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New Release
See the true story of San Francisco's openly gay city supervisor, his assassination, and the community's response. |
Home Video
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Howl
DVD: $29.00
Starring James Franco
A story about the obscenity of censorship.
NOW IN THEATERS
Find a theater >Extra Features:
- James Franco in conversation with directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman - an all new feature length audio commentary
- Holy! Holy! Holy! The Making of Howl - featuring directors Epstein and Friedman and stars James Franco, Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, Treat Williams, Bob Balaban, poet Anne Waldman, and others
- Directors' research tapes - original interviews with Ginsberg's friends and collaborators Eric Drooker, Peter Orlovsky, Tuli Kupferberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Steven Taylor
- Allen Ginsberg reads Howl - never before seen footage from a performance in 1995 at the Knitting Factory in New York
- James Franco reads Howl audio feature
Exclusive to Blu-Ray Release:
- Allen Ginsberg reads Sunflower Sutra and Pull My Daisy - never before seen footage from a performance in 1995 at the Knitting Factory in New York.
- Q&A with directors Epstein and Friedman moderated by John Cameron Mitchell (director of HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH and RABBIT HOLE) at the Provincetown Film Festival.
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Paragraph 175
DVD: $25.00
Weimar Germany was a homosexual Eden in the 1920s: gay and lesbian nightclubs and magazines flourished, the first homosexual-rights movement was born... and then the Nazis came to power.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob, Jeffrey and producer Michael Ehrenzweig. Additional interviews
- Additional interviews
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The Times of Harvey Milk
DVD: $25.00
Directed By Rob Epstein
Produced by Richard Schmiechen
Narrated by Harvey Fierstein
Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature (1984)San Francisco in the 1970s became a battleground between an emerging, vibrant gay movement and the communities who felt threatened by this new gay political muscle.
The Times of Harvey Milk: Making History by B. Ruby Rich
DISC FEATURES
- Director-approved digital transfer, from the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration (withDTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary featuring director Robert Epstein,coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta
- Interview clips not used in the film
- New interview with documentary filmmaker Jon Else
- New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Nicoletta
- Rare collection of audio and video recordings of Milk
- Excerpts from Epstein’s research tapes, featuring Milk partner Scott Smith
- Footage from the film’s Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards
- Panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White’s trial
- Excerpts from the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk’s and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic B. Ruby Rich, a tribute by Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk, and a piece on the film’s restoration by UCLA’s Ross Lipman
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Common Threads - Stories From the Quilt
DVD: $25.00
Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob & Jeff
- A new short film by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman about AIDS then & now
- Vito Russo ACT-UP speech
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The Celluloid Closet
The acclaimed documentary based on Vito Russo’s groundbreaking book, The Cellulioid Closet explores the hidden subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies—from The Maltese Falcon to Spartacus and Rebel Without A Cause to Thelma and Louise and Philadelphia.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob & Jeff, Lily Tomlin, and Executive Producer Howard Rosenman and editor Arnold Glassman
- Additional commentary with author Vito Russo
- Interview outtakes
- All clip in original screen formats
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Word is Out
In 1978, Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives startled audiences across the country when it appeared in movie theaters and on television.
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Xtreme - Sports To Die For
A rare documentary action film that takes viewers inside a rapidly growing and frenetic world of risk, rebellion and camaraderie, and asks why some young athletes are so willing to put their bodies on the line.
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Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
DVD: $25.00
Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman took a journey through unfamiliar lands—in their own country.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE several sequences cut from the final film, with a brief commentary by Jeff & Rob
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Isaiah's Rap
Film and video artists respond to 9/11. Rob and Jeffrey's short film is built around an original rap song written and performed by 11-year-old Isaiah Gage, who grew up a few blocks from Ground Zero.
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Gold Rush
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: 10 acclaimed documentary filmmakers examine ten pivotal moments in US history, and the often unexpected changes they triggered. The episode on the San Francisco "GOLD RUSH" was produced by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman.
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Sex in '69
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America.
Travel back to 1969 and uncover fascinating trends, people and events that forever changed the way Americans think about and have sex. Viewers will travel from the Playboy Penthouse in Los Angeles to San Francisco's Hippie crash pads, New York's Gay baths.
Institutional Sales
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Paragraph 175
DVD: $250.00
Weimar Germany was a homosexual Eden in the 1920s: gay and lesbian nightclubs and magazines flourished, the first homosexual-rights movement was born... and then the Nazis came to power.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob, Jeffrey and producer Michael Ehrenzweig. Additional interviews
- Additional interviews
-
The Times of Harvey Milk
DVD: $250.00
Directed By Rob Epstein
Produced by Richard Schmiechen
Narrated by Harvey Fierstein
Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature (1984)San Francisco in the 1970s became a battleground between an emerging, vibrant gay movement and the communities who felt threatened by this new gay political muscle.
The Times of Harvey Milk: Making History by B. Ruby Rich
DISC FEATURES
- Director-approved digital transfer, from the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration (withDTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary featuring director Robert Epstein,coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta
- Interview clips not used in the film
- New interview with documentary filmmaker Jon Else
- New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Nicoletta
- Rare collection of audio and video recordings of Milk
- Excerpts from Epstein’s research tapes, featuring Milk partner Scott Smith
- Footage from the film’s Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards
- Panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White’s trial
- Excerpts from the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk’s and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic B. Ruby Rich, a tribute by Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk, and a piece on the film’s restoration by UCLA’s Ross Lipman
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Common Threads - Stories From the Quilt
DVD: $200.00
Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob & Jeff
- A new short film by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman about AIDS then & now
- Vito Russo ACT-UP speech
-
The Celluloid Closet
The acclaimed documentary based on Vito Russo’s groundbreaking book, The Cellulioid Closet explores the hidden subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies—from The Maltese Falcon to Spartacus and Rebel Without A Cause to Thelma and Louise and Philadelphia.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob & Jeff, Lily Tomlin, and Executive Producer Howard Rosenman and editor Arnold Glassman
- Additional commentary with author Vito Russo
- Interview outtakes
- All clip in original screen formats
-
Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
DVD: $100.00
Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman took a journey through unfamiliar lands—in their own country.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE several sequences cut from the final film, with a brief commentary by Jeff & Rob
Exhibition Rentals
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Paragraph 175
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Weimar Germany was a homosexual Eden in the 1920s: gay and lesbian nightclubs and magazines flourished, the first homosexual-rights movement was born... and then the Nazis came to power.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob, Jeffrey and producer Michael Ehrenzweig. Additional interviews
- Additional interviews
-
The Times of Harvey Milk
ALSO AVAILABLE:
» Contact Criterion Collection/Janus FilmsDirected By Rob Epstein
Produced by Richard Schmiechen
Narrated by Harvey Fierstein
Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature (1984)San Francisco in the 1970s became a battleground between an emerging, vibrant gay movement and the communities who felt threatened by this new gay political muscle.
The Times of Harvey Milk: Making History by B. Ruby Rich
DISC FEATURES
- Director-approved digital transfer, from the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration (withDTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary featuring director Robert Epstein,coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta
- Interview clips not used in the film
- New interview with documentary filmmaker Jon Else
- New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Nicoletta
- Rare collection of audio and video recordings of Milk
- Excerpts from Epstein’s research tapes, featuring Milk partner Scott Smith
- Footage from the film’s Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards
- Panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White’s trial
- Excerpts from the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk’s and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic B. Ruby Rich, a tribute by Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk, and a piece on the film’s restoration by UCLA’s Ross Lipman
-
Common Threads - Stories From the Quilt
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob & Jeff
- A new short film by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman about AIDS then & now
- Vito Russo ACT-UP speech
-
The Celluloid Closet
ALSO AVAILABLE:
» Contact Sony Pictures ClassicsThe acclaimed documentary based on Vito Russo’s groundbreaking book, The Cellulioid Closet explores the hidden subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies—from The Maltese Falcon to Spartacus and Rebel Without A Cause to Thelma and Louise and Philadelphia.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE:
- Commentary by Rob & Jeff, Lily Tomlin, and Executive Producer Howard Rosenman and editor Arnold Glassman
- Additional commentary with author Vito Russo
- Interview outtakes
- All clip in original screen formats
-
Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
ALSO AVAILABLE:
» Contact Telling PicturesAward-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman took a journey through unfamiliar lands—in their own country.
DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE several sequences cut from the final film, with a brief commentary by Jeff & Rob
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