Severin is killing it this year! The indie studio has announced that they’ll be following up a string of successful 2011 Blu-ray releases (including their stellar, feature packed edition of Jodorowsky‘s Santa Sangre, the very ’80s, young-Nicole Kidman vehicle, BMX Bandits and B-movie sensation, Birdemic) with the “Ultimate Edition” of Richard Rush‘s classic The Stunt Man. The disc features an HD transfer supervised by Rush and over 6 hours of bonus goodies, including all the extras from the out-of-print Anchor Bay DVD along with tons of newly created material. Check it out for yourself when the Blu-ray hits shops on June 7th.

From the press release:

“Peter O’Toole stars in his still-iconic Oscar® nominated performance as director Eli Cross, a megalomaniacal madman commanding a film-set circus where a paranoid young veteran (Steve Railsback) finds himself maybe replacing a dead stunt man, possibly falling for the beautiful leading lady (Barbara Hershey), and discovering that love, death and the mayhem of moviemaking can definitely be the wildest illusions of all.

One of the most acclaimed directors of the ‘70s with films like GETTING STRAIGHT and FREEBIE & THE BEAN, Richard Rush fought 9 years to get THE STUNT MAN made then spent another two years battling 20TH Century Fox to get it released. When the film finally reached screens, it was immediately hailed as one of the best of the year by such critics as Pauline Kael of The New Yorker, David Ansen of Newsweek and Richard Schickel of Time. The film went on to be nominated for six Golden Globe Awards, and Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Awards®.

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Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with writer/director Richard Rush and stars Peter O’Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell, & Chuck Bail
• The Maverick Career Of Richard Rush – Exclusive new featurette
• Peter O’Toole Recounts The Stunt Man – Exclusive new featurette
• Devil’s Squadron – Exclusive new featurette with Steve Railsback and Alex Rocco
• Barbara Hershey On Nina Franklin – Exclusive new featurette
• The Sinister Saga Of The Making Of The Stunt Man – Feature length documentary by Richard Rush
• The Stunt Man At The New Beverly – Blu-ray exclusive
• Theatrical trailers
• Deleted scenes

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