MALE CHAUVINIST PIG – finally coming to DVD!

The long awaited DVD debut of Ray Hoersch’s X rated underground comedy THE EROTIC MEMOIRS OF A MALE CHAUVINIST PIG is finally upon us!

Part art film and part psychotic sex-comedy, PIG features the talents of Georgina Spelvin, Tina Russell, Darby Lloyd Rains and more.

DVD special features:

New HD transfer from the 35mm negative

Original theatrical trailer

Extensive Liner Notes booklet

Bonus short film from the Distribpix archive: BOX BALL

Collectable postcard

O-Card packaging

Look for it on Tuesday, March 5th!

MISTY BEETHOVEN-KICKSTARTER UPDATE

We have some bad news, but the community support and enthusiasm for this project is too big for one speed-bump to stop.

Despite the film’s historical importance, its artistic merit, and all of our hard work on the film, extras and campaign, Kickstarter has decided that Misty is too sexy for the site and is in the process of terminating the campaign. Your credit cards will not be charged.

IMPORTANT: If you would like to continue to support this project outside of Kickstarter, please e-mail your pledge level to Steven@VideoXPix.com as we’re unsure if we’ll be able to preserve your information from within Kickstarter itself.

Obviously, we’re unhappy about this turn of events. We can name 4 or 5 projects with with similar content which have been allowed to progress to completion. We are filing an appeal of their ruling (and any polite, professional e-mails you can sent to KS in our support emphasizing the artistic nature of this film and the integrity of the project would be GREATLY appreciated), but odds are that the project will NOT be re-listed.

We sill love Kickstarter, but clearly they feel uncomfortable working with us. So we’re hard at work figuring out how to re-launch this project on our own. The silver lining in this dark cloud? Since Kickstarter won’t be taking their percentage off the top, we’re going to try to work out how to turn that extra margin into even better rewards for you.

We will keep you posted when we have details! We’re going to come out of this stronger and better and we hope that you’ll be right there with us. This Misty release is going to be one for the history books!

With tremendous gratitude,
Steven, Ian, and the 435 Crew

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/136726896/the-opening-of-misty-beethoven-goes-blu-ray/posts

The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann- sell sheet

The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, More HD screengrabs

A couple more comparison shots, between the Standard Def release by VCA and the Distribpix HD transfer:

In the first shot we see Eric Edwards, who plays a private detective or “peeping tom” named Frank. He is in the office of Mr. Mann, getting the lowdown on his wife, Pamela.

In the second shot, we see Levi Richards, bragging to a friend, about his conquest and transformation of Georgie(Georgina Spelvin), but the joke is on him!!

It really is amazing what a decent transfer and some color correction can do. It is not the best source material we have ever used and there are some very minor, negative defects, but overall, it is a tremendous looking film transfer. The colors have come back to life, literally making some scenes from the old version, look black and white, it was that washed.  There is also more information from more of the frame being scanned and that is always nice to see. The skin tones have also come back and are much more realistic than on the old version. The film is much more enjoyable to watch and the fact that it is now UNCUT, makes it even more so. It is now back in the context, in which it was originally shot, and real fan’s of Henry Paris, will get to see this film in it’s entirety. The scene in question, where Darby and Jamie, abduct Pamela from the park is so vital to the context of the film, at least I think so. For me, it makes much more sense. Anyway, enjoy these shots.

VCA Standard Def DVD

Distribpix HD transfer- Click for full image

VCA's Standard Def DVD

Distribpix HD Transfer- Click for full image