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The Italian Connection Blu-Ray - Limited Edition

The Italian Connection Blu-Ray - Limited Edition

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This Limited Edition release includes :

  • Limited edition booklet with new writing by Italian crime expert Austin Fisher

In the 1970s the crime film flourished in Italy as the country went through years of political and social unrest, the so-called ‘Years of Lead’. Italian movie producers would capitalise on these times by producing cheap, violent movies about national organised crime and corruption, establishing the genre of the poliziotteschi. One of the most celebrated poliziottesco directors was Fernando Di Leo, a director as concerned with telling entertaining stories as he was with creating socially relevant backdrops. In Di Leo’s The Italian Connection, the New York mob dispatch two hitmen (Henry Silva, The Boss and Woody Strode, Once Upon a Time in the West) to apprehend pimp Luca Canali (Mario Adorf, Milano Calibro 9), who they believe to have stolen a shipment of heroin. The local mob also join the hunt, but despite being outnumbered Luca refuses to go quietly and fights back against his pursuers, leading a thrilling series of chases and shootouts, and a trail of bloody destruction. A noted influence on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, this is the poliziottesco at its most entertaining and action-packed. 

SKU: 5060974689941

Details

Actors: Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode

Director: Fernando Di Leo

Special Features: ...And a Tiny Bullet for a Tiny Kitten: A new visual essay by Howard S. Berger on Di Leo’s use of deadpan farce and absurdism in his social critiques of post-war Italy in his milieu trilogy, Archival documentary The Roots of the Mafia (26 mins)

Release Year: 1972

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More Information

Format: Blu-Ray

Label: Radiance Films

Region Coding: Region Free

Language: English, Italian

Subtitles: English

Case Type: Blu-Ray Case

Genre:

  • Action
  • Crime
  • Thriller

Technical Details

Run Time: 96 mins

Aspect Ratio: 1.90:1

Video Format: PAL

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