Blue City

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BLUE CITY is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT, Denver, CO, Toronto, ON, and Pittsburgh, PA.

Unique to this line, each numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

These releases will ONLY be available on our website and at participating indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. This spot gloss slipcase edition (designed by Sean Longmore) is strictly limited to 4,000 units and may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

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After five years of adventures on the road, born rebel Billy Turner has finally returned to Blue City, his South Florida hometown where his father was the longtime mayor. Upon discovering his beloved father was mysteriously murdered a year prior, and that corruption and vice may have seized the coastal city, Billy vows to avenge his dad and uncover the truth no matter what hell he has to raise. Relying on his final local friend, Joey, along with Joey's sister and police chief Reynolds, Billy takes aim at his father's affected widow and a sleazy nightclub owner. But in the slippery new Blue City, it's gotten a lot harder knowing just who to trust.  

Released after a slew of films featuring the "Brat Pack," BLUE CITY is one of a few attempts at taking its stars beyond high school, and is likely the most ambitious. This action thriller based on the novel by legendary hardboiled author Ross Macdonald (Harper) boasts a script co-written by Walter Hill (The Warriors, Southern Comfort) and Lukas Heller (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) updated with a hard shot of 1980s Miami Vice style. Featuring a bold score by the legendary Ry Cooder, the film stars Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy (both of The Breakfast Club) and David Caruso (Jade, TV's CSI) alongside veteran actors Scott Wilson (The Exorcist III, TV's The Walking Dead) and Paul Winfield (The Terminator, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Vinegar Syndrome Archive is right pleased to take you down south for this seedy actioner, newly scanned in 4K from its original camera negative.

directed by: Michelle Manning
starring: Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson, Anita Morris, Luis Contreras
1986 / 83 min / 1.85:1 / English 2.0 Channels

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
  
• Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Commentary track with film historian Jim Hemphill
• "Breaking Down Blue City" (13 min) - an interview with unit production manager Robert Brown
• "Dark and Steamy" (17 min) - a featurette with the camera department on shooting Long Beach for Key West
• "Welcome to Blue City" (10 min) - a video essay by film historian Wayne Byrne
• Double-sided poster insert
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles