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Release: March 17, 2020

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With this blisteringly funny, unapologetically confrontational satire, writer-director Spike Lee examined the past, present, and future of racism in American popular culture, issuing a daring provocation to creators and consumers alike. Under pressure to help revive his network’s low ratings, television writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) hits on an explosively offensive idea: bringing back blackface for a “new-millennium minstrel show.” The white network executives love it, and so do audiences, forcing Pierre and his collaborators to confront their public’s insatiable appetite for dehumanizing stereotypes. Shot primarily on unvarnished digital video and boasting spot-on performances from Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport, Mos Def, and Paul Mooney, Bamboozled is a stinging indictment of mass entertainment at the turn of the twenty-first century that looks more damning with each passing year. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Ellen Kuras and approved by director Spike Lee, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • Audio commentary from 2001 featuring Lee • New conversation between Lee and film programmer and critic Ashley Clark • New interviews with choreographer and actor Savion Glover, actor Tommy Davidson, and costume designer Ruth E. Carter • On Blackface and the Minstrel Show, a new interview program featuring film and media scholar Racquel Gates • The Making of “Bamboozled” (2001), a documentary featuring members of the cast and crew • Deleted scenes, music

Release: November 21, 2017

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Product Description On a cold night in a remote cabin, an uneventful, impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman (David Lee Smith, CSI Miami , Fight Club) becomes something extraordinary when he makes a prodigious announcement: He is an immortal who has migrated through 140 centuries of evolution and now must move on. Is Oldman truly Cro-Magnon or simply insane? Now one man will force five scholars to confront their own notions of history, religion, science and humanity, all reading to a final revelation that may shatter their world forever. John Billingsley (2012), William Katt (Carrie), Ellen Crawford ( ER ), Tony Todd (Candyman), Annika Peterson (The Devil You Know), Alexis Thorpe (American Wedding) and Richard Riehle (Bridesmaids) co-star in this provocative final work by renowned author Jerome Bixby (Fantastic Voyage, Star Trek , The Twilight Zone ) presented in this special anniversary edition of the worldwide cult smash that dazzled critics and audiences alike and resides among IMDb's top science fiction films of all time. NOTE FROM THE PRODUCERS REGARDING THE MAN FROM EARTH HD RESTORATION: Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth was originally shot on standard definition MiniDV (digital video) in January 2006 before the proliferation of high definition filmmaking. This special edition contains a high definition, newly remastered version of the film approved by the filmmakers which was completed using an up-conversion process from the original 172,800 pixels per frame MiniDV camera tapes to 2,073,600 pixels per frame of Full HD. The original DV 30 Mbps 29.97fps media was converted to a new ProRes 422 HQ 220 Mbps source at 24 fps for more cinematic motion and for more control and manipulation of the picture during an all new color correction process, with each shot meticulously noise reduced, sharpened, and detail enhanced. DIRECTOR APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation (1.78:1) of the main feature Original 2.0 Stereo Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) and Dolby Digital 5.1 Brand new feature-length retrospective documentary The Man From Earth: Legacy (HD, 88 mins) chronicling the history and the phenomenon of the film with all-new interviews with the director, producers and the cast Audio Commentary with Producer / Director Richard Schenkman and Actor John Billingsley Audio Commentary with Executive Producer Emerson Bixby and Author / Sci-Fi Scholar Gary Westfahl From Script To Screen (2007 featurette) [2:15, SD] Star Trek: Jerome Bixby's Sci-Fi Legacy (2007 featurette) [3:28, SD] On The Set (2007 featurette) [4:00, SD] The Story of the Story (2007 featurette) [2:13, SD] The mini-short film Contagion (2016) [:30, HD] from the producer Eric D. WIlkinson and director of The Man From Earth, Richard Schenkman and starring William Katt Before / After comparison of the brand new HD digital restoration of the feature film Photo Gallery Original Theatrical Trailer [SD] The Man From Earth: Holocene Teaser Trailer [HD] English, Spanish, French, German and Arabic Subtitles Review A considerable achievement… a picture which deserves wide exposure… The Man From Earth gradually and stimulatingly builds to a pitch of near hypnotic intensity. --Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter Based on a really wonderful final work by Jerome Bixby... If you re a fan of Bixby's it s a must own. --Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool News The Man From Earth is very much a labor of love from all involved… it's well worth the effort. The final work from the writer responsible for some of the finest episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' and the original ''Star Trek'' gets a thoughtful, low-budget treatment. --Ian Spelling, Sci Fi.com

Release: March 27, 2018

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Product Description "John Oldman", the immortal 14,000 year-old "Man from Earth" is now comfortably hiding in plain sight as a college professor in Northern California. His existence comes crashing down when four students discover his deepest secret, putting his life in grave danger and potentially shaking mankind to it's very soul. From director Richard Schenkman (Mischief Night), the sequel to the smash cult hit Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth stars David Lee Smith (Fight Club, CSI: Miami) and William Katt (Carrie, The Greatest American Hero) reprising their roles from the original film al