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Cult TV Classic, Reality-Based DEADLINE (Not Seen Since 1961) Debuts on DVD Nov. 19

“A free, independent and professionally-trained press is irrefutably both the backbone of a democracy and the foundation upon which a free civil society is built; without which a democratic nation simply cannot exist.” – Sir Howard Ding

The cult TV classic, reality-based TV show DEADLINE (Not Seen Since 1961) Debuts on DVD Nov. 19 from Film Chest Media

Lost and forgotten in a garage in New Jersey for over 50 years, the Deadline TV series (1959-61), which dramatized stories drawn from actual newspaper headlines of the 1950’s, has been rediscovered to remind us of a time when newspaper reporters were revered as heroes and the guardians of truth and justice. Reporters are the first line of defense of the principles rooted in our Constitution and protected under the first amendment. They uphold everything that our civil society stands for. At a time when print news media is rapidly disappearing and news reporters are being vilified as “enemies of th people,” Deadline has emerged from hibernation and i making its home video debut. Starring Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, George Maharis, Robert Lansing, and many more, this 39-episode anthology series is available for the first time since it aired on prime-time TV nearly 60 years ago. Episodes feature Paul Stewart (narrator), Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, George Maharis, and Robert Lansing. The DVD set can be ordered HERE

BONUS FEATURES

  • Photo Gallery
  • Trailer
  • Trivia
  • Extended Synopsis: Journalism Past and Present Overview
  • Interview with Broadcast Journalism Professor Joe Alicastro
  • Episode Synopses

SCALPEL – Now Available on Blu-ray From Arrow Video


HE LOST THE FACE OF THE WOMAN HE LOVED… SO HE GAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

SCALPEL (1977) is currently available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video


US television staple Robert Lansing (Star Trek, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone) stars as a deranged surgeon in this twisty-turny psychological thriller from Blood Rage director John Grissmer.


In Scalpel, Lansing plays Dr. Phillip Reynolds, a man whose daughter Heather (Judith Chapman, As the World Turns, General Hospital) has run away from home a year prior following the suspicious death of her boyfriend. When he happens across a young woman one night, her face beaten beyond recognition, the unhinged Reynolds sees his an opportunity to put his trusty scalpel to use – hatching a plan to ”reconstruct” her face in the image of his missing daughter, and so claim her sizeable inheritance.


Photographed by celebrated cinematographer Edward Lachman, who would go on to serve as DP on the likes of Erin Brockovich and The Virgin Suicides, Scalpel is an exemplary slice of Southern-fried gothic, filled finally rescued from VHS obscurity in this revelatory new Blu-ray edition from Arrow Video.


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original Uncompressed Mono Audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Brand new audio commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
  • Brand new crew interviews
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet with new writing on the film by Bill Ackerman