The American Genre Film Archive, the largest non-profit genre film archive and distributor in the world, is excited to announce new additions to their ongoing theatrical partnership with Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company. AGFA will distribute 16 restorations from incomparable filmmaker Werner Herzog — as well as 75 additional titles from Shout! Factory’s cult classic movie library — to theaters in 2021. This is the latest collaboration between AGFA and Shout! Factory following their theatrical distribution partnership in 2019.
From FITZCARRALDO to NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, Werner Herzog has blurred the line between fiction, documentary, and genre, creating a body of work that has established him as one of the most daring and visionary filmmakers of our lifetime. It’s no surprise that French New Wave legend Francois Truffaut once called Herzog “the greatest filmmaker alive today.”
“Werner Herzog as a person is extremely well known and loved, but he is first and foremost a filmmaker — one of the greatest,” said AGFA’s Executive Director Alicia Coombs. “It’s an honor to work with Shout! Factory to bring Herzog’s catalog back to theaters so audiences can see his films as they’re meant to be seen.”
The full list of Werner Herzog titles from Shout! Factory that are distributed by AGFA:
AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD
BALLAD OF THE LITTLE SOLDIER
COBRA VERDE
ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER
EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL
FATA MORGANA
FITZCARRALDO
HEART OF GLASS
LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS
LESSONS OF DARKNESS
LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY
MY BEST FIEND
NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE
STROSZEK
WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM
WOYZECK
In addition, AGFA has curated 75 new titles from Shout’s movie catalog to reissue in theaters throughout the year. These movies include cult fan favorites such as THE LAWNMOWER MAN, early queer cinema triumph THE LEATHER BOYS, deep-cut horror blasts like Carol Frank’s SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE, John Carpenter’s DARK STAR, and seminal Black cinema milestones such as TNT JACKSON.
The latest Shout! Factory titles distributed by AGFA:
ANNA TO THE INFINITE POWER
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN, THE
AVALANCHE
BIG BAD MAMA
BIG BIRD CAGE, THE
BIG DOLL HOUSE
BORN INNOCENT
BRAIN DEAD
BRAIN, THE
BREAKER MORANT
CHOSEN, THE
CRY BABY KILLER, THE
DANCE OF THE DAMNED
DARK STAR
DAVID AND LISA
DEADTIME STORIES
DEATH WATCH
DEATHSTALKER
DEATHSTALKER II
DIRT BIKE KID, THE
EDITOR, THE
EVIL, THE
GAY DECEIVERS, THE
GIANT SPIDER INVASION, THE
HELLS ANGELS ON WHEELS
HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT
HIGH SCHOOL CAESAR
HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, THE
I MET MY LOVE AGAIN
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN
IMPOSTER, THE
LADY FRANKENSTEIN
LAWNMOWER MAN
LEATHER BOYS, THE
LIPSTICK CAMERA
LIVING IN OBLIVION
LOVE LETTERS
LUV
MAGIC
MISS FIRECRACKER
MONSTER A GO-GO
NAKED OBSESSION
NEST, THE
NEW GLADIATORS, THE
NIGHT IN CASABLANCA
OLD ENOUGH
PERRY HENZELL: A FILMMAKER’S ODYSSEY
RAW DEAL
ROBINSON CRUSOE
SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE
SATURDAY THE 14TH
SCREAMERS
SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED
SILVER CITY
SLIDING DOORS
SLIPPER AND THE ROSE
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP
SORCERESS
SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE
STREETWALKIN’
STRIPPED TO KILL
STUDENT NURSES, THE
SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS
SURVIVE!
T-BIRD GANG
THAT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD aka SHINING STAR
TIME WALKER
TNT JACKSON
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
TOP OF THE HEAP
TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
TRUE LEGEND
TWICE DEAD
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
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