(Simon Wincer, 1980)
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)
- Archival TV interview with actors David Hemmings and Robert Powell (1980)
- Archival audio interview with Simon Wincer (1979)
- Archival audio interview with associate producer Jane Scott (1979)
- Archival audio interview with production designer Bernard Hides (1979)
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‘Not Quite Hollywood’ Interviews (2008): extensive selection of outtakes from Mark Hartley’s acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Wincer, Ginnane, writer Everett De Roche, and actor Gus Mercurio
- Appreciation by the academic and Australian cinema specialist Stephen Morgan (2024)
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Destruction from Down Under (2018): Kim Newman revisits the Australian genre film boom of the 1970s and 1980s
- Isolated score
- Original teaser trailer
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Julian Upton, exclusive extracts from producer Antony I Ginnane’s unpublished memoirs, archival interviews with director Simon Wincer and art director Bernard Hides, and film credits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
