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From Kenneth Anger to Coffin Joe - it can only come from Frisco.

001 OUT OF PRINT

After completing Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola initially planned for his next picture to be an intimate romantic musical shot on a low budget in Las Vegas. Three years later, One from the Heart had mushroomed into a big-budget spectacular, shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studio and costing a then-massive $27 million.

Street date: 1/27/2004

UPC: 695026000129

Catalog: 001

010 OUT OF PRINT

Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.

Street date: 8/24/1999

UPC: 695026701026

Catalog: 010

011 OUT OF PRINT

Whity centers around the illegitimate son of the seriously deranged Ben Nicholson. Despite being their slave, he becomes the obsession of each member of the Nicholson family as they try to enlist his aid in disposing of one another.

Street date: 8/26/2003

UPC: 695026701125

Catalog: 011

012 OUT OF PRINT

Unholy undertaker, evil philosopher, denizen of dreams and hallucinations. . .Coffin Joe, with his trademark top hat, black cape and long talon-like fingernails, is a horror icon in his native Brazil.

Street date: 4/3/2001

UPC: 014381060324

Catalog: 012

013 OUT OF PRINT

Unholy undertaker, evil philosopher, denizen of dreams and hallucinations. . .Coffin Joe, with his trademark top hat, black cape and long talon-like fingernails, is a horror icon in his native Brazil. The sequel to "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul".

Street date: 7/29/2003

UPC: 695026701323

Catalog: 013

014 OUT OF PRINT

Unholy undertaker, evil philosopher, denizen of dreams and hallucinations. . .Coffin Joe, with his trademark top hat, black cape and long talon-like fingernails, is a horror icon in his native Brazil.

Street date: 7/29/2003

UPC: 695026701422

Catalog: 014

015 OUT OF PRINT

The story of a group of young German recruits assigned is to build a bridge in Ingolstadt. They seek relief from their boredom with alcohol, violence and sex. Local women Alma and her friend Berta welcome the excitement, but each for different reasons.

Street date: 8/26/2003

UPC: 695026701521

Catalog: 015

016 OUT OF PRINT

A group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters prey on a band of persecuted outlaws in hiding. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence stands between the innocent refugees and the greedy bounty hunters.

Street date: 1/27/2004

UPC: 695026701620

Catalog: 016

017 OUT OF PRINT

This program features eight hours of digitally mastered short films about sex and drug prevention created for school childrenbetween the 1940s and the 1970s. In a modern light, many of these films appear humorous in their misinformation and obvious scare tactics.

Street date: 11/6/2001

UPC: 014381126020

Catalog: 017

018 OUT OF PRINT

In this collection of vintage educational films dating from the late 1940s though the early 1970s, children are informed of the best ways to fit in socially, wash thoroughly, make smart decisions, and exercise proper cafeteria etiquette. Films featured include Lunchroom Manners, Shy Guy, Why Doesn't Cathy Eat Breakfast?, Soapy the Germ Fighter, The Outsider, and more.

Street date: 11/20/2001

UPC: 014381126129

Catalog: 018

021 OUT OF PRINT

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio--a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

Street date: 2/24/2004

UPC: 695026702122

Catalog: 021

022 OUT OF PRINT

When three rival candy companies go to war for market supremacy, World Caramels enlists a lower-class girl with appallingly bad teeth to be their new spokesmodel. But the animal instincts of this overnight star soon prove to be the most cutthroat of all.

Street date: 2/24/2004

UPC: 695026702221

Catalog: 022

023 OUT OF PRINT

Takeo is a young yakuza who leaves prison to re-enter a dizzying world of crime. Torn by family duty, self-preservation, and his desire for his new love, Takeo blasts his way through this treacherous maze until he finds he can no longer outrun destiny.

Street date: 5/4/2004

UPC: 695026702320

Catalog: 023

024 OUT OF PRINT

A dutiful, unhappy lawyer's wife falls in love with a young, mysterious woman she encounters at an art class. Soon their affair involves her husband and the young woman's impotent lover and together the four slowly descent into a web of tangled passions.

Street date: 5/4/2004

UPC: 695026702429

Catalog: 024

025 OUT OF PRINT

This release compiles driver safety films from the forties and fifties. Due to their earnestness and occasionally graphic content, these films continue to have a cult following. Included are films with the titles The Bottle and the Throttle, Safety Belt For Susie, The Last Prom, and The Talking Care.

Street date: 9/28/2004

UPC: 695026702528

Catalog: 025

026 OUT OF PRINT

This release compiles workplace safety films. Due to their earnestness and occasionally graphic content, these films continue to have a cult following. Included are films with the titles Shake Hands with Danger, The Trouble with Women, When You Grow Up, and How to Keep a Job. Films like these often became fodder for the satirical program Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Street date: 9/28/2004

UPC: 695026702627

Catalog: 026

027 OUT OF PRINT

Contains the following two films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (also available individually): "Pioneers In Ingolstadt" and "Whity".

Street date: 10/7/2003

UPC: 695026702726

Catalog: 027

028 OUT OF PRINT

Hercules (Reg Park) must battle a monster made of stone, retrieve a golden apple from the tree of Hesperides, and brave the horrors of Hades to rescue his beloved from the clutches of the evil Lyco (Christopher Lee).

Street date: 7/29/2003

UPC: 695026702825

Catalog: 028

029 OUT OF PRINT

Carradine stars as a former pop star who had it all until he fell in love with the wrong gangster's girl and had his throat cut for his sins. Now a drifter, he lives in a haze of amnesia, alcohol, and misery; until one day he takes a chance at vengeance.

Street date: 7/29/2003

UPC: 695026702924

Catalog: 029

030 OUT OF PRINT

Contains all three films in the trilogy (also available individually) in a huge coffin-shaped box, including "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul", "This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse", and "Awakening Of The Beast".

Street date: 10/7/2003

UPC: 695026703020

Catalog: 030

031 OUT OF PRINT

Educati1nal Archives is an excellent collection of "educational" films ranging in date from the 1940s to 1980s providing a wonderful look at the concerns of society and its often misguided attempts to change children (and, in some cases, adults) during those periods. (Interestingly, the 1980s films have the most dated fashions).

Street date: 5/18/2004

UPC: 695026703129

Catalog: 031

032 OUT OF PRINT

The release of Fritz Lang's INDIAN EPIC in a digitally-remastered version highlights this two-part late-career masterpiece. Originally available in America only as a 90-minute condensed version, this boxed set brings together the full versions of The Tiger Of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb.

Street date: 10/28/2003

UPC: 695026703228

Catalog: 032

033 OUT OF PRINT

This program features eight hours of digitally mastered short films created around the height of the Cold War and played for school children in order to instill patriotism and warnings about perceived threats of the time.

Street date: 9/9/2003

UPC: 695026703327

Catalog: 033

034 OUT OF PRINT

This compilation contains over eight hours worth of 16mm religious film reels that were shown to children and young adults throughout the years. Rife with heavy handed depictions as well as references to God's opinions on nuclear power, these films represent varying denominations.

Street date: 9/9/2003

UPC: 695026703327

Catalog: 034

035 OUT OF PRINT

This program consists of three hours worth of sex and drug education films, originally shown in 16 millimeter form to school children from the 50's through the early 80's. These films depict such images as a cartoon caveman seeing grotesque reflections in the mirror after taking drugs.

Street date: 11/18/2003

UPC: 695026703525

Catalog: 035

036 OUT OF PRINT

The very best in conformist culture makes the trip from the classroom to the living room in a hilarious collection of authentic, Atomic-age short films offering misinformation on everything from personal hygiene to just what it takes to become the coolest kid on the block. So tuck in that shirt, wash those hands, get a nice tall glass of milk and settle back for a handful of helpful short films.

Street date: 11/18/2003

UPC: 695026703624

Catalog: 036

037 OUT OF PRINT

A technical designer enjoys a comfortable life with his wife and child. He has the approval of his boss and is in good health except for smoking too much according to his doctor. His wife is visited by a girlfriend one Sunday afternoon. The man is bored watching television and grabs a chandelier and kills the conversing women and his child. In a chilling display of nonchalance, he contemplates his own death by hanging in this disturbing feature.

Street date: 5/30/2006

UPC: 695026703723

Catalog: 037

038 OUT OF PRINT

When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror.

Street date: 4/13/2004

UPC: 695026703822

Catalog: 038

039 OUT OF PRINT

When the object of his affection off-handedly comments "too bad you're not a girl", Erwin disappears and returns as Elvira. Now adrift and alone amid the maze of Frankfurt's streets, Elvira desperately searches for the identity and love she's never known.

Street date: 4/13/2004

UPC: 695026703921

Catalog: 039

040 OUT OF PRINT/NEVER PRINTED

A fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek, German-financed TV film by legendary American director Sam Fuller, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street follows a Yank private eye (Corbett) as he goes undercover in Germany to crack a international gang of drug-dealing extortionists who prey on politicians, and to avenge his partner's death. He's aided by the lovely Lang (Mrs. Fuller in real life).

Street date: 3/30/2004

UPC: 695026704027

Catalog: 040

041 OUT OF PRINT

The unique film set within a Karaja village in Brazil's Mato Grosso, Jim Jarmusch listens while Sam Fuller describes the 1950's "Tigrero" movie that he was unable to make.

Street date: 5/18/2004

UPC: 695026704126

Catalog: 041

042 OUT OF PRINT

After ten years in hiding, Vindici returns to destroy the Duke, who murdered Vindici's wife on their wedding day. Determined to exact his revenge, Vindici sets out to gain the confidence of the Duke and his villainous heir, Lussurioso.

Street date: 7/20/2004

UPC: 695026704225

Catalog: 042

043 OUT OF PRINT

Alexandre Rockwell's quirky autobiographical comedy stars Steve Buscemi as Adolpho Rollo, a would-be screenwriter who is obsessed with getting his 500-page script "Unconditional Surrender" produced. Desperate for money, he places an ad for financial backing, which is answered by con man Joe (Seymour Cassel). The film was shot in color, but was released theatrically in black & white. Both verisions eventually made their way to home video release.

Street date: 7/27/2004

UPC: 695026704324

Catalog: 043

044 OUT OF PRINT

Prepare the enter the Sixth Dimension, a deliriously insane world of frog butlers, topless princesses, machine-gun-toting teachers, chicken boys, human chandeliers and the devil himself, all ruled by the ribald midget King Fausto and his deranged Queen.

Street date: 8/31/2004

UPC: 695026704423

Catalog: 044

045 OUT OF PRINT

Generations of American children sat in dark classrooms and absorbed wisdom in the form of 16mm educational and social guidance films. Through the flicker of dim projector bulbs and the warble of optical soundtracks a blueprint for better living in the Atomic Age was spelled out in no uncertain terms.

Street date: 7/25/2006

UPC: 695026704522

Catalog: 045

046 OUT OF PRINT

He has been called everything from a petty tyrant to the last great filmmaker of the 20th century. In little more than ten years, Rainer Werner Fassbinder created an amazing legacy of forty-three films. Before his death at the age of 37, Fassbinder had destroyed boundaries, redefined genres, and changed the course of German cinema. Fantoma is very proud to present this special 2-DVD set featuring two of his finest films.

Street date: 7/25/2006

UPC: 695026704621

Catalog: 046

047 OUT OF PRINT

A young army nurse finds herself the nighttime prey of hungry soldiers and awash in a sea of torn bodies. Despite the hell around her, she struggles to maintain her strength and compassion--but this could lead to her own sexual and spiritual martyrdom.

Street date: 10/17/2006

UPC: 695026704720

Catalog: 047

048 OUT OF PRINT

Short works from the first half of avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger's career make up this remarkable collection. An influence on everyone from Andy Warhol to Martin Scorsese, Anger blends striking imagery and universal symbols to create innovative experimental pieces.

Street date: 1/23/2007

UPC: 695026704829

Catalog: 048

049 OUT OF PRINT

Featuring short works from the second half of Kenneth Anger's career, this collection showcases the work of the avant-garde filmmaker who influenced everyone from Andy Warhol to Martin Scorsese with his striking and innovative experimental pieces.

Street date: 10/2/2007

UPC: 695026704928

Catalog: 049

050 OUT OF PRINT

It's industrial spy vs. industrial spy when rival car companies roll out their latest test models. This darkly hilarious satire of the Japanese auto industry takes industrial espionage to James Bond-ian heights of deceit, blackmail and mayhem.

Street date: 5/22/2007

UPC: 695026705024

Catalog: 050