Threads (BBC goes end of the world) 30 January 2018, USA

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Next to Peter Watkins's The War Game this was the nuclear film that scared me the most as a young teen. Severin are releasing it in 2 versions including one with a lenticular case.

Severin's site

Extras:
Audio Commentary with Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse and Severin Films’ David Gregory
Audition For The Apocalypse: Interview With Actress Karen Meagher
Shooting The Annihilation: Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn
Destruction Designer: Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard
Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower
US Trailer

Amazon lenticular
Diabolik lenticular
Severin lenticular
Severin standard


Severin have some releases in the UK (including the brilliant Killing of America and weird Bag Boy Lover Boy) but no sign of Threads so far on the UK online Pornographer in Chief's website http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/threads-1987
 
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Possibly the most horrific film ever made.

The artwork is crap though, doesn't have any resemblance to the film at all. Doesn't look like Sheffield to me.
 
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It does look a bit like an amalgam however if you search the image on Google it comes up with "Sheffield City Hall". No idea if part of it is there or they've just photoshopped it to meh. I suppose too it's got to be bland for Merkins.

No shortage of interesting artwork I'd hope the BFI would use something like:
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WowHD is listing this now LE or standard release
 
Funny thing is it's Bradford City Hall, not Sheffield. ;)
 
Is this region locked or region free as confused as...
 
Funny thing is it's Bradford City Hall, not Sheffield. ;)

Well spotted. It could be mistaken for the 19th century Sheffield Town Hall with the Peace Gardens in front, but I didn't think it looked quite right. I'm not sure that any of these actually appear in the film; in this clip of the bombing and explosions it momentarily shows the mid-1970s "egg box" style Sheffield Town Hall extension being destroyed at 4:16 (in real life this building has since been demolished and the gardens also had a major redesign).
 
We were made to watch Threads in an English lesson, 1986/7, and it scared the bejebus out of us. One way to shut a load of noisy kids up.
 
That's very interesting our Modern Studies teacher let us watch it along with other stuff like Meantime and Made in Britain. My favourite teacher. Mr Monty.


Is this region locked or region free as confused as...

This is the a US release. I have 2 other US Severin tiles (The Stunt Man & Lost Souls) both play on a UK machine.

Multi-region = make your life easier it will. A lighter wallet too :D
 
Well spotted. It could be mistaken for the 19th century Sheffield Town Hall with the Peace Gardens in front, but I didn't think it looked quite right. I'm not sure that any of these actually appear in the film; in this clip of the bombing and explosions it momentarily shows the mid-1970s "egg box" style Sheffield Town Hall extension being destroyed at 4:16 (in real life this building has since been demolished and the gardens also had a major redesign).

Peace Gardens? In this?

Bri
 
Peace Gardens? In this?

Bri

I know, "the irony".....I get the same chills Bri when I watch Das Boot and Apocalypse Now. I get it, but I don't have the smarts to explain why I feel the way I do, I just get it.
 
Peace Gardens?

In the foreground of the standard edition cover in the first post - compare to:
Peace Gardens - Wikipedia

The lenticular limited edition cover in the third post mostly has destruction there!

Yet what are these images - have they just photo-shopped them up out of nowhere?
 
Just checked on Severin Fb page. Region Free. I have ordered from Amazon

Cheers, looking for standard blu ray only and WowHD seems the cheapest option but reading they are hit and miss these days. Only ever used them once years ago and no issues then.
 
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15% off using code EGGNOG at DeepDiscount the lenticular takes me to less than £20 with my currency fee free card.

Don't add anything else to the basket it seems to mess with the discount. I got:

Threads $23.78
Blu-ray Release date: 1/30/2018
663390002179
Promo Code: EGGNOG -$3.57
International Shipping $5.98
Order total: $26.19



Standard edition here works out at $23.64 shipped (£17.70 on today's £/$ with no fee).
 
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Funny thing is it's Bradford City Hall, not Sheffield. ;)

You appear to be correct. I live in Sheffield and there is a resemblance..

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But this is Sheffield Town Hall..

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And here is Bradford City Hall..

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Its definitely Bradford City Hall on the cover.
 
I see this has been delayed until the middle of February.

The LE lenticular has also dropped to £15.57 at WowHD here or £13.92 for the standard here
 
I e-mailed them about the cover picture when it was first mentioned upthread, but didn't receive a reply.
 
I can tell you if I lived in Sheffield I'd be angry as the prevert Ruskies might look at that front cover and program their inter-continental ballistic missiles to the wrong place!

How very dare they!
 
If considering this release, it might be worth waiting on Peter Crocker's upcoming UK restoration from Simply Media due in a couple of months time; unfortunately only scheduled for DVD however it's been suggested that the source material could be better and the clean-up is also in safe hands...

Mr Sheen said:
From what I’ve seen of the source material, the Simply DVD upscaled may well be better than the US BD. Possibly not, but GIGO usually applies. I’ll be interested in reviews from critical (and even uncritical) eyes.

Also the BD is 23.98, whereas the DVD will be the native 25fps frame rate.

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Simply Media on Twitter
Threads (Special Edition) [2xDVD] £19.99 pre-order
 
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When I think of Simply Media it's more:

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Better artwork apart from the BBC sci-fi font -that's very interesting news. Simply Media's catalogue looks very much like a DVD distributor only like quite a few lazy UK companies. I'm sure they do all those catalogues that Daily Mail readers like getting through their door. They do have a Anti-Corruption and Bribery Policy PDF on their site so it's not all bad news.

Nothing new on the Pornographer-in-Chief's (formerly known as the BBFC) website about extras but I'd definitely double dip if they have something interesting. I remember a BBC documentary years ago featuring Threads.

Interesting tidbit on the director:

Blu-ray Review: THREADS Still Destroys

At a recent screening of Threads at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, Mick Jackson (who was on hand for a q&a) told the crowd that we haven't been so close to annihilation since 1953.

Hopefully that Q&A has been professionally filmed so we can enjoy it.
 

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