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She Shoots Straight and Valley Girl on Eureka Blu-ray in September

16 June 2023

In addition to its announcement of a 4K UHD release of Orson Welles masterpiece Touch of Evil on the Masters of Cinema label, Eureka! Entertianment has announced two new Blu-ray titles for release in September, iconic 80s story of star-crossed lovers, Valley Girl, and wild and furious showcase of female hellcats, She Shoots Straight.

 

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VALLEY GIRL (USA 1983) | Limited Edition Blu-ray box set | 18 September 2023 | £25.99

Martha Coolidge’s totally awesome cult comedy makes its UK home video debut in time for its 40th anniversary!

Randy (Nicolas Cage in his first major role) and Julie (Deborah Foreman) make an unlikely couple, he’s a Hollywood punk, she’s a preppy rich girl from the San Fernando Valley. Although all her friends think Randy is totally “grody”, Juli’s in love and has to choose between her vapid “valley girl” lifestyle and her new boyfriend.

Featuring a hit-packed New Wave soundtrack, Eureka Classics presents Valley Girl from a stunning 4K restoration.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

  • Limited Edition Box Set - 3000 Copies
  • Limited Edition hardbound slipcase featuring new artwork by Sam Gilbey
  • 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K scan of the original negatives
  • Optional English SDH
  • New audio commentary with Maya Montañez Smukler (author of Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema) and Maria San Filippo
  • Audio commentary with director Martha Coolidge
  • New interview with Deborah Foreman
  • New interview with Colleen Camp
  • Valley Girl in Conversation – 2018 interview with director Martha Coolidge and actresses E.G. Daily and Heidi Holicker
  • Martha Coolidge and Nicolas Cage on Valley Girl
  • A huge selection of archival interviews with cast and crew totalling over 3 hours
  • 20 Totally Tubular Years Later – 2003 featurette
  • The Music of Valley Girl – featurette
  • Music Videos
  • Storyboard Comparisons
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Craig Ian Mann

 

 

She Shoots Straight Blu-ray cover art

SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT (Hong Kong 1990) | Blu-ray | 18 September 2023 | £17.99

Joyce Godenzi stars in this violent action classic about a newlywed police officer who battles a Vietnamese gang whilst also trying to impress her new in-laws!

Inspector Mina is a career-focused officer who has just married her supervisor (Tony Leung Ka-fai), who himself comes from a family of dedicated police officers. Her new sisters-in-law (including Carina Lau – Ashes of Time, Days of Being Wild) are a little jealous that Mina outranks them, but when a gang of violent Vietnamese criminals (led by the always excellent Yuen Wah – Eastern Condors, Kung Fu Hustle) target the family, the sisters unite into a lethal force of vengeance.

Also starring Sammo Hung and directed by Corey Yuen (Yes, Madam), She Shoots Straight is another slice of top-tier Hong Kong action, newly restored in 2K and making its debut on Blu-ray.

BLU-RAY FEATURES:

  • Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 copies]
  • 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a brand new 2K restoration
  • Original Cantonese mono audio
  • Optional English dubbed audio
  • Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
  • Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
  • Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
  • English opening and closing credits
  • Trailers
  • Reversible sleeve design
  • A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver [2000 copies]