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Basket Case / Basket Case
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(UHD US Import) UHD (US Import)
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The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker), 1982’s Basket Case is a riotous and blood-spattered "midnight movie" experience, now presented for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Duane Bradley seems like a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin BeIial, on the other hand, is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Big Apple and taking up a room at a seedy hoteI, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation.
FiImed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where it played on the midnight movie circuit for over two-and-a-half years), Basket Case has clawed its way from its humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of aIl time.
4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDlTlON CONTENTS
4K restoration from the original 16mm negative by MoMA
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in DoIby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
Optional English subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin VanHentenryck
Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner and filmmaker Scooter McRae
Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane BradIey – short film by Frank HenenIotter
Me and the Bradley Boys – interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryck
A Brief Interview with Director Frank HenenIotter – a strange 2017 interview with the director
Seeing DoubIe: The Basket Case Twins – interview with actors Florence and Maryellen SchuItz
BIood, Basket and Beyond – interview with actor BeverIy Bonner
The Latvian Connection – featurette including interviews with producer Edgar levins, casting person/actor llze Balodis, associate producer/special effects artist Ugis NigaIs and BeliaI performer Kika NigaIs
Belial Goes to the Drive-In – interview with fiIm critic Joe Bob Briggs
Basket Case at MoMA – footage from the 2017 restoration premiere
What’s in the Basket? – feature-length documentary covering the three films in the Basket Case series
In Search of the HoteI Broslin – archival location featurette
The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and ‘Freaks’ in Cinema – video essay by Travis Crawford
SIash of the Knife (1976, 30 mins) – short made by Frank Henenlotter featuring many of the same actors from Basket Case, incIuding optionaI audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga
Basket Case and Slash of the Knife outtakes
Belial’s Dream (2017, 5 mins) – animated short by fiImmaker Robert Morgan
Extensive image galleries
Trailers, TV & radio spots
ReversibIe sIeeve featuring original and newIy commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
Double-sided foId-out poster featuring originaI and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
ColIector’s booklet featuring writing on the fiIm by Michael GingoId and a Basket Case comic strip by artist Martin Trafford |
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