Matinee
HALF MAN... HALF ANT... ALL TERROR!
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 99 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 2016
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
So says the advertising campaign for Mant!, the latest low-budget schlock-horror classic from cigar-chomping producer Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman, The Big Lebowski), who more than makes up for his films' lack of production values by festooning them with gimmicks that would turn even William Castle (The Tingler) green with envy.
But the most potent gimmick of all is accidental: Woolsey schedules a sneak preview of Mant! in Key West, Florida, in October 1962, unaware that the Cuban missile crisis is about to flare up. Will the threat of genuine nuclear war distract the locals from the movie, or will they find it doubly terrifying?
Directed by the legendary Joe Dante (The Burbs), this delightful film isn't just an affectionate love-letter to the sci-fi and horror films that he grew up with in the 1950s and 60s, it's also a witty and intelligent exploration of the way that the most successful genre films worked by preying on the very real fears of their audiences about everything from Soviet satellite launches to atomic mutation.
Special Features:
Paranoia in Ant Vision, a discussion with director Joe Dante about the making of the film
Mant!, the full length version of the film-within-a-film
Discussion with Joe Dante on the effects of Mant!
Vintage making of featurette
Rare on-set footage, sourced from Joe Dante's personal collection
Original theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Video Tracks:
1.85:1 widescreen 1080p
Audio Tracks:
PCM 2.0 Stereo English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Joe Dante
Written By:
Jerico
Charles S. Haas
Starring:
John Goodman
Cathy Moriarty
Simon Fenton
Omri Katz
Lisa Jakub
Kellie Martin
Jesse Lee Soffer
Lucinda Jenney
James Villemaire
Robert Picardo
Jesse White
Dick Miller
John Sayles
Casting By:
Gretchen Rennell
Music From:
Jerry Goldsmith
Director of Photography:
John Hora
Editor:
Marshall Harvey
Costume Designer:
Isis Mussenden
Production Designer:
Steven Legler
Producer:
Michael Finnell
Distributor:
Arrow Video
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