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(aka "Schiave bianche: violenza in Amazzonia" or "Cannibal Holocaust 2" or "White Slave")
directed by Mario Gariazzo
Italy 1985
Young Catherine Miles (Elvire
Audray, THE SCORPION WITH TWO TAILS) is facing trial in
the Amazon for the murders of two people, and her lawyer has
entered a plea of not guilty by reason of extenuating
circumstances. In flashback, she tells of leaving her boarding
school in London to join her parents at their rubber plant in
the Amazon. On her eighteenth birthday, she takes a trip down
the river with her parents only for them to be ambushed by
headhunters who murder her parents and sweep her temporarily
blow-dart-paralyzed nubile form (and her parents' heads) off
into the jungle and back to their village. Young warrior Umukai
(Will Gonzales) takes a protective stance towards her when it
comes to the undesired attentions of the chief, and Catherine
starts to feel conflicted in her hatred for him for murdering
her parents. As she is initiated into the tribe (ritualistically
deflowered) and even wins the admiration of the tribe (who
believe her to have magic when she treats a warrior's broken
leg), she continues to plot her escape; but she discovers that
there are more dangers than the wilds of the jungle and lurking
cannibals in her subsequent brushes with civilization. |
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Theatrical Release: 9 August 1985 (Italy)
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Runtime | 1:26:27 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:30:15.410 |
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1.78:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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1.85:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 41,365,742,599 bytesFeature: 27,353,401,344 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 1572
kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1572 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /
1509 kbps / 16-bit) DTS-HD Master Audio Italian 1572 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1572 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) |
Subtitles | none | English, none |
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Release Information: Studio: 88 Films Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
Release Information: Studio: 88 Films
1.85:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 41,365,742,599 bytesFeature: 27,353,401,344 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • The Last Supper - The Final Days of the Cannibal Film (51:19)• An Italian in Amazonia - interview with Cameraman Federico Del Zoppo (14:24) • Trailer (2:33)
Standard Blu-ray Case inside cardboard slipcase Chapters 8 |
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. 88 Films have brought Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story to 1080P and is described as a "Brand New 2K Transfer of the Film From the Original Camera Negative". The source still has some speckles and frame-specific damage (see sample at bottom) but is a significant advancement over the 88 Film's older DVD where the marks seem more visible. It is in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio and show slightly less information in the bottom of the frame but significantly more on both side edges than the 1.78:1 SD transfer. Colors (flesh tones) warm and normalize and detail in the film's close-ups is a strong telltale of the higher resolution. It is also in the theatrical running time - no PAL speedup. 88 Films offer both Italian and English language tracks - both in DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel tracks (16-bit) and, while still a weak aspect of the production, comes through with some depth, occasional sync issues and the giallo-leaning score by Franco Campanino. Jungle sounds and the tribal noises are fairly s\clean establishing atmosphere and 88 Films have added optional English subtitles on their Region 'B' Blu-ray disc. 88 Films load up on the supplements. The Last Supper - The Final Days of the Cannibal Film runs almost 52-minutes this documentary and follow-up to the award winning Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film and includes interviews with actor Michael Sopkiw, directors Ed Sanchez and Ruggero Deodato, academics Mikel Koven and Calum Waddell and author and critic John Martin! Also included are the 1/4 hour An Italian in Amazonia which is an interview with Cameraman Federico Del Zoppo who talks about hurdles of the production. There is a trailer and the first pressings have a booklet; The Life and Times of Elvire Audray by Dr. Colin Waddell; a collector's booklet on the life and times of Amazonia actress Elvire Audray plus a reversible sleeve featuring 2 alternative original artworks. The Blu-ray is a significant advancement in all areas - audio, video and extras. A cool remnant of the 'Cannibal Exploitation' era. The HD presentation enhances the film experience making it appear far mroe cohesive accentuating the 'narrated' adventure and horror aspects. Recommended! *** ON THE DVD: AMAZONIA was previously released in the United States in two versions. The first was Media Blaster's Shriek Show edition which used the European master seen here. Full Moon released their own edition using their Empire Pictures video master for WHITE SLAVE (released on tape by Force Video). 88 Films' single-layer, anamorphic transfer utilizes the anamorphic European master as well. It's obviously superior for being anamorphic widescreen and a newer transfer, but the circa-2005 master has obvious edge enhancement marring what seemed like a good source (outside of the variable stock footage). The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track is in good condition. The only extras are the film's international trailer, the U.S. "WHITE SLAVE" title sequence (it would have been nice to see an American trailer for the film), and trailers for other 88 Films/Full Moon releases. |
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