Hell's Highway The True Story of Highway Safety Films DVD Cult Kino Lorber Video

Description: For sale is the DVD edition of the Bret Wood directed 2003 American documentary film Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films. This DVD was released by Kino Video in 2003. Description Critically-acclaimed upon it's 2003 theatrical release, Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films recovers a missing chapter of American film history as it examines the fascinating and shocking driver education films of yesteryear. Produced between 1959 and 1979 by a group of volunteers in Mansfield, Ohio, these films promoted safety by presenting color footage of careless driving's dark consequences: blood-stained wreckage, injured bodies, fresh corpses. In the 1970s and '80s, these films disappeared from the American classroom and assumed an almost mythical status among those who had once seen them. Hell's Highway unearths these artifacts of grim Americana and interviews the filmmakers responsible for this radical educational movement. Kino on Video presents an engaging look at the Highway Safety Foundation with their packed release of Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films. Packaged here in a special double-disc edition, this set dives into the vast history of Ohio's grassroots company that changed the face of educational safety forever. The film is presented in a 1.33:1 full-screen image for the well-maintained archival footage, with the new interviews being filmed in a 1.85:1 widescreen picture. Extras on the first disc include two trailers and almost 15 minutes of additional outtakes that flesh out more of the human stories from some of the participants. On disc two, the bulk of the extras begin with three of the Foundation's complete driver's ed shorts, including Signal 30, Highways of Agony, and Options to Live. Fourteen excerpts from the Highway Safety Foundation are also provided, along with a clip from Death on the Highway—a notorious safety film from their main competing company, The Suicide Club (most commonly known for doctoring up traffic accident photos with red paint for a more jarring effect). In the last section, the entire pressbook for the film can be browsed through four segments covering everything from production notes, a historical timeline of the Foundation, a 55-page image gallery, and an interview with the director. By the end, you should probably have had your fill of extreme vintage safety for quite a while. Still, it's a fantastic release whose exhaustiveness on the subject can't be beat (also documented on Fantoma's Educational Archives Vol. 3: Driver's Ed disc), and with people like Something Weird's Mike Vraney and the remaining Foundation members lending a hand, one should expect nothing less. Special Features:Three complete driver's ed shorts: Signal 30 (1959), Highways of Agony (1969), & Options to Live (1979)Excerpts from 15 shocking classroom films, including Mechanized Death (1961), Wheels of Tragedy (1963), Carrier or Killer (1965), Death on the Highway (1965), The Third Killer (1966), & more14 minutes of deleted scenesTwo theatrical trailersGallery of images and documentsHell's Highway pressbook Condition This DVD set is in very good condition. The case has very light wear to the surface plastic but no cracks or any major damage. The outer artwork has small areas of rubbing along the bottom edge but no tears, creases, stains, or any major damage. The chapter insert and Kino catalogue insert are present and have no tears, creases, stains, or any major damage. The DVDs have a few very small, very light scratches but are in excellent condition with no major damage and play perfectly. I will be listing many Criterion Collection DVDs and other interesting DVDs (such as releases by Anchor Bay, Arrow Video, Eureka! The Masters of Cinema Series, Kino Lorber, Twilight Time, etc.), so please check out my other listings. The Fine Print: This DVD set will be securely packed. I have had DVDs damaged in the mail before and know how that feels, so I will pack everything professionally and securely to make sure that does not happen to you. The DVD set will be shipped USPS Media Mail. Shipping cost is $5.49. I will offer a combined shipping discount for multiple DVDs and other media items purchased. The more you buy, the more you will save on shipping costs. If buying multiple items, please wait until I have sent you an invoice with the combined shipping discount before sending payment. Buyers who pay before receiving an invoice will not receive a combined shipping discount. I will not send a refund after the fact due to the extra eBay fees and hassle. Payment is expected within a week after purchase, unless prior arrangements have been made. It will be shipped promptly after payment is received. There are no returns accepted for this DVD set nor any other items. Ask any questions about an item’s condition or content before ordering.

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End Time: 2024-08-24T02:01:01.000Z

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