Bava's Erik the Conquerer DVD

[Crystal Plumage]

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/erik-conqueror-mario-bava-p-10822.html

DVD FEATURES
Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen (2.35:1) Version
English, Italian and German audio options
Trailer
"Mario Bava enthüllt die Magie seiner Werke" (Mario Bava Speaks) - Mario Bava documentary (50 Mins) (Italian with optional English or German subtitles)

I'm interested :D

[Dwhots]

I just ordered this a few days ago, I'm looking forward to seeing a Bava film I have never seen. What a wonderful Xmas it will be.

[X-human]

Tim Lucas did a preview of the disc over on his blog:
http://videowatchdog.blogspot.com/2006/11/erik-conquers-dvd-on-import.html

This looks like a must get based on the extras alone.

[Crystal Plumage]

Well,at this moment we all know it's coming by AB this October.But for some reason nobody (to my knowledge anyway) posted the cover for the new Erik release (though I have come across it somewhere else):

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/CDUCoverArt/video/Large/7462901.jpg

I like it.
And for those who missed it:
ERIK THE CONQUEROR (which will be the complete original export version, not the AIP reduction) will be released separately at the same time, also with a commentary by me, which I'll be recording before the end of this week. The closing shot and end card of the film (curiously missing from the German DVD release) has been restored, which should make this gorgeous-looking release of even greater interest to collectors.

*SNIP*

In addition to my own feature-length audio commentary, I provided to the disc's producers a special bonus: a 28-minute excerpt from my 1989 telephone interview with Cameron Mitchell! This material focuses specifically on ERIK and Cameron's warm feelings about Bava himself, whom he described to me as "one of my favorite people on the planet."

I didn't know whether producer Perry Martin would want to use the interview as a separate audio feature, or if he might want to shuffle my commentary and the interview together, but he tells me he's done a little of both. The bulk of the interview will be included as a separate audio option, but those parts that specifically discuss certain scenes in the picture will be mixed in with my commentary. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing the final results, and I'm delighted that Cameron's personal comments about Bava's best swashbuckler are being preserved for posterity on what promises to be a fantastic release.

Thanks to Tim Lucas (http://videowatchdog.blogspot.com/search?q=erik)(and NO I didn't copy/paste the whole thing!)


Already preordered this one.Looking forward to it!

[Crystal Plumage]

Got mine in the mail today.
Haven't checked it out but I will soon.

[Shock Waves]

Got mine in the mail today.
Haven't checked it out but I will soon.

Look forward to your thoughts on this. Right up my alley , this.

[ReelFear]

i got this DVD and the Bava box set 2 as well. now i can start to immerse myself in Bava while reading the Tim Lucas book in the coming weeks.

[Crystal Plumage]

Review:
http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies2007/erik_conqueror.htm

[wago70]

Okay! I had no idea about this film coming out! Those types of movies are so much to watch at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks for the headsup. Love the retro art. I was thinking it was a John Cleese film by the sound of the title. Glad I looked a little closer at the thread!

[Crystal Plumage]

I'm halfway through this film and I like it a lot.