“You can’t backstab someone like Ugo
Piazza! You’d better not even touch someone like Ugo Piazza!”
Arrow
Video is thrilled to announce the release of the first part of Fernando Di
Leo’s Milieu trilogy, Milano Calibro 9, this
gritty, ultra-violent masterpiece will debut on Blu-ray from 15th June
2015.
Boasting
a brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative, this
disc will come loaded with bonus content, including the 2004 making of the film
which brings together interviews with various members of the production team.
Also
included as part of the extra features will be the documentary, Fernando
Di Leo: The Genesis of the Genre which looks back at the filmmaker’s
career and will include an interview with Di Leo himself. Other features
includeScerbanenco Noir, a look into the work and history of Giorgio
Scerbaneco, author of the original Milano Calibro 9novel and an
appreciation of Milano Calibro 9 by Matthew Holness, writer
and star of cult series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
In
addition, the Blu-ray comes with both the US and Italian trailers, a reversible
sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist and
a fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Roberto Curti,
author of Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980, illustrated with
original archive stills and posters.
Synopsis
The
first part in director Fernando Di Leo’s ‘Milieu Trilogy’, Milano
Calibro 9 is a gritty, ultra-violent masterpiece and an essential
entry in the canon of the poliziottesco subgenre (Italian
crime thriller).
Released
after a three-year term in prison for a bungled robbery, Ugo Piazza plans to
lead the straight life for a while. But no sooner is he back on the street than
he’s picked up by a bunch of hoodlums under the employ of his former boss, ‘the
Americano’ – among them, the psychopathic Rocco – who are convinced that Ugo
has stolen $300,000 from them. The gang forces Ugo to resume working for them
in the hope that he’ll eventually lead them to their missing loot.
Eschewing
the sleazier, more exploitative approach of some of its poliziotteschi peers, Milano
Calibro 9 delivers an altogether more thoughtful approach to its
subject matter – although Di Leo is not averse to show-stopping gun fights and
long, lingering shots of the lovely Barbara Bouchet (Don’t Torture a Duckling,
The Black Belly of the Tarantula).
Special
Features
- Brand new 2k restoration of the film from the original camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Newly translated subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Calibro 9 – 2004 making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Fernando Di Leo, stars Barbara Bouchet and Philippe Leroy, and others
- Fernando Di Leo: The Genesis of the Genre – documentary charting the filmmaking career of the Milano Calibro 9 director
- Scerbanenco Noir – a look at the work of Italian crime writer Giorgio Scerbanenco, author of the original Milano Calibro 9 novel
- Gastone Mochin audio interview
- Italia Violenta – Matthew Holness, writer and star of cult television series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, offers up an appreciation of Milano Calibro 9 and the Italian poliziotteschi sub-genre
- US Trailer
- Italian Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist
- Fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Roberto Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980
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