Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has tabbed Dec. 17 as the street date for both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray editions of director Marco Brambilla’s futuristic sci-fi thriller, Demolition Man, starring Wesley Snipes and Sylvester Stallone.
This is a new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative.
The production problems, beginning with the script (and re-writes) as well as the casting are of Hollywood legend. The film went $20 to $30 million over budget and still made money.’
Imagine Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme as Spartan and Phoenix — maybe that works, who knows. Didn’t happen. Both Stallone and Snipes said no, no, no and yet they finally came around.
Sandra Bullock (pre-Speed) got a huge break when Lori Petty, fresh from A League of Their Own, couldn’t get along with Stallone and was fired 48 hours into the production!!
When all was said and done … Demolition Man worked!!
As to bonus goodies, there are three separate commentary options. The first is an archived commentary featuring Brambilla and producer Joel Silver, while the other two are both new — Brambilla teams with screenwriter Daniel Waters and film historian Mike White provides the third.
Additional bonuses include five featurettes — “Demolition Design,” “Cryo Action,” “Biggs’ Body Shoppe,” “Tacos and Hockey Pucks” and “Somewhere Over the Rambo.”
