The kids your mother never let you play with.
Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group’s illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.
Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film’s docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as “one of the best films of the ’70s.” Out of official circulation for decades, The Rubber Gun returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.
directed by: Allan Moyle
starring: Stephen Lack, Pam Holmes-Robert, Pierre Robert, Peter Brawley, Allan Moyle
1977 / 84 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Additional info:
Region A Blu-ray
Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the answer print
New interviews with actor and co-writer Stephen Lack
New interview with director Allan Moyle
New interview with composer Lewis Furey
New interview with co-cinematographer Frank Vitale
American Cinematheque Q&A – Post-screening discussion featuring Moyle
Fantasia International Film Festival intro and Q&A featuring Lack and Vitale
Original theatrical outro song
Archival stills gallery
Theatrical re-release trailer
Booklet featuring a new essay by professor Nathan Holmes and an archival profile by P.M. Massé-Connolly
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles