After Dark: Neo-Noir Cinema Collection Three (1991 – 2002) (Limited Edition Hardbox BLU-RAY)

After Dark: Neo-Noir Cinema Collection Three (1991 – 2002) – Imprint Collection #320 – 325

Enter the grimy shadows of neo-noir with these six dark modern films of crime, corruption and vengeance. 

Packed with remarkable performances from Joe Mantegna, Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, this six-film journey will take you through the underbelly of society, through rain-soaked streets and blurred morality. 

• Homicide (1991) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
• White Sands (1992)
• The Crossing Guard (1995)
• Heaven’s Prisoners (1996) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Limited Edition 6-Disc Hardbox packed with brand NEW special features including audio commentaries and interviews, plus an exclusive 80 page booklet featuring essays on Homicide by Jen Johans, The Crossing Guard by Blake Howard, and Dirty Pretty Liars by Maria Lewis.

1500 copies only.

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Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

Acclaimed playwright and filmmaker David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross) directs this powerful and provocative film starring Joe Mantegna as a detective torn between his faith and career.

Bobby Gold is a tough yet devoted cop who is thrust into the otherwise routine murder investigation of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper. What seems a straightforward case soon unravels to become a bewildering urban odyssey of intrigue and conspiracy. 

Four out of four stars from Roger Ebert.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Jim Hemphill (2024)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0
• Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Optional English Subtitles

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Willem Dafoe stars as a small-town sheriff who finds himself in grave danger when he uncovers a dead body in the desert with $500,000 in this gripping neo-noir crime thriller.

Also starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Scarface, The Abyss), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), and Mickey Rourke (Barfly, Johnny Handsome), and directed by Roger Donaldson (The Bounty). 

To untangle a mystery, a small-town lawman assumes the identity of a murdered FBI agent and goes undercover inside a global crime ring. This precarious new life steers him toward a sinister weapons runner, an FBI sting operative and a mysterious woman of means. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by Director of Photography Peter Menzies and Director Roger Donaldson, moderated by Gillian Wallace Horvat (2024)
• NEW Heart & Soul – Editor Nicholas Beauman Sifts Through White Sands (2024)
• NEW High Noon Noir – Writer Daniel Pyne on White Sands (2024)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Oscar-winner Sean Penn (newly interviewed for this release) produced, wrote and directed this neo-noir classic starring the masterful Jack Nicholson as a tormented father who seeks vengeance on the man who killed his daughter.

Freddy Gale has spent the last six years counting down to this day. Today, the man who was responsible for the hit-and-run death of Freddy’s young daughter is being released. Devastated by his loss and driven by vengeance, Freddy is finally going to pay back his daughter’s killer… if it’s the last thing he does.

Also starring female juggernauts Robin Wright (House Of Cards), Anjelica Huston (The Life Aquatic), and Piper Laurie (Carrie, Twin Peaks).

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary by director/writer/co-producer Sean Penn, actors Anjelica Huston and David Morse, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, production designer Michael Haller, and playwright David Ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by film writer Travis Woods (2024)
• NEW Purging Vulnerability – Writer/Director Sean Penn Navigates the Emotional Territory of ‘The Crossing Guard’ (2024)
• NEW Tough Character in a Tough World – Actor David Morse on John Booth (2024)
• NEW Emotionally Exposed – Actor Priscilla Barnes on Verna (2024)
• NEW Changing Ways – Editor Jay Cassidy on ‘The Crossing Guard’ (2024)
• NEW Rebels Without Causes – Images of Masculinity in Sean Penn’s ‘The Crossing Guard’ – video essay by Kat Ellinger (2024)
• Behind-the-scenes vintage featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
• Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

The crime novel by James Lee Burke comes to life in this neo-noir crime thriller, the story of a former police detective thrust into a world of murder and deception after witnessing a drug smuggler’s plane crash into a bayou.

Starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch (Road House), Mary Stuart Masterson (At Close Range), Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) and Eric Roberts (King Of The Gypsies), with a screenplay by Harley Peyton (Twin Peaks) and Scott Frank (Logan). 

Once a tough New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux has turned in his badge and left the city with his wife Annie, for the peaceful beauty of Louisiana’s bayous. A plane crash brings a little girl into his life – and with her comes a trail of murder and deception.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by director Phil Joanou (2024)
• NEW Hell’s Warden – Producer Andre Morgan Remembers ‘Heaven’s Prisoners’ (2024)
• Archival interviews with actors Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts and director Phil Joanou
• Additional archival interview with Teri Hatcher
• Behind-the-scenes vintage featurette
• Promotional vintage featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Based on the hit 1981 French film Garde à vue, this neo-noir thriller stars Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci and Thomas Jane.

A Chief Inspector interviews a prominent attorney, who has discovered a brutal murder victim’s body. However, during the course of the night the crime’s only witness slowly becomes the inspector’s prime suspect… 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary by director Stephen Hopkins and actor Morgan Freeman
• The Making of ‘Under Suspicion’ – promotional featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

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Nominated for an Academy Award, Dirty Pretty Things stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Audrey Tautou (Amelie), and Sergi López (Pan’s Labyrinth). 

Part of an invisible working class, Nigerian exile Okwe and Turkish chambermaid Senay toil at a west London hotel that is full of illegal activity. Then late one night Okwe makes a shocking discovery, which creates an impossible dilemma and tests the limits of all they know. 

“A creepy, tightly knit suspense film that, on the fly, reveals more about the lives of immigrants in London than the most scrupulously earnest documentary.” – The New Yorker

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary by director Stephen Frears
• NEW Dirty Pretty Pictures – interview with Director Of Photography Chris Menges (2024)
• Behind-the-scenes vintage featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
• Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1