Classic Films on Blu-ray: LABYRINTH, THE ENEMY BELOW, FIXED BAYONETS, DEAD END DRIVE-IN

Here are the classic films newly released on Blu-ray on September 20, 2016 (Part 2):

LABYRINTH (1986)
THE ENEMY BELOW (1957)
FIXED BAYONETS! (1951)

DEAD END DRIVE-IN (1986)
THE RIFT (1990)
JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)

Find out more about each Blu-ray release after the jump.

LABYRINTH (1986)

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Studio:
Sony Pictures

Rating:
PG

Aspect Ratio:
2.40:1

Language:
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Audio Format:
Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 7.1, Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles:
English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Indonesian, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Thai

Product Description: Fifteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is so resentful of her baby brother Toby that she hopes he will just disappear. Her dream becomes reality when goblins kidnap the boy--but Sarah unexpectedly finds herself horrified by the loss. So she sets forth to retrieve him, and finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime. To accomplish her task, she will somehow have to reach the center of the fantastical labyrinth where the wicked Goblin King (David Bowie, who performs two songs) has imprisoned the lad. But the task is easier said than done, for the maze is filled with strange creatures and mind-bending puzzles that confuse the girl. Directed by Jim Henson and penned by Monty Python's Terry Jones, 'Labyrinth' is a distinctive, beautifully designed dark fantasy for all ages.

Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Brian Henson

Director: Jim Henson

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Running Time: 101 min

Special Features:

4K Restoration & Dolby Atmos soundtrack (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 compatible)
“The Henson Legacy” Featurette - Jennifer Connelly and the Henson family talk about the art of puppetry and the magic of Jim Henson, along with a visit to the “Center for Puppetry Arts” featuring The Jim Henson Collection and over 100 puppets from Labyrinth.
Labyrinth Anniversary Q&A Hosted by Mythbuster’s Adam Savage with participants Brian Henson, David Goelz and Karen Prell, and surprise guest Sheri Weiser.
“The Goblin King” Featurette - Remembering David Bowie with co-star Jennifer Connelly, and Jim Henson’s children Brian Henson and Cheryl Henson.
The Storytellers (Picture-in-Picture)
Commentary by Conceptual Designer Brian Froud
Original Making of Documentary “Inside The Labyrinth”
“Journey Through the Labyrinth: Kingdom of Characters” Documentary
“Journey Through the Labyrinth: The Quest for Goblin City” Documentary
Theatrical Trailer

THE ENEMY BELOW (1957)

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Studio:
Kino Lorber

Rating:
Not Rated

Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1

Language:
English

Audio Format:
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Subtitles:
None

Product Description: The great Robert Mitchum (The Wonderful Country) and Curt Jurgens (The Spy Who Loved Me) star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. Capt. Murrell (Mitchum) and Capt. Von Stolberg (Jürgens) try to outthink and outmaneuver each other in this engrossing duel of wits, as the chase becomes a deadly game of chess in which any mistake can bring instant disaster. Winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, The Enemy Below was directed by Hollywood star and frequent director Dick Powell (Split Second). Theodore Bikel (I Want to Live, Shattered) co-stars as Stolberg's lieutenant.

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel

Director: Dick Powell

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Running Time: 98 min

Special Features:

Trailers

FIXED BAYONETS! (1951)

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Studio:
Kino Lorber

Rating:
Not Rated

Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1

Language:
English

Audio Format:
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Subtitles:
None

Product Description: Brand New 4K Restoration! Legendary director Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One, The Steel Helmet) delivers a rough, tough, hard-hitting action-packed masterpiece, incorporating all the gritty, suspenseful, real-life elements to build a war classic of enormous emotional proportion. Richard Basehart as Cpl. Denno (The Satan Bug) and Gene Evans as Sgt. Rock (Donovan's Brain) co-star in this war adventure that puts you right in the line of fire... a freezing snow blasts the mountain peaks of wartime Korea. A small platoon of army grunts are ordered to stay behind to protect a 15,000-man division as it moves out under heavy communist fire. The cast includes Skip Homeier (The Gunfighter), Bill Hickman (Hickey & Boggs) and James Dean (Giant) in one of his first film appearances. (One of the greatest war films ever... evokes the full horror of war) Chicago Reader.

Starring: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Skip Homeier, James Dean

Director: Samuel Fuller

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Running Time: 92 min

Special Features:

Audio Commentary
Trailers

DEAD END DRIVE-IN (1986)

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Studio:
Arrow Video

Rating:
R

Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1

Language:
English

Audio Format:
LPCM 2.0

Subtitles:
English SDH

Product Description: One of Quentin Tarantino's favourite directors, Brian Trenchard-Smith was a key figure in the Ozploitation movement, responsible for The Man from Hong Kong, Stunt Rock, Turkey Shoot, BMX Bandits... and dystopian cult classic Dead-End Drive In!

Set in a near-future where the economy has crumbled and violent gangs play havoc in the streets, the powers-that-be have decided to lure the delinquent youth into drive-in cinemas and keep them there. No longer just a place to watch trashy movies and make out, these outdoor picture shows have become concentration camps for the unruly and unwanted.

With its day-glo colour scheme, new wave soundtrack and extraordinary stunt work, Dead-End Drive-In is in the tradition of Ozploitation milestones Mad Max and The Cars That Ate Paris only very, very eighties.

Starring: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Wilbur Wilde

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Genre: Action, Drama, Horror

Running Time: 88 min

Special Features:

Audio commentary by director Brian Trenchard-Smith
The Stuntmen
Hospitals Don't Burn Down
Theatrical trailer
Fully-illustrated collector s booklet containing writing on the films by Cullen Gallagher and Neil Mitchell

THE RIFT (1990)

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Studio:
Scorpion Releasing

Rating:
R

Aspect Ratio:
1.67:1

Language:
English

Audio Format:
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Subtitles:
None

Product Description: Ray Wise (Twin Peaks, Robocop) stars in this underwater horror film in the tradition of Leviathan and DeepStar Six! The experimental submarine Siren 1, designed by Wick Hayes (Jack Scalia, Fear City), is missing. The rescue team, headed by Captain Phillips (R. Lee Ermey, Full Metal Jacket, The Siege of Firebase Gloria) and scientist Robbins (Wise), embark on a mission to find the missing sub. Complicated by the addition of Wick's estranged wife Nina (Deborah Adair) to the rescue team, the tension mounts as the Siren 2 dives deeper than any sub has gone before. What the crew finds in the furthermost darkest recesses of the ocean is more ghastly and horrifying than they could ever imagine! Also known as Endless Descent, co-starring Ely Pouget (Death Machine) and directed by cult director Juan Piquer Simon (Pieces, Slugs) now see this thrilling horror classic from a brand new HD master.

Starring: Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise, Deborah Adair

Director: Juan Piquer Simón

Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror

Running Time: 82 min

Special Features:

None

JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)

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Studio:
Olive Films

Rating:
Not Rated

Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1

Language:
English

Audio Format:
DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0

Subtitles:
English SDH

Product Description: Johnny Guitar stars Oscar® winner Joan Crawford (Best Actress, Mildred Pierce) as Vienna, a saloon owner with a sordid past. Persecuted by the townspeople, Vienna must protect her life and property when a lynch mob led by her sexually repressed rival, Emma Small (Oscar® winner Mercedes McCambridge, Best Actress, All the King’s Men), attempts to frame her for a string of robberies she did not commit. Enter Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), a guitar-strumming ex-gunfighter, who once was—and perhaps still is—in love with Vienna. With the leads at their operatic best, the table is now set for an epic showdown in this one-of-a-kind western from director Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Cause). A bizarrely veiled allegory for the McCarthy-era Red Scare, Johnny Guitar was misunderstood upon its initial release. One of the most original takes on the western genre—the women are far tougher than the men—Johnny Guitar is praised by fans, filmmakers, and critics alike as groundbreaking. Boasting superb supporting performances, Johnny Guitar features Ernest Borgnine (Marty), Scott Brady (The China Syndrome), Ward Bond (The Searchers), Paul Fix (To Kill a Mockingbird), Royal Dano (The Outlaw Josey Wales) and John Carradine (Stagecoach). Notably, Johnny Guitar’s indelible title song was a collaboration between the Academy Award-winning composer Victor Young (Around the World in Eighty Days), and co-writer and songstress Peggy Lee.

Starring: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine

Director: Nicholas Ray

Genre: Drama, Romance, Western

Running Time: 110 min

Special Features:

Introduction by Martin Scorsese
Audio Commentary with historian and critic Geoff Andrew
"Tell Us She Was One of You: The Blacklist History of 'Johnny Guitar'" - with historian Larry Ceplair and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein
"Is 'Johnny Guitar' a Feminist Western?: Questioning the Canon" - with critics Miriam Bale, Kent Jones, Joe McElhaney and B. Ruby Rich
"Free Republic: The Story of Herb Yates and Republic Studios" - with archivist Marc Wanamaker
A Critical Appreciation of Nicholas Ray with critics Miriam Bale, Kent Jones, Joe McElhaney and B. Ruby Rich
"My Friend, the American Friend" - Nicholas Ray biographical piece with Tom Farrell
"'Johnny Guitar': The First Existential Western" - an original essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Theatrical Trailer

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