New on 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray: THE ISLAND (1980) Starring Michael Caine

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Product Description: For 300 years, a terrifying secret has been kept from the outside world! Screen legend Michael Caine (The Ipcress File, Dressed to Kill) stars as Blair Maynard, an investigative writer who doggedly tracks one of the most baffling mysteries of modern times—the disappearance of pleasure boats and passengers from within the Bermuda Triangle of the Caribbean. During his investigation, he and his twelve-year-old son are captured by savage raiding pirates who need his services to improve their degenerated gene pool. When his son is converted to the pirates’ heathen ways and turns against him, Blair must come to his rescue in this action-packed super-thriller written by Peter Benchley (Jaws) and directed by Michael Ritchie (Prime Cut). Featuring David Warner (The Omen) as the nefarious pirate leader, with breathtaking cinematography by Henri Decaë (Le cercle rouge) and a swashbuckling score by the maestro Ennio Morricone (Orca).

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New on Blu-ray & 4K: PRIME CUT (1972) Starring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek

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Product Description: Hollywood legends Lee Marvin (Point Blank, Monte Walsh) and Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning, The Package) square off in one of the most explosive screen confrontations ever. Marvin is an underworld enforcer sent to Kansas City to collect money from Hackman, a mysterious mobster who has no intention of paying up. A meat packing plant fronts for Hackman's real business dealings: drugs, prostitution and human trafficking. Michael Ritchie's (The Candidate, Fletch) breakneck direction propels the action along with the speed of bullets. From a shoot-out at a country fair to the final cataclysmic showdown, Prime Cut is prime excitement! Punctuated with ruthless performances by Marvin and Hackman and stellar supporting ones by Angel Tompkins (The Don is Dead, Murphy’s Law), Gregory Walcott (Man of the East, The Eiger Sanction) and the great Sissy Spacek (Carrie, The River) in her acting debut. Prime Cut hits hard and cuts deep.

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New on Blu-ray: FLETCH LIVES (1989) Starring Chevy Chase

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Product Description: Fletch fans rejoice! Comedy great Chevy Chase (¡Three Amigos!) returns to the screen as the reckless I.M. Fletcher, investigative reporter, in Fletch Lives. This time, the chameleon-like reporter ventures to Belle Isle, a sprawling 80-acre Louisiana plantation which Fletch inherits from his aunt. Trouble begins when a lovely attorney mysteriously turns up dead, a neighborly lawyer (Hal Holbrook, Creepshow) warns him to leave town, and a ravishing real estate agent comes calling with a persistent offer he may not be able to refuse. Fletch must unravel the reasons for the mad land scramble with his trademark bag of hilarious disguises in this fast-moving comedy-mystery. Directed by Michael Ritchie (Semi-Tough, The Couch Trip), written by Leon Capetanos (Down and Out in Beverly Hills) based on Gregory Mcdonald’s bestselling books, and sporting a spunky supporting cast with Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini, Randall “Tex” Cobb, Cleavon Little, George Wyner, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Belzer and Phil Hartman.

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New on Blu-ray: FLETCH (1985) Starring Chevy Chase

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Product Description: Comedy legend Chevy Chase (Foul Play) is at his fetching best in this suspense-packed and laugh-stacked thriller based on Gregory Mcdonald’s bestseller. Irwin Fletcher, a.k.a. Fletch (Chase), is an investigative reporter who changes his identity more often than his underwear. While working on a drug exposé, Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman (Tim Matheson, Up the Creek) who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily Fletch senses a scam, and soon he’s up to his byline in frame-ups, murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. It’ll be the story of the year, if he can stay alive to meet his deadline! Take fast-paced direction by Michael Ritchie (Prime Cut, Diggstown), add an uproarious screenplay by Andrew Bergman (The In-Laws), sprinkle in a spicy cast with Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, M. Emmet Walsh, George Wendt, George Wyner, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and you’ve got the makings of Chevy’s funniest chase ever!

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New on Blu-ray: THE FANTASTICKS (2000)

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Product Description: An off-Broadway mainstay since it's debut in 1960, the longest-running musical in stage history is deftly transferred to the screen by director Michael Ritchie. Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's timeless boy-meets-girl story features such tunes as "Try to Remember," "Much More," "Soon It's Gonna Rain," "Never Say No," and many more. Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joseph McIntyre, Brad Sullivan star.

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New on Blu-ray: SMILE (1975) Starring Bruce Dern and Barbara Feldon

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Product Description: The town of Santa Rosa is abuzz. That's because it's time again for the yearly Young American Miss Pageant. Talented "misses" from up and down California have gathered for the annual event where they will be choreographed by prickly song and dance man Tommy (Michael Kidd, whose many choreography credits include Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Guys and Dolls), produced by businesslike ex-pageant winner Brenda DiCarlo (Barbara Feldon, TV's Get Smart) and judged by blustery RV salesman and town booster Big Bob Freelander (Bruce Dern, Coming Home, Nebraska, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). Meanwhile, Bob's young son Little Bob (Eric Shea, The Poseidon Adventure) and his pals get into some hormonally-fueled hijinks. Michael Ritchie's (The Candidate, Fletch, and The Bad News Bears) bittersweet satire of this peculiar tradition of small town Americana is a bona fide comedy classic of the New Hollywood era.

The contestants include Melanie Griffith (Something Wild), Annette O'Toole (Superman III), Colleen Camp (Apocalypse Now), and Joan Prather (TV's Eight is Enough). Veteran character players Geoffrey Lewis (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot) and Nicholas Pryor (Risky Business) are part of Bob's cohort. Ritchie's award-winning behind-the-camera collaborators include writer Jerry Belson (TV's The Odd Couple and The Tracey Ullman Show), editor Richard A. Harris (Terminator 2 and Ritchie's Downhill Racer), and director of photography Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood and Fat City). SMILE has been restored from archival elements and comes to Blu-ray for the first time ever.

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New on Blu-ray: WILDCATS (1986) Starring Goldie Hawn

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Product Description: Central High is an inner-city Chicago combat zone sometimes called a school. It has a brawn-before-brains football team of rowdy rappers, bruisers and losers. What's Molly McGrath doing there? Coaching football! All-American charmer Goldie Hawn is Molly, who turns the team's wayward ways into winning plays in this comedy of heart, family and football directed by Michael Ritchie (The Bad News Bears). The Wildcats are a motley crew with a perfect record: zero victories. But when the spunky new coach gets into the groove, the kids start resembling a team and go for the glory! In fact, a pair of these players would later reteam in two box-office hits: Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson (White Men Can't Jump, Money Train).

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New on Blu-ray: THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976) Starring Walter Matthau

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Product Description: THE BELOVED HIT MOVIE that inspired two sequels, a television series, and a remake celebrates 45 years! Walter Matthau is at his absolute best as the grumbling beer-guzzling former minor-league pitcher who gets roped into coaching a band of half-pint misfits. Even with this rag-tag-team in uniform, it’s nearly impossible for anyone to cheer them on. It’s a refreshingly outrageous, utterly believable, and quite cleverly funny tale of baseball dreams and underdog realities.

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New on Blu-ray: THE GOLDEN CHILD (1986) Starring Eddie Murphy - Paramount Presents

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Product Description: Newly remastered from a 4K film transfer, director Michael Ritchie’s hit action-comedy comes to Blu-ray for the first time. Eddie Murphy is “the Chosen One,” a social worker on a madcap mission to find “the Golden Child,” a young boy possessing mystical powers. Joined by Kee Nang (Charlotte Lewis), they’ll battle the countless henchmen of Sardo Numspa (Charles Dance), the mysterious and evil cult leader holding the boy captive. It’s a dangerous quest, complete with obstacle courses and a mythical amulet, sharply combining Murphy’s wit with eye-popping special effects for an unforgettable adventure.

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DVD & Blu-ray: SEMI-TOUGH (1977) Starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson and Jill Clayburgh

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Product Description: From Michael Ritchie, the director of Prime Cut, The Candidate, The Bad News Bears, Fletch and The Couch Trip comes this romantic sports-comedy about a three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the team owner’s daughter. Starring screen legends Burt Reynolds (White Lightning, Gator), Kris Kristofferson (Convoy, Vigilante Force) and Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman, Starting Over), Semi-Tough is an uproarious and bawdy comic free-for-all. Barbara Jane (Clayburgh) and wayward football players Billy Clyde (Reynolds) and Shake (Kristofferson) have been best friends for years. But when Shake finds enlightenment with a wacky philosophy called “IT,” Barbara Jane finds herself falling in love with his new confidence. Soon engaged, Shake and Barbara Jane make a dash for the altar. But as Billy Clyde watches from the sidelines, he suddenly realizes that he wants Barbara Jane too. And when Shake begins to have second thoughts about marriage, Billy Clyde discovers that to score true love, sometimes all you need is a sporting chance and all the right moves. The hilarious cast includes Robert Preston (Junior Bonner), Bert Convy (The Cannonball Run), Roger E. Mosley (TV’s Magnum P.I.), Lotte Lenya (From Russia with Love), Richard Masur (Scavenger Hunt), Carl Weathers (Force 10 from Navarone), Brian Dennehy (F/X), and Ron Silver (Blue Steel), along with a host of real NFL players.

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