From the Arrow Video press release:
On
January 27, the desperate dark comedy
Cheap Thrills arrives on Blu-ray. The movie became a sensation at the SXSW Film Festival and won many awards on its initial release in 2013. The Limited Edition release includes a High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation, hours of special features, and newly commissioned extras.
Craig (
Pat Healy,
Killers of the Flower Moon) wakes up to find an eviction notice on his front door, and things get worse when he gets fired from his auto mechanic job. How is he going to support his family? He drops by a dive bar and bumps into his old pal Vince (
Ethan Embry,
Empire Records). A couple nearby overhear them sharing their bad luck stories. Colin (
David Koechner,
Anchorman) mentions they’re celebrating the birthday of his wife, Violet (
Sara Paxton,
Weapons). Instead of getting her a fancy gift, Colin wants her to have a night to remember. He offers $50 to the first one of them to drink a shot he pours. Things escalate quickly, both in the level of the dares and the price offered to whoever does them first. Is Craig desperate enough to accept self-destructive, indecent proposals to keep his family from being homeless? Will Vince stop him to claim the outrageous payday for himself?
Special features include a High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation; the original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; brand new audio commentary; an audio commentary with director E.L. Katz and actor Pat Healy; newly filmed interviews with director
E.L. Katz, actors
Pat Healy,
Ethan Embry,
David Koechner,
Sara Paxton, and others; an archival making-of featurette and the film’s screening at the Fantastic Film Festival 2013; theatrical trailer; a gallery of photos taken by
Sara Paxton’s character; on-set production photos; double-sided foldout poster; and collectors' booklet.
Watch the trailer for Cheap Thrills here (Note: it includes expletives, so NSFW):
Cheap Thrills is distributed by MVD Entertainment Group.
I wanted to see this when the trailer first came out but never got around to it. Looks like quicky, offbeat fun, with a wicked sense of humor.
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