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THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY meets MONA LISA in the highly stylised and critically acclaimed eighties clubland thriller EMPIRE STATE (18), available for the first time in a double-disc BLU-RAY and DVD that packs a punch with some heavyweight special features. This film will appeal to anyone with a taste for the seedy underworld and is available to own on 14^th March 2011 in a 2-disc set, RRP £19.99.

A British Screen Film Finance/Film Four production from cult British director Ron Peck (NIGHTHAWKS/FIGHTERS), EMPIRE STATE is a perfect mix of gangster action and the high camp of the eighties East End club scene at The Empire State nightclub in London's newly developed Docklands, a place where disparate lives intersect. Illusory, dangerous and glamorous, it is both the playground of the rich, and an escape from the poverty and squalor of the toughest reaches of the city. The Empire State is also the arena for a fierce struggle between the hard men who for decades ran the East End, and the new breed of racketeers. They're prepared to do anything to get control, and the fight for power will end with one of the most brutal orgies of violence the East End has ever seen...

Against the backdrop of gathering menace, Chuck, an American with £3 billion to spend, toys with potential investments, while a young boy, Pete, comes to London to find his friend, who has disappeared in the entrails of the Empire State...

With inspired casting including Ray McAnally, a young Jamie Foreman, Martin Landau, Cathryn Harrison, Perry Fenwick plus an early screen appearance from Sadie Frost, you can relive the mayhem of eighties East End London in all its dirty glory, with a glorious soundtrack featuring music from New Order, Jimmy Somerville and Yello. 

Special Features:

Blu Ray Disc

- Blu Ray version of Film + Commentary with Ron Peck and Mark Ayres

- Original theatrical Trailer

- HD Image Galleries: Costume research (Polaroids) plus design artwork

DVD:

- SD version of Film + Commentary with Ron Peck and Mark Ayres

- Screen tests, rehearsals & improvisations: Jimmy Flint (x3), Jason Hoganson, Lee Drysdale and Stephen Thrower

- Nightclub tests (x3)

- Deleted Scenes (x2):

- Scene 1 - Danny and Hen Party

- Scene 2 - Harry and his wives

- One of the audio research interviews for EMPIRE STATE made by Ron Peck

- "Right To Reply", Channel Four

- PDF material: Annotated Screenplay and Storyboards, cast list, Duty Log, front titles, Press coverage 1, press coverage 2, Ron Peck's Journal Notes, screenplay, character synopsis plus VHS Cover (Unused)

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