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INFO

Release

Title  [ Captain America

Release  [ 2011-07-22        Source  [ Laserdisc
Retail  [ 1992-09-02        iMDB  [ 2.9/10 (4774)
Runtime  [ 96 mins           Size  [ 703MB / 50x15MB
Genre  [ Action/Sci-Fi

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/

Laserdisc

Audio  [ Digital Mono      Format  [ NTSC
AR  [ 4:3               CLV  [ SIDE A+B
CAV  [

Encoding

Audio  [ 86kb/s VBR Mono -V4
Video  [ 528 x 400 @ 919kb/s 23.976fps

PLOT

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American
Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new super-
soldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to
sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull",
Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He
reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed
identities and is now planning to kidnap the President
of the United States.

RIP NOTES

Anyone familiar with cousin production duo
Golan-Globus knows that they made a name for themselves
throughout the 80s by producing low-budget overhyped
films, often based on familiar franchises. If you've
ever seen Masters Of The Universe, the live action film.
you know the sort we're thinking of. By 1990, their
production company Cannon Films had been sold, and the
new owner had also bought another company, 21st Century
Film Corporation, in a bankruptcy sale. He handed the
reigns to Golan, and put him in charge of making him
some money.

Part of his scheme to do so, was to continue licensing
well-known properties, such as Captain America and
Spider-Man, and turn them into feature films. The
production of Spider-Man had previously turned into a
farcical saga similar to the Fantastic Four movie a few
years later, but ended up never actually entering
production. Captain America however did get produced,
and the result is what we're presenting today.

While arguably a high-budget production by previous
Cannon standards, it had all the markings of a low
budget, and received precious little attention upon
release. Directed by Albert Pyun, the B-movie workhorse
behind titles such as Cyborg and Alien from L.A.,
Captain America was never destined to become a cinema
classic, nor did it, as it came and went virtually
unnoticed in its highly limited theatrical release.

Possibly the most interesting thing about Captain
America in its 1990 incarnation, besides the background
of its production, is its title actor. Matt Salinger
didn't have much of a prior career to speak of, his
biggest role having been as a jock in his debut Revenge
of the Nerds, and Captain America was anything but the
breakthrough he might have hoped for. While still
working today, he will probably always be known
primarily as the only son of J.D. Salinger.

Enjoy!

WHO WE ARE

Since 2003, FLAiR has been dedicated to preserving
the neglected titles of an entertainment era long gone.
A time of classic kids flicks, painstaking hand-drawn
animation and countless cheesy low-budget horrors. A
time when pop had a King, and rock had a Queen. A time
when special FX wizards ruled, and CGI was just one of
their many tools.

Driven by nostalgia and memories of better days, we
seek to relive those times, and share those memories.
While our belief is that the 80s represent the very
pinnacle of pop culture, we will not limit ourselves
to one decade, or any single genre. We will not ignore
the movies considered insignificant or even embarrassing
by the studios. We will not disregard a timepiece just
because it is dated.

Whereas most groups rely solely on digital sources,
there are still thousands of rare and out of print
titles, many of which have no planned digital release.
We've made it our mission to dig these out, clean them
up using the best hardware and techniques available to
us, and share them with the world. Be it VHS, Laserdisc
or more exotic formats, we're here to bring you the best
(and worst!) of decades past. So sit back and enjoy as
we uncover and pay tribute to an age of cinema we will
never get back.

THANKS

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