The movie can be launched through DVD and Blu-ray on 4th August through Lastman Media and Cherry Pink Data right here, and can premiere through Paramount+ from twenty first June.
The DVD and Blu-ray releases will embody 20 minutes of unique extras, together with unseen documentary footage, a further tune recorded on the stay efficiency and highlights from a Q&A the band did in LA across the authentic cinema launch of the movie. Further product bundles can be accessible that may embody restricted version recordings from the present launched as flexi-disc test-pressings, housed in specifically designed booklets, and numbered signed gadgets from the band, accessible right here.
Within the UK, the discharge of ‘A Hollywood Excessive’ can be marked with a particular one-night-only London screening occasion happening at HERE at Outernet on third August, the day earlier than the official DVD and Blu-ray releases. The movie can be screened in full earlier than an unique Roger Taylor DJ set the place followers can sit up for a rigorously curated collection of dance-floor anthems, deep cuts and new discoveries. The occasion will kick off at 6 pm BST, with Roger’s set at 8 pm. Tickets can be accessible through DICE? with particulars to observe through all social channels.
Drummer Roger Taylor mentioned:
“I’m imensely trying ahead to DJ’ing on the Outernet in London on August third. Hoping to take everybody on a singular musical journey after this particular screening of our movie ‘A Hollywood Excessive’.”
The DVD and Blu-ray releases (NTSC/ABC area free) inform the story of Duran Duran’s deep relationship with Los Angeles via unique interviews, along with behind-the-scenes video and unseen archival footage, charting their rise to change into probably the most profitable and influential bands of all time.
Talking in regards to the idea, keyboardist Nick Rhodes mentioned:
“This was our first US present in a number of years, so we needed to do one thing actually particular and intimate. After contemplating many choices, a rooftop efficiency rapidly turned the frontrunner. It was post-pandemic, we had by no means executed something like that earlier than, and we had simply launched our new album – FUTURE PAST. Someway it appeared like a magical doorway to the subsequent a part of our journey.”
Bassist John Taylor added:
“Duran Duran have had a permanent relationship with the town of Los Angeles because the first time we got here to America. We have been decided to do one thing distinctive to rejoice our 4 a long time collectively. A rooftop efficiency in LA with the Capitol Data constructing throughout the road and the Hollywood signal looming within the distance sounded good and turned out to be a rare night time for all of us.”
The DVD & Blu-Ray releases arrive amidst a busy yr of stay touring that has already seen Duran Duran carry out offered out area reveals throughout the UK and Eire. The performances have been rapturously acquired and have seen Duran Duran described as at “royalty standing” by The Instances, “decadent and bombastic” by The Telegraph, “a first-class and commanding efficiency” by CLASH, “joyous” by The Solar, “nationwide treasures” by The Spectator while the Mail On Sunday confirmed, “their charms haven’t modified”.
Duran Duran are presently touring North America via September, and as we speak introduced extra dates in Montreal and Atlantic Metropolis. Tickets are on sale right here.
‘A Hollywood Excessive’ was first launched globally in cinemas in November 2022, directed by three award-winning trade veterans, Gavin Elder, Vincent Adam Paul and George Scott. Lastman Media and Magus Leisure are government producers. The movie is distributed and launched on DVD and Blu-ray by Cherry Pink Data. ‘A Hollywood Excessive’ is the most recent in Lastman Media’s VERTIGO sequence, which creates extremely curated ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ occasions in iconic places. The theatrically-led sequence makes use of VIP experiences to supply a multi-format technique of unique content material for followers internationally. Breaking the standard mould of earlier music movies for TV, the VERTIGO mannequin is each artistic and business. VERTIGO shoots epic artists in awe-inspiring landscapes and places, reinventing the stay live performance movie format in an modern approach.
