Directed By… John Mackenzie (Blu-ray) ***Preorder*** 3/25

Renowned director John Mackenzie made his mark on the industry with The Long Good Friday, quickly cementing himself as a director capable of working with big themes and bigger stars. 

This set brings together four of his key feature films:

• The Long Good Friday (1980)
• The Honorary Consul (1983)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Ruby (1992) – Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

Limited Edition 4-Disc Hardbox – 1500 copies only.

The Long Good Friday

Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren star in powerful political drama The Long Good Friday, a brutal depiction of corruption and vengeance in 70s London. 

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organisation, and sets out to eliminate the rat in a ruthless fashion.

Praised by critics on release, the film was listed at number 21 on the BFI’s Top 100 British Films list, and was described by Roger Ebert as “one amazing piece of work, not only for the Hoskins performance but also for the energy of the filmmaking, the power of the music, and, oddly enough, for the engaging quality of its sometimes very violent sense of humor.”

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio commentary by director John Mackenzie
• Bloody Business: Making of The Long Good Friday – documentary
• Interview with casting director Simone Reynolds
• Interview with costume designer Tudor George
• Interview with actor Rob Walker
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Honorary Consul 

John Mackenzie directed Michael Caine, Richard Gere, and reunited with The Long Good Friday star Bob Hoskins for British drama The Honorary Consul, based on the 1973 novel by Graham Greene.

Set in a small, politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half-English and half-Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep the Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley’s wife.

Released as Beyond The Limit in the US, this sizzling drama showcases Mackenzie’s talent for tackling larger political issues through a focused lens. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary by cinema author and critic Matthew Asprey Gear
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Fourth Protocol 

Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, and Ned Beatty star in The Fourth Protocol, a Cold War espionage thriller, directed by John Mackenzie and adapted by Frederick Forsyth from his hit 1984 novel. 

Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.

Also starring Ian Richardson, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, and Ray McAnally.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio commentary by author Frederick Forsyth
• On Location – featurette
• The Forsyth Protocol: The Career of Frederick Forsyth – featurette
• The Fourth Protocol: Filming the Novel – featurette
• Stills Gallery
• Archival Interviews with actor Michael Caine, director John Mackenzie, and author Frederick Forsyth
• Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

Ruby 

Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

Starring Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, and Arliss Howard, Ruby is based on the play of the same name by writer Stephen Davis, described by the New York Times as “crazy as it is, though, ‘Ruby’ is almost rudely entertaining.”

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary by film historian Kevin Lyons
• Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles