter]

Who is releasing this and when?

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

The Film Detective and 4/13/21

 

[borisfw]

Is it burned or pressed. Couldn't find any info online.

 

[B-ROLL]

Is it burned or pressed. Couldn't find any info online.

If the artwork is correct then it should be pressed. From what I understand the Blu-ray Disc Association will not allow their logo

to be used on a disc case for a disc that is not pressed ...

I checked on Amazon and there is no current listing - the same for Deep Discount ...

The same logo appears on the case for other title but not for all. Here are some screengrabs from DD...

No Logo -only text

Blu-Ray Logo

 

[dana martin]

simple thing is to actually go to their site, I only have one title from them, The Sin of Nora Moran, and it is very much a pressed disc, which seems to be their thing for limited releases.

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death - limited pressing of only 1,500 Blu-ray copies
Giant from the Unknown -1,500 Blu-ray copies made
EEGAH! -*Limited edition Blu-ray is not BD-R.


all of these seem to be a limited run of 1500 units


and if you want these, they seem to distribute their exclusives thorough

https://www.moviezyng.com/all.aspx?Attribs=17547+33

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Well, I hope you're right about this. I'd buy Hercules and the Captive Women in a hot second. If Film Detective is going in this direction, maybe MORE sword and sandal titles will finally make it to widescreen blu-rays. Can't wait!

 

[dana martin]

That specific one is not currently listed on either site, but if they did it right, I would want the,different cuts along with the MST3K,

But I don't know how that works out, who owns that original programming?

 

[Joseph Goodman]

Film Detective has put up their pre-order page, accompanied by several screenshots of their new restoration:

https://www.thefilmdetective.com/hercules

INCLUDING EPIC SPECIAL FEATURES -
4K Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
Intro by MST3K writer and co-star Frank Conniff
Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, 1992
Liner notes by author and historian C. Courtney Joyner
Hercules and the Conquest of Cinema: A Swords and Sandals Documentary from Daniel Griffith at Ballyhoo Motion Pictures
Audio commentary by film critic and screenwriter Tim Lucas

Note: while it says "from the original 35mm negative" on the product page, it certainly doesn't look like it; on their main page, it describes the source as "a rare original archival 35mm print", the more likely scenario.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

The screenshots look great. If Film Detective is checking in here, PLEASE give us more of this genre, which is so horribly under-represented. The Steve Reeves Hercules films in HD would be a miracle for many fans as would many others. I'd certainly buy them all.

 

[OliverK]

The screenshots look great.

Indeed they look quite nice and compared to all previous home video versions and what one can usually expect for such an obscure title they look fantastic!

Maybe a little less detail than one may hope for but still a decent amount and some grain seems to stick around, too and the color balance seems to go in the right direction. This is not a catalog classic or a movie with a famous actor or director attached to it and yet we get it in much better quality than titles from big studios like Land of The Pharoahs, The Big Fisherman or Barabbas. And it is also sold at a fair price - what's not to like?

 

[Randy Korstick]

I will be picking this up and hope they do more sword and sandal.

 

[Joseph Goodman]

Regarding the image quality, I've seen other privately made scans of collector's Technicolor IB prints, and sharpness-wise, these captures on Film Detective's site are pretty much how they look... in the case of this film, maybe even better, since this originated from Technirama (generational distance from the OCN back in Europe notwithstanding). You'll notice some color fringing in some of those shots, due to the printing matrices being slightly out of alignment... this was typical for Tech IB.

 

[skylark68]

I'm seriously happy about this release. I echo others that have posted in that I hope more of this genre gets released soon!

 

[B-ROLL]

I'm seriously happy about this release. I echo others that have posted in that I hope more of this genre gets released soon!

 

[Geoffrey Nietspe]

I'm guessing that Film Detective is sourcing this release from elements from either Something Weird or Wade Williams. Both are companies they've worked with.

 

[Joseph Goodman]

Yeah, I recall a podcast interview with Wade Williams where he mentions having "Technicolor print material" on this film.

 

[Geoffrey Nietspe]

Yeah, I recall a podcast interview with Wade Williams where he mentions having "Technicolor print material" on this film.

I figured. Thanks for confirming.

 

[Joseph Goodman]

Speaking of Something Weird and peplums, it'd be nice if someone released Blus of Goliath and the Dragon or Hercules Against the Moon Men from the US negatives they had in their possession, assuming they still have them and they're usable.

 

[dana martin]

e-mail from amazon today with a release date / delivery date, so looks like that Reg Park double Hercules feature might be playing on a screen in the back yard this summer trying to relive some of that Drive-In feel in my older age.