Wake Up and Kill 

• 2015 
• Blu 
• Wake Up and Kill 
• Blu-ray 

9608117

DVD / Video / Blu-ray

Wake Up and Kill

Svegliati e uccidi

Arrow, Arrow Video

Castoro, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA), Sanson Film

2015

1966

Crime, Drama

Camaso, Claudio, Gastoni, Lisa, Hoffmann, Robert, Niccolai, Renato, Volonté, Gian Maria

Bar, Jacques, Fryd, Joseph, Lizzani, Carlo

124

2

1 (DVD): USA, Canada, 2 (DVD): Europe, South Africa, Middle East, A/1 (Blue-ray):America's, Japan, SE-Asia, B/2 (Blue-ray): Europe, M-East, Africa, Oceania

5027035013596

Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, PCM

English, Italian

English, English [for the deaf and hard of hearing] (SDH [English])

In standard synthetic (such as Amaray) case, Special Edition

During the 1960s Luciano Lutring committed more than one hundred armed robberies in Italy and on the French Riviera. To the media he was the 'machine gun soloist', a name he'd earned as he kept his weapon in a violin case. To the public he was a Robin Hood figure, one who only targeted the wealthy, stealing more than 35 billion lire during his criminal career. Wake Up and Kill was the logical extension of such fame. It became the first feature to commit Lutring's story to celluloid, shooting having begun mere months after his eventual arrest. Capitalising on the breakthrough success of his performance in French television's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Robert Hoffmann is perfect as Lutring, bringing just the right amount of charisma and youthful exuberance to his first major big screen role. Directed by Carlo Lizzani (Requiescant), scored by Ennio Morricone, penned by the future screenwriter of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and featuring that film's star, Gian Maria Volonté, in a key supporting role, Wake Up and Kill's true-crime thrills serve as an enthralling dry run for the poliziotteschi movies that would follow a few years later. During the 1960s Luciano Lutring committed more than one hundred armed robberies in Italy and on the French Riviera. To the media he was the 'machine gun soloist', a name he'd earned as he kept his weapon in a violin case. To the public he was a Robin Hood figure, one who only targeted the wealthy, stealing more than 35 billion lire during his criminal career. Wake Up and Kill was the logical extension of such fame. It became the first feature to commit Lutring's story to celluloid, shooting having begun mere months after his eventual arrest. Capitalising on the breakthrough success of his performance in French television's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Robert Hoffmann is perfect as Lutring, bringing just the right amount of charisma and youthful exuberance to his first major big screen role. Directed by Carlo Lizzani (Requiescant), scored by Ennio Morricone, penned by the future screenwriter of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and featuring that film's star, Gian Maria Volonté, in a key supporting role, Wake Up and Kill's true-crime thrills serve as an enthralling dry run for the poliziotteschi movies that would follow a few years later. Special Features - Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative - High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations - Optional English and Italian soundtracks presented in their original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays) - Newly-translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack - Theatrical trailer - Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist