Hell Drivers

[nobby56]

Play. com., 2- special edition, due for release on 19th. March.


Cheers,

nobby

[DB7]

Wonder what they've uncovered to make it a 2-disc SE?

My existing 1-disc copy has a trailer, on-set report and a brief interview with Stanley Baker.

Nice cover art tho...

[John Hodson]

From Zeta Minor:

Two-disc set featuring a play starring Stanley Baker ("Who Killed Lamb?" - sometimes regarded as part of the "Thriller" series) ; a 1965 episode of "Danger Man" starring Patrick McGoohan ("Loyalty Always Pays"); behind-the-scenes featurette and Baker newsreel footage. (All TBC)

[nobby56]

Thanks for that John. That's a good little website too!

Cheers,

nobby

[DB7]

Originally Posted by John Hodson From Zeta Minor: Two-disc set featuring a play starring Stanley Baker ("Who Killed Lamb?" - sometimes regarded as part of the "Thriller" series) ; a 1965 episode of "Danger Man" starring Patrick McGoohan ("Loyalty Always Pays"); behind-the-scenes featurette and Baker newsreel footage. (All TBC)

Sounds like the extras from the previous dvd and some miscellaneous material. Bit of a jib in truth.

[smudge]

Originally Posted by DB7 Sounds like the extras from the previous dvd and some miscellaneous material. Bit of a jib in truth.

Yersss....

Glad I didn't go off and order this one. This seems to be Network's new hobby - sticking an episode of an already released series (with a particular player in it) as an extra.

But, on the other side of things, they do occasionally put out a 'proper' extra which then makes you want to see the rest of the series from which it comes ; as in the Nigel Green/Yootha Joyce episode of CONCEPTIONS OF MURDER they put out on their COUNTESS DRACULA SE.

Some of their archive interview snippets are good too.

If anybody who doesn't yet have HELL DRIVERS buys it, I would be interested to know if the featurette and SB interview ARE the same as on the earlier SE...

SMUDGE

[Jim]

Originally Posted by smudge Yersss.... Glad I didn't go off and order this one. This seems to be Network's new hobby - sticking an episode of an already released series (with a particular player in it) as an extra. But, on the other side of things, they do occasionally put out a 'proper' extra which then makes you want to see the rest of the series from which it comes ; as in the Nigel Green/Yootha Joyce episode of CONCEPTIONS OF MURDER they put out on their COUNTESS DRACULA SE. Some of their archive interview snippets are good too. If anybody who doesn't yet have HELL DRIVERS buys it, I would be interested to know if the featurette and SB interview ARE the same as on the earlier SE... SMUDGE

Smudger, what is your avatar? I can't make it out!

[smudge]

Originally Posted by Jim Smudger, what is your avatar? I can't make it out!

Morning Jim !

There are some (vague) film & TV connections here, I assure you.

On the left is our late and much lamented tomcat, Mr Steed, AKA The Stig - a nickname he acquired after he used to love foraging round the compost heap at the bottom of the garden (i.e. Stig Of The Dump !)

He passed away last October, but his twin sister, Tara, is still with us. When we got their first tags inscribed as kittens some 15+ years ago, the bloke in the shop instantly recognised THE AVENGERS connection.

On the right is Hepworth. He was meant to be a draught excluder, but ended up on the back of the sofa, where Stig used to snuggle up with him - I swear he thought it was a real cat. Hepworth is so called as he was bought in a sale at Beales department store, in Walton-on-Thames.

Beales stands on Hepworth Way, on the site of the old Walton Film Studios, so when Mrs. Smudge decided we should keep him as a 'cuddly' rather than an excluder, he was christened after his roots and that pioneer of British cinema.

Here's Stig with his mate Nigel the dragon :




Simple, once you know.... :

SMUDGE

[Lord Brett]

Has anyone actually bought the new addition yet? I'm a huge fan of Stanley Baker, but I've already got the old version and I've already got Who Killed Lamb from network's Thriller megaset, so the extra-extras will have to be really impressive.

Who on earth has done the audio commentary? Doris Stokes?

[julian_craster]

Hell Drivers
Special Edition

Extras on 2 x DVD edition

A feast of goodies for fans or Wales's greatest actor SIR STANLEY BAXTER....

A gritty classic, HELL DRIVERS was directed with verve by Cy Endfield (Zulu) who also co-wrote the BAFTA-nominated screenplay with John Kruse (The Saint). As well as top-flight performances from both Baker and McGoohan, the leads are ably supported by Herbert Lom (The Pink Panther), Peggy Cummins (Night of the Demon), Sid James (Carry On), Gordon Jackson (The Professionals), David McCallum (Sapphire and Steel) and Sean Connery (James Bond).

Special features:

• Audio commentary • Location report – Looking on Hell Drivers
• Interview with Stanley Baker – The Stanley Baker Story
• Stills gallery
• Comic Strip gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Commemorative booklet
• PDFs of original PR material
• Who Killed Lamb? A Thriller starring Stanley Baker
• Danger Man: Loyalty Always Pays
• Mute news footage of Stanley Baker unveiling a plaque at his birthplace
• Bruce Lewis interview Stanley Baker about the violence in his films (1960s) • Return to the Rhondda – a documentary featuring Stanley Baker from 1965


Technical Information

Format: DVD
Classification: 12
Number of Discs: 2
Picture: 1.85:1 / Black and White
Sound: Mono / English
Subtitles: None
Region: 2 / PAL
Running Time: 103 mins approx + extras

[julian_craster]

WHAT A CAST !
STANLEY BAXTER and JOAN CRAWFORD in the same film

[smudge]

Is that a wind-up ?

SMUDGE

(If not, they even managed to mis-spell PLEASENCE....)

[DB7]

Originally Posted by smudge Is that a wind-up ? SMUDGE (If not, they even managed to mis-spell PLEASENCE....)

Stanley Baxter?

[smudge]

Originally Posted by DB7 Stanley Baxter?

Doh !!

Friday 13th.....

[JamesM]

Stanley Baxter and Joan Crawford according to Tower

Tower Records Dublin Ireland : STANLEY BAXTER/JOAN CRAWFORD HELL IS A CITY[DVD] CINEMA CLUB

It seems some retailers switched to the VHS cover