{"id":13278,"date":"2011-10-24T06:52:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T05:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=13278"},"modified":"2011-10-24T06:52:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T05:52:01","slug":"uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-24th-october-2011-henry-straw-dogs-navarone-ashes-desert-withnail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/10\/24\/uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-24th-october-2011-henry-straw-dogs-navarone-ashes-desert-withnail\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 24th October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Home Entertainment): Controversial 1986 low-budget drama about a serial killer (John Rooker) directed by John McNaughton , which took four years to get a release after numerous problems with ratings boards in the US and UK. [Click here to read the full review<\/a>] [Buy the Blu-ray & DVD from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Straw Dogs<\/a><\/strong> (Fremantle Home Entertainment): Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 drama about a US academic (Dustin Hoffman) who moves to Cornwall with his wife (Susan George) and then gets into trouble with the locals. Banned on home video for many years, this release is the uncut version. [Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The Guns of Navarone<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures Home Ent.): 1961 World War II adventure about an allied mission to destroy Nazi guns on a key strategic Mediterranean island. Directed by J. Lee Thompson, it stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn and was adapted by Carl Foreman from Alistair MacLean\u2019s best-selling novel. [Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Ashes & Diamonds<\/a><\/strong> (Arrow Academy): Classic 1958 Polish drama set in 1945 that depicts the postwar power struggles in the country. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, it stars Zbigniew Cybulski and Ewa Krzyzewska. This is a new 2K resolution restoration, features a 25 minute interview with the director and a booklet of notes by Michael Brooke. [Buy the Blu-ray & DVD from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Red Desert<\/a><\/strong> (BFI Video): Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic 1964 film was his first in colour and ended up being one of his best. It depicts the crisis of a young woman (Monica Vitti) stuck in an unhappy marriage and her relationship with a British engineer (Richard Harris). [Buy the Blu-ray & DVD from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Withnail and I<\/a><\/strong> (Studiocanal): This 1987 film dramatises the struggles of two out of work actors in North London (Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant) who go on a visiti to the countryside. Based on writer-director Bruce Robinson’s experiences, it was financed by George Harrison’s Handmade Films and cult viewing on home video.\u00a0[Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon UK<\/a>]<\/p>\n

ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angels of Evil<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBlood Creek<\/strong> (EV) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nHoly Rollers<\/strong> (Crabtree Films) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nHoney\/Honey 2<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nIce Age 3 – Dawn of the Dinosaurs<\/strong> (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) [Blu-ray \/ DVD + Digital Copy]
\nJohn Lennon: LENNONYC<\/strong> (Go Entertain) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nJurassic Park\/The Lost World – Jurassic Park\/Jurassic Park 3<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ with Digital Copy – Double Play]
\nMother’s Day<\/strong> (Optimum Home Entertainment) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nPearl Jam: Twenty<\/strong> (Sony Music Entertainment) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nPlanet Dinosaur<\/strong> (2 Entertain) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nRio<\/strong> (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nScooby-Doo: Curse of the Lake Monster<\/strong> (Warner Home Video) [Blu-ray \/ + DVD and Digital Copy – Triple Play]
\nSea Rex 3D – Journey to a Prehistoric World<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition]
\nShelter<\/strong> (TLA Releasing) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Ballad of Narayama<\/strong> (Eureka) [Blu-ray \/ with DVD – Double Play]
\nThe Caller<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/strong> (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition + 2D Edition + DVD + Digital Copy]
\nThe Conspirator<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Whistleblower<\/strong> (High Fliers Video Distribution) [Blu-ray \/ Irish Version]
\nV: Seasons 1-2<\/strong> (Warner Home Video) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nV: The Complete Second Season<\/strong> (Warner Home Video) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0UK Cinema Releases for Friday 21st October 2011<\/a>
\n>\u00a0The Best DVD & Blu-ray releases of 2010<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer, Straw Dogs, The Guns of Navarone, Ashes & Diamonds, Red Desert and Withnail and I <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2287,2273,2288,2285,2286,2289],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}