If you like your cheese in a low-budget, ’70s vintage, Star Wars-flavoured and starring a host of television personalities, then Roger Corman‘s Battle Beyond the Stars might just be for you. Shout Factory brings the John Sayles-scripted film to Blu-ray on July 12 with commentary from Corman, Sayles and then-production manager Gale Ann Hurd (Terminator, Aliens, Hulk) that might just prove to be worth the price of the disc alone.
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS![Battle Beyond the Stars [Roger Corman's Cult Classics] [Blu-ray] (1980)](http://www.theblurayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Battle_Blu-244x300.jpg "Battle Beyond the Stars [Roger Corman's Cult Classics] [Blu-ray] (1980)")
(July 12, 2011 – MSRP $26.97)
Video: 1.85:1 1080p
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Special Features:
- Commentary by writer John Sayles and Roger Corman
- Commentary by production manager Gale Anne Hurd
- The Man Who Would Be Shad – New interview with actor Richard Thomas
- Space Opera on a Shoestring – A comprehensive look at the technical challenges and postproduction of the film with Aaron Lipstadt, Alec Gillis, Alex Hajdu, Allan Holzman, R.J. Kizer, Robert & Dennis Skotak, Thom Shouse and Tony Randel
- Trailer, TV and radio spots
Oh no! It’s John-Boy Walton
in Space. Must see I do.