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The long-awaited award-winning sensational 4K restoration of William Cameron Menzies’ 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars has been a HUGE HIT with fans and critics alike! The reviews of the 4K UHD & Blu-ray have been out-of-this-world!
Jan Willem Bosman Jansen of Ignite Films and lead film preservationist on the project, Scott MacQueen have been blown away by the response and thank everyone for their glowing words and coverage and comments online and on social media!
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Ignite Films has made the restored film available on DVD, which was launched TODAY! This version does not include the BONUS MATERIALS, and is available at a friendly DVD price!
PLUS sitewide on the Ignite Films website everything is 20% off starting April 9 through April 30 in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of film's initial U.S. theatrical release on April 9, 1953.
If you would like a disc for your review, interview, guest consideration, and other editorial coverage, please email me and let me know if you'd like the just-released DVD, or a Blu-ray, or 4K UHD disc, your mailing address, and your outlet.
Also, Ignite Films is giving a 4K UHD Player and the UHD disc of INVADERS FROM MARS to ONE LUCKY WINNER! Details available at https://www.ignite-films.com/
If you would like to do a DVD Giveaway, please send me your ideas and the plans on how it would be handled, and I will try to make a few DVDs available to you.
Unfortunately, Scott MacQueen is not available for the next few months to do interviews, but Jimmy Hunt, star of the film, and Jan Willem of Ignite Films are available if you are interested. Please email me david@robersonpr.com
If you have any questions, or need anything, please contact me.
There is a press release below with more information for you and all the details! A WORD version of the press release is available in the Google Drive folder above.
THANK YOU!
--David
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
View the 2022 Trailer
Download 2022 Trailer File HERE
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Contact: David Roberson
Roberson Public Relations
310-925-8786
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THROUGHOUT APRIL AND MAY, IGNITE FILMS HAS
OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD PLANS TO CELEBRATE THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCI-FI CLASSIC WHICH FIRST RELEASED IN U.S. THEATRES ON APRIL 9, 1953
INVADERS FROM MARS
INCLUDING SPECIAL SCREENINGS ON APRIL 9 IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK SO FANS CAN SEE THE AWARD-WINNING SPECTACULAR 4K RESTORATION ON THE BIG SCREEN,
AND A SUPER-PRIZE GIVEAWAY OF A UHD PLAYER AND A 4K UHD DISK OF THE FILM WITH THE EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES!
PLUS, NEW COLLECTIBLE MERCHANDISE AND A BRAND NEW DVD RELEASE OF THE RESTORED FILM ARE NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE IGNITE FILMS WEBSITE, WHERE THE MERCH AND ALL VERSIONS OF THE RESTORED FILM, THE 4K UHD, BLU-RAY, AND NEW DVD WILL BE 20% OFF FROM APRIL 9-30! GEE WIZ!
In Los Angeles, The UCLA Library Film & Television Library Archive Will Have a Free Special Screening of the Beautifully Restored Film on Sunday, April 9, at 7:00pm, With a Pre-screening Presentation by Scott MacQueen, former Head of Preservation at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Lead Preservationist on the Invaders From Mars Restoration.
In New York, Film Forum Will Show the Glorious Restored Version of Invaders From Mars on Sunday, April 9 at 11:00am as Part of Their Film Forum Jr., Classics for Kids and Their Families Series
LOS ANGELES, CA (APRIL 7, 2023) – Ignite Films, the Dutch company formed in 2005 by Jan Willem Bosman Jansen, will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Invaders From Mars, their first title released under the Ignite Films label, throughout April and May with weekly out-of-this-world goings-on. Plans include Special Screenings in Los Angeles and New York on April 9. Today, Ignite Films launched the DVD release of the award-winning restoration, along with fun and exciting new collectible merchandise.
Available exclusively on the Ignite Films website, is the must-have item for every Invaders From Mars fan, both Earthlings and Martians alike, a beautifully designed enamel pin featuring the film’s most iconic green Martian, The Supreme Intelligence. Also, a limited quantity from the vaults of the exclusive autographed posters signed by the film’s star, Jimmy Hunt, are available until they are gone!
What is a celebration without a gift? Ignite Films is offering a 4K UHD player giveaway to one lucky fan! Last but not least, for everyone, Ignite Films is offering a 70th Anniversary Special Discount of 20% off all merchandise and the restored Invaders From Mars in every format, available exclusively on the Ignite Films website, including on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and the just dropped DVD, from April 9-30, 2023.
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The restored Invaders From Mars DVD, which was released today, is the newest format available from Ignite Films. The 4K UHD and the Blu-ray versions were released in January 2023 to universally rave reviews from film fans, UHD connoisseurs, and critics, alike. The response to the love and attention to detail given to the restoration has been overwhelmingly positive. The restoration process was spearheaded by renowned film preservationist Scott MacQueen, former Head of Preservation at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. MacQueen and Jansen, of Ignite Films, literally scoured the planet to locate any and all materials to help ensure the restoration was as complete and true to the original as humanly possible. The Ignite Films motto, “Classics for the Future,” is true to its word, because now Invaders From Mars will be available in this near pristine restored version for future generations to enjoy.
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Direct link for 2022 Trailer:
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On April 9, the actual 70th Anniversary date of the U.S. theatrical release of Invaders From Mars, there will be two Special Screenings to commemorate the date, one in Los Angeles and one in New York. In Los Angeles, The UCLA Library Film & Television Library Archive will have a Free Special Screening of the beautifully restored film on Sunday, April 9, at 7:00pm, with a pre-screening presentation by Scott MacQueen, former Head of Preservation at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Lead Preservationist on the Invaders From Mars Restoration. In New York, Film Forum will show the glorious, restored version of Invaders From Mars on Sunday, April 9 at 11:00am as part of their Film Forum Jr., Classics for Kids and Their Families Series.
UCLA Special Screening details:
Film Forum Screening details:
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The celebration continues with the fun new release of the collectible Supreme Intelligence enamel pin. Plus, literally from the vaults, the final release of the last posters autographed by the star of the film, Jimmy Hunt, will be available for collectors until they are gone! Descriptions:
Supreme Intelligence – Enamel Pin (1.65" diameter)
Ignite Films is proud to present the first ever Supreme Intelligence Enamel Pin in honor of the tentacled mutant brain at the center of all the action!
Limited Edition Jimmy Hunt Poster
If you missed out on our TCM Festival pre-order, here's another chance to purchase your very own limited edition poster, numbered and signed by Invaders From Mars star Jimmy Hunt! Only 1,000 posters exist in the entire universe so act now before they are all gone!
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Ignite Films will make one Invaders From Mars ultimate fan’s dreams come true so they will be able to watch the 4K restoration and all the exclusive Bonus Materials in 4K UHD. There will be one winner of the super-giveaway prize, a brand-new UHD player and the UHD disk of the film! Details will be available April 9 on the Ignite Films Website and the film’s Facebook Page.
The celebration does not end in April, and exciting news for May is coming soon! Details will be available on the Ignite Films website.
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For interviews with star of Invaders From Mars. Jimmy Hunt, and Jan Willem Bosman Jansen of Ignite Films, please contact david@robersonpr.com
Social Media Handles @FromMars1953
Ignite Films began acquiring classic film properties in the 1990s and this has built a collection of more than eighty features. Using original film elements, Ignite continues to restore and upgrade its collection for posterity and appreciation by generations of cinephiles and movie lovers, old and new. Numerous celebrated and award-winning actors, directors and cinematographers continue to live on in our films. Examples range from the ill-fated romance of Letter from an Unknown Woman, (1948, Director Max Ophüls) to the chilling representation of American crime syndicates in the film noirs Force of Evil (starring John Garfield) and Joseph H. Lewis’ The Big Combo to the epitome of theatrical storytelling in Orson Welles’ Macbeth and Otto Premingers’ Saint Joan (starring Jean Seberg) - all representative of some of Hollywood’s finest contributors.
Iconic genre actors like Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (Horror Express), British punk era zombies in Don Sharp’s stylized 1970s cult film Psychomania, suave frontier men like Randolph Scott (Canadian Pacific), Joel McCrea (Four Faces West) and John Wayne, resolute war heroes like Robert Mitchum (The Story of G.I. Joe) or Kirk Douglas (The Heroes of Telemark) - and the equally mesmerizing women, pitched against incredible odds - like Ingrid Bergman in Lewis Milestone’s Arch of Triumph, Anne Bancroft in Allan Dwan’s The Restless Breed or the still living legend Kim Novak opposite Frank Sinatra’s addicted character in The Man with the Golden Arm - all immortalized across decades of enduring films.
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PRESS CONTACT:
David Roberson
Roberson Public Relations
mobile: 310-925-8786
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