This collection of six Nico Mastorakis cult classics offer a satirical skewering of American cinema with a chutzpah that must be seen to be believed!

He's back! One of the most infamous B-movie maestros to have ever sat in a director's chair, Nico Mastorakis returns to Arrow Video with a collection of sci-fi shenanigans and screwball comedies that will take you out of this world!

First up, Nico then shows a more thoughtful side in The Time Traveller, where the widow (Adrienne Barbeau, The Fog) of an astronaut and her young son come across a mysterious man (Keir Dullea, 2001: A Space Odyssey) with uncanny powers on a beach in Greece. The wacky Sky High sees three American jocks on holiday in Greece being handed a tape by a mysterious figure, who begs them to not let it fall into the wrong hands before being shot by an unseen assassin. Featuring an early score from the great Hans Zimmer, Terminal Exposure focuses on two carefree beach photographers, who accidentally photograph a murder and immediately set after the assassin: a tall, gorgeous blonde with a rose tattoo on her behind. Glitch! sees two bumbling burglars whose attempt to throw the house party of the century in the luxury home of a Hollywood producer is foiled by a group of mobsters determined to collect what the producer owes them - no matter what. Take a martial arts school, throw in a snotty rich kid, a clumsy geek, a paranoid survivalist, two beach joggers, a cool secret agent and a mime, and you get Ninja Academy, a madcap karate comedy like no other starring Gerald Okamura (Big Trouble in Little China). Finally, in The Naked Truth, Mastorakis pays homage to a certain Billy Wilder film when two friends decide to pass as women and pose as makeup artists for a local beauty pageant to elude a vicious mafia boss. It seems like the perfect cover, until the mafioso gets the hots for one of them!

Zany, shocking and unhinged, Nico Mastorakis offers a satirical and sardonic skewering of American cinema with a chutzpah that must be seen to be believed!

Media

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Bonus Materials

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations
• Original stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio sound
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Nico’s Self Interviews, six brand new interviews with writer, director and producer Nico Mastorakis where he looks back on how the films in this collection came to be, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and cast and crew interviews
• Dan Hirsch: A Revealing Self-Interview, a brand new interview with the star of Sky High Dan Hirsch looking back on his role in the film
• Gerald Okamura, Ninja Academy’s “Chiba” Remembers, a brand new interview with Gerald Okamura, looking back on his role as Chiba in Ninja Academy, and his career as an actor and martial artist
• Original trailers for each film
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the career Nico Mastorakis by critic Barry Forshaw
• Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Mark Hennessy
•       Robert Caso
•       Keir Dullea
•       Daniel Hirsch
•       Will Egan
•       Steve Donmyer
•       Lou Ferrigno
•       Erik Estrada
•       Billy Barty
•       David Birney
•       Alex Cord
•       Yvonne De Carlo
•       Norman Fell
•        Zsa Zsa Gabor
•       Ted Lange
•       Little Richard
•       Bubba Smith
•       M. Emmet Walsh
•       John Vernon
•       Joe Estevez
•       Hope Marie Carlton
•       Adrienne Barbeau
•       Peter Hobbs
•       Julia Nickson
•       Dick Gautier
•       Teri Weigel
•       Amy Lyndon
•       Gerald Okamura

Director: Nico Mastorakis

Additional Details

Label: Arrow Video

Genre: Cult

Language: English

Run Time: 604 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/30/24

UPC: 760137153702