Klown Forever follows
estranged best friends Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam as they travel
to the States seeking fame, fortune and friendship, only to immediately
dive head-first into an impressive array of wildly inappropriate
misadventures and unforgettably mortifying social situations.
When
Casper attempts to break into Hollywood, Frank follows him to Los
Angeles, seeing an opportunity to salvage their strained relationship.
As the guys come face-to-face with a number of LA's denizens-including
Isla Fisher, Adam Levine and "Game of Thrones'" star Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau-it's clear that they're equally ready and willing to take
on Hollywood...but is Hollywood prepared for Casper and Frank?
A reunion with Klown director Mikkel Nørgaard, Klown Forever sees
the series, best described as "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as directed by
Lars von Trier, reach ingenious new heights--and stoop to
gut-wrenchingly hilarious lows.
Cult masterpiece from outsider filmmaker John S. Rad
hits home video for the first time with deluxe treatment
"Wildly entertaining...a transmission from an alien world" - The AV Club
"Mind-boggling, virtuoso WTF-ery" - The Daily Beast
Drafthouse Films, the curatorial force behind exceptional repertory releases such as the ninja-blasting synthrock monolith Miami Connection, the psychedelic sci-fi brain-melter The Visitor, and the most dangerous movie ever made, Roar, have announced the their latest cult sensation, Dangerous Men arriving on Blu-ray/DVD for the first time ever this April 5th.
The fanatical brainchild of Iranian polymath John S. Rad, Dangerous Men
is a passion project that remained in obsessive production for nearly
two decades before finally debuting in Californian theaters in 2005. An
unflappably prodigious creative force, Rad handled much of the technical
duties of the film, appearing multiple times in the film's credits as
the director, writer, location scout, producer, executive producer, and
more.
Despite initially languishing at the box office during its
limited theatrical release, and never finding a likeminded audience
before Rad's untimely death in 2007, Dangerous Men developed a devoted
following before vanishing as mysteriously as it appeared. Working with
the late artist's family, the Drafthouse Films team worked tirelessly
alongside the American Genre Film Institute to locate and restore the
original film. Dangerous Men was re-released back into theaters in October 2015, garnering enthusiastically baffled acclaim from critics including Rolling Stone, who called it "incomprehensibly riveting", Cut Print Film labels as "Flabbergasting...a gonzo work of art" and The Village Voice, who found the film "astonishing...a truly outsider movie made my a lone auteur."
The
Blu-ray/DVD release features hours of extra content, including a
feature-length commentary from authors Zack Carlson and Bryan Connelly,
an original short documentary about the film's original 2005 theatrical
release, a video interview with cinematographer Peter Palian, and the
only appearance of John S. Rad on television as well as an unexpunged
print interview!
SYNOPSIS:
After
Mina witnesses her fiancé's brutal murder by beach thugs, she sets out
on a venomous spree to eradicate all human trash from Los Angeles. Armed
with a knife, a gun, and an undying rage, she murders her way through
the masculine half of the city's populace. A renegade cop is hot on her
heels, a trail that also leads him to the subhuman criminal overlord
known as Black Pepper. It's a pulse-pounding, heart-stopping,
brain-devouring onslaught of '80s thunder, '90s lightning, and pure
filmmaking daredevilry from another time and/or dimension. Blades flash,
blood flows, bullets fly and synthesizers blare as the morgue overflows
with the corpses of Dangerous Men.
BONUS FEATURES:
- 16-page booklet featuring only documented full-length interview with John S. Rad
- Audio commentary featuring Destroy All Movies authors Zack Carlson and Bryan Connelly
- That's So John Rad - An original documentary about the film and its original 2005 theatrical release
- Rare footage of John S. Rad appearing on local access television
- Interview with director of photography Peter Palian
- Original theatrical trailer
- Trailers
In this taut psychological thriller by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight,
Jennifer’s Body), the tension is palpable when Will (Logan
Marshall-Green, Prometheus) shows up to a dinner party hosted by his
ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard, Into the Woods) and new husband David
(Michiel Huisman, “Game of Thrones”). The estranged divorcees’ tragic
past haunts an equally eerie present; amid Eden’s suspicious behavior
and her mysterious house guests, Will becomes convinced that his
invitation was extended with a hidden agenda. Unfolding over one dark
evening in the Hollywood Hills, THE INVITATION blurs layers of mounting
paranoia, mystery, and horror until both Will—and the audience—are
unsure what threats are real or imagined.
