Dust Devil: The Final Cut ~ 5-disc boxset in September!
 

I'd seen mention of a director's cut of Dust Devil a while back, and the final specs were announced on Friday. This is a real stunner of a set, especially for the price. :hungry: Not up anywhere (that I could find) for preorder yet, though. :(

From DavisDVD:

Dust Devil: The Final Cut
Limited Edition 5-Disc Boxed Set
Only 10,000 Available For Only $29.95

Subversive Cinema is proud to announce its upcoming release of Richard Stanley's cult favorite Dust Devil: The Final Cut. This is the long-awaited authorized director's cut, supervised by Stanley, and will be out as an exclusive new boxed set in September.

Wendy (David Lynch's Hotel Room) leaves her husband, taking off into the voids of Africa. She picks up a hitchhiker (Robert John Burke; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Munich), a traveling serial killer who snaps photos of his victims before killing them. Wendy does not realize the danger she is in until a police detective (Zakes Mokae; The Comedians, Serpent and the Rainbow) arrives to warn her that her "companion" is something much worse than just a killer -- he is a shape-shifting demon who steals his victims' souls. Soon both the officer and Wendy become the next intended victims of the Dust Devil...

The 5-disc set will feature a brand new high-definition 16x9 widescreen transfer of the complete film. Please note that this is not the same transfer used for the July Region 2 British release, which was taken from a 2001 standard definition transfer. Subversive's version will also boast a new commentary track (again, not the same as the British release) with the director.

In addition, the set will include deleted scenes, a new featurette, a 5.1 mix and the original 2.0 stereo mix, a substantially longer "rough cut," Easter Eggs," and if that weren't enough, this limited edition set will include three of Stanley's most controversial documentaries: The White Darkness (an exclusive to this edition), The Voice of the Moon, and Secret Glory, all with commentaries by Stanley and interviews. Limited to one pressing only of 10,000 units, the set will be priced at $29.95 SRP and streets on September 26, 2006.

DISC ONE - DUST DEVIL: THE FINAL CUT

• 107-min. Director's Cut
• Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
• Hi-Def Transfer Approved by Richard Stanley
• Dolby Digital 5.1 mix
• Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley and Norman Hill
• Richard Stanley Production Diaries: The Making of Dust Devil
• A Demon Reborn: The Final Dust Devil Featurette

DISC TWO - SOUNDTRACK CD

• Original Soundtrack CD by Simon Boswell

DISC THREE - DUST DEVIL: THE WORKPRINT

• 114-min Workprint Reconstruction
• Widescreen Letterboxed (1.85:1, Non-Anamorphic)
• Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix
• Dust Devil Comic Book by Phil Avelli - Story Approved By Richard Stanley

DISC FOUR - DOCUMENTARIES

• VOICE OF THE MOON: Afghanistan Documentary
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley and Norman Hill
• THE WHITE DARKNESS: Haitian Voodoo Documentary
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley
• Richard Stanley Production Diaries: Making of The White Darkness

DISC FIVE - DOCUMENTARIES (cont.)

• THE SECRET GLORY: Neo-Nazi Documentary
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley and Norman Hill
• Richard Stanley Production Diaries: Making of The Secret Glory

Is this worth a blind buy if you're a fan of Hardware?

Does anyone know if Subversive Cinema or any other studio has plans to finally release Hardware on DVD? It would nice to at least have a one disc special edition of that one.

Last I heard, Buena Vista had HARDWARE. They were *this* close to releasing it, but then it got cancelled. It might belong to someone else, but I'm not sure.

I'm sure glad I still have the laserdisc.

Very curious in this one, never seen it. The set sounds great.

DiabolikDVD has it up for preorder for those interested. I placed my order.

Jesus! 5 discs?! Where the hell is Hardware?

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/du...r-p-10092.html

Pre-ordered for $19.95.

They raised the price a couple of dollars from a few days ago...

DDD has it up, as well, at $19.99 and Amazon for $21.99, but I preordered through Xploited since DDD has been pretty slow for me in the past (even when I pay for shipping).

DDD has it listed as Dust Devil LE/3D... I would think that stands for Limited Edition Three Discs.

Amazon also says NUMBER OF DISCS: 3... but then under DVD FEATURES, it says 5 disc box set. Are we certain it's the five disc set in both cases, or is there maybe a smaller one being released at the same time?

Also, I wasn't aware that the only actual movies Richard Stanley made were Dust Devil and Hardware, bot of which I love. All the rest of his films are documentaries and shorts.

Just pre-ordered. Tony's da man.

It's a good movie, but who needs five discs worth of it?

An irrelevant question, really. :) Who's going to shrug off five friggin' discs of quality content for a relatively obscure/cult flick, all for a few bucks more than what you'd pay for a single disc most times? Not I!

Apparently there's a rights hangup with Hardware. Stanley's said that even he's not sure who actually owns the film. On the other hand, he's said the same thing about Dust Devil so a similarly loaded release of Hardware may well be in the pipeline.

True, it is a bargain for five discs, but I'll buy it and probably never look at the extras.

That's not it.
 

Two discs are the film and extras. The extra three discs on the limited edition are some of his documentaries and the soundtrack of the movie. The two documentary discs have their own extras as well:

DISC FOUR - DOCUMENTARIES

• VOICE OF THE MOON: Afghanistan Documentary
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley and Norman Hill
• THE WHITE DARKNESS: Haitian Voodoo Documentary
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley
• Richard Stanley Production Diaries: Making of The White Darkness

DISC FIVE - DOCUMENTARIES (cont.)

• THE SECRET GLORY: Neo-Nazi/Holy Grail Documentary
• Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley and Norman Hill
• Richard Stanley Production Diaries: Making of The Secret Glory

If you like his work, this is a good way to get some things that are hard to find. It's a GREAT deal for fans of the director.

Doesn't the entanglement have something to do with the Weinsteins? I would love to see this get proper treatment.

Is the movie any good? Worthy of a blind buy?

For the price point, I did.

Yes the film is eerie enough to stand up on its own...

But the real question still stands;

Is it a 3 disc or 5 disc SE?

I thought that question was answered.

online I've only seen the 3 disc avaliable...

I'm having a hard time finding anyone that will even carry it...

The one's I've seen are on Ebay.com

I've seen a few very positive reviews pop up online, this being the pick of the litter. Can't wait!

Look at post #7. It has a link to xploitedcinema. Amazon has it. DDD has it (even though it's listed as a 3-disc set).

how did i miss this thread...awesome

But... yet... its... listed... as... 3 disc. hmmm...

I've been hearing about the 5-disc set, where are the sites for the 5-disc set?

Would they not promote it for what it is?

I've seen post #7 and the websites you've mentioned... but they are all listed as the 3 disc.

Xploitedcinema.com is sold out of the 5 disc BTW... and have been for awhile now.


Grrrr.... 5 disc... where are you?

Here's a review:

http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Reviews/A-...ubversive.html

Xploited lists it as out of stock simply because it hasn't been released yet; you can still preorder a copy.

I don't know why DDD and Amazon list the set as being 3 discs as opposed to 5, but further down Amazon's description, it is indeed listed as having five discs and the features are identical:

Deep Discount's site isn't loading for me at the moment so I can't double check their details, but there's only the 5-disc being released, so I have absolutely no doubt this is what DDD will be shipping to me.

Yep,
 

there is NO three disc set. It's because they added two extra discs for the docs after the initial listing for the set. Places just never changed the listing.

Just preordered mine from xploitedcinema.com

This will be my first blind buy in quite a while but from the reviews I've read I think I'll like this one; and the price can't be beat.

How did you "just preorder" it from Xploitedcinema? It has had it listed as "out-of-stock" for the past week.

Read the post by Cosmic Bus a few posts above yours.

Cool, that makes sense.

searched via the UPC code and different sites list as a 3, 4 or 5 disc set including the CD, so I'm pretty sure it's going to be the 5 disc set.

Haven't heard anything about this movie, but for the price and what I'm getting I'm heading to DDD to place an order

I was going to order this from amazon since I have a gift voucher but now its unavailable. what happened?

Looks like it's been cancelled. DDD list it as unavailable also.

:(

More likely...
 

it's sold out. It was a limited edition.

how is it sold out before it's been released? not only that but amazon shows other pre-releases such as calvaire and city of men as not available too. where those sold out as well?

btw, its available at ddd as of this morning.

where does it say 'unavailable' on here http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/redir...fier=SCI400113 ???????

** in any case - i've order a copy - blind buy here.

Placed my order with DDD last night. It could be that since it's a supposed limited release of 10,000 that even though it's a pre-order too that some places might sell out of their allocated amount and not have it listed anymore.

At under $20 and a 5 disc set I'm very curious as to what's in store since I know very little about the movie, but felt it was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

It said "This product is unavailable" last night, now it doesn't. I figured if two sites said the same thing, it must have been delayed for some reason.

Strange.