SEVERIN RESTORES LOST FROST/BISHOP ‘ROUGHIE’ THE PICK-UP FOR WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE

SEVERIN RESTORES LOST FROST/BISHOP ‘ROUGHIE’ THE PICK-UP FOR WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE

 

Webstore Exclusive Bonus Disc Features Acclaimed 

Exploitation Pioneers Documentary MAU MAU SEX SEX  

 

AVAILABLE AT SEVERINFILMS.COM ON JANUARY 27, 2025

 

Los Angeles, CA (January 27, 2025) – Severin Films – in collaboration with Something Weird Video – today announced The Worldwide Blu-ray Premiere of the Lee Frost/Wes Bishop ‘roughie’ THE PICK-UP. Though writer/director/cinematographer Frost and co-writer/producer/star Bishop’s films included such exploitation classics as HOUSE ON BARE MOUNTAIN, LOVE CAMP 7, THE THING WITH TWO HEADS and RACE WITH THE DEVIL, this 1969 crime shocker was thought lost for decades. But with the recent discovery of its original camera negative in a Paris vault, it can now be seen restored and uncut for the first time ever

Legendary producer Bob Cresse (HOT SPUR, THE SCAVENGERS), sexploitation icon David F. Friedman, Lynn Harris (THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF ZORRO) and mysteriously disappeared folk singer Jim Sullivan co-star in this extreme ‘roughie’ about two bagmen for the L.A. syndicate who are robbed of $1 million in Las Vegas mob money by a seductive pair of con artists, leading to a desperate frenzy of carnal violence and brutal vengeance. THE PICK-UP is newly scanned in 4K and features a Webstore Exclusive Bonus Disc that includes the “fascinating” (Austin Chronicle) and long-out-of-print 2001 documentary MAU MAU SEX SEX starring Friedman and fellow exploitation pioneer Dan Sonney, plus filmmaker/historian Frank Henenlotter, Something Weird founder Mike Vraney and more. 

Special Features for THE PICK-UP

BLU-RAY:  

  •          Sirens On The Road: Post-Noir Vision And Beatnik Glory In THE PICK-UP – Video Essay By Filmmaker Stephen Broomer

  •          Photo Gallery With Commentary By Something Weird Video's Mike Vraney And Exploitation Legend David F. Friedman

  • Trailer

DISC 2: MAU MAU SEX SEX (Limited Edition webstore exclusive)·

  •           Audio Commentary With Director Ted Bonnitt And Severin Films' David Gregory

  •           Archival Audio Commentary With Exploitation Legends David F. Friedman And Dan Sonney

  •           Archival Audio Commentary With Director Ted Bonnitt And Writer Eddie Muller

  •  Trailer

Feature Specs for THE PICK-UP

  •  Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  •  Audio: English Mono
  •  Closed Captions: English SDH
  •  Runtime: 90 mins
  •  Region: Region Free

Feature Specs for MAU MAU SEX SEX

  •  Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  •  Audio: English Stereo
  •  Closed Captions: English SDH
  •  Runtime: 79 mins
  •  Region: Region Free
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