101 Films presents trailblazing mystery The Last Broadcast (1998). Released on Blu-ray for the first time The Last Broadcast, is title 023 on the 101 Films Black Label on 6th December 2021, Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler’s chilling feature debut is a landmark in the history of the found footage genre. This Limited Edition Blu-ray release includes a new 30 minute interview with the directors, newly-commissioned slipcase artwork from legendary comics artist Stephen R. Bissette, and a booklet with expert writing on the film and the found footage genre from the directors of feature documentary The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021).
In 1995 a four-man team from the cable-access program Fact or Fiction braved the desolate New Jersey Pine Barrens determined to deliver a live broadcast of legendary monster, the Jersey Devil. Only one came out alive. The lone survivor was sentenced to life in prison, but filmmaker David Leigh is convinced that he’s innocent. Could the Jersey Devil still haunt the barrens?
Special Features
• A New Broadcast: Interviews with co-directors Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler (NEW)
• Limited Edition Booklet: Includes ‘Welcome to the Digital Age: The Last Broadcast and the horrors of the Internet’ by Phillip Escott and ‘Fact or Fiction?’ by Sarah Appleton (NEW)
• Commentary with co-directors Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler (1999)
• Commentary with co-directors Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler (2006)
• Behind-the-scenes documentary: Production
• Behind-the-scenes documentary: Post-production
• Behind-the-scenes documentary: Distribution
• Exclusive interviews
• Fact or Fiction: rare clips from the infamous public access show
• Jim Seward: Alive and Well performing two folk songs
• Lucas: What really happened?
• Gallery of Gore: Pine Barrens murder crime scene and autopsy images, Last Broadcast poster and box art from around the globe
• Trailer
N.B. Cover art is ‘clean’, with title on an external sticker
Specifications
Cat no.: 101BL023
Certificate: 15
Discs: 1
Runtime: 86’46” (feature), 93′ 16″ (extras)
Aspect ratio: 4:3 Pillarbox
Region: Region free
Sound: Dual Mono PCM
Language: English
Subtitles: English HOH
101 Films will release THE LAST BROADCAST on Blu-Ray in the UK on 6th December 2021
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Note to those of you in North America; there will be a 101 Films US release with identical packaging and content early in 2022.