Schlock-Wire: Shout! Factory Busts Out Roger Corman's WOMEN IN CAGES COLLECTION On DVD & Blu-Ray
Big news for fans of women-in-prison films: three important early entries in its 1970's cycle are about to make their return to DVD. Shout! Factory's The Women In Cages Collection will collect three classics from the early days of Roger Corman's New World Pictures: The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage and Women In Cages. Each one will be presented in a new anamorphic transfer and the package will feature extensive extras. Best of all, this set will be available in both DVD and blu-ray formats. Read on for all the babes behind bars details...
ROGER CORMAN’S CULT CLASSICS:
THE WOMEN IN CAGES COLLECTION!
TRIPLE-FEATURE COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD & BLU RAY
Three Times the Action, Three Times the Women, Three Times the Excitement!
All three films in new anamorphic widescreen film transfers
plus all-new special features
DVD IN STORES NATIONWIDE JUNE 21, 2011BLU-RAY™ IN STORES NATIONWIDE AUGUST 23, 2011FROM SHOUT! FACTORYTHE BIRD CAGEInside the hellish women’s prison called The Big Bird Cage, inmates like Terry (Anitra Ford, The Price Is Right) struggles to survive. They get their chance to escape when scheming revolutionary Blossom (Pam Grier) engineers a prison break . . . from the outside in. Also starring Carol Speed (Abby). Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Anitra Ford and Carol Speed. Special Features:THE BIG BIRD CAGE
- Audio Commentary With Director Jack Hill
- Trailer And TV Spot
- Photo Gallery
BIG DOLL HOUSEPam Grier (Jackie Brown) joins a group of sexy, young female prisoners in their struggle against a sadistic warden in Big Doll House. This shockingly real film is perhaps one of the most influential of all women-in-prison films! Also starring Judy Brown, Roberta Collins (Death Race 2000) and Sid Haig (House Of 1,000 Corpses). Directed by Jack Hill (Spider Baby, Foxy Brown with Grier). Starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, Pat Woodell.Special Features:BIG DOLL HOUSE
- Audio Commentary With Director Jack Hill
- Leonard Maltin Interviews Roger Corman
- From Manila With Love – New documentary on the making of The Big Doll House and The Big Bird Cage featuring interviews with director Jack Hill, screenwriter James Gordon White, actors Sid Haig, Judy Brown, Anitra Ford, Roberta Collins, Candice Roman and Teda Bracci, and producers Roger Corman and Jane Schaffer
- Trailer, TV Spot And Radio Spot
- Photo Gallery
WOMEN IN CAGESInnocent Carol Jeffries (Jennifer Gan, Naked Angels) is framed by her drug-dealing boyfriend and ends up in a tough prison in the Philippines jungle in Women In Cages. She must face off against the sadistic warden, Alabama (Grier), who takes great pleasure in alternately seducing and torturing her prisoners. Also starring Judy Brown and Roberta Collins. Directed by Gerry De Leon (Mad Doctor Of Blood Island ). Starring Pam Grier, Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan.Special Features:WOMEN IN CAGES
- Trailer And TV Spot
- Photo Gallery
SF # 12550SRP: $19.93Run Time: 94 minutes (Big Doll House)/81 minutes (Women In Cages/95 minutes (The Big Bird Cage)Shout! Factory will continue to present Roger Corman’s Cult Classics home entertainment releases in 2011. Upcoming highlights include Action-Packed Collection, The Ron Howard Action Pack, The Women in Cages Collection, Battle Beyond the Stars, Black Oak Conspiracy, Savage!, and many others.