June 25, 2009

E1 has announced Tom Loughlin's Billy Jack quartet - The Born Losers (1967), Billy Jack (1971), The Trial of Billy Jack (1974), and Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) - will return to DVD Aug. 5th in a 4-disc set titled The Complete Billy Jack Collection, and will retail for $36.99 in Canada. Billy Jack was originally released by Warner Bros., whereas the full quartet made its DVD debut in a boxed set from Ventura, back in 2000 and again in 2005 in a remastered 35th Anniversary Edition. Whereas E1's Billy Jack will include 2 filmmaker commentary tracks (recorded for the 2000 and 2005 editions) on both the DVD ($18.99) and Blu-ray ($29.99) editions, there are no details regarding specific extras for the other three films.

E1 will also distribute Blue Underground's BR edition of Circle of Iron, staring John Carradine, slated to street June 30th.

Alliance will release the powerful drama Polytechnique Aug. 25th on DVD and BR, although there's no word on whether either release will include the English and French versions shot simultaneously.

Maple Picturtes is releasing a trio of horror films this summer on DVD: Frayed (Aug. 25), Last Resort (Aug. 11), and Cravings (Aug. 4), starring Jaime Winstone (Dead Set, Donkey Punch). On Sept. 15, Season 1 of Mick Garris' NBC TV series Fear Itself (2008) arrives on DVD in a 4-disc set, while a Special Edition of Mad Monster Party is released Sept. 8.

The label also brings the 1954 Kirk Douglas classic Ulysses (Aug. 4) back in print on DVD.

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