Schlock-Wire: Full Specs For Shout Factory’s JACKSON COUNTY JAIL/CAGED HEAT Double Feature DVD!
Here are all the details on a disc that could be one of the top cult DVD releases of the year. It pairs two of New World Pictures’ finest outings, Jackson County Jail and Caged Heat. These critically acclaimed favorites will be treated to new anamorphic transfers and each will feature commentary from the filmmakers. It’s also worth noting that Erica Gavin will be making an appearance on the Caged Heat commentary, something that will no doubt please her fans. Read on for all the women-in-peril details…
ROGER CORMAN’S CULT CLASSICS:
JACKSON COUNTY JAIL / CAGED HEAT!
DOUBLE-FEATURE COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD
PRESENTED IN ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN STORES NATIONWIDE MARCH 22, 2011 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
JACKSON COUNTY JAIL
Advertising executive Dinah Hunter (Yvette Mimieux – The Time Machine) leaves a promising career in Los Angeles to start a new life in New York City . She heads east on a long cross-country drive that becomes a nightmare after she picks up some hitchhikers and finds herself beaten up and stranded in a small town, then is thrown in the jailhouse on vagrancy charges. Dinah finds herself at the mercy of some bad cops, but she finds a way to escape with another prisoner, Coley Blake (Tommy Lee Jones – Rolling Thunder). Now the two embark on a wild car chase with the police … Also starring Robert Carradine, Howard Hesseman and Mary Woronov (Death Race 2000).
Special Features:
JACKSON COUNTY JAIL
- New anamorphic widescreen transfer (1.78:1)
- Audio commentary with director Michael Miller, producer Jeff Begun and director Of photography Bruce Logan
- Leonard Maltin interviews Roger Corman
- Theatrical trailer
- New World trailers
NEW WORLD PICTURES PRESENTS
Yvette Mimieux and Tommy Lee Jones in “ JACKSON COUNTY JAIL ”
Cast: Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine, Frederic Cook, Severn Darden, Howard Hesseman
Music by Loren Newkirk; edited by Caroline Ferriol; director of photography Bruce Logan
Executive producer Roger Corman; written by Donald Stewart, produced by Jeff Begun;
Directed by Michael Miller
CAGED HEAT!
Thrown into the penal hell of Connorville, petty criminal Jacqueline (Erica Gavin) must fight against the ruthless inmates, a cruel warden (Barbara Steele) and her depraved staff. Eventually she forms an uneasy friendship with two hardened inmates. When these three unite, they find themselves on a sexy and violent adventure seeking escape, money and revenge. Also starring Roberta Collins (Death Race 2000) and Rainbeaux Smith (Massacre At Central High). Written and directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence Of The Lambs).
Special Features:
CAGED HEAT
- New anamorphic widescreen transfer (1.78:1)
- Audio commentary with writer/director Jonathan Demme, director of photography Tak Fujimoto and actress Erica Gavin
- Leonard Maltin interviews Roger Corman
- Poster and stills gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- New World trailers
NEW WORLD PICTURES presents CAGED HEAT
Cast: Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith and Barbara Steele as McQUEEN
Director of Photography Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Johanna Demetrakas, Carolyn Hicks, Michal Goldman
Art Director, Eric Thiermann
Music by John Cale
Executive Producer, S.W. Gelfman ; produced by Evelyn Purcell;
Written and directed by Jonathan Demme
SPECIAL FEATURES ARE NOT RATED
1976/1974/Color/JACKSON COUNTY JAIL – 84 min./CAGED HEAT – 79 min.
Shout! Factory will continue to present Roger Corman’s Cult Classics home entertainment releases in 2011. Upcoming highlights include Action-Packed Collection, The Ron Howard Action Pack, The Women in Cages Collection, Battle Beyond the Stars, Black Oak Conspiracy, Savage!, and many others.
