Joyride [Blu-ray] [US]

Release Date: September 2024

Three disaffected youths in California – couple John (Robert Carradine, The Long Riders) and Mary (Melanie Griffith, Body Double) along with their friend Scott (Desi Arnaz Jr., A Wedding) – abruptly quit their jobs and take a ferry headed to Alaska in the pursuit of a new life running a salmon fishing business. Shortly after arriving, they are robbed, spurring a ripple effect of violence and its repercussions.

An inspired amalgamation of road movie, dark comedy and crime drama, JOYRIDE is a defiantly unclassifiable slice of 70s Americana deftly directed by esoteric genre filmmaker Joseph Ruben (The Pom Pom Girls, The Stepfather) and produced by noted exploitation impresario Samuel Z. Arkoff (The Wild Angels, Boxcar Bertha). Featuring energetic cinematography by Stephen M. Katz (Messiah of Evil, The Blues Brothers), Cinématographe is proud to present this often overlooked gem of 1970s malaise in a new 2K restoration from its 35mm interpositive, making its world blu-ray debut!

directed by: Joseph Ruben
starring: Desi Arnaz Jr., Robert Carradine, Melanie Griffith, Anne Lockhart
1977 / 92 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary with film historians Alain Silver and Christopher Coppola 
  
• Youthful Intensity: An interview with Director and co-writer Joseph Ruben 
  
• Can't Miss the Boat: An Interview with Director of Photography Steven M. Katz
  
• Essays by film critics Chris Shields, Adam Nayman and Brandon Streussnig
• English SDH subtitles