New Zealand Films and Soundtracks - March Update
Charles
'Tracker'. This PAL release will initially be in the UK and pre-orders
are about 12# for the R2 DVD and 16# for the Region B Blu-ray. It
would seem that 'The Frighteners' will finally find its way to Blu-ray
on 10 October 2011 - as you may guess, details will be available later
this year. More links to trailers for new titles, not yet on DVD, have
been added to the Sneak Peek Trailers Page, including: 'Curry
Munchers', 'Good For Nothing', 'Hook, Line & Sinker','Love Birds', 'My
Wedding And Other Secrets' and 'Tracker'.
Four new films are scheduled for dvd releases shortly: On 16 March
2011, 'After the Waterfall', on 13 April 2011, 'The Insatiable Moon',
'Tracker' on 05 May 2011 and 'Matariki' will be available starting 01
June, 2011.
Great news for fans of older NZ movies: Twelve older titles are coming
to DVD. The first one is the 04 April 2011 release of 'Flying Fox in
a Freedom Tree'. The next two are scheduled for dvd release on 02 May
2011: 'Dangerous Orphans' and The Returning'. 'A Soldier's Tale' will
be released on 06 June 2011. Then on 04 July 2001, two never before on
dvd will be released, 'Illustrious Energy' and 'Sons for the Return
Home'. On 01 August 2011, 'Shaker Run' will have its NZ dvd release
along with the one that thousands have waited for, 'Came a Hot
Friday'. Although no firm dates yet, but four more titles that should
be released to dvd this year are: 'Send a Gorilla', 'Queen City
Rocker', 'The Whole of the Moon' and another jewel, 'Starlight Hotel'.
With the exception of 'Came a Hot Friday' and 'Illustrious Energy',
all of these PAL R0 dvds are without extras and will be selling for
$10nz. Pre-orders for all of the titles with firm release dates, can
be placed with Screenline in Auckland
All soundtrack CDs and LPs now have links to their respective pages at
Soundtrack Collector website. Similarly there are now links from over
100 New Zealand film titles to the Internet Movie Poster Awards
website where mini-posters may be downloaded for viewing and/or
printing.
Two additional mp3 clips have been added to the Soundtrack Samples
page: 'The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell' and 'Predicament'.
The vinyl LP soundtracks section has been re-organized with an index
that links to separate title pages. Gradually more information will be
added to the separate pages.
The U.S. Amazon site now has a "video on demand" section for online
purchase and/or rental of movies. To date, I have located 26 New
Zealand titles and have provided links for your convenience. Amazon
has included free trailers or opening sample clips. I suggest you read
Amazon's provided details about these offerings before downloading the
full feature films. The following are currently offered Braindead,
Crush, Diagnosis Death, District 9, Eagle vs Shark, The Ferryman, The
Frighteners, Her Majesty, The Irrefutible Truth About Demons, King
Kong, Lord of the Rings/The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings/Return of
the King, Men Shouldn't Sing, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Mesmerized,
No One Can Hear You, Orphans and Angels, Savage Islands, Sione's
Wedding, A Soldier's Tale, The Tattooist, Under The Mountain, Whale
Rider, When Strangers Appear, The World's Fastest Indian.
All this and much more can be accessed at the advertising free
information site at: