As the winter weather gets colder, the movies from Roadshow Home Video hot up.
For August we present an outstanding range of seven films with variety being the key
note.
First, let's take a look at the strong variety in some of our future releases.
Gorky Park.
Look, no face.
It's sliced right off.
Corruption is part of us.
The very part of us.
Hi, I'm Joanna Pakula.
Lee Marvin, William Hurd and Brandon, we just finished filming Gorky Park and the film is
coming very soon in Roadshow Home Video and I hope everybody in Australia will enjoy.
In 1980, Terry Fox, a young athlete, decided to run across Canada.
He called it his Marathon of Hope.
But for a boy with only one leg, it was a marathon of courage.
What do you mean by that?
I'm not the Bionic Man.
It's about Terry Fox, who had the heart of a champion.
One hundred years ago, a man passed through the gates of hell and paid the price of eternal
damnation.
Robert Ginter, the exterminator, ignites the fires of fear once again in The Alchemist.
You're in a lot of trouble, Miss Deming.
The concrete jungle.
You want me to stick out my neck and wait around for justice?
I'll be dead by morning.
The concrete jungle.
My name's Bond.
You're marvellously well equipped.
Thank you, James.
So are you.
I hope we're gonna have some gratuitous sex and violence.
I certainly hope so, too.
Sean Connery is Ian Fleming's James Bond in Never Say Never Again.
Hello, my name is Barbara Carrera.
I play Fatima Blush, Spectre's number one assassin, in the new James Bond Never Say
Never Again, starring Sean Connery.
We're particularly excited about our first sneak preview of the real 007.
Sean Connery as James Bond in Never Say Never Again.
And as a critic from the Chicago Tribune said, the real James Bond is back, and 007's a
winner again.
And now to August.
The most chilling, shocking and controversial film ever made, The Day After.
This film is a horrifying account of a nuclear attack on America.
The Day After has been one of the biggest box office successes of this year, grossing
over four million in Australian cinemas.
In fact, since its worldwide release at Christmas, it's broken box office records from Japan
right through to Germany.
The film has also attracted strong controversy everywhere.
U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said, The Day After is a vivid and dramatic portrayal
of the fact that nuclear war is totally unacceptable.
The Sydney Sun said, The most chilling, controversial program ever made.
While the Los Angeles Times commented, everyone should see The Day After.
This is a horror story.
One-five-niner.
In any issue.
Merge jar.
Voice six one.
Data and intelligence sources report a massive buildup.
One-five-niner.
We're take off on lane five.
Two-eight, clear ground.
Mr. Lepage, check nine.
The President is presently in direct communication.
We have three Soviet tank divisions in the foyer.
He's not gonna happen.
The world's principal West German Access Board.
We're in the middle of a nuclear war.
It's not gonna happen.
We're in the middle of a nuclear war.
I don't believe this is happening.
We have a massive attack in the U.S. at this time.
ICBMs.
Over three hundred missiles inbound now.
Either we fired first and they're gonna try to hit what's left, or they fired first and
Over 300 missiles inbound now.
Either we fire first, or they're going to try to hit what's left.
But they fired first, and we just got our missiles out of the ground in time.
One millisecond takes you beyond imagining, beyond tomorrow, and into the day after.
We've produced this very descriptive large poster for the day after, using a catch line beyond imagining.
Because until you've seen the film, you just can't imagine its shocking effect.
Also, we've produced some day after bumper stickers.
The day after is priced at $85.50, including sales tax.
With Olympic Games fever currently running hot, Roadshow is proud to release another major recent theatrical film.
A story of triumphant Olympic success, Running Brave.
The human drama which led to the greatest upset in Olympic history.
Running Brave is the true story of Billy Mills' sensational 10,000 metre run at the Tokyo Olympics.
And Roadshow Home Video is working closely with Olympic Network 10 nationally in promoting this film.
As the US Washington Post said, a tremendous achievement.
On October 14th, 1964, he stunned the world by running the most sensational race in Olympic history.
It's not too late for you. You still got a chance.
They said it couldn't be done.
An Olympic runner doesn't decide when he can run and when he can't. He runs all the time.
They said he was a quitter.
Hey, look at the team of the tribe.
For all the reasons, there was no chance.
Does it have anything to do with you being Indian?
I'm half white also. I don't know which half loses.
He ran for his people. He ran for his country. He ran for himself.
There's the bell for the final lap.
Mills is pushing to the third lane as Clark attempts to pass.
Here on the outside, here comes Billy Mills.
He's like a fast, fast, fast. Billy Mills.
It wasn't how Billy Mills finished. It was where he started that made him the champion.
Running Brave.
We've created some really eye-catching material to help you promote Running Brave.
This full-size poster which tells the Billy Mills story.
His humble beginning and his triumphant rise to fame.
We have 30 of these double-sided flyers featuring Running Brave on one side
and on the reverse another true story of great courage in the heart of a champion coming soon.
And to give your store that festive Olympic look, these fabulous, colorful flags.
They're strung together in rows of five and can be easily displayed in your store
for that terrific festive Olympic look.
Our Running Brave campaign also includes national press advertising.
So watch out in your state for our ads.
Running Brave is priced at $78.50 including sales tax.
It's the year 3000. The earth has been devastated by nuclear war.
This is the setting for the rough, tough, violent action of Exterminators of the Year 3000.
In the great tradition of Mad Max, Exterminators of the Year 3000 is a full-speed, futuristic adventure.
A savage film of raw power and energy.
Get with the rough, tough, barbaric action of Exterminators of the Year 3000
and the
Exterminators of the Year 3000 with this large poster.
Exterminators of the Year 3000 is priced at $78.50 including sales tax.
From the possible future to the past. The Norseman.
This is a tale of legendary Vikings, ruthless tyrants who conquered without fear or favor.
It's a swashbuckling adventure in the true Errol Flynn tradition
with Lee Majors leading the Viking band in their quest for world domination.
From Orion Pictures, the Norseman also stars Mel Ferrer and Cornel Wilde.
Here's just some of the action.
600 years before Columbus, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in an open longboat and discovered America.
Praise be to our God, Odin. We have found the new land of the West.
To Odin!
He was the greatest warrior of his time. He was the Norseman.
And for this great adventure tale of the legendary Vikings,
we have a full color poster featuring the Norseman key art and of course, Lee Majors.
The Norseman is priced at $78.50 including sales tax.
I really enjoy the witty dialogue, the natural people and the all-around general appeal of our next film, The Personals.
The Personals is a modern, believable and very funny look at one man's attempts to find a new relationship after a recent divorce.
When all else fails, he turns in desperation to the newspaper, Personal Ads, with hilarious results.
Variety magazine, the showbiz Bible of the film industry said,
the film's told with sincerity and humor, full of likeable people dealing with familiar problems. A terrific picture.
The Los Angeles Times said, a most refreshing surprise. The Personals has everything going for it.
Very attractive, single white female interested in all sports,
would like to meet attractive, sincere, athletic single white male for dating and possible relationship.
SWMRD.
What's SWMRD?
Single white male, recently divorced. You save a lot of money with abbreviations. It's just like selling a car.
Scratch the R.D.
Hey, what kind of shampoo do you use?
Irish Spring.
That's soap.
That's what I use.
Hi, 8723.
My name is Harriet.
My name is Cleo.
My name is Barbara.
When did you start losing your hair?
Most men are jerks. Are you a jerk?
Oh my gosh. Sorry. What is going on?
Now there goes one solution to your problems. All you gotta do now is catch her.
The Personals.
Encourage your customers to rent the Personals by giving them a postcard to send to a friend.
30 of these personal postcards will be included in your August dealer kit.
The Personals is priced at $78.50 including sales tax.
Dracula, the perverted demon, is gruesomely portrayed in Andy Warhol's R-rated Blood for Dracula.
This film throws an entirely different light on that immortal bloodsucker.
This Carlo Ponti production combines sex, shocks, gore and humour.
And it includes a cameo role by that controversial American filmmaker, Raymond Polanski.
The Daily News commented, Warhol at his best, horror at its ultimate.
Blood for Dracula.
The
You must leave Romania and travel far away. Maybe to England, maybe to France.
It must be tonight. The girls are beautiful. They look so pure.
Is she?
She is.
You must come with us to the count.
The
Blood of this horse is killing me.
I just want my coughing back.
More gore from the bizarre fertile mind of Andy Warhol.
And what better way to interest your customers in Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula
than with this double-sided mobile which features Blood for Dracula on the one side
and Flesh for Frankenstein on the other.
Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula is priced at $78.50 including sales tax.
And who better to tell you about our gripping drama, Now and Forever, than its star, Robert Colby.
Hello. Now and Forever, based on a best-selling novel, is a modern-day drama
in which a young couple's love for one another is put to an extraordinary test.
It stars myself and Cheryl Ladd from Charlie's Angels, of course.
It's stylish, glossy. It has a theme song by our own internationally famous singing band Air Supply.
It's a very classy film and one which will provide thought-provoking home viewing.
I'm sure it'll be a great success with all roadshow dealers across Australia.
Would you like to come in for a drink?
Oh, come on. Five minutes for a cup of coffee.
Did you miss me? Something wrong?
No, no. Oh, I'm a little unused to you, I guess.
Felt like you were away for so long.
Don't do this.
Do you cheat on your wife regularly?
No, I never cheated on my wife.
You raped me.
We lost. It's going to trial.
I don't know what the hell we had.
Now and Forever features on the back of our What's New brochure for August.
Now and Forever is priced at $73.50 including sales tax.
Plus, of course, our What's New brochure for the August release showing all seven titles.
More and more frequently we're having our posters printed onto cardboard to make them really durable.
Several retailers have come up with the idea of cutting out the poster to form a mobile or a floor stand as they've done with this Mr. Mom poster.
It looks great and it means that you can adjust our material to suit your needs.
Three posters for August will be printed onto cardboard, Exterminators of the Year 3000, Running Brave and The Norseman.
So just ask your account executive for copies.
Response to our National Under Fire competition has been so great that we've had 30,000 extra entry forms printed.
The competition winner will be drawn on July 31, so good luck.
Now to round off a recap of our seven August titles.
The most chilling, shocking and controversial film ever made, The Day After.
The human drama which led to the greatest upset in Olympic history in Running Brave.
The barbaric, futuristic film of raw power and energy, Exterminators of the Year 3000.
Viking Adventure with Lee Majors in The Norseman.
The movie which Variety magazine called a terrific picture, The Personals.
Sex, shocks, gore and humour, Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula has them all.
And Cheryl Ladd and Robert Colby in the escapist entertainment of Now and Forever.
Variety, excitement, adventure and entertainment, our seven August movies have it all.
Join Joanna Pacula, Barbara Carrera, Gordon and me next month when we present our September selection.