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101 Films Blu-ray Releases

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British label 101 Films will add a number of new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. Amongst them are Jonathan Kaplan's Truck Turner (1974), Larry Peerce's Two-Minute Warning (1976), and Robert Mandel's F/X (1986).

Two-Minute Warning

Synopsis: A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston Planet of the Apes) and SWAT commander Sergeant Button (John Cassavetes Rosemary s Baby), learn of the plot and rush to the scene. Still, they may be too late, as an all-star cast finds itself lined up in the sights of a madman. The gunman has his pick of the targets, the Mayor, the President or merely the innocent? Either way he has to be stopped before all hell breaks loose.

STREET DATE: APRIL 17.

F/X

Synopsis: Special effects expert Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is widely acknowledged as the best in the business. Hired by the Justice Department to fake the death of Mafia boss-turned-informant Nicholas DeFranco, Rollie pulls the job off without a hitch. However, when the Mafioso kingpin goes missing for real, it is the SFX man who is collared for his murder. On the run from both the police and the mob, Rollie now has to rely on his skills of deception in order to survive. Dare to be duped! The world of movie make-believe meets the gritty New York crime scene in this taut and clever suspense movie. Bryan Brown (Cocktail) and Brian Dennehy (First Blood) command the heart-pounding action in the first-class, crackling excitement of F/X. Rollie Tyler (Brown) is the best special effects artist in showbiz. But this time it's not the studios seeking him out.... it s the Justice Department. His assignment: to stage the assassination of an important underworld witness. And after he pulls the illusion off, making the informant disappear - Rollie is dumbfounded to learn that he is being pinned for the murder! Double-crossed and now hunted by those who hired him, Rollie quickly learns that he can trust no one...and that the only thing that can save his life is his unequalled mastery of illusion.

STREET DATE: APRIL 3.

F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion

Synopsis: Follow-on from the 1986 film 'FX - Murder by Illusion' in which Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now semi-retired. However, his girlfriend s ex-husband talks him out of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a police-sting operation. When the latter is murdered, Tyler investigates; with the help of his old police partner (Brian Dennehy) and soon they are trapped in a dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit. Brian Brown and Brian Dennehy are back for an all-new action-thriller that continues the F/X saga with stylish wit, unrelenting suspense and amazing high-tech action. Five years after his first deadly adventure, Rollie Tyler (Brown) has left the special effects business and now designs sophisticated toys for a living. But when his girlfriend's ex-husband (Tom Mason), a police detective, persuades him to devise an illusion to capture a serial killer, Rollie is once again lured into the lethal world of make-believe. And soon, he finds himself trapped in a murderous maze of deceit and treachery in which he must depend on his ingenious tricks - and his friendship with detective Leo McCarthy (Dennehy) - to expose a terrifying underworld conspiracy... but only if he can stay alive!

STREET DATE: APRIL 3.

Truck Turner

Synopsis: Bounty hunter Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes - Shaft) almost always finds his target, but his latest prize -- a pimp called Gator (Paul Harris Across 110th Street) -- is killed while Turner is chasing him. Gator's girl, Dorinda (Nichelle Nichols Star Trek), vows to avenge his death and offers ownership of her successful call girl operation to anyone who can knock off Turner. Upscale pimp Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto - Alien) steps in, upping the ante with professional assassins. Turner, however, isn't going down easily.

STREET DATE: APRIL 10.

Earthquake

Synopsis: This essential 1970s disaster epic, with a script co-authored by Mario Puzo (The Godfather), centers around a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles and the shocking aftermath it causes. The all-star cast is led by Charlton Heston as a construction engineer whose marital problems supply him with plentiful stress before the quake even hits. The film was presented theatrically with a sound process known as "Sensurround" which caused cinemas to physically vibrate during quake sequences. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Cinematography. Academy Awards: Best Sound.

STREET DATE: APRIL 24.

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