An notorious Jaws clone the producers had pulled from theaters in 1981 is coming to Blu-ray!
Here’s a enjoyable piece of Hollywood trivia for you. In 1981, a film referred to as Great White hit theaters, and revamped $18 million domestically, earlier than being yanked from theaters when Universal sued the filmmakers for ripping off Jaws. The film, which was one of many many Jaws clones launched in Italy within the wake of Jaws’s success, was directed by Enzo G. Castellari and was seen as an much more blatant than standard rip-off, with it centring round a seaside neighborhood terrorized by a Great White shark, whose mayor refuses to take the risk critically – just for a crusty outdated shark hunter to group up with a nerdy landlubber to avoid wasting the day. Sound acquainted?
In the years since they blocked it, the movie, which was referred to as The Last Shark in Europe, has as soon as once more grow to be accessible, and now it’s getting a fully-loaded Blu-ray from British Label Treasured Films. One necessary factor to notice although, is that whereas the paintings has a reversible sleeve that permits viewers to decide on between the titles The Last Shark and Great While, the American re-cut by Film Ventures, which was the one blocked, just isn’t on the disc. This model of the movie has a rating by Morton Stevens which was similar to what John Williams composed for Jaws, and is perhaps one of many causes Universal was capable of get the movie pulled. Nevertheless, the extras, which had been revealed by our mates at Blu-ray.com, are spectacular:
- Presented in widescreen from excessive definition grasp
- NEW Audio Commentary with Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
- NEW Great White Enzo: Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari (16:43)
- NEW High Tide: Interview with Actor Massimo Vanni (22:11)
- NEW Big Fishes in a Sea Full of Sharks: Interview with Producer Maurizio Amati (19:42)
- NEW Blood Tide: Interview with Producer Ugo Tucci (13:00)
- NEW Unfamiliar Waters: Casterllari Out of Action: Video essay by Mike Foster
- NEW Squali! A Brief Introduction to the Italian Killer Animal Current: Video Essay by Eugenio Ercolani
- Image Gallery
- Trailer and TV Spot
- Reversible Sleeve that includes two paintings decisions
- Uncompressed English DTS-HD Master Audio
- English SDH Subtitles
Sadly, the disc is REGION B-locked, however will work positive when you have a multi-region participant. It drops on June 6th!
Here’s the paintings:
