HARLEQUIN - Blu-ray LE [US]

THIS PRODUCT LISTING IS FOR THE BLU-RAY EDITION OF THIS TITLE. THE 4K UHD LISTING CAN BE FOUND HERE.

(Simon Wincer, 1980, 96 mins)
Release date: 18 March 2025
Limited Edition Blu-ray

Robert Powell (The Survivor), David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear), Carmen Duncan (Turkey Shoot), and Broderick Crawford (The Mob) star in Harlequin, a mysterious and fantastical thriller from director Simon Wincer (Snapshot) and writer Everett De Roche (Roadgames).

When eccentric faith healer Gregory Wolfe (Powell) apparently cures the terminally ill son of Senator Nick Rast (Hemmings), Rast’s wife (Duncan) places her faith in Wolfe’s powers. But when Wolfe begins meddling in sensitive government business, political fixer Doc Wheelan (Crawford) decides to make the problem go away...

Inspired by Rasputin’s influence over the Russian court, Harlequin (released in the US as Dark Forces) is a classic Australian chiller from producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick).

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
  
• Original mono audio
  
• Audio commentary with director Simon Wincer and producer Antony I Ginnane (2004)
  
• ‘Not Quite Hollywood’ Interviews (2008, 52 mins): extensive selection of outtakes from Mark Hartley’s acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Wincer, Ginnane, screenwriter Everett De Roche, and actor Gus Mercurio
  
• Archival Interview with David Hemmings and Robert Powell (1980, 6 mins): the British actors in conversation with broadcaster Anne Wills
  
• Archival Interview with Everett De Roche (2007, 6 mins): the prolific writer discusses his career with Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah
  
• Archival Audio Interview with Simon Wincer (1979, 76 mins): the Harlequin director talks to filmmaker Rod Bishop and Peter Beilby, co-creator of Cinema Papers
  
• Archival Audio Interview with Associate Producer Jane Scott (1979, 52 mins)
  
• Archival Audio Interview with Production Designer Bernard Hides (1979, 35 mins)
  
• More Than Magic (2025, 16 mins): appreciation by film historian Stephen Morgan
  
• Destruction from Down Under (2018, 16 mins): writer Kim Newman revisits the Australian genre film boom of the 1970s and 1980s
  
• Isolated score
  
• Australian theatrical trailers
  
• US Dark Forces theatrical trailer
  
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
  
• Script galleries: dialogue continuity and screenplay
  
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Julian Upton, exclusive extracts from producer Antony I Ginnane’s unpublished memoirs, an archival interview with Ginnane, and film credits
  
• Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US

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