Wow ... here's a fun title coming from Unearthed Films in June: Rock and Rule an animated rock and roll musical from the eighties with music by Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry and Cheap Trick. It was released once on VHS in the mid-eighties and then promptly went away. The weird thing is I actually remember seeing this on Canadian television when I was a kid ... the two disc set features the international version along with the longer Canadian version and a slew of extras ... check out the details from the official press release:
Synopsis: Angel, a member of a punk rock band in the apocalyptic future, is kidnapped by Mok, a legendary super rocker. Obsessed with a dark experiment, Mok plans to use Angel's voice to summon a demon from another dimension. The rest of the band follows Mok to Nuke York in an attempt to get her back."
DVD Specs:
Rock and Rule Special Edition
New fully restored High Definition Anamorphic transfer in 1:85:1
An enhanced 5.1 Dolby track and cleaned up 2.0 Dolby track
The Making of Rock and Rule Featurette
Commentary with Director Clive Smith.
Intensive sketch gallery
Deluxe animated menu's
Restoration comparisons
Liner Notes
Rock and Rule 2 Disc Collectors Set
New fully restored High Definition Anamorphic transfer in 1:85:1
An enhanced 5.1 Dolby track and cleaned up 2.0 Dolby track
The Making of Rock and Rule Featurette
Commentary with Director Clive Smith.
Intensive sketch gallery
Deluxe animated menu's
Restoration comparisons
Disc 2
CBC; Original version of Rock and Rule
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
The Making of The Devil and Daniel Mouse Featurette
PDF File of the script
Massive sketch gallery
Alternate Title Sequence
15 Minute workprint ending of Drats
Collectors Booklet
Unearthed doesn't have a trailer up on their site yet but I have managed to turn up this music video (in Real Video) and this trailer (in .avi) that I'll host here until our bandwidth maxes out.
I've been so psyched since Unearthed announced they were handling this. I even dug out the original comic book versin of this the other day to quench my anticipation!
I have the old VHS of this. Funny film, not ha ha funny but silly funny.
well, i am interested in "aftermath" which unearthed are due to issue this summer. no sign of it though. news at the site hasnt been updated this year... i thought their new distribution deal would speed thing up, but obviously not...