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(aka "The Jezebels" or "Playgirl Gang" or " Maggie's Stiletto Sisters" or "The Warriors II")
Directed by Jack Hill
USA 1975
THE WILDEST GIRL GANG THAT EVER BLASTED THE STREETS!
From Jack Hill, legendary director of Spider Baby, Coffy, Foxy Brown, and The Swinging Cheerleaders comes another iconic cult classic, Switchblade Sisters! Lace (Robbie Lee), the leader of inner city girl gang The Dagger Debs, meets her match when new girl Maggie (Joanne Nail) moves into the neighbourhood. Mistrust and conflict turn to friendship as the girls end up in Juvenile Detention together at the mercy of abusive guards. Meanwhile, The Dagger Debs male counterparts The Silver Daggers have to contend with the arrival of a new gang, led by the villainous Crabs (Chase Newhart). But when the girls get back on the streets, a planned retaliation strike in tandem with The Silver Daggers backfires and puts Lace in hospital. Maggie assumes control, teaming up with Muff (Marlene Clark) and her gang of African-American militants from across town to declare all out war. But there's a traitor in their midst... Filled with sharp, clever dialogue and tongue in cheek humour, this Shakespeare-influenced girl gang/women in prison/action movie medley is a stone cold grindhouse classic! *** A tough gang of teenage girls are looking for love and fighting for turf on the mean streets of the city! Bad girls to the core, these impossibly outrageous high school hoodlums go where they want ... and create mayhem wherever they go! |
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Theatrical Release: May 1st, 1975
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Distribution | Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:30:10.905 | |
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,583,279,111 bytesFeature: 27,974,511,552 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Arrow
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,583,279,111 bytesFeature: 27,974,511,552 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Brand new audio commentary by historians/critics Samm Deighan & Kat Ellinger• We Are The Jezebels, an archival documentary featuring director Jack Hill, producer John Prizer, casting director Geno Havans, production designer B.B. Neel, stunt coordinator Bob Minor, and stars Joanne Nail, Asher Brauner, and Chase Newhart (39:19) • Gangland: The locations of Switchblade Sisters, an archival documentary in which Jack Hill and filmmaker Elijah Drenner revisit the shooting locations of Switchblade Sisters (6:54) • Jack Hill and Joanne Nail at the Grindhouse Film Festival, a 2007 (9:24) • Archival interview with the director and actor Interview with Jack Hill, Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail - an archival 1990s interview with the director and stars in conversation with Johnny Legend (7:48) • Galleries of behind the scenes stills, international posters, video covers, and lobby cards • Theatrical trailer (3:07) Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Heather Drain
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Blu-ray
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On their
Blu-ray,
Arrow use a linear PCM 1.0 channel mono track (24-bit) in the
original English language. The aggression is passive and there is a score
credited to Medusa (their only credit) and,
Roger Corman regular,
Les Baxter (How
To Stuff a Wild Bikini,
The
Man With the X-Ray Eyes,
The
Comedy of Terrors,
Panic in the Year Zero,
The Beast Within, US version of
Baron Blood) sounding
supportive and authentically flat carrying subtle depth. Like the video
this is, likewise impressive - via the lossless transfer. Arrow offer optional English subtitles on
their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Arrow
Blu-ray
Jack Hill's Switchblade
Sisters is a quintessential classic of the exploitation genre. A decently made film
with some sub-themes, good dialogue and a supremely attractive premise.
There is a lot here to enjoy from the beautiful a/v transfer, the
pairing of the Deighan / Ellinger commentary, documentary, interviews
and delightful cover(s). Fans of this niche of films will be very
pleased with this exceptional Arrow Blu-ray
package. We wish all films were as completely and competently put to
this home video format. A very strong recommendation!
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