Drafthouse Films nabs “Ms. 45” Abel Ferrara cult revenge thrillerOctober 9, 2013 - 09:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Drafthouse Films reached back into the vaults to snap up rights to the 1981 revenge thriller Ms. 45, the second film directed by Abel Ferrara after his 1979 horror pic The Driller Killer, Deadline said. The rape and revenge flick follows a mute garment district seamstress (Zoë Lund) who suffers a string of sexual assaults that transform her into a one-woman homicidal angel of vengeance targeting the city’s male population. Ms. 45 bombed upon initial release but subsequently built a cult following, and the vision of Lund packing a pistol in a nun’s habit in the film’s bloody Halloween night scene became an iconic moment in exploitation cinema. (Lund later co-scripted the career-defining Bad Lieutenant for Ferrara.) Drafthouse Films will release Ms. 45 to theaters in a new HD remastering in December accompanied by an uncut DVD and Blu-ray release for the first time in North America. UK specialty label Death Waltz Records will also release the Ms. 45 soundtrack for the first time ever. Drafthouse’s Evan Husney and James Emanuel Shapiro negotiated the deal with David Kravis of Coastline Licensing International, Inc. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |