On June 17th, Kino Lorber released Zalman King’s RED SHOE DIARIES Season One and RED SHOE DIARIES: THE MOVIE on DVD starring David Duchovny. Bigfanboy.com has partnered with Kino to host a contest where we’re giving away some copies on DVD. Just send us an e-mail and tell us what your fondest memory is of watching RED SHOE DIARIES on cable. Make it good, no one-sentence answers please. We want these prizes to go to deserving winners. Contest is open to U.S. residents only. Make sure to include your shipping address with your e-mail. Contest ends on June 30, 2014. One entry per household – all duplicate entries will be deleted. Get those entries in a good luck!
Kino Lorber is pleased to announce the DVD releases of the much-anticipated RED SHOE DIARIES: SEASON ONE and the digitally remastered special edition of RED SHOE DIARIES: THE MOVIE, both starring David Duchovny (The X-Files, Californication) in the role that made him a star. Enthusiasts of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY will devour these passion-filled stories told with inimitable style by Zalman King, “the reigning auteur of erotic fantasy” (The Los Angeles Times).
RED SHOE DIARIES: SEASON ONE (SRP: $29.95) and RED SHOE DIARIES: THE MOVIE (SRP: $26.95) are both set to street on DVD on June 17th, with special features including an introduction by Zalman King, The Stars of Red Shoe Diaries, and a photo gallery.
Zalman King, the acclaimed creator of stylish erotic dramas and heralded as “the high priest of erotic film-making” by Premiere Magazine, created the international hits 9 ½ Weeks, Wild Orchid and Two Moon Junction before taking to television to give audiences his best-known work, RED SHOE DIARIES, the groundbreaking TV movie and series (which ran for five seasons and was a major hit for the Showtime network) that has been imitated by many, but never equaled.
This landmark series, which paved the way for such latter-day erotic dramas as Fifty Shades of Grey, stars David Duchovny (The X-Files, Californication) in his breakout role as a man who learns of his late wife’s affair with another man when he comes across her personal journal shortly after her death. Guest stars in Season One include Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s Fire), Matt LeBlanc (“Friends”), Joan Severence (“American Horror Story”, “Masters of Sex”), Steven Bauer (“The Mentalist”, “Breaking Bad”), and Arnold Vosloo (“Bones”, “Elementary”).
Douglas Martin, writing in The New York Times, called King “A filmmaker who mixed artistic aspiration, a professed empathy for female sexuality and gauzy photography – particularly with his Showtime series, Red Shoe Diaries… The series was notable for its female point of view, an approach that drew women and couples to what became one of Showtime’s highest rated programs – and led HBO and other cable channels to imitate it.” Later in his career, master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick consulted with King on the filming of the erotic scenes in Eyes Wide Shut.
Kino Lorber will release the complete first season of the RED SHOE DIARIES, along with the TV movie of the same name (also starring Duchovny) that started it all. Both the TV movie and Season One of RED SHOE DIARIES will become available on DVD in new stunning new transfers that do justice to the sensual and distinctive visual style of this unique and highly personal artist.
Zalman King’s RED SHOE DIARIES: SEASON ONE
DVD Street date: June 17, 2014
DVD SRP: $29.95For the first time ever, Kino Lorber is proud to present the complete first full season of Zalman King’s groundbreaking RED SHOE DIARIES, one of Showtime’s longest running and most successful original series.
Each episode is based on a woman’s secret diary, filled with intense passion, romantic fantasies and erotic adventures. Each of these thirteen episodes features David Duchovny (The X-Files, Californication) and a host of young actors who have gone on to become recognizable stars (Matt LeBlanc, Steven Bauer, Arnold Vosloo, and many, many more).
Zalman King’s RED SHOE DIARIES are exciting and sensual stories for men and women both, filled with beautiful people, cutting-edge fashion, and exotic locations, all wrapped in a lush musical score.
How far would you go? As far as you dare.
Special Features:
Zalman King Introduces Red Shoe Diaries
The Stars of Red Shoe Diaries
Photo Gallery2 Discs / 13 Episodes / 390 minutes
English / 1992 / Color / Stereo / 1.33:1
UPC Code: 738329121327Creator: Zalman King
Cast: David Duchovny, Matt LeBlanc, Steven Bauer, Arnold Vosloo, Ely Pouget, Tchéky Karyo
Zalman King’s RED SHOE DIARIES: THE MOVIE
DVD Street date: June 17, 2014
DVD SRP: $26.95Zalman King is the creator and undisputed heavyweight champion of the erotic/romantic film. Building on his blockbuster films like 9½ Weeks and Wild Orchid, King brought his trademark combination of lush romance, torrid sensuality and cutting-edge style to the television screen in RED SHOE DIARIES: THE MOVIE, launching the career of David Duchovny (The X-Files, Californication).
Jake (Duchovny) is a successful architect about to marry the love of his life. He thinks that he knows everything about her. And then he discovers that she has been having a secret, passionate affair with a completely different kind of man, a construction worker. He is beautiful… the perfect body… who makes no demands on her, except sex. But when she wants to end it, he won’t let her. Haunted by guilt, she begins to spin more and more out of control. And like a moth lured to the flame, the fire consumes her.
In this Special Edition DVD, Kino Lorber is proud to present this groundbreaking erotic film that many have tried to imitate but still has no equal.
Special Features:
Zalman King Introduces Red Shoe Diaries
The Stars of Red Shoe Diaries
Photo GalleryEnglish / 105 minutes / 1992 / Color / Stereo / 1.33:1
UPC Code: 738329121426Director: Zalman King
Screenwriters: Patricia Louisianna Knop & Zalman King
Cast: David Duchovny, Brigitte Barko, Billy Worth
Cinematography: Marc Reshovsky
Editing: Marc Grossman
Producer: David Saunders & Rafael Eisenman
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