***SOLD OUT LIMITED 2000 EDITION + RARE EMBOSSED SLIPCOVER***
Brand New & Factory Sealed
Blu-Ray + DVD Combo
Blu-Ray is Region Free & plays worldwide
Ships Worldwide
Will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box
First time on Blu-Ray - Newly scanned & restored in 4k from it's 35mm original camera negative plus some nice Bonus Features!
If you're a fan of gritty, violent boxing or the 70s Blaxploitation genre you're going to want this in your collection!
Leon Isaac Kennedy stars as Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone who, after unwittingly getting involved with a prostitute and attempting to save her from being assaulted by a John, which turns deadly, finds himself charged with a murder he didn't commit. Locked up in the state penitentiary, Martel is forced to fend for himself among hardened criminals, until he's introduced to the underground and lucrative world of in-prison boxing.
Director Jamaa Fanaka's breakout action hit, PENITENTIARY, remains one of the seminal late period 'Blaxploitation' films. Gritty, violent, and maddeningly entertaining, Vinegar Syndrome presents the Blu-ray debut of this genre film classic, newly restored in 4k from its original 35mm camera negative and filled with both all new and archival interviews with its cast and crew.
Directed by: Jamaa Fanaka
Starring: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White, Thommy Pollard, Donovan Womack, Gloria Delaney, Badja Djola, Chuck Mitchell
1979 / 99 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR
Special Features
-Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo pack
-Newly scanned and restored in 4k from the 35mm original camera negative
-Archival commentary track with Jamaa Fanaka (writer / producer / director)
-Commentary track with Sergio Mims (second assistant director)
-"Too Sweet for Penitentiary" - interview with Leon Isaac Kennedy (lead actor)
-"Filming Penitentiary" - interview with Marty Ollstein (cinematographer)
-"Producing Penitentiary" - interview with Alicia Dhanifu (producer)
-Original theatrical trailer
-English SDH Subtitles