Via Vision Entertainment has announced its upcoming movie releases under the ‘Imprint‘ label for October 2025.
John Huston and some classic and well-loved films of the late 90s are on the Imprint label releases this month. A box set containing three of the director’s films; there are new releases of K-PAX, Nick Nolte starring Afterglow, and the Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer starring Frankie and Johnny.
If you like the look of this month’s releases, you can save money by pre-ordering them in a package.
Here’s all the information on October’s releases, along with links to pre-order them.
Directed By… John Huston (1979 – 1987) – Imprint Collection #481 – 483
This collection contains three films from John Huston’s career.
Wise Blood (1979)
John Huston directs Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Amy Wright, and Harry Dean Stanton in this darkly comic adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s acclaimed novel.
Fresh out of the army and drifting, Hazel Motes is young, poor, and determined to make his mark. Landing in the small town of Taulkinham, he founds the Church Without Christ, a provocative mission that draws eccentric followers.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
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- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film writer and author Martyn Conterio
- NEW Video Essay by author and critic Kat Ellinger
- Interview with actor Brad Dourif
- Interview with writer Benedict Fitzgerald
- Interview with writer / producer Michael Fitzgerald
- Interview with actress Amy Wright
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Under The Volcano (1984)
Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palme d’Or, Under The Volcano is a haunting portrait of alcoholism and self-destruction, starring the great Albert Finney, alongside Jacqueline Bisset and Anthony Andrews.
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of the Dead, we are taken through the surreal final days of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
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- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Video Essay by film critic Stephen A Russell
- Notes from Under The Volcano – 1984 feature documentary
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
The Dead (1987)
The Huston family came together for John Huston’s last outing as a director, with his son Tony Huston penning the script, and starring his daughter Anjelica Huston.
After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
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- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film writer and author Martyn Conterio
- NEW Interview with author Guy Adams
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Aspect Ratio: TBC
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Limited Edition 3-Disc Hardbox – 1500 copies only.
Buy HereLast Exit To Brooklyn (1989) – Imprint Collection #484
Praised by critics and audiences alike, Last Exit To Brooklyn is a disturbing, dark drama, filled with violence, angst, and heartbreak. Set against the bleak industrial backdrop of 1950s Brooklyn, director Uli Edel (The Baader Meinhof Complex) presents a confronting view of broken dreams and dog-eat-dog survival.
A gang of young hoodlums, a down-and-out call girl, an alcoholic father, and a low-level union official attempt to survive the harsh underbelly of lower-class 1950s Brooklyn.
Disc One – Blu-ray
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Special Features TBC
- Audio Commentary by director Uli Edel and screenwriter Desmond Nakano
- The Making of Last Exit to Brooklyn – documentary
- Hubert Selby Jr.: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow – documentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Promotional Reel
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Disc Two – Blu-ray Special Features
- The Director Uli Edel: Facts and Fiction – feature documentary
- More Special Features TBC
- Audio interviews with author Hubert Selby Jr., director Uli Edel and film critic Michael Silverblatt
Limited Edition 2-Disc Hardbox – 1500 copies only.
Buy HereFrankie and Johnny (1991) – Imprint Collection #485
Garry Marshall directs Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, reuniting after Scarface, in a joyous 90s romcom adapted by Terrence McNally from his own stage play.
After Frankie, a waitress at an N.Y.C. coffee shop, suffers a series of hurtful relationships, the last thing she’s looking for is a new man… until he comes looking for her.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Scott Harrison
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Worldwide first on Blu-ray – 1500 copies only.
Buy HereAfterglow (1997) – Imprint Collection #486
A heartwarming drama starring Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle and Jonny Lee Miller, written and directed by Alan Rudolph (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle) and produced by Hollywood legend Robert Altman.
When two married couples – an older one with a painful past, and a younger one with an uncertain future – find their lives intertwining, infidelity threatens to tear them all apart.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary featuring film scholar Adrian Martin
- Interview with producer Robert Altman
- Interview with writer/director Alan Rudolph
- Interview with actress Julie Christie
- Interview with actor Nick Nolte
- Interview with actress Lara Flynn Boyle
- Interview with actor Johnny Lee Miller
- Trailer
- Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
1500 copies only.
Buy NowK-Pax (2001) – Imprint Collection #487
Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges star in this 2000s sci-fi mystery that will keep you guessing to the end.
Prot seems to be human but claims to be an alien from planet K-PAX. Although a psychiatrist doubts the alien’s claim, he quickly becomes fixated by prot’s magical effect on his patients, friends and family.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director Iain Softley
- The Making Of K-PAX – featurette
- The Making Of K-PAX – photographs by Jeff Bridges
- Storyboards To Feature – featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Alternate Ending
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Worldwide first on Blu-ray – 1500 copies only.
Buy HereLulu On The Bridge (1998) – Imprint Collection #488
Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, and Willem Dafoe star in this twisted drama written and directed by the great Paul Auster (The Music of Chance) in his directing debut.
A jazz saxophonist is hit by a stray bullet and finds himself in possession of a mysterious stone that leads to a romance with an aspiring actress. A series of strange, dreamlike events take place that change their lives forever.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director and writer Paul Auster, producer Peter Newman, editor Tim Squyres, and director of cinematography Alik Sakharov
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio: English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
1500 copies only.
Buy HereThe Quiet American (2002) – Imprint Collection #489
Acting royalty Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser star alongside Do Thi Hai Yen in this heavy-hitting political drama shot on location in Vietnam, based on the bestselling novel by Graham Greene.
In Saigon, 1952, an idealistic American aid worker meets London Times correspondent Thomas Fowler and his beautiful young Vietnamese mistress Phuong. The three become swept up in a tempestuous love triangle that leads to a series of startling revelations and finally – murder.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 101-minute cut
- Audio Commentary by director Phillip Noyce, actors Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser and Tzi Ma, executive producer Sydney Pollack, producers Staffan Ahrenberg and William Horberg, co-writer Christopher Hampton and interpreter and advisor to Phillip Noyce, Tran An Hua
- Sundance Channel: Anatomy Of A Scene – featurette
- Making-Of – featurette
- Original Book Reviews of Graham Greene’s The Quiet American
- Vietnam Timeline
- Interview with director Phillip Noyce
- Cast and Crew Interviews
- B-Roll Footage
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
1500 copies only.
Buy HereHalf Nelson (2006) – Imprint Collection #490
Ryan Gosling stars as a high school teacher with a drug addiction, in this 2006 indie drama that saw him nominated for an Academy Award.
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director Ryan Fleck and producer/co-writer Anna Boden
- Tom Dawson interviews Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
- Deleted & Extended Scenes
- Outtakes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
1500 copies only.
Buy HereAre you interested in picking up any of these releases? Let me know if you are in the comment section below.
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