Original title: King of the Gypsies
Year: 1978
Country: USA
Region code: 4K UHD: A/B/C; Blu-ray: A
Content: 4K UHD + Blu-ray
EAN: 810161485550
Image: 1.85:1 (2160p)
HDR: HDR10 / Dolby Vision
Audio:
English - DTS-HD MA 1.0
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Cast: Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Judd Hirsch, Brooke Shields, Annie Potts, Linda Manz
Director: Frank Pierson
Synopsis:
Taking its name from the Lumière Brothers invention of the same name, Cinématographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinématographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome's Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.
An arranged marriage between gypsy clans goes awry when Spiro (Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II ) refuses to sell his daughter to the self-proclaimed King of the Gypsies, King Zharko Stephanowicz (Sterling Hayden, The Long Goodbye ), ending in a hail of bullets and a kidnapped daughter. In the following decade, Rose (Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise ), kidnapped daughter, and her husband Groffo (Judd Hirsch, Ordinary People ) have a young adult son named Dave (Eric Robers, Star 80 ) who has rejected the gypsy ways of his family, despite his grandfather, King Zharko, passing his leadership onto the unwilling scion. Dave's refusal sparks a turbulent war within his own family and the larger gypsy community in 1960s New York City.
Written for the screen and directed by Academy Award Winning screenwriter Frank Pierson ( Dog Day Afternoon ), King of the Gypsies is adapted from the novel of the same name, written by Peter Maas (biographer of Frank Serpico and author of The Valachi Papers ). Featuring stunning, on location, photography by noted Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator Sven Nykvist ( Persona , The Tenant ) as well as in incredible ensemble cast, including the screen debut of Eric Roberts, King of the Gypsies is a long overlooked entry in the cinema of New York City in the 1970s. Cinématographe is proud to present the world 4K UHD debut of Frank Pierson's somber urban drama in a new restoration from its original camera negative.
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